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Dec 2018

Jul 06, 2021

Invest India Wins the most Innovative Investment Promotion Agency 2021 Award

Invest India has been awarded the world's most innovative Investment Promotion Agency 2021 by OCO Global. OCO Global is a leading authority on foreign investment and offers a range of economic development services, products, and unique company assessment tools.
Invest India, set up in 2009, is a non-profit venture under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
It is the national investment promotion and facilitation agency.
Invest India focuses on sector-specific investor targeting and the development of new partnerships to enable sustainable investments in India.
In addition to a core team that focuses on sustainable investments, Invest India also partners with substantial investment promotion agencies and multilateral organizations.
Invest India also actively works with several Indian states to build capacity as well as bring in global best practices in investment targeting, promotion and facilitation areas.

Jul 05, 2021

Zila Parishad School Teacher Wins National ICT Award 2018

Zilla Parishad school teacher from Osmanabad in Maharashtra was chosen for the prestigious National ICT Award instituted by the Union government.
Umesh Khose, employed as a primary school teacher in Kad-dora village in Lohara tehsil was chosen for 2018 for using 'Information and Communication Technology' through gadgets like television, tab, mobile, and projectors as well as PDFs to ensure students learn in a better way.
The awards, for the years 2018 and 2019, were announced by the Central Institute of Educational Technology under the National Council of Educational Research and Training (CIET-NCERT) in 2021.

Jul 03, 2021

Six Teachers from T.N. Win National ICT Awards

Six government school teachers from Tamil Nadu have been selected for the National ICT Awards given by the Central Institute of Educational Technology, NCERT, New Delhi, for the years 2018 and 2019.
The awards are given annually as per the guidelines of the Ministry of Education, to motivate teachers to use ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in school education and in their classrooms in a big way.
For the year 2018, S. Ganesh, Manohar Subramanian, and K.B. Dhayananth are among the 25 awardees selected from across the country. For 2019, Senthil Selvan, Thangaraja Mahadevan and R. Elavarasan are among the 24 awardees.

Jul 02, 2021

Rajendra Kishore Panda Bags Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar

The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar, the national award instituted in memory of late poet laureate Kuvempu, has been awarded to renowned Odia poet Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda for the year 2020. The prestigious award carries a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh, a silver medal, and a citation.
Dr. Panda writes in the Odia language. He has published 16 poetry collections and a novel. He is a major Indian poet who steered the path of modern Odia poetry to great heights. He was awarded the Gangadhar National Award in 2010 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985.
Founded in 1992, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Trust instituted this national annual literary award in 2013 in the name of Kuvempu to recognize litterateurs who had contributed in any language recognised by the Constitution of India.

'Decoding Shankar', Wins at Toronto International Women's Film Festival

Freelance filmmaker Deepti Pillay Sivan's most touted documentary, "Decoding Shankar" about the life and career of the celebrated musician Shankar Mahadevan, recently won the Best Film Award in the Documentary section (Best Biographical) at the Toronto International Women Film Festival, 2021.
The 52-minute docu-film released a few years ago is a sketch of the life of the prolific musician focusing on how he balances his career as a singer, music composer, and teacher. The film gives interesting tidbits about his family life and shares interesting moments about his passion for cooking.

Jun 30, 2021

JMI Student Gets the Diana Award 2021

Kaif Ali, a 4th-year student of the bachelor of architecture (B.Arch), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has been awarded the prestigious The Diana Award 2021 for his innovation— 'Covid-19 Innovation space era'.
Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic took center stage, Kaif began to research how architecture could help prevent the spread of disease. He designed a prefabricated sustainable shelter that would not only help reduce transmission of the virus but could also house refugees worldwide in the future.
Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the award is given out by the charity of the same name and has the support of both her sons, The Duke of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex. It is one of the most prestigious accolades a young person can receive for their social action or humanitarian work.

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