Saturday, January 26, 2013

PADMA AWARDS 2013

President has approved the conferment of  108 Padma Awards. These comprise 04 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and   80 Padma Shri Awards. 24 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons in the category of Foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and  Posthumous awardees.
Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April.

                                                                Padma Vibhushan

Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.        
Shri Raghunath Mohapatra
Art
Orissa
2.        
Shri S. Haider Raza
Art
Delhi
3.        
Prof. Yash Pal
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
4.        
Prof. Roddam Narasimha
Science and Engineering
Karnataka

Padma Bhushan
Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
  1.  
Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati
Art
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Smt. Sreeramamurthy Janaki
Art
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Smt. Sharmila Tagore
Art
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. (Smt.) Saroja Vaidyanathan
Art
Delhi
  1.  
Shri Abdul Rashid Khan
Art
West Bengal
  1.  
Late Rajesh Khanna
Art
Maharashtra #
  1.  
Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti
Art
Punjab #
  1.  
Shri Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
Public Affairs
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai
Science and Engineering
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat
Science and Engineering
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Ashoke Sen
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. B.N. Suresh
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
  1.  
Prof. Satya N. Atluri
Science and Engineering
USA *
  1.  
Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati
Science and Engineering
USA *
  1.  
Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Shri Adi Burjor Godrej
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar
Literature & Education
Maharashtra
  1.  
Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Literature & Education
USA*
  1.  
Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar
Civil Service
Madhya Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan
Civil Service
Delhi
  1.  
Shri Rahul Dravid
Sports
Karnataka
  1.  
Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
Sports
Manipur

Padma Shri
Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
  1.  
Shri Gajam Anjaiah
Art
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu
Art
Chhattisgarh
  1.  
Ms. B. Jayashree
Art
Karnataka
  1.  
Smt. Sridevi Kapoor
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Kailash Chandra Meher
Art
Orissa
  1.  
Shri Brahmdeo Ram Pandit
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekar alias Nana Patekar
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji
Art
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Shri Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju
Art
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Smt. Jaymala Shiledar
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias Madhu
Art
Kerala
  1.  
Shri Apurba Kishore Bir
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan
Art
Assam
  1.  
Smt. Hilda Mit Lepcha
Art
Sikkim
  1.  
Smt. Sudha Malhotra
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
Art
Jammu and Kashmir
  1.  
Shri Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Ms. Mahrukh Tarapor
Art
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Balwant Thakur
Art
Jammu & Kashmir
  1.  
Shri Puran Das Baul
Art
West Bengal
  1.  
Shri Rajendra Tikku
Art
Jammu & Kashmir
  1.  
Shri Pablo Bartholomew
Art
Delhi
  1.  
Shri S. Shakir Ali
Art
Rajasthan
  1.  
Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Ms. Nileema Mishra
Social Work
Maharashtra
  1.  
Ms. Reema Nanavati
Social Work
Gujarat
  1.  
Ms. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
Social Work
Bangladesh *
  1.  
Late Dr. Ram Krishan
Social Work
Uttar Pradesh #
  1.  
Late Manju Bharat Ram
Social Work
Delhi #
  1.  
Prof. Mustansir Barma
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
  1.  
Shri Avinash Chander
Science and Engineering
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal
Science and Engineering
West Bengal
  1.  
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju
Science and Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Prof. Ajay K. Sood
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
  1.  
Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
  1.  
Dr. Manindra Agrawal
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar
Science and Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
  1.  
Smt. Vandana Luthra
Trade and Industry
Delhi
  1.  
Ms. Rajshree Pathy
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah
Trade and Industry
Assam
  1.  
Shri Milind Kamble
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
  1.  
Ms. Kalpana Saroj
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram
Medicine
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Taraprasad Das
Medicine
Orissa
  1.  
Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
  1.  
Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Dr. Sundaram Natarajan
Medicine
Maharashtra
  1.  
Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
  1.  
Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta
Medicine
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam
Literature & Education
Bihar
  1.  
Dr. Radhika Herzberger
Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh
  1.  
Shri J. Malsawma
Literature & Education
Mizoram
  1.  
Shri Devendra Patel
Literature & Education
Gujarat
  1.  
Dr. Rama Kant Shukla
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. Akhtarul Wasey
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Prof. Anvita Abbi
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Shri Nida Fazli
Literature & Education
Madhya Pradesh
  1.  
Shri Surender Kumar Sharma
Literature & Education
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh
Literature & Education
Bihar
  1.  
Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi
Literature & Education
West Bengal #
  1.  
Prof. Noboru Karashima
Literature & Education
Japan *
  1.  
Shri Christopher Pinney
Literature & Education
UK *
  1.  
Smt. Premlata Agrawal
Sports
Jharkhand
  1.  
Shri Yogeshwar Dutt
Sports
Haryana
  1.  
Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha
Sports
Karnataka
  1.  
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar
Sports
Himachal Pradesh
  1.  
Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh
Sports
Maharashtra
  1.  
Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar
Sports
Rajasthan
  1.  
Ms. Ritu Kumar
Fashion Designing
Delhi
  1.  
Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht
Archaeology
Uttar Pradesh

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.
                # indicates awardees in the posthumous category.
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Friday, January 25, 2013

DIARY OF EVENTS 2012


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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

20th Law Commission of India


Justice D. K. Jain, who would take up the assignment after his retirement on January 24, will have a three-year tenure and has been saddled with a wide terms of reference including one to examine existing laws from the gender equality perspective and suggest necessary amendments. The 12th Law Commission was constituted through a Government Order with effect from September 1, 2012, with the term ending on August 31, 2015. It was asked to identify obsolete laws for their repeal and also suggest suitable measures for quick grievance redressal of citizens grievances in the field of law. The new Law Commission would also examine the Laws which affect the poor and carry out post-audit for socio-economic legislations and take all necessary measures to harness law and the legal process in the service of the poor.
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Greening Rural Development in India


The Ministry of Rural Development, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report “Greening Rural Development in India”. The report presents strategies for inclusive rural development embodying the principles of environmental sustainability. The Report assumes particular significance in the light of the Twelfth Five Year Plan, which has as its objective, faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth?.The report has examined six flagship Government of India (GoI) schemes, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS); National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM); Integrated Watershed Development Programme (IWDP); Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY); National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDP) and Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) to recommend actions and measures to achieve greening outcomes. In specific it looks as improving quality of ecosystems, enabling sustainable livelihoods, strengthening resilience of local communities to enable them to recover from extreme weather events and reducing ecological footprint through efficient use of energy, material and natural resources.
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Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization


To pay a befitting tribute to the man of letters, Nobel Laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, on his 150th birth anniversary, the Government of India has set up a 'Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization' (TCSCC) at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla. The objectives of the Centre include: to encourage the study of Tagore's work; support translations of Tagore's work into other Indian languages; promote comparative study of his work with poets, artists and writers in other parts of India and the world; study the elements of his Humanist philosophy and his cosmopolitanism; and explore his concerns regarding the relationship between science and society.
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Ravindra H. Dholakia committee


A committee was set up to suggest measures to lower the high costs of Air India’s operations and improve utilisation of resources in line with best global practices to help the state-run carrier achieve the goals of its turnaround and financial restructuring plans. A five-member committee, headed by IIM- Ahmedabad’s Prof Ravindra H Dholakia, was set up by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh after a review meeting of the ailing national carrier’s functioning. Though the panel has been given two months to submit its report, it has been asked to give interim recommendations without waiting for its final report so that these could be implemented by Air India immediately.
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14th Finance Commission


The government announced the constitution of the 14th Finance Commission under the chairmanship of former RBI Governor Y. V. Reddy. The five- member panel is to submit its report by October 31, 2014. Apart from its recommendations on the sharing of tax proceeds between the Centre and the States which will apply for a five-year period beginning April 1, 2015, the Commission has been asked to suggest steps for pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner and also look into issues like disinvestment, GST compensation, sale of non-priority PSUs and subsidies.
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Bhim Awards" on outstanding sports persons


Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia conferred annual "Bhim Awards" on outstanding sports persons of the state. Appreciating the sports policy of the state he said that till now 137 sportpersons have been honoured with Bhim Award. Those who received the "Award" presently include Boxer from Bhiwani jeetender kumar, wrestler from Karnal Nirmala Devi, athletic player shotputter from Gurgaon Om Parkash, Roller Skating player from Faridabad Dhruv Gautam and Yashdeep kaur of Sirsa and Paralympics athlete from Sonepat Mr Rajesh Kumar.
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