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AWARDS AND HONOURS - May 2022

May 2022

Oct 25, 2022

U.P. Bags Top Honours at PMAY-U Awards 2021

According to Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri , over half the homes sanctioned under the BJP-led Centre's flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) housing scheme have been delivered and the rest are under various stages of completion.
Mr. Puri's comments came on the sidelines of the PMAY-U Awards 2021 — scheduled annually to recognise the contribution of States, Union Territories and urban local bodies with regard to the implementation of the scheme.
In the awards, Uttar Pradesh bagged the first position followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at second and third place, respectively.
PMAY-U scheme is aimed at confronting and tiding over the shortage of housing facilities in urban India for beneficiaries under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Low-Income Groups (LIGs) and Middle Income Groups (MIGs) categories.

Oct 24, 2022

Karnataka Bank Wins Digital Transformation Award

Karnataka Bank was awarded the National Digital Transformation Awards, DX 2022 Awards, by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for best practice in digital transformation under the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) segment.
The awards recognise 'innovative excellence' in three categories: employee engagement, operational excellence, and customer experience.

Oct 23, 2022

HCL Founder Shiv Nadar Gets USISPF's Lifetime Achievement Award 2022

HCL founder Shiv Nadar was honoured by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), a bilateral non-profit, with its Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for his contribution to the technology industry and philanthropy.
The billionaire's Shiv Nadar Foundation invested $1.1 billion in philanthropic initiatives, particularly in education. The USISPF said that HCL has been an IT services leader for over 45 years and is at the forefront of the technological revolution since 1976.
The USISPF was established in 2017 to strengthen US-India bilateral and strategic partnership. It also works on improving economic and commercial ties between the two countries through policy advocacy.

Oct 21, 2022

EU Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize to People of Ukraine

The European parliament awarded the people of Ukraine its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to honour their fight against Russia's invasion.
The award comes with prize money of €50,000 (£43,560), which would be distributed to representatives of Ukrainian civil society.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, expressed gratitude for the EU's support.
The EU award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honour individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Oct 19, 2022

American Historian Conferred Sir Syed Excellence Award for 2022

Noted American historian Prof. Barbara Metcalf was awarded the Sir Syed Excellence Award 2022 by the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on the 205th birth anniversary of its founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. Prof. Metcalf has written extensively on the history of the Muslim population of India and Pakistan. Muslims constituted a full quarter of the population at the time of Independence and an important share of the Indian citizenry in the Republic of India thereafter. Yet their histories are understudied and are essential to telling India's history well.

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