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AWARDS
DILIP VENGSARKAR SELECTED FOR C.K. NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR
2014
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
FORMER INDIA CAPTAIN DILIP VENGSARKAR HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR COL. CK
NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AS PART OF BOARD OF CONTROL
FOR CRICKET IN INDIA‟S ANNUAL AWARDS. HE HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THIS
PRESTIGIOUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN
CRICKET
NEHA GUPTA WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PEACE PRIZE
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
INDIAN AMERICAN NEHA GUPTA, 18 HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH THE
PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN‟S PEACE PRIZE 2014. NOBEL PEACE
LAUREATE DESMOND TUTU THE PATRON OF THE DUTCH CHILDREN‟S RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION PRESENTED HER WITH THE AWARD IN THE HAGUE,NETHERLANDS.
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SHE WAS AWARDED THIS AWARD FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL WORK TO RAISE MONEY FOR
UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. HER WORK HAS HELPED ORPHANS
IN INDIA AND OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN.
SHE IS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO BE AWARDED WITH THIS PRIZE.
ABOUT NEHA GUPTA
NEHA IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BORN IN NEW ZEALANDTO
INDIAN PARENTS
SHE WAS INSPIRED TO THE WORK FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN DURING A VISIT
TO INDIA WITH HER GRANDPARENTS. AFTER THIS VISIT SHE FOUNDED EMPOWER
ORPHANS, AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ORPHANED AND ABANDONED
CHILDREN IN INDIA AND THE US.
THROUGH HER OWN ORGANIZATION, SHE HAS HELPED MORE THAN 25000
VULNERABLE CHILDREN BY RAISING OVER 1.3 MILLION US DOLLAR. SHE STARTED
WORKING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN OF THE WORLD AT THE AGE OF NINE.
THE LIST OF PROJECTS OF HER INCLUDES OPENING LIBRARIES, DEVELOPING PATHS
TO HEALTH CARE, AND PROMOTING EDUCATION.
SHE HAS ALSO WON NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING THE 2011 WORLD OF CHILDREN
AWARD, THE PRESIDENT‟S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, THE CONGRESSIONAL
AWARD, AND ALSO THE NATIONAL PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARD.
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PEACE PRIZE
THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN‟S PEACE PRIZE IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO A CHILD
WHO HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ADVOCATING CHILDREN‟S RIGHTS
AND IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN SUCH AS ORPHANS, CHILD
LABOURERS AND CHILDREN WITH HIV/AIDS.
THE PRIZE IS AN INITIATIVE OF MARC DULLAERT, CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER OF THE
AMSTERDAM-BASED CHILDREN‟S RIGHTS ORGANIZATION, KIDSRIGHTS.
THE FIRST CHILDREN‟S PEACE PRIZE WAS LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 2005 DURING THE
WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES IN ROME, AN ANNUAL MEETING OF
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH
AS UNICEF AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL.
SINCE THEN, THE PRIZE HAS BEEN PRESENTED EVERY YEAR BY A NOBEL PEACE
LAUREATE.
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IN 2006, OM PRAKASH GURJAR FROM INDIA WAS CONFERRED WITH THIS AWARD FOR
SETTING UP NETWORK OF CHILD FRIENDLY VILLAGES WHICH AIMS TO GIVE ALL
CHILDREN A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS A WAY OF HELPING TO PROTECT THEM FROM
EXPLOITATION.
IN 2013, THE AWARD WAS CONFERRED ON MALALA YOUSUFZAI, WHO WENT ON TO WIN
THIS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014.
JNANPITH AWARD 2013 CONFERRED ON HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE CONFERRED THE 49THJNANPITH AWARD (FOR YEAR
2013) TO EMINENT HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH FOR HIS OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS INDIAN LITERATURE. HE WAS CONFERRED THIS AWARD AT A
FUNCTION HELD AT BALYOGI AUDITORIUM,PARLIAMENT LIBRARY BUILDING IN
NEW DELHI.
DARJEELING ZOO WINS INTERNATIONAL EARTH HEROES AWARD
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
THE DARJEELING ZOO WON AN AWARD AT THE INTERNATIONALEARTH
HEROES AWARDS. IT IS THE FIRST INDIAN ZOO TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS
HONOUR. APART FROM BEING THE ONLY SPECIALIZED ZOO IN INDIA, IT IS
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS CONSERVATION BREEDING PROGRAMMES OF
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ENDANGERED ANIMALS OF EASTERN HIMALAYAS. THE ZOO IS ALSO WELL-KNOWN FOR
ITS EFFORTS IN EDUCATING, MOTIVATING AND INITIATING AWARENESS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION OF HIMALAYAN ECO-SYSTEM.
GARHWAL RIFLES WINS CAMBRIAN PATROL
OCTOBER 29, 2014
A TEAM FROM THE INDIAN ARMY BEAT 140 OTHER PARTICIPANTS TO WIN THE GOLD
MEDAL IN THE CAMBRIAN PATROL THAT WAS HELD IN UK BETWEEN OCTOBER 17 TO 26.
THE INDIAN TEAM CONSISTED ON 8 GARHWAL RIFLES.
EARLIER, A TEAM FROM THE GORKHA RIFLES HAD WON A GOLD MEDAL IN 2010.
EXERCISE CAMBRIAN PATROL
THE EXERCISE IS AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MILITARY PATROLLING EVENT THAT
TAKES PLACES AMIDST THE CAMBRIAN MOUNTAINS, WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS
THE WORLD. IT WAS FIRST HELD MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO BY WELSH TERRITORIAL
ARMY SOLDIERS.
RICHARD FLANAGAN WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE
OCTOBER 16, 2014
THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 FOR FICTION WAS AWARDED TO AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR
RICHARD FLANAGAN, FOR HIS NOVEL THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH.
.
MAN BOOKER PRIZE
THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE IS A LITERARY AWARD GIVEN TO THE BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL
IN ENGLISH, THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE UK. IT IS PRESENTED BY THE MAN
GROUP, WHICH IS A BRITISH ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS. THE
BOOKER PRIZE WAS FIRST AWARDED IN 1969. IT IS GENERALLY PRESENTED IN
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GUILDHALL, LONDON. THE AWARD IS OPEN TO ALL AUTHORS OF ENGLISH BOOKS,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONALITIES.
JEAN TIROLE WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS -2014
OCTOBER 15, 2014
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS WAS AWARDED TO JEAN TIROLE “FOR HIS
ANALYSIS OF MARKET POWER AND REGULATION”. HE WILL BE AWARDED PRIZE MONEY
OF 8 MN SWEDISH KRONA.
JEAN TIROLE IS THE SECOND FRENCHMAN TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED A NOBEL
PRIZE THIS YEAR.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014
MALALA AND SATYARTHI WILL BE AWARDED A MEDAL AND $1.4 MN AT AN SPECIAL
CEREMONY IN OSLO.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
17 YEAR OLD MALALA YOUSAFZAI IS THE YOUNGEST NOBEL LAUREATE IN
THE HISTORY OF THE PRIZE. SHE IS ALSO THE THIRD NOBEL LAUREATE WHO WAS BORN
IN PAKISTAN.
MALALA FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF GIRL CHILDREN IN SWAT VALLEY, PAKISTAN TO
ATTEND SCHOOL. SHE WAS SHOT BY GUNMEN THERE, AND LATER MOVED TO
BIRMINGHAM, UK. SINCE THEN, SHE HAS PUBLISHED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
ADDRESSED THE UNGA, BEEN NAMED ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE‟S MOST INFLUENTIAL
PEOPLE IN 2013, AND AWARDED THE EU‟S SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
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KAILASH SATYARTHI
SATYARTHI IS THE EIGHTH NOBEL LAUREATE TO HAVE BEEN BORN
IN INDIA. HE IS AN ADHERENT OF GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY. HE HAS UPHELDMAHATMA
GANDHI‟S PRACTICE OF ENGAGING AND CONDUCTING PEACEFUL PROTESTS. HE HAS
FOCUSED HIS AGITATIONS AGAINST THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN FOR FINANCIAL
GAIN. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN (SAVE THE
CHILDHOOD MOVEMENT). THROUGH HIS NGO, HE CAMPAIGNS FOR PROTECTION OF
CHILD RIGHTS AND TO ABOLISH ILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
NOBEL PRIZE LITERATURE 2014
OCTOBER 11, 2014
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE FOR 2014 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE FRENCH
AUTHOR, PATRICK MODIANO, “FOR THE ART OF MEMORY WITH WHICH HE HAS EVOKED
THE MOST UNGRASPABLE HUMAN DESTINIES AND UNCOVERED THE LIFE-WORLD OF THE
OCCUPATION
CHEMISTRY NOBEL PRIZE 2014
OCTOBER 10, 2014
THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY FOR THE YEAR 2014 IS BEING AWARDED TO ERIC
BETZIG, STEFAN W. HELL AND WILLIAM E. MOERNER “FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SUPER-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY”. FOR YEARS, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT
THE RESOLUTION THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED BY OPTICAL MICROSCOPY WAS LIMITED TO
HALF THE WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT.
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ABOUT ERIC BETZIG
ERIC BETZIG IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO BORN IN 1960 IN USA. HE IS A GROUP
LEADER AT THE JANELIA RESEARCH CAMPUS AT THE HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL
INSTITUTE IN USA
ABOUT STEFAN W. HELL
STEFAN W. HELL IS A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO WAS BORN IN ROMANIA IN 1962. HE IS
DIRECTOR AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY IN
GÖTTINGEN, AND DIVISION HEAD AT THE GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER IN
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY.
WILLIAM E. MOERNER
WILLIAM E. MOERNER IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO WAS BORN IN USA IN 1953. HE
IS THE HARRY S. MOSHER PROFESSOR IN CHEMISTRY AND PROFESSOR OF APPLIED
PHYSICS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN USA.
NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS 2014
ISAMU AKASAKI
ISAMU AKASAKI IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN. HE WAS BORN 1929 IN CHIRAN, JAPAN AND
EDUCATED IN JAPAN. HE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR AT MEIJO UNIVERSITY, NAGOYA,
AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN.
HIROSHI AMANO
HIROSHI AMANO IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN. HE WAS BORN IN 1960 IN HAMAMATSU,
JAPAN AND EDUCATED IN JAPAN. HE IS A PROFESSOR AT NAGOYA UNIVERSITY IN
JAPAN.
SHUJI NAKAMURA
SHUJI NAKAMURA IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. HE WAS BORN IN 1954 IN IKATA, JAPAN
AND EDUCATED IN JAPAN. HE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IN USA.
DISCOVERY OF BLUE LEDS
THE THREE SCIENTISTS OF JAPANESE ORIGIN HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL FOR
INVENTING BLUE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES OR LEDS.
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ALTHOUGH RED AND GREEN LEDS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR DECADES NOW,
DEVELOPMENT OF BLUE LEDS POSED A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE TO SCIENTISTS AND
RESEARCHERS.
NOBEL PRIZE MEDICINE WINNERS 2014
2014 NOBEL PRIZE MEDICINE WINNERS
JOHN O‟KEEFE
MAY-BRITT AND EDVARD MOSER
SHAHRUKH KHAN AWARDED WITH GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD 2014
OCTOBER 7, 2014
INDIAN ACTOR SHAHRUKH KHAN WAS AWARDED THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD 2014
FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF CINEMA AND HIS
INVOLVEMENT IN PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS IN UK
GOVIND MISHRA GETS SARASWATI SAMMAN 2013 FOR NOVEL ‘DHOOL PAUDHON PAR’
INDIAN SCIENTIST KAMAL BAWA WINS THE MIDORI PRIZE 2014
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
INDIAN SCIENTIST KAMAL BAWA, AN EMINENT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN BOSTON, WON THE MIDORI PRIZE (2014) IN
BIODIVERSITY FOR HIS RESEARCH, INCLUDING IN CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE
HIMALAYAS.
HARRY BELAFONTE TO RECEIVE HONORARY HUMANITARIAN OSCAR
INDIAN SCIENTIST AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS GRANT UNDER OBAMA INITIATIVE
AUGUST 20, 2014
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PARTHA MITRA, AN INDIAN RESEARCHER IN THE US HAS BEEN AWARDED A
PRESTIGIOUSRESEARCH GRANT UNDER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA‟S INITIATIVE
TO MAP THE HUMAN BRAIN.
FILMMAKER MUZAFFAR ALI CONFERRED RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL SADBHAVANA AWARD
OUTSTANDING PARLIAMENTARIAN AWARD TO ARUN JAITLEY, KARAN SINGH AND
SHARAD YADAV
AUGUST 13, 2014
PRESIDENT MR. PRANAB MUKHERJEE PRESENTED THE OUTSTANDING
PARLIAMENTARIANAWARDS TO ARUN JAITLEY, DR KARAN SINGH AND SHARAD
YADAV FOR THE YEAR 2010, 2011 AND 2012 RESPECTIVELY.
PANEL RECOMMENDS AWARDEES FOR ARJUNA AWARD, NO KHEL RATNA
AUGUST 13, 2014
THE 12-MEMBER SELECTION PANEL, HEADED BY LEGENDARY CRICKETER KAPIL DEV,
RECOMMENDED THE NAMES OF 15 SPORTSPERSONS FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS ARJUNA
AWARD.HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE ONE FOR
THE RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WHEN NO SPORTSPERSON
HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE KHEL RATNA SINCE THE ESTABLISHING OF
THE COUNTRY‟S HIGHEST SPORTING AWARD IN 1991.
SPORTSPERSONS RECOMMENDED FOR ARJUNA AWARD:
1. RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN (CRICKET)
2. AKHILESH VARMA (ARCHERY)
3. TINTU LUKA (ATHLETICS)
4. H N GIRISHA (PARALYMPICS)
5. V DIJU (BADMINTON)
6. GEETU ANN JOSE (BASKETBALL)
7. JAI BHAGWAN (BOXING)
8. ANIRBAN LAHIRI (GOLF)
9. MAMTA PUJARI (KABADDI)
10. SAJI THOMAS (ROWING)
11. HEENA SIDHU (SHOOTING)
12. ANAKA ALANKAMONY (SQUASH)
13. TOM JOSEPH (VOLLEYBALL)
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14. RENUBALA CHANU (WEIGHTLIFTING)
15. SUNIL RANA (WRESTLING)
NAMES OF MATHEMATICIANS FOR THE FIELDS MEDAL 2014 ANNOUNCED
AUGUST 12, 2014
THE NAMES OF FOUR OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICIANS FOR THE FIELDS MEDAL, THE
MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN MATHEMATICS, HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.
THE FIELDS MEDAL IS GIVEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION TO
BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR MATHEMATICIANS UNDER THE AGE OF 40 AT THE
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS, HELD ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
THE AWARD INTENDS TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR
EXISTING WORK AND FOR THE PROMISE OF FUTURE ACHIEVEMENT.
THE FOUR 2014 FIELDS MEDALISTS:
1. ARTUR AVILA: FOR HIS MOST NOTEWORTHY RESEARCH IS IN THE STUDY OF CHAOS
THEORY AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.
2. MANJUL BHARGAVA: FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO NUMBER THEORY AND ALGEBRA.
3. MARTIN HAIRER: FOR HIS RESEARCHES ON STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS.
4. MARYAM MIRZAKHANI: FOR HER WORK ON THE GEOMETRY OF RIEMANN SURFACES.
5. SIKKIM BECOMES MOST FAVOURED DESTINATION OF FOREIGN TOURISTS IN
NORTHEAST INDIA
6. AUGUST 11, 2014
7. FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITING THE NORTH-EASTERN (NE) STATES OF INDIA ARE
CHOOSINGSIKKIM AS THEIR MOST FAVORED DESTINATION IN NE REGION OF THE
COUNTRY.
8. KAPIL DEV TO CHAIR ARJUNA AWARD SELECTION PANEL
9. AUGUST 8, 2014
10. LEGENDARY INDIA CRICKET SKIPPER KAPIL DEV WILL HEAD
THE ARJUNA AWARDS SELECTIONCOMMITTEE FOR SELECTING OUTSTANDING
SPORTSPERSONS OF THE COUNTRY FOR YEAR 2014.
FORMER HOCKEY CAPTAIN AJITPAL SINGH IS EXPECTED TO HEAD
THE DRONACHARYA AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE.
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RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD 2014: LIST OF AWARDEES
AUGUST 4, 2014
THE LIST OF AWARDEES FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARDS FOR YEAR
2014 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.
THE AWARDEES ARE:
1. HU SHULI: AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST FROM CHINA WHOSE WORK WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DISMISSAL OF CORRUPT OFFICIALS. SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND
FORMER EDITOR OF CAIJING A BUSINESS MAGAZINE WIDELY-KNOWN FOR ITS
GROUNDBREAKING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THAT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT ON CHINA.
2. SAUR MARLINA MANURUNG: THE AWARD RECOGNIZES HER OUTSTANDING EFFORTS
TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDONESIA‟S FOREST PEOPLE, AND HER
KINETIC LEADERSHIP OF VOLUNTEERS IN SOKOLA‟S
CUSTOMIZED EDUCATIONPROGRAM.
3. OMARA KHAN MASOUDI: THE AWARD HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON HIM IN
RECOGNITION OF HIS COURAGE, LABOR, AND LEADERSHIP IN
PRESERVING AFGHANCULTURAL HERITAGE. AT GREAT RISK TO HIS LIFE, THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THENATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFGHANISTAN IN KABUL LED HIS
COLLEAGUES IN MOVING SOME OF THE MUSEUM‟S MOST PRECIOUS OBJECTS TO
SAFETY DURING THE TALIBAN‟S ATTACK ON HIS COUNTRY‟S CULTURAL TREASURES IN
THE 1990S.
4. THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION FROM PAKISTAN: IT IS AN NGO IN PAKISTANFOUNDED
BY SIX BUSINESS LEADERS. IT BUILT 1,000 SCHOOLS OVER HUNDREDS OF CITIES AND
TOWNS IN THE COUNTRY WHICH IS HOME TO THE WORLD‟S SECOND HIGHEST
NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
5. WANG CANFA: HE IS A CHINESE PROFESSOR WHO FOUNDED THE CENTER
FORLEGAL ASSISTANCE TO POLLUTION VICTIMS, WHICH HAS PROVIDED FREE LEGAL
SERVICES TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND IMPARTED ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
TRAINING TO LAWYERS AND OTHERS.
6. RANDY HALASAN: THE AWARD IS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE INDIGENOUS MATIGSALUG TRIBE. HE MADE HUGE
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EFFORTS IN TEACHING THE CHILDREN OF THE MATIGSALUG TRIBE IN ONE OF THE
REMOTEST MOUNTAIN VILLAGES IN MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD
THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD IS ASIA‟S HIGHEST HONOR AND IS ALSO REGARDED AS
THE REGION‟S EQUIVALENT OF THE NOBEL PRIZE. IT COMMEMORATES THE
LEADERSHIP EXAMPLE OF THE THIRD PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AFTER WHOM THE AWARD
IS NAMED. THE AWARD IS CONFERRED EVERY YEAR TO INDIVIDUALS OR
ORGANIZATIONS IN ASIA WHO MANIFEST THE SAME ALTRUISTIC AND PHILANTHROPIC
SERVICE THAT DOMINATED THE LIFE OF THE LATE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED FILIPINO
LEADER.
GANDHI PEACE PRIZE TO CHANDI PRASAD BHATT
JULY 15, 2014 1 COMMENT
PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE PRESENTED GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2013 TO
NOTED ENVIRONMENTALIST AND PIONEER OF THE CHIPKO MOVEMENT CHANDI PRASAD
BHATT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
THROUGH GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY.
FRANCE CONFERS ‘OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR’ UPON ACTOR SHAHRUKH KHAN
CANADA‟S YORK UNIVERSITY CONFERS HONORARY DOCTORATE UPON RATAN TATA
JUNE 22, 2014
CANADA‟S PRESTIGIOUS YORK UNIVERSITY BESTOWED RATAN TATA WITH AN
HONORARY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FOR HIS PURSUIT OF INNOVATION AND ROLE IN
PROMOTING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
PEN PINTER PRIZE TO NOVELIST SALMAN RUSHDIE
JNANPITH AWARD 2013 TO HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH
IMMUNOTHERAPISTS FROM US AND JAPAN WIN THE INAUGURAL „TANG PRIZE‟
JUNE 20, 2014
IMMUNOLOGISTS DR JAMES ALLISON OF THE US AND DR TASUKU HONJO
OF JAPAN WERE NAMED JOINT RECIPIENTS OF THE INAUGURAL TANG PRIZE IN
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCEFOR THEIR DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE HELPED ADVANCE
IMMUNOTHERAPY AND HAS BROUGHT NEW RAY OF HOPE THAT MANY TYPES OF CANCERS
CAN BE CURED.
PRIZED DISCOVERIES OF ALLISON AND HONJO
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DR HONJO:
DISCOVERED PD-1 IN 1992, AN INHIBITOR OF THE T CELL, A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE
THAT PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY. THE US FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION (FDA) HAS APPROVED THE ANTIBODIES AGAINST PD-1 AS AN
INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG AND ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS A CANCER TREATMENT.
ONE SUCH ANTIBODY IS LIKELY TO BE LAUNCHED IN YEAR 2015 FOR TREATMENT OF
NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE
APPROACH TOWARDS LUNG CANCER TREATMENT.
DR ALLISON:
IN 1995, ALLISON BECAME THE FIRST RESEARCHER TO IDENTIFY CYTOTOXIC T-
LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 (CTLA-4), A PROTEIN RECEPTOR THAT DOWN-REGULATES THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
CTLA-4 IS FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF T CELLS, WHICH LEAD CELLULAR IMMUNE
ATTACKS ON ANTIGENS. ALLISON DEVELOPED AN ANTIBODY THAT BLOCKS CTLA-4
ACTIVITY. THIS ANTIBODY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE POTENTIAL TO HELP FIGHT
VARIOUS TYPES OF TUMORS IN MICE.
THE STUDY LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DRUG THAT WAS
APPROVED BY THE FDA IN 2011 TO TREAT MELANOMA. THE THERAPY AND A REGIMEN
COMBINING ANTI-CTLA-4 AND ANTI-PD-1 HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPROVE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL RATES OF CANCER PATIENTS.
THE TANG PRIZE:
A TAIWANESE ENTREPRENEUR SAMUEL YIN ESTABLISHED INSTITUTED THE TANG
PRIZE IN 2012 TO AWARD LEADERS IN FOUR FIELDS:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE
SINOLOGY
THE RULE OF LAW.
UP TO 3 AWARDEES IN EACH CATEGORY CAN SHARE A CASH PRIZE OF NT$40 MILLION
AND A RESEARCH GRANT OF UP TO NT$10 MILLION.
WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2014 TO INDIA-BORN SCIENTIST SANJAYA RAJARAM
JUNE 19, 2014
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SANJAYA RAJARAM, AN INDIA-BORN PLANT SCIENTIST, HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR
THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2014 FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT LED TO A STUPENDOUS
INCREASE IN WORLD WHEAT PRODUCTION.
QUEEN ELIZABETH CONFERS KNIGHTHOOD UPON INDIAN-ORIGIN PHYSICIST PROF.
TEJINDER VIRDEE
JUNE 15, 2014
PROFESSOR TEJINDER VIRDEE, A NOTED INDIAN-ORIGIN PHYSICIST KNOWN FOR HIS
WORK FOR THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER, WAS CONFERRED AN HONORARY
KNIGHTHOOD BY QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN RECOGNITION TO HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE
FIELD OF SCIENCE.
BHARAT RATNA JRD TATA AWARD CONFERRED UPON SOMASUNDARAM
JUNE 11, 2014
MEMBER OF AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES OF AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
OF INDIA (AAI),SOMASUNDARAM, HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON THE
ESTEEMED BHARAT RATNA JRD TATA AWARD 2013 INSTITUTED BY AERONAUTICAL
SOCIETY OF INDIA (ASI). HE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS NOT ONLY IN
IMPROVING ANS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY FOR ENHANCING SAFETY,
EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY OF THE AIRSPACE BUT ALSO TOWARDS SMOOTH ATM AND
GLOBAL COORDINATION.
ANAND MAHINDRA FIRST INDIAN TO BE HONOURED WITH HARVARD MEDAL
JUNE 2, 2014
MAHINDRA GROUP CHAIRMAN ANAND G MAHINDRA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TO BE
HONOURED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS HARVARD MEDAL FOR HIS „DEDICATION,
GENEROSITY AND SERVICE‟ TO THE UNIVERSITY.
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