* Rahul
Bhattacharya of Delhi won the prestigious Ondaatje Prize
2012 for his book “The Sly company of people who care’.
* Daniel Hillel won World Food Prize 2012 on 13 June 2012. He is a scientist from Israel.
* Sachin Tendulkar was conferred upon the Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award for completing a century of 100 international hundreds,
in Dubai on 11 June 2012.
* Bollywood actor Mithun Chakravarti received
the PC Chandra lifetime achievement award in Kolkata on 29 April 2102.
* Noted Tamil writer Ashokamitran, known for his novel Thanneer and other works was declared the
recipient of the 6th NTR National
Literary Award on 4 May 2012.
* Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was
on 21 March 2012 selected for India’s highest film honour – the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012.
* The K K Birla Foundation announced on 22 March
2012 its decision to honour Tamil writer A Manavalan with
the Saraswati Samman 2011 for his book on Ramayana.
* The John Templeton Foundation on 29 March 2012 decided
to honour Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama with one of the world’s leading religion prizes, Templeton Prize for 2012.
59th National
Film Awards:
Best
Feature Film: Shared by Deool (Marathi) and
Byari (Byari)
Best
Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool (Marathi)
Best
Actress: Vidya Balan for The Dirty Picture (Hindi)
Best
Direction: Gurvinder Singh for Anhe
Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi)
Best
Children’s Film: Chillar Party(Hindi)
