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AWARDS AND HONOURS Costa Book Awards 2015 announced
__________________________________ The Winners of Costa Book Awards 2015
were announced. As per the
Vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded official announcement, writer Kate
2015 Sangita Kalanidhi Award Atkinson’s novel A God in Ruinswon the
Renowned south Indian classical vocalists Costa Book Awards 2015 under the
Sanjay Subrahmanyam has been awarded category Costa Novel Award 2015. The
with prestigious 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi Author Kate Atkinson won this award for
award. The prestigious award was the second time in last three years. In
bestowed upon him by renowned 2013, she received the prestigious Costa
mathematician Manjul Bhargava at 89th Book Award for her novel Life After Life.
annual conference of the Madras Music Angela Merkel to receive prestigious
Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Four Freedoms Award
Subrahmanyam became seventh artistes German Chancellor Angela Merkel has
to be presented with this award before been named as this year’s recipient of a
completing 50 years of age. prestigious international award, with
Corp Bank gets NPCI awards organizers lauding her “great moral
Corporation Bank has bagged three leadership” in Germany and pivotal role in
awards at the ‘National Payments tackling the crises buffeting Europe.
Excellence Awards 2015’event recently. Priyanka Chopra bags award at People’s
The function was organised by National Choice Awards for ‘Quantico’
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has
bank said in a release that these awards bagged the favourite actress in new TV
were instituted for recognition of series honour at the 2016 People Choice
exceptional performance of member Awards for her performance of an FBI
banks. recruit on American
VVS Laxman’s 281 voted the best Test showQuantico. Priyanka becomes the first
knock in last 50 years Indian actor to register a win at the
VVS Laxman’s historical innings of 281 People Choice Awards.
against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Azim Premji the ‘most generous Indian’
Kolkata has been rated as the greatest in Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015
Test performance of the last 50 years. The Azim Premji has emerged as the ‘most
honour was accorded to the Hyderabad generous Indian’ in the Hurun India
stylist’s fabulous series-turning knock Philanthropy List 2015, a ranking of the
after India trailed by 274 runs on the first most generous individuals from India
innings, by his fellow-players, released on January 8. Premji donated Rs
commentators and journalists in a poll 27,514 crore for education through The
published in the January issue of ESPN’s Azim Premji foundation.
digital magazine the Cricket Monthly.
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Raghuram Rajan conferred Central India Pharma Awards given by Minister
Banker Award of Chemicals and Fertilizers
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been The Union Minister for Chemicals and
felicitated with the Central Banker of the Fertilizers Ananth Kumar presented the
Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for first India Pharma awards in Bengaluru.
2016 by the Financial Times Group’s The awards constituted by Department of
monthly publication ‘The Banker’. The Pharmaceuticals were given to
Central Banker of the Year 2016 awards outstanding Pharma Industries to
celebrate the officials that have best motivate Indian Pharma and medical
managed to stimulate growth and devices industries.
stabilise their country’s economy.
INDIAN PHARMA AWARD WINNERS
CATEGORY OF AWARD NAME OF THE COMPANY
Overall India Pharma Excellence Award Cadila Healthcare Limited
Shri Glenn Saldana, Chairman & Managing
India Pharma Leader Award
Director, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited
India Pharma Company Of The Year Award Lupin Limited
India Pharma Bulk Drug Company Of The Year
Sms Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Award
India Pharma Innovation Of The Year Award Cadila Heathcare Limited
India Pharma Research And Development
Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd
Achievement Award
India Pharma Corporate Social Responsibility
Abbott India Limted
Programme Of The Year Award
India Pharma Medical Devices Company Of The
Harsoria Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Year Award
India Pharma Export Company Of The Year
Camus Pharma Pvt Ltd
Award
India Pharma Bulk Drug Export Company Of The
Sms Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Year
India Pharma Medical Devices Export Company
Scope Medical Devices Pvt Ltd
Of The Year Award
Karnataka Antibiotics And Pharmaceuticals
Special Award: Pharma Psu Company Of The
Limited, A Psu Under Department Of
Year Award
Pharmaceuticals
Miguel Tabuena won Hilton Asian Tour Denzel Washington receives Cecil B
Golfer of the Month DeMille Award
The Philippines’ Miguel Tabuena has been Denzel Washington has been conferred
voted as the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of with the honourable Cecil B DeMille
Month for December, following his award, which honors extraordinary
exceptional performances on home soil contributions to the entertainment world,
last month. at the 2016 Golden Globes.
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Author Balkrishna Garg awarded HK Subhashini Vasanth honoured with
Devsare Baalsahitya award Neerja Bhanot Award
Veteran poet Balkrishna Garg has The Neerja Bhanot Pan Am Trust will be
been honoured with the second conferring the Neerja Bhanot award on
Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award Subhashini Vasanth of Bengaluru in
2015 for his collection of poems for Chandigarh. The award will be presented
children, titled ‘BaalGeet’. by Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, who
Golden Globe Award 2016 is playing the lead role in biopic
The Golden Globe Award is an American “Neerja”. The trust said that “This is the
accolade bestowed by the 93 members of 24th year of the annual award which
the Hollywood Foreign Press Association comprises Rs 1,50,000, a citation and a
(HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and trophy.”
television, both domestic and foreign. The Look of Silence won award at 9th
Wendell Lira wins 2015 FIFA Puskas Annual Cinema Eye Honours
Award for best goal over Lionel Messi Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The Look
Wendell Lira won the 2015 FIFA Puskas of Silence” has won the Top Documentary
Award for his spinning bicycle kick while Award at the 9th Annual Cinema Eye
playing for Goianesia in the Brazilian Goias Honours. The film is based on the
state championship. examination of the Indonesian genocide
EPFO wins National Award on e-
of the 1960s. The film has also won the
Governance for UAN
Directing Award for Oppenheimer and the
The Employees’ Provident Fund
Outstanding Production honour for Signe
Organisation has won the National Award
Byrge Sørensen.
on e-Governance 2015-16 for launching
Anuradha Roy Wins $50,000 DSC Prize
the Universal Account Number (UAN).
For ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’
The EPFO won the gold award in the
Indian writer Anuradha Roy has won the
‘innovative use of technology in e-
prestigious $50,000 DSC Prize for South
governance’ category and the retirement
Asian Literature for her novel ‘Sleeping on
body will get a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh.
Jupiter’ at the Galle Literary Festival in Sri
UNICEF presented David Beckham with
Lanka. Ms Roy was awarded the prize and
Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership
a unique trophy by Sri Lankan Prime
Award
Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at a
Football Player David Beckham has been
glittering ceremony this evening.
conferred with the Danny Kaye
GOI announced the National Bravery
Humanitarian Leadership Award at the
Awards 2015
sixth biennial UNICEF Ball in Los
GOI announced the National Bravery
Angeles. Sir Elton John and David Furnish
Awards 2015. Overall, twenty five children
presented the award to Beckham at the
(3 girls and 22 boys) were selected for the
black-tie gala event.
National Bravery Awards 2015.
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Rahul Thakkar won Scientific and Rekha conferred with Yash Chopra
Memorial award
Technical Achievement Award 2016
Veteran Bollywood actress Rekha has
Rahul Thakkar, along with Richard
been honoured with the third Yash
Chuang has been chosen for Scientific and
Chopra Memorial Award. Maharashtra
Technical achievement Award 2016 given
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao presented the
by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
award to the actress in recognition of her
Sciences. The duo has been picked for
talent and contribution to the film
“groundbreaking design” of the industry. The 61-year-old actress, who
DreamWorks Animation Media Review worked with Chopra in 1981 romance
System. Silsila, said the filmmaker taught her the
Adele’s Hello enters Guinness Book of meaning of love through his work.
World Records Australia’s highest civilian award
Adele, the singer-songwriter’s music track conferred on 3 Indian-origin persons
‘Hello’ has achieved a ten-digit view count Three Indian-origin persons have been
on YouTube. By achieving that feat in just awarded Australia’s highest civilian
88 days, it has entered the Guinness Book honour for their contribution in the fields
of World Records as the fastest video to of physics, engineering and
one billion YouTube hits. ‘Hello’ arrived on medicine. Chennupati Jagadish, an
YouTube in October 2015. It immediately eminent professor at Australian National
became a viral hit thanks to its status as University (ANU) in Canberra, Jay
Adele’s first music video in three years, Chandra, an eye doctor in New South
and millions of views soon followed. Wales, and Sajeev Koshy, a dentist in
Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards – 2015 Melbourne, received Order of Australia
announced medal for the year 2016 announced on
The President of India has approved the the Australia Day.
conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series Henri Tiphagne selected for Amnesty
of Awards – 2015 on 50 persons which human rights award
includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak Indian activist and lawyer Henri Tiphagne
to 03, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 09 has won the Amnesty International
and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 38 persons; Human Rights Award 2016. Amnesty
09 awards are posthumous. Jeevan International Germany will confer the 8th
Raksha Padak series of awards are given award on him in April. The award and
to a person for meritorious act of humane 10,000 euros will be given to him on 25
nature in saving the life of a person. April at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin
Van der Horst, Welten of Netherlands for his “exceptional commitment to
named 2015′s best hockey players human rights”.
The International Hockey Federation or Amlendu Tiwari, Om Nagar get
FIH has named Robert Van der Horst and Jananpith’s Navlekhan award
Lidewij Welten of Netherlands as the 2015 Two new Hindi writers Amlendu Tiwari
Players of the Year in the men’s and and Om Nagar have been chosen for the
women’s categories respectively. India’s 11th Navlekhan award of the Bharatiya
Akashdeep Singh missed out on the junior Jnanpith.
player award.
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Abhinav Bindra honoured by ISSF APPOINTMENTS
Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra has __________________________________
been awarded the Diploma of Honour and Air Marshal R K Singh Bhadauria takes
President’s Button by the International over as Deputy Chief of Air Staff
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) as an Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh
acknowledgment to his “contribution as Bhadauria has took over as Deputy Chief
an athlete” to the sport. The 33-year-old of the Air Staff, a post that oversees the
Beijing Olympic gold medallist was critical procurement process of the force.
bestowed the honour by ISSF President An alumnus of the National Defence
Olegario Vazquez Rana on the sidelines of Academy, Bhadauria was commissioned in
the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition the IAF in June 1980. Prior to taking over
at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, as DCAS, Air Marshal Bhadauria was
New Delhi. Senior Air Staff Officer at Central Air
Wildlife filmmaker Naresh Bedi honoured Command of IAF.
with V Shantaram Award Wipro names Abidali Neemuchwala as its
At the inaugural ceremony of MIFF 2016, new CEO
Fadnavis and Col. Rathore honoured the India’s third largest software exporter
veteran wildlife film maker Naresh Bedi Wipro has named former TCS veteran and
with the V Shantaram Life Time current chief operating officer Abidali
Achievement Award. The award Neemuchwala as its new chief executive,
comprising a trophy, shawl and a cash a move that was widely expected and
prize of Rs 5 lakhs (Rs 500,000) is reported earlier.
instituted in memory of legendary film
maker V Shantaram, who was head of the RK Mathur sworn in as 8th Chief
Films Division in the past. Information Commissioner
Actress Waheeda Rehman honoured Former defence secretary RK Mathur
with special award has sworn in as the eighth Chief
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman was Information Commissioner (CIC) by
honoured with a special award for her President Pranab Mukherjee at a
contribution to the film industry as ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.
curtains came down on Yashwant IAMAI appoints Freecharge founder
International Film Festival. The 6th Kunal Shah as chairman
Yashwant International Film Festival-2016 Industry body the Internet and Mobile
is a joint venture of Yashwantrao Chavan Association of India (IAMAI) has named
Pratishthan and Pune Film Kunal Shah, co-founder and chief
Foundation. The festival was organised executive officer of FreeCharge as the
from January 22 to 28 and around 60-65 new chairman of the association.
movies were screened. Lieutenant General Suresh Sharma takes
over as Director General Border Roads
(DGBR)
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Everyday taken over as the 24th Director General
Border Roads (DGBR). General Combat
Engineers at Army HQ.
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Gajendra Chauhan appointed Chairman AB Khare appointed CMD of Madras
of FTII Fertilizers
TV actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s The Centre has appointed AB Khare as the
Gajendra Chauhan has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the
the Chairman of the prestigious Film and state-run Madras Fertilzers for a five-year
Television Institute of India (FTII). More term. Khare will succeed I Vijay Kumar.
than 40 students protested with banners Khare was previously working with state—
proclaiming ‘Silent Emergency’ and owned fertiliser firm Rashtriya Chemicals
‘Tyranny of the Elected’. and Fertilizers as Chief General Manager
Sam Pitroda appointed as Technology (Commercial).
advisor of Odisha Government Pavan Kapoor appointed India’s new
Eminent technocrat and former chairman ambassador to Israel
of National Knowledge Commission Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has been
Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda popularly appointed India’s ambassador to
known as Sam Pitroda has been appointed strategically important Israel, where he
technology advisor to the will succeed Jaideep Sarkar. Mr Kapoor, a
Odisha Government. 1990 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer,
is currently India’s High Commissioner in
Sikh-American appointed top prosecutor Mozambique capital Maputo.
in US County Sailesh appointed as Registrar General
A Sikh-American attorney has been and Census Commissioner
appointed as the top prosecutor in the Mr. Sailesh, Additional Secretary, Ministry
most populous county in New Jersey, of Home Affairs, has been appointed as
becoming the first South Asian to occupy Registrar General and Census
the post in the state. Gurbir Grewal, 42, Commissioner of India in the rank and pay
was sworn in as acting Bergen County of Additional Secretary.
prosecutor on January 4, succeeding John Devender Kumar Sikri appointed as the
Molinelli whose 14-year long tenure has Chairman of Competition Commission of
ended. India
Filippo Grandi takes charge as UN High Former Gujarat cadre IAS officer
Commissioner for Refugees Devender Kumar Sikri has been appointed
Filippo Grandi, a UN official who has as the Chairman of fair-trade regulator
worked in refugee and political affairs in Competition Commission of India (CCI).
the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, began Sikri will succeed Ashok Chawla as the
his five-year term as UN High Chairman of Competition Commission of
Commissioner for Refugees on January 1, India (CCI).
succeeding António Guterres. Grandi, 58, Amitabh Kant appointed as CEO of Niti
who is from Italy, has worked in Aayog
international affairs for over 30 years, 27 Amitabh Kant, secretary in the
of them with the United Nations. department of industrial policy and
promotion, has been appointed the chief
executive officer (CEO) of the NITI Aayog.
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Sachin Bansal to be Executive Chairman, DHL Express appoints new Asia Pacific
Binny Bansal CEO CEO
In a major top management rejig at Global logistics provider DHL Express has
flipkart, Binny Bansal will be the new CEO named a new Chief Executive Officer for
in place of his co-founder Sachin Bansal, Asia Pacific region that includes India. Ken
who would become Executive Chairman Lee, who has an experience of over 20
of India’s biggest e-commerce years in the logistics industry, including 18
company. Binny till now was the Chief years at DHL will succeed Jerry Hsu, who is
Operating Officer (COO). Sachin along retiring after an illustrious career with
with Binny launched Flipkart in DHL Express since 2001.
2007. Sachin will provide strategic Kamal Hassan and Gautam Ghosh added
direction for Flipkart, mentor the senior in Shyam Benegal committee
leadership and look for new investment Actor Kamal Hassan and director Gautam
opportunities. Ghosh has been included in the Shyam
Vikas Thapar appointed as Vice President Benegal committee. The Ministry of
of Micromax Information and Broadcast formed Shyam
Smartphone brand, Micromax has Benegal committee on January 1, 2016 to
appointed Vikas Thapar as its new Senior take a look at the functioning of the
Vice President-Finance. In this role, Central Board of Film Certification. The
Thapar will be responsible to build the committee was formed to specifically
company’s asset and revenue base while provide a holistic framework and enable
leading the external relationship the members of CBFC to discharge their
developments with all key stakeholders responsibilities keeping in view this
including bankers, equity partners, framework.
investors and government authority Dinesh Sharma elected to board of
among others, said the company. directors of AIIB
Stephen Fleming named coach of Pune
India, one of the founding members of the
IPL team
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Former New Zealand skipper Stephen
(AIIB), has been elected to the board of
Fleming has been named chief coach of
directors of the China-sponsored AIIB,
the new Pune franchise of the Indian
which is expected to begin loan approvals
Premier League Twenty20 cricket
tournament. before the end of this year. Dinesh
Capgemini appoints Srinivas Kandula as Sharma, Additional Secretary of Ministry
CEO of India operations of Finance has been elected to the 12-
French IT services firm Capgemini has member board for which a secret ballot
appointed Srinivas Kandula as the chief
was held. This will be the first board of
executive officer of its India
directors for the new bank in which 57
operations. Kandula played a key role in
members joined as founding members.
the acquisition of Patni by iGate in 2011,
and of iGate by Capgemini in 2015.
Capgemini had bought iGate in a $4-
billion cash deal.
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Tata Motors Appoints Guenter Butschek Tendulkar named brand envoy of
as CEO & MD pleasure cruise
Homegrown auto major Tata Motors has Cricket legend and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin
announced appointment of ex-Airbus COO Tendulkar has been named as the brand
Guenter Butschek as its Chief Executive ambassador of a newly-launched pleasure
Officer & Managing Director, two years cruise along with his former Australian
after the death of its former MD Karl opponents, Shane Warne and Brett
Slym. Butschek will lead all operations of Lee. The pleasure trip provides the guests
Tata Motors in India and in international an opportunity to mix with top ex-
markets, including South Korea, Thailand, cricketers and show business
Indonesia and South Africa. Jaguar Land personalities.
Rover would continue to be managed by Leslie Berland appointed as CMO of
its Chief Executive Officer and Director, Twitter Inc
Ralf Speth, who is also on the Board of Leslie Berland has been named as
Tata Motors. Twitter’s new chief marketing
PayU appoints Laurent Le Moal as new executive. Hailing from the financial
global CEO sector, Berland was Executive Vice
PayU, one of the world’s largest payment President, Global Advertising, Marketing
services platforms, has appointed Laurent & Digital Partnerships at American
Le Moal as its new global CEO. PayU has Express.
operations in 16 countries and is part of Gurdeep Singh named chairman and MD
the leading global media and internet of NTPC
group, Naspers. LeMoal would be Government of India has appointed
reporting directly to Naspers’ Group CEO, Gurdeep Singh, currently head of Gujarat
Bob Van Dijk. State Electricity Corp, as the chairman and
Bachchan & Chopra – brand ambassadors managing director of NTPC Ltd, India’s
for Incredible India campaign biggest power producer. Singh, 51, will be
Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka the first person to be appointed to the top
Chopra will replace Aamir Khan as new job at a Maharatna company through a
ambassadors of the Incredible India search committee route.
campaign to market the country to Kamlesh Kumar Pandey – Chief
tourists abroad. Bollywood veteran Mr Commissioner for Persons with
Bachchan, 73, the brand ambassador of Disabilities
Gujarat Tourism, had been picked for the Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey has been
position some time ago. appointed as the Chief Commissioner for
Atulesh Jindal appointed new CBDT chief Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) for a
Senior revenue service officer Atulesh period of three years. Dr. Pandey is a
Jindal has been appointed as the Science Graduate from University of
Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes Allahabad and Medical Graduate from
(CBDT), the apex policy-making body of Agra University in 1990.
the income tax department. He will
succeed A K Jain, who completes his term
at the end of this month.
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Ten Non-Official Directors appointed in Royal Enfield records 50% sales growth in
banks 2015
Ten part-time Non-Official Directors Royal Enfield has recorded yet another
(NODs) have been appointed by the year of stunning growth. The iconic Bullet
government on the board of various maker, which is part of Eicher Motors, has
public sector banks. Of them, Girish registered 50 per cent growth in its total
Kumar Ahuja and Pushpendra Rai have sales at 4.5 lakh units for the calendar
been appointed NODs in State Bank of year 2015.
India, Amit Chatterjee and G Gopalkrishna No interviews: PSBs to strengthen exam
in Dena Bank, Archana Ravindrarai for clerical posts
Dholakia in Bank of Maharashtra, V V R Finance Ministry has asked Public Sector
Sastry and M Bhagavantha Rao in Vijaya Banks (PSBs) to strengthen written
Bank. examination for recruitment of clerical
and sub-staff posts as there will be no
BANKING AND FINANCE interviews for such appointments.
_________________________________ The decision to change the recruitment
Replace defective 1,000-rupee notes: RBI process follows Prime Minister Narendra
to Banks Modi’s directive that there was no need
Out of 300 million defective banknotes for holding interviews for lower level
that were printed in one of the printing posts.
presses of government-owned Security IDBI Bank raises Rs 1,900 crore via Basel-
Printing and Minting Corporation of India, III compliant bonds
about 100 million of those notes have hit Public sector lender IDBI Bank has raised
the market leaving the general public in a Rs 1,900 crore through two separate
tizzy. About 200 million pieces were Basel-III complaint tier-II bonds on private
transferred to the RBI’s currency chests, placement basis. The funds would help
some of which was then loaded in banks’ the bank to augment its capital adequacy
automated teller machines. ratio by about 55 basis points. This is in
PNB launches host of digital banking addition to Rs.1,000 crore raised on
solutions December 31, 2015 through the issue of
The Android app facilitates the customer similar bonds to EPFO but with 15 years
to use GPS and reach the nearest PNB tenure from the date of deemed
ATM, it also assists customer to instantly allotment.
lodge operational issues, reducing the RBI imposes Rs 1 crore fine on State Bank
resolution time considerably, PNB MD of Travancore
Usha Ananthasubramanian said. Green Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs
PIN facility was also launched under which 1 crore on an SBI associate bank, State
customer can obtain duplicate PIN for Bank of Travancore, for violation of some
debit card instantly through SMS request, of its instructions. This action is based on
it said. deficiencies in regulatory compliance and
is not intended to pronounce upon the
validity of any transaction or agreement
entered into by the bank and its
customers.
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