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AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2019

Jan 2019

Aug 20, 2020

Ganesh Vilas Lengare Receives Star 2020 Certificate by World Book of Records, London

Solapur based social activist Ganesh Vilas Lengare was awarded the Star 2020 Certificate by the World Book of Records, London. The organisation, founded in 2017, honours personalities for their outstanding contribution towards humanity and universal peace.
Recognising his efforts to help the needy during the coronavirus induced lockdown, Ganesh Lengare was awarded the Star 2020 e-citation certificate. Out of the 21 schemes that were launched by him to assist the people, the most important was the COVID patient contact tracing, that was implemented with the help of Solapur district authorities.
Understanding the need for spreading awareness regarding maintaining hand hygiene, wearing masks and following social distancing, Mr. Lengare organised various online contests and produced educational videos.

Nagaland School Wins Pallikutam Award for Innovation in Education

The first-ever Pallikkutam National Award for Innovation in Education, instituted by Rajagiri Media, was won by St. Christopher School, Chessore Village, Nagaland.
The silver award was won by DAV Public School, Haryana, and the bronze award by CMI Christ School, Iritty in Kerala.
The awards, carrying a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000, Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 25,000, respectively, are meant to honour education leadership by way of frugal and disruptive innovations that help them cross the Covid-19 induced academic lockdown. The awards are sponsored under the CSR initiative of Federal Bank.
The award winners were chosen by an expert jury set up by the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.

Aug 19, 2020

Cricketer Rohit Sharma, Wrestler Vinesh Phogat among 4 Picked For Khel Ratna Award

Cricketer Rohit Sharma and woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat were among the four athletes recommended for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award -- the country's highest sporting honour. Women's table tennis star Manika Batra and Rio Paralympic gold-winning high jumper Mariappan Thangavelu were the other two sportspersons recommended for the prestigious award by a 12-member selection committee of the Sports Ministry. This is only the second time that four athletes have been recommended for the top sporting accolade.
In 2016, star shuttler P. V. Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, shooter Jitu Rai and wrestler Sakshi Malik were collectively given this award.
Rohit will only be the fourth cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current skipper Virat Kohli to be conferred with the Khel Ratna.

Aug 16, 2020

Soumya Swaminathan Honoured with TN CM's Special Award

Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation, Soumya Swaminathan was conferred with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's special award, in recognition of her advisory role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
Swaminathan received the award from Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on the 74th Independence Day celebration at Fort St George.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister's Best Practices award was bagged by the department of treasuries, while the Greater Chennai Corporation received the second prize for conducting fever clinics across the city to break the transmission chain of COVID-19.
Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation received the certificate of appreciation for various steps undertaken to ensure uninterrupted availability of drugs for combating coronavirus.

Aug 15, 2020

CRPF's Naresh Kumar Bags his 7th Police Medal for Gallantry

Assistant Commandant (AC) Naresh Kumar scripted history by receiving the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG) for the seventh time in a short span of four years.
Kumar got his first medal in 2017 for an operation conducted in Srinagar in 2016, during which he neutralised two foreign terrorists. In 2018, he was awarded two PMGs for neutralising two Hizbul Mujahideen commanders in a fierce operation, which lasted for three days.

Aug 14, 2020

MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection

The Rotary Club of Madras East has conferred the MS Swaminathan Award for Environment Protection 2019 upon R. S. Paroda the Founder Chairman of the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS), New Delhi for his enormous contributions in the field of plant breeding and genetic resource management and his leadership in establishing over 20 institutions in the field of crops, horticulture, livestock, natural resource management, fisheries, agricultural engineering and social science sectors.
A Padma Bhushan awardee, Paroda was a former Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India.

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