Saturday, 25 February 2017

Important Awards and their Fields PART-1

1. Bharat Ratna – It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include “any field of human endeavor”. The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.
2. Padma Awards – Padma VibhushanPadma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards are for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants.
3. Gallantry Awards – Param Vir Chakra (PVC), Ashok Chakra, Shaurya Chakra are given for appreciating the brave and gallant.
4. Nobel Prize – The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.
5. Booker Prize – Literature
It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK literary award.
6. Vyas Samman – Literature
Vyas Samman is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published in past 10 years.
7. Moorti Devi Award – Literature
The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.
8. Saraswati Samman – Literature
The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
9. Jnanpith award – Literature
The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
10. Bihari Puraskar – Literature
Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.

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