AWARDS

1. DRDO scientist G. Satheesh Reddy won first IEI¬IEEE Award for Engineering Excellence¬2015.

2. Dogri Poetess and novelist Padma Sachdev has been awarded Saraswati Samman for 2015, for her autobiography ‘Chitt¬Chete’.

3. Film¬maker N Chandra honoured with Lifetime Achievement award at 8th Goa State Film Festival 2016.

4. GPS enabled mobile app of the Telangana Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust bagged 2016’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)’s healthcare excellence award.

5. Government announced National Sports Awards 2016 ¬

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:

PV Sindhu (Badminton), Sakshi Malik (Wrestling), Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) and Jitu Rai (Shooting).

Dronacharya Award:

Nagapuri Ramesh (Athletics),

Sagar Mal Dhayal (Boxing),

Raj Kumar Sharma (Cricket),

Bishweshwar Nandi(Gymnastics),

 S. Pradeep Kumar (Swimming)

 Mahabir Singh (Wrestling).

Arjuna Award:

Rajat Chauhan (Archery), Lalita Babar (Athletics),Sourav Kothari (Billiards & Snooker), Shiva Thapa (Boxing),Ajinkya

Rahane (Cricket), Subrata Paul (Football), Rani (Hockey),Raghunath V.R. (Hockey), Gurpreet Singh (Shooting),

Apurvi Chandela (Shooting), Soumyajit Ghosh (Table Tennis),Vinesh (Wrestling), Amit Kumar (Wrestling), Sandeep

Singh Mann (Para¬Athletics) and Virender Singh (Wrestling).

Dhyan Chand Award:

Satti Geetha (Athletics), Sylvanus Dung Dung (Hockey) and Rajendra Pralhad Shelke (Rowing).

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy

Punjabi University, Patiala.

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

Seven organisations selected for Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Purushkar 2016 ¬ Reserve Bank of India, India

Infrastructure Finance Corporate Limited, Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society, Hockey Citizen Group, Dadar

Parsee Zorostrian cricket club, Usha School of Athletics and STAIRS.

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2015

Tashi Malik, Nungshi Malik, Debasish Biswas , Ritu Kishor Kedia B. Rajkumar and Harbhajan Singh.

6. Hindi scholar and writer Sunita Jain has been conferred 25th Vyas Samman 2015 for her poetry collection Kshama". She was awarded this honor in Feb 2016.

7. Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2016. IFFM is a Victorian Government initiative that aims to strengthen ties between Indian film industry and Victoria.

Theme is Women Empowerment.

Best Actress ¬ -Sonam Kapoor (Neerja).

Best Actor ¬ -Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Raman Raghav 2.0)

Best Director ¬- ShakunBatra.

Best Indian Film ¬- Thithi.

Lifetime achievement award ¬ -Rishi Kapoor.

8. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) won 5 Medals for Young Scientists award 2016, awarded by the Indian National Science

Academy (INSA). Winners from IISC are ¬ Prabeer Barpanda, Sai Siva Gorthi, Praveen Kumar, Anshu Pandey and Chandan Saha.

9. Indian ecologist Bibhuti Lahkar (from Assam) become first Asian to be nominated for Heritage Heroes Award¬2016 by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

10. Indian¬American woman academic Renu Khator inducted into Texas Women's Hall of Fame for making significant contribution for benefit of USA' second largest state ¬ Texas.

11. Late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has been selected for Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award at Busan (South Korea) International Film Festival.

12. Maharashtra’s sixth Chess GM Shardul Gagare, and steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar chosen for Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016.

13. N. Ramachandran, President of Indian Olympic Association has been awarded with Olympic Order for outstanding services to Olympic movement.

14. Noted Indian film actor Kamal Haasan has been selected by France for its prestigious Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres (also known as Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters).

15. P Shanmugam ( from Central Leather Research Institute) won 2016 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for meritorious services in Higher Education by Government of Tamil Nadu. It consists a certificate, 5 lakh cheque and 8 gram gold medal.

16. Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo named UEFA Best Player in Europe for 2015¬16. It is is second time he won this award after 2013 ¬ 14.

17. SK Sharma (Chairman of Bharat Elecrtronics Limited) has been awarded as Most Enterprising CEO in Electronics Sector by Indo Global Business Council (IGBC).

18. Singer Shubha Mudgal has been selected for 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2016.

19. Translator and artist Anita Gopalan was awarded 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for her English translation of Hindi novel Simsim written by Geet Chaturvedi. Gopalan is second Indian translator to be selected for the grant.

20. Two Indian American (Anjali Tripathi and Tina R Shah) selected for White House Fellow programme that offers first hand experience of working at highest levels of USA.

21.M. S. Subbulakshmi, legendary Indian carnatic vocalist, honoured at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). UN also issued a postal ticket in honor of M. S. Subbulakshmi.

22.Noted music composer AR Rahman honoured with theTamil Ratna Award by New York based Tamil Sangam.

23.Independence Day Film Festival (IDFF) at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, which will be continued till August 18, 2016.

24.Telangana received highest number of gallantry medals for police personnel in the country on the eve of Independence Day.