2.  Telecom major Vodafone has appointed Max India founder Analjit Singh as the non-executive Chairman of its India operations.

3. Flipkart.com has bought out electronics retailer Letsbuy.com for an estimated $25 million.

4. Amar Lal Daultani took over charge as executive director of public sector Corporation Bank on February 3. Ealier, he had been functioning as the general manager of Chennai regional office of the bank, which oversees Corporation Bank’s business development in south Indian states.

5.  India has become the 32nd signatory for the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

6.  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is to put plastic currency notes of Rs 10 denomination under test for effects of different climatic conditions in market.

7. Banks are responsible for any fake notes dispensed by their automatic teller machines (ATMs) and should compensate customers for the loss.

8. The Pulsar 200NS is best middle-class sports bike unveiled by Bajaj Auto. It will be commercially launched beginning next fiscal through 600 dealers across the country. The price is expected to be below Rs 1 lakh.

9. Rs.7,900 crore and Rs.1,285 crore of capital has been approved to be infused in SBI and PNB, respectively.

10. Global coffee chain Starbucks will soon be making its way to India with Tata Global Beverages formally announcing a joint venture pact with the US-based company.

1. Chemical Sciences:: Dr.Bikash Kumar Jena and Dr.Dattatraya Hanumant Dethe

2. Engineering Sciences:: Dr.Amol Aravindrao Kulkarni and Dr.Kaushik Biswas

3. Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences:: Dr.Arun Singh and Dr.Rajeev Saraswat.

1. Business Leader of The Year:: Chanda Kochhar

2. Company of the year:: Bajaj Auto

3. Global Indian of the year:: Vikram Pandit, CEO Citigroup

4. Corporate Citizen of the year:: Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation

5. Policy change agent of the year::Nandan Nilekani, Chairman UIDAI

6. Lifetime Achievement Award::Y.V.Reddy, Former RBI Governor

7. Entrepreneur of the year::Rahul Bhatia, Owner Indigo

8. Emerging company of the year:: Shree Renuka Sugars