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AWARDS AND HONOURS - January 2021

Jan 2021

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.

Dec 30, 2021

Vimala Pai Konkani Annual Literary Awards

The Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan, World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru, announced Smt. Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar, annual literary awards for Konkani Literature, for the year 2021.
Massam, a collection of Konkani short stories by Antony Barkur (Antony Prakash D'Souza) was chosen as the Best Konkani Book of the Year (Prose), while Indradhonu Udeum, a collection of Konkani poems by Uday Narasinha Mhambro, was selected as the Best Konkani Book of the Year (Poetry).
The awards are based on a two-tier evaluation process. Firstly, a preliminary panel consisting of 16 referees recommends books shortlisted from among those published during the award period. Based on these recommendations, a five-member jury makes the final selections for the award.
World Konkani Centre founded by Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan, a premier Konkani organisation established in 1996 under the leadership of Vishwa Konkani Sardar Basti Vaman Shenoy, has been relentlessly working towards preservation of Konkani language and culture since inception.

Dec 29, 2021

The Hindu's Shiv Sahay Singh Wins Prize at Ramnath Goenka Award

The Hindu's West Bengal correspondent Shiv Sahay Singh won the Ramnath Goenka Award in the "Uncovering India Invisible" category for his 2019 story "Death by Digital Exclusion" which exposed how the Jharkhand government's insistence on digitisation deprived people living on the margins of the benefits of the public distribution system (PDS).

Viral Desai Bags "Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021"

Viral Sudhirbhai Desai, an industrialist from Surat, who is popularly known as the Greenman or green man of Gujarat was honoured with the Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021. Among the 28 personalities from 11 countries (which includes the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, France, and Malaysia,) who were honoured with this award, Viral Desai was the only Indian to win the honour for climate change.

Dec 27, 2021

HDFC Bank Wins Coveted CII Award for 'Most Innovative Best Practice'

HDFC Bank's efforts in furthering financial inclusion through partnership with the Government of India's Common Service Centres (CSC) have been adjudged 'Most Innovative Best Practice' for financial inclusion at the coveted CII Digital Transformation Award 2021.

Anil Prakash Joshi Wins Mother Teresa Memorial Award

Anil Prakash Joshi Wins Mother Teresa Memorial Award
Environmentalist Anil Prakash Joshi, who was conferred upon the Padma Bhushan this year, has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021. Vidyut Mohan, the winner of the Earth shot Prize, and Ridhima Pandey, a young environmental activist from Uttarakhand, were also the recipients of the award.
The Harmony Foundation identifies a theme each year for the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards and felicitates individuals and organisations who work in the realm of augmenting environmental sustainability. The awardees were felicitated by Dr Abraham Mathai, the founder chairman of the foundation.

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