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AWARDS (National & International)
Bharat Ratna Award Winners (1980-2013)
Year
Awardee Discipline
1980 Mother
Teresa Catholic
nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Prize winner
1983 Vinoba
Bhave Awarded
after his death, freedom fighter and social reformer, founder of Bhoodan
Movement and a true Gandhian
1987 Khan
Abdul Ghaffar Khan Freedom fighter
and first non-citizen, first foreigner (citizen of Pakistan)
1988 M.G
Ramachandran Awarded
after his death, film actor and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1990 Nelson Mandela
Second
non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient from South Africa
B.R. Ambedkar
Awarded
after his death, chief architect of the Indian Constitution, economist and
politician and lawyer.
1991 Morarji
Desai Freedom
fighter and 5th Prime Minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel Awarded after his
death, freedom fighter and first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of
India
Rajiv Gandhi Awarded after
his deatch, 7th Prime Minister of India
1992 Satyajit
Ray Famous
filmmaker
J.R.D. Tata
Industrialist
and philanthropist
Abul Kalam Azad Awarded
after his death, freedom fighter and first Minister of Education
1997 Aruna
Asaf Ali Awarded
after his death, freedom fighter
Gulzarilal Nanda Freedom fighter and
interim Prime Minister
A.P.J Abdul Kalam Aeronautical Engineer and
11th President of India, father of India’s missile projects.
1998
Chidambaram Subramaniam Freedom
fighter and Minister of Agriculture
M.S.Subbulakshmi Classical
carnatic singer
1999 Gopinath
Bordoloi Awarded after his death,
freedom fighter and Chief Minister of Assam
Amartya Sen
Economist
and Nobel Prize winner
Ravi Shankar Sitar player
Jayaprakash Narayan Awarded after his death,
freedom fighter and a socialist thinker and fighter for human rights–associated
with the concept of Total Revolution and Partyless Government
2001
Bismillah Khan Hindustani
classical shehnai player
Lata Mangeshkar Playback singer with a
golden voice
2008 Bhimsen
Joshi Hindustani
classical singer
2009 to 2013 — None
Padma Vibhushan Awards (2005-2013)
Year Name Field State Country
2005 Dr.
B. K. Goyal Medicine Maharashtra India
Bhai
Mohan Singh Trade
and Industry Amritsar India
Dr.
Karan Singh Public
Affairs Delhi India
Mohan
Dharia Social
Work Maharashtra India
Pandit
Ram Narayan Arts Maharashtra India
Dr.
Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan Medicine Karnataka India
Late
Jyotindra Nath Dixit Civil
Service Delhi India
Milon
Kumar Banerji Law
and Public Affairs Delhi India
R.
K. Laxman Arts Maharashtra India
2006 Dr.
Norman E. Borlaug Science
& Engineering Texas US
V.
N. Khare Law
and Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India
Mahasveta
Devi Literature
& Education West Bengal India
Nirmala
Deshpande Social
Work Delhi India
Prof.
Obaid Siddiqui Science
& Engineering Karnataka India
Prof.
Prakash Narain Tandon Medicine Delhi India
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan Arts Kerala India
C.
R. Krishnaswamy Rao Civil
Service Tamil Nadu India
Charles
Correa Science
& Engineering Maharashtra India
2007 Raja Jesudoss Chelliah Public Affairs Tamil Nadu India
Dr.
Venkataraman Krishnamurthy Civil
Service Delhi India
Prof.
(Dr.) Balu Sankaran Medicine Delhi India
Fali
Sam Nariman Law
and Public Affairs Delhi India
Prafullachandra
Natwarlal Bhagwati Law and Public
Affairs Delhi India
Khushwant
Singh Literature
& Education Delhi India
Dr.
Raja Rao (Posthumous) Literature
& Education Karnataka US
N.N.
Vohra Civil
Service Haryana India
Naresh
Chandra Civil
Service Delhi India
Ennackal
Chandy George Sudarshan Science
& Engineering Kerala United States
Rajendra
K. Pachauri Environmentalism Nainital India
2008 N.R. Narayana Murthy Information Technology Karnataka India
E.
Sreedharan Delhi
Metro Kerala India
Lakshmi
Niwas Mittal Industry Rajasthan India
Adarsh
Sein Anand Public
Affairs Delhi India
P.
N. Dhar Civil
Service Kashmir India
P.
R. S. Oberoi Trade India
Asha
Bhosle Arts Maharashtra India
Edmund
Hillary (posthumous) Mountaineering Auckland NewZealand
Ratan
Tata Industry Maharashtra India
Pranab
Mukherjee Public
affairs West Bengal India
Sachin
Tendulkar Sports Maharashtra India
Viswanathan
Anand Sports Tamil Nadu India
2009 Chandrika Prasad Srivastava Civil Service Maharashtra India
Sunderlal
Bahuguna Environment
preservation Uttarakhand India
D.
P. Chattopadhyaya Literature
& Education West Bengal India
Jasbir
Singh Bajaj Medicine Punjab India
Purshottam
Lal Medicine Uttar Pradesh India
Govind
Narain Public
Affairs Uttar Pradesh India
Anil
Kakodkar Science
& Engineering Maharashtra India
G.
Madhavan Nair Science
& Engineering Kerala India
Sister
Nirmala Social
Work West Bengal India
A.
S. Ganguly Trade
& Industry Maharashtra India
2010 Ebrahim Alkazi Theatre Delhi India
Umayalpuram
K. Sivaraman Mirdangam Tamil Nadu India
Zohra
Sehgal Theatre Delhi India
Venugopal
Reddy Law
& Public Affairs A.P. India
V.
Ramakrishnan Science
& Engineering Tamil Nadu India
Pratap
Reddy Trade
and Industry A.P. India
2011 Dr. (Mrs.) Kapila Vatsyayan Art Administration Delhi India
A.
Nageshwara Rao Cinema A.P. India
Montek
Singh Ahluwalia Public
Affairs Delhi India
Azim
Premji Industry Karnataka India
Brajesh
Mishra Civil
Services M.P. India
Homai
Vyarawalla Photography Maharashtra India
Parasaran
Kesava Iyengar Public
Affairs Tamil Nadu India
Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai Public Affairs U.P. India
Vijay
Kelkar Public
Affairs Maharashtra India
Pallay
Ramarao Science
and Technology A.P. India
Ottaplavil Neelakandan Velu Kurup
Literature and Education Kerala India
Sitakant
Mahapatra Literature
and Education Odisha India
Late L.
C. Jain Public
Affairs Delhi India
Padma
Awards (2012)
The
Padma Awards for the Year 2012 were announced on the eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day. 109 awards including one two
case and 14 in the category of Foreigners (NRI’s/PIO’s) Posthumous. They
comprised of 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards.
There were 19 women among the awardess.
2012 Sh. K.G. Subramanyam Art (Painting and Sculpture) West Bengal India
Late Sh.
Mario de Miranda Art
(Cartoonist) Goa India
Late
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Art
(Music) Asom India
Dr.
Kantilal Hastimal Medicine
(Orthopedic) Maharashtra India
T.V.
Rajeshwar Civil
Service Delhi India
Padma
Awards (2013)
The
prestigious padma awards were announced on January 25, 2013 on the eve of
India’s 64th Republic Day. These comprise of 108 awards in all. These include 4
Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri. There are 24 women and 11
in the category of Foreigners /NRI’s/PlO’s/Posthumous.
2013 Raghunath Mohapatra Art Odisha India
S. Haider
Raza Art M.P. India
Prof. Yash
Pal (Science
& Engineering) Delhi India
Prof.
Roddam Narsimha (Science
& Engineering) Bangalore India
Jnanpith Award Winners
(1981-2012)
Year Awardee Language
1981 Amrita Pritam Punjabi
1982 Mahadevi Varma Hindi
1983 Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar Kannada
1984 Thakazhi Sivasankara
Pillai Malayalam
1985 Pannalal Patel Gujarati
1986 Sachidananda Rout Roy Oriya
1987 Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar
(Kusumagraj) Marathi
1988 Dr.C. Narayana Reddy Telugu
1989 Qurratulain Hyder Urdu
1990 V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka
Krishna Gokak) Kannada
1991 Subhas Mukhopadhyay Bengali
1992 Naresh Mehta Hindi
1993 Sitakant Mahapatra Oriya
1994 U.R. Ananthamurthy Kannada
1995 M. T. Vasudevan Nair Malayalam
1996 Mahasweta Devi Bengali
1997 Ali Sardar Jafri Urdu
1998 Girish Karnad Kannada
1999 Nirmal Verma Hindi
1999 Gurdial Singh Punjabi
2000 Indira Goswami Assamese
2001 Rajendra Keshavlal Shah Gujarati
2002 D. Jayakanthan Tamil
2003 Vinda Karandikar Marathi
2004 Rahman Rahi Kashmiri
2005 Kunwar Narayan Hindi
2006 Ravindra Kelekar Konkani
2006 Satya Vrat Shastri Sanskrit
2007 O. N. V. Kurup Malayalam
2008 Akhlaq Mohammed Khan
‘Shahryar’ Urdu
2009 Amar Kant Hindi
2009 Shrilal Shukla Hindi
2010 Chandrashekhara Kambara Kannada
2011 Pratibha Ray Odia
(Oriya) Announced in 2012
2012 Ravari Bharadwaja Telugu
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners (1991-2012)
Year
Awardee Discipline
1991-92 Viswanathan Anand Chess
1992-93 Geet Sethi Billiards
1993-94 Nil Nil
1994-95 Cdr. Homi D. Motivala Yachting
Lt.
Cdr. P. K. Garg Yachting
1995-96 Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting
1996-97 Leander Paes Tennis
Nameirakpam
Kunjarani Weightlifting
1997-98 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket
1998-99 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athletics
1999-2000 Dhanraj Pillay Hockey
2000-01 Pullela Gopichand Badminton
2001-02 Abhinav Bindra Shooting
2002-03 K. M. Beenamol Athletics
Anjali
Ved Pathak Bhagwat Shooting
2003-04 Anju Bobby George Athletics
2004-05 Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore Shooting
2005-06 Pankaj Advani Billiards
& Snooker
2006-07 Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting
2007-08 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Cricket
2008-09 Ms. M.C. Mary Kom Boxing
Mr.
Vijender Singh Boxing
Mr.
Sushil Kumar Wrestling
2009-10 Ms.
Saina Nehwal Badminaton
2010-11 Mr.
Gagan Narang Shooting
2011-12 Mr.
Vijay Kumar Shooting
2011-12 Mr.
Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling
Dronacharya Award Winners (2001-2012)
Year
Awardee Discipline
2001 Prof. Sunny Thomas Shooting
Michael
Joseph Ferreira Billiards
& Snooker
2002 Renu Kohli Athletics
Jaswant
Singh Athletics
M.K.
Kaushik Hockey
E.
Prasad Rao Kabaddi
Cdr.
H.D. Motivala Yachting
2003 Robert Bobby George Athletics
Anup
Kumar Boxing
Rajinder
Singh Hockey
Sukhchain
Singh Cheema Wrestling
2004 Arvind Savur Billiards
& Snooker
Sunita
Sharma Cricket
Cyrus
Poncha Squash
Gurcharan
Singh Boxing
2005 Hony. Captain M Venu Boxing
Balwan
Singh Kabaddi
Maha
Singh Rao Wrestling
Ismail
Baig Rowing
2006 R D Singh Athletics
Damodaran
Chandralal Boxing
Koneru
Ashok Chess
2007-08 Sanjeev Kumar Singh Archery
Jagdish
Singh Boxing
G.E.
Sridharan Volleyball
Jagminder
Singh Wrestling
2009 Pullela Gopichand Badminton
Satpal Wrestling
J.
Uday Kumar Kabaddi
Baldev
Singh Hockey
Jaidev
Bisht Boxing
2010 A. K. Kutty Athletics
Subhash
K. Aggarwal Billiards
& Snooker
L.
Ibomacha Singh Boxing
Ajay
Kumar Bansal Hockey
Captain
Chandroop Wrestling
2011 L. Venkateswara Rao Boxing
Devendra Kumar
Rathore Gymnastics
Ramphal
Wrestling
Dr.
Kamal Roy Athletics
Rajinder Singh Hockey
2012 Virender Poonia Athletics
Sunil
Dabas Kabaddi–Women
Yashvir
Singh Wrestling
Harendra
Singh Hockey
Dr.
Satyapal Singh Athletics,
Para Sports
B.I.
Fernandez Boxing–Lifetime
Achievement
J.S. Bhatia Athletics–Lifetime
Achievement
Bhawani
Mukherjee Table
Tennis–Lifetime Achievement
Dhyanchand Award Winners (2002-2012)
Year
Awardee Discipline
2002 Aparna Ghosh Basketball
Ashok
Diwan Hockey
Shahuraj
Birajdar Boxing
2003 Charles Cornelius Hockey
Dharm
Singh Maan Hockey
Om
Prakash Volleyball
Ram
Kumar Basketball
Smita
Yadav Rowing
2004 Hardyal Singh Hockey
Labh
Singh Athletics
Mehendale
Parshuram Athletics
2005 Manoj Kothari Billiards
& Snooker
Maruti
Mane Wrestling
Rajinder
Singh Hockey
2006 Harish Chandra M.
Birjadar Wrestling
Cdr.
Nandy Singh Hockey
Uday
K. Prabhu Athletics
2007 Rajendra Singh Wrestling
Shamsher
Singh Kabaddi
Varinder
Singh Hockey
2008 Gian Singh Wrestling
Hakam
Singh Athletics
Mukhbain
Singh Hockey
2009 Ishar S Deol Athletics
Satbir
Singh Dahya Wrestling
2010 Satish Pillai Athletics
Kuldip
Singh Wrestling
Anita
Chanoo Weightlifting
2011 Shabbir Ali Football
Sushil Kohli Swimming
Raj
Kumar Wrestling
2012 Jagraj Singh Mann Athletics
Gundeep
Kumar Hockey
Vinod
Kumar Wrestling
Sukhbir
Singh Tokas Para
Sports
Arjuna Award Winners (2005-2012)
Year Name
2005-06 (i) Tarundeep
Rai (Archery)
(ii) Ms. Dola Banerjee (Archery)
(iii) Ms. Manjit Kaur (Athletics)
(iv) Ms. Aparna Popat (Badminton)
(v) Ms. Anuja Prakash Thakur (Billiards
& Snooker)
(vi) Akhil Kumar (Boxing)
(vii) Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Chess)
(viii) Ms. Anju Jain (Cricket)
(ix) Viren Rasquinha (Hockey)
(x) Ramesh Kumar (Kabaddi)
(xi) Gagan Narang (Shooting)
(xii) Ms. Shikha Tandon (Swimming)
(xiii) Soumyadeep Roy (Table Tennis)
(xiv) Sushil Kumar (Wrestling)
(xv) Rajender Singh Rahelu (Phy. Handicapped) (Powerlifting)
2006-07 (i) Jayant Talukdar (Archery)
(ii) K. Mathew Binu (Athletics)
(iii) B. Chetan Anand (Badminton)
(iv) Subhajit Saha (Table Tennis)
(v) Pentala Harikrishna (Chess)
(vi) Vijender (Boxing)
(vii) Ms. Anjum Chopra (Cricket)
(viii) Ms. Jyoti Sunita Kullu (Hockey)
(ix) Vijay Kumar (Shooting)
(x) Saurav Ghoshal (Squash)
(xi) Geeta Rani (Weightlifting)
(xii) Geetika Jhakhar (Wrestling)
(xiii) Navneet Gautam (Kabaddi)
(xiv) Rohit Bhakar - (Badminton) Disabled
Category
2007-08 (i) Chitra K. Soman (Athletics)
(ii) Anup Sridhar (Badminton)
(iii) Johnson Verghese (Boxing)
(iv) Harika Dronavalli (Chess)
(v) Arjun Atwal (Golf)
(vi) Tombi Devi (Judo)
(vii) Prabhjyot Singh (Hockey)
(viii) Avneet Kaur Sidhu (Shooting)
(ix) Alka Tomar (Wrestling)
(x) Bajranglal Thakkar (Rowing)
(xi) Farman Basha (Powerlifting –
Disabled category)
2008-09 (i) Mangal Singh Champia (Archery)
(ii) Sinimol Paulose (Athletics)
(iii) Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
(iv) L. Saritha Devi (Boxing)
(v) Tania Sachdeva (Chess)
(vi) Gautam Gambhir (Cricket)
(vii) Ignatius Tirkey (Hockey)
(viii) Surinder Kaur (Hockey)
(ix) Pankaj Shirwat (Kabaddi)
(x) B. Prabhu (Physically challenged)
(xi) Satish Joshi (Rowing)
(xii) Ranjan Sodhi (Shooting)
(xiii) Poulomi Ghatak (Table tennis)
(xiv) Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)
(xv) G.L. Yadaav (Yatching)
2009-10 (i) Joseph Ibrahim and Krishna Punia (Athletics)
(ii) Dinesh Kumar (Boxing)
(iii) Parimargin Negi (Chess)
(iv) Jhulan Goswami (Women-Hockey)
(v) Deepak Kumar Mandal (Football)
(vi) Sandip Singh (Men-Hockey)
(vii) Jasjit Kaur Handa (Women-Hockey)
(viii) Dinesh Kumar (Kabaddi)
(ix) Sanjiv Rajput (Shooting)
(x) Rehan Poncha (Swimming)
(xi) Kapil Dev Ke Je (Volleyball)
(xii) Rajiv Tomar (Wrestling)
(xiii) Rajesh Chaudhary (Rowing)
(xiv) Jagsir Singh (Paralympic Athletics)
2010-11 (i) Rahul Banerjee (Archery)
(ii) Preeja Sreedharan, Vikas
Gowda (Athletics)
(iii) Jwala Gutta (Badminton)
(iv) Suranjoy Singh (Boxing)
(v) Zaheer Khan (Cricket)
(vi) Sunil Chhetri (Football)
(vii) Ashish Kumar (Gymnastics)
(viii) Rajpal Singh (Hockey)
(ix) Rakesh Kumar, Tejaswini Bai (Kabaddi)
(x) Tejaswini Sawant (Shooting)
(xi) Virdhawal Khade (Swimming)
(xii) Somdev Devvarman (Tennis)
(xiii) Sanjay Kumar (Volleyball)
(xiv) Ravinder Singh (Wrestling)
(xv) W. Sandhyarani (Wushu)
(xvi) Prasanta Karmakar (Swimming -
paralympics)
2011-12 (i) Deepika
Kumari (Archery)
(ii) Laishram Bombayla Devi (Archery)
(iii) Sudha Singh (Athletics)
(iv) Kavita Ramdas Raut (Athletics)
(v) Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton)
(vi) Parupalli Kashyap (Badminton)
(vii) Aditya S. Mehta (Billiards and Snooker)
(viii) Vikas Krishan (Boxing)
(ix) Yuvraj Singh (Cricket)
(x) Sardar Singh (Hockey)
(xi) Yashpal Solanki (Judo)
(xii) Anup Kumar (Kabaddi)
(xiii) Samir Suhag (Polo)
(xiv) Annu Raj Singh (Shooting)
(xv) Omkar Singh (Shooting)
(xvi) Joydeep Karmakar (Shooting)
(xvii) Deepika Pallikal (Squash)
(xviii) Sandeep Sejwal (Swimming)
(xix) Ng. Sonia Chanu (Weightlifting)
(xx) Narsingh Yadav (Wrestling)
(xxi) Rajinder Kumar (Wrestling)
(xxii) Geeta Phogat (Wrestling)
(xxiii) M. Bimoljit Singh (Wushu)
(xxiv) Deepa Mallick (Athletics - Paralympics)
(xxv) Ramkaran Singh (Athletics - Paralympics)
National Sports Awards 2012
The
Hon’ble President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Sports Awards
2012 at a glittering function at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on August 29,
2012. The awards recognise and reward excellence in sports. London Olympics
2012 Silver medallist Vijay Kumar and Bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt were
conferred the country’s highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award for the year 2012. Besides, 25 sportspersons were presented with the
Arjuna Award, the second highest sports award in the country. In addition, a
host of other sporting honours were also conferred.
Tenzing Norgay National
Adventure Award (2011-2012)
Year
Awardee Discipline
2012 Col. Anand Swarup SM
(Land Adventure)
2012 Subedar Rajendra Singh
Jalal Land
Adventure
2012 Bhakti Sharma Water
Adventure
2012 Mandip Singh Soin Lifetime
Achievement
Booker Prize Winners (1981 – 2012)
Year Author Country Title
1981 Salman Rushdie India Midnight's Children
1997 Arundhati Roy India The God of Small Things
1998 Ian McEwan United Kingdom Amsterdam
1999 J. M. Coetzee South Africa Disgrace
2000 Margaret Atwood Canada The Blind Assassin
2001 Peter Carey Australia True History of the
Kelly Gang
2002 Yann Martel Canada Life of Pi
2003 DBC Pierre Australia/Mexico Vernon God Little
2004 Alan Hollinghurst United Kingdom The Line of Beauty
2005 John Banville Ireland The Sea
2006 Kiran Desai India The
Inheritance of Loss
2007 Anne Enright Ireland The Gathering
2008 Aravind Adiga India The White Tiger
2009 Hilary Mantel United Kingdom Wolf Hall
2010 Howard Jacobson United Kingdom The Finkler Question
2011 Julian
Barnes United Kingdom The Sense of an Ending
2012 Hilary
Mantel United Kingdom Bring up the Bodies
Nobel Prizes (2001 to 2012)
Category Year Name / Organisation Country
Physics 2001 Eric Allin
Cornell United
States
Carl
Edwin Wieman United
States
Wolfgang
Ketterle Germany
2002 Raymond Davis, Jr. United States
Masatoshi
Koshiba Japan
Riccardo Giacconi United
States
2003 Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov Russia
Vitaly
Lazarevich Ginzburg Russia
Anthony
James Leggett United
Kingdom
2004 David J. Gross United
States
H.
David Politzer United
States
Frank
Wilczek United
States
2005 Roy J. Glauber United
States
John
L. Hall United
States
Theodor
W. Hänsch Germany
2006 John C. Mather United
States
George
F. Smoot United
States
2007 Albert Fert France
Peter
Grünberg Germany
2008 Makoto Kobayashi Japan
Toshihide
Maskawa Japan
Yoichiro
Nambu United
States
2009 Charles K. Kao Honk
Kong
Willard
S. Boyle Canada
George
E. Smith United
States
2010 Andre Geim Netherlands
Konstantin
Novoselov UK(Russian–British
national)
2011 Saul Perlmutter United
States
Brian
P. Schmidt Australia
Adam
G. Riess United
States
2012 Serge Haroche France
David
J. Wineland United
States
CHEMISTRY 2001 William S. Knowles United States
Ryoji
Noyori Japan
K.
Barry Sharpless United
States
2002 John B. Fenn United
States
Koichi
Tanaka Japan
Kurt
Wüthrich Switzerland
2003 Peter Agre United
States
Roderick
MacKinnon United
States
2004 Aaron Ciechanover Israel
Avram
Hershko Israel
Irwin
Rose United
States
2005 Yves Chauvin France
Robert
H. Grubbs United
States
Richard
R. Schrock United
States
2006 Roger D. Kornberg United States
2007 Gerhard Ertl Germany
2008 Osamu Shimomura United States
Martin
Chalfie United
States
Roger
Y. Tsien United
States
2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan India,
UK, US
Thomas
A. Steitz United
States
Ada
E. Yonath Israel
2010 Richard Heck USA
Ei-ichi
Negishi Japan
Akin
Suzuki Japan
2011 Dan Shechtman Israel
2012 Robert J. Lefkowitz United States
Brian
K. Kobilka United
States
MEDICINE 2001 Leland H. Hartwell United
States
Tim
Hunt United
Kingdom
Sir
Paul M. Nurse United
Kingdom
2002 Sydney Brenner United
Kingdom
H.
Robert Horvitz United
States
John
E. Sulston United
Kingdom
2003 Paul Lauterbur United
States
Sir
Peter Mansfield United
Kingdom
2004 Richard Axel United
States
Linda
B. Buck United
States
2005 Barry J. Marshall Australia
J.
Robin Warren Australia
2006 Andrew Z. Fire United
States
Craig
C. Mello United
States
2007 Mario R. Capecchi United
States
Sir
Martin J. Evans United
Kingdom
Oliver
Smithies United
States
2008 Harald zur Hausen Germany
Françoise
Barré-Sinoussi France
Luc
Montagnier France
2009 Elizabeth H. Blackburn Australia
& US
Carol
W. Greider United
States
Jack
W. Szostak United
Kingdom
2010 Robert Edwards United
Kingdom
2011 Bruce A. Beutler
Jules
A. Hoffmann
Ralph
M. Steinman
2012 Sir John Gurdon United
Kingdom
Shinya
Yamanaka Japan
PEACE 2001 United Nations, Kofi Annan Ghana
2002 Jimmy Carter United
States
2003 Shirin Ebadi Iran
2004 Wangari Maathai Kenya
2005 International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed
El Baradei Egypt
2006 Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank Bangladesh
2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Al Gore United Stated
2008 Martti Ahtisaari Finland
2009 Barack Obama United
States
2010 Jailed Chinese Political activist Liu
Xiaobo China
2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia
Leymah
Gbowee Liberia
Tawakkul
Karman Yamen
2012 European Union
LITERATURE 2001 V. S. Naipaul United
Kingdom
2002 Imre Kertész Hungary
2003 J. M. Coetzee South
Africa
2004 Elfriede Jelinek Austria
2005 Harold Pinter United
Kingdom
2006 Orhan Pamuk Turkey
2007 Doris Lessing United
Kingdom
2008 J. M. G. Le Clézio France
2009 Herta Müller Germany
2010 Mario Vargas Llosa Peru
2011 Tomas Tranströmer Sweden
2012 Mo Yan China
ECONOMICS 2001 George Akerlof United
States
Michael
Spence United
States
Joseph
E. Stiglitz United
States
2002 Daniel Kahneman Israel
Vernon
L. Smith United
States
2003 Robert F. Engle United
States
Clive
Granger United
Kingdom
2004 Finn E. Kydland Norway
Edward
C. Prescott United
States
2005 Robert Aumann Israel
Thomas
Schelling United
States
2006 Edmund Phelps United
States
2007 Leonid Hurwicz United
States
Eric
Maskin United
States
Roger
Myerson United
States
2008 Paul Krugman United
States
2009 Elinor Ostrom United
States
Oliver
Williamson United
States
2010 Peter Diamond USA
Dale
Mortensen USA
British
Cypriot Christopher Pissarides UK
2011 Thomas J. Sargent USA
Christopher
A. Sims USA
2012 Alvin E. Roth United
States
Lloyd
S. Shapley United
States
Indian Nobel Laureates – The Trail
of Glory
Awardee Field/Year
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Literature
(1913)
C.V.
Raman (1888-1970) Physics
(1930)
Hargobind
Khorana (Born : 1922) Medicine
(1968)
Mother
Teresa (1910-1997) Peace
(1979)
S.
Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) Physics
(1983)
Amartya
Sen (Born : 1933) Economics
(1998)
Indian Born Foreign Nobel Laureates
(i) R.K. Pachauri (2007 for Peace, heads UN
Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change)
(ii) V.S. Naipaul (2001 for Literature,
Trinidadian born of Indian origin)
(iii) Dalai Lama (1989 for Peace, Leader of
Tibetans in exile)
(iv) Rudyard Kipling (1907 for Literature, born
in Bombay)
(v) Ronald Ross [1902 for Medicine, born in
Almora (Uttarakhand)]
(vi ) Venkatraman
(Venky) Ramakrishnan [2009, for
Chemistry (Indian Born, American Citizen)]
Dada Saheb Phalke Awards (1969-2012)
Year Awardee Discipline
1969 Devika Rani Actress (First
to get this award)
1989 Lata Mangeshkar Playback Singer
1990 Akkineni Nageswara Rao Actor
1991 Bhalji Pendharkar Director, Producer,
Screenwriter
1992 Bhupen Hazarika Director
1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyricist
1994 Dilip Kumar Actor
1995 Rajkumar Actor,
Singer
1996 Sivaji Ganesan Actor
1997 Pradeep Lyricist
1998 B. R. Chopra Director,
Producer
1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee Director
2000 Asha Bhosle Playback Singer
2001 Yash Chopra Director,
Producer
2002 Dev Anand Actor,
Director, Producer
2003 Mrinal Sen Director
2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Director
2005 Shyam Benegal Director
2006 Tapan Sinha Director
2007 Manna Dey Playback
Singer
2008 V. K. Murthy Cinematographer
2009 D. Ramanaidu Producer
2010 K. Balachander Director
2011 Saumitra Chatterjee Actor
(Bengali Films)
2012 Pran (Pran Krishna Sikand) Character Actor
National Film Awards for 2012
1. Best Feature Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and
Marathi film ‘Deool’
2. Best Hindi Film – I Am
3. Best Children’s Film – Chillar Party
4. Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film
‘Deool’)
5. Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty
Picture)
6. Best Child Actor – Partho Gupte (Stanley Ka
Dabba) and Chillar Party kids
7. Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi
film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)
8. Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya (I Am)
9. Best Choreography – Bosco – Caesar for
‘Senorita’ (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
10. Best Visual Effects – Ra One (Best VFX
category)
11. Best Costumes – Neharika Khan (The Dirty
Picture) and Neeta Lulla (Bal Gandharva)
12. Best Dialogues – Girish Kulkarni (Deool)
13. Best Playback Singer Male – Anand Bhate
14. Best Playback Singer Female – Rupa Ganguly
15. Best Screenplay – Nitish Tiwari, Vikas Bahl,
Vijay Maurya, Rajesh Bajaj (Chillar Party)
IIFA Awards 2012
The IIFA Awards 2012
ceremony was held in the beautiful city of Singapore. The list of winners were
announced, Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan won the Best Actor and Best Actress
award respectively.
Winners of IIFA Awards
2012
1. Best Film : Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2. Best Direction : Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na
Milege Dobara
3. Best Story : Zoya Akhtar and Reema Katgi – Zindagi
Na Milegi Dobara
4. Best Performance in Leading Role (Male) :
Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar
5. Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
: Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture
6. Best Performance in a Negative Role :
Prakash Raj – Singham
7. Best Performance in a Comic Role : Riteish
Deshmukh – Double Dhamaal
8. Best Music Direction : A R Rahman – Rockstar
9. Best Playback Singer (Male) : Mohit Chauhan
for Nadaan parindey – Rockstar
10. Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghosal
for Teri meri – Bodyguard
11. Best Lyrics : Irshad Kamil for Nadaan
Parindey – Rockstar
12. Best Choreography : Bosco Caesar for Senorita
– Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
13. Best Dialogue : Rajat Arora – The Dirty
Picture
14. Hottest Pair : Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri
in Rockstar
15. IIFA Awards 2012 for Outstanding Achievement
in Indian Cinema - Ramesh Sippy
16. IIFA Awards 2012 for Outstanding Achievement
in Indian Cinema – Rekha
84th Academy Awards - 2012
The 84th Academy
Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 of the United States and took
place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre (now Dolby Theatre) in the
Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
1. Best Picture : The Artist – Thomas Langmann
2. Best Director : Michel Hazanavicius – The
Artist
3. Best Actor : Jean Dujardin – The Artist
4. Best Actress : Meryl Streep – The Iron
Lady
5. Best Supporting Actor : Christopher Plummer
– Beginners
6. Best Supporting Actress : Octavia Spencer – The
Help
7. Best Writing – Original Screenplay : Midnight
in Paris – Woody Allen
8. Best Animated Feature : Rango – Gore
Verbinski
9. Best Foreign Language Film : A Separation
(Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi
10. Best Documentary – Feature : Undefeated
– TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas
11. Best Documentary – Short Subject : Saving
Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge
85th Academy Awards - 2013
(Oscars)
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony took place on February
24, 2013 in Los Angeles, California (USA). Life of Pi won the four awards and
Argo won three awards. Les miserables also son three awards.
Best Picture : Argo.
Best Director : Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Best Actress : Jennifer Lawrence (Silver
Linings Playbook)
Best Animated Feature Film : Brave
Best Actor : Daniel
Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Foreign Language
Film : Amour (Austria)
Best Original Song :
‘Skyfall’ from Skyfall (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)
Best Cinemantography
: Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)
Grammy Awards 2013
Sitar legend Pt. Ravi
Shankar was poshumously awarded the best world music album trophy at the 55th
Grammy Awards Ceremony on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles (USA). The award was
given for
‘The Living Room Sessions Part I. Pt. Ravi Shankar was also given Lifetime Achievement Award.
‘The Living Room Sessions Part I. Pt. Ravi Shankar was also given Lifetime Achievement Award.
Best World Music
Album : The Living Room Sessions Part I (Ravi Shankar)
Song of the year : We
are Young (Fun)
Best Rock Song :
Lonely Boy (The Black Keys)
Record of the year :
Somebody that I used to know, Gotye.
Best Pop Solo
Performance : Set fire to the Rain (Live), (Adele)
Best Pop Vocal Album
: Stronger, (Kelly Clarkson)
Best Rap song : Nl as
in Paris (Jay-Z & Kany-e West)
Best New Age Album : Echoes of Love (Omar Akram)
Bafta Awards : 2013
The
ceremony was held in London on February 10, 2013.
Best Film :
Argo
Best Director :
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Original Music :
Skyfall
Leading Actor :
Daniel Day - Lewis (Lincoln)
Leading Actress :
Emmanuelle Rive (Amour)
Animated Film :
Brave
60th National Film Awards
These were announced on March 18, 2013. The
winners are as follows:
Best
Actor: Irfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for
Marathi Film Anumati.
Best Film for Wholesome Entertainment :
Vicky Donor.
Best Film on Social Issues : Spiral
(Malayalam)
Best Animated Film : Delhi Safari
Best Children’s Film : Dekh Indian
Circus.
Best Actress : Usha Jadhav for Marathi
film Dhaag.
Best Supporting Actor : Annu Kapoor for
Vicky Donor
Best Supporting Actress : Dolly
Ahluwalia for Vickey Donar
Best Original Screenplay : Suraj Ghosh
for Kahaani
Best Screeplay (adopted) : Oh My God
(OMG)
Best Playback Singer Male : Shankar
Mahadevan for the song ‘Bolo Na’ from the film “Chittagong”
Best Playback Singer Female : Aarti
Anklekar Tikekar for Marathi film “Samhita”
Best Choreography : Pandit Birju Maharaj
for Vishwaroopam (Tamil)
Special Jury Award : Actor-Nawazuddin
Siddiquie for four films
Special Jury Award Film : Rituparno
Ghosh for Chitrangada
Man Booker International Prize
Albanian poet and novelist, Mr. Ismail
Kadare won the Man Booker International Prize. His books include The
Concert, Broken April and Elegy for Kosovo. Nigerian writer Chinua
Achebe got it for his books Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the
Savannah. Alice Munro won the prize for the year 2009. Philip Roth was
announced as winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2011 at the Sydney
Writers’ Festival on 18 May, 2011. Man Booker Prize 2011 was awarded to Julian
Barnes (Britain) for his work ‘The Sense of an Ending’. Hilary Mantel
won Man’s Booker Prize in 2012 for her novel ‘Bring up the Bodies’, the sequel
to ‘Wolf Hall’ which won the prize in 2009.
Cannes Film Festival 2008-2012
2008
: Golden Palm Award for Best Film won by Entre
Les Murs or The Class (French film) directed by Laurent Cantet
(Britain).
2009
: Golden Palm Award for Best Film won
by The White Ribbon (Austria) directed by Michael Haneke.
2010
: Golden Palm Award for Best Film won
by Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand).
2011
: ‘The Tree of Life’ won Golden Palm
Award for Best Film directed by Terrence Malick (USA).
2012
: Best Film (Palme’d or) : Love/Amour (Austria)
directed by Michael Haneke.
Saraswati Samman
(2001- 2012)
2001 Dalip Kaur Tiwana for her novel Katha
Kaho Urvashi.
2002 Mahesh Elkunchwar for his play Yugant.
2003 Govind Chandra Pande for his collection
of 163 Sanskrit poems titled Bhagirathi.
2004 Sunil Gangopadhyay for his novel Pratham
Alo.
2005 K. Ayyappa Panicker for his collection
of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal.
2006 Jagannath Prasad Das for his collection
of poems Parikrama written in Oriya.
2007 Naiyer Masud for his collection of
short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna (The Myna from Peacock Garden)
written in Urdu.
2008 Lakshmi Nandan Bora for his novel Kayakalpa
written in Assamese.
2009 Surjit Patar for Lafzan Di Dargah
2010 S. L. Bhyrappa for Mandra
2011 A. A Manavalan for “Irema Kathaiyum
Iranmayakalum” Tamil
2012 Sugathakumari for her Malayalam
collection of poems ‘Manalezhuth’.
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Vinobha Bhave was the first Indian
to get this prestigious award in 1958 for community leadership.
The former Chief Election Commissioner
of India, J.M. Lyngdoh, won the Magasaysay Award for the year 2003 and Admiral
Ramdas won this award in 2004. Dr. V. Shanta won this prestigious
award in 2005 and Arvind Kejriwal was awarded the same award in 2006.
Well-known Indian Journalist on rural affairs
P. Sainath of The Hindu won this award for the year 2007. Prakash Amte, son of well-known social activist Baba Amte and his wife Mandakini Amte were awarded this prize in 2008 for community leadership. Deep Joshi got this award for the year 2009 for community leadership. Nileema Mishra and Harish Hande were among the six to receive this award for 2011. India’s Kulandei Francis is one of the six winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2012.
P. Sainath of The Hindu won this award for the year 2007. Prakash Amte, son of well-known social activist Baba Amte and his wife Mandakini Amte were awarded this prize in 2008 for community leadership. Deep Joshi got this award for the year 2009 for community leadership. Nileema Mishra and Harish Hande were among the six to receive this award for 2011. India’s Kulandei Francis is one of the six winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2012.
Stockholm Water Prize
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented
the 2005 Stockholm Water Prize to Sunita Narain, Director of Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE) in Stockholm (Sweden) on August 25, 2005. Dr.
Bindeshwar Pathak founder of Sulabh Cleanness Movement in India got it for
the year 2009 and Rita R. Colvell (USA) for the year 2010. The 2011
Stockholm Water Prize Laureate is Stephen R. Carpenter, Professor of Zoology
and Limnology in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
World Food Prize
An Indian
aquaculturist, Mr. Modadugu V. Gupta, research coordinator for the
Penang-based World Fish Centre in Malaysia, was named winner of the coveted
World Food Prize in 2011, equivalent to the Nobel Prize in Food and
Agriculture, for his work in enhancing nutrition for millions of people in
South and Southeast Asia, mostly the very poor.
He is the sixth Indian to receive this
prize since it was established in 1986. Earlier Indian recipients include
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Dr. Verghese Kurien, Dr. Gurdev Khush, Mr. B.R. Barwale and Dr. Surinder K. Vasal.
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Dr. Verghese Kurien, Dr. Gurdev Khush, Mr. B.R. Barwale and Dr. Surinder K. Vasal.
Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia got the World
Food Prize for 2009 and David Becamann and Jo Luck (both of USA) got this prize
for the year 2010.
John
Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inácio Lula Da
Silva have been chosen to jointly
receive the 2011 World Food Prize for their personal commitment and visionary
leadership while serving as the presidents of Ghana and Brazil respectively in
creating and implementing government policies to alleviate hunger and poverty
in their countries. Daniel Hillel is the winner of 2012 World Food Prize. He is
an Israeli scientist-master of drip irrigation system.
Jawaharlal Nehru Prize for
Peace and International Understanding
The government instituted the award in 1965 as a tribute to
the memory of India’s first Prime Minister and his lifelong dedication to the
cause of world peace and international understanding. The award includes a
plaque, citation and Rs.25 lakh as prize money. Previous winners included the
former U.N. Secretary-General U. Thant; Nelson Mandela; Mother Teresa;
Julius Nyrere; Alva and Gunnar Myrdal (jointly); Wangari Maathai; Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva; and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak was conferred the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for
International Understanding for his unique role in providing stability and
progress to his country, in upholding the Arab cause, in promoting peace and
understanding in the region. Mr. Mubarak was given the 1995 award in
2011 as attempts to arrange for his bilateral visit did not materialise on
three occasions. Curiously, Mubarak was overthrown and had to quit because of
mass public uprising against him and his regime in Egypt.
The
Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, who was named in 2004, is the
only other dignitary yet to receive it.
2005
– Wangari Maathai, First African Woman.
2006
– Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President
of Brazil.
2007
– Olaful Ragnar Grimsson, President of
Iceland.
2009
– Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current
Chancellor of Germany.
Gandhi Peace Award (New York based)
2012 – Amy
Goodman -Journalist and Activist.
2013
–
Bill Mckibben - Environmentalist of USA
Gandhi International Peace Award (London based)
2009 –
Children’s Legal Centre – U K Charity.
2010 – The
Parents Circle – Families Forum (Palestine-Israeli Families Origin)
2011 –
Binayak Sen and Bulu Imam
2012 – St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group
Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation
2009 – Aung
San Suu Kyi, Myanmar (She also won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace)
2011 –
Dalai Lama
2012 – Kenneth David Kaunda, former Zambian
President
Gandhi Peace Prize (Govt. of India)
Last
– Gandhi Peace prize was awarded to
Desmond Tutu in 2005. (South African)
Sydney Peace Prize
Novelist
and winner of Booker Prize (1997) for her novel ‘The God of Small Things’ and
human rights activist, Ms. Arundhati Roy was awarded Sydney Peace Prize
in 2004, the only international peace prize of Australia, for her contribution
to social campaigns, advocacy of non-violence and her opposition to nuclear
weapons.
2008 Patrick Dodson, Australia
2009 John Pilger,
Australia
2010 Dr Vandana Shiva, India
2011 Prof. Noam Chomsky, America
2012
Sekai Holland, Zimbabwean politician.
Abel
Award
It was given to the French (Russian
origin) wizard of Geometry, Mikhail Leonedovic and Gromov of France in Oslo,
Capital of Norway. John Talt of USA was honoured with this award for the year
2010. Started in 2003, the award is called the Nobel Prize for Mathematics. It
carries the prize money of Rs. 4.5 crore (6 million Norwegion Krona (NOK)).
Srinivas S.R. Vardhan was awarded the Abel Prize in Mathematics by the
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. ABEL Prize for the year 2012 has been
given to the great mathematician ENDRE SZENEREDI of Hungary.
Renowned Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande was posthumously honoured by the Govt. of
Pakistan with
‘Sitara-i-Imtiaz’, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian honours.
The prestigious US Awards for Green
Environment and Green Livelihood given to two Indian NGO’s —
“Ecosphere Spiti” (Himachal Pradesh) and “Barefoot College” (Rajasthan) in
2009.
Pritzker Architecture Academy Award for 2009 was given to
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. It is also called the Nobel Prize of
Architecture.
Veteran theatre and film actress Umashree won the National award for her
portrayal of ‘Gulabi’ in Girish Kasaravall’s award winning Kannada film Gulabi
Talkies.
UNO Literacy award for the year 2009 was
given to a fortnightly newspaper ‘Khabar Lahariya’ published by the rural woman
of UP in Hindi language.
The renowned musician A.R. Rehman won
two prestigious Grammy Awards in the 52nd Grammy Awards Ceremony held in Los Angeles for
Best Composition Sound Track and Best Motion picture song (Jai Ho). The award
for the song (Jai Ho) is jointly shared by A.R. Rehman, Gulzar and Tanvi
Shah.
Cartoon-maker of Prophet Mohammad, Danish
cartoonist Kurt Westergaard has been awarded M-100 Media Award in
Germany. Prophet’s cartoon evoked violent reaction in many parts of the world
particularly in Islamic countries including his decapitation (death sentence).
Film “Peepli Live” was the official
entry of India in Oscar nominations in foreign films category. The film is
produced by Aamir Khan and directed by Anusha Rizvi.
Oscar Nominated Other Indian
Movies
1957(30th) Mother India (Hindi) Mehboob Khan Nominee
1988(61st) Salaam Bombay! (Hindi) Mira Nair Nominee
2001(74th) Lagaan (Hindi) (English) Ashutosh Gowariker Nominee
Miss World : Miss Russia, Sanya
Sukhinova won the Miss World Title in Johannesburg (S. Africa) on December 13,
2008. Kaine Aldorina of Gibralter won it for 2009. Alexandra Mills of USA won
this title for the year 2010. Miss World 2011 title was won by Miss Venezuela,
Ivian Sarcos. China’s Ms. Wenxia Yu was crowned Miss World 2012 in the Inner
Mongolian City of ORDOS in China.
Miss Universe - 2008 : Miss Universe contest
was held in Vietnam in July, 2008. Dayana Mendoza got the coveted title. She
belongs to Venezuela.
Miss Universe - 2009 : Miss
Universe contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas. Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela
got the prestigious title.
Miss Universe-2010 : Ximena
Navarrete of Mexico won this coveted title for the year 2010.
Miss Universe-2011 : Leila Lopes
of Angola won this title.
Social scientist Ms. Aditi Mukherji becomes the first Indian winner of the
prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for research.
Miss World 2013 is scheduled to be held
in Bali, Indonesia.
Chak De India, one of the most
popular and meaningful films of India, is directed by Shimit Amin.
Mrs Universe 2012 to be held in Moscow
on November 9, 2013.
The first Indian actress on the jury of
Cannes Film Festival is the Beauty Queen, Aishwarya
Rai in 2003
The greatest pop singer and dancer of
the world, Michael Jackson, died in
suspicious circumstances in California (USA) on June 25, 2009.
Indira Gandhi National Integration Award
for the year 2011 is given to famous poet and lyricist Gulzar.
The former minister of Afghanistan and
relentless opponent of Burqa, human right activist Seema Samar have been honoured with the famous Swedish Right
Livelihood Award for the year 2012. It is also known as Alternate Nobel Prize.
Sachin Tendulkar has been honoured
with the ‘Order of Australia’ membership by the Australian Prime Minister on
October 16, 2012 on her visit to India.
The first Asian Sikh judge in Britain,
Mota Singh, has been honoured with “Bharat
Gourav” award.
MTV Video Music award is conferred on 24
years old Lady Gaga. Her ‘Band Romance’
got the best video award.
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