Important Awards and Honours 2022
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An award is given to recognize achievement. No matter what field it represents, it is important to give an award to show that a person’s achievement is appreciated and commended. Awards are commonly given in the following fields or areas:
- Sports
- Corporate Events
- Academic Institutions
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Among these, the area that gives the most awards is in the sporting world. Unlike academic institutions and corporate events, there are many different sub-areas in the field of sports. There are various types of sporting events and every declared winner is bestowed with a unique award to celebrate his or her victory in that particular event. Some of the most popular sporting events where prizes include trophies, medals, and plaques are:
- Football
- Basketball
- Golf
List of Important Awards and Honours 2022
| S. No. | Awardee | Award |
| Important Awards and Honours August 2022 | ||
| 1. | Tamil Nadu Police | “President’s Colours” |
| 2. | Canadian Jeffrey Armstrong | ‘Distinguished Indologist for 2021’ |
| 3. | Spiritual leader Dalai Lama | ‘dPal rNgam Duston’ Award (Ladakh’s highest civilian award) |
| 4. | Aarya Walvekar | Miss India USA in 2022 |
| 5. | Puneeth Rajkumar | Karnataka Ratna (Posthumously) |
| Important Awards and Honours July 2022 | ||
| 1. | Ashok Soota | CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 |
| 2. | HCL Technologies | Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards 2022 |
| 3. | Tanuja Nesari | Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament |
| 4. | Sini Shetty | Femina Miss India 2022 |
| 5. | Michelle Poonawalla | Shiromani Award at NRI World Summit 2022 |
| 6. | Maryna Viazovska | Fields Medal 2022 |
| 7. | Gita Gopinath | 1st woman to feature on IMF’s ‘wall of former chief economists’ |
| 8. | Pallavi Singh | Mrs Universe Divine Crown in South Korea |
| 9. | Narayanan Kumar | Japan’s ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ Award |
| 10. | Dia Mirza & Afroz Shah | Mother Teresa Memorial Award |
| 11. | National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) | Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award 2021 |
| 12. | DBS Bank | ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney |
| 13. | KP Kumaran | JC Daniel Award 2022 |
| 14. | Professor Kaushik Rajashekara | Global Energy Prize 2022 |
| 15. | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Churchill Leadership Award |
| 16. | Dinesh Shahra Foundation (DSF) | “Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award for Excellence” in Music |
| Important Awards and Honours July 2022 | ||
| 1. | Ashok Soota | CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 |
| 2. | HCL Technologies | Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards 2022 |
| 3. | Tanuja Nesari | Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament |
| 4. | Sini Shetty | Femina Miss India 2022 |
| 5. | Michelle Poonawalla | Shiromani Award at NRI World Summit 2022 |
| 6. | Maryna Viazovska | Fields Medal 2022 |
| 7. | Gita Gopinath | 1st woman to feature on IMF’s ‘wall of former chief economists’ |
| 8. | Pallavi Singh | Mrs Universe Divine Crown in South Korea |
| 9. | Narayanan Kumar | Japan’s ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ Award |
| 10. | Dia Mirza & Afroz Shah | Mother Teresa Memorial Award |
| 11. | National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) | Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award 2021 |
| 12. | DBS Bank | ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney |
| 13. | KP Kumaran | JC Daniel Award 2022 |
| 14. | Professor Kaushik Rajashekara | Global Energy Prize 2022 |
| 15. | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Churchill Leadership Award |
| 16. | Dinesh Shahra Foundation (DSF) | “Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award for Excellence” in Music |
| Important Awards and Honours June 2022 | ||
| 1. | Jharkhand | World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022 |
| 2. | Director of Ruchi Foodline Rashmi Sahoo | Times Business Award 2022 |
| 3. | West Indies Captain Darren Samy | Sitara-i-Pakistan Award for services to Pakistan |
| 4. | Ahmed Salman Rushdie | Queen’s Birthday Honors List in 2022 |
| 5. | Ramakrishna Mukkavilli | SDG Pioneer for water stewardship by UNGC |
| 6. | Vijay Amritraj | Golden Achievement Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Tennis Federation |
| 7. | S M Krishna, N R Narayana Murthy and Prakash Padukone | ‘Kempegowda International Award’ |
| 8. | “Turn Your Body to the Sun” | Golden Conch award for the Best Documentary Film at MIFF 2022 |
| 9. | Indian Railways | UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA) in the category of “Best use of Zero-Carbon Technology” |
| 10. | Ruth Ozeki | Women’s Prize for Fiction this year for her novel ‘The Book of Form and Emptiness” |
| 11. | Khushi Patel | Miss India Worldwide 2022 |
| 12. | Odisha govt bags | “National MSME Award 2022 to States/UTs for outstanding contribution in the promotion |
| Important Awards and Honours May 2022 | ||
| 1. | Danish Siddiqui | Pulitzer prize again, this time under the feature photography category |
| 2. | IB V Doshi | Royal Gold Medal 2022 |
| 3. | Dr. Frank Wilczek | 2022 Templeton Prize |
| 4. | Mr.Ajay Piramal chairman of the Piramal group | British honorary Award |
| 5. | Author and Journalist Wesley Morgan | William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing |
| 6. | Political Journalist and orator Nitin Kumar | Seema Nazareth Award For Excellence in Journalism 2021 |
| 7. | Shaunak Sen | 2022 L’OEil d’Or award for his documentary “All That Breathes” |
| 8. | Triangle of Sadness | Palme d’Or at 75th Cannes Film Festival |
| 9. | Wesley Morgan | William E.Colby Award for 2022 |
| 10. | RJ Umer | Best Content Award and Immunization Award by UNICEF |
| 11. | Sanjit Narwekar | V Shantharam lifetime achievement award at MIFF (Mumbai International Film Festival)2022 |
| Important Awards and Honours April 2022 | ||
| 1. | Dr. Bhushan Kumar and Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust | Prestigious International Gandhi Award for Leprosy, by Hon. Vice President of India |
| 2. | Volodymyr Zelensky | John F Kennedy profile in courage award |
| 3. | PM Narendra Modi | 1st Lata Mangeshkar Award 2022 |
| 4. | Aarefa Johari | Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Media person 2021 |
| 5. | Prof Ramdarash Mishra | Prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2021 |
| 6. | Amber Bracken titled “Kamloops Residential School” | 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award |
| 7. | Veteran Bengali Author Amar Mitra | Prestigious O. Henry Award |
| 8. | Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan | 56th Jnanpith Award |
| 9. | Falguni Nayar | EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 |
| 10. | M. Venkaiah Naidu | International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy, 2021 |
| 11. | Prabhat Patnaik | Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022 |
| 12. | Shoojit Sircar | Director Of The Year award for Sardar Udham |
| 13. | IndusInd Bank | Global ‘Celent Model Bank’ Award for its EPH initiative |
| 14. | Indian-American Defense Expert Vivek Lall | 6th Entrepreneur Leadership Award 2022 |
| 15. | Sir David Attenborough | UN ‘Champion of the Earth Lifetime Achievement award’ |
| 16. | Ardeshir B K Dubash | Highest Diplomatic Award by Peru Government |
| 17. | Charudutt Mishra | Whitley Gold Award |
| Important Awards and Honours March 2022 | ||
| 1. | Professor Deepak Dhar | Boltzmann Medal 2022 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics for his contribution to statistical physics |
| 2. | National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) | ‘Special Jury Award’ at the 7th India Industry Water Conclave and the 9th edition of the FICCI Water Awards |
| 3. | CtrlS | ASSOCHAM Award for Sustainability Excellence in Energy Management |
| 4. | National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd | 1st prize in the Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21 and the Ispat Rajbhasha Prerna Award for 2019-20 |
| 5. | Bangladeshi Rizwana Hasan | US International Women of Courage Award 2022 |
| 6. | Jammu and Kashmir Bank | “National Award for Outstanding Performance for FY 2020-21″ |
| 7. | Axis Bank | ‘Asian Bank of the Year’ at IFR Asia Awards 2021 |
| 8. | Narayan Pradhan | GD Birla Award for Scientific Research |
| 9. | Poland’s Karolina Bielawska | Miss World 2021 |
| 10. | Neeraj Chopra | Sportsman of the Year award: Sportstar Aces 2022 |
| 11. | Francis Kéré | First African to win Pritzker Prize 2022 |
| 12. | American mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan | Abel Prize for the year 2022 |
| 13. | Devendra Jhajharia | 1st para-athlete to receive Padma Bhushan |
| 14. | Mario Marcel | Governor of the year award 2022 |
| 15. | Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) | ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022 |
| 16. | Prof Wilfried Brutsaert | Stockholm Water Prize 2022 |
| 17. | Actress Deepika Padukone | TIME100 Impact Awards 2022 |
| 18. | Mirabai Chanu | ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award 2021 |
| Important Awards and Honours February 2022 | ||
| 1. | Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) | ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2021 |
| 2. | Neeraj Chopra | Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award 2022 |
| 3. | Street Student (Telugu short film) | NHRC’s Short Film Award |
| 4. | Nitin Gadkari | 18th Late Madhavrao Limaye Award |
| 5. | ICICI Bank’s Sandeep Bakhshi | Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21 |
| 6. | RailTel | ICAI award for excellence in financial reporting for the year 2020-21 in Public Sector Entities Category |
| 7. | Karnataka Bank | Three awards at the 17th Annual Banking Technology Conference and Awards: 2020-21 Next-Gen Banking |
| 8. | Bill Gates | Hilal-e-Pakistan honour |
| 9. | Coal India | India’s Most Trusted Public Sector Company’ award |
| Important Awards and Honours January 2022 | ||
| 1. | Shaylyn Ford | Mrs World 2022 |
| 2. | Satish Adiga | ICMR national award “Dr Subhas Mukherjee Award” |
| 3. | Danish Siddiqui (Posthumously) | Mumbai Press Club’s RedInk Award 2020 |
| 4. | Kishore Kumar Yedam | World CEO Winner of the Year 2021 award |
| 5. | Rohit Kumar (Founder of Media Trendz) | Bihar Vibhuti Samman at the Bihar Entrepreneurship Conclave |
| 6. | Harshaali Malhotra | 12th Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2022 |
| 7. | Zishaan A Latif | Ramnath Goenka Award in the Photo Journalism category for his photo essay work |
| 8. | South Indian Bank (SIB) | UiPath Automation Excellence Awards 2021 for Best Automation under ‘Crisis for business continuity |
| 9. | JC Chaudhry (numerologists) | First-ever Guinness World Record in Numerology and the first world record of 2022 |
| 10. | Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) | KOCH Award in the Silver category for its contributional work to combat Crime and Violence against Children |
| 11. | Kerala Arts and Crafts Village Organisation | International Craft Award 2021 by World Crafts Council International as the best craft village in the entire world (KAVC) |
| 12. | Clive Lloyd | Knighthood by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle |
| 13. | Navdeep Kaur | Best National Costume award at Mrs World 2022 Pageant |
| 14. | NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt Ltd, and InnAccel Technologies Pvt Ltd | World Bank Group and Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s Health Tech Awards |
| 15. | Axis Bank and CRMNEXT Solution | IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Award for 2021 under the category of ‘Best CRM System Implementation’ |
| 16. | Sumit Bhale (Lavni artist from Maharashtra) | Gold medal at the International Folk Art Festival in Dubai |
| 17. | Albert Bourla (Pfizer Inc.’s Chairman and CEO) | Prestigious Genesis Prize 2022 |
| 18. | Sushmita Sen | International Association of Working Women Award at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF) 2021 |
| 19. | Prajakta Koli (Indian Youtuber and Actor) | India’s First-ever ‘Youth Climate Champion’ by UNDP |
| 20. | Shinzo Abe (Former Japan Prime Minister) | Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau |
| 21. | PV Sindhu | Women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International Tournament in Lucknow |
| 22. | Koozhangal | Best film award at Dhaka International Film Festival |
| 23. | Neeraj Chopra | Param Vishisht Seva Medal |
| 24. | Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu) | TX2 award for doubling the population of wild tigers |
| 25. | Ratan Tata | Assam government’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’ |
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List of Important Awards and Honours 2021
| S. No. | Awardee | Award |
| Important Awards and Honours December 2021 | ||
| 1. | V Praveen Rao | 7th Dr. M S Swaminathan Award for 2017-19 |
| 2. | The book titled ‘Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism’ | 4th Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF (New India Foundation) Book Prize 2021 |
| 3. | Ratan Tata | ‘Asom Bhaibav’ award, the highest civilian Assam state award for his contribution to cancer care in the state |
| 4. | Anju Bobby Georg (Indian athlete) | Woman of the Year Award by the World Athletics |
| 5. | Nikhil Srivastava (Indian-American mathematician) | Ciprian Foias Prize for the ‘highly original work’ in Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) |
| 6. | ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited | Global SME Finance Awards 2021 |
| 7. | Nilmani Phookan Jr (Assamese poet) | 56th Jnanpith Award |
| 8. | Damodar Mauzo (Konkani novelist) | 57th Jnanpith Award |
| 9. | Ropesh Goyal | ‘Young Geospatial Scientist’ award |
| 10. | Balkrishna Doshi (Indian architect) | 2022 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) |
| 11. | Neena Gupta (Indian Mathematician) | 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra |
| 12. | Karnataka Bank | Two DigiDhan awards from the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| 13. | Azim Premji | 10th annual Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration |
| 14. | DBS Bank India | ET BFSI Excellence Awards 2021 in two categories of ‘Innovative API/Open Banking model’ category and ‘Best Digital Customer Experience initiative’ category |
| 15. | Sunil Gavaskar | SJFI (Sports Journalists Federation of India) Medal 2021 |
| 16. | Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) | Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021 |
| 17. | Divya Hegde | UN Women’s Award for Leadership Commitment 2021 at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles Awards Ceremony |
| 18. | IIT Roorkee | Most Innovative Research Institutions category award by the CII |
| 19. | Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi (Environmentalist) | Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021 |
| 20. | O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU) | Digital Innovation of the Year Award at Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021 |
| 21. | Vayana Network and Federal Bank | ‘Most Effective Bank-Fintech Partnership: Agile and Adaptable’ award at the IBSi Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2021 |
| 22. | HDFC Bank | ‘Most innovative best practice’ category award at the coveted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Award 2021 |
| 23. | Anukrti Upadhyay | Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her novel titled ‘Kintsugi’ |
| 24. | Viral Sudhirbhai Desai (Industrialist) | Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021 |
| 25. | Alia Bhatt | ‘2021 Person of the Year’ by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India |
| Important Awards and Honours November 2021 | ||
| 1. | Lieutenant Colonel Servesh Dhadwal and Colonel Amit Bisht | Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| 2. | P Valsala | Ezhuthachan Award 2021 |
| 3. | Puneeth Rajkumar (Kannada actor) | Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt |
| 4. | Priyanka Mohite | ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020’ |
| 5. | M Mukundan (Author) | 2021 JCB prize for Literature, for his book titled ‘Delhi: A Soliloquy |
| 6. | Vihaan and Nav Agarwal (Delhi-based teenage brothers) | 17th annual Kids Rights International Children’s Peace Prize for recycling household waste and tackling pollution |
| 7. | Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) | ‘Regional Rural Banks’ category award by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) |
| 8. | Beryl Thanga (Novelist) | 12th Manipur State Award for Literature 2020 for his book titled ‘Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ithat’ (I and the then island) |
| 9. | Hema Malini (Actor and BJP leader) and Prasoon Joshi (Lyricist) | Indian Film Personality of the Year award at the International Film Festival of India 2021 |
| 10. | Prakash Padukone (Indian Badminton Player) | Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Council |
| 11. | Anita Desai (Author) | Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 |
| 12. | Pratham NGO | Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 for its contribution to promoting the scope of education in India |
| 13. | Dr. S K Sohan Roy | 1st Indian to be honoured with the Knighthood of Parte Guelfa |
| 14. | Sascan Meditech | Pharma and Medical Device Startup India Grand Challenge 2021 |
| S.No. | Awardee | Award |
| Important Awards and Honours October 2021 | ||
| 1. | “Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)” | Right Livelihood Award 2021 (Also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize) |
| 2. | Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan | Global Leadership Award 2021 |
| 3. | David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 |
| 4. | Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi | Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 |
| 5. | Nirode Kumar Barooah and Shillong Chamber Choir | Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Award |
| 6. | Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan | Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 |
| 7. | Prof Eric Hanushek and Dr. Rukmini Banerji | Yidan Prize 2021 |
| 8. | Abdulrazak Gurnah | Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 |
| 9. | Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) | (‘APY Big Believers’ and ‘Leadership capital’) for significant enrolment under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) |
| 10. | Harmanpreet Singh (men) and Gurjit Kaur (women) | FIH Stars Awards 2020-21 – Player of the Year |
| 11. | PR Sreejesh (men) and Savita Punia (women) | FIH Stars Awards 2020-21 – Goalkeeper of the Year |
| 12. | Vivek Sagar Prasad (men) and Sharmila Devi (women) | FIH Stars Awards 2020-21 – Rising Star of the Year |
| 13. | Graham Reid (men) and Sjoerd Marijne (women) | FIH Stars Awards 2020-21 – Coach of the Year |
| 14. | David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens | Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2021 |
| 15. | Malayalam writer Benyamin | 45th Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literary Award |
| 16. | Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov | Nobel Peace Prize 2021 |
| 17. | Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy | Aryabhata Award by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) |
| 18. | Telugu filmmaker B Gopal, alias Bejawada Gopal | 4th Satyajit Ray Award |
| 19. | Director of AIIMS Dr Randeep Guleria | 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award |
| 20. | Indian American Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella (Microsoft team) | C K Prahlad award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership for the year 2021 |
| 21. | Indian Army wins gold (A team from 5th Battalion-4 (5/4) Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)) | Prestigious Cambrian Patrol Exercise 2021 |
| 22. | India’s “Takachar” (Vidyut Mohan) | Prince William’s inaugural ‘Eco-Oscar’ Award |
| 23. | Kung Fu Nuns of the Drukpa order of Buddhism | UNESCO’s Martial Arts Education Prize 2021 |
| 24. | Alexei Navalny | European Union’s Sakharov Prize 2021 |
| Important Awards and Honours September 2021 | ||
| 1. | Dr Basant Kumar Misra | International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery (AANS Award) |
| 2. | Muhammad Amjad Saqib | Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021 |
| 3. | Firdausi Qadri | Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021 |
| 4. | Steven Muncy | Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021 |
| 5. | WatchDoc | Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021 |
| 6. | Roberto Ballon | Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2021 |
| 7. | Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) | “Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 BEST Award” |
| 8. | Ramesh Narayan | Asian Federation of Advertising Associations (AFAA) Hall of Fame at AdAsia 2021 |
| 9. | The Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli | 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management |
| 10. | Author Susanna Clarke | Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 for her novel ‘Piranesi’ |
| 11. | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) | Africa Food Prize for 2021 |
| 12. | Ayaan Shankta | 2021 International Young Eco-Hero |
| 13. | Complete List Click Here | 73rd Emmy award 2021 |
| 14. | Brigadier SV Sarasvati | National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 |
| 15. | “Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development” – A humanitarian organization from Yemen. | 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award |
| 16. | Alejandro Prieto | Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021 Award |
| 17. | Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021 Award | Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 Best Award |
| 18. | Dr. Basant Kumar Misra | International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) |
| 19. | Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN) | Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award 2021 under the category of Best Growth Performance Power |
| 20. | Shailendra Singh (Indian Biologist) | Behler Turtle Conservation Award |
| 21. | Namita Gokhale (Writer) | 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award |
| 22. | Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli | 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from CII |
| 23. | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) | 2021 Africa Food Prize for improving food security in sub-Saharan Africa |
| 24. | Anand Kumar (Mathematician) | Swami Brahmanand Award 2021 |
| 25. | National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) | UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021 |
| 26. | Bhanumati Gheewala (Nurse from Sir Sayajirao General Hospital, Gujarat) | Florence Nightingale Award |
| 27. | Brigadier SV Sarasvati | National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 |
| 28. | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | ‘Global Goals Awards’ 2021 of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| 29. | Fairooz Faizah Beether (Bangladesh) | 2021 Changemaker Award |
| 30. | Government e-Marketplace (GeM) | CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards for 2021 under the category of ‘Best Use of Digital Technology’ |
| 31. | 510MW Teesta V Power Station of Sikkim (owned by NHPC Limited) | 2021 IHA Blue Planet Prize for excellence in sustainable hydropower development |
| Important Awards and Honours August 2021 | |||
| S.No. | Awardee | Award | |
| 1. | Cyrus Poonawalla | Lokmanya Tilak National Award | |
| 2. | DBS Bank | Global winner for Most Innovative in Digital Banking by Financial Times publication | |
| 3. | Renowned economists Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan | Prof. C.R. Rao Centenary Gold Medal award | |
| 4. | Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project | Brunel Medal awarded by the London-based Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) | |
| 5. | Nagaland | Seven national awards on the first Van Dhan Annual Awards 2020-21, | |
| 6. | National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps) Teams Award | US Innovation Award | |
| 7. | Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (50th spot)
|
Skytrax World Airport Awards 2021 | |
| Important Awards and Honours July 2021 | |||
| 1. | ‘Decoding Shankar’ | Best Film Award in the Documentary section (Best Biographical) | |
| 2. | Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda | Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar | |
| 3. | Invest India | Investment Promotion Agency 2021 award by OCO Global | |
| 4. | Korean Air | ‘Air Transport World’s (ATW) 2021 Airline of the Year’ | |
| 5. | Kaushik Basu | Humboldt Research Award in Economics | |
| 6. | N N Pillai | Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS)’s Literary Award for 2021 | |
| 7. | Muhammad Yunus | Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Games | |
| 8. | Director Payal Kapadia’s, ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ | Oeil d’Or (Golden Eye) award for best documentary at the 74th Cannes Film Festival | |
| 9. | Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar | Alexander Dalrymple award by the British Government for his work in hydrography and nautical cartography | |
| 10. | Edible Routes Private Limited, Oorja Development Solutions India and Taru Naturals | UN Food Systems Summit Competition called ‘Best Small Business: Good Food for All’ | |
| 11. | Satpura Tiger Reserve | Natwest Group Earth Heroes Award 2021 in the category of Earth Guardian for its best management role | |
| 12. | Invest India | The most innovative Investment Promotion Agency 2021 award | |
| 13. | Zaila Avant-garde, an African-American | 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee | |
| 14. | Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi – Hyderabad’s hunger activist | Commonwealth Points of Light award | |
| 15. | Sophie Ecclestone & Devon Conway | ICC Player of the Month Award June 2021 | |
| 16. | Journalist N N Pillai | Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS)’s Literary Award for 2021 | |
| 17. |
Special Jury Mention for Short Film: Ceu de Agosto by Jasmin Tenucci |
Cannes Film Festival 2021 | |
| 18. | Bangladesh Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus | Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Games | |
| 19. | Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Limited and Snehakunja Trust | UNDP Equator Prize 2021 | |
| 20. | Payal Kapadia | Best documentary award in Cannes 2021 | |
| 21. | Shibaji Banerjee (Posthumously) | Mohun Bagan Ratna | |
| 22. | Cachar District | National Silver SKOCH Award | |
| 23. | Sandesh Jhingan | AIFF men’s Footballer of the Year 2020-21 | |
| 24. | Ngangom Bala Devi | AIFF ‘Women’s Footballer of the Year’ 2020-21 | |
| 25. | Pramod Bhagat | Named Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year 2019 | |
| 26. | Sunjeev Sahota | Prestigious 2021 Booker Prize | |
| 27. | Vaidehi Dongre | Miss India USA 2021 | |
| 28. | Asha Bhosle | Maharashtra Bhushan award 2021 | |
| 29. | Graphic artist Anand Radhakrishnan | Prestigious Eisner award | |
| Important Awards and Honours June 2021 | |||
| 1. | Valeria Luiselli | International Dublin Literary Award 2021 for her novel ‘Lost Children Archive’ | |
| 2. | Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan | ‘WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award’ | |
| 3. | Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind | International Business Book of the Year Award 2021 | |
| 4. | David Diop | International Booker Prize 2021 for ‘At Night All Blood Is Black’ | |
| 5. | Thomas Vijayan | 2021 Nature TTL Photography Awards for his photo of an Orangutan clinging to a tree | |
| 6. | GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) | ‘Gold Recognition’ award from ACI (Airport Council International) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2021 | |
| 7. | Prof. Shailesh Ganpule | ‘NSG Counter-IED & Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award 2021’ | |
| 8. | Familial Forestry | Land for Life Award by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) | |
| 9. | Larsen & Toubro Infotech | Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake | |
| 10. | KK Shaileja | Central European University’s highest award of Open Society Prize 2021 for her work in public health services | |
| 11. | NTPC | India’s Best Employers among Nation Builders 2021 | |
| 12. | Cochin International Airport (CIAL) | Airport Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll of Excellence | |
| 13. | Delhi Metro | ‘Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award’ for 2020 | |
| 14. | RK Sabharwal | ‘The Order of Polar Star’ | |
| 15. | P Sainath | Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize 2021 | |
| 16. | Utah Jazz’s Jordan Clarkson | 2020-21 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award | |
| 17. | David Diop | International Booker 2021 | |
| 18. | Thomas Vijayan | Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2021 | |
| 19. | Arunachal Pradesh’s Water Burial bags | Best film National Award on environment conservation at 67th National Films Awards 2021 | |
| 20. | Tsitsi Dangarembga | PEN Pinter prize 2021 | |
| 21. | Tillotama Shome | Best Actor award at the 2021 UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF) | |
| 22. | RS Sodhi | Conferred with the regional award as Asia Pacific Productivity Champion from Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Tokyo, Japan | |
| 23. | DBS Bank | Forbes ‘World’s Best Banks’ list in India | |
| 24. | IIT Roorkee prof – Shailesh Govind Ganpule | ‘NSG Counter-IED and Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award 2021′ for developing a “blast-resistant” helmet | |
| 25. | Vinoo Mankad | ICC Hall of Fame
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| 26. | Environmental Organisation ‘Familial Forestry’ of Rajasthan | Prestigious UN Award – The 2021 Land for Life Award | |
| 27. | Larsen & Toubro Infotech | Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake | |
| 28. | Sumita Mitra | European Inventor Award 2021 in the ‘Non-European Patent Office countries’ category | |
| 29. | KK Shailaja | The Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize for 2021 | |
| 30. | NTPC | India’s Best Employers among Nation-Builders 2021 | |
| 31. | Emmanuel Carrere | Spanish Princess of Asturias Literature Award | |
| 32. | RK Sabharwal – Engineers India Limited (EIL) Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) | Highest civilian award of Mongolia ‘The Order of Polar Star’ | |
| 33. | Journalist P Sainath | Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize | |
| 34. | Decoding Shankar | Toronto International Women’s Film Festival | |
| 35. | Rajendra Kishore Panda | Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar | |
| Winners of BAFTA TV Awards 2021 | |||
| 1. | Leading Actress | Michaela Coel, I May Destroy You | |
| 2. | Leading Actor | Paul Mescal, Normal People | |
| 3. | Drama Series | Save Me Too | |
| 4. | Best Comedy Performance | Charlie Cooper and Aimee Lou Wood | |
| 5. | Best Comedy Series | Inside No. 9 | |
| 6. | Original Music | Harry Escott, Roadkill | |
| 7. | Sports | England v West Indies Test Cricket – Sky Sports Cricket | |
| Complete List of 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winners | |||
| JOURNALISM | |||
| 1. | Public service | The New York Times | |
| 2. | Criticism | Wesley Morris of The New York Times | |
| 3. | Editorial writing | Robert Greene of the Los Angeles Times | |
| 4. | International Reporting | Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News | |
| 5. | Breaking News Reporting | Staff of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. | |
| 6. | Investigative Reporting | Matt Rocheleau, Vernal Coleman, Laura Crimaldi, Evan Allen and Brendan McCarthy of The Boston Globe | |
| 7. | Explanatory Reporting | Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jaimi Dowdell and Jackie Botts of Reuters | |
| 8. | Local Reporting | Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi of the Tampa Bay Times | |
| 9. | National Reporting | Staffs of The Marshall Project; AL.com, Birmingham; IndyStar, Indianapolis; and the Invisible Institute, Chicago | |
| 10. | Feature Writing | Mitchell S. Jackson, freelance contributor, Runner’s World | |
| 11. | Commentary | Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch | |
| 12. | Breaking News Photography | Photography Staff of Associated Press | |
| 13. | Feature Photography | Emilio Morenatti of Associated Press | |
| 14. | Audio Reporting | Lisa Hagen, Chris Haxel, Graham Smith and Robert Little of National Public Radio | |
| BOOKS, DRAMA, AND MUSIC | |||
| 15. | Fiction | The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich | |
| 16. | Drama | The Hot Wing King, by Katori Hall | |
| 17. | History | Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, by Marcia Chatelain (Liveright/Norton) | |
| 18. | Biography or autobiography | The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne | |
| 19. | Poetry | Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz | |
| 20. | General nonfiction | Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino | |
| 21. | Music | Stride, by Tania León (Peermusic Classical) | |
| 22. | Special Citation | Darnella Frazier, The teenager who recorded the killing of George Floyd | |
| Important Awards and Honours May 2021 | |||
| 1. | Shyamala Ganesh | “Order of Rising Sun” by the Japanese Government | |
| 2. | Maria Ressa (Rapple’s CEO) | 2021 laureate of UNESCO /Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize | |
| 3. | Pink (Singer) | Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards | |
| 4. | Justice Gita Mitta | Arline Pacht Global Vision Award 2021 | |
| 5. | Babar Azam (Pakistan) | ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April 2021 | |
| 6. | Alyssa Healy (Australia) | ICC Women’s Player of the Month for April 2021 | |
| 7. | Dr Tahera Qutbuddin | 1st Indian to win the 15th Sheikh Zayed Book Award | |
| 8. | Anupam Kher | Best Actor Award for his performance in a short film named ‘Happy Birthday’ at New York City International Film Festival | |
| 9. | IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency) | ‘Green Urja Award’ by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | |
| 10. | Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted | 2021 World Food Prize for her work in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems | |
| 11. | Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (Union Education Minister) | International Invincible Gold Medal 2021 | |
| 12. | Baljeet Kaur (Himachal Pradesh) and Gunbala Sharma (Rajasthan) | 1st Women Mountaineers to summit Mount Pumori in Nepal | |
| 13. | Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian and Prof. David Klenerman | 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for developing revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques namely, Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS) | |
| 14. | Suresh Mukund | 10th Annual World Choreography Award 2020 | |
| 15. | Jane Goodall | Templeton Prize 2021 | |
| 16. | Hockey India | Prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award | |
| 17. | Max Verstappen | Monaco Grand Prix 2021 | |
| 18. | SpiceHealth | Gold Award at 2021 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for ‘Most Valuable Medical Innovation’ under COVID-19 | |
| 19. | Krishi Avam Paristhitiki Vikas Sansthan (KRAPAVIS) | Prestigious India Biodiversity Awards 2021 under the category ‘Sustainable Use of Biological Resources.’ | |
| 20. | VK Pandian | President’s award by International Hockey Federation for his contribution to promoting Hockey in Odisha | |
| 21. | Bharat Ratna Professor C.N.R. Rao | International ENI Award 2020 for his research in renewable energy sources and energy storage | |
| 22. | Amartya Kumar Sen | Spain’s top Princess of Asturias Award in the social sciences category, the Spanish prize foundation | |
| 23. | Padma Bhushan Dr D Nageshwar Reddy | Rudolf V Schindler Award from the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) | |
| 24. | Robert Lewandowski | European Golden Boot | |
| Important Awards and Honours April 2021 | |||
| 1. | Dr Sharankumar Limbale | Saraswati Samman 2020 | |
| 2. | Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’ | National Book Critics Circle Prize | |
| 3. | Rajinikanth | 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award | |
| 4. | Biswabhushan Harichandan (Governor of Andhra Pradesh) | Kalinga Ratna Samman 2021 | |
| 5. | Aniyan Midhun | South Asian Wushu Championship | |
| 6. | Prof. Suman Chakraborty | 30th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research | |
| 7. | Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey David Ullman | 2020 Association for Computing Machinery A.M. Turing Award | |
| 8. | Guneet Monga (Filmmaker) | Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, the second-highest civilian French honour | |
| 9. | Yusuff Ali M. A | Abu Dhabi’s Top Civilian Award | |
| 10. | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) | National Award for Innovation Training Practices 2019-2020 | |
| 11. | Kane Williamson (New Zealand cricket player) | Sir Richard Hadlee Medal | |
| 12. | ‘Puglya’ (Name of Marathi Film) | Best Foreign Language Feature Award at Moscow International Film Festival 2021 | |
| 13. | Roberto Benigni | 78th Venice International Film Festival | |
| 14. | Aditya Birla Group’s Birla Cellulose Limited | UN’s National Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chain Award | |
| 15. | Rumana Sehgal | Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award 2021 by the Diplomatic Mission Global Peace | |
| 16. | Dr Krithi K Karanth | ‘Wild Innovator Award’ by Wild Elements Foundation | |
| 17. | IIT Kharagpur | CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0 | |
| 18. | ESAF Small Finance Bank | ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute | |
| 19. | Carmen Maria Machado | Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘ In the Dream House: A Memoir’ | |
| 20. | HDFC Bank | ‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank Awards | |
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| Important Awards and Honours March 2021 | ||
| 1. | The Hindu Group | South Asian Digital Media Awards by WAN IFRA (World Association of News Publishers), being named as ‘Champion Publisher of the Year’ |
| 2. | Amitabh Bachchan | 2021 Film Archive Award by The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) |
| 3. | Mahamadou Issoufou (President of Niger) | 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership |
| 4. | Ravichandran Ashwin (India) | ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2021 |
| 5. | Tammy Beaumont (England) | ICC Women’s Player of the Month for February 2021 |
| 6. | Koneru Humpy (Indian Chess Player) | BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award |
| 7. | Anju Bobby George (Indian Athlete) | BBC Lifetime Achievement award |
| 8. | Manu Bhaker (Indian Shooter) | BBC Emerging Player-of-the-Year award |
| 9. | Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) | King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) |
| 10. | Gowsalya Shankar | International Woman of Courage Award 2021 |
| 11. | Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal | Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021 |
| 12. | NTPC Ltd | ‘Role Model’ Award’ at the 11th CII National HR Excellence Awards 2020-21 |
| 13. | For 2019 Late Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman | Gandhi Peace Prize |
| 14. | For 2020 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Gandhi Peace Prize |
| 15. | Prof. Sharad Pagare | Vyas Samman 2020 |
| 16. | Asha Bhosle | Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020 |
| 17. | IIT Kharagpur | CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0 |
| 18. | ESAF Small Finance Bank | ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute |
| 19. | Carmen Maria Machado | Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘ In the Dream House: A Memoir’ |
| 20. | HDFC Bank | ‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank Awards |
| 21. | 30th Bihari Puraskar 2020 | Mohankrishna Bohara |
| 22. | Golden Globe Awards 2021 | Winners in the Film category:
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| Important Awards and Honours February 2021 | ||
| 1. | AR Rahman (Music Composer) and Saidapet Hari Krishnan (Social Activist) | 4th edition of Alert Being Icon Awards |
| 2. | Robert Irwin | 1st prize in Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award Contest |
| 3. | ‘Koozhangal’ | 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 |
| 4. | Bangalore International Airport Limited’s (Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru) | Airports Council International World’s ‘Voice of the Customer’ award |
| 5. | Dr Shobhna Kapoor, Dr Antara Banerjee, Dr Sonu Gandhi and Dr Ritu Gupta | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Women Excellence Award 2021 |
| 6. | S. Theodore Baskaran | Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020 by Sanctuary Nature Foundation |
| 7. | YS Jagan Mohan Reddy | Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award |
| 8. | Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) | 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020 under the Innovation category by UNEP |
| 9. | Manasa Varanasi | VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020 |
| 10. | Union Bank of India | ‘Best Service Provider’ in HR and ‘Best Institution’ for ‘Excellence in Learning and Development’ at the 29th Global HRD Congress Awards |
| 11. | Anjali Bharadwaj | International Anti-Corruption Champions Award |
| 12. | PM Narendra Modi | ‘CERA Week Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award’ |
| Important Awards and Honours January 2021 | ||
| 1. | V K Yadav | ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020’ |
| 2. | Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank | Sahitya Gaurav Samman 2021 |
| 3. | Pandit Satish Vyas | 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
| 4. | Anhinav Kala Parishad | 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
| 5. | Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti | Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in Queen Elizabeth II’s 2021 New Year’s Honours List |
| 6. | Ministry of Tribal Affairs | SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-governance category |
| 7. | Ministry of Panchayati Raj | SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-governance category |
| 8. | AIIMS Bhubaneswar | Kayakalp Award |
| 9. | Biswajit Chatterjee | ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award at IFFI |
| 10. | Nikhil Srivastava | 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize |
| 11. | Dr Rajendra Kumar Bhandari | Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 |
| 12. | Ram Temple Tableau of Uttar Pradesh | First prize in Republic Day 2021 |
| 13. | Meghalaya | National Award for Best Electoral Practices 2020 |
List of Important Awards and Honours 2020
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Important Awards and Honours 2019
| S. No. | Award | Awardee |
| 1. | Miss Universe for the year 2019 | Zozibini Tunzi |
| 2. | Nobel Peace Prize 2019 | Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed |
| 3. | FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| 4. | British PM Boris Johnson | General Election in the UK |
| 5. | Prof. Sibnath Deb | Visitor’s Award – for Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
| 6. | Prof. Sanjay Puri | Visitor’s Award- for Research in Physical Sciences |
| 7. | Prof. Asad Ullah Khan | Visitor’s Award – for Research in Biological Sciences |
| 8. | Dr Shaon Ray Chaudhuri | Visitor’s Award- for Technology Development |
| 9. | Amitabh Bachchan | Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018 |
| 10. | Tony Joseph | 2019 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize |
| 11. | Lionel Messi | Ballon d’Or Award |
| 12. | Sangeeta Jaitley | Economic Times (ET) Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service 2019 |
| 13. | Joaquin Rafael Phoenix | PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) ‘Person of the Year’ Award 2019 |
| 14. | Christopher Martin-Jenkins | Spirit of Cricket Award |
| 15. | Abu Dhabi (UAE) | World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination at the 26th Edition of the World Travel Awards (WTA) |
| 16. | Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Nicholas Emiliou, Frantisek Ruzicka, Volodymyr Yelchenko | ‘The Diwali – Power of One’ award 2019 |
| 17. | Gulu Mirchandani | “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association |
| 18. | Odisha | ‘World Habitat Award’ for Jaga Mission |
| 19. | Greta Thunberg, Aminatou Haidar, Guo Juanmei and Davi Kopenawa Yanomami | Right Livelihood Award for the year 2019 |
| 20. | Ajit Doval | Honorary Doctorate at the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Central University (HNBCIJ) |
| 21. | Priyanka Chopra | Marrakech Film Festival |
| 22. | Gurugram-based startup | ‘Space Oscar’ Award |
| 23. | Rani Rampal, Saurabh Chaudhary | Sports Person of the Year awards at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 |
| 24. | Greta Thunberg | Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019 |
| 25. | Toni-Ann Singh | Miss World 2019 |
| 26. | Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir | National Award Union Rural Development Ministry for best performance in the implementation of PMGSY |
| 27. | Ben Stokes | BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019 |
| 28. | R. Nagaswamy | Silver Jubilee International Conference of Art |
| 29. | Aditya K. | Bharat Award for bravery |
| 30. | Kamareddy district of Telangana | Unicef-2019 Award for Swachh Bharat implementation |
| 31. | Dr Santosh G Honavar | American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) highest Life Achievement Award |
| 32. | Major Anoop Mishra | Army Design Bureau Excellence Award |
| 33. | Isabelle Huppert | Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI 2019 |
| 34. | S Rajinikanth | ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ Award |
| 35. | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Golden Dragon Award at 2019 CIFF |
| 36. | Pepsico India | US Award for Saving Water |
| 37. | Neeraj Sharma | ‘Early career Researchers of the Year 2019’ Award |
| 38. | Madhuri Vijay’s | ‘The Far Field’ wins 2019 JCB prize for Literature |
| 39. | Serbia’s Sara Damnjanovic | ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’ |
| 40. | Gulab Kothari | Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award |
| 41. | Writer Abhishek Sarkar | Young Literature Award |
| 42. | Rofiquzzaman Rony | Gemcon Young Poetry Award |
| 43. | Kumar Mangalam Birla | ABLF Global Asian Award |
| 44. | Shanta Gokhale | Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019 |
| 45. | K. Ullas Karanth | George Schaller Lifetime Award |
| 46. | Ravi Prakash | BRICS-Young Innovator Prize 2019 |
| 47. | Robert De Niro | SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award |
| 48. | Bhonsle | Asian Film Festival Barcelona |
| 49. | Tobacco Board of India | Golden Leaf Award |
| 50. | Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | ICCR distinguished Alumni Award |
| 51. | Sridevi and Rekha | Akkineni Nageswara Roa National Award for 2018 and 2019 |
| 52. | Ankur Ranjan Phukan & Monoranjan Bori | Munin Barkotoki Literary Award 2019 |
| 53. | Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla | ABLF Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 54. | Avneet Sidhu | Guru Nanak Dev Ji Achievers Award |
| 55. | Bajrang Punia | Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports) |
| 56. | Sir David Attenborough | Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019 |
| 57. | Virat Kohli | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s ‘Person of the Year for 2019’ |
| 58. | Greta Thunberg | International Children’s Peace Prize |
| 59. | Eliud Kipchoge, Dalilah Muhammad | World Athlete of the Year Award |
| 60. | Floating school project of Bangladesh | Aga Khan Architecture Award |
| 61. | Singer Billie Eilish | Billboard’s 2019 Woman of the Year |
| 62. | Odia women weightlifter Jhilli Dalabehera | Ekalabya Award for 2019 |
| 63. | Suresh Krishna | ‘Quality Ratna’ Award |
| 64. | Indian journalist Neha Dixit | International Press Freedom Award 2019 |
| 65. | Manisha Kulshreshtha | 28th Bihari Puraskar Award |
| 66. | G Satheesh Reddy | Honorary Fellowship by RAeS |
| 67. | ‘Particles’ | Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019 |
| 68. | Akkitham Namboodiri | 55th Jnanpith Award |
| 69. | NDTV | International Press Institute India Award |
| 70. | Kharjan TE | Best Tea Garden School Award |
| 71. | Bodybuilder Chitharesh Natesan | Mr. Universe 2019 |
| 72. | Kiran Mazumdar Shaw | Lifetime Achievement Award by ICMR |
| 73. | Sudarsan Pattnaik | Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019 |
| 74. | Amit Panghal | Haryana Gaurav Award |
| 75. | Sachin Tendulkar | Swachchta Ambassador Award |
| 76. | Azizbek Ashurov | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award |
| 77. | Ben Stokes | Professional Cricketers’ Association player of the year and People’s Choice Award |
| 78. | “Spirit Of Kerala” | People’s Choice Award |
| 79. | Nick Hague | “The Order of Courage“ Award |
| 80. | Ashleigh Barty | ‘The Don’ Award |
| 81. | Vikram Sarabhai Library of IIMA | ‘Award of Distinction’ |
| 82. | Ramesh Pandey | Asia Environmental Enforcement Award |
| 83. | Chandi Prasad Bhatt | 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration |
| 84. | Noted Director and Producer Priyadarshan | Madhya Pradesh government’s National Kishore Kumar Award |
| 85. | Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo | 2019 Booker Prize |
| 86. | Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra | “Orchestra of the year Award 2019” |
| 87. | K Parasaran | Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award |
| 88. | Jennifer Aniston | People’s Icon Award 2019 |
| 89. | “Gully Boy” & “Delhi Crime” | Asian Academy Creative Awards |
| 90. | Ilham Tohti | Sakharov Prize |
| 91. | BharatPe | DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award |
| 92. | Anup Singh | Udyog Rattan Award |
| 93. | Nedumangad | 2019 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar Award |
| 94. | YES Bank | DigiDhan Mission Digital Payments Award |
| 95. | Dutee Chand | Vogue Award for Sportsperson of the Year |
| 96. | Sanjay Kapoor | Most Inspiring Indian Bollywood Actor in UK |
| 97. | Kavitha Gopal | President of India Prize 2019 |
| 98. | Kalli Purie | Indias Most Powerful Women in Media |
| 99. | Prof. Sibnath Deb | Visitor’s Award for Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
| 100. | Prof. Sanjay Puri | Visitor’s Award for Research in Physical Sciences |
| 101. | Prof. Asad Ullah Khan | Visitor’s Award for Research in Biological Sciences |
| 102. | Dr Shaon Ray Chaudhuri | Visitor’s Award for Technology Development |
| 103. | IPS officer Chhaya Sharma | 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award |
| 104. | Paolo Borrometi for Courageous and Ethical Journalism | 2019 Peter Mackler Award |
| 105. | Andhra Pradesh | Best State Award for overall growth in the tourism category |
| 106. | Goa and Madhya Pradesh | Adventure Tourism category |
| 107. | Uttarakhand | Best Film Promotion Friendly State |
| 108. | Telangana | Best State in the Innovative use of IT category |
| 109. | Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) | IT Excellence Award, 2019 |
| 110. | Odia Writer Pradeep Dash | 40th Edition of Prestigious Sarala Puraskar |
| 111. | Navdeep Singh Suri | First Class Order of Zayed II Award |
| 112. | Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina | Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award 2019 |
| 113. | Neena Gupta | Best Feature Film and Best Actress Award |
| 114. | Agnes Kharshiing | 11th International Hrant Dink Award |
| 115. | Vinod Kumar Yadav | Eminent Engineers Award |
| 116. | Anand Kumar | Education Excellence Award 2019 |
| 117. | Kerala Tourism | Three PATA Gold Awards |
| 118. | Sonu Nigam | Magnificent Performing Arts Award |
| 119. | Ravish Kumar | Gauri Lankesh National Award |
| 120. | Amitabh Bachchan | Dadasaheb Phalke award |
| 121. | Adam Harper | SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2019 |
| 122. | Prime Minister Narendra Modi | 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award |
| 123. | Payal Jangid | Changemaker Award 2019 |
| 124. | Cochin International Airport | Award for Passenger Satisfaction |
| 125. | Thanu Padmanabhan | M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 |
| 126. | Kallie Puri | India’s Most Powerful Women in Media |
| 127. | Tapan Kumar Mishra | National Tourism Award for the Category of “Best Tourist Guide” |
| 128. | Sanjay Kapoor | Most of the inspiring Indian Bollywood Actor |
| 129. | Kavitha Gopal | President of India Prize 2019 |
| 130. | Ayushmann Khurrana | Actor of the Year award at the 11th edition of GQ Men of the Year Awards |
| 131. | Infosys | United Nations Global Climate Action Award |
| 132. | PT Usha | IAAF Veteran Pin Award |
| 133. | Ravish Kumar | Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 |
| 134. | Dr. Vikram Sarabhai | Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research |
| 135. | NITI Aayog | 4th Edition of WTI Awards |
| 136. | Vice President Venkaiah Naidu | President’s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards |
| 137. | ISRO Chairman K. Sivan | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award |
| 138. | Himachal Pradesh | POSHAN Abhiyaan Awards |
| 139. | Director General of DD News, Mayank Agrawal | “Champions of Empathy Award” |
| 140. | Ruhan Rajput | ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2019’ |
| 141. | Former Cricketer Kapil Dev | Bharat Gaurav Award |
| 142. | Bhasha Mukherjee | Miss England 2019 |
| 143. | President of Guinea | National Order of Merit |
| 144. | Naaz Joshi | Miss World Diversity 2019 |
| 145. | Actor Steve Coogan | Charlie Chaplin Award |
| 146. | Lionel Messi | UEFA’s Goal of the Season award 2018-19 |
| 147. | Cristiano Ronaldo(Runner Up) | UEFA’s Goal of the Season award 2018-19 |
| 148. | Rajasthan | “Best Innovation and Initiative Leadership Award”( World Education Summit-2019) |
| 149. | Priyam Chatterjee | 1st Indian Chef to win French honour |
| 150. | Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman | Vir Chakra |
| 151. | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi | “Order of Zayed“ |
| 152. | Philipose Mar Chrysostum | Guinness Award |
| 153. | Dr K Thangaraj | JC Bose Fellowship for the Year 2019 |
| 154. | Meeta Narain | ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’ |
| 155. | Shri Prabhakar Singh | ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019’ |
| 156. | Eric Cantona | UEFA President’s Award |
| 157. | Sattriya danseuse | Prestigious Award |
| 158. | Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee | Bharat Ratna |
| 159. | Aparna Kumar | 1st IPS officer to complete 7 Summits Challenge (Climbing the North America’s Highest Peak Denali (20,310 feet) |
| 160. | Northeast Frontier Railway | Best Innovation Award (Railway) |
| 161. | “Find the Incredible You” Campaign | Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2019 |
| 162. | Wipro’s Azim Premji, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga | 2019 Global Excellence Awards (by US-India Strategic Partnership Forum) |
| 163. | ‘Gully Boy’ | NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2019 |
| 164. | ‘Nagarkirtan’ | Best Featured Film at SAARC Film Festival 2019 |
| 165. | Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Mandhana | Arjuna Award 2018 by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju |
| 166. | P T Usha | International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)Veteran Pin |
| 167. | Vocalist S. Sowmya | Sangita Kalanidhi Award at 93rd Annual Conference of Music Academy |
| 168. | Meryl Streep | Tribute Actor Award at 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) |
| 169. | Sudarsan Pattnaik | People’s Choice Award at 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival |
| 170. | Vidisha Baliyan | Miss Deaf World 2019 Title |
| 171. | Priya Priyadarshini Jain | ‘Indian Woman of Influence Award’at House of Lords, UK |
| 172. | P.Raghu Ram | Honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons(FRCS) of Thailand |
| 173. | Zakhir Hussain | Akademi Ratna category |
| 174. | Sonal Mansingh | Akademi Ratna category |
| 175. | Jatin Goswami | Akademi Ratna category |
| 176. | K Kalyanasundaram Pillai | Akademi Ratna category |
| 177. | Diwan Singh Bajeli | Overall Contribution/Scholarship |
| 178. | Puru Dadhich | Overall Contribution/Scholarship |
| 179. | Country’s First Woman Fighter | Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh |
| 180. | Global Leadership Award 2019 | Sunder Pichai and Adena Friedman |
| 181. | World’s Richest Female Musician | Rihanna |
| 182. | ‘Nishan Izzuddin’- Maldives’ award | Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
| 183. | Distinguished Alumni Award | Nirmala Sitharaman and S. Jaishankar |
| 184. | Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award | Priyanka Chopra |
| 185. | 54th Jnanpith Award | Amitav Ghosh |
| 186. | BBC World Service Global Champion | Akshaya Patra |
| 187. | Femina Miss India World 2019 | Suman Rao |
| 188. | ‘Save Water Hero Award’ | Makarand Tilloo |
| 189. | Innovation for Sustainable Development Award | Nitesh Kumar Jangir |
| 190. | Miss Universe Australia 2019 | Priya Serrao |
| 191. | ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ | Mark Tully |
| 192. | Kyrgyzstan’s Highest National Award | Xi Jinping |
| 193. | ‘Journalist of the Year’ RedInk Award | Rachna Khaira |
| 194. | President’s award for excellent CSR in social development | NALCO |
| 195. | Emirates Recycling Award | Nia Tony |
| 196. | Statesmanship Award | Jimmy Carter |
| 197. | World Health Organization Award | Rajasthan government’s Medical & Health Department |
| 198. | J.C. Daniel Award | Sheela J.C. |
| 199. | Gold Award | Mahindra Automobiles |
| 200. | ‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement’ Award | Movie – Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the Sun) |
| 201. | IIT Kanpur’s Honorary Doctorate | Pullela Gopichand |
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