Awards are a dime a dozen today, however there are a couple of that stand out like as an example the Smita Patil Award for excellence in cinema. The most recent is that actress Deepika Padukone may be honoured with the biennial Smita Patil Memorial Award instituted by Priyadarshni Academy for her contribution to the film industry.
The said award might be presented to her on the 28th anniversary global awards function of the Priyadarshni Academy on September 18. While on the same event industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla may also be honoured with the Harish Mahindra Memorial Global Award for outstanding contribution to "globalisation of Indian industry".
The awards may be presented by the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse-Patil and state Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anil Deshmukh.
