Awards / Honours [April – June 2015]
PM Awards for Excellence in Public Administration
· Prime Minister’s Awards for excellence in Public Administration for 2012-13 and 2013-14 was conferred by Prime Minister on National Civil Services Day (April 21)
2012 – 13
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Save the Girl Child – to prevent female foeticide, Perambalur Dt, Tamil Nadu
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Hum Chhuyenge Aasman, Madhya Pradesh
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SAKALA – No More Delays – We Deliver in Time – Karnataka
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Crop Pest Surveillance and Advisory Project (CROPSAP), Maharashtra
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Information Technology Consolidation Project of Central Board of Excise and Customs
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Easy Tax Compliance through Quality Services, Central Board of Taxes
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Rationalization of Affidavits for reforming Public Service Delivery System, Punjab
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2013 – 14
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Saving the Wombs – an initiative to address and redress malpractices in the implementation of RSBY in Samastipur, Bihar
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Emotional Drive Campaign, Valsad & Vapi, Gujarat
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Jashn-e-Jamhuriat – Reasi – Celebrating Democracy, J&K
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Surguja Fulwari Initiative, Chhattisgarh
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Revival of Sasur Khaderi – 2 Rivulet and its Origin Thithora Lake, Fathepur, Uttar Pradesh
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Achieving Total Financial Inclusion (e-ROR) in Mandwi Block, Tripura
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LADO campaign, to eradicate child marriages, Madhya Pradesh
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Skill Development or tribal youth, Maharashtra
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Success Story of Local Self Governance, Kerala
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Canal Top Solar Power Project, Gujarat
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2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia region
· Winner: Siddartha Gigoo (Jammu & Kashmir)
· Book: Umbrella Man
Officier de la Légion d’Honneur Award
· By French Government
· Awarded to Mr. Yashwant Sinha (former Finance Minister)
2015 Heinz Award
· Sangeeta Bhatia (Indian origin)
· Won the prestigious 2015 Heinz Award in the Technology, the Economy, and Employment category.
· Bhatia who developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing was awarded for her work in tissue engineering and disease detection.
2015 Spring Imperial Decorations of Japan
· 4 Indians
Ø K P A Nair
Ø C N R Rao
Ø Nikunj Parekh
Ø Topgay Butia
Whitley Awards 2015
· 2 Indians [totally 8 recipients]
Ø Dr. Pramod Patil – to protect the great Indian Bustard in Thar Desert
Ø Dr. Anand Kumar – for developing innovative communication systems called Elephant Information Network [EIN]
UNESCO/ Guillerno Cano World Press Freedom 2015
· Mazen Darwish (Syrian Journalist)
2015 Freedom of Expression Courage Award of the PEN American Centre
· French magazine Charlie Hebdo and 3 others
· Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists on Jan 2015
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
· Highest award in Indian Cinema
· Awarded to veteran Hindi film actor Shashi Kapoor
· 46th winner of this award
Mr. Gay World 2015
· Held at Johannesburg
· Winner: Mr. Klaus Burkart (Germany)
· From India, no participants participated. Thair Sayeed who won the Mr. Gay India 2015 was the original participant but due to protests from various fringe groups, he not participated.
2014 Encore Award
· Neel Mukherjee
· Novel: The Lives of Others
· Novel speaks about Naxalite violence in 1960s; it is Neel’s second novel (first novel is A Life Apart)
· The Lives of Others is shortlisted for 2014 Man Booker Prize
UN Dag Hammarsjold Medal
· 2 Indians awarded posthumously
· Lance Naik Nand Ram and Raju Joseph
· May 29 is International Day of UN peacekeepers
· The Dag Hammarsjkold Medal is named after the second UN Secretary-General and Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarsjkold (1953-1961), who died in a mysterious plane crash, and is given to members of UN Peacekeeping missions, who lose their lives during service. It was established in 2000.
Presidential Award for Classical Tamil
· Award instituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development
· Given by the President of India
· For the contributions made for Classical Tamil language and literature
Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil
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2011-12
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2012-13
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Tholkappiar Award
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Dr. S V Shanmugam
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Dr. R. Krishnamurhti
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Kural Peedam Award
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Dr. Eva Maria Wilden
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Young Scholar Award
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Dr. K. Ayyappan
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Dr. A. Satish
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Dr. Ezhil Vasanthan
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Dr. R. Venkatesan
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Dr. K. Jawahar
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Dr. P. Jay Ganesh
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Dr. M R Devaki
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Man Booker International Prize 2015
· Won by Laszlo Krasznahorkai (Hungary)
· A biennial award given for author and not for the individual novel or book
Year
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Name
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Country
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2005
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Ismail Kadare
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Albania
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2007
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Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria
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2009
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Alice Munro
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Canada
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2011
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Philip Roth
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USA
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2013
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Lydia Davis
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USA
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2015
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Laszlo Krasznahorkai
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Hungary
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Space Pioneer Award for ISRO
· The country’s low-cost Mars mission, which is in rendezvous with the red planet for an extended period, has been presented with the space pioneer award for 2015 by the U.S. National Space Society.
2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
· UK Author Ali Smith won the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
· Novel: How to be Both.
Edward Snowden wins Bjornson Prize for Freedom of Expression
· Edward Snowden is a former Security Analyst at the United States National Security Agency.
· The administration branded him “a hacker and a traitor” who endangered many lives by revealing the extent of the NSA spying program.
Japan’s Fukuoka Prize for historian Ramachandra Guha
· For Japan’s most coveted prize Fukuoka Prize in academics category, India’s famous Historian Ramachandra Guha has been selected.
· Others who got this prize are Thant Myint-U(Grand Prize) and Minh Hanh ( Arts and Culture). This Fukuoka Prize honors persons who had made outstanding contributions in the fields of arts and culture, academics in Asia.
National Award for Statistics
· National Awards in Statistics, constituted in the Honour of Prof. C.R. Rao were conferred to:-
o Dr. Hukum Chandra, Scientist, IASRI and
o Dr. Pulak Ghosh, Professor IIM, Bangalore
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