CURRENT AFFAIRS 2012 AWARDS

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2012 AWARDS

JANUARY

• The Padma awards for the year 2012 were announced on the eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day. The Awards comprises 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. 
  Padma Vibhushan

1.      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 

6.     Smt. Shabana Azmi - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra

7.     Shri Khaled Choudhury - Art - Theatre - West Bengal

8.     Shri Jatin Das - Art - Painting - Delhi

9.     Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta - Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod - West Bengal

10. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra

11.   Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan - Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music - Tamil Nadu

12. Ms. Mira Nair - Art - Cinema - Delhi

13.  Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan - Art - Instrumental Music-Violin - Tamil Nadu

14. Shri Anish Kapoor - Art - Sculpture - UK*

15.  Shri Satya Narayan Goenka - Social Work - Maharashtra

16. Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao - Public Affairs - Germany*

17.  Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo - Public Affairs - Singapore*

18. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra

19. Dr. M S Raghunathan - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra

20.                        Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan - Trade and Industry - Tamil Nadu

21. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra

22.                        Dr. Suresh H. Advani - Medicine - Oncology - Maharashtra

23.Dr. Noshir H Wadia - Medicine-Neurology - Maharashtra

24.                        Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty - Medicine-Cardiology - Karnataka

25.Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar - Literature and Education - Maharashtra

26.                        Prof. Vidya Dehejia - Literature and Education - USA*

27.Prof. Arvind Panagariya - Literature and Education - USA*

28.                        Dr. Jose Pereira - Literature and Education - USA*

29.                        Dr. Homi K. Bhabha - Literature and Education - UK *

30.Shri N Vittal - Civil Service - Kerala

31.  Shri Mata Prasad - Civil Service - Uttar Pradesh

32.Shri Ronen Sen - Civil Service - West Bengal 

Padma Shri awardees are - 

33. Shri Vanraj Bhatia - Art - Music - Maharashtra

34.Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar - Art - Music - vocal - Maharashtra

35. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi - Art - Music- Khongjom Parba - Manipur

36.Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani - Art - Yakshagana dance drama - Karnataka

37. Shri Moti Lal Kemmu - Art - Playwright - Jammu and Kashmir

38.Shri Shahid Parvez Khan - Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar - Maharashtra

39.Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar - Art - Terracotta - Rajasthan

40.                        Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar - Art - Rajasthani Folk Music - Rajasthan

41. Smt. Joy Michael - Art - Theatre - Delhi

42.                        Dr. Minati Mishra - Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. - Orissa

43.Shri Natesan Muthuswamy - Art - Theatre. - Tamil Nadu

44.                        Smt. R. Nagarathnamma - Art - Theatre - Karnataka

45.Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri - Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam - Kerala

46.                        Smt. Yamunabai Waikar - Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. - Maharashtra

47.Shri Satish Alekar - Art - Playwright - Maharashtra

48.                        Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - Art - Chhau dance and choreography - Jharkhand

49.                        Shri Ramakant Gundecha and Shri Umakant Gundecha# - Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Madhya Pradesh

50.Shri Anup Jalota - Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Maharashtra

51.  Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan - Art - Cinema- Direction - Kerala

52.Shri Sunil Janah - Art-Photography - Assam

53. Ms. Laila Tyebji - Art-Handicrafts - Delhi

54.Shri Vijay Sharma - Art-Painting - Himachal Pradesh

55. Smt. Shamshad Begum - Social Work - Chattisgarh

56.Smt. Reeta Devi - Social Work - Delhi

57. Dr. P.K. Gopal - Social Work - Tamil Nadu

58.Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav - Social Work - Chattisgarh

59.Dr. G. Muniratnam - Social Work - Andhra Pradesh

60.                        Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya - Social Work - Maharashtra

61. Dr. Uma Tuli - Social Work - Delhi

62.                        Shri Sat Paul Varma - Social Work - Jammu and Kashmir

63.Smt.Binny Yanga - Social Work - Arunachal Pradesh

64.                        Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam - Public Affairs - Maharashtra

65.Shri Pravin H. Parekh - Public Affairs - Delhi

66.                        Dr. V. Adimurthy - Science and Engineering - Kerala

67.Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha - Science and Engineering - Agriculture - Delhi

68.                        Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan - Science and Engineering - Delhi

69.                        Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai - Science and Engineering - Jammu and Kashmir

70.Dr. Vijaypal Singh - Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research - Uttar Pradesh

71.  Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal - Science and Engineering - Punjab

72.Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka

73. Prof. Jagadish Shukla - Science and Engineering - USA*

74.Ms. Priya Paul - Trade and Industry - Delhi

75. Shri Shoji Shiba - Trade and Industry - Japan*

76.Shri Gopinath Pillai - Trade and Industry - Singapore*

77. Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra

78.Dr. Swati A. Piramal - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra

79.Prof. Mahdi Hasan - Medicine-Anatomy - Uttar Pradesh

80.                        Dr. Viswanathan Mohan - Medicine - Diabetology - Tamil Nadu

81. Dr. J. Hareendran Nair - Medicine - Ayurveda - Kerala

82.                        Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan - Medicine - Geriatrics - Tamil Nadu

83.Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh - Medicine - Oncology - Bihar

84.                        Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya - Medicine-Healthcare - Daman and Diu

85.Dr. Nitya Anand - Medicine - Drugs Research - Uttar Pradesh

86.                        Late Dr. Jugal Kishore - Medicine - Homoeopathy - Delhi *

87.Dr. Mukesh Batra - Medicine-Homeopathy - Maharashtra

88.                        Dr. Eberhard Fischer - Literature and Education - Switzerland*

89.                        Shri Kedar Gurung - Literature and Education - Sikkim

90.                        Shri Surjit Singh Patar - Literature and Education - Poetry - Punjab

91. Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar - Literature and Education - Journalism - Madhya Pradesh

92.                        Shri Irwin Allan Sealy - Literature and Education - Uttarakhand

93.Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan - Literature and Education - Delhi

94.                        Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai - Literature and Education - Haryana

95.Smt. Pepita Seth - Literature and Education - Kerala

96.                        Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia - Literature and Education - Mizoram

97.Shri Ajeet Bajaj - Sports - Skiing - Delhi

98.                        Smt. Jhulan Goswami - Sports - Women's Cricket - West Bengal

99.                        Shri Zafar Iqbal - Sports-Hockey - Uttar Pradesh

100.                    Shri Devendra Jhajrija - Sports - Athletics- Paralympics - Rajasthan

101.                      Shri Limba Ram - Sports - Archery - Rajasthan

102.                    Shri Syed Mohammed Arif - Sports - Badminton - Andhra Pradesh

103.                     Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi - Sports- Commentary - Delhi

104.                    Shri Prabhakar Vaidya - Sports-Physical Education - Maharashtra

105.                     Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar - Others-Horticulture - Puducherry

106.                    Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth - Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection - Karnataka

107.                     Shri K Paddayya - Others-Archaeology - Maharashtra

108.                    Shri Swapan Guha - Others-Ceramics - Rajasthan

109.                    Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai - Others - Environmental Education - Gujarat 

• President of India Pratibha Patil conferred the Ashoka Chakra on Lt. Navdeep Singh(posthumous) on the occasion of the 63rd Republic Day Parade 2012 in New Delhi. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra for single-handedly eliminating four infiltrating terrorists on 20 August 20 2011.He was Ghatak Platoon Commander of 15 Maratha Light Infantry deployed in the High Altitude Area near the Line of Control. President also approved the award of three Kirti Chakra. For Lt. Col. Kamaldeep Singh , Capt. Ashutosh Kumar and Lt. Sushil Khajuria. 
• Bollywood music director Rajesh Roshan was elected for the Latamangeshkar award-2011 which was sponsored by government of Madhya Pradesh.
  
  
• 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held in Beverly Hills, California on 15 January 15 2012. The Artist, the French movie , directed by Michel Hazanavicius won three awards. 
  Some of the winners of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards is as follows. Best Picture: Drama- The Descendants, Best Actor: Drama- George Clooney (The Descendants), Best Actress: Drama- Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Best Director- Martin Scorsese(Hugo),BestForeign Language Film- A Separation (Iran), Best Animated Film- The Adventures of Tintin. 
• Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2012 function was held in New Delhi on 16 January 2012. Vice President of India, Hamid ansari gave away the awards. The Pioneer’s J Gopikrishnan and CNBC-TV18’s Udayan Mukherjee were adjudged Journalist of the Year at the 5th Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism.CNN-IBN bagged three prestigious awards in various categories. The awards will cover the entire range of Indian media, Print & Broadcast, in English & Indian languages.The Ramnath Goenka foundation was set up in 1992 in the memory of late Ramnath Goenka, founder of The Indian Express, to encourage and propagate high-quality, objective journalism.
• Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature (honoris causa) of Tripura University on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
• Secretary to the Ministry of culture, India Jawahar sirkar was awarded the British Museum Award .It was given for his reforms in the field of Indian museum. 
• Senior Indian diplomat D. Bala Venkatesh Varma — a key member of the negotiating team that saw the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, was given the first S.K. Singh award. Award was given for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen India's position in the global nuclear order .Award was given by UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi at a high-profile function in New delhi. The award for excellence in the Indian Foreign Service is named after the former foreign secretary and Governor, Shailendra Kumar Singh. Mr. Varma was selected as the first recipient of the prestigious award. 
• Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation on 4 January 2011. The granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, Ila Gandhi, presented this award,which was instituted in 2003.The Gandhi Development Trust that gives the award is chaired by Ila Gandhi.
• Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was presented the Mallikarjun Mansur awardwhich was instituted by the Karnataka government on 3 January 2012.

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• The National Tourism Awards 2010-11 were conferred by the President of India Pratibha Patil on 29 February 2012 in New Delhi. Madhya Pradesh received the National Tourism Award for its efforts in developing tourism related infrastructure and programmes in the state. North-Eastern state Sikkim bagged the award for the best among Northeast states and J&K category. It also got the new award under Campaign Clean India. Best heritage city award was bagged by HYDERABAD. Hyderabad airport received the award in the Best Airport award category. New Delhi railway station named the most tourist friendly railway station.
• The 84th Oscar Awards ceremony for 2011 took place at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California on 26 February 2012.
  The Artist' directed by Michel Hazanavicius won five Oscars including those for Best Picture, Director and Actor. The Artist is a silent French romantic comedy drama directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin. Pakistan got its first Oscar as Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy received the Oscar for Saving face (Best documentary -short subject) along with Daniel Junge. 
• Some of the awards in different categories are-
• Best Picture - The Artist
• Best Actor - Jean Dujardin for The Artist
• Best Actress - Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
• Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
• Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer for Beginners
• Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer for The Help
• Best Adapted Screenplay - The Descendants ( Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash)
• Best Original Screenplay - Midnight in Paris ( Woody Allen)
• Best Animated feature film - Rango
• Best foreign language film - A Separation ( Iran)
• Best documentary (feature) - Undefeated
• Best art direction - Hugo
• Best visual effects - Hugo (Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning)

• The Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2011 will be conferred on Rajendra Singh Pawar, chairman of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) for his contribution to IT industry. The award will be presented to Pawar at a function at Tenali, A.P the native town of Dr. Nayudamma. He will deliver the 20th Dr. Nayudamma Memorial Lecture on ‘IT for national development’ at the function. 
• The Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) recently gave Shabnam Asthana the prestigious national public relations Hall of Fame award for her contributions in the field of public relations. The award was presented to her at the Sixth Global PR Conclave 2012 in Mumbai.
• The former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and the former Lokayukta of Karnataka, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, have been selected for the S.R. Jindal Prize for their outstanding contributions in their fields. While Mr. Kalam gets the award for his contributions in science and technology, Justice N. Santosh Hegde will be bestowed the prize for his exemplary service in social development. The prize carries a cash of Rs. 1 crore. The Sitaram Jindal Foundation, which has instituted the award, will felicitate 25 others also. 
• Veteran Hindi film music composer Rajesh Roshan was honoured with the Lata Manageshkar award 2010-11 by the Madhya Pradesh government on 8 February 2012. Previously this award was awarded to the legends like late Jagjit Singh, Asha Bhonsle and Naushad.
• The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on 12 February 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The British female singer, Adele won six golden gramophones for her Album, 21.The other winners are -Album of the Year: 21 – Adele; Record of the Year: Rolling in the Deep by Adele ;Song of the Year:Rolling in the Deep by Adele ;Best New Artist: Bon Iver
• The sixty-fifth annual BAFTA(British Academy Film) awards, was held at the Royal Opera House in London 12 February 2012.Black and white silent movie, The Artist won six awards, including best film, best actor and best director.Best Actress was awarded to Meryl Streep for her amazing acting as former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher in the Iron Lady. Some of the other winners are-Best Picture: The Artist; Best Actor: Jean Dujardin – The Artist Best Actress: Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady;Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Best Film not in the English language: The Skin I Live In (Spanish); Academy fellowship: Martin Scorsese
• Noted Hindi writer Professor Ramdarash Mishra was selected for the 21st Vyas Samman award for his poetry collection Aam Ke Patte published in 2004. 
• India's Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen was awarded the 2011 US National Humanities Medal. He is the first Indian to be honored with the medal that is typically awarded to US nationals. 
• The 2012 Laureus Sports Awards were given in London on 6 Febreaury. The winners were chosen by 47 sports stars who make up the Laureus sports academy. The winners were- Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic; Sportswoman of the Year: Vivian Cheruiyot; Team of the Year: FC Barcelona; Breakthrough of the Year: Rory McIlroy; Comeback Award: Darren Clarke; Disability Award: Oscar Pistorius; Action Sportsperson of the Year: Kelly Slater; Lifetime Achievement Award: Bobby Charlton; Sport for Good Award: Rai. 
• Indian Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge was presented with Pride of India award by the Indian-American community in Washington on 1 February 2012. He was honoured with the award for his over four decades of public service.The award was presented jointly by the Indian American Friendship Council (IAFC) and India Association of North Texas (IANT). 
• Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan received a Green Globe for Outstanding Efforts by a Celebrity Award for his efforts toward a greener future at the fourth edition of the Panasonic Green Globe Foundation Awards on 2 february 2012. He received the award from Hollywood actor and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger.During his visit Schwarzenegger also attended the day-long Delhi Sustainable Development Summit presided over by the Indian Prime Minister. 
• Veteran environmental filmmaker Mike Pandey was honoured with the prestigious V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2012 on 3 February 2012. He received the award for his documentaries on wildlife conservation and environment. 
• Shri Khamliana from Mizoram and Md. Abdul Bari from Odisha have been jointly selected for the National Communal Harmony Award 2011. The Jury headed by the Vice President Shri Hamid Ansari made the selection. National Communal Harmony Awards were instituted in 1996 by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous organization set up bt the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. The Award in the individual category carries a citation and a cash award of Rupees two lakhs.