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AWARDS AND HONOURS - December 2018

Dec 2018

Mar 21, 2019

IBJA Awards 2019

Zee Business, the Business news channel of Zee Media Group has bagged three prestigious awards at the India Bullion and Jewellers Association Awards 2019.
The three awards were in the category of Best Business Channel, Icon of Business Journalism and Best Commodity Anchor.
While Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi bagged the Icon of Business Journalism award, the Best Commodity Anchor hindi went to Mrituenjay Jha.
India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd. (IBJA) was established in 1919 to adopt a multi-faceted approach to the problems and challenges faced by the bullion traders in the country.

Mar 18, 2019

Padma Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padma Awards to 47 prominent and inspiring personalities, including nine from sports.
Prominent among those who received the prestigious honour were ace cricketer Gautam Gambhir, MDH group owner Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, football captain Sunil Chhetri, basketball player Prashanti Singh, archer Bombayla Devi Laishram and grandmaster Harika Dronavalli.

Mar 17, 2019

Naik Gets Padma Vibhushan

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Group chairman A. M. Naik was conferred India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
Mr. Naik led the transformation of L&T into a global construction, engineering, manufacturing, technology and services conglomerate. In a career spanning over 50 years, Mr. Naik spearheaded some of the country's landmark and marquee projects.

Mar 15, 2019

President Presents Gallantry Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Gallantry Awards and other distinguished service decorations at the Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital.
The Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra were the two Gallantry Awards given.
Kirti Chakra is India's second highest peacetime gallantry award and the Shaurya Chakra is the third highest peacetime gallantry award.
Fifteen officers and jawans from the Army and CRPF were also decorated with the Shaurya Chakra.
Besides these, Param Vishisht Seva Medal was given to 15 officers, Uttam Yuddh Seva Medal to one and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal to 25 officers.

Mar 08, 2019

GD Birla Award for Scientific Research

The 28th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2018 was awarded to Dr. Rajeev K. Varshney of the Centre of Excellence in Genomics, Telangana. Varshney is internationally known for his outstanding contribution in the area of decoding plant genomes, genomics-assisted breeding, and translational genomics for agriculture.
He has made a pioneering contribution by integrating advanced discoveries in genomics with crop improvement in developing countries. He has genome sequences of 9 crops.
The GD Birla Award for Scientific Research was instituted in 1991 by the KK Birla Foundation with the objective of accord recognition to high calibre scientific research undertaken by Indian scientists living and working in India. It is awarded to scientists below the age of 50 for their original and outstanding contributions to any branch of Science or Technology. It carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh.

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