Awards For Ibps Clerks

[AWARDS FOR IBPS CLERK]
November 28,
2014
AWARDS
DILIP VENGSARKAR SELECTED FOR C.K. NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR
2014
NOVEMBER 19, 2014
FORMER I NDIA CAPTAIN DILIP VENGSARKAR HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR COL. CK
NAYUDU LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AS PART OF BOARD OF CONTROL
FOR
CRICKET IN INDIAS ANNUAL AWARDS . HE HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THIS
PRESTIGIOUS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO I NDIAN
CRICKET
NEHA GUPTA WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS PEACE PRIZE

NOVEMBER 19, 2014
I NDIAN
AMERICAN
NEHA
PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL
GUPTA,
18
CHILDRENS
HAS
PEACE
BEEN
AWARDED
PRIZE
WITH
THE
2014. NOBEL PEACE
LAUREATE DESMOND TUTU THE PATRON OF THE DUTCH CHILDREN S RIGHTS

ORGANIZATION PRESENTED HER WITH THE AWARD IN THE HAGUE,N ETHERLANDS .
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SHE WAS AWARDED THIS AWARD FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL WORK TO RAISE MONEY FOR
UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD .
HER WORK HAS HELPED ORPHANS
IN I NDIA AND OTHER VULNERABLE CHILDREN.
SHE IS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO BE AWARDED WITH THIS PRIZE.

ABOUT NEHA GUPTA
NEHA IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BORN IN NEW ZEALANDTO

I NDIAN PARENTS
SHE WAS INSPIRED TO THE WORK FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN DURING A VISIT
TO
I NDIA WITH HER GRANDPARENTS . AFTER THIS VISIT SHE FOUNDED EMPOWER
ORPHANS , AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ORPHANED AND ABANDONED

CHILDREN IN I NDIA AND THE US.
THROUGH HER OWN ORGANIZATION, SHE HAS HELPED MORE THAN 25000
VULNERABLE CHILDREN BY RAISING OVER
1.3 MILLION US DOLLAR. SHE STARTED
WORKING FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN OF THE WORLD AT THE AGE OF NINE.
THE LIST OF PROJECTS OF HER INCLUDES OPENING LIBRARIES , DEVELOPING PATHS

TO HEALTH CARE, AND PROMOTING EDUCATION .
SHE HAS ALSO WON NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING THE 2011 WORLD OF CHILDREN
AWARD , THE PRESIDENTS VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, THE CONGRESSIONAL
AWARD , AND ALSO THE NATIONAL PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARD .
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS PEACE PRIZE
THE I NTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS PEACE PRIZE IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO A CHILD
WHO HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ADVOCATING CHILDREN S RIGHTS
AND IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN SUCH AS ORPHANS , CHILD
LABOURERS AND CHILDREN WITH HIV/AIDS.
THE PRIZE IS AN INITIATIVE OF MARC DULLAERT, CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER OF THE

AMSTERDAM -BASED CHILDREN S RIGHTS ORGANIZATION , KIDSRIGHTS .
THE FIRST CHILDRENS PEACE PRIZE WAS LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 2005 DURING THE
WORLD SUMMIT OF NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES IN ROME, AN ANNUAL MEETING OF
NOBEL
AS
PEACE
PRIZE
WINNERS
AND
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
SUCH
UNICEF AND AMNESTY I NTERNATIONAL .
SINCE THEN, THE PRIZE HAS BEEN PRESENTED EVERY YEAR BY A NOBEL PEACE
LAUREATE.
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I N 2006, OM PRAKASH GURJAR FROM INDIA WAS CONFERRED WITH THIS AWARD FOR
SETTING UP NETWORK OF CHILD FRIENDLY VILLAGES WHICH AIMS TO GIVE ALL
CHILDREN A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS A WAY OF HELPING TO PROTECT THEM FROM
EXPLOITATION .
I N 2013, THE AWARD WAS CONFERRED ON MALALA YOUSUFZAI, WHO WENT ON TO WIN
THIS N OBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014.
JNANPITH AWARD 2013 CONFERRED ON HINDI POET K EDARNATH SINGH

NOVEMBER 10, 2014
PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE CONFERRED THE 49THJNANPITH AWARD ( FOR YEAR

2013) TO EMINENT HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH FOR HIS OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS I NDIAN LITERATURE .
FUNCTION
HELD
AT
HE WAS CONFERRED THIS AWARD AT A
BALYOGI AUDITORIUM,PARLIAMENT LIBRARY BUILDING IN
NEW DELHI.
DARJEELING ZOO WINS INTERNATIONAL EARTH HEROES AWARD
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
THE
DARJEELING
ZOO
WON
AN
AWARD
AT
THE INTERNATIONAL EARTH
HEROES AWARDS . I T IS THE FIRST I NDIAN ZOO TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS PRESTIGIOUS
HONOUR.
APART FROM BEING THE ONLY SPECIALIZED ZOO IN INDIA, IT IS
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS CONSERVATION BREEDING PROGRAMMES OF
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EASTERN HIMALAYAS . THE ZOO IS ALSO WELL -KNOWN FOR
ITS EFFORTS IN EDUCATING , MOTIVATING AND INITIATING AWARENESS ABOUT THE

IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION OF HIMALAYAN ECO -SYSTEM .
GARHWAL RIFLES WINS CAMBRIAN PATROL

OCTOBER 29, 2014
A TEAM FROM THE INDIAN ARMY BEAT 140 OTHER PARTICIPANTS TO WIN THE GOLD
MEDAL IN THE CAMBRIAN
PATROL THAT WAS HELD IN UK BETWEEN OCTOBER 17 TO 26.
THE INDIAN TEAM CONSISTED ON 8 GARHWAL RIFLES .

EARLIER, A TEAM FROM THE GORKHA RIFLES HAD WON A GOLD MEDAL IN 2010.
EXERCISE C AMBRIAN PATROL
THE EXERCISE IS AN ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MILITARY PATROLLING EVENT THAT
TAKES PLACES AMIDST THE
CAMBRIAN MOUNTAINS , WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM ACROSS
THE WORLD . I T WAS FIRST HELD MORE THAN
40 YEARS AGO BY WELSH TERRITORIAL
ARMY SOLDIERS .
RICHARD FLANAGAN WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE
OCTOBER 16, 2014
THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 FOR FICTION WAS AWARDED TO AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR
RICHARD FLANAGAN, FOR HIS NOVEL THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH .
.
MAN BOOKER PRIZE
THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE IS A LITERARY AWARD GIVEN TO THE BEST ORIGINAL NOVEL
IN
ENGLISH , THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE UK. I T IS PRESENTED BY THE MAN
GROUP , WHICH IS A BRITISH ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS . THE

BOOKER PRIZE WAS FIRST AWARDED IN 1969. I T IS GENERALLY PRESENTED IN
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GUILDHALL, LONDON. THE AWARD IS OPEN TO ALL AUTHORS OF ENGLISH BOOKS,

REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONALITIES .
JEAN TIROLE WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS -2014

OCTOBER 15, 2014
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS WAS AWARDED TO JEAN TIROLE FOR HIS
ANALYSIS OF MARKET POWER AND REGULATION .
OF
HE WILL BE AWARDED PRIZE MONEY
8 MN SWEDISH KRONA .
JEAN TIROLE IS THE SECOND FRENCHMAN TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED A NOBEL

PRIZE THIS YEAR.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014
MALALA AND SATYARTHI WILL BE AWARDED A MEDAL AND $1.4 MN AT AN SPECIAL
CEREMONY IN O SLO.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
17 YEAR OLD MALALA YOUSAFZAI IS THE YOUNGEST NOBEL LAUREATE IN

THE HISTORY OF THE PRIZE. S HE IS ALSO THE THIRD
IN
NOBEL LAUREATE WHO WAS BORN
PAKISTAN.
MALALA FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF GIRL CHILDREN IN SWAT VALLEY, PAKISTAN TO
ATTEND SCHOOL .
SHE WAS SHOT BY GUNMEN THERE, AND LATER MOVED TO
BIRMINGHAM , UK. SINCE THEN , SHE HAS PUBLISHED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY ,

ADDRESSED THE
UNGA, BEEN NAMED ONE OF TIME MAGAZINES MOST INFLUENTIAL
PEOPLE IN 2013, AND AWARDED THE EUS
SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
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KAILASH SATYARTHI
SATYARTHI IS THE EIGHTH NOBEL LAUREATE TO HAVE BEEN BORN

IN I NDIA .
HE IS AN ADHERENT OF GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY . HE HAS UPHELD MAHATMA
GANDHIS PRACTICE OF ENGAGING AND CONDUCTING PEACEFUL PROTESTS . HE HAS

FOCUSED HIS AGITATIONS AGAINST THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN FOR FINANCIAL
GAIN .
HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN (SAVE THE
CHILDHOOD MOVEMENT). THROUGH HIS NGO, HE CAMPAIGNS FOR PROTECTION OF

CHILD RIGHTS AND TO ABOLISH ILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING .
NOBEL PRIZE LITERATURE 2014

OCTOBER 11, 2014
THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE FOR 2014 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE FRENCH
AUTHOR,
PATRICK MODIANO, FOR THE ART OF MEMORY WITH WHICH HE HAS EVOKED
THE MOST UNGRASPABLE HUMAN DESTINIES AND UNCOVERED THE LIFE -WORLD OF THE
OCCUPATION
CHEMISTRY NOBEL PRIZE 2014

OCTOBER 10, 2014
THE
THE
ROYAL
SWEDISH
ACADEMY
OF
SCIENCES
HAS
ANNOUNCED
THAT
N OBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY FOR THE YEAR 2014 IS BEING AWARDED TO ERIC
BETZIG , STEFAN W. HELL AND WILLIAM E. MOERNER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF

SUPER-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY .
FOR YEARS, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT
THE RESOLUTION THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED BY OPTICAL MICROSCOPY WAS LIMITED TO

HALF THE WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT .
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ABOUT ERIC BETZIG

ERIC BETZIG IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO BORN IN 1960 IN USA. HE IS A GROUP
LEADER AT THE JANELIA R ESEARCH CAMPUS AT THE HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL
I NSTITUTE IN USA
ABOUT STEFAN W. HELL
STEFAN W. HELL IS A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO WAS BORN IN ROMANIA IN 1962. HE IS
DIRECTOR AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY IN
GTTINGEN, AND DIVISION HEAD AT THE GERMAN CANCER R ESEARCH CENTER IN
HEIDELBERG , GERMANY .
WILLIAM E. MOERNER
WILLIAM E. MOERNER IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO WAS BORN IN USA IN 1953. HE
IS THE
HARRY S. MOSHER PROFESSOR IN CHEMISTRY AND PROFESSOR OF APPLIED
PHYSICS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN USA.

NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS 2014
I SAMU AKASAKI
I SAMU AKASAKI IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN . HE WAS BORN 1929 IN CHIRAN, JAPAN AND
EDUCATED IN
AND
JAPAN. HE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR AT MEIJO UNIVERSITY, NAGOYA,
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT NAGOYA UNIVERSITY , JAPAN.
HIROSHI AMANO
HIROSHI AMANO IS A JAPANESE CITIZEN . HE WAS BORN IN 1960 IN HAMAMATSU ,
JAPAN AND EDUCATED IN JAPAN. HE IS A PROFESSOR AT NAGOYA UNIVERSITY IN
JAPAN.
SHUJI NAKAMURA
SHUJI NAKAMURA IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN . HE WAS BORN IN 1954 IN I KATA, JAPAN
AND EDUCATED IN
JAPAN. HE IS CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IN USA.
DISCOVERY OF BLUE LEDS
THE THREE SCIENTISTS OF JAPANESE ORIGIN HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE N OBEL FOR
INVENTING BLUE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES OR LEDS .
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ALTHOUGH RED AND GREEN LEDS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR DECADES NOW ,
DEVELOPMENT OF BLUE
LEDS POSED A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE TO SCIENTISTS AND
RESEARCHERS .
NOBEL PRIZE MEDICINE WINNERS 2014

2014 NOBEL PRIZE MEDICINE WINNERS
JOHN OK EEFE
MAY-BRITT AND EDVARD MOSER

SHAHRUKH KHAN AWARDED WITH GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD 2014
OCTOBER 7, 2014
I NDIAN ACTOR SHAHRUKH KHAN WAS AWARDED THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD 2014
FOR
HIS
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENTS
IN
INVOLVEMENT IN PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS IN
THE
FIELD
OF
CINEMA
AND
HIS
UK
GOVIND MISHRA GETS SARASWATI SAMMAN 2013 FOR NOVEL DHOOL PAUDHON PAR
I NDIAN SCIENTIST KAMAL BAWA WINS THE MIDORI PRIZE 2014
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
I NDIAN SCIENTIST KAMAL BAWA, AN EMINENT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN BOSTON, WON THE MIDORI PRIZE (2014) IN
BIODIVERSITY
FOR
HIS
RESEARCH ,
INCLUDING
IN CLIMATE
CHANGE IN
THE
HIMALAYAS .
HARRY BELAFONTE TO RECEIVE HONORARY HUMANITARIAN OSCAR
I NDIAN SCIENTIST AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS GRANT UNDER OBAMA INITIATIVE
AUGUST 20, 2014
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PARTHA MITRA, AN I NDIAN RESEARCHER IN THE US HAS BEEN AWARDED A

PRESTIGIOUSRESEARCH
GRANT UNDER
PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMAS
INITIATIVE
TO MAP THE HUMAN BRAIN .
FILMMAKER MUZAFFAR ALI CONFERRED RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL SADBHAVANA AWARD

OUTSTANDING PARLIAMENTARIAN AWARD TO ARUN JAITLEY, KARAN SINGH AND
SHARAD YADAV
AUGUST 13, 2014
PRESIDENT
MR .
PRANAB
MUKHERJEE
PARLIAMENTARIAN AWARDS TO ARUN
JAITLEY,
PRESENTED
DR
KARAN
THE
OUTSTANDING
SINGH AND SHARAD
YADAV FOR THE YEAR 2010, 2011 AND 2012 RESPECTIVELY .

PANEL RECOMMENDS AWARDEES FOR ARJUNA AWARD , NO KHEL RATNA
AUGUST 13, 2014
THE 12-MEMBER SELECTION PANEL, HEADED BY LEGENDARY CRICKETER KAPIL DEV,
RECOMMENDED THE NAMES OF
AWARD .HOWEVER,
THE
15 SPORTSPERSONS FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS ARJUNA
THE COMMITTEE DID
NOT
RECOMMEND
ANYONE
ONE
FOR
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WHEN NO SPORTSPERSON
HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE
K HEL RATNA SINCE THE ESTABLISHING OF
THE COUNTRY S HIGHEST SPORTING AWARD IN
1991.
SPORTSPERSONS RECOMMENDED FOR ARJUNA AWARD :

1. RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN (CRICKET)
2. AKHILESH VARMA (ARCHERY)
3. TINTU LUKA (ATHLETICS )
4. H N GIRISHA (PARALYMPICS )
5. V DIJU (BADMINTON)
6. GEETU ANN JOSE (BASKETBALL)
7. JAI BHAGWAN (BOXING )
8. ANIRBAN LAHIRI (GOLF)
9. MAMTA PUJARI (KABADDI)
10. SAJI THOMAS (ROWING )
11. HEENA SIDHU (SHOOTING)
12. ANAKA ALANKAMONY (SQUASH )
13. TOM JOSEPH (VOLLEYBALL)
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14. RENUBALA CHANU (WEIGHTLIFTING)

15. SUNIL RANA (WRESTLING )
NAMES OF MATHEMATICIANS FOR THE FIELDS MEDAL 2014 ANNOUNCED
AUGUST 12, 2014
THE NAMES OF FOUR OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICIANS FOR THE FIELDS MEDAL, THE
MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN MATHEMATICS , HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED .
THE FIELDS MEDAL IS GIVEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION TO

40 AT THE
BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR MATHEMATICIANS UNDER THE AGE OF
I NTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS , HELD ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS .

THE AWARD INTENDS TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR
EXISTING WORK AND FOR THE PROMISE OF FUTURE ACHIEVEMENT .
THE FOUR 2014 FIELDS MEDALISTS:

1. ARTUR AVILA: FOR HIS MOST NOTEWORTHY RESEARCH IS IN THE STUDY OF CHAOS
THEORY AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS .
2. MANJUL BHARGAVA : FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO NUMBER THEORY AND ALGEBRA .

3. MARTIN HAIRER: FOR HIS RESEARCHES ON STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS .
4. MARYAM MIRZAKHANI: FOR HER WORK ON THE GEOMETRY OF RIEMANN SURFACES .

5. SIKKIM BECOMES MOST FAVOURED DESTINATION OF FOREIGN TOURISTS IN
NORTHEAST INDIA
6. AUGUST 11, 2014

7. FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITING THE NORTH-EASTERN (NE) STATES OF I NDIA ARE
CHOOSINGSIKKIM AS THEIR MOST FAVORED DESTINATION IN
NE REGION OF THE
COUNTRY .
8. KAPIL DEV TO CHAIR ARJUNA AWARD SELECTION PANEL

9. AUGUST 8, 2014
10. LEGENDARY INDIA CRICKET SKIPPER
THE
ARJUNA AWARDS SELECTIONCOMMITTEE FOR
SPORTSPERSONS
OF
THE
FORMER HOCKEY CAPTAIN AJITPAL

THE
KAPIL
DEV WILL
SELECTING
COUNTRY
SINGH IS
FOR
EXPECTED
HEAD
OUTSTANDING
YEAR
TO
2014.
HEAD
DRONACHARYA AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE.
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RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD 2014: LIST OF AWARDEES

AUGUST 4, 2014
THE LIST OF AWARDEES FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARDS FOR YEAR
2014 HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED .
THE AWARDEES ARE:
1. HU SHULI: AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST FROM CHINA WHOSE WORK WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DISMISSAL OF CORRUPT OFFICIALS . SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND
FORMER EDITOR OF
CAIJING A BUSINESS MAGAZINE WIDELY -KNOWN FOR ITS
GROUNDBREAKING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THAT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT

IMPACT ON
CHINA.
2. SAUR MARLINA MANURUNG : THE AWARD RECOGNIZES HER OUTSTANDING EFFORTS

TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF INDONESIA S FOREST PEOPLE, AND HER
KINETIC
LEADERSHIP
OF
VOLUNTEERS
IN
SOKOLAS
CUSTOMIZED EDUCATIONPROGRAM .
3. OMARA KHAN MASOUDI: THE AWARD HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON HIM IN
RECOGNITION
PRESERVING
DIRECTOR
OF HIS
COURAGE,
LABOR,
AND
LEADERSHIP
IN
AFGHANCULTURAL HERITAGE. AT GREAT RISK TO HIS LIFE, THE DEPUTY
OF
THEN ATIONAL
MUSEUM
OF
AFGHANISTAN IN
KABUL
LED
HIS
COLLEAGUES IN MOVING SOME OF THE MUSEUM S MOST PRECIOUS OBJECTS TO

SAFETY DURING THE
TALIBANS ATTACK ON HIS COUNTRYS CULTURAL TREASURES IN
THE 1990S .
4. THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION FROM PAKISTAN: IT IS AN NGO IN PAKISTANFOUNDED

BY SIX BUSINESS LEADERS . I T BUILT
1,000 SCHOOLS OVER HUNDREDS OF CITIES AND
TOWNS IN THE COUNTRY WHICH IS HOME TO THE WORLD S SECOND HIGHEST

NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL .
5. WANG CANFA: HE IS A CHINESE PROFESSOR WHO FOUNDED THE CENTER

FORL EGAL
ASSISTANCE TO POLLUTION VICTIMS, WHICH HAS PROVIDED FREE LEGAL
SERVICES
TO THOUSANDS
OF
PEOPLE AND IMPARTED
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
TRAINING TO LAWYERS AND OTHERS .
6. RANDY HALASAN: THE AWARD IS IN RECOGNITION OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY

LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE INDIGENOUS
MATIGSALUG TRIBE. HE MADE HUGE
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EFFORTS IN TEACHING THE CHILDREN OF THE
REMOTEST MOUNTAIN VILLAGES IN
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MATIGSALUG TRIBE IN ONE OF THE
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES .
RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD

THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD IS ASIAS HIGHEST HONOR AND IS ALSO REGARDED AS
THE
REGION S EQUIVALENT
OF
LEADERSHIP EXAMPLE OF THE THIRD

IS
NAMED .
THE
ORGANIZATIONS IN
AWARD
IS
THE
NOBEL PRIZE.
IT
COMMEMORATES
THE
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT AFTER WHOM THE AWARD
CONFERRED
EVERY
YEAR
TO
INDIVIDUALS
OR
ASIA WHO MANIFEST THE SAME ALTRUISTIC AND PHILANTHROPIC
SERVICE THAT DOMINATED THE LIFE OF THE LATE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED
FILIPINO
LEADER.
GANDHI PEACE PRIZE TO CHANDI PRASAD BHATT

JULY 15, 2014 1 COMMENT
PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE PRESENTED GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2013 TO
NOTED ENVIRONMENTALIST AND PIONEER OF THE
BHATT FOR
THROUGH
HIS
CONTRIBUTION
TOWARDS
CHIPKO MOVEMENT CHANDI PRASAD

THE ENVIRONMENT AND
SOCIETY
GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY .
FRANCE CONFERS OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR UPON ACTOR SHAHRUKH KHAN
CANADA S YORK UNIVERSITY CONFERS HONORARY DOCTORATE UPON RATAN TATA
JUNE 22, 2014
CANADA S PRESTIGIOUS YORK
UNIVERSITY BESTOWED RATAN
TATA WITH
AN
HONORARY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FOR HIS PURSUIT OF INNOVATION AND ROLE IN
PROMOTING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
PEN PINTER PRIZE TO NOVELIST SALMAN RUSHDIE

JNANPITH AWARD 2013 TO HINDI POET KEDARNATH SINGH
I MMUNOTHERAPISTS FROM US AND JAPAN WIN THE INAUGURAL TANG PRIZE
JUNE 20, 2014
I MMUNOLOGISTS DR JAMES ALLISON OF THE US AND DR TASUKU HONJO
OF
JAPAN WERE NAMED JOINT RECIPIENTS OF THE INAUGURAL TANG PRIZE IN
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCEFOR THEIR DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE HELPED ADVANCE

IMMUNOTHERAPY AND HAS BROUGHT NEW RAY OF HOPE THAT MANY TYPES OF CANCERS
CAN BE CURED .
PRIZED DISCOVERIES OF ALLISON AND HONJO

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DR HONJO:
DISCOVERED PD-1 IN 1992, AN INHIBITOR OF THE T CELL, A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE
THAT PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY .
THE US FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION (FDA) HAS APPROVED THE ANTIBODIES AGAINST PD-1 AS AN

INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG AND ARE BEING DEVELOPED AS A CANCER TREATMENT.
ONE SUCH ANTIBODY IS LIKELY TO BE LAUNCHED IN YEAR 2015 FOR TREATMENT OF

NON -SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE
APPROACH TOWARDS LUNG CANCER TREATMENT .
DR ALLISON:
I N 1995, ALLISON BECAME THE FIRST RESEARCHER TO IDENTIFY CYTOTOXIC TLYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN
4 (CTLA-4), A PROTEIN RECEPTOR THAT DOWN -REGULATES THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM .
CTLA-4 IS FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF T CELLS, WHICH LEAD CELLULAR IMMUNE

ATTACKS ON ANTIGENS .
ACTIVITY .
ALLISON DEVELOPED AN ANTIBODY THAT BLOCKS CTLA-4
THIS ANTIBODY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE POTENTIAL TO HELP FIGHT
VARIOUS TYPES OF TUMORS IN MICE.
THE STUDY LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DRUG THAT WAS
APPROVED BY THE
FDA IN 2011 TO TREAT MELANOMA . THE THERAPY AND A REGIMEN
COMBINING ANTI -CTLA-4 AND ANTI -PD-1 HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPROVE LONG -TERM SURVIVAL RATES OF CANCER PATIENTS .
THE TANG PRIZE:

A TAIWANESE ENTREPRENEUR SAMUEL YIN ESTABLISHED INSTITUTED THE TANG
PRIZE IN 2012 TO AWARD LEADERS IN FOUR FIELDS :
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE
SINOLOGY
THE RULE OF LAW .

UP TO 3 AWARDEES IN EACH CATEGORY CAN SHARE A CASH PRIZE OF NT$40 MILLION
AND A RESEARCH GRANT OF UP TO NT$10 MILLION .
WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2014 TO INDIA-BORN SCIENTIST SANJAYA RAJARAM

JUNE 19, 2014
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SANJAYA RAJARAM, AN I NDIA -BORN PLANT SCIENTIST , HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR
THE
WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2014 FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT LED TO A STUPENDOUS
INCREASE IN WORLD WHEAT PRODUCTION .
QUEEN ELIZABETH CONFERS KNIGHTHOOD UPON INDIAN-ORIGIN PHYSICIST PROF .

TEJINDER VIRDEE
JUNE 15, 2014
PROFESSOR TEJINDER VIRDEE, A NOTED INDIAN-ORIGIN PHYSICIST KNOWN FOR HIS
WORK
FOR
THE
KNIGHTHOOD BY
LARGE HADRON COLLIDER, WAS CONFERRED AN HONORARY
QUEEN ELIZABETH II IN RECOGNITION TO HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE
FIELD OF SCIENCE.
BHARAT RATNA JRD TATA AWARD CONFERRED UPON SOMASUNDARAM

JUNE 11, 2014
MEMBER
OF I NDIA
OF
AIR
NAVIGATION
(AAI),S OMASUNDARAM , HAS
ESTEEMED
SERVICES
BEEN
OF
AIRPORTS
CONFERRED
AUTHORITY
UPON
THE
BHARAT RATNA JRD TATA AWARD 2013 INSTITUTED BY AERONAUTICAL
SOCIETY OF I NDIA (ASI). HE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS NOT ONLY IN

ANS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY FOR ENHANCING SAFETY ,
IMPROVING
EFFICIENCY AND CAPACITY OF THE AIRSPACE BUT ALSO TOWARDS SMOOTH
ATM AND
GLOBAL COORDINATION .
ANAND MAHINDRA FIRST I NDIAN TO BE HONOURED WITH HARVARD MEDAL

JUNE 2, 2014
MAHINDRA GROUP CHAIRMAN ANAND G MAHINDRA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TO BE
HONOURED
WITH
THE
PRESTIGIOUS
HARVARD
MEDAL FOR
HIS
DEDICATION,
GENEROSITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY .
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CRICKET IN INDIAS ANNUAL AWARDS . HE HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THIS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO I NDIAN

NEHA GUPTA WINS INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS PEACE PRIZE

2014. NOBEL PEACE

LAUREATE DESMOND TUTU THE PATRON OF THE DUTCH CHILDREN S RIGHTS

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