FIE Foundation

FIE FOUNDATION
Formation 1970
Type NGO
Legal status Charitable Trust
Purpose Recognizing & Awarding Eminent Personalities of India
Headquarters Ichalkaranji
Coordinates 16°42′N 74°28′E / 16.7°N 74.47°E / 16.7; 74.47
Region served
 India
Chairman of the Trust
 Pandit Daji Kulkarni
Parent organization
 FIE group of Industries.
Website fiefoundation.org

FIE FOUNDATION is a charity trust established in 1970, belongs to 'Fie Group of Industries' Ichalkaranji, in Maharashtra State of India.

Foundation Background

Mr. P. D. Kulkarni, The Chairman of FIE Group, who is also the trustee of FIE FOUNDATION', established the 'FIE FOUNDATION' trust a sole vision of recognizing & awarding eminent personalities of India in different fields for their contribution to the nation and society. And also recognizing and to encourage budding talents in different fields.

The awards are generally selected form the following fields: Engineering, Science & Technology, Humanities, Education, Agriculture, Music & Arts, Sports, Literature, Child Artist and Local talents.

The highest award conferred is Rashtrabhushan Award. The awards are given every year in a grand ceremony held in Ichalkaranji in January/February at the hands of eminent dignitaries. A few of Chief guests who have grace the occasion are hon'ble Ex. Prime minister of India Chandrashekhar, hon'ble Ex. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Manohar Joshi, Dilip Kumar( well-known Cine actor), Rahul Bajaj, (well-known industrialist).

Rashtrabhushan Awardees

Sumant Moolgaokar (Architect of Tata Motor),[1] Jayant Narlikar, S. L. Kirloskar, Krishnaswami Kasturirangan, Dr. Raja Ramanna, Russy Modi, Navalmal Firodiya, Aditya Birla, Ratan Tata, Rahul Bajaj, H. P. Nanda, Jayaprakash Narayan,[2] Baba Amte,[3] Lata Mangeshkar, Tarkteerth Laxmanshastri Joshi, Nanasaheb Gore, Ashok Kumar, T. N. Seshan, Keshub Mahindra, Dr. R. N. Dandekar, Pandurang Shastri Athavale, B. R. Chopra, Kamal Hassan, Narayan Murthy, Hema Malini, Dr. Sudha Murthy (Infosys Foundation chairperson),[4] Rajeev Bajaj, Ramoji Rao, Brijmohan Munjal[5]

Other Awardees

IMTEX Awards

IMTEX' is an International Machine Tool Exhibition, organised every three years by Indian Machine tool Manufacturing Association of India. It is one of the biggest Machine Tool exhibition in Asia & in recent years with participation of well-known companies of Europe, Japan, and U.S.A. etc.,this exhibition has become truly an international event for Machine Tools & accessories.

FIE FOUNDATION takes this opportunity to present awards for latest technical innovations in Machine Tools exhibited in IMTEX to recognize, appreciate and encourage Ideas, Innovations and Vision in Machine Tool technology. The awards are given away in a ceremony during IMTEX.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Tata Central Archives SUMANT MOOLGAOKAR
  2. ↑ On April 30, 1977, Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan was conferred the title “Rashtra Bhushan” with a cash award of Rs. One lakh. The presentation was made by Mr. M. C. Chagla.
  3. ↑ New Delhi, Baba Amte: The messiah of humanity India Today February 9, 2008
  4. ↑ Sudha Murthy, Hema Malini, Rajiv Bajaj felicitated Sunday, Dec 2 2007
  5. ↑ OneIndia April 6, 2006 Industrialists Kalyani, Munjal and Ramoji Rao to get FIE awards
  6. ↑ imtex Page 1
  7. ↑ "About Us". Alfasystems.net. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
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