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AWARDS AND HONOURS - July 2019

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Oct 14, 2021

Dr. Randeep Guleria Bags 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award

AIIMS Delhi Director Dr. Randeep Guleria was honoured with the 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence for his pioneer and sustained contribution in the field of medicine and pandemic awareness.
Dr. Guleria was conferred the prestigious award by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu who called him "commander-in-chief" of India's dedicated army of frontline warriors who have been selflessly waging a tireless battle against COVID-19.

Oct 13, 2021

Astronautical Society of India Confers Aryabhata Award to G. Satheesh Reddy

Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO G. Satheesh Reddy was conferred the prestigious Aryabhata Award by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) for his outstanding lifetime contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India. Reddy is a pioneer in the area of R&D of advanced avionics, navigation, and missile technologies.
He has contributed immensely to strategic and tactical missile systems and helped the country become self-reliant in critical defence technologies. He is an institution builder and has set up mechanisms to establish robust defence development and production ecosystem.
The ASI is engaged in the dissemination of technical and other information related to astronautics by conducting technical meetings, bringing out technical publications and organising exhibitions.

Oct 12, 2021

Three US-based Economists Win 2021 Nobel Prize for Economics

Three US-based economists won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Economics for pioneering research on the labour market impacts of minimum wage, immigration and education, and for creating the scientific framework to allow conclusions to be drawn from such studies that can't use traditional methodology.
Canadian-born David Card of the University of California at Berkeley was awarded one half of the prize, while the other half was shared by Joshua Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dutch-born Guido Imbens from Stanford University.

Oct 09, 2021

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov Win Nobel Peace Prize 2021

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. Maria Ressa is CEO of Philippines based news organisation Rappler while Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov is editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
Committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen said that Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions.

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank Bags Two National Awards

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), sponsored by Canara Bank, has bagged two national awards ('APY Big Believers' and 'Leadership capital') for significant enrolment under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
KVGB Chairman P. Gopi Krishna received the awards from PFRDA Chairman Supratim Bandopadhyay at Chennai.

Oct 08, 2021

Nobel Literature Prize: Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins Award

Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for works that explore the legacies of imperialism on uprooted individuals.
The award was in recognition of his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents".
Born in Zanzibar in 1948 and based in England, Gurnah is a professor at the University of Kent. He is the author of 10 novels, including "Paradise," which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994.

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