ब्रिगालिया बैम को प्रतिष्ठित महात्मा गांधी इंटरनेशनल अवार्ड

जोहानिसबर्ग। दक्षिण अफ्रीका की चुनाव संस्था की पूर्व अध्यक्ष ब्रिगालिया बैम को प्रतिष्ठित महात्मा गांधी इंटरनेशनल अवार्ड फॉर पीस एंड रीकॉनसिलिएशन अवॉर्ड से सम्मानित किया गया है। उन्हें लोकतंत्र के प्रति उनकी प्रतिबद्धता के लिए इस सम्मान से नवाजा गया है। बैम को सोमवार रात डरबन सिटी हाल में आयोजित एक समारोह में यह अवॉर्ड दिया गया। 1994 में नेल्सन मंडेला के राष्ट्रपति चुने जाने से लेकर अब तक स्वतंत्र व निष्पक्ष चुनाव कराने के लिए बैम को इस अवॉर्ड के लिए चुना गया। बापू की पोती ईला गांधी द्वारा स्थापित एक फाउंडेशन द्वारा यह पुरस्कार दिया जाता है।

द आर्टिस्ट’ को 5 ऑस्कर

‘द आर्टिस्ट’ को 5 ऑस्कर

लॉस एंजेलिस । 84वें ऑस्कर समारोह में फिल्म द आर्टिस्ट की धूम रही। प्रेम कहानी पर आधारित द आर्टिस्ट को सर्वश्रेष्ठ फिल्म के साथ 5 ऑस्कर मिले हैं। इस फिल्म के लिए माइकल हजानविसियस को सर्वश्रेष्ठ निर्देशक, ज्यां दुजार्दिन को सर्वश्रेष्ठ अभिनेता, लुडोविक बाउर्स सर्वश्रेष्ठ फिल्म धुन रचने के लिए और मार्क ब्रिजेस को आर्टिस्ट के लिए सर्वश्रेष्ठ कॉस्टयूम श्रेणी के पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया। आयरन लेडी में निभाई गई भूमिका के लिए मैरिल स्ट्रीप को सर्वश्रेष्ठ अभिनेत्री का खिताब दिया गया है। वहीं पाकिस्तान को डॉक्यूमेंट्री के लिए पहला ऑस्कर मिला है।

List of all Bharat Ratna Winner

List of all Bharat Ratna Winner

1.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan(1888–1975) 1954 Second President, First Vice President,Philosopher. Tamil Nadu

2.Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 98701878–1972 1954 Last Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. Tamil Nadu

3. C. V. Raman 1888–1970 1954 Nobel-prize winning Physicist Tamil Nadu

4. Bhagwan Das 1869–1958 1955 Philosopher, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh

5. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya231 1861–1962 1955 Civil Engineer Karnataka

6. Jawaharlal Nehru 1889–1964231 1955231 First Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. Uttar Pradesh

7. Govind Ballabh Pant 1887–1961 1957 Freedom Fighter, Home Minister Uttar Pradesh

8. Dhondo Keshav Karve 1858–1962 1958 Educationist, Social Reformer Maharashtra

9. B. C. Roy 1882–1962 1961 Physician, Politician West Bengal

10. Purushottam Das Tandon 1882–1962 1961278904231 FreedomFighter, Educationalist. Uttar Pradesh

11. Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 1962 First President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist Bihar

12. Zakir Hussain 1897–1969 1963 Former President, Scholar. Andhra Pradesh

13. Pandurang Vaman Kane 1880–1972 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Maharashtra

14. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1904–1966 1966 Posthumous, Second Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh

15. Indira Gandhi 1917–1984 1971 Former Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh

16. V. V. Giri 1894–1980 1975 Former President, Trade Unionist. Andhra Pradesh

17. K. Kamaraj 1903–1975 1976 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu

18. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) 1910–1997 1980 Naturalized Indian citizen, Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979). West Bengal

19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1895–1982 1983 Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Figher. Maharashtra

20. Khan Abdu231l Ghaffar Khan 1890–1988 1987 First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter. Pakistan

21. M. G. Ramachandran 1917–1987 1988 Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor. Tamil Nadu

22. B. R. Ambedkar 1891–1956 1990 Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution, Leader of Buddhist people of India Maharashtra

23. Nelson Mandela b. 1918 1990 Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement. South Africa

24. Rajiv Gandhi 1944–1991 1991 Posthumous, Former Prime Minister New Delhi

25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1875–1950 1991 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. Gujarat

26. Morarji Desai 1896–1995 1991 Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. Gujarat

27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1888–1958 1992 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Educator. West Bengal

28. J. R. D. Tata 1904–1993 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist. Maharashtra

29. Satyajit Ray 1922–1992 1992 Legendary Indian Film Director West Bengal

30. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam b. 1931 1997 Former President, Scientist. Tamil Nadu

31. Gulzarilal Nanda 1898–1998 1997 Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister. Punjab

32. Aruna Asaf Ali 1908–1996 1997 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. West Bengal

33. M. S. Subbulakshmi 1916–2004 1998 Classical singer. Tamil Nadu

34. Chidambaram Subramaniam 1910–2000 1998 Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture(Father of Green revolution). Tamil Nadu

35. Jayaprakash Narayan 1902–1979 1998 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. Uttar Pradesh

36. Ravi Shankar b. 1920 1999 Classical sitar player. west bengal

37. Amartya Sen b. 1933 1999 Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998), Economist. West Bengal

38. Gopinath Bordoloi 1890–1950 1999 Posthumous, freedom fighter Assam

39. Lata Mangeshkar b. 1929 2001 Play back singer. Maharashtra

40. Ustad Bismillah Khan 1916-2006 2001 Classical Maestro Uttar Pradesh

National Sports Awards 2011

National Sports Awards 2011
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna :
Mr. Gagan Narang - Shooting
Dronacharya Awards :
Mr. I. Venkateshwara Rao - Boxing
Mr. Devender Kumar Rathore - Gymnastics
Mr. Ramphal - Wrestling
Dr. Kuntal Roy - Athletics * (Life time achievement)
Mr. Rajinder Singh - Hockey * (Life time achievement)
Dhyan Chand Awards :
Mr. Shabbir Ali - Football
Mr. Sushil Kohli - Swimming
Mr. Rajkumar - Wrestling
Arjuna Awards :
Mr. Rahul Banerjee - Archery
Ms. Preeja Sreedharan - Athletics
Mr. Vikas Gowda - Athletics
Ms. Jwala Gutta - Badminton
Mr. M. Suranjoy Singh - Boxing
Mr. Zaheer Khan - Cricket
Mr. Sunil Chhetri - Football
Mr. Ashish Kumar - Gymnastics
Mr. Rajpal Singh - Hockey (Men)
Mr. Rakesh Kumar - Kabaddi (Men)
Ms. Tejeswini Bai V. - Kabaddi (Women)
Ms. Tejaswini Ravindra Sawant - Shooting
Mr. Veerdhawal Vikram Khade - Swimming
Mr. Somdev Kishore Devvarman - Tennis
Mr. Sanjay Kumar - Volleyball
Mr. Ravinder Singh - Wrestling
Mr. Naib S Katulu Ravikumar - Weightlifting
Ms. Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi - Wushu
Mr. Prasantha Karamakar - Swimming - Paralympics

Padma Vibhushan award 2011

Homai Vyarawalla (born 1913), commonly known by her pseudonym "Dalda 13," is India's first woman photojournalist. Starting in late 1930s she retired in the early 1970s. In 2011, she was chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan by Govt. of India

2011	Shri A Nageshwara Rao	Arts	Andhra Pradesh
2011	Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan	Arts	Delhi
2011	Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla	Arts	Gujarat
2011	Shri K. Parasaran	Public Affairs	Delhi
2011	Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai	Public Affairs	Delhi
2011	Shri Vijay Kelkar	Public Affairs	Delhi
2011	Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia	Public Affairs	Delhi
2011	Shri Palle Rama Rao	Science	Andhra Pradesh
2011	Shri Azim Premji	Trade and Industry	Karnataka
2011	Shri Brajesh Mishra	Civil Service	Madhya Pradesh
2011	Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup	Literature	Kerala
2011	Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra	Literature	Orissa
2011	Shri Lakshmi Chand Jain	Public Affairs	Delhi

जवाहर लाल नेहरू अंतरराष्ट्रीय सद्भावना पुरस्कार 2009

जर्मनी की चांसलर एंजेला डॉरोथी मर्केल ने कहा है कि दोनों देशों को आपसी हित के नये क्षेत्रों की तलाश करनी चाहिए। साल 2009 का प्रतिष्ठित जवाहर लाल नेहरू अंतरराष्ट्रीय सद्भावना पुरस्कार ग्रहण करते हुए उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि जो देश आतंकवादियों को पनाह दे रहे हैं, उनसे निपटने के प्रभावी उपाय किये जाने चाहिए।

58th national film awards

 

राष्‍ट्रीय फिल्‍म पुरस्‍कार 2010 के विजेता इस प्रकार हैं:-
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ लोकप्रिय फिल्‍म: दबंग
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ हिंदी फिल्‍म अवार्ड: दो दूनी चार
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ प्‍लेबैक सिंगर (मेल): सुरेश वाडेकर
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ प्‍लेबैक सिंगर (फीमेल):  रेखा भारद्वाज (इश्किया)
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ ऑडियोग्राफी: इश्किया
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ डायलॉग: संजय पवार
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ म्‍यूजिक डायरेक्‍टर: विशाल भारद्वाज (इश्किया)
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ प्रोडक्‍शन डिजाइन: रोबोट 
नर्गिस दत्‍त अवार्ड: मोनेर मानुष
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ निर्देशक: अदुकलम
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ अभिनेत्री: मिताली जगताप (बब्‍बू बैंड बाजा),
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ अभिनेता: धनुष (अदुकलम)
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ फीचर फिल्‍म: अदामिंते मकन अबु
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ अभिनेता: सलीम कुमार (अदामिंते मकन अबु)
सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ गीतकार: थॉमस कोटायपल्‍ली
सामाजिक मुद्दों पर बनी सर्वश्रेष्‍ठ फिल्‍म: चैंपियंस

58वें राष्ट्रीय फिल्म पुरस्कार

 

राष्ट्रीय फिल्म पुरस्कार

58वें राष्ट्रीय फिल्म पुरस्कार का एलान हो गया है. इस बार बॉलीवुड दूसरी भाषाओं की फिल्मों से पिछड़ गया है. हिंदी भाषा की सिर्फ दो ही फिल्मों को अवॉर्ड मिला है.

सलमान खान की सुपर हिट फिल्म दबंग की दबंगई नेशनल अवॉर्ड में भी दिखी. दबंग को साल का सर्वश्रेष्ठ मनोरंजक फिल्म का राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार दिया गया है. इस फिल्म ने काफी लोकप्रियता बटोरी है.

इस बार के राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार में बॉलीवुड की हिन्दी फिल्में को अन्य भाषाओं की फिल्मों ने कहीं पीछे छोड़ दिया. सर्वश्रेष्ठ फीचर फिल्म का पुरस्कार मलयालम फिल्म अदामिंते मकन अबू को मिला.

बॉलीवुड की चमक फीकी

सर्वश्रेष्ठ अभिनेता का पुरस्कार तमिल अभिनेता और रजनीकांत के दामाद धनुष और मलयालम अभिनेता सलीम कुमार को मिला है. साल की बेहतरीन अभिनेत्री का खिताब मराठी अभिनेत्री जगताप वराडकर और तमिल अभिनेत्री शराण्या पुनवन्नन को दिया गया है. सामाजिक मसलों पर सर्वश्रेष्ठ फिल्म का पुरस्कार मराठी फिल्म चैम्पियंस को मिला है.

वहीं कन्नड़ फिल्म बेतादा जीवा को पर्यावरण संरक्षण पर सर्वश्रेष्ठ फिल्म चुना गया है. सर्वश्रेष्ठ बाल फिल्म का पुरस्कार कन्नड़ फिल्म हेज्जेगालू को दिया गया. सर्वश्रेष्ठ बाल कलाकार का पुरस्कार संयुक्त रूप से चार कलाकारों को दिया जाएगा. इनमें हर्ष मायेर (आई एम कलाम), शांतनु रांगणेकर और मच्छिंद्र गाडेकर (चैम्पियंस) और विवेक चाबुक्स्वर (बाबू बैंड बाजा) शामिल है. 

मराठी फिल्म मी सिंधुताई सपकाल के लिए सुरेश वाडेकर को सर्वश्रेष्ठ पार्श्वगायक चुना गया. इस फिल्म को सर्वश्रेष्ठ रूपांतरित पटकथा (अनंत महादेवन और संजय पवार), संवाद (संजय पवार), विशेष जूरी पुरस्कार के लिए भी चुना गया.

सर्वश्रेष्ठ हिन्दी फिल्म रिषि कपूर और नीतू कपूर अभिनीत दो दूनी चार चुनी गई. फीचर फिल्म श्रेणी में 161 प्रविष्टियां मिली थी जिनमें से पांच क्षेत्रीय पेनलों और एक केंद्रीय पैनल ने पुरस्कार का चयन किया. फीचर फिल्म जूरी के अध्यक्ष जेपी दत्ता थे जबकि इसके सदस्यों में भरत बाला, डॉक्टर चंद्रप्रकाश द्विवेदी, प्रहलाद कक्कड़ समेत 10 सदस्य थे. सात सदस्यीय गैर फीचर फिल्म जूरी के अध्यक्ष ए के बीर थे. जूरी ने 113 प्रविष्टियों में से पुरस्कार का चयन किया. वहीं सिनेमा पर लेखन के लिए तीन सदस्यीय ज्यूरी के अध्यक्ष अशोक वाजपेयी थे.

फ़िलिप रौथ को 'मैन बुकर' पुरुस्कार

 

फ़िलिप रौथ को 'मैन बुकर' पुरुस्कार

अमरीका के जाने-माने उपन्यासकारों में से एक फ़िलिप रौथ को चौथे 'मैन बुकर' अंतरराष्ट्रीय पुरुस्कार का विजेता घोषित किया गया है.

छह लाख पाउंड की ईनामी रकम वाला ये पुरुस्कार ऐसे व्यक्ति को दिया जाता है जिसने विश्व स्तर पर उपन्यास के क्षेत्र में उपलब्धियाँ हासिल की हों.

नेवार्क, न्यूजर्सी में 1933 में जन्मे रौथ को उनके वर्ष 1969 मे प्रकाशित विवादास्पद उपन्यास 'पोर्टनॉएस कंपलेंट' की वजह से काफ़ी ख्याति मिली. इस किताब में यौन व्यवहारों का सजीव चित्रण किया गया है.

टाइम पत्रिका ने इस पुस्तक को बीसवीं सदी की सर्वश्रेष्ठ पुस्तकों की सूची में शामिल किया है. उनकी सन 2000 में प्रकाशित पुस्तक 'द ह्यूमन स्टेन' पर एक फ़िल्म बनाई गई थी जिसमें सर एंथनी हॉपकिंस और ऑस्कर विजेता अभिनेत्री निकोल किडमेन ने काम किया था.

इस पुरुस्कार को हर दूसरे वर्ष दिया जाता है. इससे पहले 2005 मे इस्माइल कादरी, 2007 में चिनुआ अचेबे और 2009 में एलिस मनरो इस पुरुस्कार को जीत चुके हैं.

By- BBC Hindi - अंतरराष्ट्रीय ख़बरें - फ़िलिप रौथ को 'मैन बुकर' पुरुस्कार

Dada Saheb Phalke award for K. Balachander

Dada Saheb Phalke award for K. Balachander

K. Balachander, one of India’s most acclaimed and influential filmmakers will receive the Daba Saheb Phalke award for 2010 in an announcement by the Information & Broadcasting ministry on 29/4/2011. The award consists of a Swarn Kamal, a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh and a shawl, given for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema. The prolific director who worked as a government servant in his early days was drawn to theatre where he began to write plays. Following this success a career in films soon beckoned him where he has made many classics that are well received and appreciated to this day. He was a bold director who always tried to explore new themes and many of his movies had strong female characters. Some of the director’s famous works in Tamil include Apoorva Raganagal, Thaneer Thanerr, Varumayin Niram Sigappu, Server Sundaram, Sinthu Bairavi etc while the hindi film Ek Duuje Ke Liye won him applause in the northern parts of the country as well. K. Balachander has spotted and groomed several artists in the industry the likes of which include Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2010

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2010

Biological Sciences

Dr Sanjeev
Galande
National Center for Cell Science, Pune

Dr Shubha Tole
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Chemical Sciences

Dr Swapan K Pati
Jawarhalal Nehru Center for Scientific Research, Bangalore

Dr Sandeep Verma
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Engineering Sciences

Dr G K
Anathasuresh
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Dr Shangamitra
Bandyopadhyay
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Medical Sciences

Dr Mitali Mukerji
Institute of Genomics and Interactive Biology (CSIR), Delhi

Physical Sciences

Dr Umesh Vasudeo
Wagmare
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

Dr Kalobaran Maiti
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Dadasaheb Phalke Award for K. Balachander

 

Dadasaheb Phalke Award for K. Balachander

The Hindu File photo of veteran filmmaker K. Balachander, who has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010.

Director K. Balachander, one of the influential filmmakers and trendsetters in Indian cinema, will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry announced on Friday.

“Direction has been my passion and continues to be so. Yes, this is a very happy moment,” said the veteran director. Mr. Balachander's story is as fascinating as the ones he has told on screen.

When he was a government servant, he was drawn to theatre and wrote a set of plays that were marked by realistic portrayals. He later took to penning dialogues and gradually found himself wearing the director's hat with ease.

Amid several television interviews and telephone calls, a very enthusiastic Mr. Balachander said: “It has been over a 100 films in direction. I have also produced a good number of films. But what is really fulfilling is having had the opportunity to shape and mentor several actors and technicians.”

It must be, for he was the director who spotted and groomed several talented artists, including the celebrated Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.

Film buffs and critics have often credited “KB sir,” as he is fondly known, with making films that were not hero-centric. He has presented an admirable variety of protagonists, the character of a struggling youth played by actor Nagesh in ‘Ethir Neechal' being a classic example. His films such as ‘Avargal' had female actors performing meaty roles, challenging the conventional notion of a “heroine” in films. Also, a Balachander film was always expected to have very good music.

On how he managed to ensure that the music in all his films were super hit numbers, Mr. Balachander said: “As a director, I have always felt responsible for all the departments in filmmaking. With that conviction, it was possible to bring out the best in my technicians.”

Mr. Balachander has explored very interesting themes in several of his films, including ‘Aboorva Ragangal,' ‘Bama Vijayam,' ‘Sindhubhairavi,' ‘Varumayin Niram Sivappu,' and ‘Thanneer Thanneer.' His ‘Ek Duuje Ke Liye' caught the attention of cinema lovers in other parts of the country.

“Sometimes, when I see my old films now, I am really surprised. ‘How did we manage to take this scene?' I wonder. It seems like I knew some magic. Otherwise, people would not have let me take those films. It would be nearly impossible now,” he said.

His tryst with television serials also proved successful, again, setting trends in the field. His ‘Rayil Sneham' and ‘Kai Alavu Manasu' were virtually a phenomenon on television, at a time when television soaps were not too common. Even now, the director is busy working on a Tamil serial.

Kollywood responds

The announcement of the award to ‘Iyakkunar Sigaram' as he is known in Kollywood has brought tremendous happiness to the fraternity of artists and technicians. However, some felt that it could have come much earlier.

Actor Kamal Haasan said this was a “belated honour.” “Had I been in the committee, I would have recommended his name soon after ‘Ek Duuje Ke Liye,' but people would have attributed motives. In a country like India, a talent like Balachander sir has to wait this long before he gets a well-deserved honour,” he said.

Director Vasanth, who was earlier his assistant, said: “It feels great to have known a genius like him for 30 years. It is a matter of great pride that he gets this award given for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema. I think after Sivaji sir, he is the first person to get it in Tamil Nadu.”

Mr. Balachander is loved by juniors, for he never fails to send a note of appreciation to a technician who has done well.

Director Gautham Vasudeva Menon, who received a letter with nuanced feedback on ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa' said: “All of us have grown up watching his films. I am truly excited and happy. He is someone who keeps in touch with everyone in the industry and his words are very reassuring to all of us.”

The Hindu : Arts / Cinema : Dadasaheb Phalke Award for K. Balachander

Abel Prize 2011

 

John Willard Milnor, the wizard of higher dimensions, gets the Abel Prize, which is regarded as the “Mathematician's Nobel”.

COURTESY: THE NORWEGIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS

John Willard Milnor.The citation says: “All of Milnor's works display marks of great research: profound insights, vivid imagination, elements of surprise and supreme beauty.”

AS the month of October is for Nobel Prizes, March has been, in the past eight years, for the prestigious Abel Prize in mathematics conferred by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. One of the giants of modern mathematics, John Willard Milnor of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook University, New York, United States, reputed for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems, has been chosen by the Academy for this year's Abel Prize. The decision was announced by the President of the Norwegian Academy, Oyvind Osterud, on March 23. Milnor will receive the award from His Majesty King Harald at a ceremony in Oslo on May 24.

The Abel Prize has widely come to be regarded as the “Mathematician's Nobel”. Instituted in 2001 to mark the 200th birth anniversary of the Norwegian mathematical genius Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), it is given in recognition of contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to mathematical sciences and has been awarded annually since 2003 ( Frontline, April 20, 2007). The prize carries a cash award of six million Norwegian kroner, which is about €750,000 or $ 1 million, similar to the amount of a Nobel Prize. Unlike the other major award in mathematics, the Fields Medal, which is given once in four years at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) to young mathematicians not over 40 years of age on January 1, the Abel Prize, just as the Nobel, has no age limit.

The past winners of the prize include such illustrious names as Jean-Pierre Serre (2003), Sir Michael Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer (2004), Peter D. Lax (2005), Lennart Carleson (2006), Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan (2007), John Griggs Thompson and Jacques Tits (2008), Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (2009) and John Torrence Tate (2010). The Abel Prize winner is selected by a committee of five international mathematicians headed by Ragni Piene of the University of Oslo. The International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the European Mathematical Society (EMS) nominate members of the Abel Committee. Besides Piene, the committee for this year's award included Bjorn Engquist of the University of Texas at Austin, M.S. Raghunathan of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), David Donoho of Stanford University and Hendrik W. Lenstra of Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Nobel Prize Winners 2010

 

 

About Nobel Prize

Established by Alfred Nobel, Nobel prizes started in 1901. They are given every year for worldwide achievements in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and for Peace. The Nobel prize is administered by Nobel Foundation, Sweden. In 1968, an additional prize for Economics was added in memory of Alfred Nobel.

Nobel Prize includes an award, Nobel diploma and a cash prize. The prize money is distributed from the interest generated from funds originally initiated by Alfred Nobel. For 2010, the prize money is stipulated at Swedish kronor (SEK) 10 million per full Nobel Prize equivalent to 1.5 mil USD.

Nobel prize 2010 announcements were made this week and this hub is about the winners and their works.

Nobel Prize 2010 Physiology or Medicine goes to the father of the test tube baby

Nobel Prize 2010 for Physiology or Medicine – Robert G Edwards

The Nobel prize 2010 for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Robert G Edwards.

Robert G Edwards was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine for his work ‘in vitro fertilization (IVF)’.

He started work on IVF as early as 1950s. Due to his efforts, world’s first test tube baby was born during 1978. In later years he and his team improved the process further and made it available to all.

The IVF technology discovered by him is used as a treatment for infertility. More than 10% of the couples worldwide are infertile and his discovery has been a boon to such people. Approximately 4 million people have been born using IVF till now.

Robert G Edwards is currently professor at the University of Cambridge.

Nobel Prize 2010 in Physics

Nobel Prize 2010 Physics Andre Geim

Nobel Prize 2010 Physics Konstantin Novoselov

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”

Andre and Novoselov, the teacher-student duo, derived the material ‘graphene’ from graphite. The black writing material used for pencils is graphite, which is a form of carbon. They extracted a thin layer of carbon particles from graphite, actually as thin as on atom width, making a new material graphine.

Andre and Novoselov discovered that Graphine has many interesting properties. It is as good a conductor as copper. It is the best conductor of heat as of now. It is completely transparent and yet, it does not allow the thinnest gas Helium through it.

Because of its unique properties, graphine will have vast range of applications starting from electronics to satellite. A computer chip made of graphine is expected to outperform the present silicon made chips, which means that in future we will have even faster computers. Already a test transistor was developed using graphine and its performance was equal to that of silicon transistor. A paper thin TV monitor screen can be made using graphine. This new material, a form of carbon is a miracle that can find great usage in future.

Nobel Prize 2010 Chemistry

Nobel prize 2010 in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki “for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”.

Organic Chemistry is one of the most important branches of chemistry finding applications in our day to life including paints and plastics. Organic chemistry essentially involves various arrangements of carbon atoms together in multiple configurations.

During the initial years, one of the main challenges in organic chemistry was to successfully combine carbon atoms together as carbon would not easily react with other similar atoms due to its structural configuration.

These three scientists discovered possible reactions using a catalyst Palladium so that in its presence, carbon reacts more easily. This tool has been in use for many decades though further improvements are still going on. This tool has been extensively used in chemistry labs as well as medicine factories in order to get the desired combinations.

Nobel committee stated that with the discovery of this tool, a major obstacle hindering progress in organic chemistry was removed.

Nobel Prize 2010 Literature

Nobel Prize 2010 Literature – Mario Vargas Llosa

Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa.

Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936 in Peru. After graduating from Colegio Nacional San Miguel in Piura, Mario Vargas Llosa studied law and literature in Lima and Madrid. As an author, he became internationally popular through his novel La ciudad y los perros (1963; The Time of the Hero, 1966), though this novel created big controversy in his home land.

He has lectured and taught at a number of universities in the USA, South America and Europe. His well known works include Conversación en la catedral (1969; Conversation in the Cathedral, 1975), La guerra del fin del mundo (1981; The War of the End of the World, 1984) and La fiesta del chivo (2000; The Feast of the Goat, 2001). He is also a noted journalist and essayist.

Nobel Prize 2010 for Peace

Nobel Prize for Peace 2010 – Liu Xiaobo

The Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to Liu Xiaobo “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”.

For last few decades, China has experienced enormous economic growth and grew to become second largest economy in the world. However China’s record in following international agreements as well as maintaining human rights internally has been questioned time and again.

Liu Xiaobo strongly advocated for fundamental rights in China. He took part in the Tiananmen protests in 1989; he was a leading author behind Charter 08, the manifesto of such rights in China which was published on the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 10th of December 2008. The following year, Liu was sentenced to eleven years in prison and two years’ deprivation of political rights for “inciting subversion of state power”. Presently Liu is in prison due to this sentence. Following the Nobel Prize announcement recognizing his efforts for human rights and peace, the world has been requesting China to release him.

Nobel prize in economics 2010

Nobel Prize in Economics 2010

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2010 was awarded jointly to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides “for their analysis of markets with search frictions”.

Normally any market is based on demand and supply. But many times, in reality, we find that there are many people looking for employment but at the same time there are many vacancies in companies, not able to find candidates. There are many who want to buy a house and there are many who want to sell and both conditions exist at the same time. This year’s nobel laureates developed a theory to answer these questions, which may help better solutions in these areas. They formulated a theoretical framework for search markets. Peter Diamond has analyzed the foundations of search markets and Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides have expanded the theory and have applied it to the labor market.

Their theory is not just applicable to labor market but also to house, monitory theory and various areas of economics.

About the laureates:

Peter A. Diamond, is Institute Professor and Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.

Dale T. Mortensen, is from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Ida C. Cook Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

Christopher A. Pissarides, is a Professor of Economics and Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics, all at London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Winners of 56th Filmfare Awards 2011

 Winners of 56th Filmfare Awards 2011

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)
Shah Rukh Khan - My Name Is Khan
Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)
Kajol - My Name Is Khan
Best Film
Dabangg
Best Director
Karan Johar - My Name Is Khan
Best Film (Critics)
Udaan
Best Actor Male (Critics)
Rishi Kapoor - Do Dooni Chaar
Best Actor Female (Critics)
Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)
Best Actor In Supporting Role (Male)
Ronit Roy - Udaan
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor - We Are Family
Best Sensational Debut (Male)
Ranveer Singh - Band Bajaa Baaraat
Best Sensational Debut (Female)
Sonakshi Sinha - Dabangg
Best Debut Director
Maneesh Sharma (Band Baaja Baraat)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Mamta Sharma - Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)
Sunidhi Chauhan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)
Best Story
Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane - Udaan
Best Music
Sajid - Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)
Best Lyrics
Gulzar - Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (Ishqiya)
Best Dialogue
Habib Faisal - Band Baaja Baaraat
Best Choreography
Farah Khan - Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan)
Best Action
Vijayan Master - Dabangg
Best Screenplay
Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap - Udaan
Best Background Score
Amit Trivedi - Udaan
Best Costumes
Varsha Shilpa - Do Dooni Chaar

Best Editing
Namrata Rao - Love Sex Aur Dhokha
Best Cinematography
Mahendra Shetty - Udaan
Best Sound Design
Pritam Das - Love Sex Aur Dhokha
Kunal Sharma - Udaan
Best Production Design
Mukund Gupta - Do Dooni Chaar
R. D. Burman Music Award
Sneha Khanwalkar - Love Sex Aur Dhokha
Sony Best Scene Of The Year
Golmaal 3
Lifetime Achievement Award
Manna Dey
40 Years Of Greatness Award
Amitabh Bachchan

Padma Awards 2011-List of Winners

  

Padma Awards 2011
A list of 128 awardees of Padma awards declared

 
Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April.

Indian Government has announced 128 Padma awards for 2011 on January 25, 2011 (Tuesday).

13 Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2011:
Name - Discipline (State/ Domicile)
● Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan — Art : Art Administration and Promotion (Delhi)
● Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla — Art : Photography (Gujarat)
● Shri A Nageshwara Rao — Art : Cinema (Andhra Pradesh)
● Shri Parasaran Kesava Iyengar — Public Affairs (Delhi)
● Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai — Public Affairs (Delhi)
● Shri Vijay Kelkar — Public Affairs (Delhi)
● Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia — Public Affairs (Delhi)
● Shri Palle Rama Rao — Science and Engineering (Andhra Pradesh)
● Shri Azim Premji — Trade and Industry (Karnataka)
● Shri Brajesh Mishra — Civil Services (Madhya Pradesh)
● Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup — Literature and Education (Kerala)
● Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra — Literature and Education (Orissa)
● Late Shri L. C. Jain — Public Affairs (Delhi)*

31 Padma Bhushan Awardees 2011:
● Shri Satyadev Dubey - Art : Theatre (Maharashtra)
● Shri Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam - Art : Cinema - Music (Maharashtra)
● Shri Shashi Kapoor - Art : Cinema (Maharashtra)
● Shri Krishen Khanna - Art : Painting (Haryana)
● Shri Madavur Vasudevan Nair - Art : Dance - Kathakali (Kerala)
● Ms. Waheeda Rehman - Art : Cinema (Maharashtra)
● Shri Rudrapatna Krishna Shastry Srikantan - Art : Music-Vocal (Karnataka)
● Ms. Arpita Singh - Art : Painting (Delhi)
● Dr. Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam - Art : Playback Singing, Music Direction & acting (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar - Art : Classical Dance-Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri Dwijen Mukherjee - Art (West Bengal)
● Smt. Rajashree Birla - Social work (Maharashtra)
● Mrs. Shobhana Ranade - Social work (Maharashtra)
● Dr. Suryanarayanan Ramachandran - Science and Engineering (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri S.(Kris) Gopalakrishnan - Trade and Industry (Karnataka)
● Shri Yogesh Chander Deveshwar - Trade and Industry (West Bengal)
● Ms. Chanda Kochhar - Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
● Dr. K. Anji Reddy - Trade and Industry- Pharmacy (Andhra Pradesh)
● Shri Analjit Singh - Trade and Industry (Delhi)
● Shri Rajendra Singh Pawar - Trade and Industry (Haryana)
● Dr. Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy - Trade and Industry (Andhra Pradesh)
● Shri Ajai Chowdhary - Trade and Industry (Delhi)
● Shri Surendra Singh - Civil Services (Delhi)
● Shri M. N .Buch - Civil Services (Madhya Pradesh)
● Shri Shyam Saran - Civil Services (Delhi)
● Shri Thayil Jacob Sony George - Literature and Education (Karnataka)
● Dr. Ramdas Madhava Pai - Literature and Education (Karnataka)
● Shri Sankha Ghosh - Literature and Education (West Bengal)
● Late Shri K. Raghavan Thirumulpad - Medicine : Ayurveda. (Kerala)*
● Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant - Medicine : Cardiology (Maharashtra)*
● Late Shri Dashrath Patel - Art (Gujarat)*

84 Padma Shri Awardees 2011:
● Ms. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry - Art : Theatre (Chandigarh)
● Shri Makar Dhwaja Darogha - Art : Chhau Dance (Jharkhand)
● Shri Shaji Neelakantan Karun - Art : Film Direction (Kerala)
● Shri Girish Kasaravalli - Art : Film making (Karnataka)
● Ms. Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu - Art : Cinema (Maharashtra)
● Shri Jivya Soma Mase - Art : Warli Painting (Maharashtra)
● Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja - Art : Dance-Bharatnatyam (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri Jayaram Subramaniam - Art : Cinema (Tamil Nadu)
● Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty - Art : Music-Indian Classical Vocal (West Bengal)
● Smt. Mahasundari Devi - Art : Mithilia/Madhubani Painting (Bihar)
● Shri Gajam Govardhana - Art : Handloom Weaving (Andhra Pradesh)
● Ms. Sunayana Hazarilal - Art : Dance-Kathak (Maharashtra)
● Shri S.R. Janakiraman - Art : Carnatic Vocal Music (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar - Art : Chenda Melam-Drum concert (Kerala)
● Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran - Art : Dance-Mohiniattam (Kerala)
● Shri Dadi Dorab Pudumjee - Art : Puppetry (Delhi)
● Shri Khangembam Mangi Singh - Art : Traditional Music of Manipur (Pena) (Manipur)
● Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya - Art : Folk Music (Madhya Pradesh)
● Smt. Usha Uthup - Art : Music. (West Bengal)
● Smt. Kajol - Art : Cinema (Maharashtra)
● Shri Irfan Khan - Art : Cinema (Maharashtra)
● Shri Mamraj Agrawal - Social work (West Bengal)
● Shri Jockin Arputham - Social work (Maharashtra)
● Ms. Nomita Chandy - Social work (Karnataka)
● Ms. Sheela Patel - Social work (Maharashtra)
● Ms. Anita Reddy - Social work (Karnataka)
● Shri Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor - Social work (Gujarat)
● Shri Anant Darshan Shankar - Public Affairs (Karnataka)
● Prof. M. Annamalai - Science and Engineering (Karnataka)
● Dr. Mahesh Haribhai Mehta - Science and Engineering : Agricultural Science (Gujarat)
● Shri Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran - Science and Engineering (Tamil Nadu)
● Dr. (Mrs.) Suman Sahai - Science and Engineering (Delhi)
● Prof.(Dr.) E.A. Siddiq - Science and Engineering : Agricultural Science (Andhra Pradesh)
● Shri Gopalan Nair Shankar - Science and Engineering : Architecture (Kerala)
● Shri Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed - Trade and Industry (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri Kailasam Raghavendra Rao - Trade and Industry (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri Narayan Singh Bhati - Civil Services (Andhra Pradesh)
● Shri P K Sen - Civil Services (Bihar)
● Ms. Shital Mahajan - Sports : Adventure Sports : Para Jumping (Maharashtra)
● Ms. Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi - Sports : Weightlifting (Manipur)
● Shri Sushil Kumar - Sports : Wrestling (Delhi)
● Shri Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman - Sports : Cricket (Andhra Pradesh)
● Shri Gagan Narang - Sports : Shooting (Andhra Pradesh)
● Smt. Krishna Poonia - Sports : Discus Throw (Rajasthan)
● Shri Harbhajan Singh - Sports : Mountaineering (Punjab)
● Dr. Pukhraj Bafna - Medicine : Padeatrics (Chhattisgarh)
● Prof. Mansoor Hasan - Medicine : Cardiology (Uttar Pradesh)
● Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal - Medicine : Orthopaedic (Delhi)
● Prof. (Dr.) Sivapatham Vittal - Medicine : Endocrinology (Tamil Nadu)
● Prof. (Dr.) Madanur Ahmed Ali - Medicine : Gastroenterology (Tamil Nadu)
● Dr. Indira Hinduja - Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Maharashtra)
● Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram - Medicine : Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Kerala)
● Prof. (Dr.) A. Marthanda Pillai - Medicine : Neurosurgery (Kerala)
● Shri Mahim Bora - Literature and Education (Assam)
● Prof. (Dr.) Pullella Srirama Chandrudu - Literature and Education- Sanskrit (Andhra Pradesh)
● Dr. Pravin Darji - Literature and Education (Gujarat)
● Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval - Literature and Education (Rajasthan)
● Shri Balraj Komal - Literature and Education (Delhi)
● Mrs. Rajni Kumar - Literature and Education (Delhi)
● Dr. Devanooru Mahadeva - Literature and Education (Karnataka)
● Shri Barun Mazumder - Literature and Education (West Bengal)
● Dr. Avvai Natarajan - Literature and Education (Tamil Nadu)
● Shri Bhalchandra Nemade - Literature and Education (Himachal Pradesh)
● Prof. Riyaz Punjabi - Literature and Education (Jammu and Kashmir)
● Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao - Literature and Education (Andhra Pradesh)
● Ms. Buangi Sailo - Literature and Education (Mizoram)
● Prof. Devi Dutt Sharma - Literature and Education (Uttarakhand)
● Shri Nilamber Dev Sharma - Literature and Education (Jammu and Kashmir)
● Ms. Urvashi Butalia# - Literature and Education (Delhi)
Ms. Ritu Menon# - Literature and Education (Delhi)
● Prof. Krishna Kumar - Literature and Education (Delhi)
● Shri Deviprasad Dwivedi - Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
● Ms. Mamang Dai - Literature and Education (Arunachal Pradesh)
● Dr. Om Prakash Agrawal - Others : Heritage Conservation (Uttar Pradesh)
● Prof. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar - Others : Archeology (Maharashtra)
● Ms. Shanti Teresa Lakra - Others-Nursing (Andaman & Nicobar)
● Smt. Gulshan Nanda - Others - Handicrafts promotion (Delhi)
● Dr. Azad Moopen - Social work (UAE)*
● Prof. Upendra Baxi - Public Affairs -Legal Affairs (United Kingdom) *
● Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik - Science and Engineering (USA)*
● Dr. Subra Suresh - Science and Engineering (USA)*
● Prof. Karl Harrington Potter - Literature and Education (USA)*
● Prof. Martha Chen - Social work (USA)*
● Shri Satpal Khattar - Trade and Industry (Singapore)*
● Shri Granville Austin - Literature and Education (USA)*
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Note:
* indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners/NRIs/PIOs/Posthumous.
# indicates duo case.

List of Nominees:
This year government has received 1303 nominations for the top civilian awards for 2011.

The list of Nominees include Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, fashion designer Ritu Beri and shooter Tejaswami Sawant, Satyendra Dubey, Manjunath Sanmugham. The list of Bollywood stars in the nomineees include Jaya Prada, Priyanka Chopra and Salman Khan.

List of Politicians include, Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal known as ‘Nishank’ under literature and education category and former Orissa chief minister Giridhar Gamang nominated under the ‘instrumental music’ category.

In 2010, Government announced 130 awards, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. The list included 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri. No one has been chosen for the Bharat Ratna award in 2010.

Award and Prizes: April 2010

President presents Padma awards
• Nobel laureate Indian-origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, noted theatre
personality Ebrahim Alkazi and founder-chairman of the Apollo Hospitals Prathap
Chandra Reddy were conferred the Padma Vibhushan, second highest civilian award, by
President Pratibha Patil.
• Music maestro A.R. Rahman, film actor Aamir Khan, classical vocalist Pandit Channulal
Mishra and prominent hotelier Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair were among 21 distinguished
persons who were honoured with Padma Bhushan.
• The loud applause was reserved for sportspersons Saina Nehwal (badminton), Virendra
Sehwag (cricket) and Ignace Tirkey (hockey), when they walked up to the podium to
receive Padma Shri award from the President.
• Dhrupad exponent Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar; businesswoman Anu Aga; multi-
lingual actor Arundhati Nag; the former CBI director, D.R. Karthikeyan; plant scientist
Palpu Pushpangadan; eye surgeon Vikas Mahatme; and cardiologist K.K. Aggarwal were
among those awarded Padma Shri.
• Among the Padma Bhushan awardees were eminent neurosurgeon Satya Paul Agarwal;
Tan Chung,renowned artist Ram Kumar; and eminent cardiac surgeon Ramakant Panda,
who performed the “beating heart” surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year.
• The former Vice-Chancellor of Goa University, P.R. Dubhashi (for civil service), and
Abhijit Sen, member of the Planning Commission, were also conferred Padma Bhushan.
• Among others honoured with Padma Bhushan were, Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj;
Balgangadharnatha Swamiji; Jagdish Chandra Kapur; Kushal Pal Singh; Mohammad
Amin; N.C. Satyanarayana; P.K. Warrier; Satyavrat Shastri and Shripaul Oswal.
• Founder-chairman of Nagarjuna Construction Company Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana
Raju, president of the Al Fara'a Group in the UAE J.R. Gangaramani and Ravi Pillai of
the RP Group of industries received Padma Shri in the trade and industry category.
• The award was also conferred on environmental crusader Baba Sewa Singh, vocalist
Ulhas Kashalkar and scientist Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath.
• Other recipients of Padma Shri included Arvind Kumar, A.T. Meetei, B. Ramana Rao,
Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar, Carmel Berkson, Gul Bardhan, Hari Uppal, Jitendra
Udhampuri, Lalzuia Colney, Laxmi Chand Gupta, M.R. Satyanarayana Rao, Maria
Aurora Couto, Mukund Lath, Philip Augustine, Ponisseril Somasundaram, Rabindra
Narain Singh, Rafael Irubieta Fernandez, Pandit Ragunath Panigrahi, Ram Dayal Munda,
Sumitra Guha, and Surendra Dubey.
• Noted scholar Govind Chandra Pande (Padma Shri) and poet Pandit Puttaraj Kavi
Gavaigalavaru (Padma Bhushan) were not present to receive their awards.
Classical Tamil Award for Asko Parpola
• Asko Parpola, leading authority on the Indus script and Professor Emeritus of Indology in
the University of Helsinki, Finland, has been chosen for the Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi
Classical Tamil Award for 2009.
• Professor Parpola will receive a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh, a citation and a memento
during the World Classical Tamil Conference to be held in Coimbatore in June.
• The Assam government has decided to confer the coveted Srimanta Sankaradeva Award
to noted journalist and writer Homen Borgohain for the year 2007 in recognition of his
significant contribution to journalism and literature and noted actor Sharmila Tagore in
the fields of art and culture for the year 2008. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would
present the awards at a function in the city tentatively fixed for April 23, said an official
release .
Padma awards given to Chatwal, Ilaiyaraaja
• President Pratibha Patil confers Padma awards in New Delhi. The awardees are (PADMA
VIBHUSAN): Zohra Segal, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman and Dr. Y.V. Reddy (PADMA
BHUSHAN): Ilaiyaraaja, Mallika V. Sarabhai, Dr. N.M. Shroff, B.K. Chaturvedi, (bottom
row) Sant Singh Chatwal, Bipin Chandra and Professor B.M. Hegde (PADMA SHRI)
Venu Srinivasan, Resul Pookutty, actor Rekha, R.V. Achrekar, Narayan Karthikeyan and
actor Saif Ali Khan.
• Non-Resident Indian hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, music composer Ilaiyaraaja and
businessman Vindi Banga were conferred the Padma Bhushan awards by President
Pratibha Patil.
• Noted mridangam exponent Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, former Reserve Bank of India
Governor Y.V. Reddy and nonagenarian artiste Zohra Segal were honoured with the
Padma Vibhushan, the country's second highest civilian awards at a glittering ceremony
at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's ‘guru' Ramakant Achrekar, boxer Vijender Singh, leading
actor of yesteryear Rekha, sound technician and Oscar Award winner Resul Pookutty and
car racer Narain Karthikeyan were among those conferred with the Padma Shri.
• The Ashoka Hall reverberated with applause as actor Saif Ali Khan walked up to to
receive his Padma Shri at the function attended by Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and other guests. Painter Akbar Padamsee, former Cabinet
Secretary and a current Planning Commission member B.K. Chaturvedi, Moosa Raza
(civil service), educationists Anil Bordia and G.P. Chopra were honoured with the Padma
Bhushan.
• Other Padma Bhushan awardees were: cardiologist B.M. Hegde, nuclear scientist Bikash
Sinha, historian Bipin Chandra, kathak exponent Kumudini Lakhia, panchavadya
exponent Kuzhur Narayana Marar, versatile artiste Mallika Sarabhai, banker N. Vaghul,
eye specialist Noshir Minoo Shroff, music composer Shrinivas Khale, sarangi player
Ustad Sultan Khan and ayurveda practitioner E.T. Narayanan Mooss.
• Nemai Ghosh, , music exponent Shobha Raju, environment activist Ranjit Bhargava,
TVS Motor Company Chairman Venu Srinivasan, businessmen Irshad Mirza, Kapil
Mohan (trade and industry), founder of Nirma Karsanbhai Patel were among those who
received the Padma Shri.
C'wealth award for Rana Dasgupta
• British-Indian author Rana Dasgupta won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for 2010 for his epic
tale Solo set in Communist and post-Communist Bulgaria. Australian Glenda Guest's Siddon
Rock was adjudged the Best First Book at the award's grand finale ceremony.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta chosen for Adiseshiah award
• Pratap Bhanu Mehta, president, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, has been selected
for this year's Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah Award, instituted by the Malcom and Elizabeth
The award, consisting of Rs. 2 lakh in cash and a citation, would be
presented  November 21.
IIFA goes to Sri Lanka
• Amitabh Bachchan made an appearance at a glittering function to mark the media
awareness of the 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), scheduled to be held
from June 3 to 5.
• Besides the IIFA function, the event would witness a 20-20 match between Hindi film
industry stars and Asian cricketers.
• Sri Lanka was chosen from among countries such as South Africa, the United Arab
Emirates, Australia and South Korea.
• IIFA started in 2000, with the first ceremony held in London at the Millennium Dome.
With the aim to take Indian cinema worldwide, the ceremony in the past has been held in
countries like Malaysia, Singapore, The Netherlands, UAE, England, Thailand and twice
in South Africa.
Bengali novel shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction prize
• Nearly 50 years after it was first written in 1962, Bengali novelist Mani Sankar
Mukherjee's book, Chowringhee, has been shortlisted for one of the Independent Foreign
Fiction prize for 2010 — the first time that an Indian work has accomplished the feat.
• One of the most popular works in Bengali literature in the 1960s, Chowringhee, is about
a myriad of characters that people a popular hotel, Shahjahan, in the city's Champs-
Elysees of the times, as seen from the eyes of a clerk who works there.

57th National Film Awards

the prestigious 57th National Film Awards took place on 22nd october which was felicitated by the president of India Mrs. Pratibha Patil.

The occasion as it happened every year is to honour the best performers in Bollywood and other regional cinemas.The entire Bachchan clan in attendance, to enjoy the great evening .
Among others the catch of the eye was none other than the superstar Amitabh Bachchan as he receives his Fourth National Award.

Big B received this award for R. Balakrishna's 'Paa' from President Pratibha Patil. He had earlier won it for 'Saat Hindustani', 'Agneepath' and 'Black'. His son Abhishek who produced the movie, too received his debut national honour for the best Hindi language film.

57th National Film Awards

Dada Saheb Phalke award went to the senior producer D Ramanaidu.
Senior musician Illyaraja got the best score Pazhassi Raja.
Ranjan Palit got Best Voiceover award.
Malayalam movie Kutty Srank bagged five awards in total that includes the best feature film. Other awards that this movie honored with are – Best Cinematography award, best screenplay award, best costume award and a special jury recognition award.
The special jury recognition award was also given to Bollywood movie Kaminey and the regional language movie Varma Pazhassi Raja from Kerala.
The Best Actor Award went to Amitabh Bachchan for the movie Paa.He was presented Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000. Paa movie also got the best Hindi film award.
Best Supporting Actress award (Arundhati Nag)
Best Makeup award (Christein Tinsley and Dominie Till) .
The Best Actress award went to the green horn Ananya Chatterjee for her performance in a Bengali Film Abohoman.
The Best Popular Movie Award has gone to Aamir Khan’s 3 idiots.Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Raj Kumar Hirani, the Producer and Director respectively of hit Bollywood movie 3 idoits got swaran kamal award along with a cash award of Rs. 2 lac, each. Kutty Srank, a regional movie,fetched Swarna Kamal for its producer Reliance Big Pictures along with a cash award of Rs. 2.5 lac and the same to the Director of this movie, Shaji N Karun.
Nargis Dutt Award goes to Delhi 6 for its message on national integration. Shyam Benegal’s Well Done Abba was acclaimed as the best movie on social issues.
The Best Music Director award has gone to Amit Trivedi for his music in Bollywood movie Dev D.
Best Lyrics award has gone to Swanand Kirkere for his song Behti hawa sa tha woh in 3 idiots.
Kannada movie Putaani Party and Malayalam movie Keshu both the movies have bagged the Best Children’s Film Award.
Similarly Jeeva and Anba Karaus both got the Best child actor award. Magadheera a telugu movie got the award for Best Special Effects and Choreography.

Oscar Awards 2010

Best Director- Kathryn Bigelow for The Heart Locker. She became first women to win the Oscar for best director.

Best Film- The Heart Locker.

Best Actor- Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart.

Best Actress- Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.

Best Supporting Actor –Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds.

Best Supporting Actress –Mo'Nique for Precious.

Best foreign language film- The Secret in their Eyes, from Argentina.

Nobel Prize Winner - 2009

Winner's Name	Field	Country	Work
Elizabeth Blackburn Carol Greider Jack Szostak	Medicine	USA	For the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
Charles K. Kao Willard S. Boyle George E. Smith	Physics	USA	For groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication. And the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor.
V. Ramakrishnan Thomas A. Steitz Ada E. Yonath	Chemistry	UK USA Israel	For studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
Barack Obama	Peace	USA	For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples
Herta Müller	Literature	Germany	For the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed
Elinor Ostrom Oliver E. Williamson	Economics	USA	For her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons. For his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm