AWARDS & HONOURS INTERNATIONAL Nobel Prize Nobel Prize 2010 Literature: The The Nobel Prize was established Physics : Andre Geim and Nobel Prize in in the 1895 as per the will of Konstantin Novoselov (University of Literature for 2010 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it Manchester, UK) received the noble is awarded to the was first awarded in Physics, Peruvian author Chemistry, Physiology or Mario Vargas Llosa. Medicine, Literature, and Peace His well known works include Mario Vargas Llosa in 1901. Conver-sación en la catedral (1969; The Sveriges Riksbank Conversation in the Cathedral, Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975), La guerra del fin del mundo Memory of Alfred Nobel was (1981; The War of the End of the Andre Geim & Konstantin Novoselov instituted by Sveriges Riksbank World, 1984) and La fiesta del in 1968 and was first awarded in prize "for groundbreaking experiments chivo (2000; The Feast of the Goat, 1969. Although technically not regarding the two-dimensional 2001). He is also a noted journalist a Nobel Prize, its material graphene". and essayist. announcements and Chemistry: Richard F. Heck Peace: Nobel presentations are made along (University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Peace Prize for 2010 with the other prizes, with the USA), Ei-ichi Negishi (Purdue was awarded to Liu exception of the Peace Prize University, West Lafayette, IN, USA) Xiaobo for his long which is awarded in Oslo, and Akira Suzuki (Hokkaido and non-violent Norway. University, Sapporo, Japan) share the struggle for The Royal Swedish 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for fundamental human Liu Xiaobo Academy of Sciences awards rights in China. Liu the Nobel Prize in Physics, the is sentenced to eleven years in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and prison. the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics: Peter A. Diamond Economic Sciences. The Nobel (Massachusetts Institute of Assembly at Karolinska Technology, Cambridge, MA, Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Akira Suzuki, Richard F. Heck & Ei-ichi Negishi Medicine. The Swedish developing new, more efficient ways Academy grants the Nobel of linking carbon atoms together to Prize in Literature. The Nobel build the complex molecules that are Peace Prize is not awarded by a improving our everyday lives. Swedish organisation but by Medicine: Robert G. Edwards the Norwegian Nobel (British Scientist) “The Peter A. Diamond, Dale T.Mortensen, Christopher A Committee. Father of the Test USA), Dale T. Mortensen (Northwestern University, The prize cannot be Tube Baby” was Evanston, IL, USA) and awarded posthumously, unless awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Christopher A. Pissarides (London the winner of the prize has School of Economics and Political passed away after the prize's Physiology or Medicine, for the Science, UK) received the 2010 announcement. Nor may a prize development of in Noble Prize for their analysis of be shared among more than vitro fertilization. Robert G.Edwards markets with search frictions. three people. Deputy Collector Rank File Indian Nobel Prize Winners India has its own share of Nobel Mother Teresa–Nobel Prize for V.S. Naipaul – Nobel Prize for Prize winners over the decades in peace (1979) Literature (2001) several fields. She was the recipient of the Nobel He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Rabindranath Tagore–Nobel Peace Prize in the Literature in 2001. Naipaul was Prize for Literature (1913) year 1979. This recognized for his Tagore was the first recipient of this was in recogni- extensive works in award from India. tion for the path English Literature. In the year 1913, He is well known Rabindranath breaking efforts to help the poor not only for his in- Tagore was awar- domitable comma- and underprivile- ded the Nobel nd over the use of ged people thro- Prize in Literature the English for his work ugh the establishment of the Miss- Language but also for his vivid and "Gitanjali".He ionaries of Charity, Calcutta,India. descriptive stories. was one of greatest poets of India Dr. Subramanyan Chandra- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan– and the composer of national sekhar – Nobel Prize for physics Nobel Prize for Chemistry anthem of India. (1983) (2009) Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was Raman (C.V. Raman)–Nobel 1983 for Physics. awarded Nobel Prize for Physics (1930) He was recognized Prize in Chemistry C V Raman was the first Asian for his theoretical in 2009. He is a scientist to win the studies of the structural biologist Nobel Prize.he was physical processes who received the awarded the Nobel of importance to Nobel Prize for his Prize in Physics in the structure and studies in the 1930 for his disco- structure and function of the very of “RAMAN evolution of stars. He received this award jointly with ribosome. effect”.Raman Sir Ronald Ross–Nobel Prize for effect is useful in Wilfred Alfred Fowler for their collaborative research work. Physiology (1902) the study of molecular energy leve- He was a Scottish physician who Chandrasekhar’s is also known as ls, structure development, and multi was born in Almora in India in 1857. the nephew of another legendary component qualitative analysis. Though he finished his education Dr. Har Gobind Khorana – Nobel scientist and Nobel laureate, Sir C.V. in England, Ross had also spent a Prize for Medicine and Physio- Raman. number of years in India while he logy (1968) Dr. Amartya Sen – Nobel Prize was making progress in his search He was awarded the Nobel Prize in for Economics (1998) for his discovery of the malarial Medicine in 1968 Amartya Sen was honored with the parasite and its prevention. He was for producing the Nobel Prize in 1988 awarded by Nobel prize in 1902 for first manmade for his work in his work on malaria. gene in his labora- Welfare economics. Rudyard Kipling–Nobel Prize for tory in the early Sen is best known Literature (1907) seventies. His dis- for his research on He is regarded as an innovator in covery won him famines, his work the art of short stories. In 1907 the Nobel Prize on women-- the Rudyard Kipling won the Nobel sharing it with Marshall Nuremberg attention he has drawn to their Prize in Literature for his original and Robert Holley for interpreting unequal status in the developing imagination and ideas as a writer of the genetic code and analyzing its world, and his calls for gender- several literary works. He is best function in protein synthesis. specific aid programs. known for his book “The Jungle book” The First Nobel Prizes On the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, December 10, 1901, the first set of Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemistry : Jacobus H. van’t Hoff Physics : Wilhelm C. Röntgen Physiology or Medicine: Emil A. von Behring Literature : Rene F. A. Sully Prudhomme Peace : Jean H. Dunant and Frédéric Passy Magsaysay Award Magsaysay Award has been Government Service cation constituted by the Public Service Arts Peace and Philippines government in Community Leadership International Under the memory of Ramon standing Magsaysay, the President of Journalism, Literature Emergent Leadership the country who died in an and Creative Communi- aircrash on 1957. Winners of Magsaysay Award The Ramon Magsaysay 2010 Award is often considered Tadatoshi Akiba, from Japan Asia's Nobel Prize. The prize Christopher Bernido and Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido, from the was established in April 1957 Philippines by the trustees of the Huo Daishan, from China Rockefeller Brothers Fund A.H.M. Noman Khan, from Bangladesh (RBF) based in New York City with the concurrence of the Pan Yue and Fu Qiping, from China Philippine government. Every year the Ramon Indian winners of 2008 and Magsaysay Award Founda- tion gives away prizes to 2009 Magsaysay Award Asian individuals and Mandakini and Prakash Amte won the 2008 organizations for achieving Magsaysay award in the category of excellence in their respective community leadership. fields. The awards are given Deep Joshy won the 2009 Magsaysay in six categories: award in the category of Public Service. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction Booker Prize was instituted in 1969. It is the most prestigious award given to literature by England. It is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Common- wealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The award amount is 50,000 pound. Now this Award is known as Man Booker Prize for Fiction. 2008- Aravind Adiga for his debut novel 'The White Tiger' 2009 -Hilary Mantel for her work ‘Wolf Hall’ 2010 Howard Jacobson for his work ‘The Finkler Question’ Deputy Collector Rank File The Man Booker International Prize The Man Booker International 2005 to complement the Man Booker Prize is a biennial international Prize, rewards one writer’s overall literary award given to a living achievement in literature and their author of any nationality for significant influence on writers and fiction published in English or readers worldwide. generally available in English 2005 - Ismail Kadare (Albanian) translation. 2007 - Chinua Achebe (Nigerian) The award, sponsored by the Alice Munro Man Group and established in 2009 - Alice Munro (Canadian) Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Organised and funded by the Commonwealth 2009 Winner Foundation is a leading award for fiction that Best Book: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa was first awarded in 1987. Lahiri (India). The winner of the Best book receives $10,000 and the winner of the Best first book receives Best First Book: A case of Exploding Mangoes $ 5,000. by Muhammed Haneef (Pakistan). 2008 Winner 2010 Winner Best Book : The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Best Book: Solo by Rana Dasgupta (India/UK) Hill (Canada) Best First Book: Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest Best First Book: A Golden Age by Tahima (Australia) Anam (Bangladesh).