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Awards and Honours 2021 - PDF 

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June 2021

Awardee Award

International Dublin Literary Award 2021 for her novel

Valeria Luiselli
‘Lost Children Archive’

Union Health Minister Dr

‘WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award’
Harsh Vardhan

Nitin Rakesh and Jerry

International Business Book of the Year Award 2021
Wind

International Booker Prize 2021 for ‘At Night All Blood Is

David Diop
Black’

2021 Nature TTL Photography Awards for his photo of an

Thomas Vijayan
Orangutan clinging to a tree

GMR Hyderabad ‘Gold Recognition’ award from ACI (Airport Council

International Airport Ltd International) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition
(GHIAL) 2021

'NSG Counter-IED & Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award

Prof. Shailesh Ganpule
2021'

Land for Life Award by the United Nations Convention to

Familial Forestry
Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake
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Central European University’s highest award of Open

KK Shaileja
Society Prize 2021 for her work in public health services

NTPC India’s Best Employers among Nation Builders 2021

Cochin International Airport Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll

Airport (CIAL) of Excellence

'Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award' for

Delhi Metro
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 2021 laureate of UNESCO /Guillermo Cano World Press
CEO) 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

Best Actor Award for his performance in a short film

Anupam Kher named ‘Happy Birthday’ at New York City International
Film Festival

IREDA (Indian
‘Green Urja Award’ by the Indian Chamber of Commerce
Renewable Energy
(ICC)
Development Agency)

2021 World Food Prize for her work in developing

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2021 World Food Prize for her work in developing
Dr. Shakuntala
holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture
Haraksingh Thilsted
and food systems

Ramesh Pokhriyal
Nishank (Union Education International Invincible Gold Medal 2021
Minister)

Baljeet Kaur (Himachal

1st Women Mountaineers to summit Mount Pumori in
Pradesh) and Gunbala
Nepal
Sharma (Rajasthan)

Prof. Shankar 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for developing

Balasubramanian and revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques namely, Next
Prof. David Klenerman 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

Gold Award at 2021 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for ‘Most

SpiceHealth
Valuable Medical Innovation’ under COVID-19

Krishi Avam Paristhitiki

Prestigious India Biodiversity Awards 2021 under the
Vikas Sansthan
category ‘Sustainable Use of Biological Resources.’
(KRAPAVIS)

President’s award by International Hockey Federation

VK Pandian
for his contribution to promoting Hockey in Odisha

Bharat Ratna Professor International ENI Award 2020 for his research in
C.N.R. Rao renewable energy sources and energy storage

Spain’s top Princess of Asturias Award in the social

Amartya Kumar Sen
sciences category, the Spanish prize foundation

Padma Bhushan Dr D Rudolf V Schindler Award from the American Society of

Nageshwar Reddy Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

Robert Lewandowski European Golden Boot

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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
Kalinga Ratna Samman 2021
(Governor of Andhra Pradesh)

Aniyan Midhun South Asian Wushu Championship

Prof. Suman Chakraborty 30th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research

Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey David 2020 Association for Computing Machinery A.M.
Ullman Turing Award

Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, the

Guneet Monga (Filmmaker)
second-highest civilian French honour

Yusuff Ali M. A Abu Dhabi’s Top Civilian Award

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited National Award for Innovation Training Practices

(HAL) 2019-2020

Kane Williamson (New Zealand

Sir
Richard Hadlee Medal
cricket player)

Best Foreign Language Feature Award at Moscow

‘Puglya’ (Name of Marathi Film)
International Film Festival 2021

Roberto Benigni 78th Venice International Film Festival

Aditya Birla Group’s Birla UN’s National Innovative and Sustainable Supply
Cellulose Limited Chain Award

Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award 2021

Rumana Sehgal
by the Diplomatic Mission Global Peace

‘Wild Innovator Award’ by Wild Elements

Dr Krithi K Karanth
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Dr Krithi K Karanth
Foundation

IIT Kharagpur CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0

‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work

ESAF Small Finance Bank
Institute

Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘

Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House: A Memoir’

‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney

HDFC Bank
Best Bank Awards

March 2021

Awardee Award

South Asian Digital Media Awards by WAN IFRA (World

The Hindu Group Association of News Publishers), being named as
‘Champion Publisher of the Year’

2021 Film Archive Award by The International Federation of

Amitabh Bachchan
Film Archives (FIAF)

Mahamadou Issoufou
2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
(President of Niger)

Ravichandran Ashwin
ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2021
(India)

Tammy Beaumont
ICC Women’s Player of the Month for February 2021
(England)

Koneru Humpy (Indian

BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award
Chess Player)

Anju Bobby George

BBC Lifetime Achievement award
(Indian Athlete)

Manu Bhaker (Indian

BBC Emerging Player-of-the-Year award
Shooter)
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Indian Council of
King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award by Food and
Agricultural
Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Research(ICAR)

Gowsalya Shankar International Woman of Courage Award 2021

Anne Lacaton and

Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021
Jean-Philippe Vassal

'Role Model' Award’ at the 11th CII National HR Excellence

NTPC Ltd
Awards 2020-21

For 2019 Late Sultan

Qaboos bin Said Al Gandhi Peace Prize
Said of Oman

For 2020
Bangabandhu Sheikh Gandhi Peace Prize
Mujibur Rahman

Prof. Sharad Pagare Vyas Samman 2020

Asha Bhosle Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020

IIT Kharagpur CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0

ESAF Small Finance

‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute
Bank

Carmen Maria Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘ In the
Machado Dream House: A Memoir’

‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank

HDFC Bank
Awards

February 2021

Awardee Award

AR Rahman (Music Composer)

and Saidapet Hari Krishnan 4th edition of Alert Being Icon Awards
(Social Activist)
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(Social Activist)

1st prize in Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Robert Irwin
People’s Choice Award Contest

‘Koozhangal’ 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021

Bangalore International Airport

Airports Council International World’s ‘Voice of the
Limited’s (Kempegowda
Customer’ award
International Airport Bengaluru)

Dr Shobhna Kapoor, Dr Antara

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Banerjee, Dr Sonu Gandhi and
Women Excellence Award 2021
Dr Ritu Gupta

Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020 by

S. Theodore Baskaran
Sanctuary Nature Foundation

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020
(WCCB) under the Innovation category by UNEP

Manasa Varanasi VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020

‘Best Service Provider’ in HR and ‘Best Institution’

Union Bank of India for ‘Excellence in Learning and Development’ at
the 29th Global HRD Congress Awards

Anjali Bharadwaj International Anti-Corruption Champions Award

‘CERA Week Global Energy and Environment

PM Narendra Modi
Leadership Award’

January 2021

Awardee Award

V K Yadav ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020’

Ramesh Pokhriyal
Sahitya Gaurav Samman 2021
Nishank

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Pandit Satish Vyas 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Anhinav Kala Parishad 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Dr Raghu Ram Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in Queen

Pillarisetti Elizabeth II’s 2021 New Year’s Honours List

Ministry of Tribal SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-

Affairs governance category

Ministry of Panchayati SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-

Raj 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
Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021
Bhandari

Ram Temple Tableau

First prize in Republic Day 2021
of Uttar Pradesh

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

Male World Athletes of the Year 2020

Valuter)

Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela, triple

Female World Athletes of the Year 2020
jumper)

Indian Council of Agricultural International King Bhumibol World Soil Day

Research (ICAR) Award for 2020
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2020 UN Investment Promotion Award by

Invest India
UNCTAD

2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young

Dr Carolina Araujo
Mathematics

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award –India

Ashraf Patel
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

Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and

Ratan Tata
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
Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Golden Jubilee
Subramanian
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Sadat Rahman International Children’s Peace Prize 2020

Douglas Stuart 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction

Ramesh Pokhriyal
Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award
Nishank

Naseeruddin Shah 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Puraskar

Neel Choudhary
2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar
and Irawati Karnik

2020 AESC (Association of Executive Search and Leadership

Dr Bish Agrawal
Consultants) lifetime Achievement Award 2020

October 2020

Awardee Award

Sanjay Singh ‘2020 Gandhi Award’

IACC (Indo-American Chamber of

Ratan Tata Commerce) lifetime and Global
Excellence Award

Ales Bialiatsli (Belarus), Nasrin Sotoudeh

(Iran), Bryan Stevenson (US) and Lottie Right Livelihood Award 2020
Cunningham Wren (Nicaragua)

Nityanand Nayak (Odia Poet) Sarala Puraskar

Central Bank of the Year Award

Bank of Ghana
2020

Governor of the year at Central

Mark Carney
Bank of the Year Award 2020

2020 Wildlife Photographer of the

Aishwarya Sridhar
Year Award

17th annual Stevie Award for

Seema Gupta
Women in Business
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‘Outstanding Young Person of the

Dr Jajini Varghese
World 2020’

2020 UN Global Climate Action

Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) of India
Award

‘Dr. Tulsi Das Chugh Award 2020’

Dr Satish Mishra by National Academy of Medical
Sciences

Lifetime Achievement Award 2020

Late Actor Om Puri at 3rd India International Film
Festival of Boston

‘Pride of India’, a special award at

Chef Vikas Khanna 3rd India International Film Festival
of Boston

September 2020

Awardee Award

Hyderabad International ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy

Airport or GMR led Rajiv Efficient Unit’ Awards at National Award for
Gandhi International Airport ‘Excellence in Energy Management’

‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ award by

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd
Confederation of Indian industry and Godrej Green
(Vizag Steel Plant)
Business Centre

Lifetime Achievement Awards by Euromoney

Aditya Puri
Awards for Excellence 2020

Chef Vikas Khanna Asia Game Changer Award 2020

2020 Dayton Literacy Peace Prize’s Lifetime

Margaret Atwood
Achievement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ig Noble Prize 2020 for Medical Education

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu All India Football Federations Men’s Footballer of

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu All India Football Federations Men s Footballer of
(Goalkeeper) the Year 2019-20

All India Football Federations Women’s Footballer

Sanju Yadav (Midfielder)
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

Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019
Singh

Wing Commander Gajanand

‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2019
Yadava

Army Sports Institute, Pune Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020

International Booker Prize 2020 for her debut novel

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
‘The Discomfort of Evening'

Sudha Painuli National Award to Teachers 2020

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash First Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations
Jonnalagadda World Cup (MCWC)

July 2020

Awardee Award

P C Mahalanobis Lifetime
C Rangarajan
Achievement Award

Carnegie Corporation of New York’s

Siddhartha Mukherjee and Raj Chetty
2020 list of ‘Great Immigrants’

Freya Thakral 2020 Diana Award

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Overall Winner of the 2020

Kritika Pandey
Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Virtual Race Across America

Lt Col Bharat Pannu
(VRAAM) 2020

Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar

Ratnakar Matkari
Award

International Olympic Committee EU Green Building Award 2020

NTPC Ltd CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019

Kezang D Thongdok 2020 Dada Saheb Phalke Award

‘Development Marketplace Award

Institute for Human Development (IHD) 2020:Innovations to Address
Gender-Based Violence’

Von Karman Award 2020 by

K Sivan International Academy of
Astronautics (IAA)

Hockey Player Gurubux Singh and Cricketer

Mohun Bagan Ratna Award
Palash Nandi

Chhattisgarh CM Darpan website and mobile

Elites Excellence Award 2020
app

US-India Business Council (USIBC)

N Chandrasekaran and Jim Taiclet
Global Leadership Award 2020

‘Infra Business Leader of the year

Ved Prakash Dudeja 2020 award by Rail Infra and
Mobility Digital Award (RIMBDA)’

Sachin Awasthi Global Humanitarian Award 2020

Shahidul Alam (Bangladesh), Mohammad CPJ (Committee to Protect

Mosaed (Iran), Dapo Olorunyomi (Nigeria) Journalists) International Press
and Svetlana Prokopyeva (Russia) Freedom Award 2020

2020 Toronto International Film

Kate Winslet
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ate s et
Festival (TIFF) Tribute Actor Award

Guinean doctor Morissana Kouyate and

Nelson Mandella Prize 2020
Marianna Vardinoyannis from Greece

Arnab Chaudhuri ‘Legend of Animation’

Greta Thunberg Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity

President’s Award for Nurse in

Kala Naryanasamy
Singapore

Gustave Trouve Award for

Aditya Excellence in Electric Boats and
Boating

Premier League Golden Boot

Jamie Vardy
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

QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 in the category of Seafood

Chef Angad Singh Rana
challenge

QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 in the category of

Chef Vaibhav Bhargava
Mutton/lamb challenge

Amrtya Sen German Book Trade for 2020 Peace Prize

Gulabbai
Lifetime Achievement Award of Vithabai Naryangaokar
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Lifetime Achievement Award of Vithabai Naryangaokar
Sangamnerkar

Popstar Beyonce 20th Annual BET Awards 2020

Kritika Pandey Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020

Deccan Development
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award
Society

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

Young Career Award in Nano Science and

Saurabh Lodha
Technology for the year 2020

Indian journalist Dar Yasin,

2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography
Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand

Joseph J Landsberg, Richard H

Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020
Waring, and Nicholas C Coops

White Gold Technologies LLP, Startup India Animal Husbandry Grand

Mumbai Challenge Awards

Kempegowda International SKYTRAX Award 2020 in the category of Best

Airport, Bangalore Regional Airport in India and Central Asia

SKYTRAX Award 2020 in the category of

Changi Airport of Singapore
World’s Best Airport

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Best airport staff in India and Central Asia
International Airport, Mumbai category

Sania Mirza Fed Cup Heart Award for Aisa/Oceania Zone

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VMware 2020 Regional Partner of the Year

Anunta
Award for the Services Excellence category

Lieutenant Commander Akshay Vice Admiral G.M. Hiranandani Memorial Rolling

Kumar Trophy for the year 2020

Suman Gawani UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2019

NYIPLA “Inventor of the Year award” for the year

Rajiv Joshi
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

Charles Leclerc
Championship

Inclusion in The Medicine Maker Power

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
List 20 For 2020

William E. Colby Award 2020 Adam Higginbotham

13th edition of the International Prize for

Novelist Abdelouahab Aissaoui
Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2020

Wisden’s Leading Cricketer 2020 Men England All-rounder Ben Stokes

Wisden’s Leading Cricketer 2020 Women Ellyse Perry of Australia

Tata Power for campaign ‘Club Enerji

Edison Award
#Switchoff2SwitchOn’

Forbes billionaires list “The Richest in

Jeff Bezos
2020”

March 2020
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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

Madhya Pradesh
Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

1st Men's section Khelo India Ice Hockey Ladakh Scouts Regimental
tournament 2020 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-

Shaktikanta Das
Pacific region

1st Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award Vinod Kumar Shukla

Lifetime Achievement Award by International

Pullela Gopichand
Olympic Committee’s (IOC)

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Dan David Prize 2020 Gita Sen

Miss Diva Universe 2020 Adline Castelino

National e-Governance Award RailMadad

Lewis Hamilton and Footballer

Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award
Lionel Messi

Mystic Kalinga Literary Award Manoj das

French honour for Theatre Artiste Sanjana Kapoor

National Award for Implementation of the Pradhan South Salmara Mankachar of

Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Assam

Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 Jadav Payeng

January 2020

Award Awardee

‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National

Dr M S Swaminathan
Award for Excellence’

‘Muppavarapu National Award for Social

Dr Gutta Muniratnam
Service’

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

Indian girl Sucheta Satish & Indian

Global Child Prodigy Award 2020
Yoga Boy Ishwar Sharma

Costa Children’s Award 2019 Jasbinder Bilan

29th Saraswati Samman Vasdev Mohi 

“Merck Young Scientist Award 2019” Sakya Singha Sen

C
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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

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
University

2020 Tyler Prize Pavan Sukhdev

Padma Shri award from Telangana Farmer Chinthala Venkat Reddy 

2020 Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Disaster Mitigation & Management

Prabandhan Puraskar Award 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

Visitor’s Award - for Research in Humanities,

Prof. Sibnath Deb
Arts and Social Sciences

Visitor’s Award- for Research in Physical

Prof. Sanjay Puri
Sciences

Visitor’s Award - for Research in Biological

Prof. Asad Ullah Khan
Sciences

Dr Shaon Ray Chaudhuri Visitor’s Award- for Technology Development

Amitabh Bachchan Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018

T J h 2019 Sh kti Bh tt Fi t B
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Tony Joseph 2019 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

Lionel Messi Ballon d’Or Award

Economic Times (ET) Lifetime Achievement

Sangeeta Jaitley
Award for Public Service 2019

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
Animals) ‘Person of the Year’ Award 2019

Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award

World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination at

Abu Dhabi (UAE) the 26th Edition of the World Travel Awards
(WTA)

Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Nicholas

Emiliou, Frantisek Ruzicka, ‘The Diwali – Power of One’ award 2019
Volodymyr Yelchenko

“Lifetime Achievement Award” by the

Gulu Mirchandani Consumer Electronics and Appliances
Manufacturers Association

Odisha ‘World Habitat Award’ for Jaga Mission

Greta Thunberg, Aminatou Haidar,

Guo Juanmei and Davi Kopenawa Right Livelihood Award for the year 2019
Yanomami

Honorary Doctorate at the Hemwati Nandan

Ajit Doval
Bahuguna Central University (HNBCIJ)

Priyanka Chopra Marrakech Film Festival

Gurugram-based startup ‘Space Oscar’ Award

Sports Person of the Year awards at the FICCI

Rani Rampal, Saurabh Chaudhary
India Sports Awards 2019

Greta Thunberg Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019

Toni-Ann Singh Miss World 2019

National Award Union Rural Development

Union Territory of Jammu and
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