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AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2021

Jan 2021

Jan 05, 2022

South Indian Bank Wins UiPath Automation Award for Work on Robotics

Kerala-based lender South Indian Bank (SIB) won the UiPath Automation Excellence Awards 2021 for best automation under crisis for business continuity.
The award was bestowed upon the bank for its exceptional use of robotic process automation capabilities under difficult times for solving severe operational constraints, thereby ensuring business continuity.
The UiPath Automation Excellence Awards aim to recognise the change makers of automation. In the 2021 Edition of the UiPath Automation Excellence Awards, the individuals and organizations across India and South Asia (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), who have solved some of the greatest challenges through transformative automation projects were recognised.

Jan 04, 2022

Ramnath Goenka Awards: Book on Influence of Politics in Tech Wins in Non-Fiction Category

Some stories need a deeper understanding and analysis to assess the enormity of their impact on people's lives. This is why the Ramnath Goenka Awards have a non-fiction book category that recognises published work that covers an issue on a scale that newspapers or television channels cannot attempt. The award is for books published in English.
Arun Mohan Sukumar won the award in this category for Midnight's Machines: A Political History of Technology in India, which was published in 2019. In his book, Sukumar examines how politics in India has led the country to reject or embrace certain technologies. He takes a broad view, from 1947 to the present, to look at how politics, and the political class, in India shape the way citizens think about technology.

Jan 02, 2022

KVASU Bags National Award for Breed Conservation

The All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on poultry breeding, Mannuthy, under the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU), bagged the national breed conservation award for 2021. The centre received the prestigious award from ICAR – The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) for the conservation and research activities on the Tellicherry breed, the only registered native chicken breed from the State.
The centre started conservation of the Tellicherry breed in 2014. Through scientific selection and management, the breed began laying eggs as early as in five months and the annual egg production increased to 160-170 eggs.
The award carries a citation and a purse of Rs. 10,000.
The award was established by ICAR – NBAGR for their contribution towards the conservation and improvement of registered Indian breeds of domestic livestock and poultry.

Jan 01, 2022

D. S. Nagabhushan Bags Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award

Literary critic D.S. Nagabhushan was awarded the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2021 for his work Gandhi Kathana, biography of Mahatma Gandhi.
While Basu Bevinagidad won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar for his children's novel Odi Hoda Huduga, H. Lakshmi Narayan Swamy was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for his poetry Togala Cheelada Karna.

Dec 31, 2021

Winners of Sahitya Akademi Award 2021

Tamil writer Ambai, author Namita Gokhale, TMC MLA Bratya Basu and noted Punjabi writer Khalid Hussian were among the 20 names announced for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021.
The annual awards, given in 20 Indian languages, included seven books of poetry, two novels, five short stories, two plays, one book each of biography, autobiography, criticism and epic poetry.
The awards for Gujarati, Maithili, Manipuri and Urdu languages would be announced at a later date.
The books were selected on the basis of recommendations made by a jury of three members in the concerned languages in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose.

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