Lord Dholakia, Jaffrey, Lalvani and Noon get 'Pride of India' award
London: Lord Navnit Dholakia, Deputy Leader of Liberal Democrats Party in Britain's House of Lords, has been felicitated with the 'Pride of India' award for his outstanding contribution to the Indian community in the UK.

Besides Lord Dholakia, industrialist Gulam Noon and veteran actor Saeed Jaffrey were among prominent NRIs honoured for their achievements in various fields in the UK at a glittering ceremony last week.

The Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Kamlesh Sharma, presented the awards, which have been instituted by the London-based India International Foundation. These are the first Annual Awards of the Foundation.

Saaed Jaffrey, a veteran actor in Hindi, British and American cinema received the award in the 'Art and Culture' field. Dr Kartar Lalvani, founder of Britain's first specialist vitamin supplement company - Vitabiotics, received the award for distinction in the field of science. Sir Gulam Noon, founder-chairman of readymade food Noon products, was chosen in the field of business and industry.
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ISRO chief, Madhavan Nair to get Nayudamma award
Hyderabad: The chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G. Madhavan Nair, has been selected for the prestigious Dr Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2004.

The award, instituted by the Tenali-based Dr Y. Nayudamma Memorial Trust, will be presented at a function in the coastal Andhra town to Nair on March 9. It recognises his outstanding contribution to India's space research and satellite development programmes.

Dr N. Jayaprakash Narayan, National Co-ordinator, Loksatta, will present the award. The ISRO Chairman would be the 13th recipient of the award.
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