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09 Aug 2004
11 August 2004
Anil Kakodkar is G M Modi award recipient
New Delhi: Distinguished scientist and Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Dr Anil Kakodkar has received the Gujar Mal Modi Innovative Science and Technology Award 2004 for his contributions to India's nuclear programme.
Kakodkar was a member of the team that conducted the country's first nuclear explosion on May 18, 1974 and followed it up with a series of successful nuclear tests at Pokhran in May 1998.
Kakodkar, who is the first scientist to receive the award in the field of nuclear energy, said there was a need to develop technologies, which can compete with that of other countries.
Narayana gets Toshniwal medal for work at NGRI
Hyderabad: S. Narayana, Scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), here has won the 15th IETE Hari Ramji Toshniwal gold medal, instituted by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (IETE), New Delhi.
The award is in recognition of his contribution in the design and development of electronic instruments for geophysical and related systems during the past 10 years. The medal will be presented to him at the annual convention of the IETE on September 25 at Ahmedabad, according to a press release from the NGRI.
10 August 2004
Srinivasan Swamy takes charge as AAAI President
Chennai: Srinivasan K. Swamy, Chief Executive Officer of R. K. Swamy BBDO Advertising Pvt Ltd, has taken charge as President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for 2004-05, according to a press release. He takes over from Sam Balsara, Chairman and Managing Director, Madison Communications.
Unanimously elected to the post, Swamy is the second AAAI President from the South, the first being his father, R. K. Swamy, who was in charge from 1982-84. Over the past three years, Srinivasan Swamy has been serving as the Chairman of the joint industry body of Indian Broadcasting Foundation and AAAI to oversee advertising-related aspects. He is also steering the establishment of Online Billing Reconciliation and Outstanding Review, a Web-enabled system for the joint industry body, the press release said.
Prem Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director, Lowe India, was elected Vice-President of AAAI. Members elected to the Executive Committee include Rajiv Agarwal of Bates, Nagesh Alai of Interface Communications, Preet K. S. Bedi of Rediffusion DY&R, Neville Gomes of Multimedia, Tapas Gupta of Confluence Communications, Kurien Mathews of Radeus, Vinod Nair of Network Advertising and Ramesh Narayan of Canco, the press release said.
