July 2010 Awards

Ravi Dixit became the first Indian to win the Under-19 boys' title in the Asian junior
squash championship (Individuals) in Colombo,Srilanka.

June 2010 Awards

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. A.R.
Kidwai, former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana and former Chairman of UPSC,
organised by the Institute of Objective Studies in New Delhi.

Kartar Singh Lalvani, founder of pharmaceutical major Vitabiotics in Britain, has

been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in London.

May 2010 Awards

Vice President M. Hamid Ansari presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. A.R.
Kidwai, former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana and former Chairman of UPSC,
organised by the Institute of Objective Studies in New Delhi.

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes
film festival for Uncle Boonmee. Spanish actor Javier Bardem shared the best actor award with
Italy's Elio Germano. and France's Juliette Binoche was named best actress .

Internationally acclaimed Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik from Orissa won Gold
medal for People's Choice prize at 2nd Moscow World sand sculpture championship 2010,
Russia. The artists from Island won the 'Jury Choice', and 'Sculptor Choice' prize in this
championship.

India's top industrialist and chairman of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata has received the
2010 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award for his outstanding global leadership, vision and
professional excellence.

Social activist Ela Bhatt (76) received the Niwano Peace Prize for 2010 for her
contribution to the uplift of poor women in India.

Physicist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva has been awarded the Sydney Peace
Prize 2010 in recognition of her works in social justice.
April 2010 Awards

President Pratibha Patil presented the Paulos Mar Gregorios Award 2010 to Dr.
Karan Singh for Outstanding Contribution in the Fields of Public Life, Inter-Faith Dialogue
and Culture.

Bengali novelist Mani Sankar Mukherjee's book, Chowringhee, has been shortlisted
for one of the Independent Foreign Fiction prize for 2010 — the first time that an Indian work
has accomplished the feat.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, president, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, has been
selected for this year's Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah Award, instituted by the Malcom and Elizabeth
Adiseshiah Trust.

Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata was conferred the 2010 CIF Chanchlani Global
Indian award by Canada India Foundation for his outstanding global leadership, vision and
professional excellence.

Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch was conferred with Telugu Bharti Puraskaram given by CP
Brown Academy and Alfa foundation.

Neel Chowdary received The Hindu’s Metro plus Playwright award for his book
Taaramandal.

Vizag Steel Plant was conferred with Global Human Resource Development award-
2010 for following international standards in utilizing the human resources.

The Assam government has decided to confer the coveted Srimanta Sankaradeva
Award to noted journalist and writer Homen Borgohain for the year 2007 in recognition of his
significant contribution to journalism and literature and noted actor Sharmila Tagore in the
fields of art and culture for the year 2008.

Asko Parpola, leading authority on the Indus script and Professor Emeritus of
Indology in the University of Helsinki, Finland, has been chosen for the Kalaignar M.
Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award for 2009.
March 2010 Awards
 The Pritzker Prize, considered the highest honour in architecture and regarded by
many as equivalent to the Nobel Prize, has been awarded to the Japanese duo Kazuyo
Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners in the architecture firm SANAA.

 Rukhsana (21) and her brother Aijaz (19) were awarded the Sarvotam Jeevan
Raksha Padak and the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak respectively by the Centre for
snatching an AK rifle from LeT commander Abu Usma and killed him with the weapon
when he and another militant barged into their house on September 27, 2009.

 American mathematician John Torrence Tate, 85, has been awarded the prestigious
Abel Prize in Mathematics for 2010.

 Well - Known Hindi writer Amar Kant has been selected for the prestigious Vyas
Samman award for his outstanding novel Inhi Hathiyaron Se.

 Nandi Awards – 2008 were presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Best
Actor - Ravi Teja (Neninthe), Best Actress - Swati (Ashta Chamma), Best Film -
Gamyam, Best Director - J. Radha Krishna (Gamyam)

 Eminent heroine of yesteryears Jamuna has been chosen for the NTR National Film
Award to be given by the Government of Andhra Pradesh for the year 2008.

 Actress-director Vijayanirmala will receive the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for the
year 2008.

 The B.N. Reddy National Film Award will be given to renowned director K.B. Tilak.

 Tehelka Executive Editor Shoma Chaudhury and Nagaland page Editor Monalisa
Changkija will share the Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding Women Media
persons for 2009.

 Indian-American computer scientist Subhash Khot, known for his 'Unique Games
Conjecture' has been selected for $ 500,000 National Science Award of the United
States of America.

 The 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles:

Best Actor - Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) (First women to be awarded Best
Director)
Best Film - The Hurt Locker

 Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan has been honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
at the film festival of British Academy of Film & Television Arts.
  Vidyasagar, an inmate of the Government Home for Juvenile Delinquents and
correctional centre in kadapa received the Golden Nandi Award for 2009 from Chief
Minister K.Rosaiah for his portrayal of the role of a tribal boy named 'sega' in a Telugu
play, Bapu Kalaluganna Desam.

 Veteran British Asian film maker Yavar Abbas will be honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award by the South Asian Cinema Foundation in London for making
films like India! My India!

February 2010 Awards :

Prabhakar Mandara has won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2009 for
translating Yagati Chinna Rao's research book, '' Dalit struggle for Identity" into Telugu by the
name Andhra Pradesh Dalita Udyama Charitra.

John Flannery, President CEO, GE India was presented the Indo-US Business
Cooperation Award.

Veteran Congress leader G. Venkataswamy was presented the 'Eashwari Bai

Memorial Award' by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimham.

Eminent Journalist Sanjoy Hazarika has been awarded the Dr. Jean Mayer Award for
Global Citizenship by the U.S. - based Tufts University for his contribution to the north - east of
India, initiatives in health and governance.

Social worker Ela Bhatt, who set up the self - Employed Women's Association
(SEWA) has been chosen for the 27th Niwano Peace Prize for her contribution to the uplift of
poor women.

British Academy of Film and Television Art's (BAFTA) awards

Best Film - The Hurt Locker
Actor - Colin Firth (A single Man)
Best Actor - Colin Firth (A single Man)
Best Actress - Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Dr. V.K.Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to defence Minister and Director - General of

DRDO will be presented the Dr.Y.Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2009 for his outstanding
contribution to India's defence research and development.

W. Selvamurthy, chief controller (Life Sciences and Human Resource), Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been chosen for the DRDO's
Technology Leadership Award for 2008 instituted by the DRDO.
 Actor Amitabh Bachchan, Carnatic musician Balamurali Krishna, ISRO chairman
K.Radhakrishnan and Minister of state for external Affairs Shashi Tharoor were presented the
Pazhassi Raja charitable Trust Awards 2009 by the President Pratibha Patil.

Bhilai Steel plant was presented the Prime Minister's trophy for the best integrated
steel plant.

11th Mumbai International Film Festival of Documentary, Animation and short

films

o Russain director Alexander Gutman's 17 August won the Golden Conch for the
best Documentary.
o The Spell, Directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the best fiction film.

Prominent Stage actor and director Chatla Sriramulu (75) has been selected for the
prestigious "NTR Rangastala Puraskar" given by the State Government of AP.

Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan presented 'The Lifetime Achievement

in Science Award', instituted by B.M. Birla Science Centre, to Nobel Laureate Anthony James
Leggett.

 Oscar winner A.R. Rahman won two Grammy awards.

o Jai Ho - Best song written for motion pictures, TV and other visual media.
o Best soundtrack for the film Slum dog Millionaire.

Social activist and actor Nafisa Ali and Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer in the
country received the Kalpana Chawla Excellence Awards 2010.

Januray 2010 Awards

President Pratibha Patil conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament
and development for 2009 on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

GV Krishna Reddy, chairman of GVK group won the 'Entrepreneur of the year'
award during the economic times awards for Corporate Excellence.

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science conferred the

Dean's Medal to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.