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AWARDS AND HONOURS - September 2020

Sep 2020

Oct 17, 2023

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Receives Award for A+ Ranking in Global Finance Central Banker Repor...

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das received the Award for being ranked 'A+' in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023 in Marakkesh city of Morocco. The award recognizes those central bank governors whose strategies outperformed their peers through originality, creativity, and tenacity.
The awards were announced in the month of September 2023 and along with RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, two other central bankers- Thomas J. Jordan of Switzerland and Nguyen Thi Hong of Vietnam earned an 'A+' grade in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023.

Oct 16, 2023

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal Conferred the National Intellectual Propert...

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal conferred the National Intellectual Property Awards at the National Intellectual Property Conference 2023 held in New Delhi. He said that during the Amrit Kaal journey, transformation is an essential part of making India a developed economy and Innovation is at the centre of transformation. He said that Intellectual Property could also be termed as an area of Infinite Potential.

Oct 15, 2023

Hollywood Actor Michael Douglas to be Given Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award

Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas will be presented with the Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award at the 54th International Film Festival Goa, in November 2023 Union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur announced.
Michael Douglas began his Hollywood career in 1966 and acted in more than 63 movies, winning the Academy Award for 'Best Actor' for the 1987 drama 'Wall Street'.
He received an American Film Institute Lifetime Award in 2009 and has won and been nominated for several BAFTAs, Golden Globe Awards and Emmy Awards.
Previous winners of the Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award include Martin Scorcese, Wong Kar-wai, Lata Mangeshkar and Dilip Kumar.

Oct 14, 2023

Sivasankari Honoured With Saraswati Samman

Noted author and activist Sivasankari was honoured with the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2022 for her memoir written in Tamil, Surya Vamsam, at the National Museum in Delhi.
The Saraswati Samman, instituted by the KK Birla Foundation in 1991, carries a plaque, a citation, and a cash prize of Rs. 15 lakh. Sivasankari is the 32nd recipient of the award, joining a pantheon of writers over the years. The selection follows a rigorous three-tier process leading up to a final decision by Chayan Parishad currently headed by former Supreme Court judge, justice Arjan Kumar Sikri.

Oct 10, 2023

Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to US labour economist Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes. Goldin is only the third woman to win the prize.

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