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AWARDS & PRIZES

DRONACHARYA AWARD FOR 2012
The names of six sporting coaches were recommended for the Dronacharya Awards for the year 2012. Wrestling coach Yashvir Singh, Boxing Coach BI Fernandez, Athletics Coach Virender Poonia, Kabaddi Coach Sunil Davas, Parat hletics Coach Dr. Satyapaul and Hockey Coach Harinder Singh are the six coaches who have been selected for the coveted award, given to the coach of different sports, for their excellent contribution to the sports. Boxing Coach BI Fernandez, who is a Cuban national, became the first foreign co ach to be recommended for t he Dronacharya Award. Fernandez has been instrumental in Indias impressive performances in Boxing in the international tournaments. The Dronacharya Awards committee was headed by former Indian hockey captain Aslam Sher Khan. The other members include Rajkumar Sangwan (boxing), Dhanraj Pillai (hockey), Shiny Wilson (athletics), Morad Ali Khan (shooting), Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting), Bahadur Singh (at hlet ics), Bhupender Dhawan (po werlifting,G S Sandhu (boxing), Ramphan Mann(wrestling,Prem Chand Degra (body building).
MAGSAYSAY AWARDS 2012
Indian social activist Kulandei Francis,
age sixty six will be felicitated with the Magsaysay Award. In the year 1979, Francis begun with his organisation, Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP) in Krishnagiri, wherein he initially started with small projects, amongst his achievements, he has conducted night schools in the light of gas lamps, set up first aid centres. Then, with the help of development organizations, he undertook a micro-watershed programme that, over twenty-two years, built three thirty one mostly small check dams benefitting cultivators and their families in sixty villages. His organisation, the Integrated Village Development Project also provides training to rural students a in enhancing their skills namely training in rural sanitation, accountancy, management, giving educational assistance for students in high schools, scholarships and also computer skills. The visionary Mr. Francis was also successful in pursuing the holistic economic empowerment of thousands of women and their families. The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) announced the recipients of this year, 2012 Asias premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award on 25 July 2012. The six individuals chosen from around the globe are from countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. The other people chosen for the prizes, announced by the Ramon Magsaysay
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Award Foundation (RMAF) in Manila, are Ms Chen Shu-Chu from Taiwan, Mr Romulo Davide from the Phillipines, Ms Syeda Rizwana Hasan of Bangladesh, Mr Yang Saing Koma of Cambodia and Mr Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto from Indonesia. Kulandai Francis who has been awarded with the Magsaysay says, working with the objective of eradicating poverty and empowering more than one lakh rural women for thirty five long years has got him the award. Magsaysay Award winners receive a certificate, a medallion bearing the likeness of the late President, and a cash prize. They will be formally felicitated with t he Magsaysay Award during the Presentation Ceremonies which is to be held on 31 August 2012 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila. In the past, many Indians have won the Magsaysay award. In the year 1958, awardee was Vinoba Bhave, in the year 1959 C.D Deshmukh, again in the year 1994, it was awarded to Kiran Bedi, in 1996, T.N seshan , in the year 2003, James Michael Lyngdoh,in the year 1965 Jayaprakash Narayan, In 1974 M.S. Subbulakshmi was awarded, in 1982 Manibhai Desaiwas awarded. Ramn del Fierro Magsaysay was the seventh President of the Republic of the Philippines, he served from 30 December 1953 until his death in a 1957 aircraft disaster. The Ramon Magsaysay Award known as Asias Nobel Prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers.
SARASWATI S AMMAN 2011
The K K Birla Foundation announced on 22 March 2012 its decision to honour Tamil writer A A Manavalan wit h the Saraswati Samman 2011 for his book on Ramayana. Retired professor and head of the department of Tamil in Madras University, Manavalan is be bestowed with the 21st Saraswati Samman for his work Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum (Ramakatha and Ramayanas) published in 2005. Special areas of interest of Manavalan who is a scholar in Tamil, English, Hindi and Telugu are translation and comparative literature. He was trained in these areas by professors Henry H.H. Remak and Ulrich Weisston in the University of Indiana in Bloomington, United States. The award-winning book, Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum is a comparative study of 48 Ramayanas in the languages of Pali, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Tibetan, Tamil, Old Javenese, Japanese, Telugu, Assamese, Thai and Kashmiri. The Saraswati Samman carries award money of Rs 7.5 lakh, a citation and a plaque.The prestigious award was instituted by the K K Birla Foundation in 1991. The award is conferred upon every year for an outstanding literary work written in any Indian language mentioned in Schedule VIII to the Constitution of India by an Indian citizen and published in the last ten years. The award carries a prize money of Rs 750000, a citation and a plaque. The selection for the Saraswati Samman is made by a high-level
Chayan Parishad which is presided over by McCartney received the MusiCares Person former Chief Justice of India R.C. Lahoti, of the Year award on 10 February 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. British includes renowned scholars and writers. singer Adele, with six nominations, won all BIHARI PURASKAR six awards, tying Beyoncs record for most The K.K. Birla Foundation has awarded wins by a female artist in one night. Foo the 21st Bihari Puraskar for 2011 to Arjundeo Fighters and Kanye West followed with five Charan for his Rajasthani poetry collection and four awards, respectively. The British Ghar Tau Ek Nam Hai Bhrosai Rau . The songstress, Adele swept the awards winning award carries prize money of Rs.1 lakh, a a staggering six golden gramophones for her citation and a plaque.The award, installed in Album, 21. Adele, who was named best new the name of the famous Hindi poet Bihari, is artist in 2009, is only the second artist in hisgiven only to Rajasthani writers.Dr. Charan tory to take all four major Grammy categowas born in 1954 in Jodhpur district. An outries. Christopher Cross attained the feat in standing poet, critic, playwright, and trans1981 with a four-award sweep. Kanye West lator, the central theme of Dr. Charans powas the top nominee with seven nods. Howems is the poor condition and constant ever West once again had to satisfy himself struggles faced by women in a stridently feuwith rap wins. West captured four awards to dal society. Dr. Charan is a Sahitya Akademi add to his 14 previous wins, for best rap/sung award winner and is presently the Head of collaboration and best rap song (for All of the Rajasthani Language Department at the Lights), best rap performance (for Otis, Jayanarayan University, Jodhpur. His works shared with Jay-Z) and best rap album (My have been translated into a number of Indian Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). languages.The Ghar Tau anthology List of Important Winners explores lifes ironies, changing values, and Album of the Year: 21 - Adele continuing contradictions in Indian social Record of the Year: Rolling in the Deep, structures. Adele 54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS Song of the Year:Rolling in the Deep, The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were Adele Best New Artist: Bon Iver held on 12 February 2012, at the Staples Cen65 th Annual British Academy Film ter in Los Angeles. The death of pop diva Whitney Houston the night before the Awards The sixty-fifth annual British Academy Grammy awards however cast a sombre mood at the awards. The producers quickly Film awards, the BAFTAs was held at the planned a tribute to her in the form of a per- Royal Opera House in London 12 February formance by Jennifer Hudson. Paul 2012. Black and white silent movie,The Art-
ist topped won six awards, including best film and best director. The Silent movie blockbuster also won the best actor award for its star Jean Dujardin, who beat British favourite Gary Oldman. The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius is a French-made romance set in Hollywood in the 1920s and 30s. The film tells the story of a star of silent movies whose career is destroyed by the advent of talkies. It had been nominated for 12 awards and walked away with the prizes for best film, leading actor, director, original screenplay, costumes, cinematography and music. Birla Foundation, is given annually for an outstanding literary work in Hindi published during the past 10 years. The award carries a cash purse of Rs. 2.5 lakh. After the Saraswati Samman, which is given for a work chosen from among works in all leading Indian languages, the Vyas Samman is the most prestigious award given by the Foundation.
GREEN GLOBE AWARD
Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan received a Green Globe for Outstanding Efforts by a Celebrity for his efforts toward a greener future at the fourth edition of the 21ST VYAS SAMMAN Panasonic Green Globe Foundation Awards Noted Hindi writer Professor on 2 february 2012. He received the award Ramdarash Mishra was selected for the 21st from Hollywood actor and former Governor Vyas Samman for his poetry collection Aam of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Ke Patte published in 2004. A selection com- award is conferred to honour the efforts of mittee headed by Suryaprasad Dixit, a well- organisations and individuals fighting climate known writer and former chairperson of change through their work in environment Lucknow Universitys Hindi department, se- preservation and regeneration. The Terminator star, Schwarzenegger lected the collection for the award. The prize was the guest of honour at the event. money for Vyas Samman is Rs 2.5 lakh. Professor Mishra, a veteran writer, was G.D. BIRLA AWARD born on 15 August 1924, in Uttar Pradeshs Tapas Kumar Kundu of BangaloreGorakhpur district. He served in Delhi based Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Universitys Hindi department and retired as Scientific Research has been selected for the professor there. His published works include G.D. Birla award for his contribution in bio16 collections of poetry, 13 novels and 18 chemistry. The award, instituted by the K.K. short story collections. His notable poetry Birla Foundation for according recognition collections include Pak gai hai dhoop, Path to high calibre scientific research undertaken ke Geet, Kandhe par Suraj and Barish mein by Indian scientists below the age of 50, carbheegte bache. His novels- Jal Tootata Hua ries a purse of Rs 1.5 lakh. Mr. Kundu, who and Paani ke Prachir received with critical has one US and three Indian patents to his acclaim. The award, instituted by the K.K.
nominations for the Shram Bhushan Award, Thirty Three nominations for Shram Vir/ Shram Veerangana and twenty nine nominations for Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards have been selected. Even though, the total number of Shram Awards is 33, the number of workers receiving the Awards is 68 (Including six women), as some of the Awards have been shared by workers and/or teams of workers consisting of more than one worker. These include 52 workers from the public sector and 16 workers from the private sector. Shram Bhushan awards carry a cash prize of 1 lakh rupees and a Sanad. Shram Veer/Veerangana awards carry a cash prize of 60000 rupees and a Sanad. Shram NORMAN BORLAUG AWARD Shree/Devi Awards comprise of a cash prize Aditi Mukherjee, a Delhi based scientist, won of 40000 rupees and a Sanad. Shram Awards the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award in Field Research and Application. Mukherjee was picked for were set up by the Government of India in the award for her work in transforming access to water 1985 to recognize the outstanding contribufor thousands of farmers in West Bengal. The award tions of workers in different fields. credit, has been selected for his contribution in the area of human gene expression and its links to disease and therapeutics. He not only elucidated the mechanism of transcription regulation through the epigenetic modifications in humans but also used the process to design new generation cancer diagnostics, as well as therapeutics for cancer, AIDS and diabetes. Born in 1962, Mr. Kundu did his Masters in Biochemistry at the University of Agricultural Sciences and PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He did his post-doctoral work at the National Institute of Genetics in Mishima in Japan and Rockfeller University, New York. Indian Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik won Peoples Choice Gold Medal Award in Moscow. It was the Second World Sand Sculpture Championship. The theme of World Sand Sculpture Championship 2012 was World Cinema . Artist from eleven countries took part in this championship. It includes following Countries: India, Spain, SHRAM AWARDS FOR YEAR 2011 Ireland, Germany, the United States, Russia, Union Ministry of Labour and Employ- United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Holland and ment announced the Prime Minister Shram Czech Republic. He sculpted the copy of the Awards for year 2011 on 15 August 2012. face of The Showman of the Millennium Raj This year, no nomination was found suitable Kapoor. His interpretation of Raj Kapoor was for the presitigious Shram Ratna Award. Six
will be formally presented to Mukherji on 17 October 2012 in Des Moines, Iowa, US. Mukherji, 37, is a senior researcher at the Delhi office of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). As alumnus of Presidency College (Kolkata), JNU (Delhi), she completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge. The international award is conferred by the World Food Prize Foundation, which was started by Norman Borlogue, the father of Green Revolution in India. The award carries 10000 dollar cash prize. The Borlaug Award is restricted to scientists under 40.
WORLD SAND S CULPTURE CHAMPIONSHIP 2012
highly praised by the visitors. His sculpture symbolizes Indo-Russian Friendship. Sudarshan Pattnaik had also won Berlin World Championship 2008. His sand sculpture was based on the awareness about global warming. Pattnaik had participated in 50(approx) international Sand Sculpture Championships across the World. He had won his first Prize in Copenhagen Sand Sculpture Championship in Denmark. World Sand Sculpture Championship: In this Championship artists have to make sculptures with the help of sand and Water. Judges provide them the required amount of area and artist has to make their sculpture within those parameters only. There is no flexible time to work and artists have to assign the title sign before making any sculpture. He also won two gold medals and a trophy in Solo International Sand Sculpture contest 2012. Sudarshan Pattnaik belongs to the Odisha State. sented to the author who is a citizen of or who has been resident in the Commonwealth or Ireland. The other authors whose work were shortlisted for the prize include Julia Blackburns Thin Paths, Teju Coles Open City, Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts Edgelands, Olivia Laings To the River and Tim Robinsons Connemara.
6TH NTR NATIONAL LITERARY AWARD
Noted Tamil writer Ashokamitran, known for his novel Thanneer and other works was declared the recipient of the 6th NTR National Literary Award on 4 May 2012. The award was presented on 28 May 2012. The writer was born in Secunderabad and was closest to Telugu culture, language and people. The announcement was made by chairperson of NTR Vignan Trust Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvati who recalled how the award was established and began with Kannada writer S.L. Bhyrappa, A. Somasundaram (Telugu), Sachidanandan (Malayalam), ONDAATJE PRIZE 2012 Mahasweta Devi and Gnanpith awardee C. Rahul Bhattacharya, the Delhi-based Narayana Reddy. The jury comprised writer author, on 29 May 2012 won the prestigious Volga, Professor N. Krupanandam of the Ondaatje Prize 2012 for his book The Sly University of Hyderabad and litterateur Ketu Vishwanatha Reddy. Ashokamitrans name Company of People Who Care. He is the first Indian author to have re- was finalised unanimously, considering the ceived the award. Bhattacharya was also con- number of his works that were translated in ferred with the Hindu Literary Prize for Best other languages and their relevance to Telugu. Fiction, 2011 for the same book. The 10000 pounds award is conferred by the Royal Society of Literature every year to recognize a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry which evokes the spirit of a place. The award is pre-
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