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Awards (Jan-Dec), 2015

Name of the Award

Name of the Person

Business Person of the Year 2014

Larry Page
State Pre-eminent Science and Technology Award
Yu Min
2014.
Essop Goolam Pahad from South Africa
Ashraf Pellarkunnmal from UAE.
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi from New Zealand.
Rajamal Parakh from Oman.
Duraikannu Karunakaran from Seychelles.
Dr Rajaram Sanjaya from Mexico.
Bharat Kumar Jayantilal Shah from UAE.
Mahendra Nanji Mehta from Uganda.
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards
Nathuram Puri from the United Kingdom.
Lord Raj Lumba from the United Kingdom.
Mala Mehta from Australia.
Satyanarayan Nadela from USA.
Kamlesh Lulla from the US.
Nandani Tandon from US.
President Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar from
Guyana.
72nd Golden Globe Awards
Movies
Best motion picture (drama)
Boyhood.
Best motion picture (musical or comedy)
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Best animated feature film
How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Best director
Richard Linklater,Boyhood.
Best screenplay
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman.
Best original song
Glory from Selma.
Best foreign language film
Leviathan(Russia).
Television
Best TV series (drama)
The Affair
Best actor in a TV series (drama)
Kevin Spacey,House of Cards.
Best actress in a TV series (drama)
Ruth Wilson,The Affair.
Best TV series (comedy)
Transparent.
Best TV movie or miniseries
Fargo.
ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission (MoM) or Mangalyaan
2015 Space Pioneer Award
Team.
2014 Asian Tour Players Player of the year.
Anirban Lahiri
Ballon dOr 2014 Award
Cristiano Ronaldo.
Raghuram Rajan
Governor of the Year Award.
National e-Governance Award
Jammu and Kashmir.
Vyas Samman Award
Kamal Kishore Goyanka.
National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA)
Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala.
award
Vikram Sarabhai memorial award
M Y S Prasad.
Sahitya Akademi Award
Prabhu Nath Dwivedi.
National Special Category Award for the Best
C V Anand.
Electoral Practices in 2014.
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Media Person of the Year 2015
Giraffe Hero Award 2015
Hindu Literary Prize 2014
Martin Luther King Award
DSC Prize for South Asian fiction
Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize

Amitabh Bachchan.
Subash Chandra Agarwal.
Ashok Srinivasan.
Frank Islam.
Jhumpa Lahiri.
Arundhathi Subramaniam.
National Bravery Awards 2014
Sanjay Chopra Award
Devesh Kumar.
Bapu Gaidhani Award
Monika, Rumoh Meto and Riya Chaudhary.
Geeta Chopra Award
Gunjan Sharma.
Bharat Award
Resham Fatma
General National Bravery Award
18 Young People.
Senior BJP leader L K Advani,
Actors Amitabh Bachchan,
Padma Vibhushan Award
Dilip Kumar and Punjab Chief,
Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Padma Bhushan Award
Melinda
Best Indian Language Website in India
navbharattimes.com.
Bharat Gaurav award
Nasrin Ejner.
Yash Bharti Award
Vinod Mehta.
60th Filmfare Awards
Best Actor (Male)
Shahid Kapoor for Haider.
Best Actor (Female)
Kangana Ranaut for Queen.
Best Film
Queen.
Best Director
Vikas Bahl for Queen.
Best Film (Critics)
Ankhon Dekhi.
Best Actor (Critics)
Sanjay Mishra for Ankhon Dekhi.
Best Actress (Critics)
Alia Bhatt for Highway.
Best Supporting Actor (Male)
Kay Kay Menon for Haider.
Best Supporting Actor(Female)
Tabu for Haider.
Best Story
Rajat Kapoor for Ankhon Dekhi.
Best Dialogue
Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for PK.
Best Screenplay
Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for PK.
Best Debutant (Female)
Kriti Sanon for Heropanti.
Best Debutant(Male)
Fawad Khan for Khoobsurat.
Best Music Director
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for 2 States.
Best Lyrics
Rashmi Singh for Muskurane Ki Wajah(CityLights).
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Ankit Tiwari for Galliyan (Ek Villain).
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Kanika Kapoor for Baby Doll (Ragini MMS2).
Best Choreography
Ahmed Khan for Jumme Ki Raat for Kick
Best Action
Sham Kaushal for Gunday
Best Cinematography
Bobby Singh and Siddharth Diwan for Queen.
Best Background Score
Amit Trivedi for Queen.
Best Editing
Abhijit Kokate and Anurag Kashyap for Queen.
Best Production Design
Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray for Haider.
Best Sound Design
Anilkumar Konakandla and Prabal Pradhan for
Mardaani.
King Faisal International Award 2015
Dr. Zakir Naik.
Hindol Senguptas Book(How Entrepreneurship is
Hayek Prize
Revolutionizing the Worlds Largest Democracy.
Jnanpith Award
Bhalchandra Nemade.
th
68 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
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Best Film
Boyhood.
Outstanding British Film
The Theory of Everything.
Best Director
Richard Linklater (Boyhood).
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything).
Best Actress
Julianne Moore (Still Alice).
Best Supporting Actor
K. Simmons (Whiplash).
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood.
Best Original Screenplay
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Theory of Everything.
Best Editing
Whiplash.
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman).
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Best Original Music
The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Best Sound
Whiplash.
Best Visual Effects
Interstellar.
Best Film Not in the English Language
Ida.
Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie.
Best Documentary
Citizenfour.
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Stephen Beresford
Producer
(Writer) and David Livingstone (Producer).
Best British Short Film
Boogaloo and Graham.
Best British Short Animation
The Bigger Picture.
The EE Rising Star Award
Jack OConnell.
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
BBC Films.
Most awards
The Grand Budapest Hotel (5).
Most nominations
The Grand Budapest Hotel (11).
Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015 Amartya Sen.
57th Annual Grammy Awards
Best New Age Album Trophy
Ricky Kej.
Childrens Album category
Neela Vaswani.
National Science Foundation(NSF) CAREER
Gurpreet Singh.
award
Espncricinfo Award
Rohit Sharma.
CIO Choice Honour and Recognition 2015
Wipro.
AIFF Presents Player of the Year Awards 2014
Player of the year (Men)
Sunil Chhetti.
Player of the year (Women)
Bala Devi.
Emerging Player of the Year
Sandesh Jhingan.
Best Referee
Santosh Kumar.
Best Assistant Referee
Sappam Kennedy.
Best Grassroots Programme
Western India Football Association (WIFA).
Long Time Contribution to Indian Football
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Honorary Life Membreship
Sourav Ganguly.
National
Award
for
Renewable
Energy
Himachal Pradesh.
Popularisation
Y Nayudamma Memorial Award
Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan.
th
87 Academy Awards
Best Picture
Birdman
Best Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu(Birdman).
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne(The Theory of Everything).
Best Actress
Julianne Moore(Still Alice).
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Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Achievement in Costume Design

J.K. Simmons (Whiplash).

Patricia Arquette (Boyhood).
Milena Canonero(The Grand Budapest Hotel).
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier(The Grand
Budapest Hotel).
Ida(Pawel Pawlikowski).
The Phone Call(Matt Kirkby and James Lucas).
Birdman.
American Sniper(Alan Robert Murray Bub Asman).
Interstellar(Ian Hunter, Scott Fisher, Andrew
Lockley and Paul Franklin).
Feast(Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed).
Big Hero Six(Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy
Conli).
The Grand Budapest Hotel(Adam Stockhausen and
Anna Pinnock).
Birdman(Emannuel Lubezki).
Whipalsh(Tom Cross).
Citizen Four(Laura Poitras,Mathilde Bonnefoy and
Dirk Wilutzky).
Glory(John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn).
The Grand Budapest Hotel(Alexandre Desplat).
The Imitation Game (Graham Moore).
Purnendu Dasgupta.

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

Best Foreign Language Film
Best Live Action Short Film
Original Screenplay
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Visual Effects
Best Animated Short
Best Animated Movie
Achievement in Production Design
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Film Editing
Best Documentary Feature
Best Original Song
Best Original Score
Best Adapted Screenplay
J Calvin Giddings Award 2015
The Grand Prix of the Generation
International Jury

Kplus

Nagesh Kukunoor's film Dhanak.

1.Arundhati Bhattacharyya.
2.Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.
3.Chanda Kochchar.
Forbes Honors 6 Powerful Businesswomen in India
4. Akhila Srinivasan.
5.Shika Sharma.
6. Usha Sangwan.
Doctorate of Automotive Engineering
Ratan Tata.
th
10 National Award for excellence in MGNREGA Madhya Pradesh.
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Martin Crowe.
National award
Rani Mukerji.
Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership 2014
Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba.
Golden Gate Award
Kerala Tourism Department.
Top Employer in Europe
TCS-3rd time.
Saraswati Samman Award
Veerappa Moily.
Stockholm Water Prize
Rajendra Singh.
1.Captain Niloo far Rahmani from Afghanistan Air
Force.
2.Nadia Sharmeen- Journalist and Womens rights
International Women of Courage Award 2015
activist from Bangladesh.
3.Tabassum Adnan- founder of Khwendo Jirga from
Pakistan.
4th National Photography Awards
Life-Time Achievement Award
Surendra R Patel.
Best Professional Photographer of the Year
Swarup Duta.
Best Amateur Photographer of the Year
Sasikumar.
The theme for Professional Photographer category
Hamara Bharat Swachh Bharat
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The theme for Amateur Category

Mother and Child.

1.Jayesh Navinchandra Shah.
2.Atul Vasant Ghag.
Special Mention Award in Professional Category
3.Pravin Rawat.
4.Arvind Kumar Jain.
5.Umesh Nikam.
.1Joydeep Mukherjee.
2.Akhil Hardia.
Special Mention Award in Amateur Category
3.Nimai Chandra Ghosh.
4.Mukesh J Thakkar.
5.Tabeenah Anjum Qureshi.
Voice of the Century Award
Lata Mangeshkar.
Young Global Leader by WEF
Smriti Irani.
Woman of the Year 2015 in New South Wales
Minoti Apte.
1. Harvard university in US.
2. Cambridge university in UK.
3. University of Oxford in UK.
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Times Higher Education World Reputation 5. Stanford University in US.
6. University of California,Berkeley in US.
Rankings
7. Princeton university in US.
8. Yale University in US.
9. California Institute of Technology in US.
10. Colombia Institute of Technology in US.
Frances Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters
Bharti Kher.
National Kavi Pradeep Samman Award
Gopaldas Neeraj.
62nd National Film Awards
Best Hindi Film
Queen.
Best Bengali Film
Nirbashito.
Best Tamil Film
Kuttram Kadithal.
Best Marathi Film
Killa.
Best Kannada Film
Harivu.
Best Konkani Film
Nachom IA Kumpasar.
Best Malayalam Film
Ain.
Best Assamese Film
Othello.
Best Odiya Film
Aadim Vichar.
Best Punjabi Film
Punjab 1984.
Best Telugu Film
Chandamama Kathalu.
Best Rabha Film
Orong.
Best Haryanvi Film
Pagdi The Honour.
Best Music Direction
Songs Haider (Hindi).
Background Score
Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam).
Best Choreography
Bismil for Haider.
Special Mention
Ain (Malayalam).
Nachom
IA Kumpasar (Konkani)
Killa
Marathi.
Bhootnath Returns
Hindi.
Best Educational Film:
Komal & Behind the Glass Wall.
Best Exploration/Adventure
Film Life Force Indias Western Ghats.
Best Investigative Film
Phum Shang.
Best Animation Film
Sound of Joy
Best Short Fiction Film
Mitraa.
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Best Film Critic
Best Writing on Cinema
Best Writing on Cinema
Best Costume Designer
Best Female Playback Singer
Best Male Playback Singer
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor
Best Direction
Best Film On Environment Conservation/
Preservation
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome
Entertainment
Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A
Director
Best Feature Film
Folio Prize for Fiction

Tanul Thakur.
Silent
Cinema:(1895-1930)Pasupuleti,
Purnachandra Rao.
G.Dhananjayan for Pride of Tamil Cinema(Special
Mention).
Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider.
Uttara Unnikrishanan for song Azhagu in Saivam
(Tamil).
Sukhwinder Singh for song Bismil from Haider.
Kangana Ranaut for Queen.
Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi).
Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil).
Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada).
Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali).
Ottaal (Malayalam).
Mary Kom.
Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali).

Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English).

Akhil Sharma.
1.Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Award: Sister Mariola
(Rajasthan).
2.Rani Lakshmibai Award: Seema Prakash (Madhya
Pradesh).
3.Rani Rudramma Devi Award: Astha SansthanStree Shakti Puraskar 2014
NGO (Rajasthan).
4.Mata Jijabai Award: Chandraprabha Bokey
(Maharashtra).
5. Kannagi Award: P. Bhanumati (Kerala). Devi
Ahily
Man Booker International Prize
Amitav Ghosh.
Women in Parliaments Award
Bangladesh.
Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award Balbir Singh Senior.
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Shashi Kapoor.
Kirti Chakra Award
Captain Jaidev of Parachute Regiment.
1.Subedar Prakash Chand
Shaurya Chakra (Posthumously)
2. Lieutenant Commander Manoranjan Kumar
3.Major Abhijai of Corps of Engineers.
1.Major Mukul Sharma
2.Commander Gosavi Kaustubh Vijaykumar
3.Major R Vamshi Krishnan
4.Rifleman Manga Ram
Shaurya Chakra
5.Wing Commander Huvey Upadhyaya
6.Major Abhishek Kumar
7.Major Satnam Singh
8. Naik Ansaigra Basumatary.
th
6 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Awards
National Thermal power corporation Limited
Maharatna of the year Manufacturing
(NTPC).
Most Efficient Maharatna Manufacturing
Bharat Heavy electrical Limited (BHEL).
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Fastest Growing Navaratna of the year -Non
Manufacturing
Best General Insurance Company of the year
Outstanding Performance in Mega Project
Implementation.
Highest Wealth Creator among listed PSUs
Navratna of the year Non-Manufacturing
Outstanding performer in Retail Banking
Most Consistent Performer of the year- General
Insurance
Maharatna of the year Non-Manufacturing
Biggest e-commerce portal in India

Rural electrification Corporation

Limited(REC).
New India Assurance Company.
Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd.
(NBCC).
Power Finance Corporation Limited(PFC).
Canara Bank.
United India Insurance Company

Oil and Natural gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
(IRCTC).
Most Efficient Miniratna of the year- Non- Container Corporation Of India Limited
Manufacturing
(CONCOR).
Most Efficient Public Sector Bank
Bank of Baroda.
National Mineral Development Corporation
Most Efficient Navratna Non- Manufacturing
(NMDC).
Fastest Growing Maharatna Non-Manufacturing
COAL India
Web Ratna Awards 2014
Citizen Centric Service Category
Platinum Award
Passporte Seva Project.
National Safai Karmchari Finance Development
Gold Award
Corporation.
Silve Award
National Institute of Open schooling.
Open Data Champion category
Office of Registrar General & Census
Platinum Award
Commissioner.
Planning Commission and Union Minister of
Gold Award
Statistics & Program Implementation.
Silver Award
Union Minister of Water Resources.
Outstanding Content category
Platinum Award
Minister of External Affairs.
Gold Award
Minister of Tribal Affairs and Kerala Tourism.
Silver Award
Minister of Development of North Eastern Region.
Innovative Use of Technology category
Platinum Award
MKisan-Government of India Portal for Farmer
Centric Services.
Gold Award
MP and Tamil Nadu Commertial Tax Department .
E-Sahakar, an online Cooperative Society Process
Silver Award
Management System of Maharashtra Government.
Comprehensive Web presence category
Platinum Award
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
Gold Award
Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Silver Award
Controller General of Accounts.
Comprehensive Web Presence State category
Platinum Award
Maharashtra.
Gold Award
Tamil Nadu.
Silver Award
Uttarakhand.
Bharat Ratna
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Gandhi Peace Prize 2014
Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO).
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Abel Prize 2015
Dr. John Forbes Nash and Louis Nirenberg.
Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International
Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
Solidarity Award
Femina Miss India 2015
Aditi Arya.
Bharat Ratna
Madan Mohan Malviya.
International Achievement Award 2015
Dr Subadhra Devi Rai.
Sir Richard Hadlee Medal
Brendon McCullum.
Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2015
Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)
Laureus World Sports Awards 2015
Sportsman of the year
Novak Djokovic.
SportsWoman of the year
Genzebe Dibaba.
Team of the year
Germany MENs Football Team.
Come-back of the year
Schalk Burger.
Break-through of the year
Daniel Ricciardo.
Action-sports-person of the year
Alan Eustace.
Sportsperson of the year with a disablity
Tatyana Mcfadden.
Sport for good Award
Skateistan.
Demy Exceptioanal Achievement
Li Na.
Spirit of Sport
Yao Ming.
6th AIMA Managing India Awards 2015
Director Of The Year
Rajkumar Hirani.
Transformational Business Leader Of The Year
Kunal Bahl.
MNC In India Of The Year
Hyundai Motor India Ltd.
Outstanding Contribution To Media
Shekhar Gupta.
Outstanding Institution Builder
M V Subbiah.
Entrepreneur Of The Year
Nita M Ambani.
Business Leader Of The Year
Aditya Puri.
Indian MNC Of The Year
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Lifetime Contribution Award
G M Rao.
Champion Of Change Award
Satya Nadella.
Time Magazine-100 Most Influential People In World
1.Kanye West(American Musician),
2.Lorne Michaels (T.V-Producer, Writer And A
The List Of Titans
Comedian),
3.Mellody Hobson(CEO Of Dream WorksAnimations).
1.Bradley Cooper(American-Actor & Producer),
The Top Pioneers List
2.Richard-Linklater(Director & Screen-Writer),
3. Chris Ofili(British-Painter).
1.Jorge Ramos(Mexican-American Journalis),
The Top Leaders List
2.Narendra Modi(PM Of India),
3.Angela Merkel, (German Chancellor).
1.Ruth Bader Ginsburg(Associate-Justice Supreme
Court,US),
The Top Icons List
2.Taylor Swift, American(Singer & Song-Writer),
3.Diane Von Furstenberg(American FashionDesigner).
Editor of the Year
Aroon Poorie.
CEO of the year
Arundhati-Bhattacharya.
Game-Changer of the year
Uday-Shankar.
Marketer of the year
B. Sriram.
Insurance of the year
Sanjay-Tripathi.
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First prize
Second prize

Mahatma Ganthi Biennial Hindi Writing Award

Bajrange Chhara(Boodhan Bolta Hai).
Nishant Singh(Baal Shoshan aur Apradh).
Pulitzer Prize Winners 2015

Journalism
Public Service
Breaking News Reporting
Investigative Reporting (two prizes)
Explanatory Reporting
Local Reporting
National Reporting
International Reporting
Feature Writing
Commentary
Criticism
Editorial Writing
Editorial Cartooning
Breaking News Photography
Feature Photography

The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

The Seattle Times Staff.
Eric Lipton of The New York Times and The Wall
Street Journal Staff.
Zachary R. Mider of Bloomberg News.
Rob Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch and Frank Suraci of
the Daily Breeze, Torrance, Calif.
Carol D. Leonnig of The Washington Post.
The New York Times Staff.
Diana Marcum of the Los Angeles Times.
Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle.
Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times.
Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe.
Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photography Staff.
Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer,The New
York Times.

Letters And Drama

Fiction
Drama
History
Biography
Poetry
General Nonfiction

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

(Scribner).
Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly
Guirgis.
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of
the Mandan People by Elizabeth A. Fenn(Hill and
Wang).
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius
XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I.
Kertzer (Random House).
Digest by Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books).
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by
Elizabeth Kolbert (Henry Holt).

Music
Anthracite Fields
Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 2015
Outstanding Service Award
Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2015
Hevesy Medal Award 2015
Web Ratna Award 2014
Asian Business Leader of year

Julia Wolfe (Red Poppy/G. Schirmer,Inc.)

Actor Anil Kapoor.
Gopinath Pillai.
Novelist Siddhartha Gigoo.
Susanta Lahiri and Kattesh V Katti.
Development of North East Region (DoNER).
Hinduja brothers.
Asian Awards 2015
Outstanding Contribution to Cinema
Shah Rukh Khan.
Outstanding Contribution to Sport
Kumar Sangakkara.
Outstanding Achievement in Science and
Tejinder Singh Virdee.
Technology
Outstanding Achievement in Television award
Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Asian Squash Federation awards
Outstanding Team of the Year award
Indias mens team.
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Coach of the year award
Cyrus Poncha.
Hassan Musa Award
Kush Kumar.
Best Film award at Stockholm International Film
Mary Kom film
Fest (SIFFJ)
Orwell Prize
Rana Dasgupta.
President's Medal in Israel
Adiel Yosef.
Heinz Award
Sangita Bhatia.
London Marathon Lifetime Achievement Award
Paula Radcliffe.
th
50 Jnanpith Award
Bhalchandra Nemade.
Whitley Awards for wildlife conservation
Dr Ananda Kumar and Dr Pramod Patil.
Japans highest civilian award
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Pranoy Roy
Golden Medal For Merit In Work
Rafael Nadal.
Spring imperial decorations award of Japan 2015
C.N.R Rao,T.K.A Nair,Parekh and Bhutia.
Worlds Best airport for the year 2014
Indira Gandhi International Airport.
nd
62 National Film Awards Ceremony
Dadasaheb Phalke
Shashi Kapoor.
UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Mazen Darwish.
Prize 2015
UN Public Service Award
Nadia district.
G.K Reddy Memorial National Award
Vinod Mehta.
Palme dOr
Agnes Varda.
Florence Nightingale Awards
35 nurses.
UK literary award- Encore Award
Neel Mukherjee.
University of North Carolina[ UNC] 2015 awards
Sivanadane Mandjiny.
Tolkappiyar award
SV Shanmugam.
Kural Pitam award
Eva Maria Wilden
E.Ezhuilvasanthan, K.Jwahar and K.Iyappan for
Young scholar awards
2011-12 and R.Venkatesan,A.Sathish, MR.Devak,
U.Alibava and B.Jaiganesh.
Akshay Tambe, Victor Lalbeiseia,Ashwini Ugadhe,
Ghanshyam Binali Childrens Bravery Award for
Mhonbeni Ezung, Shaurya Veer Singh and Rhea
2014
Chaudhary.
Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award
Anurradha Prasad.
Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award
Karan Jerath.
Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year
Harkeert Singh Saini.
Man Booker International Prize
Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Radcliffe fellowship by Harvard university
Shivani Agarwal and Maharaja Pandit.
Grand Vermeil
Rafael Nadal.
UN Dag Hammarsjold Medal 2015
Lance Naik Nand Ram and Raju Joseph.
Platts Global award 2015
NMDC.
68th Cannes Film Festival
Palm dOr award
Dheepan.
Runner- up award
Son of Saul.
Best Director award
Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Best Actor award
Vincent Lindon.
Best Actress award
Emmanuelle Bercot and Rooney Mara.
Best Screenplay
Michel Franco for Chronic.
Annual CEAT awards for 2015
International cricketer of the year
Kumar Sangakkara.
Domestic cricketer of the year
R.Vinay.
Indian player of the year
Ajinkya Rahane.
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T20 player of the year
International batsman of the year
International bowler of the year
Popular choice award
Special award
Young player of the year
Munich International Film Festival honour
University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award

West Indian player Dwayne Bravo.

Hashim Amla.
Sri Lankan Rangana Herath
West Indian Keiran Pollard.
Rohit Sharma.
Deepak Hooda.
Alexander Payne.
Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu.
Sathiskumar,Anusuya,Ponnusami,Shashank,Agarw
4th Edition of Airbus Fly Your Ideas global
al,Dhamotharan Veerasamy, Mojit Gupta and Ajith
competition Winner
Mosses.
Times Of India Sports awards
Sportsperson of the year
Jitu Rai.
Lifetime Achievement Of The Year
Milkha Singh.
Popula Choice Awards.
Pankaj Adwani, Sanjitha Channu.
Upcoming or emerging player award
Malaika Goel.
Best cricketer award in mens category
Virat kohli.
Best cricketer Womens category the
Harmanpreet Singh.
award
Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
16th International Indian Film Academy(IIFA) Awards 2015
Best picture
Queen
Best regional film
Lai Bhari ( Marathi ).
Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar & Parvez Shaikh
Best story
(Queen).
Best direction
Rajkumar Hirani (PK).
1.Avinash Mehra
2., Nisha Agnihotri,
3.Prashant Pathak,
4. Neeru Gupta,
5.Manjul Bhargava,
ICCC Annual Awards 2015
6.Hargurdeep Singh,
7. Avish Sood,
8.Asim Ghosh,
9.Jag Parmar,
10.Venkatesh Mannar,
11. , Rajiv Manucha.
Bjornson Prize for Freedom of Expression
Edward Snowden.
King and Queen of Social Media
Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra.
Asian Athletics Association Presidents Award
Suresh Kalmadi.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
Miniratna ( Category-1) award
Limited(IREDA).
2015 Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction
UK author Ali Smith.
Space Pioneer Award
ISRO.
Best Outsourcing Thought Leadership Award for
Wipro.
2015
2015 Sant Namdev National Award
Parkash Singh Badal.
Pride of Community Award
Vivek Murthy.
Queens Young Leaders Award
Devika Malik.
Dr.Dierk Lindemann Welfare Personality of the
Chirag Bahiri.
Year Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships for the year 1.Musicologist S R Janakiraman,
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Shortlister for White House fellowship programme

Ludovic Trarieux Prize
UKs Young Writers-2015 creativity award
10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith
Fukuoka Prize in academics category
Swathi Puraskar Award
Sangita Kalanidhi Award For 2015
VK Krishna Menon Award
Best Welfare Organiztion Award-2015
Columbias highest civilian award
Bal Sahitya Puraskar for the year 2015
United Nations Public Services Award 2015
28th Moorti Devi Award
Punyabhushan Award
PATA Award
Champion of Change award
William Harvey Award for 2015
18th Youth Parliament Competition for Jawahar
Navodaya Vidyalayas
Economic Development Innovation Award
Leading Oil & Gas Corporate of the Year award
IEEE award for developing curriculum lab
Golden Peacock environment management award
French Civilian Award Commandeur de la Lgion
dHonneur
Asia 21 Young Leaders Class of 2015 list

Microsoft Country Partner of Year Award

2015 Miss USA pageant
Golden Peacock Environment Management Award
2015
Madrid International Film Festival

Top 20 technology-rich cities in the world

Prestigious Royal Society Award
International Indian of the Year for 2014-15
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2. Filmmaker M S Sathyu
3. Indian classical singer Vijay Kichlu,
4.Musician Tulsidas Borkar.
1.Luxme Hariharan.
2.Payal Patel.
3.Anil Yallapragada.
Waleed Abu Al-Khair.
Priyam Kamble.
1. Babusha Kohli.
2. Upasana.
Ramachandra Guha.
Amjad Ali Khan.
Shri Sanjay.
Benni Joseph Mavelil.
National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI).
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Five novelists, four writers of short stories, and
three authors of poetries.
District Magistrate of Nadia
Vishwanath Tripathi.
Prataprao Pawar.
Kerala Tourism.
Sunita Viswanath.
1.Hasan Arif
2.Kafeel Akhtar
3. Shagufta Qadri
4. Suhailur Rahman
Churachandpur.
Make in India.
Indian Oil Corporation-8th Year.
Professor Jamia
Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh.
Sayed Haider Raza .
1.Mishi Choudhary
2. Manish Dahiya..
3. Sanjay Vijayakumar.
4. Aarti Wig.
An India-based software products and technology
services.
Oklahoma and Olivia Jordan
Tata Steels West Bokaro Division.
Vivek Agnihotris political irony Buddha In A
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Bangalore-12th .
1.London
2.San Jose.
3.Beijing.
Kamal Bawa .
Lord Karan Bilimoria.
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International Indian Business Woman of the year
International Indian Lifetime Services to Maritime
Trade India and the World 2014-15
International Indian Promoting Healthcare for
elderly.
International Indian Promoting Community
relations Worldwide
International Indian Promoting Tourism through
writing and art
International Indian Young entrepreneur 2014-15
Great Immigrants award 2015

Uma Wadhwani.
Captain Nalin Pandey.
Ravinder Singh Gidar.
Pravinkant Amin.
Bajrang Bahadur Mathur.
Sanjay Wadhwani.
1. Attorney.
2. Rakesh Khurana.
3. Madhulika Sikka.
4. Abraham Verghese.
Prof. Sanjeev Galande
Sri Sri Ravi Shanka.
Fazle Hasan Abed.
R Paul Singh.

G D Birla Award for Scientific Research 2014

Perus Highest Award-Grand Officer
World Food Prize 2015
2015 World Agriculture Prize laureate
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics
Darshan Jain
and Science Teaching
LGBT scholarship from California University
Shakthi Nataraj.
Worlds second largest smartphone market
India,US-1st .
Varanasi,Glasgow,Hanover
and
Mannheim
UNESCO-Cities of Music
Ghent,Hamamatsu,Brazzaville,Bogota,Seville and
Bologna .
1. Aqueduct of Padre, Mexico
2. Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral
Churches of Cefal and Monreale, Italy
3. Baekje Historic Areas, Republic of Korea
4. Baptism Site Bethany Beyond the Jordan (AlMaghtas), Jordan
5. Champagne Hillsides,Houses andCellars, France
6. Christiansfeld,a Moravian Church
Settlement, Denmark
7. Climats, terroirs of Burgundy, France
8. Cultural Landscape of Maymand, Iran
9. Diyarbakr Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural
Landscape, Turkey
10. Ephesus, Turkey
UNESCO-Heritage list
11. Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape
Uruguay
12. Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its
surrounding sacred landscape, Mongolia
13. Necropolis of Bet Shearim: A Landmark of
Jewish Renewal, Israel
14. RjukanNotodden Industrial Heritage
Site, Norway
15. Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi
Arabia, Saudi Arabia
16. San Antonio Missions, USA
17. Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore
18. Sites of Japans Meiji Industrial Revolution:
Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal
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Nelson Mandela prize

Chaudhary Charan Singh Award
Indias Top PSUs Awards 2015
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015
International Dairy Foods Association Award
72nd Venice film festival
Arjuna Award
Bharat Bharti literary award 2014
Best Electoral Practices Award-2014
Worlds top ten highest-paid actors in Forbes

Mining, Japan
19. Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with
Chilehaus, Germany
20. Susa, Iran
21. The Forth Bridge, United Kingdom
22. The par force hunting landscape in North
Zealand, Denmark
23. Tusi Sites, China
24. Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica
Dr. Helena Ndume
Gargi Parsai
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)
Anshu Gupta
Harjinder singh
Visaaranai(Nomination)
Ravichandran Ashwin
Kashinath Singh
Rajan Vishal
Amitabh Bachchan(7th), Salman
Khan(9th) and Akshay Kumar(18th)and Ranbir
Kapoor(30th).
Dr. Amalendu Krishna
Kashinath Singh

2015 Ramanujan Prize

Bharat Bharti literary award 2014(UP)
ESRI(Environmental Systems Research Institute)
National Dairy Development Board
Special Achievement in GIS Award 2015
Zhanna Nemtsova
Polands Solidarity Prize 2015
Sanjiv Sambandan
Google Pitch Fest
Bill Gates - rank 1 ,Larry Ellison -rank 2,Shiv nadir
Top 20 Tech Billionaires
rank -5th, Azim premji -11th place
PATWA awards
Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar
Germanys highest civilian honor The Cross of
Raghavendra Gadagkarwas
Order of the Merit.
2015 International Emmy Awards
Kashmir Valley flood coverage(Nomination)
Youngest US Republican presidential.
Bobby Jindal
Prem Bhatia Memorial Award
Suhasini Haidar
Gold medal by IGNOU for topping in Diploma in
Ajeet Kumar Saroj
Tourism Studies (DTS).
Kerala State film awards 2014
Best Actors
Nivin Pauly and Sudev Nair
Best Actress
Nazriya Nazim
Best Movie
Ottal
Best Popular Movie
Om Shanti Oshana
24th Saraswati Sammaan for the year 2014 award
Dr. M Veerappa Moily
Indian city to join World Tourism Cities Federation
Kochi
(WTCF) Council.
Vaidya Ratna award
Martha Bhaskar Rao
Fellow of prestigious Royal Society
Ajay Sood
Worlds largest cash transfer program
PAHAL scheme
Rakesh Sharma and Vikramjit
AIATF awards
APJ Abdul Kalam award
N. Valarmathi
Best actress award, Film Festival of Melbourne
Bhumi Pednekar
(IFFM) 2015.
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Khel ratna Award

Arjuna Awards

Sania Mirza
1. P R Sreejesh (Hockey)
2. Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
3. Jitu Rai (Shooting)
4. Sandeep Kumar (Archery)
5. Mandeep Jangra (Boxing)
6. Babita (Wrestling)
7. Bajrang (Wrestling)
8. Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
9. K Srikanth (Badminton)
10. Swarn Singh Virk (Rowing)
11. Satish Sivalingam (Weightlifting)
12. Yumnam Santhoi Devi (Wushu)
13. Sharath Gaekwad (Para-sailing)
14. M R Poovamma (Athletics)
15. Manjeet Chhillar (Kabaddi)
16. Abhilasha Mhatre (Kabaddi)
17. Anup Kumar Yama (Rollerskating)

Gujar Mal Modi Award 2015

Prof. Mustansir Barma
Worlds fifth most attractive travel hotspot
Taj Mahal
2016 MusiCares Person of the Year award
Lionel Richie
Britains oldest literary award -James Tait Black
Zia Haider Rahman
Literary Prizes
'Twin national heritage cities'
Rishikesh and Haridwar
Maharashtra Bhushan award
Balwant Moreshwar Purandare
TCS(64) ,Hindustan Unilever(41),Larsen &
Worlds 100 most innovative companies by Forbes Toubro(58), Sun Pharma Industries(65) and Bajaj
Autonamed (96).
1 .Jennifer Lawrence
2. Scarlett Johansson
3. Melissa McCarthy
4. Bingbing Fan
List of highest-paid actresses according to the 5. Jennifer Anisto
annual the spian earnings survey by Forbes
6. Julia Roberts
7. Angelina Jolie
8. Reese Witherspoo
9. Anne Hathaway
10.Kristen Stewart.
Asian of the Year 2014 award
Vijay Singh Thakur
Fortune magazines Change the World list of
Jain Irrigation Systems(7th )
companies
2015 Peter Mackler Award
Zaina Erhaim
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
Punjabi University of Patiala
Mark Zuckerberg-wealthiest individual under the
Wealth-X report.
age of 35, Dustin Moskovitz-second place, Huiyan
Yang, Huiyan Yang- third spot.
1)Naval Singh- Athletics Para-sports coach,
2)Harbans Singh- Athletics coach.
Dronacharya Award 2015
3)Anoop Singh Wrestling coach.
4)Swatantar Raj Singh- Boxing coach.
5)Nihar Ameen- Swimming coach.
Dhyan Chand Award 2015
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Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2015

Sunhak Peace Prize 2015

Fellows this year by the American Society for
Metals
Worlds richest Indian
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2015
American Book Award 2015
Grand Prix World Press Cartoon Award for 2014
Best Documentary Producer award, Madrid
International Film Festival
Copley Medal, Royal Society
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
Award for achievement in rooftop solar power
output
UNESCO prize Award of Excellence 2015- Asia
Pacific Heritage Award
UNESCOs Award of Merit
National Humanities Medal - Obama
Skoch Order-of-Merit National Award for egovernance and IT initiatives
Seacology Prize
National Literacy Award
5 world records - IQ and IELTS
The Great Australian Spelling Bee Contest
Honoured Guest award by U.S. state of Texas
Gandhi Peace Prize 2014
Royal Aeronautical Society - Silver Medal
Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival
10th Asia Brand Ceremony or Oscars of Industry
Awards
Rajbhasha award
UN Champions of the Earth award
Champions of Change award
Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2015
UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
Press Freedom Awards

Tennis, 3)P.P Nair Volleyball.

1)Directorate General of Military Training
(DGMT),
2)Coal India Limited (CIL) .
3)Haryana State Police.
4).Sports Coaching Foundation (SCF).
Anote Tong and Dr. M. Vijay Gupta
Pradeep Goyal, Vivekanand Kain, and Gankidi
Madhusudhan Reddy
Mukesh Ambani
Border Police official and mountaineer Jot Singh.
Naomi Klein
Pamarthy Shankar
Benoy Behl
Peter Higgs Boson
Ramachandra Guha
Punjab
Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur
Thai aristocrat
Jhumpa Lahiri
Haryana
M Lakshmi(1st Indian Woman)
Chhattisgarh, Haveri in Karnataka,Dharampuri in
Tamil Nadu and the Gram Panchayat of Girod.
K Vilasini
Anirudh Kathirvel
Anupam Kher
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
Dr G Satheesh Reddy
Afar (Desde Alla)
Rajeev Bansal,Manmohan Agarwal,Kush Puri
SK Biswas
Sheikh Hasina
Swetha Prabhakaran
Sunjeev Sahota
Aqeela Asifi
1. Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque Malaysia
2. Candido Figueredo Ruiz Paraguay
3. Raqqa Syria
4. Zone 9 bloggers Ethiopia
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Indian Amateur boxer Mandeep Jangra

Icon Award
Arjuna Award
Certificate of Recognition from the California
Anupam Kher
legislature
National Tourism Awards for 2013-14
Gujarat(4 awards)
Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) and
28 awardee
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National Safety Awards (NSA),2013
Global Road Achievement Award (GRAA) 2015

Thiruvananthapuram City Road Improvement

Project (TCRIP)
Shamim Hanfi

Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award

Distinguished Scientist by the Union Ministry of
P Sivakumar
Defense.
Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Scheme - 1st prize
Bank of Baroda(Ranjan Dhawan)
67th Emmy Awards
Game of Thrones(12 awards)
PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Hindustan
2015 Global Leadership Award
Times Group chairperson Shobhana Bhartia
th
88 Academy Awards - entry
Marathi film Court
24th Vyaas Samman, 2014
Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka
Skoch Order-of-Merit Award
Konte Venkata Narayana, CMD of TSNPDCL
Community Impact Award
Lalita Prasida Sripada Srisai., Odisha
Royal Society Winton Prize National Cadet Corps
Gaia Vince
Community Champion Award
Indian-Singaporean doctor Dr Uma Rajan
Guilds Actors Inspiration Award
Leonardo DiCaprio
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award
Biological Science Category
Balasubramanian Gopal
Field Of Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean And Planetary Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray
Sciences
Field Of Engineering Science
Yogesh Joshi
Field Of Mathematical Sciences
Ritabrata Munshi and K Sandeep
Field Of Medical Science Category
Vidita Vaidya
Field Of Physical Science Category
Bedangadas Mohanty and Mandar Deshmukh
Field Of Chemical Science Category
D Srinivasa Reddy and Pradyut Ghosh
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2015
Jacob Tsimerman
Lifetime achievement award at 6th Jagran Film
Shashi Kapoor
Festival
Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
Ludmilla Alexeeva(Russia)
Porter Prize 2015
Porter Prize for Leveraging Unique Activities
JSW Steel
Porter Prize on Industry Architectural Shift
Mahindra Rural Housing and Finance
Porter Prize on Exploiting Tradeoffs
Abbott India
Porter Prize for Creating Distinctive Value
DHL
Porter Prize for Value Based Healthcare
Apollo
Porter Prize on Creating Shared Value
Jain Irrigation and JSW Group
Porter Prize for Enabling Social Progress
Reliance Foundation
Porter Prize for Excellence in Corporate Integration
Tata Power
& Governance
Vayoshreshtha Samman 2015
Award for Iconic mother
Leelaben Chhabildas Gurjar (91)
Award for centenarian
Uday Singh Mann (104)
Yashwant Narayan Kadam and Manohar
Life Time Achievement Award
Vishwanath Bhale
Creative Art Award
Rabindranath Das Shastri (78), Jitendra Udhampuri
Award In sports & adventure
Bahadur Singh
Panchayats of Dindori(Madhya Pradesh) and
Best District Panchayat
Udupi(Karnataka)
Parsihad(Assam) Pravara Rural Hospital
Best Institutions Gram Vikas
(Maharashtra)
Forbes India Leadership lifetime achievement Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava
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Honour by Gurgaon-based group Skoch
Youngest Chartered Accountants, UAE
Magnolia Gold award of Shanghai.

Zubaan movie director Mozez Singh

Solid waste management of Trichy Corporation
Ramkumar Raman
Infosys China CEO Rangarajan Vellamore
Kanamadi of Vijayapura taluk, Chimmalagi of
Basavanabagewadi, Rudagi of Muddebihal, Baradol
Gandhi Grama award
of India and Gabasavalagi of Sindgi taluk of the
district of Karnataka
Merlin award
Magician Zenia Bhumgara
1. Canadas Sheila Watt-Cloutier
2. Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera from Uganda,
2015 Right Livelihood Awards
3. Italian surgeon Gino Strada
4. Pacific islandsforeign minister, Tony de Brum.
FILA event 2015
Best CEO - Public Sector
Arundhati Bhattacharya (State Bank of India)
Best CEO Private Sector
CP Gurnani (Tech Mahindra Ltd)
Best CEO
MNC Uday Shankar (Star India Pvt. Ltd)
Entrepreneur for the Year
Uday Kotak (Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd)
Entrepreneur with Social Impact NextGen
Samit Ghosh (Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd)
Entrepreneur for the Year
Siddhartha Lal (Eicher Motors)
Outstanding Startup for the Year
Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati (OLA)
Lifetime Achievement Award
RC Bhargava (Maruti Suzuki India Ltd)
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd & Gujarat
Conscious Capital for the Year
Cooperative
Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul)
Noble Prize Winners -2015
Nobel Prize in Physics
Takaaki Kajita, Arthur McDonald
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Tomas Lindahl,Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar.
William C. Campbell, Avermectin Satoshi, Omura
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Youyou Tu
Nobel Prize in Literature
Svetlana Alexievich
Nobel Prize in Peace
National Dialogue Quartet
SWEDISH Riksbank Prizen Economics
Angus Deaton
Safaigiri Summit and Awards 2015 - India Today Group
Garbage Guru Award
Colonel (Retired) Suresh Rege
Toilet Titan Award
Siddeek Ahmed, Chairman Eeram Solutions
Dr. R Vasudevan, Dean Thiagarajar Engineering
Safaigiri Tech Icon Award
College
Anoop Ratnaker Rao, CEO , Naandi Community
Safaigiri Water Warrior Award
Water
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PB Salim
Rock Garden, Chandigarh (Vijay Dev, Adviser to
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Chandigarh
Safaigiri Cleanest Marketplace Award
Connaught place (NDMC Chairman Naresh Kumar)
Gangktok (Gangtok Municipal Corp Commissioner
Safaigiri Cleanest Hill Station
CP Dhakal)
Safaigiri Award for Cleanest
Ghat Assi Ghat, Varanasi Town
Safaigiri Award for Cleanest Monument
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Safaigiri Award for Corporate
Trailblazer,Piramal Group
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Havelock Island, Andaman
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Town Tirupati
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J C Daniel award
ISO 9001:2008 certificate
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List of taking investor confidence by Bank of
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Lifetime achievement award - Elephant
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Scotland
Information during travel Rank 1st
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Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman
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DRR Asia Champion
Reporters without Borders Prize
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Arun Jaitley
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Bill Clinton
An Old Dogs Diary
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Sameer Panda
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Muna Chauhan
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Manipal University
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New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015
DRDO's Scientist of the Year Award 2013
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ITC Sangeet Samman
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Excellence in Technology for Education by FICCI
Express IT excellence award
Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award
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