Multiple choice

In 2010, Dr. D.D. Ozha, N. Ramadurai, Takhellambam Robindro Singh, Dinesh Chandra Sharma and Dr. Manas Pratim Das were conferred with the National Awards in which of the following?

  1. Theatre

  2. Literacy

  3. Literature

  4. Journalism

  5. Science
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Explanation

National Awards for Science & Technology (S&T) Communication were presented on the National Science Day at Technology Bhawan, New Delhi on February 26, 2010. Along with each award, a memento, a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a citation was presented. The annual awards are given by the National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

National Award for Outstanding Efforts in Science & Technology Communication through Books and Magazines - Dr. D.D. Ozha, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and N. Ramadurai, (Tamil Nadu)

National Award of Rupees for Outstanding Effort in Popularization of Science among Children Takhellambam Robindro Singh, Thoubal (Manipur)
National Award for Outstanding Effort in Science and Technology Communication in Print Medium - Dinesh Chandra Sharma, Rampur (UP)
National Award for Outstanding Effort in Science and Technology Communication in Electronic Medium - Dr. Manas Pratim Das The Kalinga Chair for the year 2009 was awarded to Prof. Yash Pal, Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi and Prof. Trinh X. Thuan, Department of Astronomy, USA on this occasion for their invaluable contributions in communicating science to people, who have jointly won the International UNESCO Kalinga Prize for Science Popularization-for the year 2009. The Chair comprises of a token amount of US $5000.

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