1) Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor bestowed with Dada Saheb Phalke award.
- Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor honoured with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai.
- Shashi Kapoor became the 46th winner of the award.
- He was awarded for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.
- Shashi Kapoor is the 3rd Person to Receive the Prestigious award from same family.
- Prithviraj Kapoor: 1971.
- Raj Kapoor: 1987.
- Shashi Kapoor: 2015.
- Shashi Kapoor best known performances as child artist were in Aag (1948), Awaara (1951) and Sangram (1950).
- Shashi Kapoor is also best-known for his performances in Hindi films like ‘Jab Jab Phool Khile’, ‘Deewar’ and ‘Kabhi Kabhie’.
- About Dadasaheb Phalke Award:
- India’s highest award in cinema.
- Established in 1969 to commemorate the birth centenary year of father of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke.
- The award is conferred annually by the Union Government to person for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
- Award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a cash prize of 10 lakh rupees and a shawl.
2) Dr. Siva Mandjiny wins UNC’s 2015 Award for Teaching Excellence.
- An Indian-American professor of chemistry from Tamil Nadu has won the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching.
- The award carries a cash prize of 12,500 US dollars and a commemorative Bronze.
- The award, which serves to underscore the importance of teaching, will be presented by a member of the Board of Governors to one professor at each of the 17 UNC campuses to receive the award during spring graduation ceremonies.
- About Dr. Siva Mandjiny:
- Dr. Siva Mandjiny did his Masters degree in biochemical engineering from IIT, a second master’s degree in chemical engineering from University of Toronto and PhD from universite de Technologie de Compiegne in France.
- Dr. Siva Mandjiny is a distinguished scholar with any published research papers, conference presentations etc.
- Dr. Siva Mandjiny is also recipient of three Excellence in Teaching awards from the Students-Athlete Advisory Committee, and won university’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2006.
3) Indian Writer Neel Mukherjee Wins Encore Award.
- Kolkata-born writer Neel Mukherjee`s "The Lives of Others" has won the UK`s Encore Award for the best second novel.
- His book `Past Continuous` won the `Vodafone-Crossword Book Award` in 2008.
- `The Lives of Others` was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
- The novel The Lives of Others reflects the political and social convulsions of an entire society and based upon story of one family living in Calcutta in 1960s.
- Neel Mukherjee’s first novel `A Life Apart` was published in 2010.
- About Encore Award:
- This award was started in the year 1990 and sponsored by Lucy Astor.
- The cash prize associated with this is 10,000 pounds.
- Peter Benson and Paul Watkinswere the first recipients of this award in 1990.
4) President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil.
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- President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil for the years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
- The award was conferred on scholars who have made outstanding contribution to the development of Classical Tamil language and literature.
- Awardees:
- Tolkappiyar Award for lifetime achievement in Classical Tamil was given to SV Shanmugam for year 2011-12 and R Krishnamurthi for year 2012-13.
- Kural Pitam Award was given to Eva Maria Wilden of Germany for 2011-12.
- Young Scholar Awards was presented to E. Ezhilvasanthan, K. Jawahar and K. Iyyappan for 2011-12 while for the year 2012-13 was given to R. Venkatesan, A. Sathish, M.R. Devak, U. Alibava and B. Jaiganesh.
About the Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil:
- These awards were instituted by the HRD or Ministry of Human Resources Department.
- These awards recognise distinguished scholars who had made outstanding contributions in the development of Classical tamil language and literature.
- Citation and shawl apart from cash award of 5 lakhs for Tolkappiyar and Kural pitam awardees and 1 lakhs for Young scholar awardees.
5) Anurradha Prasad conferred with Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award for Journalism and Social Services.
- The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari conferred the “Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award” in the field of Journalism, Writing and Social Services to Smt. Anurradha Prasad, Editor-in-Chief, News-24 Channel.
- The award is given in the memory of Pt. Haridutt Sharma who was a renowned journalist and eminent writer.
- About:
- The award is given annually in the field of Journalism, Writing and Social Services for the outstanding contribution in their respective field.
- The Award comprises of Cash prize of 51000 rupees, Citation, Trophy, Shawl and Souvenir.
6) Indian-American Harkeert Singh Saini won Prestigious Police Award in Texas.
- Prestigious award, “Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year”, was presented to the 44 year old Indo-American policemen, Harkeert Singh Saini at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston.
- He was conferred with this award for his efficient services to Houston Police department, in the Texas state of USA.
- He received this award from Mayor of Houston Anise Parker and Chief of Police Charles McClelland.
- About Harkeert Singh
- Harkeert Singh belongs to Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, who completed his graduation from Deshbandu College in New Delhi.
- He settled in Houston,Texas in 1998 and joined Houston Police Department in the year 2000.