.Sahitya Akademi Award

1.Sahitya Akademi Award is an annual award, given by the Sahitya Akademi

 (India's National Academy of Letters)

2. To writers in 24 Indian languages.

3. The award was instituted and first awarded in 1955.

4. It carries a monetary reward of 50,000 Rupees and a citation.

5. The list of Tamil language writers who have won the award is given below

1955  Tamil Inbam (Essays)                                 R. P. Sethu Pillai

1956  Alai Osai (Novel)                                        Kalki Krishnamurthy

1958  Chakravarti Tirumagan                                C. Rajagopalachari

1961  Agal Vilakku (Novel)                                   Mu. Varadarajan

1962  Akkarai Cheemaiyil (Travelogue)                 Somu (Mi. Pa. Somasundaram)

1963  Vengaiyin Maindhan (Novel)                       Akilan (P.V. Akilandam)

1965  Sri Ramanujar (Biography)                          P. Sri Acharya

1966  Vallalar Kanda Orumaippadu (Biography)    M. P. Sivagnanam (Ma. Po. Si.)

1967  Virar Ulagam (Literary criticism)                  K. V. Jagannathan

1968  Vellai Paravai (Poetry)                                A. Srinivasa Raghavan

1969  Pisirantaiyar (Play)                                      Bharatidasan

1970  Anbalippu (Short stories) Ku.                      Alagirisami

1971  Samudaya Veedhi (Novel)                           Na. Parthasarathy

1972  Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (Novel)        D. Jayakanthan

1973  Verukku Neer (Novel)                                 Rajam Krishnan

1974  Thirukkural Needhi Illakkiyam                      K. D. Thirunavukkarasu

1975  Tharkkala Tamizh Illakkiyam                        R. Dhandayudham

1977  Kuruthip Punal (Novel)                                Indira Parthasarathy

1978  Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum Valarchiy        Vallikannan

1979  Sakthi Vaithiyam (Short stories)                   Thi.Janakiraman

1980  Cheraman Kadali (Novel)                             Kannadasan

1981  Puthiya Urai Nadai (Criticism)                      M. Ramalingam

1982  Manikkodikalam (Literary history)                B. S. Ramaiya

1983  Bharathi: Kalamum Karuthum                      T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan

1984  Oru Kaveriyai Pola (Novel)                          Lakshmi Thiripurasundari

1985  Kamban: Putiya Parvai                                A. S. Gnanasambandan

1986  Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam                         Ka. Naa. Subramaniam

1987  Mudalil Iravu Varum (Short stories)             "Aadhavan" Sundaram

1988  Vazhum Valluvam (Literary criticism)           V. C. Kulandaiswamy

1989  Chintanadi (Autobiographical Essays)          L. S. Ramamirtham (la. sa. ra)

1990  Veril Pazhutha Pala (Novel)                         Su. Samuthiram

1991  Gopallapurathu Makkal (Novel)                    Ki. Rajanarayanan

1992  Kutralakurinji (Historic Novel)                      Kovi. Manisekaran

1993  Kathukal (Novel)                                         M. V. Venkatram

1994  Pudhiya Dharsanangal (Novel)                      Ponneelan

1995  Vanam Vasappadum (Novel)                       Prapanchan

1996  Appavin Snehidar (Short stories)                 Ashoka Mitran

1997  Chaivu Narkali (Novel)                                Thoppil Mohamed Meeran

1998  Visaranai Commission (Novel)                     Sa. Kandasamy

1999  Aalapanai (Poetry)                                       S. Abdul Rahman

2000  Vimarsanangal Mathippuraikal Pettikal          Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran

2001  Sutanthira Daagam (Novel)                          C. S. Chellappa 

2002  Oru Giraamattu Nadi (Poems)                       R. Vairamuthu

2004  Vanakkam Valluva (Poetry)                          Tamilanban

2005  Kalmaram (Novel)                                        G. Thilakavathi

2006  Akayathukku Aduthaveedu (Poetry)              Mu. Metha

2007  Ilai Uthir Kaalam (Novel)                              Neela Padmanabhan

2008  Minsarapoo (Short story)                             Melanmai Ponnusamy

2009  Kaioppam (Poetry)                                      Puviarasu

2010  Soodiya poo soodarka                                 Nanjil Nadan[6]

2011  Kaval Kottam (Novel)                                   S. Venkatesan

WIPO

What is WIPO?

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world".

WIPO currently has 184 member states,administers 24 international treaties, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The current Director-General of WIPO is Francis Gurry, who took office on October 1, 2008.183 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and the states with limited recognition. Palestine has observer status.

WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. The Director Generalis Francis Gurry.

Useful links;-  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization

                          http://www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/what_is_wipo.html

WMO

WMO in brief

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. 

It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.

WMO has a membership of 189Member States and Territories(on 4 December 2009).

It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873.

 Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations in 1951 for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.

As weather, climate and the water cycle know no national boundaries, international cooperation at a global scale is essential for the development of meteorology and operational hydrology as well as to reap the benefits from their application. WMO provides the framework for such international cooperation.

	Since its establishment, WMO has played a unique and powerful role in contributing to the safety and welfare of humanity. Under WMO leadership and within the framework ofWMO programmes, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services contribute substantially to the protection of life and property against natural disasters, to safeguarding the environment and to enhancing the economic and social well-being of all sectors of society in areas such as food security, water resources and transport. WMO promotes cooperation in the establishment of networks for making meteorological, climatological, hydrological and geophysical observations, as well as the exchange, processing and standardization of related data, and assists technology transfer, training and research. It also fosters collaboration between the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of its Members and furthers the application of meteorology to public weather services, agriculture, aviation, shipping, the environment, water issues and the mitigation of the impacts of natural disasters.
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WMO facilitates the free and unrestricted exchange of data and information, products and services in real- or near-real time on matters relating to safety and security of society, economic welfare and the protection of the environment. It contributes to policy formulation in these areas at national and international levels.

In the specific case of weather-, climate and water-related hazards, which account for nearly 90% of all natural disasters, WMO's programmes provide vital information for the advance warnings that save lives and reduce damage to property and the environment. WMO also contributes to reducing the impacts of human-induced disasters, such as those associated with chemical and nuclear accidents, forest fire and volcanic ash. Studies have shown that, apart from the incalculable benefit to human well-being, every dollar invested in meteorological and hydrological services produces an economic return many times greater, often ten times or more.

WMO plays a leading role in international efforts to monitor and protect the environment through its Programmes. In collaboration with other UN agencies and the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, WMO supports the implementation of a number ofenvironmental conventions and is instrumental in providing advice and assessments to governments on related matters. These activities contribute towards ensuring the sustainable development and well-being of nations.

Members of the World Meteorological Organization with date of ratification or accession

States (183)

(on 4 December 2009)

Awards and prizes

International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize
Professor Dr. Vilho Väisälä Awards
Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award
WMO Research Award for Young Scientists

Other WMO related awards

Professor Mariolopoulos Award

Useful links;-

http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html

IPCC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was created in 1988. It was set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) as an effort by the United Nations to provide the governments of the world with a clear scientific view of what is happening to the world's climate. 


The initial task for the IPCC as outlined in the UN General Assembly Resolution 43/53 of 6 December 1988 was to prepare a comprehensive review and recommendations with respect to the state of knowledge of the science of climate change; social and economic impact of climate change, possible response strategies and elements for inclusion in a possible future international convention on climate. 

Oslo, 10 December 2007
 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.were awarded of the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change".

Today the IPCC's role is also, as defined in Principles Governing IPCC Work, "...to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. IPCC reports should be neutral with respect to policy, although they may need to deal objectively with scientific, technical and socio-economic factors relevant to the application of particular policies."

The scientific evidence brought up by the first IPCC Assessment Report of 1990 unveiled the importance of climate change as a topic deserving a political platform among countries to tackle its consequences. It therefore played a decisive role in leading to the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the key international treaty to reduce global warming and cope with the consequences of climate change.

Since then the IPCC has delivered on a regular basis the most comprehensive scientific reports about climate change produced worldwide, the Assessment Reports. It also continued to respond to the need of the UNFCCC for information on scientific technical matters through Special Reports, Technical Papers and Methodology Reports. Methodologies and guidelines were prepared to help Parties under the UNFCCC in preparing their national greenhouse gas inventories.

The IPCC Second Assessment Report of 1995 provided key input in the way to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. The Third Assessment Report came out in 2001 and the Fourth in the course of 2007. "Climate Change 2007", clearly brought to the attention of the world the scientific understanding of the present changes in our climate and led the organization to be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize at the end of that same year. 






Along with Comprehensive Assessment Reports, the IPCC has produced several Special Reports on various topics of growing interest, and many other papers and contributions to the advancements of the climate change science.

The participation of the scientific community in the work of the IPCC has been growing greatly, both in terms of authors and contributors involved in the writing and the reviewing of the reports and of geographic distribution and topics covered by the reports.

Below the following document provides more information on the foundation of the IPCC, the evolution of the organization, its work over time with respect to the Climate Convention and reviews the evolution of the state of knowledge on various aspects of climate change from 1990 (First Assessment Report) until 2007 (Fourth Assessment Report). 

IMO

 The International Maritime Organization (IMO), formerly known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), was established in Geneva in 1948, and came into force ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959. The IMCO name was changed to IMO in 1982.

Headquartered in London,United kingdom,

                                                                             IMO headquarters in London

 the IMO is a specialized agency of the United Nations with 169 Member States and three Associate Members. The IMO's primary purpose is to develop and maintain a comprehensive regulatory framework for shipping and its remit today includes safety, environmental concerns, legal matters, technical co-operation, maritime security and the efficiency of shipping. IMO is governed by an Assembly of members and is financially administered by a Council of members elected from the Assembly. The work of IMO is conducted through five committees and these are supported by technical subcommittees. Member organizations of the UN organizational family may observe the proceedings of the IMO. Observer status is granted to qualified non-governmental organizations.

The IMO is supported by a permanent secretariat of employees who are representative of its members. The secretariat is composed of a Secretary-General who is periodically elected by the Assembly, and various divisions such as those for marine safety, environmental protection, and a conference section

History

IMCO was formed to fulfill a desire to bring the regulation of the safety of shipping into an international framework, for which the creation of the United Nations provided an opportunity. Hitherto such international conventions had been initiated piecemeal, notably the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), first adopted in 1914 following the Titanic disaster. IMCO's first task was to update that Convention; the resulting 1960 Convention was subsequently recast and updated in 1974 and it is that Convention that has been subsequently modified and updated to adapt to changes in safety requirements and technology.

When IMCO began its operations in 1958 certain other pre-existing instruments were brought under its aegis, most notable the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil (OILPOL) 1954. Throughout its existence IMCO, renamed the IMO in 1982, has continued to produce new and updated instruments across a wide range of maritime issues covering not only safety of life and marine pollution but also encompassing safe navigation, search and rescue, wreck removal, tonnage measurement, liability and compensation, ship recycling, the training and certification of seafarers, and piracy. More recently SOLAS has been amended to bring an increased focus on maritime security through the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The IMO has also increased its focus on air emissions from ships.

In 1983 the IMO established the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden.

Membership

International Maritime Organization:

  member states

  associate members

Members of the IMO are 170 of the UN members and the Cook Islands.

Associate members are: Faroe Islands, Hong Kong and Macao.

Non-members are: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Belarus, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Mali, Micronesia, Nauru, Niger, Niue, Rwanda, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Zambia, and the states with limited recognition.

The current Secretary-General is Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, elected for a four-year term on 18 June 2003. On 9 November 2006 at the ninety-seventh session of the IMO Council, Mr. Mitropoulos' mandate was renewed for a further four years until 31 December 2011


Previous Secretary General

• 1959 Ove Nielsen (Denmark)
• 1961 William Graham (United Kingdom; acting, following death of Mr Nielsen)
• 1963 Jean Roulier (France)
• 1968 Colin Goad (United Kingdom)
• 1974 C P Srivastava (India)
• 1990 William O'Neil (Canada)

Useful links:-

http://www.imo.org/About/Pages/Default.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization

Source:Wikipedia

SAARC Youth Award and All summits

The SAARC Youth Award is awarded to outstanding individuals from the SAARC region. The award is notable due to the recognition it gives to the Award winner in the SAARC region. The award is based on specific themes which apply to each year. 
The award recognises and promotes the commitment and talent of the youth who give back to the world at large through various initiatives such as Inventions, Protection of the Environment and Disaster relief. The recipients who receive this award are ones who have dedicated their lives to their individual causes to improve situations in their own countries as well as paving a path for the SAARC region to follow. The Committee for the SAARC Youth Award selects the best candidate based on his/her merits and their decision is final.
Previous Winners:


1997: Outstanding Social Service in Community Welfare - Mr. Md. Sukur Salek (Bangladesh)


1998: New Inventions and Discoveries - Dr. Najmul Hasnain Shah (Pakistan)


2001: Creative Photography: South Asian Diversity - Mr. Mushfiqul Alam (Bangladesh)


2002: Outstanding contribution to protect the Environment - Dr. Masil Khan (Pakistan)


2003: Invention in the Field of Traditional Medicine - Mr. Hassan Sher (Pakistan)




2004: Outstanding contribution to raising awareness for TB and/or HIV/AIDS - Mr. Ajij Prasad Poudyal (Nepal)


2006: Promotion of Tourism in South Asia - Mr. Syed Zafar Abbas Naqvi (Pakistan)


2008: From Himalayan glaciers to verdant plains to coral reefs – protecting the Environment in South Asia - Ms. Uswatta Liyanage Deepani Jayantha (Sri Lanka)


2009: Outstanding contribution to humanitarian works in the aftermath of Natural Disasters - Dr. Ravikant Singh (India)


2010: Outstanding contribution for the Protection of Environment and mitigation of Climate Change - Ms. Anoka Primrose Abeyrathne (Sri Lanka)




Membership


Current members (alphabetically)
 Afghanistan----2005 newly joined




 Bangladesh


 Bhutan


 India


 Maldives


 Nepal


 Pakistan


 Sri Lanka


Others
 South Africa has participated in meetings.




Secretaries General


 Abul Ahsan                  January 16, 1987 to 15 October 1989


 Kant Kisore Bhargava    October 17, 1989 to December 31, 1991


 Ibrahim Hussain Zaki January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1993


 Yadav Kant Silwal         January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1995


 Naeem U. Hasan         January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998


 Nihal Rodrigo                 January 1, 1999 to January 10, 2002




 Q.A.M.A. Rahim         January 11, 2002 to February 28, 2005


 Chenkyab Dorji         March 1, 2005 to February 29, 2008


 Sheel Kant Sharma         March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2011


 F. Dhiyana Saeed         March 1, 2011 to present




SAARC summits


No Date                              Country     Host          Host leader
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1st 7–8 December 1985    Bangladesh    Dhaka       Ataur 
                                                                                    Rahman Khan                                  




2nd 16–17 November 1986   India Bangalore      Rajiv 
                                                                                      Gandhi





3rd 2–4 November 1987       Nepal  Kathmandu Marich 
                                                                                       Man Singh 
   


4th 29–31 December 1988    Pakistan  Islamabad     Benazir 
                                                                                       Bhutto


5th 21–23 November 1990    Maldives   Malé        Maumoon 
                                                                                      Abdul Gayom           


6th 21 December 1991         Sri Lank   Colombo  Dingiri 
                                                                                          Banda 
   
7th 10-11 April 1993         Banglades  Dhaka     Sheikh Hasina 
        
8th 2–4 May 1995                India           New Delhi     P. V. 
                                                                                     Narasima Rao


9th 12–14 May 1997        Maldives    Malé      Maumoon 
                                                                                    Abdul Gayoom                    


10th 29–31 July 1998       Sri Lanka     Colombo    Sirimavo  
                                                                                    Bandaranaike        

11th 4–6 January 2002        Nepal   Kathmandu       Sher 
                                                                                           Bahadur 


12th 2–6 January 2004        Pakistan   Islamabad  Zafarullah 
                                                                                        Khan Jamali
     
13th 12–13 November 2005  Bangladesh  Dhaka      Khaleda Zia


14th 3–4 April 2007        India    Delhi       Manmohan 
                                                                                        Singh


15th 1–3 August 2008   Sri Lanka   Colombo Ratnasiri                                   
                                                                                                         


16th 28–29 April 2010    Bhutan           Thimphu Jigme  
                                                                                       Thinley


17th 10-11 November 2011  Maldives   Addu      Mohamed 
                                                                                      Nasheed          


18th 2013 [10]                    Nepal        Kathmandu    Baburam 
                                                                                      Bhattarai

The 98th Indian Science Congress

The 98th Indian Science Congress concluded at the SRM University, near Chennai, on Friday.

Delivering the valedictory address, SRM University chancellor T.R. Pachamuthu said the current event had been hosted at an estimated outlay of Rs.12 crore.

While the executive committee of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) remained the apex body, the university had formed 26 committees to make the event successful.

There were 17 plenary sessions and 14 sectional programmes dwelling on the focal theme, including six lectures by Nobel laureates, attended by more than 8,000 delegates.

The discussions held and resolutions made in the congress are appropriate in the context of private participation supplementing the efforts of the government in the education sector, underlining the importance of enhancement of quality of education and research in Indian universities, he said.

General president of the congress Prof. K.C. Pande and SRM University vice-chancellor P. Sathyanarayanan spoke on the occasion. Awards were presented to the best poster designs and exhibits at the conference.

The 99th Indian Science Congress will be held in Bhubaneswar during January 3-7, 2012. The focal theme will be ‘Science and technology for inclusive innovation, the role of women.'

Sessions of Indian Science Congress

• Session       Year    Place                  General President
• 1st              1914    Kolkata               Ashutosh Mukherjee
• 2nd             1915   Chennai               W. B. Bannermann       
• 3rd              1916   Lucknow             Sidney J. Burrard
• 4th              1917   Bangalore            Sir Alfred Gibbs Bourne        
• 5th              1918   Lahore                Gilbert T. Walker
• 6th              1919  Mumbai                Leonard Rogers   
• 7th              1920  Nagpur                 Prafulla Chandra Roy   
• 8th              1921  Kolkata                 Rajendranath Mookerjee        
• 9th              1922  Chennai                C. S. Middlemiss 
• 10th            1923  Lucknow              M. Visvesvaraya 
• 11th            1924  Bangalore             N. Annandale      
• 12th            1925  Varanasi               M. O. Forster      
• 13th            1926  Mumbai               Albert Howard    
• 14th            1927  Lahore                 J. C. Bose  
• 15th            1928  Kolkata                J. L. Simonsen     
• 16th            1929  Chennai               C. V. Raman       
• 17th            1930  Allahabad            C. S. Christopher
• 18th            1931  Nagpur                R. B. Seymour Sewell   
• 19th            1932  Bangalore            Lala Shiv Ram Kashyap        
• 20th            1933  Patna Lewis         L. Fermor  
• 21st            1934  Mumbai               Megh Nad Saha   
• 22nd           1935  Kolkata               J. H. Hutton        
• 23rd            1936  Indore                U. N. Brahmachari       
• 24th            1937  Hyderabad          T. S. Venkataraman      
• 25th            1938  Kolkata               James Jeans
• 26th            1939  Lahore                J. C. Ghosh On
• 27th            1940  Chennai              Birbal Sahni        
• 28th            1941  Varanasi             Ardeshir Dalal     
• 29th            1942  Vadodra             D. N. Wadia        
• 30th            1943  Kolkata               D. N. Wadia        
• 31st            1944  Delhi                   S. N. Bose 
• 32nd           1945  Nagpur               Shanti Swarup
• 33rd            1946  Bangalore           M. Afzal Hussain
• 34th            1947  Delhi                  Jawaharlal Nehru
• 35th            1948  Patna                  Ram Nath Chopra        
• 36th            1949  Allahabad           K. S. Krishnan    
• 37th            1950  Pune                  P. C. Mahalanobis        
• 38th            1951  Bangalore           H. J. Bhabha       
• 39th            1952  Kolkata              J. N. Mukherjee   
• 40th            1953  Lucknow           D. M. Bose
• 41st            1954  Hyderabad         S. L. Hora  
• 42nd           1955  Vadodra            S. K. Mitra
• 43rd           1956  Agra                  M. S. Krishnan    
• 44th           1957  Kolkata              B. C. Roy
• 45th           1958  Chennai             M. S. Thacker     
• 46th           1959  Delhi                 A. L. Mudaliar    
• 47th           1960  Mumbai             P. Parija     
• 48th           1961  Roorkee            N. R. Dhar 
• 49th           1962  Cuttack             B. Mukherji         
• 50th           1963  Delhi                 D. S. Kothari       
• 51st           1964  Kolkata             Humayun Kabir  
• 52nd          1965  Kolkata             Humayun Kabir  
• 53rd           1966  Chandigarh       B. N. Prasad        
• 54th           1967  Hyderabad        T. R. Seshadri     
• 55th           1968  Varanasi           Atma Ram 
• 56th           1969  Mumbai            A. C. Joshi
• 57th           1970  Kharagpur         L. C. Verman      
• 58th           1971  Bangalore          B. P. Pal    
• 59th           1972  Kolkata             W. D. West Geolog
• 60th           1973  Chandigarh        S. Bhagavantam  
• 61st           1974  Nagpur              R. S. Mishra        
• 62nd          1975  Delhi                 Asima Chatterjee 
• 63rd          1976  Waltair               M. S. Swaminathan
• 64th          1977  Bhubaneswar      H. N. Sethna       
• 65th          1978  Ahmedabad        S. M. Sircar         
• 66th          1979  Hyderabad          R. C. Mehrotra
• 67th          1980  Jadavpur             A. K. Saha 
• 68th          1981  Varanasi             A. K. Sharma      
• 69th          1982  Mysore              M. G. K. Menon  
• 70th          1983  Tirupati              B. Rama Chandra Rao  
• 71st          1984  Ranchi               R. P. Bambah      
• 72nd         1985  Lucknow           A. S. Paintal        
• 73rd          1986  Delhi                 T. N. Khoshoo    
• 74th          1987  Bangalore          Archana Sharma 
• 75th          1988  Pune                 C. N. R. Rao       
• 76th          1989  Madurai            A. P. Mitra
• 77th          1990  Kochi               Yash Pal    
• 78th          1991  Indore              D. K. Sinha
• 79th          1992  Vadodra           Vasant Gowariker        
• 80th          1993  Goa                  S. Z. Qasim
• 81st          1994  Jaipur                P. N. Shrivastava
• 82nd         1995  Kolkata             S. C. Pakrashi     
• 83rd         1996  Patiala               U. R. Rao  
• 84th         1997  Delhi                 S. K. Joshi 
• 85th         1998  Hyderabad        P. Rama Rao       
• 86th         1999  Chennai             Manju Sharma    
• 87th         2000  Pune                 R. A. Marshelkar
• 88th         2001  Delhi                 R. S. Paroda        
• 89th         2002  Lucknow           S. K. Katiyar       
• 90th         2003  Bangalore           K. Kasturirangan
• 91st         2004  Chandigarh        Asis Dutta 
• 92nd        2005  Ahmedabad       N. K. Ganguly     
• 93rd        2006  Hyderabad         I. V. Subba Rao  
• 94th        2007  Annamalainagar  
• 95th        2008  Visakhapatnam                 Dr. Ramamurthi Rallapalli     
• 96th        2009  Shillong                            Dr. T. Ramasami 
• 97th        2010  Thiruvananthapuram.         Dr. Madhavan Nair      
• 98th        2011  Chennai                            P rof. K.C. Pandey         
• 99th       2012  Bhubaneshwar                   Prof. Geetha Bali