AWARDS & HONOURS

January
Malala won ” 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award “
.Malala is the second Pakistani to get the award. In 2007, it was given to late Benazir Bhutto.
Malala honored with the French ” Simone de Beauvoir “ Prize
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2013
On 9 January Pranab Mukherjee President of India presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
(Awards) 2013 to 14 people, included Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi and Mauritius President
Rajkeswur Purryag, He was also the Chief Guest of 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013. In
accordance to Tradition, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Awards) 2013 have been given to notable
Indians living abroad.
The other awardees are Prof Dr Gurusharan Singh Chhatwal of Germany for science, Dr Rasik Vihari
Joshi (Mexico) for Literature, Gilbert Canabady Moutien (Reunion Island) and Mohammed Rabeeh
Karuvanthodi (Saudi Arabia) for business, Patricia Maria Rozario(UK) for Music, Dr Narendra
Ramakrishna Kumar (USA) for Healthcare, Subash Razdan (USA) and Islmail Ebrahim (South Afrcia)
for Public service.
Dr Satendra Kumar Singh (New Zealand), Australia India Society of Victoria (Australia) and Bava
Pandalingal (UAE), Ashok Shambhomal Vaswani (Guinea), Indian Doctors Forum, Kuwait for
community service, Tan Sri Ravindran Menon from Malaysia for Community service, are among
others on the list of awardees.

70th Golden Globe Awards - 2013

On January 13 The 70th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and television of 2012, was
presented in California .
Best Film - : Argo
Best Actor – : Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress – : Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Director - Ben Affleck (Argo)
Best Musical or Comedy -: Les Miserables
Best Foreign Language Film – : Amour
Best Animated Feature Film -: Brave

Krishi Karman Awards 2011- 2012

On 15 January President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Krishi Karman awards for the year 2011-
12 at an award ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The awards were presented to the State
Governments for their excellent performance in increasing the production of food grains in their
respective states.
Awards in Different Segments :-
- The Awards for Special Contribution to Total Food Grains Production - Madhya Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu, Manipur and Nagaland
- Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Rice - Bihar
- Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Wheat – Haryana
- Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Pulses – Jharkhand
- Award for Contribution to Production and Productivity of Coarse Cereals – Uttar Pradesh

58th Filmfare Awards

The 58th Filmfare Awards were held honoring the best films of 2012 from the Hindi-language film
industry (commonly known as Bollywood). The ceremony was held on January 20, 2013 at Mumbai.
Best Movie :- Barfi!
Best Actor :- Ranbir Kapoor (Film -Barfi!)
Best Actress :- Vidya Balan (Film – Kahaani )
Best Director :- Sujoy Ghosh (Film – Kahaani )
Lifetime Achievement Award :- Yash Chopra (After Death)

Padma Awards – 2013

President of India Approved the Conferment of 108 Padma Awards
On 25 January Pranab Mukherjee, the President of Union of India approved conferment of 108
Padma Awards. Four people have been conferred with Padma Vibhusan, twenty four are conferred
with Padma Bhushan and 80 people would be receiving Padma Shree Awards. Out of all the
awardees twenty-four are ladies and 11 people belong to categories like NRIs, PIOs, Foreigners and
Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa
S Haider Raza, Art, Delhi
Prof Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Prof Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka
Padma Bhushan
Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi
Dr (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, Delhi
Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra
Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab
Adi Burjor Godrej, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
Prof Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Literature & Education USA
Rahul Dravid, Sports, Karnataka
H Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, Sports, Manipur
Padma Shri
Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Sports, Karnataka ,
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports, Himachal Pradesh
Yogeshwar Dutt, Sports, Haryana
B Jayashree, Art, Karnataka
Sridevi Kapoor, Art, Maharashtra
Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Art, Maharashtra

Taiwan Business Magnate Launched Tang Prize (Asian Noble Prize)

On 28 January Samuel Yin , A business magnate tycoon from Taiwan has launched the Tang
Prize(Asian Noble prize) for outstanding achievements in natural and social sciences.

FEBRUARY
 South Sudan Bishop Taban won UN Peace Award
 Pandit Ravi Shankar honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award
 National e-Governance award for Madhya Pradesh
 Amartya Sen honoured with France’s highest civilian award ‘Commandeur de la Legion
d’Honneur’ (Legion of Honour)
 Paul Hansen Won “2012 World Press Photo “ Award
 3rd Berlin Film Festival Awards

The awarding ceremony of the 63rd Berlinale ended on 16 February in Berlin.Romanian film
“Child’s Pose” won the Golden Bear, the top jury prize awarded to the best film in the Berlin
International Film Festival.

Best Film :- Child’s Pose ( Romania )

Best Actor :- Nazif Mujic in “Life of an Iron Picker” (Bosnia/France/Slovenia)

Best Actress :- Paulina Garcia in “Gloria” (Chile/Spain)

Best Director :- David Gordon Green for “Prince Avalanche” (US)

Best ScreenPlay :- Jafar Panahi for “Parde” (Closed Curtain) Iran.

 Ela Bhatt honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

 Ratan Tata receives E&Y lifetime award Ernest& Young

Oscars Awards-2013
85th Oscar awards presentation ceremony held in Los Angels on 25 February 2013.In this ceremoney
Life of Pi cinema got a 4 Oscar awards.

Best Picture: Argo

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress:Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

Best Directing: Ang Lee(Life of Pi)

Best Adapted Screenplay:Chris Terrio( Argo)

Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man

Best Original Song:Skyfall” from Skyfall, music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Best Original Score: Life of Pi

Best Animated Feature: Brave

Best Cinematography:Life of Pi

Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina

Best Documentary Short Subject:Inocente

Best Film Editing:Argo

Best Foreign Language Film:Amour (Austria)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Les Misérables

Best Production Design:Lincoln

Best Short Film (Animated): Paperman

Best Short Film (Live Action): Curfew

Best Sound Editing: Skyfall (TIE), Zero Dark Thirty (TIE),

Best Sound Mixing: Les Misérables

Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi