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 Memorial Award in public administration in the field of academic excellence. He announced the award in memory of the first President of India, while he chaired the meeting of Executive Council of Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) in New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prasad retired from public life in 1962 because of his deteriorating health. That same year he was honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award. His autobiography, Atmakatha, was published in 1946.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two and a half years after independence, on January 26, 1950, the Constitution of independent India was ratified and he was elected the nation’s first President. Dr. Prasad transformed the imperial splendor of Rashtrapati Bhavan into an elegant “Indian” home.

Detailed explanation-5: -Prasad was involved in the foundation of the Bihari Students Conference in 1906 in the halls of Patna College. It was the first organization of its sort in India. In 1915, Rajendra Prasad took and passed the Masters of Law examination at the University of Calcutta’s Department of Law, earning a gold medal.