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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

May 12, 2021

Nutrition Expert of Indian Descent Wins World Food Prize

Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a global nutrition expert of Indian descent, won the prestigious 2021 World Food Prize for her groundbreaking research in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems.
World Food Prize Foundation President Barbara Stinson announced the award, which is also referred to as the Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture.
The award also carries a cash prize of USD 250,000.
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack and UN Nutrition Chair Naoko Yamamoto delivered individual remarks at the announcement.
Thilsted's trailblazing research on small native fish species in Bangladesh led to the development of nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquatic food systems at all levels, from the farm to food processing to final consumers, resulting in improved diets for millions of the most vulnerable people in Asia and Africa, the World Food Prize said on its website.

May 11, 2021

Anupam Kher Wins Best Actor Award at New York City International Film Festival

Actor Anupam Kher won the Best Actor award at the New York City International Film Festival for the short film titled Happy Birthday. The film also bagged the Best Short Film award at the film festival.
Happy Birthday, which was one of the much-anticipated short films of the year, starring actor Anupam and Aahana Kumra was directed by Prasad Kadam and produced by FNP Media.

May 08, 2021

Justice Gita Mittal Conferred Arline Pacht Global Vision Award

In a first for an Indian jurist, Justice Gita Mittal, former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has been conferred with the prestigious Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021 by the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ).
The Award was presented at IAWJ's Biennial Conference during the virtual opening ceremony. She shared the honour with Justice Margarita Luna Ramos of Mexico.
International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) instituted this award in 2016. Justice Mittal would be the first Indian judge to receive the award. Award is presented to a sitting/retired woman judge to recognize her contribution to IAWJ.
At present, Justice Mittal is the Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), an independent, self-regulatory body for general entertainment channels set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). She is the first woman to hold this position.

May 07, 2021

Singer Pink Bags Icon Award at Billboard Music Awards

Singer Pink will be honoured with the Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). The award aims to recognize artists who have achieved success on the Billboard charts and left an indelible impact on music. Pink joins previous honourees that include Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion, Cher, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Garth Brooks.

May 01, 2021

Sheikh Zayed Book Award

Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin, a Mumbaikar by birth and a professor settled in US, became the first Indian to be chosen for the prestigious the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, touted as Arabic world's Nobel Prize for her book 'Arabic Oration: Art and Function'.
The Abu Dhabi Department of Cultural announces the award annually to people with exemplary work in the field of Arabic literature. It is aimed at showcasing the most powerful, stimulating and challenging works representing the Arab world.
A professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Chicago, Qutbuddin also serves on the editorial board of Abu Dhabi's Library of Arabic Literature. Her award-winning book was released by Brill Academic Publishers of Leiden in 2019.
Her research focuses on intersections of the literary, the religious and the political in classical Arabic poetry and prose.

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