Mumbai, Nov 05: Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to be honoured with SIES-Chandrasekhara Saraswati Award for public leadership. Others who will be receiving the awards would include Dr Verghese Kurien for community service, Dr M S Swaminathan for science and technology and Acharya Kishor Vyas for pravachan, a South Indian Education Society (SIES) release here said today. The awards carry a cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh, a silver lamp and a citation and will be presented by the Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswati on November 05. Bureau Report