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UNESCO provides fellowships to promote capacity building in the Member States, confers awards, and prizes to recognize and appreciate the activities of individuals and organizations, which are working to promote the ideals and objectives of UNESCO. Nomination for these fellowships and awards are made by Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO (INCCU) to UNESCO, upon the recommendations received from the concerned Ministries/Departments/Organizations and also be concerned institute/individual. Details regarding these fellowships and awards are put up on the website of the Ministry i.e. www.education.nic.in with a view to soliciting applications/nominations. These fellowships may also be accessed at the UNESCO website www.unesco.org . Some of the important fellowships, awards and prizes awarded by UNESCO are given below:
 

FELLOWSHIPS :

UNESCO Co-Sponsored Fellowships – UNESCO(IPDC)/Republic of Korea

UNESCO Suzanne Mubarak /Japan – Egypt Friendship Research Fellowship for the Empowerment of Women in Peace and Gender Studies.

UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowship’s Programme.

International Programme for Development of Communication/UNESCO-People’s Republic of China Great wall co-sponsored Fellowship.

UNESCO L’oreal Co-sponsored fellowship for young women in Life Science.

UNESCO Fellowship Programme for short-term Post Graduate individual fellowship in support of Priority Programme Areas.
 

UNESCO AWARDS/PRIZES :

UNESCO Literacy Prizes

International Reading Association Literacy Award (for Meritorious Work in Literacy)/UNESCO/

Noma Prize (for Meritorious Work in Literacy)

Jan Amos Comenius Medal

UNESCO PRIZES ON SCIENCES, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS

Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science

UNESCO Prize for Architecture

Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophies

UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication

Javed Husain Prize for Young Scientists

UNESCO Crafts Prize

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts

UNESCO Prize for Landscape Architecture

UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize

UNESCO Digital Arts Award
(as part of UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts)


 

UNESCO AWARDS & PRIZES- WINNERS FROM INDIA

UNESCO Literacy Prizes

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi – Honourable mention

Year : 1969
Prize winner : Bombay Social Education Committee
Medal : Bronze M. R. Pahlavi Medal and Diploma


Year : 1970
Prize winner : Literacy House, Lucknow
Medal : Bronze M. R. Pahlavi Medal and Diploma


Year : 1972
Prize winner : Gram Shiksham Mohim
Medal : Silver M. R. Pahlavi Medal and Diploma


Year : 1973
Prize winner : Mysore State Adult Education Council
Medal : Bronze M. R. Pahlavi Medal and Diploma

NADEZHDA K. KRUPSKAYA PRIZE (1970) >prize cancelled w.e.f. 1992 <
Honourable mention

Year : 1973
Prize winner : National Federation of Indian Women
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma

Year : 1974
Prize winner : Bengal Social Service League
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma

Year : 1975
Prize winner : Kerala Granthasala Sangham (Libraries Association of the State of Kerala)
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma

Year : 1976
Prize winner : Directorate of Non-Formal Adult Education
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma

Year : 1977
Prize winner : Seva Mandir (for the Development of Adult Education, Udaipur)
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma

Year : 1978
Prize winner : Andhra Mahila Sabha, Hyderabad
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma

Recognition

Year : 1980
Prize winner : World Young Women's Christian Association.

International Reading Association Literacy Award (for Meritorious Work in Literacy)/UNESCO/

Year : 1981
Prize winner : Department of Adult Education of the State of Bihar
Medal : Silver I.R.A. Medal and Diploma
Award : US$ 2,500

NADEZHDA K. KRUPSKAYA PRIZE (1970) >prize cancelled w.e.f. 1992 <
Honourable mention

Year : 1982
Prize winner : Directorate of Non-Formal and Adult Education of Tamil Nadu
Medal : Silver N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma


Year : 1984
Prize winner : Directorate of Adult Education for the State of Uttar Pradesh
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma


Year : 1985
Prize winner : Literacy Programme for Adults in the Maharashtra State
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma
 

Iraq Literacy Prize/UNESCO/(1982) > prize cancelled w.e.f. 1992 <
Honourable mention

Year : 1986
Prize winner : Bengal Social Service League
Medal : Silver Iraq Medal and Diploma
Award : US$10,000

Year : 1988
Prize winner : Literacy House, Lucknow
Medal : Bronze Iraq Medal and Diploma
 

NADEZHDA K. KRUPSKAYA PRIZE (1970) >prize cancelled w.e.f. 1992 <
Honourable mention

Year : 1988
Prize winner : Professor Ramlal Parikh (submitted by Association for World Education)
Medal : Bronze N. K. Krupskaya Medal and Diploma
 

King Sejong Literacy Prize/UNESCO

Year : 1990
Prize winner : Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) Trivandrum (Kerala Science Popularization Movement)
Medal : Silver King Sejong Medal and Diploma
Award : US$30,000

Recognition

Year : 1990
Prize winner : Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of India submitted by WORLD YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Noma Prize (for Meritorious Work in Literacy)/UNESCO

Year : 1991
Prize winner : State Government of West Bengal
Medal : Silver Noma Medal and Diploma,
Award : US$5,000

King Sejong Literacy Prize/UNESCO

Year : 1992
Prize winner : Puduvai Arivoli Iyakkam (Movement for light of knowledge) PONDICHERRY
Medal : Silver King Sejong Medal and Diploma
Award : US$ 30,000

Noma Prize (for Meritorious Work in Literacy)/UNESCO

Year : 1993
Prize winner : Indian National Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations (INFUCA)
Medal : Silver Noma Medal and Diploma,
Award : US$5,000

Jan Amos Comenius Medal

Year : 1993
Prize winner : NAIK Chitra Mrs., Director of the Indian Institute of Education, Leader of the PROPEL program for rural girls and women
Medal : Silver

Noma Prize (for Meritorious Work in Literacy)/UNESCO
Honourable mention

Year : 1993
Prize winner : Bhavnagar Zilla Saksharta Samiti, India
Medal : Bronze NOMA Medal and Diploma,


Year : 1994
Prize winner : Loreta Day School in Sealdah
Medal : Silver Noma Medal and Diploma,
Award : US$15,000

Year : 1999
Prize winner : National Literacy Mission

Year : 2001
Prize winner : Mahila Samakhya Programme, Education for Women's Equality, Republic of India
Medal : Silver Noma Medal and Diploma,
Award : US$5,000

UNESCO PRIZES ON SCIENCES, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS

Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science/UNESCO

Year : 1963
Category : Popularization of Science
Award : Stlg. Pounds 1,000
Laureat : Singh Jagjit Mr.

UNESCO Prize for Architecture

Year : 1975
Category : ARCHITECTURE
Diploma : Certified Diploma Signed by the Director-General of UNESCO
Award : US$3,000
Laureat : Vidyadhar Chavda & Alka Sha
(School of Architecture, Ahmedabad (India)

Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophies

Year : 1985
Category : Weightlifting
Diploma : Fair-Play Diploma of Merit
Award : Fair-Play Trophy
Laureat : Singh Balbir Mr. (Weightlifting)

UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

Year : 1985
Category : Peace Education
Award : US$ 30,000
Laureat : Rikhye Indar Jit General
Statuette : Presentation of the bronze statuette "Femme feuille" or the "Leaf Lady" designed by the Spanish Sculptor FENOSA.

IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication

Year : 1985
Category : Development of Rural Communication
Award : US$ 20,000
Laureat : The Kheda Communication Project [ Dr. Kiran Karnik, Director of Communication for the Development of Education, Indian Space Organization].

Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophies

Year : 1987
Category : Tennis
Diploma : Fair-Play Diploma of Merit
Award : Fair-Play Trophy
Laureat : Amritraj Vijay Mr. (Tennis)

Javed Husain Prize for Young Scientists/UNESCO

Year : 1989
Category : Electronics/Electrons
Diploma : Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Silver Medal and Certificate
Award : US$11,500 (Shared equally US$5,750 + US$5,750)
Laureat : Sarma D. D. Mr. (Indian Institute of Science)
Medal : Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Silver Medal

UNESCO Crafts Prize

Year : 1991
Category : Craftsmanship in Ikat "Telia Ramal"
Diploma : Diploma presented for craftsmanship
Award : US$ 1000
Laureat : Ramulu Gajam Mr. (ex-aequo-3rd Prize)
Statuette : N.A.

Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science/UNESCO

Year : 1991
Category : Popularization of Science
Diploma : Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Silver Medal and Certificate
Award : Stlg. Pounds 1,000
Laureat : Sehgal Narender K. Mr.
Statuette : Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Silver Medal

UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

Year : 1992
Category : Peace Education
Award : US$ 50,000
Laureat : Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu – d'origine Albanaise nee le 27.08.1910 a Skopje)
Statuette : Presentation of the bronze statuette "Femme feuille" or the "Leaf Lady" designed by the Spanish Sculptor FENOSA.

Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science/UNESCO

Year : 1996
Category : Popularization of Science
Award : Stlg. Pounds 1,000
Laureat : Narlikar Jayant V.


Year : 1997
Category : Popularization of Science
Award : Stlg. Pounds 1,500
Laureat : Professor Balasubramanian Dorairajan, Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology of Hyderabad (India)
Medal : Silver Albert Einstein Medal.

UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

Year : 1998
Laureat : M. Narayan Desai, anti-nuclear activist and promoter of religious and ethnic understanding and tolerance.
 

UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts

Year : 1999
Category : Performing Arts
Laureat : Viku Vinayakram, Indian group, consisting of 8 members.
 

UNESCO Prize for Landscape Architecture

Year : 2000
Award : US$3500
Laureat : Mr. Anirbanpal, Mr. K. Senthil Kumar, Ms. Deepika Arora and Ms. Pooja Bansal(from the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture) Project-Baz Bahadur, Palace Roopmati Pavilion.
 

UNESCO Crafts Prize

Year : 2000
Category : Hand-Embroidered Textiles – Innovative models based on traditional and ancestral know-how
Diploma : Diploma presented for craftsmanship
Award : US$10,000
Laureat : Prize Winners – First Prize – Mr. Bashir Ahmed Jaan, Srinagar (shared with Kim Taeja of Korea) Second Prize – Ms. Jesiben Meriya from Bhuj and Banjara Needle Craft Centre of Andhra Pradesh

UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize

Year : 2001
Laureat : Jaipur
Honourable Mention : Yes
 

UNESCO Prize for Peace Education

Year : 2002
Category : Recognition of its efforts to promote the universal values of education for peace and tolerance
Laureat : City Montessori School, Lucknow

UNESCO Digital Arts Award (as part of UNESCO Prize for the
Promotion of the Arts)

Year : 2004
Category : First Prize
Award : 7000 US$ plus a three-month artistic residency
Laureat : Sarai Media Lab.
 

UNESCO Crafts Prize

Year : 2005
Category : Bamboo and Cane Weaving ("Kula" basket).
Diploma : Diploma presented for craftsmanship
Laureat : Prize Winners – Shri Mantu Chandra Das,
from Guwahati, Assam.

UNESCO Confucius Prize

Year : 2006
Laureat : Directorate of Literacy and Continuing Education
Govt. of Rajasthan