Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Award

• Recipient: (Author's Name)
• Presented By: Sahitya Akademi President and Secretary
• Born: May 19, 1934, Kasoli, Himachal Pradesh
• Writing Areas: Short Stories, Novels, Non-fiction, Children's Books
• Notable Works: 'A Flight of Pigeons', 'Rain in the Mountains', 'The Land of the Flying Oat', 'Growing Up with Ghosts'
• Awards: Padma Shri (1999), Padma Bhushan (2014), Sahitya Akademi Award (1993)

Dr Purnima Devi Kharman Receives the 'Green Oscar'

• Award: Whitlow Fund for Nature 2024 Whitley Gold Award
• Honored By: Geographical Society, London

NIMHANS Receives the Nelson Mandela Award for 2024

• Recipient: NIMHANS, Bengaluru
• Awarded By: World Health Organisation
• History: Established in 1954 as All India Institute of Mental Health, renamed NIMHANS in 1994, and became a 'Deemed University' in 1994. Declared 'Institute of National Importance' in 2012.

Kavli Prize 2024

The Kavli Prize honors achievements in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.

Astrophysics:

• Winners: David Charbonneau (Harvard University) and Sarah Seager (MIT)
• Contribution: Discovery of exoplanets and characterization of their atmospheres

Nanoscience:

• Winners: Robert Langer (MIT), Armand Paul Alivisatos (University of Chicago), Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University)
• Contributions:
  • Langer: Nano-engineering of materials for controlled release of therapeutic bio-molecules
  • Alivisatos: Invention of semiconductor crystals or “quantum dots” for bio-imaging
  • Mirkin: Concept of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs)

Neuroscience:

• Winners: Nancy Kanwisher (MIT), Winrich Freiwald (Rockefeller University), Doris Tsao (University of California at Berkeley)
• Contribution: Collective effort to map the connection between facial recognition and the brain