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AWARDS & PRIZES
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G. D. Birla Award for
Scientific Research
Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri of Indian Institute
of Technology-Mumbai was selected for the prestigious
G. D. Birla Award for Scientific
Research.Prof. Chaudhuri who works in the Department
of Electrical Engineering was chosen for
the award for his important contributions in the
area of electronic communications. He made original
and substantive contributions in the specific
areas of depth recovery from defocused observations
and generation of super resolution
images.Prof. Chaudhury joined IIT-Mumbai in
1990 and is currently serving as an Institute Chair
Professor and Dean of International Relations. He
also works in the area of computer vision and image
processing.The award, constituted by the K.
K. Birla Foundation, carries a cash prize of Rs.1.50
lakh and is given to scientists below the age of 50.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Director K. Balachander was declared the winner
of Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 by
the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.K.
Balachander born in July 1930 is one of the influential
filmmakers and trendsetters in Indian cinema.
Most of his movies are directed in Tamil
though he has directed movies in other languages
like Hindi and Kannada languages as well. He
came to prominence in 1960 as an amateur playwright
with his dynamic plays like Major
Chandrakanth, Server Sundaram, Neerkumizhi,
Mezhuguvarthi, Naanal and Navagraham.
Anuvrat Ahimsa
International Peace Award
Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot gave away
the Anuvrat Ahimsa international peace award to
noted Gandhian philosophy exponent Thomas
Clough Daffern. The award consisted of a memento,
a cheque for Rs.1 lakh and a certificate of
merit.Dr. Daffern is a Director of London-based
International Institute of Peace Studies and Global
Philosophy. The institute works across several
academic fields for study and application of peace
and philosophy to various spheres of life.
Crans Montana Forum Award
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar became
the first Indian to receive the Crans Montana
Forum Award. The Crans Montana Forum
Award was conferred upon him at a ceremony in
Brussels on 24 June 2011.Ravi Shankar usually
known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was born asborn
Ravi Shankar Ratnam on 13 May 1956. He is a
spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living
Foundation (1982) which aims at relieving both
individual stress and societal problems and violence,
and which is an NGO with UNESCO consultative
status. He also established in 1997 a
Geneva-based charity, International Association for
Human Values along with the 14th Dalai Lama.
International Association for Human Values is an
NGO that engages in relief work and rural development
and aims to foster shared global
values.According to him, science and spirituality
are linked and compatible, both springing from the
urge to know.