The Nandi Awards are presented annually in Andhra Pradesh, India for Telugu cinema by State government. “Nandi” means “bull”, the awards being named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of Andhra Pradesh. Nandi Awards are presented in four categories: Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Copper. A variant, Nandi Natakotsavam Awards is also given every year by the Andhra Pradeshgovernment for social, mythological and poetic Dramas
Harishchandrachi Factory November 4, 2009
Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi : हरिश्चंद्राची फॅक्टरी, “Harishchandra’s Factory”) is a 2009 Marathi film, directed by theatre-veteran Paresh Mokashi, depicting the struggle of Dadasaheb Phalke in making Raja Harishchandra in 1913, India’s first feature film, thus the birth of Indian cinema. [1][2]. Harishchandrachi Factory is the directorial debut of Paresh Mokashi who won the Best Director award at Pune International Film Festival, where the film was shown. . In September, 2009, it was selected as India’s official entry to Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film Category, making it the second film, after Shwaas(2004), in Marathi cinema to receive this honour
Awards and honours
Award watch October 25, 2009
The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people. It was created in 1952, following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.
Kalinga Prize
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Madhava Menon gets Best Law Teacher Award September 5, 2009
Renowned educationist and law teacher N.R. Madhava Menon was on Friday conferred the Best Law Teacher 2009 award on completion of 50 years of teaching law, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the growth of legal education in the country.
Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, who conferred the award presented by the Bar Association of India and the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF), highlighted Dr. Menon’s achievements: “He pioneered concepts such as clinical legal education in India and took the lead in organising legal aid programmes, as well as, examining how the legal system can be used to address social problems that arise due to poverty.”
Despite facing numerous obstacles, Dr. Menon has been the guiding force behind the establishment of educational institutions. This was a watershed event since it marked the beginning of a vigorous agenda for judicial education in our country.
Gujarat Technological University gets ICT-enabled University Award 2009 September 5, 2009
Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has been awarded the Information Communication Technology (ICT)- Enabled University of the year award by the Jury in the E – India 2009 award ceremony. GTU has been awarded as ICT enabled University in the Digital Learning category.
The award was given for its project – Gujarat Common Entrance Exam (GCET-2009).
This was the first time in India that any State level (Government) Entrance Exam was conducted online. This exam was held for the admissions to Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and Masters of Computer Application (MCA) courses in all GTU affiliated institutions in the State
Nilekani’s ‘Imagining India’ wins Readers’ Choice Award September 4, 2009
Former Infosys Chairman, Nandan Nilekani’s book ‘Imagining India’ has won the Readers’ Choice Award for Non-fiction at this year’s Indiaplaza Golden Quill Awards.
Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Sea of Poppies’ bagged the Jury Prize for the best book as well as the Readers’ Choice Award for Fiction at a function in Bengaluru.
Established last year, the Indiaplaza Golden Quill Awards are decided by an online poll and rewards the best fiction and non-fiction writing of the year by an Indian author domiciled in the country.
The award in each category carries a cash prize, a citation and a trophy. This year’s jury comprised of veteran journalist Mukund Padmanabhan, Marathi writer Shanta Gokhale and writer-actor Tom Alter.
BRAVERY AWARDS August 23, 2009
National Bravery Award
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| National Bravery Award | ||
| Award Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Civilian | |
| Category | Children below age 16 | |
| Instituted | 1957 | |
| Last Awarded | 2009 | |
| Total Awarded | 756 children (541 boys and 215 girls) [1] | |
| Awarded by | Government of India | |
National Bravery Award for Indian Children is given each year by Government of India [2] and Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW), to Indian children for meritorious acts of bravery against all odds.
The award is given to around 24 children below the age of 16. One of two coveted awards in this category are the Sanjay Chopra Award and Geeta Chopra Award instituted in 1978, in the memory of Chopra children who laid their lives while confronting their kidnappers, and are given to a boy and a girl respectively for acts of bravery [3]. The highest award in the category is the Bharat Award, constituted in 1987, and the Bapu Gayadhani Award was instituted in 1988.
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The Award
The award includes a medal, a certificate and cash award, the Bharat Award winner gets a gold medal, while the rest get a silver medals [4]. Further they are also given financial assistance to complete their schooling, as a part of ICCW’s sponsorship programme and professional courses such as medical and engineering, under the Indira Gandhi scholarship scheme [5]. In 2009, the Government of India announced reservation of some seats in Medical and Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics for the winners of the award [6]
List of Awards
- Bharat Award, since 1987
- Sanjay Chopra Award, since 1978
- Geeta Chopra Award, since 1978
- Bapu Gayadhani Award, since 1988
- National Bravery Award, since 1957
Ceremony
The awards are announced on November 14, Children’s Day, and later given by the Prime Minister of India, on the eve of the Republic Day, and later the President hosts a reception in their honour [7]. On 26th January, the awardees take part in Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi [3][8].
The origin of the award dates back to October 2, 1957, when India’s first Prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was watching a performance at Delhi’s Ramlila grounds, at the Red Fort, and a fire broke out in a shamiana (decorated tent) through a short circuit. Subsequently, Harish Chandra, a 14-year old scout, promptly took out his knife, and ripped open the burning shamiana, saving saved lives of hundreds of trapped people; this incident inspired Pt. Nehru initiate the awards, he asked the authorities to constitute an award to honour brave children from all over the country, and the tradition has continued hence [9], and later Harish Chandra became the first recipient of the award [10]. In 2001, a commemorative book titled ‘Brave Hearts’ was released featuring, features winners of the 1999 National Bravery Awards [10].
The 2008 awards were given by Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari instead of the PM [11], and for the first time the real name of a 2008 award winner, 12-year-old Balloon seller ‘Rahul‘ was withheld, as he identified the men who planted bombs on Barakhamba Road in New Delhi, during September 13, 2008, Delhi bombings, and helped police make sketches of the suspects [5].
Selection
The selection for the award are made from the applications received from sources like the central/state government departments, panchayats, zilla parishads, school authorities as well as state and Union territory councils for child welfare.
Jury
The selection of the awardees is made by a committee constituted by the ICCW, comprising representatives from the secretariats of the President and the Vice- President, various several Government Ministries and Departments, as well as the Central Social Welfare Board, the Indian Police, All India Radio, Doordarshan and leading NGOs such as the National Bal Bhavan, SOS Children’s Villages of India, Ramakrishna Mission and senior ICCW members.
Rajiv Gandhi Awards 2009 August 21, 2009
Rajiv Gandhi Awards 2009
Rajiv Gandhi Awards 2009
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The mainly popular National honor, 12th Rajiv Gandhi National Awards be all set to take place amidst high fanfare on 19th August, 2009 at the National Centre for the stage Arts, in Mumbai. This year’s winners of Rajiv Gandhi Awards 2009 include like
1. Shahid Kapoor (Best Actor)
2. Katrina Kaif (Best Actress)
3. Vineet Jain (Industrialist)
4. Ramesh Chandra Agarwal (Journalism),
5. Sam Pitroda (Global Indian)
6. Dr. Narendra Jadhav (Educationist)
7. Dr. G. Madhavan Nair (Super Achiever),
8. Krushnaa Patil (Women Achiever),
9. Avika Gor (Child Prodigy),
10. Rajashree Birla (Social Field),
11. Rohit Kochhar (Young Entrepreneur).
These renowned personalities will be honored in a impressive manner amidst lot of performances & entertainment on the Shri Rajiv Gandhi’ birth anniversary. Rajiv Gandhi Awards 2009
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA August 21, 2009
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports
- “Khel Ratna” literally translate to “Sports Gem” in Hindi.
- award is named after the late Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.
- cash component stands at Rs. 500,000/- (c.11,500 USD)
- The award was instituted in the year 1991-92 to supply the lack of a supreme national accolade in the field of sports. Predating the RGKR are the Arjuna awards that have always been given to outstanding sportspersons in each of many sporting disciplines every year.
- A selection committee consisting of eminent people affiliated to sports is constituted every year by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports to evaluate sporting performances.
- performance between April 1 of one year to March 31 of the next year is considered. To qualify for this award, a sportsperson or team must take part in discipline that is included in the Olympic Games, the Asian Games or the Commonwealth Games.
- A person can receive this award only once in his lifetime
- must be nominated for the award by a member of parliament, state governments, the Sports Authority of India or national sports federations.
- nominee is invested with the award by the President of India.
List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees
| S.No. | Year | Name of the Sportsperson(s) | Sport Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1991-92 | Viswanathan Anand | Chess |
| 02 | 1992-93 | Geet Sethi | Billiards |
| 03 | 1993-94 | Not Conferred* | - |
| 04 | 1994-95 | Cdr. Homi D. Motivala and Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg | Yachting (Team Event) |
| 05 | 1995-96 | Karnam Malleswari | Weightlifting |
| 06 | 1996-97 | Leander Paes and Nameirakpam Kunjarani (Joint) | Tennis and Weightlifting respectively |
| 07 | 1997-98 | Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket |
| 08 | 1998-99 | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | Athletics |
| 09 | 1999-2000 | Dhanraj Pillay | Hockey |
| 10 | 2000-01 | Pullela Gopichand | Badminton |
| 11 | 2001-02 | Abhinav Bindra | Shooting |
| 12 | 2002-03 | Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat and K. M. Beenamol (Joint) | Shooting and Athletics respectively |
| 13 | 2003-04 | Anju Bobby George | Athletics |
| 14 | 2004-05 | Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Shooting |
| 15 | 2005-06 | Pankaj Advani | Billiards and Snooker |
| 16 | 2006-07 | Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Shooting |
| 17 | 2007-08 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Cricket |
| 18 | 2008-09 | Mary Kom,Sushil Kumar,Vijender Kumar | Boxing, Wrestling, Boxing |
- The award was not conferred upon any sportsperson or team in the year 1993-94.
Brief idea abt the awards in india August 21, 2009
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