AWARDS IN AUGUST 2026

* Professor Aruna Bhikshu, Head Of The Department Of Dance At University Of Hyderabad, Has Been Conferred With The Prestigious Dadri National Excellence Award 2026 For Contribution in Kuchipudi 

* * UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH PRESENTED THE LOK MANYA TILAK NATIONAL AWARD TO NSA CHIEF AJIT DOVAL ON 1ST AUGUST 2026 

COSPAR - VIKRAM SARABHAI AWARD 2026 - 

* * ASTROPHYCIST PROFESSOR ANNAPURNI SUBRAMANIAM HAS BEEN AWARDED THE COSPAR VIKRAM SARABHAI MEDAL 2026 

* SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS ( IIA) BENGALURU, 

* SHE ALSO TOOK ADDITIONAL CHARGE AS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES (CeNS) 

* THE INTERNATIONAL MEDAL AWARDED TO SCIENTISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOR CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF SPACE RESEARCH.

* IT IS AWARDED JOINTLY BY COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH ( COSPAR) INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL AND UNITED NATIONS ( THROUGH UN -COPUS) & ISRO 

* THIS MEDAL INSTITUTED ON 1990 

* SHE BECAME THE 4TH INDIAN TO RECEIVE THIS MEDAL 

* Director Of Indian Institute Of Astrophysics ( IIA) Smt Annapurni Subramaniam Has Received The Prestigious Vikram Sarabhai MEDAL 2026 

* India's Author Ashwin Sanghi Wins The Inaugural JSW Prize In Literature At Bhutan 

* Jan Elaine Soriano Wins The 2026 Science & PINS Prize For Neuromodulation For Work, That Could Prevent Blood Pressure Crises After Spinal Cord Injury 

* Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari To Present The Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak To 12 Rat Miners For Their Contribution In The Rescue Of Silkyara Tunnel 

* President Droupadi MURMU Presented Sant Kabir Handloom Awards And National Handloom Awards 2025 

DIRAC MEDAL 2026 - 

* INDIAN SCIENTIST  THEORETICAL PHYSICIST SHRI DEEPAK DHAR HAS RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS DIRAC MEDAL FOR 2026.

* HIS CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS, UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX SYSTEM 

* THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS ( ICTP) 

* He BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TO RECEIVE THE BOLTZMAN MEDAL IN 2022 

* HE RECEIVED PADMA BHUSAN IN 2023 

* HIS MAJOR WORK IS DHAR BURNING ALGORITHM 

( DIRAC MEDAL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985) 

* Eminent Arunachal Pradesh AUTHOR Journalist Mamang Dai Honoured With 2026 Kamala Saikia National AWARD 

*  Uttar Pradesh Has Secured Three Awards At The GeM Award 

* President Droupadi MURMU Presented Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowship Awards To 115 Artist 

* Filmmaker Rima Das's Film Not a Hero Win The Best Indie Film Award At The Indian Film Festival Of MELBOURNE ( IFFM)

* Bollywood Actress Rani Mukherjee Has Received An Honorary Doctor Of Letters By Australia La Trobe University 

*  Actress Rekha Has Honoured With The Excellence In Cinema Award At The Indian Film Festival Of MELBOURNE ( IIFM)

* Professor Thalappil Pradeep, IIT Madras BECAME The Third Indian Scientist To Receive The Global Engineering Honour ( European Academy Of Engineering EAE) ( ENI AWARDS ) 

* Professor C N R RAO 

* PROFESOR Biman Bagchi 

 * Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has CONFERRED The National Anubhav Award 2026 To 15 Personality 

47TH SARALA AWARDS 2026 - 

* DR ASHUTOSH PARIDA HAS WON THE 47TH SARALA PURASKAR (AWARD) 2026 

* FOR HIS PORTEY COLLECTION ( BISHWAS DE PRUTHWI) 

* DR ASUTOSH PARIDA A POET & FORMER CSIR -IMMT SCIENTIST 

*  Oru Thooku Kaithiyin Vaakumoolam ( Testimony Of a Death Warrant Prisoner) Penned By C Selvam Has Been Selected For The Iyal Award For Non - Fiction ( Canada Based Tamil Library Garden) 

* Vijayawada Based Photo Journalist T Srinivasa Reddy Has Been Selected for Master Of Photo Journalism Award By The India International Photographic Council ( IIPC) 

MISS UNIVERSE INDIA 2026 - 

* * KERALA'S 19 YEARS OLD LAW STUDENT KAZIAH LIZ MEJO CROWNED AS MISS UNIVERSE INDIA 2026 

*  The Dr YSR & Dr KVP Foundation Will Confer The Dr Y S Rajasekara Reddy Award 2026 On M S SWAMINATHAN Research Foundation ( MSSRF) For It's Contribution To Indian Agriculture.

* FORMER International Weightlifter Ajaydeep Sarang Has Been Selected For The Veer Hanuman Singh Award By Chhattisgarh State Government.

* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS HONOURED WITH THE OLIY DARAJALI DO STLIK ORDER 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO UZBEKISTAN AHEAD OF SCO SUMMIT 2026 IN KYRGYSTAN 

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