AWARDS AND HONOURS
Padma Vibhushan 20121. Shri K G Subramanyan - Art-Painting & Sculpture - West Bengal
2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda - Art-Cartoonist - Goa*
3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika - Art- Vocal Music - Assam*
4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti - Medicine - Orthopedics - Maharashtra
5. Shri T V Rajeswar - Civil Service - Delhi
Padma Bhushan
1. Smt. Shabana Azmi - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra
2. Shri Khaled Choudhury - Art - Theatre - West Bengal
3. Shri Jatin Das - Art - Painting - Delhi
4. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta - Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod - West Bengal
5. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra
6. Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan - Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music - Tamil Nadu
7. Ms. Mira Nair - Art - Cinema - Delhi
8. Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan - Art - Instrumental Music-Violin - Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Anish Kapoor - Art - Sculpture - UK*
10. Shri Satya Narayan Goenka - Social Work - Maharashtra
11. Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao - Public Affairs - Germany*
12. Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo - Public Affairs - Singapore*
13. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra
14. Dr. M S Raghunathan - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra
15. Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan - Trade and Industry - Tamil Nadu
16. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
17. Dr. Suresh H. Advani - Medicine - Oncology - Maharashtra
18. Dr. Noshir H Wadia - Medicine-Neurology - Maharashtra
19. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty - Medicine-Cardiology - Karnataka
20. Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar - Literature and Education - Maharashtra
21. Prof. Vidya Dehejia - Literature and Education - USA*
22. Prof. Arvind Panagariya - Literature and Education - USA*
23. Dr. Jose Pereira - Literature and Education - USA*
24. Dr. Homi K. Bhabha - Literature and Education - UK *
25. Shri N Vittal - Civil Service - Kerala
26. Shri Mata Prasad - Civil Service - Uttar Pradesh
27. Shri Ronen Sen - Civil Service - West Bengal
Padma Shri
1. Shri Vanraj Bhatia - Art - Music - Maharashtra
2. Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar - Art - Music - vocal - Maharashtra
3. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi - Art - Music- Khongjom Parba - Manipur
4. Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani - Art - Yakshagana dance drama - Karnataka
5. Shri Moti Lal Kemmu - Art - Playwright - Jammu and Kashmir
6. Shri Shahid Parvez Khan - Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar - Maharashtra
7. Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar - Art - Terracotta - Rajasthan
8. Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar - Art - Rajasthani Folk Music - Rajasthan
9. Smt. Joy Michael - Art - Theatre - Delhi
10. Dr. Minati Mishra - Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. - Orissa
11. Shri Natesan Muthuswamy - Art - Theatre. - Tamil Nadu
12. Smt. R. Nagarathnamma - Art - Theatre - Karnataka
13. Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri - Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam - Kerala
14. Smt. Yamunabai Waikar - Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. - Maharashtra
15. Shri Satish Alekar - Art - Playwright - Maharashtra
16. Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - Art - Chhau dance and choreography - Jharkhand
17. Shri Ramakant Gundecha and Shri Umakant Gundecha# - Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Madhya Pradesh
18. Shri Anup Jalota - Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Maharashtra
19. Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan - Art - Cinema- Direction - Kerala
20. Shri Sunil Janah - Art-Photography - Assam
21. Ms. Laila Tyebji - Art-Handicrafts - Delhi
22. Shri Vijay Sharma - Art-Painting - Himachal Pradesh
23. Smt. Shamshad Begum - Social Work - Chattisgarh
24. Smt. Reeta Devi - Social Work - Delhi
25. Dr. P.K. Gopal - Social Work - Tamil Nadu
26. Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav - Social Work - Chattisgarh
27. Dr. G. Muniratnam - Social Work - Andhra Pradesh
28. Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya - Social Work - Maharashtra
29. Dr. Uma Tuli - Social Work - Delhi
30. Shri Sat Paul Varma - Social Work - Jammu and Kashmir
31. Smt.Binny Yanga - Social Work - Arunachal Pradesh
32. Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam - Public Affairs - Maharashtra
33. Shri Pravin H. Parekh - Public Affairs - Delhi
34. Dr. V. Adimurthy - Science and Engineering - Kerala
35. Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha - Science and Engineering - Agriculture - Delhi
36. Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan - Science and Engineering - Delhi
37. Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai - Science and Engineering - Jammu and Kashmir
38. Dr. Vijaypal Singh - Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research - Uttar Pradesh
39. Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal - Science and Engineering - Punjab
40. Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka
41. Prof. Jagadish Shukla - Science and Engineering - USA*
42. Ms. Priya Paul - Trade and Industry - Delhi
43. Shri Shoji Shiba - Trade and Industry - Japan*
44. Shri Gopinath Pillai - Trade and Industry - Singapore*
45. Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
46. Dr. Swati A. Piramal - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
47. Prof. Mahdi Hasan - Medicine-Anatomy - Uttar Pradesh
48. Dr. Viswanathan Mohan - Medicine - Diabetology - Tamil Nadu
49. Dr. J. Hareendran Nair - Medicine - Ayurveda - Kerala
50. Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan - Medicine - Geriatrics - Tamil Nadu
51. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh - Medicine - Oncology - Bihar
52. Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya - Medicine-Healthcare - Daman and Diu
53. Dr. Nitya Anand - Medicine - Drugs Research - Uttar Pradesh
54. Late Dr. Jugal Kishore - Medicine - Homoeopathy - Delhi *
55. Dr. Mukesh Batra - Medicine-Homeopathy - Maharashtra
56. Dr. Eberhard Fischer - Literature and Education - Switzerland*
57. Shri Kedar Gurung - Literature and Education - Sikkim
58. Shri Surjit Singh Patar - Literature and Education - Poetry - Punjab
59. Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar - Literature and Education - Journalism - Madhya Pradesh
60. Shri Irwin Allan Sealy - Literature and Education - Uttarakhand
61. Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan - Literature and Education - Delhi
62. Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai - Literature and Education - Haryana
63. Smt. Pepita Seth - Literature and Education - Kerala
64. Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia - Literature and Education - Mizoram
65. Shri Ajeet Bajaj - Sports - Skiing - Delhi
66. Smt. Jhulan Goswami - Sports - Women's Cricket - West Bengal
67. Shri Zafar Iqbal - Sports-Hockey - Uttar Pradesh
68. Shri Devendra Jhajrija - Sports - Athletics- Paralympics - Rajasthan
69. Shri Limba Ram - Sports - Archery - Rajasthan
70. Shri Syed Mohammed Arif - Sports - Badminton - Andhra Pradesh
71. Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi - Sports- Commentary - Delhi
72. Shri Prabhakar Vaidya - Sports-Physical Education - Maharashtra
73. Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar - Others-Horticulture - Puducherry
74. Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth - Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection - Karnataka
75. Shri K Paddayya - Others-Archaeology - Maharashtra
76. Shri Swapan Guha - Others-Ceramics - Rajasthan
77. Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai - Others - Environmental Education - Gujarat
Dronacharya Award
for2012
The names of six sporting
coaches were recommended for the Dronacharya Awards for the year
2012. Wrestling coach Yashvir
Singh, Boxing Coach BI Fernandez, Athletics Coach Virender Poonia, Kabaddi
Coach Sunil Davas, Parathletics Coach Dr. Satyapaul and Hockey Coach Harinder
Singh are the six coaches who have been selected for the coveted award, given
to the coach of different sports, for their excellent contribution to the
sports. Boxing Coach BI Fernandez, who is a Cuban national, became the first
foreign coach to be recommended for the Dronacharya Award. Fernandez has been
instrumental in India’s impressive performances in Boxing in the international
tournaments.The Dronacharya Awards committee was headed by former Indian hockey
captain Aslam Sher Khan. The other members include
Rajkumar Sangwan (boxing),
DhanrajPillai (hockey), Shiny Wilson (athletics), Morad Ali Khan (shooting),
Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting), Bahadur Singh (athletics), Bhupender Dhawan
(powerlifting,G S Sandhu (boxing), Ramphan Mann(wrestling,Prem Chand Degra
(body building).
Dronacharya Award
The Dronacharya Award was
instituted by the government of Indiain 1985. The award has been given to 72
people until 2011. The award carries five lakh rupees and a citation and is
conferred to coaches of different sports for their noteworthy contribution. Mukherjee
at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29 August 2012, the National Sports Day.
Miss World 2012
Beauty Pageant
China’s Yu Wenxia won the Miss
World 2012 beauty pageant at the Ordos Stadium Arena in inner
Mongolia, China on 18 August
2012. Wales’ Sophie Moulds was adjudged the first runner-up, while Australia’s
Jessica Kahawaty was the second runner-up. India’s Vanya Mishra made it to the
top seven spot but failed to win the competition. However, She, bagged the
titles of Miss Social Media Miss Beauty with a Purpose. Venezuela’s Ivian
Sarcos had won the Miss World pageant in 2011.
Magsaysay Awards 2012
Indian social activist
Kulandei Francis, age sixty six will be felicitated with the Magsaysay Award.
In the year 1979, Francis begun with his organisation, Integrated Village
Development Project (IVDP) in
Krishnagiri, wherein he
initially started with small projects, amongst his achievements, he has
conducted
night schools in the light of
gas lamps, set up first aid centres. Then, with the help of development
organizations, he undertook a micro-watershed programme that, over twenty-two
years, built three thirty one mostly small check dams benefitting cultivators
and their families in sixty villages. His organisation, the Integrated Village
Development Project also provides training to rural students a in enhancing
their skills namely training in rural sanitation, accountancy, management,
giving educational assistance for students in high schools, scholarships and
also computer skills. The visionary Mr. Francis was also successful in pursuing
the holistic economic empowerment of thousands of women and their families.
The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay
Award Foundation (RMAF) announced the recipients of this year, 2012 Asia’s
premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award on 25 July 2012. The six individuals
chosen from around the globe are from countries, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India,
Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. The other people chosen for the prizes,
announced by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) in Manila, are Ms Chen
Shu- Chu from Taiwan, Mr Romulo Davide from the Phillipines, Ms Syeda Rizwana
Hasan of Bangladesh, Mr Yang Saing Koma of Cambodia and Mr Ambrosius
Ruwindrijarto from Indonesia. Kulandai Francis who has been awarded with the
Magsaysay says, working with the objective of eradicating poverty and
empowering more than one lakh rural women for thirty five long years has got
him the award. Magsaysay Award winners receive a certificate, a medallion
bearing the likeness of the late President, and a cash prize. They will be
formally felicitated with the Magsaysay Award during the Presentation Ceremonies
which is to be held on 31 August 2012 at the
Philippine International
Convention Center (PICC) in Manila. In the past, many Indians have won the
Magsaysay award. In the year 1958, awardee was Vinoba Bhave, in the year 1959
C.D Deshmukh, againin the year 1994, itwas awarded to Kiran Bedi, in 1996, T.N
seshan , in the year 2003, JamesMichael Lyngdoh,in the year 1965 Jayaprakash
Narayan,In 1974 M.S. Subbulakshmi was awarded, in 1982 Manibhai Desaiwas
awarded. Ramón del Fierro Magsaysay was the seventh
President of the Republic of
the Philippines, he served from 30 December 1953 until his death in a
1957 aircraft disaster. The
Ramon Magsaysay Award known as Asia’s Nobel Prize was established in April1957
by the trustees of theRockefeller Brothers .
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Pakistan government on 14August
2012 honoured Urdu author,Gopi Chand Narang with sitara-i-
Imtiaz, the third highest
civilianhonour given by the nation. In thepast, former Prime Minister MorarjiDesai
and matinee idol Dilip Kumarwere bestowed Pakistan’s highestcivilian honour,
Nishan-i-Imtiaz. Theaward will be given to Gopi Chand Narang in Pakistan on 23
March, 2013,Pakistan’s Republic Day.
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