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LIST OF AWARDS AND THEIR FIELDS

Art and science etc awards:-

Magsaysay Award- Public Service, Leadership, Journalism, Literature and creative arts
and international understanding
Man Booker prize: Authors of Novels
Pulitzer Journalism and Literature
Bowelay Agriculture
Right Livelihood Award: Field of environment and social justice
Kalinga Science
Dhanwantri Medical science
Bhatnagar Science
Nobel prize Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical science
Abel award -Maths
Kalidas Samman- Classical Music, Classical Dance and Arts
Vyas Samman- Literature
Merlin-Magic
Bharat ratna-Art, Science, Public services, Sports
Bhartiya Jnanpith Award: Literary
Sahitya Akademi Award: Literary
Dhanvantri Award: Medical Sciences
R.D. Birla Award: Medical sciences
Lenin Peace Prize: Peace and Friendship
Juliet Curie Award: Peace
Sahitya Akademi Award- Books in Indian Languages and English
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award- Science and Technology
Sangeet-Natak Akademi Award- Music, dance and Drama
Lalit Kala Akademi Award- Art
Military awards:-
Wartime gallantry awards

Param Vir Chakra (PVC)

Maha Vir Chakra (MVC)

Vir Chakra (VrC)

Peacetime gallantry awards

Ashok Chakra (AC)

Kirti Chakra (KC)

Shaurya Chakra (SrC)

SPORTS AWARDS:-
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Players
Dronacharya Award: Sports Coaches
Dhyan Chand- Sports
Arjuna Award: Sport

FILM AWARDS:-
Oscar/ academy awards Film
Dada sahib Phalke Film
BAFTA Awards- Television, Films, Video Games and Animation
Grammy Music
Tansen Award- Music
IIFA Awards: Film
Awards 2017:-

Hollywood actor Emma Watson has received the first-ever Genderless Acting Award
for the Best Actor category at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. This is the first ever
genderless award that doesnt separate nominees based on their sex.

Bhubaneswar: First Indian city to win Pierre Lenfant Awards-2017

Bhubaneswar has been chosen for its good and advanced town planning and engaging its
residents in the planning process.
Pierre Lenfant Awards: Pierre Lenfant was a French-born American architect and civil
engineer. He is credited for designing the layout of the streets of Washington, D.C. The
American Planning Association (APA) has named an award in his honour to recognize
excellence in international planning.

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has bestowed the highest
honour UN Messenger of Peace upon Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
She was described as a symbol of the most important thing in the world-education for all.
With this, she became youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace.

Colson Whiteheads celebrated novel The Underground Railroad has won the 2017
Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The novel is about an escaped slave that combined liberating
imagination and brutal reality.

Former ISRO Chairman and space scientist Prof Udupi Ramachandra Rao became
the first Indian to be inducted in the Hall of Fame of International Astronautical
Federation (IAF). He was inducted during the closing ceremony of the 67th IAF
Congress 2016 held at Guadalajara, Mexico for his outstanding contribution to the
progress of astronautics.

Tamil film Visaranai was selected as Indias official entry to Oscars 2017

French mathematician Yves Meyer wins 2017 Abel Prize for his pivotal role in the
development of the mathematical theory of wavelets (small waves or ripples).

Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail was selected for the prestigious Saraswati
Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan.

Renowned Hindi Scholar, litterateur and playwright Surendra Verma was selected for
the prestigious Vyas Samman 2016. He was chosen for this award for his novel Kaatna
Shami Ka Vriksha : Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se, published in 2010.

Eminent modern Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh was chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith
Award for the year 2016. He is the 52nd recipient of Jnanpith Award.
 Noted British statistician Sir David Cox was awarded inaugural recipient of the
International Prize in Statistics. The International Prize in Statistics Foundation has
bestowed this award on Sir David Cox in recognition of Survival Analysis Model (or Cox
Model) Applied in Medicine, Science, and Engineering.

Paul Beatty wins 2016 Man Booker Prize

Paul Beatty (54) has won the 2016 Man Booker Prize. With this he becomes the first US
author to win this prestigious literary award. He was bestowed with this award for his
racial satirical novel The Sellout at a ceremony held in Londons Guildhall. His novel
tells the story of a young black man who tries to reinstate slavery and racial segregation
in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was named the worlds best player for the year
2016 at the inaugural Best FIFA Football Awards held in Zurich, Switzerland.

Cristiano Ronaldo wins 2016 FIFA Ballon dOr Award

SAIL wins 2016 Golden Peacock Award for corporate governance

The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has won the prestigious 2016 Golden
Peacock Award for Corporate Governance.
The award was received by Ashwini Kumar, CEO of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on
behalf of SAIL during the 16th London Global Convention on Corporate Governance and
Sustainability in London, UK

89th Academy Awards (Oscar Awards)

o Best Picture: Moonlight.
o Best Actres: Emma Stone (La La Land).
o Best Actor: Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea).
o Best Director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land). At 32, he became youngest
director to win oscar.
o Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis (Fences).
o Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight). He is first Muslim to win
acting Oscar.
o Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman (Iran).

Indian actor Om Puri, Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Bill Paxton
were among late stars who were remembered and honoured at the Oscars.
 64th National Film Awards
The National Film Awards are most prominent film award ceremonies in India. It was
established in 1954. Since then awarded annually.

Best Feature Film: Kasaav (Marathi).

Best Direction: Rajesh (Ventilator)

Best Actor: Akhay Kumar (Rustom)

Best Actress: Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu)

Best Supporting Actress: Zaira Wasim (Dangal)

Best Film on social issue: Pink

70th BAFTA Awards 2017

Best Film: La La Land
Best Director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Best Actor: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Best Actress: Emma Stone (La La Land)
Best Supporting Actor: Dev Patel (Lion)
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis (Fences)

59th Grammy awards 2017

Album of the year: 25 Adele

Record of the year: Hello Adele
Song of the year: Hello Adele

62nd Filmfare Awards

Best Actor: Aamir Khan (Dangal).
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab).
Best Film: Dangal.
Best Director: Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal).
Lifetime Achievement: Shatrughan Sinha.
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