August 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Dalai Lama | 'dPal rNgam Duston' award the highest civilian honour of Ladakh |
| Aarya Walvekar | Miss India USA in 2022 in New Jersey |
| Late Kannada film star Puneet Rajkumar | 'Kannada Ratna' Award |
| Congress leader Shashi Tharoor | France's highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur |
| Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Liberty Medal 2022 |
| Canadian Jeffrey Armstrong | ‘Distinguished Indologist for 2021’ award |
| Marina Tabassum | Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Bangladeshi Fahmida Azim | Pulitzer Prize 2022 |
| Former German chancellor Angela Merkel | Unesco Peace Prize 2022 |
| Karim Benzema, Alexia Putellas | UEFA best player awards |
| Karnataka’s Divita Rai | Miss Diva Universe 2022 |
July 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Ashok Soota | CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 |
| Michelle Poonawalla | Shiromani Award at NRI World Summit 2022 |
| Tanuja Nesari | Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament |
| Maryna Viazovska | Top mathematics prize, the Fields Medal 2022 |
| Jayshree Ullal | 8th annual Forbes’ America’s Richest Self-Made Women |
| Gita Gopinath | ‘Wall of former chief economists of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) | Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award 2021 (in the Large Institute Category) for its overall performance |
| Kaushik Rajashekara | Prestigious Global Energy Prize for outstanding contributions |
| Sini Shetty | Femina Miss India 2022 |
| Pallavi Singh | Mrs Universe Divine Crown in South Korea |
| Dia Mirza & Afroz Shah | Mother Teresa Memorial Award |
| Filmmaker KP Kumaran | JC Daniel Award 2022 |
June 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022 |
| Director of Ruchi Foodline Rashmi Sahoo | Times Business Award 2022 |
| West Indies Captain Darren Samy | Sitara-i-Pakistan Award for services to Pakistan |
| Ahmed Salman Rushdie | Queen’s Birthday Honors List in 2022 |
| Ramakrishna Mukkavilli | SDG Pioneer for water stewardship by UNGC |
| Vijay Amritraj | Golden Achievement Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Tennis Federation |
| S M Krishna, N R Narayana Murthy and Prakash Padukone | ‘Kempegowda International Award’ |
| “Turn Your Body to the Sun” | Golden Conch award for the Best Documentary Film at MIFF 2022 |
| Indian Railways | UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA) in the category of “Best use of Zero-Carbon Technology” |
| Ruth Ozeki | Women's Prize for Fiction this year for her novel 'The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| Khushi Patel | Miss India Worldwide 2022 |
| Odisha govt bags | “National MSME Award 2022 to States/UTs for outstanding contribution in the promotion |
May 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Danish Siddiqui | Pulitzer prize again, this time under the feature photography category |
| IB V Doshi | Royal Gold Medal 2022 |
| Dr. Frank Wilczek | 2022 Templeton Prize |
| Mr.Ajay Piramal chairman of the Piramal group | British honorary Award |
| Author and Journalist Wesley Morgan | William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing |
| Political Journalist and orator Nitin Kumar | Seema Nazareth Award For Excellence in Journalism 2021 |
| Shaunak Sen | 2022 L’OEil d’Or award for his documentary “All That Breathes” |
| Triangle of Sadness | Palme d’Or at 75th Cannes Film Festival |
| Wesley Morgan | William E.Colby Award for 2022 |
| RJ Umer | Best Content Award and Immunization Award by UNICEF |
| Sanjit Narwekar | V Shantharam lifetime achievement award at MIFF (Mumbai International Film Festival)2022 |
April 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr. Bhushan Kumar and Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust | Prestigious International Gandhi Award for Leprosy, by Hon. Vice President of India |
| Volodymyr Zelensky | John F Kennedy profile in courage award |
| PM Narendra Modi | 1st Lata Mangeshkar Award 2022 |
| Aarefa Johari | Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Media person 2021 |
| Prof Ramdarash Mishra | Prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2021 |
| Amber Bracken titled “Kamloops Residential School” | 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award |
| Veteran Bengali Author Amar Mitra | Prestigious O. Henry Award |
| Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan | 56th Jnanpith Award |
| Falguni Nayar | EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 |
| M. Venkaiah Naidu | International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy, 2021 |
| Prabhat Patnaik | Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022 |
| Shoojit Sircar | Director Of The Year award for Sardar Udham |
| IndusInd Bank | Global ‘Celent Model Bank’ Award for its EPH initiative |
| Indian-American Defense Expert Vivek Lall | 6th Entrepreneur Leadership Award 2022 |
| Sir David Attenborough | UN ‘Champion of the Earth Lifetime Achievement award’ |
| Ardeshir B K Dubash | Highest Diplomatic Award by Peru Government |
| Charudutt Mishra | Whitley Gold Award |
March 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Professor Deepak Dhar | Boltzmann Medal 2022 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics for his contribution to statistical physics |
| 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 |
| CtrlS | ASSOCHAM Award for Sustainability Excellence in Energy Management |
| 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 |
| Bangladeshi Rizwana Hasan | US International Women of Courage Award 2022 |
| Jammu and Kashmir Bank | “National Award for Outstanding Performance for FY 2020-21" |
| Axis Bank | ‘Asian Bank of the Year’ at IFR Asia Awards 2021 |
| Narayan Pradhan | GD Birla Award for Scientific Research |
| Poland’s Karolina Bielawska | Miss World 2021 |
| Neeraj Chopra | Sportsman of the Year award: Sportstar Aces 2022 |
| Francis Kéré | First African to win Pritzker Prize 2022 |
| American mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan | Abel Prize for the year 2022 |
| Devendra Jhajharia | 1st para-athlete to receive Padma Bhushan |
| Mario Marcel | Governor of the year award 2022 |
| Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) | ‘Covid champion’ award at Wings India 2022 |
| Prof Wilfried Brutsaert | Stockholm Water Prize 2022 |
| Actress Deepika Padukone | TIME100 Impact Awards 2022 |
| Mirabai Chanu | ‘BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award 2021 |
February 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| PR Sreejesh (India’s Hockey Player) | World Games Athlete of the Year award for 2021 |
| Daryl Mitchell (Cricketer of New Zealand) | International Cricket Council (ICC) Spirit of Cricket Award 2021 |
| Neeraj Chopra | 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award |
| Nitin Gadkari | 18th Late Madhavrao Limaye Award under the category of Karyakram Khaasdar (Efficient Parliament Member) for 2020-21 |
| Rishabh Pant (won Test Batting Award), Kane Williamson (won Captain of the year award), Kyle Jamieson (won Test Bowling award) | 15th ESPNcricinfo Awards |
| RailTel Corporation of India | ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year 2020-21 in Public Sector Entities Category |
| Sandeep Bakhshi (MD and CEO of ICICI) | Business Standard Banker of the Year 2020-21 |
| Coal India Limited | ‘India’s Most Trusted Public Sector Company’ award at the ‘Energy Meet and Excellence Award’ |
January 2022
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Kishore Kumar Yedam | World CEO Winner of the Year 2021 award |
| Rohit Kumar (Founder of Media Trendz) | Bihar Vibhuti Samman at the Bihar Entrepreneurship Conclave |
| Zishaan A Latif | Ramnath Goenka Award in the Photo Journalism category for his photo essay work |
| South Indian Bank (SIB) | UiPath Automation Excellence Awards 2021 for Best Automation under ‘Crisis for business continuity |
| JC Chaudhry (numerologists) | First-ever Guinness World Record in Numerology and the first world record of 2022 |
| Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) | KOCH Award in the Silver category for its contributional work to combat Crime and Violence against Children |
| 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) |
| Dr. Satish Adiga | ICMR’s National Award |
| Clive Lloyd | Knighthood by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle |
| NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt Ltd, and InnAccel Technologies Pvt Ltd | World Bank Group and Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s Health Tech Awards |
| Axis Bank and CRMNEXT Solution | IBS Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Award for 2021 under the category of ‘Best CRM System Implementation’ |
| Sumit Bhale (Lavni artist from Maharashtra) | Gold medal at the International Folk Art Festival in Dubai |
| Albert Bourla (Pfizer Inc.’s Chairman and CEO) | Prestigious Genesis Prize 2022 |
| Sushmita Sen | International Association of Working Women Award at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF) 2021 |
| Prajakta Koli (Indian Youtuber and Actor) | India’s First-ever ‘Youth Climate Champion’ by UNDP |
| Shinzo Abe (Former Japan Prime Minister) | Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau |
| PV Sindhu | Women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International Tournament in Lucknow |
| Neeraj Chopra | Param Vishisht Seva Medal |
| Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu) | TX2 award for doubling the population of wild tigers |
| Ratan Tata | Assam government’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’ |
December 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| V Praveen Rao | 7th Dr. M S Swaminathan Award for 2017-19 |
| The book titled ‘Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism’ | 4th Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF (New India Foundation) Book Prize 2021 |
| Ratan Tata | ‘Asom Bhaibav’ award, the highest civilian Assam state award for his contribution to cancer care in the state |
| Anju Bobby Georg (Indian athlete) | Woman of the Year Award by the World Athletics |
| Nikhil Srivastava (Indian-American mathematician) | Ciprian Foias Prize for the ‘highly original work’ in Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) |
| ESAF Small Finance Bank Limited | Global SME Finance Awards 2021 |
| Nilmani Phookan Jr (Assamese poet) | 56th Jnanpith Award |
| Damodar Mauzo (Konkani novelist) | 57th Jnanpith Award |
| Ropesh Goyal | ‘Young Geospatial Scientist’ award |
| Balkrishna Doshi (Indian architect) | 2022 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) |
| 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 |
| Karnataka Bank | Two DigiDhan awards from the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Azim Premji | 10th annual Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration |
| 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 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | SJFI (Sports Journalists Federation of India) Medal 2021 |
| Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) | Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021 |
| Divya Hegde | UN Women's Award for Leadership Commitment 2021 at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles Awards Ceremony |
| IIT Roorkee | Most Innovative Research Institutions category award by the CII |
| Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi (Environmentalist) | Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021 |
| O. P. Jindal Global University (JGU) | Digital Innovation of the Year Award at Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021 |
| Vayana Network and Federal Bank | ‘Most Effective Bank-Fintech Partnership: Agile and Adaptable’ award at the IBSi Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2021 |
| HDFC Bank | ‘Most innovative best practice’ category award at the coveted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Award 2021 |
| Anukrti Upadhyay | Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her novel titled ‘Kintsugi’ |
| Viral Sudhirbhai Desai (Industrialist) | Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021 |
| Alia Bhatt | ‘2021 Person of the Year’ by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India |
November 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Colonel Servesh Dhadwal and Colonel Amit Bisht | Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| P Valsala | Ezhuthachan Award 2021 |
| Puneeth Rajkumar (Kannada actor) | Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt |
| Priyanka Mohite | ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020’ |
| M Mukundan (Author) | 2021 JCB prize for Literature, for his book titled ‘Delhi: A Soliloquy |
| Vihaan and Nav Agarwal (Delhi-based teenage brothers) | 17th annual Kids Rights International Children’s Peace Prize for recycling household waste and tackling pollution |
| Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) | 'Regional Rural Banks' category award by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) |
| Beryl Thanga (Novelist) | 12th Manipur State Award for Literature 2020 for his book titled ‘Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ithat’ (I and the then island) |
| 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 |
| Prakash Padukone (Indian Badminton Player) | Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Council |
| Anita Desai (Author) | Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 |
| Pratham NGO | Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 for its contribution to promoting the scope of education in India |
| Dr. S K Sohan Roy | 1st Indian to be honoured with the Knighthood of Parte Guelfa |
| Sascan Meditech | Pharma and Medical Device Startup India Grand Challenge 2021 |
October 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr. Rukmini Banerji | 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development for the work made by her in improving children’s learning |
| Prof. Eric A Hanushek | 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Research for his work in enhancing educational outcomes and the importance of teaching quality |
| Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE) | Delhi-based environmental organisation and has won the 2021 Right Livelihood Award |
| Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development | 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award |
| Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan | US India Business Council (USIBC) for the 2021 Global Leadership Award |
| B Gopal | 4th Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian cinema |
| Benyamin | 45th Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literary Award for his book ‘Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal’ |
| Dr. G Satheesh Reddy (Chairman of DRDO) | Aryabhata Award by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) |
| Dr. Randeep Guleria (Director of AIIMS) | 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu |
| Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO) | CK Prahlad award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership 2021 |
| James Sangma | Progressive Business Concept Award of PETA India 2021 for his Vegan Leather initiative |
| The National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd | Gold Award in Environmental Sustainability Category |
| NMDC’s Kumaraswamy Iron Ore Mine | Platinum Award in the Environmental Management Category |
| Alexei Navalny | European Union’s top human rights prize, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for 2021 by the European Parliament |
| Kung Fu Nuns of the Drukpa order of Buddhism | UNESCO’s Martial Arts Education Prize 2021 |
| Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation | Earth Guardian Award instituted by the NatWest Group India |
| Martin Scorsese and Istvan Szabo (Legendary filmmakers) | Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa 2021 |
| Rajinikanth | 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 67th National Film Awards ceremony |
| Dr. Rajiv Nigam | 2022 Joseph A. Cushman Award for Excellence in Foraminiferal Research |
| Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwean author and filmmaker) | Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2021 for a ‘new Enlightenment’ |
| Karnataka Bank | ‘Top organization Innovative HR Practices’ |
| TVS Motor Company | ‘Outstanding Renewable Energy User’ at the India Green Energy Award 2020 by the Indian Federation of Green Energy (IFGE) |
September 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Alejandro Prieto | Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021 Award |
| Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021 Award | Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 Best Award |
| Dr. Basant Kumar Misra | International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) |
| Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN) | Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award 2021 under the category of Best Growth Performance Power |
| Shailendra Singh (Indian Biologist) | Behler Turtle Conservation Award |
| Namita Gokhale (Writer) | 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award |
| Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli | 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from CII |
| International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) | 2021 Africa Food Prize for improving food security in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Anand Kumar (Mathematician) | Swami Brahmanand Award 2021 |
| National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) | UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021 |
| Bhanumati Gheewala (Nurse from Sir Sayajirao General Hospital, Gujarat) | Florence Nightingale Award |
| Brigadier SV Sarasvati | National Florence Nightingale Award 2020 |
| Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | ‘Global Goals Awards’ 2021 of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Fairooz Faizah Beether (Bangladesh) | 2021 Changemaker Award |
| Government e-Marketplace (GeM) | CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards for 2021 under the category of ‘Best Use of Digital Technology’ |
| 510MW Teesta V Power Station of Sikkim (owned by NHPC Limited) | 2021 IHA Blue Planet Prize for excellence in sustainable hydropower development |
August 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Asha Bhosle | Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2021 |
| Anand Radhakrishnan | Will Eisner Comic Industry Award as ‘Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)’ |
| Dr Cyrus Poonawalla | Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021 |
| Kasturba Hospital, Manipal | ‘IMC RBNQ Efficiency Excellence Trophy 2020’ |
| Jagdish Bhagwati and C Rangarajan | Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal (CGM) |
| SoftWorthy | National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps) Teams Award in the US |
| Mohammad Azam | National Youth Award by the Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur |
July 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| ‘Decoding Shankar’ | Best Film Award in the Documentary section (Best Biographical) |
| Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda | Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar |
| Invest India | Investment Promotion Agency 2021 award by OCO Global |
| Korean Air | ‘Air Transport World’s (ATW) 2021 Airline of the Year’ |
| Kaushik Basu | Humboldt Research Award in Economics |
| N N Pillai | Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS)’s Literary Award for 2021 |
| Muhammad Yunus | Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Games |
| Director Payal Kapadia’s, ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ | Oeil d'Or (Golden Eye) award for best documentary at the 74th Cannes Film Festival |
| Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar | Alexander Dalrymple award by the British Government for his work in hydrography and nautical cartography |
| Edible Routes Private Limited, Oorja Development Solutions India and Taru Naturals | UN Food Systems Summit Competition called ‘Best Small Business: Good Food for All’ |
| Satpura Tiger Reserve | Natwest Group Earth Heroes Award 2021 in the category of Earth Guardian for its best management role |
June 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Valeria Luiselli | International Dublin Literary Award 2021 for her novel ‘Lost Children Archive’ |
| Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan | ‘WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award’ |
| Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind | International Business Book of the Year Award 2021 |
| David Diop | International Booker Prize 2021 for ‘At Night All Blood Is Black’ |
| Thomas Vijayan | 2021 Nature TTL Photography Awards for his photo of an Orangutan clinging to a tree |
| GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) | ‘Gold Recognition’ award from ACI (Airport Council International) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2021 |
| Prof. Shailesh Ganpule | 'NSG Counter-IED & Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award 2021' |
| Familial Forestry | Land for Life Award by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) |
| Larsen & Toubro Infotech | Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake |
| KK Shaileja | Central European University’s highest award of Open Society Prize 2021 for her work in public health services |
| NTPC | India’s Best Employers among Nation Builders 2021 |
| Cochin International Airport (CIAL) | Airport Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll of Excellence |
| Delhi Metro | 'Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award' for 2020 |
| RK Sabharwal | ‘The Order of Polar Star’ |
| P Sainath | Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize 2021 |
May 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Shyamala Ganesh | “Order of Rising Sun” by the Japanese Government |
| Maria Ressa (Rapple’s CEO) | 2021 laureate of UNESCO /Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize |
| Pink (Singer) | Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards |
| Justice Gita Mitta | Arline Pacht Global Vision Award 2021 |
| Babar Azam (Pakistan) | ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April 2021 |
| Alyssa Healy (Australia) | ICC Women’s Player of the Month for April 2021 |
| Dr Tahera Qutbuddin | 1st Indian to win the 15th Sheikh Zayed Book Award |
| Anupam Kher | Best Actor Award for his performance in a short film named ‘Happy Birthday’ at New York City International Film Festival |
| IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency) | ‘Green Urja Award’ by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) |
| Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted | 2021 World Food Prize for her work in developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (Union Education Minister) | International Invincible Gold Medal 2021 |
| Baljeet Kaur (Himachal Pradesh) and Gunbala Sharma (Rajasthan) | 1st Women Mountaineers to summit Mount Pumori in Nepal |
| Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian and Prof. David Klenerman | 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for developing revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques namely, Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS) |
| Suresh Mukund | 10th Annual World Choreography Award 2020 |
| Jane Goodall | Templeton Prize 2021 |
| Hockey India | Prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award |
| Max Verstappen | Monaco Grand Prix 2021 |
| SpiceHealth | Gold Award at 2021 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for ‘Most Valuable Medical Innovation’ under COVID-19 |
| Krishi Avam Paristhitiki Vikas Sansthan (KRAPAVIS) | Prestigious India Biodiversity Awards 2021 under the category ‘Sustainable Use of Biological Resources.’ |
| VK Pandian | President’s award by International Hockey Federation for his contribution to promoting Hockey in Odisha |
| Bharat Ratna Professor C.N.R. Rao | International ENI Award 2020 for his research in renewable energy sources and energy storage |
| Amartya Kumar Sen | Spain’s top Princess of Asturias Award in the social sciences category, the Spanish prize foundation |
| Padma Bhushan Dr D Nageshwar Reddy | Rudolf V Schindler Award from the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) |
| Robert Lewandowski | European Golden Boot |
April 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Sharankumar Limbale | Saraswati Samman 2020 |
| Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’ | National Book Critics Circle Prize |
| Rajinikanth | 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
| Biswabhushan Harichandan (Governor of Andhra Pradesh) | Kalinga Ratna Samman 2021 |
| Aniyan Midhun | South Asian Wushu Championship |
| Prof. Suman Chakraborty | 30th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research |
| Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey David Ullman | 2020 Association for Computing Machinery A.M. Turing Award |
| Guneet Monga (Filmmaker) | Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, the second-highest civilian French honour |
| Yusuff Ali M. A | Abu Dhabi’s Top Civilian Award |
| Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) | National Award for Innovation Training Practices 2019-2020 |
| Kane Williamson (New Zealand cricket player) | Sir Richard Hadlee Medal |
| ‘Puglya’ (Name of Marathi Film) | Best Foreign Language Feature Award at Moscow International Film Festival 2021 |
| Roberto Benigni | 78th Venice International Film Festival |
| Aditya Birla Group’s Birla Cellulose Limited | UN’s National Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chain Award |
| Rumana Sehgal | Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award 2021 by the Diplomatic Mission Global Peace |
| Dr Krithi K Karanth | ‘Wild Innovator Award’ by Wild Elements Foundation |
| IIT Kharagpur | CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0 |
| ESAF Small Finance Bank | ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute |
| Carmen Maria Machado | Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘ In the Dream House: A Memoir’ |
| HDFC Bank | ‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank Awards |
March 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| The Hindu Group | South Asian Digital Media Awards by WAN IFRA (World Association of News Publishers), being named as ‘Champion Publisher of the Year’ |
| Amitabh Bachchan | 2021 Film Archive Award by The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) |
| Mahamadou Issoufou (President of Niger) | 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership |
| Ravichandran Ashwin (India) | ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2021 |
| Tammy Beaumont (England) | ICC Women’s Player of the Month for February 2021 |
| Koneru Humpy (Indian Chess Player) | BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award |
| Anju Bobby George (Indian Athlete) | BBC Lifetime Achievement award |
| Manu Bhaker (Indian Shooter) | BBC Emerging Player-of-the-Year award |
| Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR) | King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) |
| Gowsalya Shankar | International Woman of Courage Award 2021 |
| Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal | Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021 |
| NTPC Ltd | 'Role Model' Award’ at the 11th CII National HR Excellence Awards 2020-21 |
| For 2019 Late Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman | Gandhi Peace Prize |
| For 2020 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Gandhi Peace Prize |
| Prof. Sharad Pagare | Vyas Samman 2020 |
| Asha Bhosle | Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020 |
| IIT Kharagpur | CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0 |
| ESAF Small Finance Bank | ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute |
| Carmen Maria Machado | Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘ In the Dream House: A Memoir’ |
| HDFC Bank | ‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank Awards |
February 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| AR Rahman (Music Composer) and Saidapet Hari Krishnan (Social Activist) | 4th edition of Alert Being Icon Awards |
| Robert Irwin | 1st prize in Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award Contest |
| ‘Koozhangal’ | 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 |
| Bangalore International Airport Limited’s (Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru) | Airports Council International World’s ‘Voice of the Customer’ award |
| Dr Shobhna Kapoor, Dr Antara Banerjee, Dr Sonu Gandhi and Dr Ritu Gupta | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Women Excellence Award 2021 |
| S. Theodore Baskaran | Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020 by Sanctuary Nature Foundation |
| YS Jagan Mohan Reddy | Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award |
| Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) | 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020 under the Innovation category by UNEP |
| Manasa Varanasi | VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020 |
| 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 |
| Anjali Bharadwaj | International Anti-Corruption Champions Award |
| PM Narendra Modi | ‘CERA Week Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award’ |
January 2021
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| V K Yadav | ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020’ |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank | Sahitya Gaurav Samman 2021 |
| Pandit Satish Vyas | 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
| Anhinav Kala Parishad | 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
| Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti | Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in Queen Elizabeth II’s 2021 New Year’s Honours List |
| Ministry of Tribal Affairs | SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-governance category |
| Ministry of Panchayati Raj | SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-governance category |
| AIIMS Bhubaneswar | Kayakalp Award |
| Biswajit Chatterjee | ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award at IFFI |
| Nikhil Srivastava | 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize |
| Dr Rajendra Kumar Bhandari | Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 |
| Ram Temple Tableau of Uttar Pradesh | First prize in Republic Day 2021 |
| Meghalaya | National Award for Best Electoral Practices 2020 |
December 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Ranjitsinh Disale | 2020 Global Teacher Prize |
| Adar Poonawalla | ‘The Straits Times Asian of the Year 2020’ |
| Mondo Duplantis (Sweden, Pole Valuter) | Male World Athletes of the Year 2020 |
| Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela, triple jumper) | Female World Athletes of the Year 2020 |
| Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) | International King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award for 2020 |
| Invest India | 2020 UN Investment Promotion Award by UNCTAD |
| Dr Carolina Araujo | 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematics |
| Joe Biden and Kamala Harris | Time Magazine’s Person of the Year |
| Ashraf Patel | Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award –India 2020 |
| Paul Sein Twa | Goldman Environmental Prize 2020 by IUCN |
| Robert Lewandowski (Poland) | Best FIFA Men’s Player 2020 |
| Lucy Bronze (England) | Best FIFA Women’s Player 2020 |
| Ratan Tata | ASSOCHAM Enterprise of the Century Award |
| Ratan Tata | Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace award |
| K. Veeramani | Dr Narendra Dabholkar Memorial Award |
| Hemant Kumar Pandey | DRDO’s ‘Scientist of the Year Award’ |
November 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Dr Dinesh Katre | Emmett Leahy Award 2020 |
| Paul Zacharia | Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2020 |
| Hariharan | JC Daniel Award for lifetime contribution to Malayalam Cinema |
| S Hareesh | JCB Prize in Literature for 2020 |
| Azim Premji | Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020 |
| Ruskin Bond | Tata Literature Live Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 |
| Dr K S Subramanian | Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Golden Jubilee |
| Sadat Rahman | International Children’s Peace Prize 2020 |
| Douglas Stuart | 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank | Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Naseeruddin Shah | 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Puraskar |
| Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik | 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar |
| Dr Bish Agrawal | 2020 AESC (Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants) lifetime Achievement Award 2020 |
October 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Sanjay Singh | ‘2020 Gandhi Award’ |
| Ratan Tata | IACC (Indo-American Chamber of Commerce) lifetime and Global Excellence Award |
| Ales Bialiatsli (Belarus), Nasrin Sotoudeh (Iran), Bryan Stevenson (US) and Lottie Cunningham Wren (Nicaragua) | Right Livelihood Award 2020 |
| Nityanand Nayak (Odia Poet) | Sarala Puraskar |
| Bank of Ghana | Central Bank of the Year Award 2020 |
| Mark Carney | Governor of the year at Central Bank of the Year Award 2020 |
| Aishwarya Sridhar | 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award |
| Seema Gupta | 17th annual Stevie Award for Women in Business |
| Dr Jajini Varghese | ‘Outstanding Young Person of the World 2020’ |
| Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) of India | 2020 UN Global Climate Action Award |
| Dr Satish Mishra | ‘Dr. Tulsi Das Chugh Award 2020’ by National Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Late Actor Om Puri | Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 at 3rd India International Film Festival of Boston |
| Chef Vikas Khanna | ‘Pride of India’, a special award at 3rd India International Film Festival of Boston |
September 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Hyderabad International Airport or GMR led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ Awards at National Award for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’ |
| Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Vizag Steel Plant) | ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ award by Confederation of Indian industry and Godrej Green Business Centre |
| Aditya Puri | Lifetime Achievement Awards by Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2020 |
| Chef Vikas Khanna | Asia Game Changer Award 2020 |
| Margaret Atwood | 2020 Dayton Literacy Peace Prize’s Lifetime Achievement |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Ig Noble Prize 2020 for Medical Education |
| Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Goalkeeper) | All India Football Federations Men’s Footballer of the Year 2019-20 |
| Sanju Yadav (Midfielder) | All India Football Federations Women’s Footballer of the Year 2019-20 |
| Usha Mangeshkar | Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar Award 2020-21 |
| Sonu Sood | SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award |
August 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh | Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019 |
| Wing Commander Gajanand Yadava | ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2019 |
| Army Sports Institute, Pune | Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020 |
| Marieke Lucas Rijneveld | International Booker Prize 2020 for her debut novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening' |
| Sudha Painuli | National Award to Teachers 2020 |
| Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda | First Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations World Cup (MCWC) |
July 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| C Rangarajan | P C Mahalanobis Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Siddhartha Mukherjee and Raj Chetty | Carnegie Corporation of New York’s 2020 list of ‘Great Immigrants’ |
| Freya Thakral | 2020 Diana Award |
| Kritika Pandey | Overall Winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize |
| Lt Col Bharat Pannu | Virtual Race Across America (VRAAM) 2020 |
| Ratnakar Matkari | Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar Award |
| International Olympic Committee | EU Green Building Award 2020 |
| NTPC Ltd | CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019 |
| Kezang D Thongdok | 2020 Dada Saheb Phalke Award |
| Institute for Human Development (IHD) | ‘Development Marketplace Award 2020:Innovations to Address Gender-Based Violence’ |
| K Sivan | Von Karman Award 2020 by International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) |
| Hockey Player Gurubux Singh and Cricketer Palash Nandi | Mohun Bagan Ratna Award |
| Chhattisgarh CM Darpan website and mobile app | Elites Excellence Award 2020 |
| N Chandrasekaran and Jim Taiclet | US-India Business Council (USIBC) Global Leadership Award 2020 |
| Ved Prakash Dudeja | ‘Infra Business Leader of the year 2020 award by Rail Infra and Mobility Digital Award (RIMBDA)’ |
| Sachin Awasthi | Global Humanitarian Award 2020 |
| Shahidul Alam (Bangladesh), Mohammad Mosaed (Iran), Dapo Olorunyomi (Nigeria) and Svetlana Prokopyeva (Russia) | CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) International Press Freedom Award 2020 |
| Kate Winslet | 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Tribute Actor Award |
| Guinean doctor Morissana Kouyate and Marianna Vardinoyannis from Greece | Nelson Mandella Prize 2020 |
| Arnab Chaudhuri | ‘Legend of Animation’ |
| Greta Thunberg | Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity |
| Kala Naryanasamy | President’s Award for Nurse in Singapore |
| Aditya | Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating |
| Jamie Vardy | Premier League Golden Boot Football Award |
| Sunil YDV SS | ‘Karamveer Chakra Award’ |
June 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Kiran Mazumdar Shaw | EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 |
| Javed Akhtar | Richard Dawkins Award 2020 |
| Renjith Kumar | ‘NASA Distinguished Service Medal’ |
| Shobha Sekhar | Medal of the order of Australia (OAM) |
| Rattan Lal | World Food Prize 2020 |
| Chef Angad Singh Rana | QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 in the category of Seafood challenge |
| Chef Vaibhav Bhargava | QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 in the category of Mutton/lamb challenge |
| Amrtya Sen | German Book Trade for 2020 Peace Prize |
| Gulabbai Sangamnerkar | Lifetime Achievement Award of Vithabai Naryangaokar |
| Popstar Beyonce | 20th Annual BET Awards 2020 |
| Kritika Pandey | Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 |
| Deccan Development Society | Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award |
| Himachal Pradesh | e-Panchayat Puraskar-2020 |
May 2020
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Prof. Shobhana Narasimhan | American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Vaneeza Rupani | Naming NASA’s 1st Mars Helicopter |
| Arktika-M | Russia’s 1st Satellite to Monitor Arctic Climate |
| Saurabh Lodha | Young Career Award in Nano Science and Technology for the year 2020 |
| Indian journalist Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand | 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography |
| Joseph J Landsberg, Richard H Waring, and Nicholas C Coops | Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020 |
| White Gold Technologies LLP, Mumbai | Startup India Animal Husbandry Grand Challenge Awards |
| Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore | SKYTRAX Award 2020 in the category of Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia |
| Changi Airport of Singapore | SKYTRAX Award 2020 in the category of World’s Best Airport |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai | Best airport staff in India and Central Asia category |
| Sania Mirza | Fed Cup Heart Award for Aisa/Oceania Zone |
| Anunta | VMware 2020 Regional Partner of the Year Award for the Services Excellence category |
| Lieutenant Commander Akshay Kumar | Vice Admiral G.M. Hiranandani Memorial Rolling Trophy for the year 2020 |
| Suman Gawani | UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2019 |
| Rajiv Joshi | NYIPLA “Inventor of the Year award” for the year 2020 |
| Quarraisha Abdool Karim | Christophe Merieux Prize |
April 2020
| Award | Awardee |
|---|---|
| ‘Hero to Animals Award’ by PETA India | Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik |
| Chinese Virtual Grand Prix Championship | Charles Leclerc |
| Inclusion in The Medicine Maker Power List 20 For 2020 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw |
| William E. Colby Award 2020 | Adam Higginbotham |
| 13th edition of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2020 | Novelist Abdelouahab Aissaoui |
| Wisden’s Leading Cricketer 2020 Men | England All-rounder Ben Stokes |
| Wisden’s Leading Cricketer 2020 Women | Ellyse Perry of Australia |
| Edison Award | Tata Power for campaign ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’ |
| Forbes billionaires list “The Richest in 2020” | Jeff Bezos |
March 2020
| Award | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 128th Commonwealth Points of Light Award winner | Jadav Payeng |
| MS Swaminathan Award | V Praveen Rao |
| Chameli Devi Jain Award | Arfa Sherwani & Rohini Mohan |
| Hemingway Award 2020 | Novelist Ruchika Tomar |
| IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 | Zoya Akhtar |
| 2019 Road Safety Media Fellowship Award | Prachi Salve, Pradeep Dwivedi |
| Moghai Ojah Award | Paramananda Majumder |
| Ugandas Highest Civilian Award | Rajesh Chaplot |
| National Award | DRDO |
February 2020
| Award | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 1st Position for the Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana | Madhya Pradesh |
| 1st Men's section Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament 2020 | Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre (LSRC) Red |
| 2019 FIH Women's Rising Star of the Year | Lalremsiami |
| SERB Women Excellence Award-2020 | Dr Niti Kumar |
| 34th Cannes Open | D Gukesh |
| ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020’ for the Asia-Pacific region | Shaktikanta Das |
| 1st Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award | Vinod Kumar Shukla |
| Lifetime Achievement Award by International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) | Pullela Gopichand |
| Dan David Prize 2020 | Gita Sen |
| Miss Diva Universe 2020 | Adline Castelino |
| National e-Governance Award | RailMadad |
| Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award | Lewis Hamilton and Footballer Lionel Messi |
| Mystic Kalinga Literary Award | Manoj das |
| French honour for Theatre Artiste | Sanjana Kapoor |
| National Award for Implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana | South Salmara Mankachar of Assam |
| Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 | Jadav Payeng |
January 2020
| Award | Awardee |
|---|---|
| ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence’ | Dr M S Swaminathan |
| ‘Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service’ | Dr Gutta Muniratnam |
| Polly Umrigar Award | Jasprit Bumrah |
| 'World Games Athlete of the Year' Award | Rani Rampal |
| Global Bihar Excellence Award 2019 | Piyush Jaiswal |
| Miss Teen International 2019 | Aayushi Dholakia |
| Global Child Prodigy Award 2020 | Indian girl Sucheta Satish & Indian Yoga Boy Ishwar Sharma |
| Costa Children’s Award 2019 | Jasbinder Bilan |
| 29th Saraswati Samman | Vasdev Mohi |
| “Merck Young Scientist Award 2019” | Sakya Singha Sen |
| Cisco Youth Leadership Award 2019 | Priya Prakash |
| Kerala National Media Award | N. Ram |
| ‘Harit Ratna Award 2019’ | Dr N Kumar |
| 1st Prize at the Republic Day Parade, 2020 | Tableaux of Assam |
| Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Calcutta University | Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee |
| 2020 Tyler Prize | Pavan Sukhdev |
| Padma Shri award from Telangana | Farmer Chinthala Venkat Reddy |
| 2020 Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar Award | Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre (DMMC) |
| Plastic Waste Management Award 2020 | Assam's Dibrugarh district |
December 2019
| Award | Awardee |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe for the year 2019 | Zozibini Tunzi |
| Nobel Peace Prize 2019 | Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed |
| FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 | Railway Sports Promotion Board |
| British PM Boris Johnson | General Election in the UK |
| Prof. Sibnath Deb | Visitor’s Award - for Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
| Prof. Sanjay Puri | Visitor’s Award- for Research in Physical Sciences |
| Prof. Asad Ullah Khan | Visitor’s Award - for Research in Biological Sciences |
| Dr Shaon Ray Chaudhuri | Visitor’s Award- for Technology Development |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018 |
| Tony Joseph | 2019 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize |
| Lionel Messi | Ballon d’Or Award |
| Sangeeta Jaitley | Economic Times (ET) Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service 2019 |
| Joaquin Rafael Phoenix | PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) ‘Person of the Year’ Award 2019 |
| Christopher Martin-Jenkins | Spirit of Cricket Award |
| Abu Dhabi (UAE) | World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination at the 26th Edition of the World Travel Awards (WTA) |
| Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Nicholas Emiliou, Frantisek Ruzicka, Volodymyr Yelchenko | ‘The Diwali – Power of One’ award 2019 |
| Gulu Mirchandani | “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association |
| Odisha | ‘World Habitat Award’ for Jaga Mission |
| Greta Thunberg, Aminatou Haidar, Guo Juanmei and Davi Kopenawa Yanomami | Right Livelihood Award for the year 2019 |
| Ajit Doval | Honorary Doctorate at the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Central University (HNBCIJ) |
| Priyanka Chopra | Marrakech Film Festival |
| Gurugram-based startup | ‘Space Oscar’ Award |
| Rani Rampal, Saurabh Chaudhary | Sports Person of the Year awards at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 |
| Greta Thunberg | Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019 |
| Toni-Ann Singh | Miss World 2019 |
| Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir | National Award Union Rural Development Ministry for best performance in the implementation of PMGSY |
| Ben Stokes | BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019 |
| R. Nagaswamy | Silver Jubilee International Conference of Art |
| Aditya K. | Bharat Award for bravery |
| Kamareddy district of Telangana | Unicef-2019 Award for Swachh Bharat implementation |
| Dr Santosh G Honavar | American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) highest Life Achievement Award |
| Major Anoop Mishra | Army Design Bureau Excellence Award |
November 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Isabelle Huppert | Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI 2019 |
| S Rajinikanth | ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ Award |
| Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Golden Dragon Award at 2019 CIFF |
| Pepsico India | US Award for Saving Water |
| Neeraj Sharma | ‘Early career Researchers of the Year 2019’ Award |
| Madhuri Vijay’s | ‘The Far Field’ wins 2019 JCB prize for Literature |
| Serbia’s Sara Damnjanovic | ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’ |
| Gulab Kothari | Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award |
| Writer Abhishek Sarkar | Young Literature Award |
| Rofiquzzaman Rony | Gemcon Young Poetry Award |
| Kumar Mangalam Birla | ABLF Global Asian Award |
| Shanta Gokhale | Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019 |
| K. Ullas Karanth | George Schaller Lifetime Award |
| Ravi Prakash | BRICS-Young Innovator Prize 2019 |
| Robert De Niro | SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award |
| Bhonsle | Asian Film Festival Barcelona |
| Tobacco Board of India | Golden Leaf Award |
| Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | ICCR distinguished Alumni Award |
| Sridevi and Rekha | Akkineni Nageswara Roa National Award for 2018 and 2019 |
| Ankur Ranjan Phukan & Monoranjan Bori | Munin Barkotoki Literary Award 2019 |
| Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla | ABLF Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Avneet Sidhu | Guru Nanak Dev Ji Achievers Award |
| Bajrang Punia | Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports) |
| Sir David Attenborough | Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019 |
| Virat Kohli | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s ‘Person of the Year for 2019’ |
| Greta Thunberg | International Children’s Peace Prize |
| Eliud Kipchoge, Dalilah Muhammad | World Athlete of the Year Award |
| Floating school project of Bangladesh | Aga Khan Architecture Award |
| Singer Billie Eilish | Billboard’s 2019 Woman of the Year |
| Odia women weightlifter Jhilli Dalabehera | Ekalabya Award for 2019 |
| Suresh Krishna | ‘Quality Ratna’ Award |
| Indian journalist Neha Dixit | International Press Freedom Award 2019 |
| Manisha Kulshreshtha | 28th Bihari Puraskar Award |
| G Satheesh Reddy | Honorary Fellowship by RAeS |
| ‘Particles’ | Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019 |
| Akkitham Namboodiri | 55th Jnanpith Award |
| NDTV | International Press Institute India Award |
| Kharjan TE | Best Tea Garden School Award |
| Bodybuilder Chitharesh Natesan | Mr. Universe 2019 |
| Kiran Mazumdar Shaw | Lifetime Achievement Award by ICMR |
| Sudarsan Pattnaik | Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019 |
| Amit Panghal | Haryana Gaurav Award |
October 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | Swachchta Ambassador Award |
| Azizbek Ashurov | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award |
| Ben Stokes | Professional Cricketers’ Association player of the year and People's Choice Award |
| “Spirit Of Kerala” | People’s Choice Award |
| Nick Hague | “The Order of Courage“ Award |
| Ashleigh Barty | ‘The Don’ Award |
| Vikram Sarabhai Library of IIMA | ‘Award of Distinction’ |
| Ramesh Pandey | Asia Environmental Enforcement Award |
| Chandi Prasad Bhatt | 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration |
| Noted Director and Producer Priyadarshan | Madhya Pradesh government’s National Kishore Kumar Award |
| Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo | 2019 Booker Prize |
| Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra | “Orchestra of the year Award 2019” |
| K Parasaran | Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award |
| Jennifer Aniston | People’s Icon Award 2019 |
| “Gully Boy” & “Delhi Crime” | Asian Academy Creative Awards |
| Ilham Tohti | Sakharov Prize |
| BharatPe | DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award |
| Anup Singh | Udyog Rattan Award |
| Nedumangad | 2019 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar Award |
| YES Bank | DigiDhan Mission Digital Payments Award |
| Dutee Chand | Vogue Award for Sportsperson of the Year |
| Sanjay Kapoor | Most Inspiring Indian Bollywood Actor in UK |
| Kavitha Gopal | President of India Prize 2019 |
| Kalli Purie | Indias Most Powerful Women in Media |
September 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Prof. Sibnath Deb | Visitor’s Award for Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
| Prof. Sanjay Puri | Visitor’s Award for Research in Physical Sciences |
| Prof. Asad Ullah Khan | Visitor’s Award for Research in Biological Sciences |
| Dr Shaon Ray Chaudhuri | Visitor’s Award for Technology Development |
| IPS officer Chhaya Sharma | 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award |
| Paolo Borrometi for Courageous and Ethical Journalism | 2019 Peter Mackler Award |
| Andhra Pradesh | Best State Award for overall growth in the tourism category |
| Goa and Madhya Pradesh | Adventure Tourism category |
| Uttarakhand | Best Film Promotion Friendly State |
| Telangana | Best State in the Innovative use of IT category |
| Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) | IT Excellence Award, 2019 |
| Odia Writer Pradeep Dash | 40th Edition of Prestigious Sarala Puraskar |
| Navdeep Singh Suri | First Class Order of Zayed II Award |
| Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina | Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award 2019 |
| Neena Gupta | Best Feature Film and Best Actress Award |
| Agnes Kharshiing | 11th International Hrant Dink Award |
| Vinod Kumar Yadav | Eminent Engineers Award |
| Anand Kumar | Education Excellence Award 2019 |
| Kerala Tourism | Three PATA Gold Awards |
| Sonu Nigam | Magnificent Performing Arts Award |
| Ravish Kumar | Gauri Lankesh National Award |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Dadasaheb Phalke award |
| Adam Harper | SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2019 |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi | 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award |
| Payal Jangid | Changemaker Award 2019 |
| Cochin International Airport | Award for Passenger Satisfaction |
| Thanu Padmanabhan | M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 |
| Kallie Puri | India’s Most Powerful Women in Media |
| Tapan Kumar Mishra | National Tourism Award for the Category of “Best Tourist Guide” |
| Sanjay Kapoor | Most of the inspiring Indian Bollywood Actor |
| Kavitha Gopal | President of India Prize 2019 |
| Ayushmann Khurrana | Actor of the Year award at the 11th edition of GQ Men of the Year Awards |
| Infosys | United Nations Global Climate Action Award |
| PT Usha | IAAF Veteran Pin Award |
August 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Ravish Kumar | Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 |
| Dr. Vikram Sarabhai | Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research |
| NITI Aayog | 4th Edition of WTI Awards |
| Vice President Venkaiah Naidu | President’s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards |
| ISRO Chairman K. Sivan | Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award |
| Himachal Pradesh | POSHAN Abhiyaan Awards |
| Director General of DD News, Mayank Agrawal | “Champions of Empathy Award” |
| Ruhan Rajput | ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2019’ |
| Former Cricketer Kapil Dev | Bharat Gaurav Award |
| Bhasha Mukherjee | Miss England 2019 |
| President of Guinea | National Order of Merit |
| Naaz Joshi | Miss World Diversity 2019 |
| Actor Steve Coogan | Charlie Chaplin Award |
| Lionel Messi | UEFA’s Goal of the Season award 2018-19 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo(Runner Up) | UEFA’s Goal of the Season award 2018-19 |
| Rajasthan | “Best Innovation and Initiative Leadership Award”( World Education Summit-2019) |
| Priyam Chatterjee | 1st Indian Chef to win French honour |
| Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman | Vir Chakra |
| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi | “Order of Zayed“ |
| Philipose Mar Chrysostum | Guinness Award |
| Dr K Thangaraj | JC Bose Fellowship for the Year 2019 |
| Meeta Narain | ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’ |
| Shri Prabhakar Singh | ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019’ |
| Eric Cantona | UEFA President’s Award |
| Sattriya danseuse | Prestigious Award |
| Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee | Bharat Ratna |
| Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2018 | |
| Name of the Person | Category |
| Aparna Kumar, Late Dipankar Ghosh, Manikandan K | For adventure in 'land category' |
| Prabhat Raju Koli | For adventure in 'Water category' |
| RameshwerJangra | For adventure in 'Air category' |
| Wangchuk Sherpa | For lifetime achievement |
July 2019
| Awardee | Award | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aparna Kumar | 1st IPS officer to complete 7 Summits Challenge (Climbing the North America’s Highest Peak Denali (20,310 feet) | ||
| Northeast Frontier Railway | Best Innovation Award (Railway) | ||
| “Find the Incredible You” Campaign | Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2019 | ||
| Wipro’s Azim Premji, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga | 2019 Global Excellence Awards (by US-India Strategic Partnership Forum) | ||
| ‘Gully Boy’ | NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2019 | ||
| ‘Nagarkirtan’ | Best Featured Film at SAARC Film Festival 2019 | ||
| Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Mandhana | Arjuna Award 2018 by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju | ||
| P T Usha | International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)Veteran Pin | ||
| Vocalist S. Sowmya | Sangita Kalanidhi Award at 93rd Annual Conference of Music Academy | ||
| Meryl Streep | Tribute Actor Award at 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) | ||
| Sudarsan Pattnaik | People’s Choice Award at 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival | ||
| Vidisha Baliyan | Miss Deaf World 2019 Title | ||
| Priya Priyadarshini Jain | ‘Indian Woman of Influence Award’at House of Lords, UK | ||
| P.Raghu Ram | Honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons(FRCS) of Thailand | ||
| Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards | |||
| Zakhir Hussain | Akademi Ratna category | ||
| Sonal Mansingh | Akademi Ratna category | ||
| Jatin Goswami | Akademi Ratna category | ||
| K Kalyanasundaram Pillai | Akademi Ratna category | ||
| Diwan Singh Bajeli | Overall Contribution/Scholarship | ||
| Puru Dadhich | Overall Contribution/Scholarship | ||
June 2019
| Award | Awardee |
|---|---|
| "Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca" Award | Ms Pratibha Patil |
| Country's First Woman Fighter | Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh |
| Global Leadership Award 2019 | Sunder Pichai and Adena Friedman |
| World's Richest Female Musician | Rihanna |
| 'Nishan Izzuddin'- Maldives' award | Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
| Distinguished Alumni Award | Nirmala Sitharaman and S. Jaishankar |
| Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award | Priyanka Chopra |
| 54th Jnanpith Award | Amitav Ghosh |
| BBC World Service Global Champion | Akshaya Patra |
| Femina Miss India World 2019 | Suman Rao |
| 'Save Water Hero Award' | Makarand Tilloo |
| Innovation for Sustainable Development Award | Nitesh Kumar Jangir |
| Miss Universe Australia 2019 | Priya Serrao |
| ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ | Mark Tully |
| Kyrgyzstan’s Highest National Award | Xi Jinping |
| ‘Journalist of the Year’ RedInk Award | Rachna Khaira |
| President’s award for excellent CSR in social development | NALCO |
| Emirates Recycling Award | Nia Tony |
| Statesmanship Award | Jimmy Carter |
| World Health Organization Award | Rajasthan government’s Medical & Health Department |
| J.C. Daniel Award | Sheela J.C. |
| Gold Award | Mahindra Automobiles |
| ‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement’ Award | Movie - Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the Sun) |
| IIT Kanpur’s Honorary Doctorate | Pullela Gopichand |
| PM Yoga Award 2019 | |
| Swami Rajarshi Muni of Life Mission, Gujarat | Individual Category |
| Antonietta Rozzi of Italy | Individual Category |
| Bihar School of Yoga, Munger | Organisation Category |
| Japan Yoga Niketan of Japan | Organisation Category |
May 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Alfred Brownell | Goldman Environmental Prize |
| Apurvi Chandela | World Number One Spot in 10m Air Rifle |
| A.S. Kiran Kumar | 'Knight of the Legion of Honour' |
| Nileena M. S. | Asian College of Journalism's Award |
| Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty | P.C. Chandra Puraskaar 2019 |
| King Maha Vajiralongkorn | King of Thailand |
| Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | 'Order of St. George' Award for the year 2019 |
| G D 'Robert' Govender | V K Krishna Menon Award 2019 |
| Tiger Woods | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| Esha Singh and Akull Kumar | Silver in International Shooting |
| Chhaya Sharma | McCain Institute Award 2019 |
| Aarohi Pandit | First Woman to Cross Atlantic Ocean |
| Anil Kapoor | Council of European Chambers of Commerce in India (CEUCC) |
| Kami Rita | World's Highest Peak Mount Everest for 23rd time |
| Pramod Kumar Mishra | Sasakawa Award 2019 |
| Saray Khumalo | First Black African Woman to Scale Mt. Everest |
| Jokha Alharthi | "Man Booker International Prize" |
| Shyam Saran | 'The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' Award |
| Bhawana Kanth | First Woman Pilot to qualify for Combat Missions |
| Indra Nooyi | Presented with an Honorary Degree by Yale University |
| Dr. Hema Divakar | 'Global Asian of the Year' Award |
| Dr. Ankur Patwardhan | 'German Chemistry Prize' |
| Kalpana Dash | Odisha's First Woman Mountaineer |
| Mahesh Mangaonkar | Sekisui Open for the Second Time |
| Saurabh Chaudhary | Second Gold Medal in 10m Air Pistol Event in ISSF Gold Cup 2019 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Monaco Grand Prix |
| Guy Gunaratne | International Dylan Thomas Prize 2019 |
| Acharya Balkrishna | One of the "UNSDG Ten Most Influential People in Healthcare" Award |
| Professor N. Kumar | 'Lifetime Recognition Award' |
| Chelsea | UEFA Europa League 2019 |
| Annie Zaidi | Nine Dots Prize |
April 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Neeraj Chopra (Athletics) | ESPN Sports Person of the Year (Male) |
| P V Sindhu (Badminton) | ESPN Sports Person of the Year (Female) |
| Saina Nehwal (Badminton) | ESPN Comeback of the Year |
| Jaspal Rana (Shooting) | ESPN Coach of the Year |
| Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting) | ESPN Emerging Sportsperson of the Year |
| Ekta Bhyan (Para-athletics) | ESPN Differently-abled athlete of the Year |
| Pradip Kumar Banerjee (Football) | ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Salim Khan | Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Deepa Malik | New Zealand Prime Minister’sSir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019 |
| PM Narendra Modi | Russian Award “Order of Saint Andrew The Apostle” |
| PM Narendra Modi | Zayed Medal of UAE |
| Utkarsh Bangla and Sabooj Sathi Schemes | World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards |
| Rana Dasgupta | Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 |
| K Siva Reddy | Saraswati Samman 2018 |
| Benny Antony | National Intellectual Property Award for 2019. |
| Dr Rajendra Joshi | Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award |
| Bhayanakam (Malayalam film) | Best Cinematography Award at Beijing International Film Festival |
March 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| President Ram Nath Kovind | Grand Order of the King of Tomislav by Croatia |
| Marcelo Gleiser (Brazilian physicist and astronomer) | Templeton Prize 2019 |
| Peter Tabichi | Global Teacher Prize 2019 |
| US Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck | Abel Prize 2019 |
| Raghu Karnad | Windham-Campbell Prize |
| Priyanka Dubey | Chameli Devi Jain Award |
| Raghuram Rajan | Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2018 |
| Japanese Architect Arata Isozaki | Pritzker Prize 2019 |
| Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) | SKOCH Award, 2018 |
| G Satheesh Reddy. | Missile Systems Award 2019 |
| Indore | Saubhagya Award under Pradhanmantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana |
| Leeladhar Jagudi | Vyas Samman 2018 |
| Hailakandi in Assam | Top Aspirational District by Delta Ranking Report by NITI Ayog |
| Thanga Darlong | First Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life Time Award |
| Swati Shingade | First prize of DD Mahila Kisan Award for 2018- 19 |
| Indore | India’s cleanest city by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019 |
| Ahmedabad | Cleanest big city with a population of more than ten lakh by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019 |
| Gauchar (Uttrakhand) | Best Ganga Town by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019 |
| Bhopal | Cleanest capital by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019 |
| eNAM (Electronic National Agriculture Market) | Digital Transformation by Businessline Changemaker Award 2019 |
February 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Behrouz Boochani | Victorian prize for literature (Australia) |
| Azim Premji | Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Sanjiv Chadha | Freedom of the City of London’ Award |
| Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Indian Historian) | Dan David Prize of Israel 2019 |
| Bradley Cooper | PETA's Oscat Award |
| Sunil Chhetri | Football Ratna"Award |
| Sushma Swaraj | Spain’s Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit |
| Manpreet Singh | Asian Player Of The Year Award |
| Rail Connect mobile app | National e-Governance Award 2019 |
| PM Narendra Modi | Seoul Peace Prize |
| Dr Divya Karnad | Prestigious Future for Nature 2019 Award by Future for Nature Foundation |
| Novak Djokovic | Sportsman of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 |
| Simone Biles | Sportswoman of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 |
| Tiger Woods | Comeback of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 |
| Roma | Best Film at BAFTA Film Awards 2019 |
January 2019
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Bhupen Hazarika, | Bharat Ratna Award 2019 |
| Bharat Ratna Award, 2019 | Bharat Ratna Award 2019 |
| Nanaji Deshmukh | Bharat Ratna Award 2019 |
| Piyush Goyal | Carnot Prize 2018 |
| PM Narendra Modi | Philip Kotler Presidential Award |
| Namita Gokhale | Sushila Devi Literature Award |
| Tamil Nadu | Best State Award in Swasth Bharat Yatra by FSSAI |
| Smriti Mandhana | ICC women's cricketer of the Year Award |
| Virat Kohli | ICC Men's Test Player of the Year |
| Virat Kohli | ICC ODI Player of the Year |
| Virat Kohli | Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy fo ICC Cricketer of the Year |
| Rishabh Pant | ICC Emerging Player of the Year |
| Yohei Sasakawa | Gandhi International Peace Award 2018 |
| Tiger Woods | Comeback of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 |
| V.J. James | Kerala Sahitya Award for Best Novel “Nireeswaran” |
| Veerankutty | Kerala Sahitya Award for Poetry “Mindaprani” |
| Aymanam John | Kerala Sahitya Award for Best Short Story “Ethara Characharangalude Charitra Pusthakam” |
December 2018
| Awardee | Award |
|---|---|
| Amitav Ghosh | Jnanpith Award, 2018 |
| Catriona Elisa Gray | Miss Universe 2018 |
| Vanessa Ponce de Leon | Miss World 2018 |
| Shree Saini | Miss India Worldwide 2018 |
| Uttar Pradesh based startup HelpUsGreen | United Nations Climate Action Award |
| Manju Mehta | Tansen Samman, 2018 |
| Luka Modrić | FIFA Ballon d'Or Award |
| Sonam Kapoor | PETA India's Person of the Year 2018 |
| Asma Jahangir | UN Human Rights Prize for 2018 |
| Mamata Banerjee | Skoch Chief Minister of the Year 2018 Award |
