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AWARDS AND HONOURS - September 2020

Sep 2020

Jan 13, 2024

Indore, Surat are Cleanest Cities in India

Indore and Surat were declared joint cleanest cities in India as part of the Swachh Survekshan Awards-2023 presented by President Droupadi Murmu. Indore won the award for the seventh straight time. Navi Mumbai retained the third position.
Chandigarh won the SafaiMitra Suraksha award for city with best safety standards for sanitation workers.

Jan 12, 2024

Divyakriti Singh Becomes 1st Indian Woman Arjuna Awardee for Equestrian Sports

Divyakriti Singh etched her name in the annals of Indian sports history as the first woman from the country to be honoured with the prestigious Arjuna Award for equestrian sports.
President Droupadi Murmu presented the coveted award to her at a glittering ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, marking a crowning glory for the Asian Games Gold medallist in equestrian sports - the only woman to achieve the honour.

Jan 11, 2024

BITS Pilani V. C. Ramgopal Rao Gets VLSI Lifetime Achievement Award 2024

Professor Ramgopal Rao, the Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani, was awarded the VSI Lifetime Achievement Award 2024. The award was presented by the VLSI Society of India at the 37th International Conference on VLSI Design held in Kolkata, India.
The award recognised Prof Rao's contributions towards the development of the VLSI Design and Semiconductor ecosystem in India. His immense dedication to Semiconductors and VLSI Design Research and Education has laid a robust foundation, playing a pivotal role in positioning India as a formidable Semiconductor Nation.
The decision to confer the VSI Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 was made by a distinguished 9-member jury comprising leaders from the Global Semiconductor Industry and Academic organisations.

Jan 10, 2024

President Droupadi Murmu Confers 'Khel Ratna' and 'Arjuna' Award

India's best-performing athletes were conferred with the national sports awards by President Droupadi Murmu in a regal ceremony where cricketer Mohammed Shami and para archer Sheetal Devi walked in to a rapturous applause at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Shuttlers Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were chosen for the coveted Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award for a breakout 2023, during which they won their maiden Asian Games gold, a first for India in badminton, while also clinching the Asian Championships title and the Indonesia Open Super 1000 title.

Jan 09, 2024

Shrikant Shinde, Sukanta Majumdar among 5 MPs Selected for Sansad Ratna Awards

Five Lok Sabha members, including the BJP's Sukanta Majumdar and Shiv Sena's Shrikant Eknath Shinde, were selected for the Sansad Ratna Awards this year, its organisers announced.
The BJP's Sudheer Gupta, NCP's Amol Ramsing Kolhe and Congress' Kuldeep Rai Sharma are the other three MPs selected for the awards to be presented at a function in the national capital on February 17, 2024.
The Sansad Ratna Awards are presented annually to the top-performing parliamentarians based on their performance, while the Sansad Maha Ratna Awards are presented once in five years for consistency in performance during the term of the Lok Sabha.
Chennai-based non-profit charitable trust Prime Point Foundation instituted these honours at the instance of former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam, who himself inaugurated the first award event in 2010 in Chennai.

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