CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Rajendra Prasad Memorial Award in public administration in the field of academic excellence, in memory of the first President of India who had also laid the foundation stone of the IIPA building complex in the national capital.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rajendra Prasad was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian award in 1962.

Detailed explanation-3: -Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has announced setting up of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial Award in public administration in the field of academic excellence in memory of the first President of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rajendra Smriti Sangrahalaya (Rajendra Memorial Museum) is a small biographical museum and a heritage building located in city of Patna, Bihar, India. It is dedicated to the life and works of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -After the constituent assembly 1946 elections, Prasad served as Minister of Food and Agriculture in the central government. Upon independence in 1947, Prasad was elected as President of the Constituent Assembly of India, which prepared the Constitution of India and served as its provisional Parliament.