Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Award ceremony at Siam Niramit Hall complete with glitz
Screaming Indian fans got within handshaking distance of their favorite Bollywood stars collecting autographs and taking their pictures with their digital cameras as they descended on this bustling city for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards held from June 7-9.Scores of fans, mostly young, gathered outside the Dusit Thani Hotel, one of the oldest five-star hotels in Bangkok, to catch a glimpse of the stars during the three-day extravaganza that drew the cream of Bollywood led by the Bachchan family.
From Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek, Aishwarya Rai, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor to Fardeen Khan, Akshay Kumar, Govinda, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif and Viveik Oberoi - people went ga-ga over the superstars as well as budding actors.
But the Bachchan family was the most popular of them all. Fans turned out in huge numbers to see the Bollywood's most sought after couple Aishwarya and Abhishek - they had the longest line of autograph seekers.
Rarely are such star-studded extravaganzas organized in Thailand. So, when the Bollywood fraternity was finally present in the city, not many missed the opportunity to see and talk to them.
The awards ceremony was held at Siam Niramit Hall on June 8 evening, complete with glitzy performances."IIFA means a lot for us Indians living here. It is a perfect showcasing of India in terms of our stars and glamour," Ravi Mathur, who works as general manager in a company in Bangkok, told IANS.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Sangath gets MacArthur Foundation 2008 international prize
Sangath, a non-profit, delivers health care and other services in Goa. It was recognized earlier this month with the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation international prize for Creative & Effective Institutions for 2008. It was one of 8 organizations from 6 countries to receive this award.
"Sangath plans to use the prize money ($350,000) entirely to achieve one of its longstanding dreams: to build a center for child development, mental health and public health research," in Porvorim, Goa where its current offices are, the organization says on its website www.sangath.net. Being rooted in the community, Sangath has also urged people to help it find a reasonably priced plot of land to build the center.
Founded in 1996 with just seven staff, it is now considered the largest and most successful health related NGO in Goa, with more than 80 employees providing services, conducting research, and running training programs. Its managing committee includes a lawyer and writer, a psychiatrist, a medical epidemiologist, an educationist, a child rights author, and a leading journalist all directed to the mission of carrying out innovative research to promote health, and to directly provide services, counseling, and models of health care to serve those who live in Goa.
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"Sangath plans to use the prize money ($350,000) entirely to achieve one of its longstanding dreams: to build a center for child development, mental health and public health research," in Porvorim, Goa where its current offices are, the organization says on its website www.sangath.net. Being rooted in the community, Sangath has also urged people to help it find a reasonably priced plot of land to build the center.
Founded in 1996 with just seven staff, it is now considered the largest and most successful health related NGO in Goa, with more than 80 employees providing services, conducting research, and running training programs. Its managing committee includes a lawyer and writer, a psychiatrist, a medical epidemiologist, an educationist, a child rights author, and a leading journalist all directed to the mission of carrying out innovative research to promote health, and to directly provide services, counseling, and models of health care to serve those who live in Goa.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Three win Jit Gill Award for public service from World Bank
Kisan Baburao Hajare, a social activist from India, Karina Constantino-David, for mer Chair of the Civil Service Commission of the Philippines, and Nuhu Ribadu, Chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria won the World Bank's 2008 Jit Gill Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service.
The awards were presented at the Jit Gill Memorial Lecture held at the World Bank April 15, in Washington, as part of the annual conference of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network.
The award was set up in 2004, following the death of the Bank staff Jit Gill, a dedicated leader in public sector governance and integrity, the Bank said in its announcement April 15.
Danny Leipziger, World Bank Vice-President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) credited the winners with being able to translate their ideals into innovative public sector reforms.
Hajare is a social activist from India, who created a thriving model village in Ralegan Siddhi, in the impoverished Ahmednagar region of Maharashtra state, and championed the right to information and the fight against corruption.
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The awards were presented at the Jit Gill Memorial Lecture held at the World Bank April 15, in Washington, as part of the annual conference of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network.
The award was set up in 2004, following the death of the Bank staff Jit Gill, a dedicated leader in public sector governance and integrity, the Bank said in its announcement April 15.
Danny Leipziger, World Bank Vice-President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) credited the winners with being able to translate their ideals into innovative public sector reforms.
Hajare is a social activist from India, who created a thriving model village in Ralegan Siddhi, in the impoverished Ahmednagar region of Maharashtra state, and championed the right to information and the fight against corruption.
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Labels: awards, corruption, india, Jit Gill Award, Kisan Baburao Hajare, Maharashtra, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, public service, World Bank
Friday, April 4, 2008
Prize Shukla gets International Meteorological Society Prize
Professor Jagadish Shukla, Chair of the Climate Dynamics Department at George Mason University, Virginia, and President of the Institute of Global Environment and Society, was formally awarded the International Meteorological Society Prize on March 28.
An "internationally acclaimed researcher, educator, and institution builder, whose work has led to substantially greater understanding of the predictability of climate," Shukla received the Prize at a special ceremony at the National Academy of Sciences. The announcement regarding his award was made earlier this year.
In January this year, the Governor of Virginia Time Kaine, appointed Shukla to his Commission on Climate Change. At that time, Shukla told News India-Times he had been awarded the prestigious IMO Prize awarded by the World Meteorological Society.
His scientific contributions include research on the Asian monsoon, deforestation, desertification, and predictability of weather and climate. His research has established the existence of predictability in the midst of chaos and provided a scientific basis for short-term climate prediction.
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An "internationally acclaimed researcher, educator, and institution builder, whose work has led to substantially greater understanding of the predictability of climate," Shukla received the Prize at a special ceremony at the National Academy of Sciences. The announcement regarding his award was made earlier this year.
In January this year, the Governor of Virginia Time Kaine, appointed Shukla to his Commission on Climate Change. At that time, Shukla told News India-Times he had been awarded the prestigious IMO Prize awarded by the World Meteorological Society.
His scientific contributions include research on the Asian monsoon, deforestation, desertification, and predictability of weather and climate. His research has established the existence of predictability in the midst of chaos and provided a scientific basis for short-term climate prediction.
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Labels: Asian monsoon, awards, George Mason University, international Meteorological Society Prize, Professor Jagadish Shukla, the Institute of Global Environment and Society, Virginia
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