Awards/ Honours/ Distinctions

Chef Vikas Khanna to get 2020 Asia Game Changer Award

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 25, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

Chef Vikas Khanna has been chosen to be honoured with the prestigious Asia Game Changer Award 2020. This award is given to him for feeding millions of people across India in the COVID-19 pan... Read more

Juliette Binoche to be honoured with Golden Icon Award

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: September 01, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

French star Juliette Binoche (56 years) will be honoured with Golden Icon Award at Zurich Film Festival ahead of a screening French-language comedy movie ‘How to Be a Good Wife’. It is the 1... Read more

Anand Mahindra selected for 2020 Leadership Awards by USISPF

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: August 28, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

Mahindra group Chairman’s Anand Mahindra and Adobe’s Chairman and CEO Shantanu Narayen have been selected for the 2020 Leadership Awards by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).... Read more

Sudha Murthy, ITC’s Sivakumar bags Gramodaya awards

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: August 22, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, Sudha Murty and Group Head of Agri and IT Businesses of ITC Ltd, Sivakumar Surampudi are among the winners of the Gramodaya Bandhu Mitra Puraskaras. The ot... Read more

DIAT bags 1st prize in Smart India Hackathon 2020

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: August 09, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, DIAT, has bagged 1st prize in Smart India Hackathon, SIH, 2020. It was held from 1st to 3rd of this month at Noida Institute of Engineering and Tech... Read more

Indian-Origin Singapore Nurse Gets President’s Award

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: July 28, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ Distinctions, PersonalitiesNo Comments

Indian-origin nurse in Singapore has been conferred with the President’s Award for Nurses for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic. who was among the five nurses (Tay... Read more

Arnab Chaudhuri conferred with Toonz Media Award 2020 posthumously

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: July 26, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

Renowned Animator Arnab Chaudhuri has been posthumously conferred with ‘Legend of Animation’ award by Toonz Media for his invaluable contribution to the animation and entertainment industry... Read more

K Sivan named for 2020 Von Karman Award

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: July 21, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

ISRO’s chief Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan has been named for the 2020 Von Karman Award of the International Academy of Astronautics. The award will be given in March 2021 in Paris Charles Elachi... Read more

Gurbux Singh, Palash Nandi to be conferred with prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: July 21, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

Indian hockey great Gurbux Singh and former Bengal cricketer and coach Palash Nandi will be conferred with the prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna this year. Last year Keshav Datt became the first... Read more

Kezang D Thongdok won Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2020

Posted By: Pratiyogita Kiranon: July 19, 2020In: Awards/ Honours/ DistinctionsNo Comments

Kezang D Thongdok (Arunachal Pradesh filmmaker) has won Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2020 for ‘Chi Lupo’ which is a short documentary on honey hunting. Chi Lupo depicts the tradition of honey hun... Read more