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AWARDS AND HONOURS - July 2023

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May 28, 2024

NHPC Honoured with 'The Economic Times HR World Future Ready Organization Award 2024-25'

NHPC, India's premier hydropower company, was bestowed with the prestigious 'The Economic Times HR World Future Ready Organization Award 2024-25'. This coveted recognition highlights NHPC's unwavering commitment to fostering a future-ready workforce and its strategic approach to human resource management.
The prestigious award was received by Director (Personnel), NHPC, Uttam Lal, accompanied by Executive Director (HR), Lucas Guria, and a team of NHPC officers at a awards ceremony held in Mumbai. The event served as a platform to celebrate the achievements of organizations that have demonstrated a forward-thinking approach to human resource management and organizational development.

Cannes: Payal Kapadia Wins Grand Prix Award for 'All We Imagine as Light'

The 77th Cannes Film Festival witnessed a remarkable achievement for Indian cinema as Payal Kapadia's film 'All We Imagine as Light' won the prestigious Grand Prix award, the second-highest honour at the festival. This triumph marked a historic moment, as Kapadia became the first Indian filmmaker to receive this prestigious accolade.
Kapadia's award-winning film, 'All We Imagine as Light,' centres around the lives of two nurses, offering a poignant exploration of their experiences. The film's nomination for the esteemed Palme d'Or, the highest award at Cannes, further underscores its artistic and cinematic excellence.
The 2024 edition of the festival, which took place in May, was the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival.

May 27, 2024

Uttar Pradesh's Arti Receives Amal Clooney Women's Empowerment Award from King Charles III

In a remarkable testament to the power of determination and resilience, Arti, an 18-year-old woman from the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, has been honoured with the prestigious Amal Clooney Women's Empowerment Award by King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
The award ceremony, held at the iconic Buckingham Palace in London, England, celebrated Arti's inspiring journey as an e-rickshaw driver and her role in empowering other young women in her community.

May 26, 2024

Cannes Film Festival: Black Dog Wins Un Certain Regard Prize, Anasuya Sengupta Gets Best Actress ...

Black Dog by Chinese director Hu Guan won the Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize. The Jury Prize went to Boris Lojkine's asylum-seeker tale, The Story of Souleymane. The Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Actress was given to Anasuya Sengupta for The Shameless. Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. (Also Read | Meet Anasuya Sengupta and Omara Shetty, stars of The Shameless who are adding desi dazzle to Cannes Film Festival).
The Shameless follows a sex worker who flees a Delhi brothel after stabbing a policeman. As per Variety, Anasuya dedicated her award "to the queer community and other marginalised communities all around the world for so bravely fighting a fight they really shouldn't have to fight."

May 24, 2024

Jenny Erpenbeck's 'Kairos' Wins International Booker Prize

German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann have won the prestigious International Booker Prize for their novel "Kairos." The book, which tells the story of a tangled love affair during the final years of East Germany's existence, beat out five other finalists from a pool of 149 submitted novels.
Honoring Literary Excellence
The International Booker Prize recognises fiction from around the world that has been translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The £50,000 ($64,000) prize money is divided equally between the author and the translator, celebrating their collaborative efforts in bringing literary masterpieces to a wider audience.

Scientist Srinivas R. Kulkarni Honoured with Prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Srinivas R. Kulkarni, an Indian-origin U.S. scientist and brother of renowned author Sudha Murty, has been awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024. This prestigious recognition celebrates Kulkarni's groundbreaking discoveries in the field of astronomy, including his pioneering work on millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other transient astronomical phenomena.
Kulkarni's illustrious career spans decades of pioneering research and leadership roles in the field of astronomy. After obtaining his M.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1978, he went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of California in 1983. Among his notable achievements, Kulkarni served as the director of Caltech Optical Observatories from 2006 to 2018.

May 23, 2024

Indian-Origin US Scientist Shrinivas R. Kulkarni Wins Prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA, bagged the Shaw Prize, 2024.
Kulkarni is the younger brother of well-known writer and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, and hails from Karnataka.
Also known as the Nobel of the East, the prize from the Hong Kong-based Shaw Prize Foundation recognises contributions one has made to furthering societal progress, enhancing quality of life, and enriching humanity's spiritual civilization. The Foundation announces the annual awards in the areas of astronomy, medicine and life sciences, and mathematical sciences.
Kulkarni won along with Peter Sarnak, a Mathematics Professor at Princeton, and Swee Lay Thein and Stuart Orkin, both from the USA for their work in life sciences and medicine.
Kulkarni won the prize for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or transient astronomical objects. His contributions to time-domain astronomy culminated in the conception, construction and leadership of the Palomar Transient Factory and its successor, the Zwicky Transient Facility, which have revolutionised our understanding of the time-variable optical sky.

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