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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Apr 23, 2020

Award Set Up For Young Officers Of Indian Railway Traffic Service

The Asian institute of Transport Development (AITD), headed by KL Thapar, has announced an award of Rs 50,000 to young officers of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) for developing and managing SETU, a platform for providing transport solution in this hour of crises.
AITD is a New Delhi-based institute based in Delhi working on transport issues and enjoys a consultative status with the United Nations

Apr 22, 2020

Book On Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Wins $5,000 Prize

The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster has won a $5,000 prize.
Higginbotham has received the William E. Colby Award, given for an outstanding book on military or intelligence history. The awarD is named for the late CIA director. It's presented by Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, and sponsored in part by the Chicago-based Pritzker Military Foundation

Apr 16, 2020

Algerian Author Wins Top Arab Fiction Prize

Algerian author Abdelouahab Aissaoui has won the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) with his novel "The Spartan Court."
Backed by the UK's Booker Prize Foundation, IPAF is financed by Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism.
"The Spartan Court" was chosen from a shortlist of six novels.
Aissaoui will receive $50,000 and funds will be provided to translate the book into English.

Apr 13, 2020

Indigram Labs Foundation Announces Winners of its Smart Village Program - 'Adhunik Gram'

Indigram Labs Foundation, a leading agri-tech focused incubator, has announced the winners of its smart village program - 'Adhunik Gram', an initiative to empower agribusiness in rural India.
The winner was IndusTill FarmeTech Pvt. Ltd. which won a cash prize of Rs 1 Lakh. The 1st runner up was Urdhvam Environmental Technologies Pvt. Ltd. which won a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and the 2nd runner up was Impagro farming solutions Pvt. Ltd. which won Rs. 30,000.

Mar 24, 2020

Zoya Akhtar Honoured With IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020

Asia's largest film tourism event - 8th India International Film Tourism Conclave (IIFTC) honored the cult filmmaker - Zoya Akhtar with IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 for her outstanding contribution to the world tourism through her cinema.
The award was presented by Naheed Nenshi - Mayor of Calgary, Alberta (Canada) at a glittering award ceremony held recently in Mumbai.
While addressing the media about Zoya Akhtar winning the award Harshad Bhagwat - Promoter of IIFTC Awards said, "Zoya Akhtar set the trend in the film tourism space with her 2011 classic 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' shot in Spain, following it up with 2015 comedy-drama 'Dil Dhadakne Do' shot in Turkey. She has single-handedly promoted tourism of these counties through her films making her a well-deserving winner."

Indian-Origin US Author Wins 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award

Indian-origin American author Ruchika Tomar has been named the winner of the prestigious 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for her debut novel 'A Prayer for Travelers' which the judges described as a "remarkable piece of writing, astute in style and structure".
Tomar, hailing from California, is currently a lecturer at Stanford University.
The award, honouring a "distinguished" first novel, includes a USD 25,000 prize and a month-long Residency Fellowship at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, a retreat for artists and writers, valued at USD 10,000.

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