AWARDS JANUARY 2014

AWARDS JANUARY 2014

• Anand Kumar, a mathematician and founder of Super30 classes was conferred with the 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award in Rajkot on 27 January 2014. The award was given to him at the Eighth National Mathematics Convention organised in Rajkot. Ramanujan Mathematics Award is an annual award that is given to a person who has at least three papers published in international journals and is involved in teaching mathematics. Other Indian to be awarded with the prize is Ramdorai Sujatha, India in 2006. Anand is a native of Bihar and a founder of an institution named Super30. The institution was established in 2002 in Patna under the banner of Ramanujan School of Mathematics by Anand Kumar. The institution gives free residential mentoring to 30 selected students from underprivileged families to appear in the entrance exam of IIT-JEE. Super30 has achieved international recognition for social awakening. Time Magazine selected Super30 in the list of the Best of Asia 2010.
  
• The President Pranab Mukherjee presented awards for the year 2012-13 to various States and Cities for outstanding performance in different categories under the flagship schemes of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in New Delhi on 21st January. Vishakhapatnam, Ahmadabad and Durg received the awards for best cities under Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Interest Subsidy Scheme for Housing the Urban Poor (IHSDP) amongst Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Large States and Union Territories, Sonamura in Tripura and Jiribam in Manipur received awards for being the Best Cities in implementation of IHSDP for ULBs in Small & Special Category States and Union Territories. Thiruvanantapuram and Thane jointly shared awards for Best Community Mobilization efforts under BSUP and IHSDP. Thiruvanthapuram City was also adjudged the Best City for use of Cost Effective Building Technology in construction of Houses under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). Chandigarh got the award for Best City for Planned Habitat for Urban Poor. Ajmer for the Best City for Outstanding efforts for Preparation of Slum-Free City Plan of Action& Pilot Projects under Rajiv Awas Yojana. Vishakhapatnam for the Best city in Effective Enforcement of 3 pro-poor reforms. Amongst the States, Mizoram got the award for Best Performing State under JnNURM in North East and Special Category States and Union Territories (UTs) and Karnataka got the award for the Best Performing State under JnNURM in amongst Large States and Union Territories, Tamil Nadu received the award for the Best State in Effective Enforcement of Three Pro -Poor Reforms under JnNURM. Further, under Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY), in Large States and Union Territories, Andhra-Pradesh received the Award for the Best State for promoting Community Organisations, Bihar got the award for the Best State for Skill Training of Urban Poor. Odisha got the award for the Best State for providing Self-Employment to Urban Poor and amongst the Small States and Union Territories and Mizoram got the Award for Best State for overall performance. Under JnNURM, the awards for the cities comprised a trophy, a letter of appreciation and cash incentive of Rs. 3.00 lakhs and the States a trophy, a letter of appreciation and cash incentive of Rs. 5.00 lakhs.
  
• The Vice President M. Hamid Ansari presented “Pandit Haridutt Sharma Award” to Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas & Environment and Forests in New Delhi on 22 January. Addressing on the occasion Ansari said that given Dr. Moily’s achievements as a distinguished literary figure and his decades of public service to Karnataka and to the nation, it is appropriate that Pandit Haridutt Sharma Award has being conferred upon him. His knowledge and skills in governance and administration were recognized by the Government of India as he was appointed as Chairman of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission. The Vice President said that Pandit Haridutt Sharma was himself a renowned Hindi journalist besides being a social worker and an active political leader. He brought out a newspaper in pre-independence period which was a very difficult profession at that time. He applauded Pandit Haridutt Sharma Memorial Trust for honoring distinguished personalities in the field of journalism, literature and social service as a tribute to the legacy of Pandit Sharma.
  
• The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai has been selected for the National Communal Harmony Award 2013 in the Organization category. Dr. Mohinder Singh of Delhi and Dr. N Radhakrishnan of Kerala have been selected for this Award in the individual category. These awards are announced on 25th January. Established in 1996, the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS) is a Mumbai based organization working to promote peace, secularism and communal harmony in the country. It has also been working on human rights issues and issues of the marginalized and deprived sections of the society. Dr. Mohinder Singh, aged 72 is a scholar and presently member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions. Earlier, he was also Member of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities from 2005 to 2007.Dr. N Radhakrishnan, aged 69 is a well known academic, a Gandhian scholar and a peace worker. He initiated the Shanti Sena programme at the Gandhigram University and extended this work to other parts of the country. He has been actively working to restore peace in communally tense areas of Tamilnadu and Kerala. His campaign ‘Himsamukth Bharat Andolan’ motivates people to become foot soldiers in campaigning for peace and sustainable development. The National Communal Harmony Awards were instituted in 1996 by the National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), an autonomous Organization set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, for promoting communal harmony and national integration. The Award has been instituted with a view to demonstrating due appreciation and recognition of the efforts of individuals and Organizations for promotion of communal harmony and national integration in a sustained manner over a sufficiently long period of time. In addition to a citation in each category, the Award carries a cash award of Rupees Five Lakh for ‘Individuals’ and Rupees Ten Lakh for ‘Organizations’.
  
• The President of India on 25th January, approved conferment of 127 Padma Awards including one duo case (counted as one) as per the list below. The list comprises two Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma Shri Awardees, among which 27 of the are women and also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and Posthumous Awardees. Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April.
  
  Padma Vibhushan

  Sl No.	Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
  1.	Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
  2.	Shri B.K.S. Iyengar	Others-Yoga	Maharashtra

  
  Padma Bhushan

  Sl No.	Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
  	Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh	Art - Painting	Gujarat
  	Begum Parveen Sultana	Art - Classical Singing	Maharashtra
  	T.H. Vinayakram	Art - Ghatam Artist	Tamil Nadu
  	Kamala Haasan	Art-Cinema	Tamil Nadu
  	Justice Dalveer Bhandari	Public Affairs	Delhi
  	Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
  	Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
  	Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
  	Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami	Science and Engineering	Delhi
  	Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma	Science and Engineering	Delhi
  	Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
  	Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya	Literature and Education	Delhi
  	Ms. Anita Desai	Literature and Education	Delhi
  	Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker	Literature and Education	Gujarat
  	Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar	Literature and Education	Tamil Nadu
  	Ruskin Bond	Literature and Education	Uttarakhand
  	Pullela Gopichand	Sports - Badminton	Andhra Pradesh
  	Leander Paes	Sports - Tennis	Maharashtra
  	Vijayendra Nath Kaul	Civil Service	Delhi
  	Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh #
  	Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh #
  	Prof. Anisuzzaman	Literature and Education	Bangladesh*
  	Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph	Literature and Education	USA*$
  	Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph	Literature and Education	USA*$
  	Dr. Neelam Kler	Medicine - Neonatology	Delhi

  
  Padma Shri

  Sl No.	Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
  	Mohammad Ali Baig	Art - Theatre	Andhra Pradesh
  	Nayana Apte Joshi	Art -	Maharashtra
  	Musafir Ram Bhardwaj	Art - Instrumental Music - Pauna Manjha	Himachal Pradesh
  	Sabitri Chatterjee	Art - Film	West Bengal
  	Prof. Biman Bihari Das	Art - Sculptor	Delhi
  	Sunil Das	Art - Painting	West Bengal
  	Elam Endira Devi	Art - Manipuri Dance	Manipur
  	Vijay Ghate	Art - Instrumental Music - Tabla	Maharashtra
  	Rani Karnaa	Art - Kathak	West Bengal
  	Bansi Kaul	Art - Theatre	Jammu & Kashmir
  	Ustad Moinuddin Khan	Art - Instrumental Music-Sarangi Player	Rajasthan
  	. Geeta Mahalik	Art - Odishi Dance	Delhi
  	Paresh Maity	Art - Painting	Delhi
  	Ram Mohan	Art - Film Animation	Maharashtra
  	Sudarsan Pattnaik	Art - Sand Artist	Orissa
  	Paresh Rawal	Art - Cinema and Theatre	Maharashtra
  	Wendell Augustine Rodricks	Art - Fashion Designing	Goa
  	Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama	Art – Mohini Attam	Kerala
  	Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma	Art - Performing Art	Chhattisgarh
  	Santosh Sivan	Art - Film	Tamil Nadu
  	Supriya Devi	Art-Bengali Cinema	West Bengal
  	Sooni Taraporevala	Art- Script Writing	Maharashtra
  	Vidya Balan	Art-Cinema	Maharashtra
  	Durga Jain	Social Work	Maharashtra
  	Rama Rao Anumolu	Social Work	Andhra Pradesh
  	Brahm Dutt	Social Work	Haryana
  	Mukul Chandra Goswami	Social Work	Assam
  	J.L. Kaul	Social Work	Delhi
  	Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani	Social Work	Gujarat
  	Tashi Tondup	Public Affairs	Jammu and Kashmir
  	Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah	Public Affairs	Gujarat
  	Sekhar Basu	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
  	Madhavan Chandradathan	Science and Engineering	Kerala
  	Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta	Science and Engineering	West Bengal
  	Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
  	Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
  	Ramkrishna V. Hosur	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
  	Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
  	Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara Satyanarayana Prasad	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
  	Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin	Science and Engineering	Gujarat
  	Dr. Brahma Singh	Science and Engineering	Delhi
  	Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh	Science and Engineering	Madhya Pradesh
  	Dr. Govindan Sundararajan	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
  	Ramaswamy R. Iyer	Science and Engineering	Delhi
  	Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh	Science and Engineering	West Bengal
  	Shri Ravi Kumar Narra	Trade and Industry	Andhra Pradesh
  	Rajesh Saraiya	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
  	Ms. Mallika Srinivasan	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
  	Pratap Govindrao Pawar	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
  	Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya	Medicine - Dermatology	Gujarat
  	Dr. Balram Bhargava	Medicine - Cardiology	Uttar Pradesh
  	Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty	Medicine - Health & Hygiene	West Bengal
  	Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande	Medicine - Oncology	Maharashtra
  	Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal	Medicine - Chest Disease	Haryana
  	Prof. Amod Gupta	Medicine - Opthalmology	Haryana
  	Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
  	Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob	Medicine - Vascular Surgery	Tamil Nadu
  	Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi	Medicine - Endocrinology	Maharashtra
  	Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah	Medicine - Unani Medicine	Tamil Nadu
  	Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane	Medicine - ENT Surgeory	Maharashtra
  	Dr. Lalit Kumar	Medicine - oncology	Delhi
  	Dr. Mohan Mishra	Medicine	Bihar
  	Dr. M. Subhadra Nair	Medicine - Gyneacology	Kerala
  	Dr. Ashok Panagariya	Medicine - Neurology	Rajasthan
  	Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey	Medicine - Surgery	Haryana
  	Dr. Sunil Pradhan	Medicine - Neurology	Uttar Pradesh
  	Dr. Ashok Rajgopal	Medicine - Orthopaedics	Delhi
  	Dr. Kamini A. Rao	Medicine - Reproductive Medicine	Karnataka
  	Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah	Medicine - Surgery	Andhra Pradesh
  	Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya	Medicine -	Punjab
  	Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma	Medicine - Dental Science	Delhi
  	Dr. J.S. Titiyal	Medicine- Opthalmology	Delhi
  	Dr. Nitish Naik	Medicine- Cardiology	Delhi
  	Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya	Medicine- Gastroentrology	Delhi
  	Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover	Medicine-Oncology	Delhi
  	Dr. Naheed Abidi	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
  	Prof. Ashok Chakradhar	Literature and Education	Delhi
  	Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra	Literature and Education	Mizoram
  	Shri Keki N. Daruwalla	Literature and Education	Delhi
  	Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi	Literature and Education	Gujarat
  	Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
  	Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir
  	Smt. Manorama Jafa	Literature and Education	Delhi
  	Prof. Rehana Khatoon	Literature and Education	Delhi
  	Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei	Literature and Education	Manipur
  	Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri	Literature and Education	Kerala
  	Prof. Dinesh Singh	Literature and Education	Delhi
  	Dr. (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla	Literature and Education	Nagaland
  	Ms. Anjum Chopra	Sports - Cricket	Delhi
  	Ms. Sunil Dabas	Sports - Kabbadi	Haryana
  	Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu	Sports - Mountaineering	Delhi
  	Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal	Sports - Squash	Tamil Nadu
  	H. Boniface Prabhu	Sports - Wheelchair Tennis	Karnataka
  	Yuvraj Singh	Sports - Cricket	Haryana
  	Smt. Mamta Sodha	Sports - Mountaineering	Haryana
  	Ms Parveen Talha	Civil Service	Uttar Pradesh
  	Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar	Social Work	Maharashtra#
  	Ashok Kumar Mago	Trade and Industry	USA*
  	Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee	Medicine-Oncology	USA*
  	Dr. Vamsi Mootha	Medicine - Biomedical Research	USA*
  	Dr. Sengaku Mayeda	Literature and Education	Japan*

  Note: * Indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.
  # indicates awardees in the posthumous category.
  $ indicates one duo case. (Treated as one award.)
  
• Kerala has won a UN award for sustainable and eco-friendly tourism, registering a first for India. The United Nations World Tourism Organization’s Ulysses Award, announced on 23 January, in Spain, has recognized the initiatives launched by the state-run Kerala Tourism around the backwaters of Kumarakom. The prize is for “Innovation in Public Policy and Governance”. The Centre too applauded the state. “We are proud that Kerala has got the award. Developing eco-friendly and responsible tourism a project is the priority of the tourism ministry,” said Anand Kumar, joint secretary in the Union tourism ministry. Last March, the Kumarakom initiative had bagged India’s national award for the best rural tourism project and topped it up with other global honors. “Kerala, a popular eco-tourism destination, portrays responsible and sustainable tourism in an exceptional manner,” UNWTO secretary- general Taleb Rifai said in Madrid.
  
• An India-born engineer-scientist, Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj who was disdained by the Indian system despite his yeoman contribution to the country's naval defense, and whose subsequent work in the United States is at the heart of the current high speed WiFi and 4G mobile systems, has been awarded the 2014 Marconi Prize, a Nobel equivalent for technology pioneers on 23rd January in Washington. Coimbatore-native and Stanford University Professor Emeritus Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, simply known as ''Paul'' to his legion of friends and admirers, has been recognized for his work in inventing and advancing MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology, a key enabler of wireless broadband services that has revolutionized high speed delivery of multimedia across the world. The Marconi Prize, whose previous winners include world wide web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee, Internet legendVint Cerf, Google search maestro Larry Page, and cell phone inventor Martin Cooper, comes with a $ 100,000 prize, but prestige and recognition worth a lot more for these people who are already millionaires. Uncommonly, the Marconi Prize comes just three years after Paulraj was honored with the other major Telecom technology award - the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal for his work on theoretical foundations of MIMO.
  
• Reticent author Cyrus Mistry on 19 January won the $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature for his book “Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer”. Mr. Mistry’s book is a story of marginalized community and looks at larger questions about life and death, which makes it a different read.The prize, is given to the best work or translations of a work on or about the South Asian region. Last year the award was won by Jeet Thayil for his debut novel “Narcopolis”. Mr. Mistry was presented with the award at a ceremony at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Noted writer, editor and literary critic Antara Dev Sen chaired the five member jury which first announced a long list of 15 names and then came up with a shortlist of six from which Mr. Mistry was chosen.
  
• Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will confer the National Bravery Awards to 25 young children this year on the eve of Republic Day. Among the awardees 9 are girls. Five awards will be given posthumously. Announcing this at a press conference organized at Indian Council for Child Welfare, New Delhi, on 17 January, Mrs Gita Siddhartha, President, ICCW, said that the coveted Bharat Award has been conferred on 8 ½ year old Kumari Mahika Gupta of Delhi who saved her brother from floods at Kedarnath (Uttarakhand). The prestigious Geeta Chopra Award has been conferred to 16 year old Kumari Maleka Singh Tak of Rajasthan who displayed rare grit and determination in fighting off her molesters. The Sanjay Chopra Award has been given to 17 year old Master Shubam Santosh Chaudari of Maharashtra who saved two children when their school van caught fire. Master Sanjay Navasu Sutar (17 ½ years) of Maharashtra, Master Akshay Jairam Roj (13 years) of Maharashtra, Late Kum. Mausmi Kashyap (11 years) of Uttar Pradesh and Late Master Aryan Raj Shukla (14 years) of Uttar Pradesh has been given the Bapu Gaidhani Awards. The children will receive their Awards from the Honble Prime Minister of India prior to Republic Day 2014 and will participate in the Republic Day Parade. The awardees will receive a medal, certificate and cash. Recipients will also be granted financial assistance until they complete their schooling.
  
• Andhra Pradesh was adjudged as the best State for Oil and Gas Conservation in view of the performance by the A.P. Civil Supplies and other Departments. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily presented the award to Civil Supplies Commissioner Sunil Sharma in New Delhi on 17th January.
  
• President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award of 2012 and 2013 on 11th January 2014 to two eminent Bengali poets, namely Nirendranath Chakraborty and Sankha Ghosh, respectively. The awards were given at a function at Raj Bhawan in Kolkata. The Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award was instituted by a cultural organization The Bengal in 2012 following his death. Gangopadhyay had a talent of bringing in the historical research works into his writings.
  
• The President of India Mr .Pranab Mukherjee on 9th January has conferred Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards to thirteen NRIs, PIOs and Organizations for their outstanding and illustrious contribution in the country of their residence as well as to India in different spheres of their activity.
  
  The names of the awardees and their country are:

  Name	Country	Description
  Ms Lisa Maria Singh	Australia	Public service and fostering friendly relations between India and Australia.
  Mr. KurianVarghese	Bahrain	Business for enhancing India’s image and for Promotion better understanding of India abroad.
  Mr VasdevChanchlani	Canada	Community service and fostering ties between India and Canada and efforts in promotion Indian culture and heritage.
  Ramakrishna Mission	Fiji	Community service and philanthropic activity and enhancing India’s prestige abroad.
  Mr.SatnarainsingRabinBaldewsingh	Netherlands	Public service and developing closer ties between India and South Africa.
  Mr. Bikas ChandraSanyal	France	Education and culture and enhancing India’s image.
  Mr SasindranMuthuvel	Papua New Guinea	In the field of Public service.
  Mr. ShihabudeenVava Kunju	Saudi Arabia	Community service and promoting ties between India and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  Ms. Ela Gandhi	South Africa	Public service, enhancing India’s image and promoting ties between India and South Africa.
  ssDr.Shamsheer VayalilParambath	United Arab Emirates	Health business and in promoting Better understanding of India United Arab Emirates.
  Mr. ShaileshLakhman Vara	United Kingdom	Public service and in promoting ties between India and the people of U.K.
  Dr.Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai	USA	Science and for fostering closer relationsbetween Indiaand USA.
  Ms. Renu Khator	USA	Education and enhancing India’s prestige abroad.

  
  
• 71st Golden Globe Awards were announced at Los Angeles on 11 January 2014. The event was organized by Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It is one of the few awards ceremonies that span both television and motion picture achievements. The winners in the various categories are as follows- -
  • Best Motion Picture, Drama: 12 Years a slave
  • Best Director - Motion Picture: Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity
  • Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Mathew Mc Conaughey for Dollas Buyers Club
  • Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy - American Hustle
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy - Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Amy Adams – American Hustle
  • Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy - Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
  • Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
    Woody Allen won a lifetime achievement award for more than four decades of writing, producing and directing films.
    
• A prestigious journalism award, instituted by a trust founded by Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, will be conferred on Mammen Mathew, Chief Editor and Managing Director of Malayala Manorama. The Lokmanya Tilak National Award for Excellence in Journalism, instituted by the Kesari-Mahratta Trust, consists of Rs.1 lakh and a memento. It will be given away at the 133rd foundation day celebrations of the trust at Tilakwada, Pune, on January 4. Deepak Tilak, Trustee-Editor of Kesari, said Mr. Mathew was selected for his exemplary work in journalism.
  
  One of the senior most journalists in India with 44 years of experience, he worked with reputed publications in India and abroad. He served as president of the Editors Guild of India and the Indian Newspaper Society, an association of newspaper owners. He was also a member of the National Security Advisory Board. He was a Director Trustee of the Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, which runs the international news agency, Thomson Reuters. Mr. Mathew is the first Indian Director Trustee of the 150-year-old company.