As many of you might know that I am providing general awareness study material from past few days. In this series I am providing study material for all important topics.
Award | Awardees |
|---|---|
Dronacharya Awards 2013 | |
Dronacharya Awards 2012 | Mr.B.I. Fernandez (Boxing), Mr. Yashveer Singh (Wrestling), Mr. Virender Poonia (Athletics), Mr. Harinder Singh (Hockey), Mr. Sunil Davas (Kabbadi) |
BCCI’s Awards Polly Umrigar Award | Ravichandran Ashwin |
Madhavrao Scidia Award | Highest Scorer in Ranji Trophy – Jiwanjot Singh Chauhan |
Highest Wicket taker in Ranji Trophy | Ishwar Pandey |
Lala Amarnath Award, Best All Rounder in Ranji Trophy | Abhishek Nayar |
C.K. Nayudu Life Time Achievement Award for 2012-13 | Kapil Dev |
C.K. Nayudu Life Time Achievement Award for 2011-12 | Sunil Gavaskar |
ICC Annual Awards 2013 ICC People’s Choice Award (3rd time) | M.S. Dhoni |
Emerging Cricketer of the year | Cheteshwar Pujara |
Sir Garrifield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the year was given to | Michael Clarke, Michael Clarke was also named as the ICC Test Cricketer of the year |
ICC ODI Cricketer of the year | Kumar Sangakkara |
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the year | Suzie Bates of Tayler |
ICC Spirit of the Cricket | Mahela Jayawardena |
ICC T20 performance of the year | Umar Gul |
ICC Umpire of the year | Richard Kettleborough with David Shepherd Trophy |
Bharat Ratna 2013 | Prof. CNR Rao (Chintamani Nagesha Ramchander Rao) and Sachin Tendulkar, last time this Bharat Ratna was given to Mr.Bhim Sen Joshi in 2009, Prof. Rao is the 3rd Scientist after C.V. Raman and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to receive this award, at present Prof. Rao is the Head of Scientific Advisory Council to PM, Prof. Rao’s subject is related to Solid State and Structural Chemistry, Sachin Tendulkar is the first sportsman who has won Bharat Ratna, Tendulkar’s records are 15921 runs in Test Cricket and 18426 runs in ODI, he was the Player of Tournament in World Cup 2003, He scored 50000 runs in ODI and is the 1st in India and 16th in World. |
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2013 | Ms.Angela Markel, the Vice Chancellor of Germany |
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012 | Ms.Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia |
Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2012 | Dr.M.S. Swaminathan |
Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance 2013 | Canara Bank |
Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility 2012 | State Bank of India |
Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013 | Maestro Zubin Mehta (Western Classical musical) |
Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2012 | Pt.Ravi Shankar |
Sydney Peace Prize | Julian Assange |
Wisden India | Mr.Sachin Tendulkar |
PEN Awards 2012 | This is USA literary awards this year were given to Mr.Siddharth Deb in the Pen Open Book award category for The Beautiful and the Damned. |
PEN Awards 2011 | Mr.Sidharath Mukherjee for the Emperor of all Maladies, and to Mr. Manu Joseph for Serious Men in the Open book category. |
Bank of the year | Bank of Baroda |
Bank with highest productivity of its staff | Corporation Bank |
Rabindra Nath Tagore Peace Prize | Irom Chanu Sharmila |
Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna 2012 | Mr.Vijay Kumar and Mr.Yogeshwar Dutt (Prize Money is Rs.7.5 Lakh to each) |
