Irom Sharmila gets Tagore Award Irom Sharmila was given the Rabindranath Tagore Award 2010 on September 11, 2010. She was conferred this award in recognition of her determination and courage in her quest for peace. The award instituted by the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) carries Rs. 51 lakh in cash, a gold medal, a citation and a shawl.
M. S. Subbulakshmi Award : InstitutedThe Hindu and Saregama instituted the Hindu Saregama M. S. Subbulakshmi Award at a function titled Remembering M.S. Amma on September 15, 2010 in Chennai. The award named after the legendary musician will be presented annually to a promising Carnatic Vocalist.

 Saraswati Samman- Surjit Patar Honoured with Saraswati Samman Eminent Punjabi poet Surjit Patar has received the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2009 for his collection Lafzan Di Dargah. The award has been instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation and carries prize money of Rs. 7·5 lakh. It was conferred on Mr. Patar by the Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi in third week of September 2010. The Saraswati Samman recognises an outstanding literary work in any of the 22 Indian languages and published during the last 10 years.

David Perlman Award for Pallav Bagla Indian journalist Pallav Bagla has been honoured with David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism. The award is given annually by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). This is for the time that an Indian journalist has been chosen for the prestigious award. Mr. Bagla has been selected for his two articles "No Sign of Himalayan Melt Down, Indian Report finds and Himalayan Glacier Deadline wrong." The report of the Perlman Award Selection Committee said the articles served as a reminder to journalists to question sources, to think harder about the agendas and ideas of those people about whom they are reporting.