Young Global Leaders

Young Global Leaders
The new list of Young Global Leaders has 43 people from East Asia, 21 from South Asia (including India), 46 from Europe, 14 from Middle East and North Africa, 17 fro m sub-Saharan Africa, 38 from North America, and 18 from Latin America. 12 Indians and four persons of Indian origin are among the 197 Young Global Leaders named by the World Economic Forum.

The Indians who were named Young Global Leaders are:

• Agatha Sangma , Minister of State for Rural Development of India .
• Ashok Aram, managing director, Abraaj Capital.
• Ashok Giri Durgesh, chief executive officer and founder, Vindhya e-Infomedia Private Ltd.
• Manisha Girotra, managing director and chairperson, UBS Securities (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Nandita Das , filmmaker and actress.
• Narendra Murkumbi, co-founder, vice chairman and managing director, Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd
• Sandeep Naik, co-head, Apax Partners India.
• Sangeeth Varghese, founder, Leadcap Trust.
• Sangita Singh, senior vice president and head of enterprise application services, Wipro Technologies.
• Sanjeev Sanyal, founder and managing trustee, Sustainable Planet Institute.
• Sriram Raghavan, chief executive officer and co-founder, Comat Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Tejpreet Singh Chopra, government relations & strategy development, General Electric.

Three Indian Americans featuring in this list are:

• Anand Chandrasekaran, director, products, Openwave Systems Inc.
• Sanjay Gupta, senior vice president and advisor to the executive chairman, Abraxis BioScience.
• Shamina Singh, chief operating officer, global community relations, CitiGroup.

Indian Canadians in this list are :

• Ricken Patel, co-founder and executive director, Avaaz.org, from Canada .

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52nd Annual Grammy Awards

Mozart of Madras , A R Rahman has won 2 Grammy awards in the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards which took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Awards which Rahman won were :

• Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire

Some other notable points are:

1. 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year - Neil Young
2. Beyoncé won a total of six awards breaking the record for most wins by a female artist in one night.
3. Taylor Swift won four awards
4. Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z and Kings of Leon won three awards
5. Colbie Caillat, Eminem, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Maxwell, Jason Mraz, A. R. Rahman and Rihanna each won two awards.
6. Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
   Leonard Cohen
   Bobby Darin
   David "Honeyboy" Edwards
   Michael Jackson
   Loretta Lynn
   André Previn
   Clark Terry
7. Beyonce won the following awards

"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" : Song of the Year
"Halo" : Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" : Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
"At Last": Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" : Best R&B Song

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First Tagore Literature Awards 2009

January 25, 2010

First Lady of the Republic of Korea Kim Yoon-ok presents the first Tagore Literature Awards to eight Indian experts for their contributions in eight Indian languages -- Bengali, Bodo, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Telugu.
About this award:
Instituted by Sahitya Academy in collaboration with Samsung Electronics.This award recognises the best literary contributions in eight different Indian languages every year, with 24 languages being covered by the end of the third year. The same cycle of eight languages being rewarded every year will continue thereafter. Since this was the first year, veterans were awarded first. The awardees were honoured with a trophy, a cash prize of Rs 91,000 and a shawl.

Following are the winners:

1. Alok Sarkar : Bengali 'Apapabhumi' (poetry)
2. Naseem Shafai kashmiri 'Na Tshay Na Akas', (Poetry)
3. Bhagwandas Patel: Gujarati 'Mari Lokyatra' (Autobiography)
4. Jaswant Singh Kanwal: Punjabi 'Punya Da Chanan' (Autobiography)
5. Brajendra Kumar Brahma: Bodo: 'Raithai Hala', (Essay)
6. Kovela Suprasannacharya: Telugu : 'Antharangam' (Essay)
7. Rajee Seth: Hindi 'Ghame-Hayat Ne Mara', (Short Story )
8. Chandrasekhar Kambar: Kannada : 'Shikara Soorya' (Novel)

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56th National Film Awards 2008

The National Film Awards were established in 1954. It is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. These awards are administrated by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.

Following are the winners of 56th National Film Award 2008 declared by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, Chairperson of the Feature Film Jury Shaji M Karun, Chairperson of Non-feature Film Jury Arunaraje Patil and Mr S M Khan of the Directorate of Film Festivals.

Here is the list of winners of the 56th National Film Awards for the Year 2008:

Feature Film Category:

1. Best Feature Film award : Antaheen, a Bengali film. Antaheen also received the awards for best cinematography, best lyrics and best female playback singer. Antaheen was awarded for its perfect lyrical blend of technical devices to depict shifting human relationships in an urban scenario

2. Best Actor Award : Upendra Limaye for the Marathi movie Jogva.
3. Best Male Playback Singer : Hariharan
4. Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal
5. Best Actress Award : Priyanka Chopra
6. Best Supporting Actress Award: Kangana Raut for Fashion
7. Best Supporting Actor : Arjun Rampal for his role in ‘Rock On’.
8. Best Direction : : Sh. Bala for the Tamil film Naan Kadauul.
9. Best Editing and Best Art Direction : Firaaq
10. Best Film on Family Values: ‘Little Zizou’ (English, Gujarati)
11. Best Children's Film Award: Kannada film Gubbachigalu
12. Best Child Artist : Master Shams Patel won the Best Child Artist for his role in Hindi film ‘Thanks Maa’.
13. Special Jury Award: The Special Jury Award went to Malayalam film ‘Bioscope’ produced by National Film Development Corporation.
14. Best Costume Designer: Neeta Lulla won for Best Costume Designer for Hindi film Jodha Akbar, which also won the best choreography award.

Best Features Films in Languages:

Eight Films were selected for the ‘Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the constitution’ category

1. Best Assamese Film – Mon Jai;
2. Best Bengali Film – Shob Charitro Kalponik;
3. Best Hindi Film – Rock On;
4. Best Kannada Film- Vimukthi;
5. Best Malayalam Film Thirakkada;
6. Best Marathi Film Harishcnadrachi Factory
7. Best Tamil Film Veranam Airam;
8. Best Telugu Film – 1940 Lookagramam.

Other awards:

1. The Nargis Dutt Award for Best feature film on national integration was won by Assamese film 'Aai Kot Nai' for its attempt to break down artificial boundaries.
2. Best film on social issues was bagged by Marathi film 'Jogva' for its hard-hitting comment on age old social customs.
3. The Indira Gandhi award for Best First film of a director went to Hindi film 'A Wednesday', directed by Neeraj Pandey
4. Abhay Deol-starrer 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye' was adjudged the Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment ''for its intelligent treatment of an offbeat subject''.
5. In the non-feature film category, 'AFSPA 1958' was adjudged the Best Film for ''its courageous depiction of the non-violent resistance of the people of Manipur'.
6. Vinoo Choliparambil was awarded under non feature film category 'Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director' for his film 'Vitthal'.
7. Films Division-produced 'The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi - A Reconstruction' was selected under the category 'Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation film'.
8. Films Division work 'The Land of Rupshupas' was selected under Best Agriculture Film category.
9. The Film and Television Institute of India-produced 'Trip' was awarded Best Scientific Film.
10. FTII's 'Stations' was selected as Best Short Fiction Film. The film also won the Best Editing Award (Manoj Kannoth).
11. Children's Film Society of India-produced 'Prince and the Crown of Stones' was selected as the Best Animation Film.
12. The Best Direction Award went to Umesh Kulkarni for his work 'Three of Us'. 'Three of Us' also got the award for Best Cinematography.
13. The Best Critic Award was announced for Altaf Mazid for focus on Assamese film industry as also to R K Bidur Singh for upholding the cause of regional filmmakers among 17 entries received for Film Critics category.
14. Altaf Mazid also bagged the award in non-feature film category for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film for his directorial work in 'Boliya Pitaier Sohoki Sootal'. The Special Jury Mention was given to Ujjal Chakraborty for his book 'The Director's Mind'.

The awards will be presented to the winners by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil in March.

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Awards in 2009

^{Nobel 2009}

Person	Category
Barack Obama	peace
Australian American Researcher Elizebeth Blackburn Carol Greider Jack Szostak of US	Medicine
Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom (both Americans)	Economics
Herta Mueller a member of Romanias ethnic German Minority	Literature
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Tamil Nadu born Indian Scientist, American scientist Thomas Steitz Israeli Ada Yonath	Chemistry
Charles K Rao Williard S boyle George E Smith	Physics

Kushwant singh (writer & Journalist)	National Amity Award 26th sep 2008.
Shekhar Gupta(editor-in-chief Indian Express )	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for National Intergration 2006-2007 on 27 sep 2008.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak	1995 Jawarlal Nehru Award  on Nov 18'08.
13  journalist management Guru C.K Prahalad Surinam's President Sardjoe	Pravasi Bharatiya Samman. (Jan' 09)
Arunachal Governor JJ Singh (Retired).	Mother Teresa Award (Life Time Achievement Award)
Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (MD)	Biacon Pharma Got the Nikkei Asia Prize 2009.
Dr.A P J abdul Kalam	Hover Medal Award. +honorary doctorate of laws by Queens University (Belfast).
Suu Kyi	Mahatma Gandi Peace Award 2009.
Gujrat's Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO)	UN Public service award 2009.
Major Mohit Sharma ( Para Special Forces) Major D Sreeram	Asoka Chakra

Deep Joshi(Social Activist)	Magsaysay Awards 2009.(5 others apart from him)
Nirmala Deshpande (Posthumously)	Paksitan President conferred the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) the third highest award of Pakistan
Gautam Bhai(Pawanar Ashram Wardha,Maharastra)	17th Rajiv Gandhi Natinal Sadbhavana Award.
Dalai Lama	International Freedom Award (by National Civil Rights Museum, USA)
Oscar Fernandes (congress)	Nelson Mandela Award

^{Padma Awardees in Jan 2009-}

1. ^{Dr Anil Kakodkar(Chief of Atomic Energy Department)}
2. ^{G Madhavan Nair(ISRO Chairman)}
3. ^{Sister Nirmala(Missionary)}
4. ^{Sunder Lal Bahuguna (Environmentalist)}

^{Indira Gandhi Peace Price}

Director General of IAEA Mohamed Elbardei	nov 19'08.
Bill Gates	july 25'09.

^{12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards}

Krishna Patil	(2nd youngest Indian Girl to scale Mt Everest) Woman Achiever
G Madhavan Nair	(ISRO chief)Super Achiever
Supernani Rajshree Birla	(Social Worker Social Entrepreneur
Sam Pitroda (Father of Yellow Revolution In India)	Global Indian Award
Rohit Kocchar (Owner of a Law firm)	The Youngl Entrepreneur
Abhinav Bindra	Sports
Avika Gor (Balika Vadhu)	Youngest Prodigy
Ramesh Chandra Agarwal(Chairman Dainik Bhaskar)	Journalism
Vineet Jain (Owner Times Group)	Industrial
Katrina Kaif	Best Actress
Sahid Kapoor	Best Actor

^{Beauty Queens}

Ms Nikkitasha Marwaha	Miss India Worldwide 2009.
Rupal Lakhani(Gujrati origin)	Miss India Canada in Toronto.
Stefania Fernandez	Miss universe 2009 title.

^{Journalism Related}

Delhi Union of Journalist	Appan Menon Memorial Award.
PTI	News agency of the year by UK based Magazine.
Nirupama Subramaniam Islamabad Correspondent of The Hindu and Vinita Desmukh Editor Intelligent Pune.	Chameli Devi Jain Award for oustanding women medai person 2008-09

^books

Abhishek Mazumdar(Harlesden High Street)	Metro Plus Playwright Award 2008
Christos Tsiolkas (Australias author)	best Book Prize at the prestigious commonwealth Writers Award in Auckland.2009
Liu Xiaobe (44.Chinese Dissident and writer, house arrest since dec 2008 )	2009 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith freedom to write award
Lakshinandan Bora and Mannu Bhandari	saraswati Samman and Vyas samman 2008 by Loksabha Speaker Meira Kumar
Hillary Mantel(Wolf Hall)	Manbooker prize 2009
Alice Munro(Canadas Short story writer)	Manbooker International.

^Businessmen

Lakshmi Mittal	Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award

^Films

^{Movies & Music}

Zakir hussain (Tabla Maestro) + three musician jointly for his music album Global Drum Project	Grammy Awards 2009
A.R Rahman(1st Indian & also double Oscar winner)	1.    Golden Globe Award for best original music score. 2.    B4U outstanding Achievement trohy at the UK Asian Music Award. 3.    grassroot Grammy in US. 4.    Honorary Doctorate by Aligarh Muslim University
Director Paresh Mokashi (film Harish Chandrachi Factory in Marathi.)	Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial foundation Award for best debutant director

^{55th Natinal Film Awards 2007 (given on Sep 2009)}

Best Feature Film	Kanchivaram (Tamil Percept picture company/Priyadarshan)
Best Film for wholesome Entertainment	Chal De Aditya Chopra/Shimit amin
Indira Gandi Award for Best First Film	Frozen Hindi,Shivajee Chandrabhushan
Best Director	Adoor Gopalakrishnan for naalu Pennungal(Tamil)
Best Film on Family Welfare	Taare Zameen Par Hindi Aamir Khan
Best Scren Play	Gandhi My Father Hindi Feroz shah Abbas
Nargis Dutt Award for best feature film on National Integration	Dharm Hindi Sheetal Talwar/Bhavna Talwar
Best Actor	Prakash Raj for Kanchivaram (Tamil)
Best Actress	Umashree for Gulabi Talkies(Kannada)
Best Supporting Actor	Darshan Jariwala for Gandhi my Father
Best Supp actress	Shefali Shah for the Last Lear (Eng)
Best Playback Singer Male	Shanker mahadevan For Taare Zameen Par
Best Playback singer Female	Shreya Ghosal fro Jab We Met
Best Music	Ouseppachan for Ore Kadal (Malayalam)

^{Dadasaheb Phalke Award}

 

Manna Dey	Dadasaheb Phalke Award
	*** will add previous years winners later

^{Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award 2009}

Phalke Ratna Award	Manoj Kumar
Phalke Legend Actor Award	Shammi kapoor
Phalke Golden Singer Award	Shamshad Begum
Phalke Kalptaru Award	Prithvi Raj kapoor(Posth)
Phalke Memorable Commercial Film Award	Ashutosh Gowariker
Phalke Academy for the senior most producer of India	Surendra Kapoor

^{Theatre / Drama}

Valayapatti AR Subramaniam(Thavil Maestro)	Sangita Kalanidhi title of the Music Academy Chennai.
Ebrahim Alkazi (veteran theatre director)	Hindiratna Samman awarded every year to non hindi speaking individual who has made distinctive contribution to various aspects of hindi language

^{The 62nd Cannes festival 2009}

^info.

^{·       May 13-24 2009 in Cannes France.}

^{·       The Pixars Film "UP" opened the festival.}

^{·       first time that an animated film opened the festival.(3D)}

^{List of Winners}

Palme d'Or (Golden Palm)	The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (Austria).
Grand Prize	A Prophet by Jacques Audiard (France)
Jury Prize	Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold (Britain and Thirst by Park Chan wook (S. Korea)
Special Prize	Alain Resnais
Best Director	Brillante Mendoza (Kinatay)(The Phillippines)
Best Actor	Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds (US)
Best Actress	Charlotte Gainsbourg for Anarchist (Denmark)
Best Screenplay	Feng Mei for Spring Fever (China)
Camera d'Or (First time director)	Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton (Australia)
Best Short Film	Arena by Joao Salaviza (Portugal)

^Misc

Global Leadership Award conferred on	Sabana Azmi.
Tamil Film Mudhal varai has won the award for	Best Drama Feature in the Best Feature film (International)-Genre Awards category at the New York International Independent Film Video Festival
Carrier Underwood (lyricist and pop singer)	44th Academy Country Music Awards ceremony,  Entertainer of the Year Award.
Pandit Jasraj (Hindustani Classical Vocalist )	Saraswati Samman by Saraswati Music College

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^{1.    if you’re reading this & come across new awards and names, do post them on this thread so I can update this ebook}

^{2.    This award list was compiled by Vandna Jain of IO Forum}

^{3.    These colorful tables / document / pdf created by Mrunal Patel.}

^{Award List for GS Current Affairs by Vandana Jain}

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