September 2015 Awards in India
Punjab wins awards for solar power promotion
Punjab Government won first award in the category of highest capacity addition in grid connected solar rooftop power in the country during the financial year 2014-15.
India: 2015 UNESCO Award of Excellence
India has won the UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015 for the conservation efforts of the Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala. The top award was given in the Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Haryana wins Skoch Order-of-Merit national award
Haryana Government has won the Skoch Order-of-Merit national award for implementing 6 e-Governance and IT initiatives in the state.
Rs.5 coin on Indo-Pak War 1965
RBI has decided to issue coins of 5 rupees denomination to commemorate golden jubilee year of Indo-Pak War 1965. These coins will be issued under in The Coinage Act, 2011 and will be considered as legal a tender.
Jhumpa Lahiri selected for 2014 National Humanities Medal of White House
Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winner writer Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal of White House.
ISRO conferred Gandhi Peace Prize 2014
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 on Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar on behalf of the organisation received the prize at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Dr. G Satheesh Reddy: Silver Medal of RAeS
Dr. G Satheesh Reddy, an eminent missile scientist of DRDO has been conferred with prestigious Silver Medal by London based Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins United Nations Champions of the Earth award
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been selected for the United Nations Champions of the Earth award. UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has chosen her for this prestigious award in recognition of her country’s initiatives to address climate change.
Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka wins Vyaas Samman
Eminent Hindi writer Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka has been conferred with prestigious 24th Vyaas Samman for year 2014. He was bestowed with this award in recognition of his work ‘Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar Adhyayan’.
Marathi film ‘Court’ is India’s official entry to Oscars
Critically acclaimed Marathi film ‘Court’ has been selected as India’s official entry to the Best Foreign Language category of the 88th Academy Awards 2016 (popularly known as Oscars).
EPFO: SKOCH Award for Smart Governance
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been awarded SKOCH Award for Smart Governance. It has been bestowed with this award for its initiatives on UAN Programme and Transformation of Social Security Agenda in India.
Dr. Jacob Tsimerman:2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
Mathematician Dr. Jacob Tsimerman from Canada has been chosen for the prestigious 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize. Presently he is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, Canada and his mathematics research work is primarily in the field of Number Theory and surrounding topics.
