AwArd & Honours 2021 (July- december)

July 2021

Awardee Award
Best Film Award in the Documentary
‘Decoding Shankar’
section (Best Biographical)
Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar
Investment Promotion Agency 2021 award
Invest India
by OCO Global
‘Air Transport World’s (ATW) 2021 Airline of
Korean Air
the Year’
Kaushik Basu Humboldt Research Award in Economics
Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS)’s
N N Pillai
Literary Award for 2021
Muhammad Yunus Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Games
Oeil d'Or (Golden Eye) award for best
Director Payal Kapadia’s, ‘A Night of
documentary at the 74th Cannes Film
Knowing Nothing’
Festival
Alexander Dalrymple award by the British
Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar Government for his work in hydrography
and nautical cartography
Edible Routes Private Limited, Oorja UN Food Systems Summit Competition
Development Solutions India and called ‘Best Small Business: Good Food for
Taru Naturals All’
Natwest Group Earth Heroes Award 2021 in
Satpura Tiger Reserve the category of Earth Guardian for its best
management role
August 2021

Awardee Award
Asha Bhosle Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2021
Will Eisner Comic Industry Award as ‘Best
Anand Radhakrishnan
Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)’
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021
Kasturba Hospital,
‘IMC RBNQ Efficiency Excellence Trophy 2020’
Manipal
Jagdish Bhagwati and C
Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal (CGM)
Rangarajan
National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-
SoftWorthy
Corps) Teams Award in the US
National Youth Award by the Union Youth Affairs and
Mohammad Azam
Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur
September 2021
Awardee
Alejandro Prieto
Bird Photographer of the Year
(BPOTY) 2021 Award
Dr. Basant Kumar Misra
Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd
(SJVN)
Shailendra Singh (Indian
Biologist)
Namita Gokhale (Writer)
Golden Rock Railway Workshop
(GOC), Tiruchchirappalli
International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT)
Anand Kumar (Mathematician)
National Institute of Open
Schooling (NIOS)
Bhanumati Gheewala (Nurse from
Sir Sayajirao General Hospital,
Gujarat)
Brigadier SV Sarasvati
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Award
Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021
Award
Association for Talent Development (ATD)
2021 Best Award
International Lifetime Achievement Award in
Neurosurgery by the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award 2021
under the category of Best Growth
Performance Power
Behler Turtle Conservation Award
7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance
Award
22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy
Management from CII
2021 Africa Food Prize for improving food
security in sub-Saharan Africa
Swami Brahmanand Award 2021
UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021
Florence Nightingale Award
National Florence Nightingale Award 2020
‘Global Goals Awards’ 2021 of the Bill &

Fairooz Faizah Beether
(Bangladesh)
Government e-Marketplace
(GeM)
510MW Teesta V Power Station
of Sikkim (owned by NHPC
Limited)
October 2021
Awardee
Dr. Rukmini Banerji
Prof. Eric A Hanushek
Legal Initiative for Forest
and Environment (LIFE)
Melinda Gates Foundation
2021 Changemaker Award
CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards for
2021 under the category of ‘Best Use of
Digital Technology’
2021 IHA Blue Planet Prize for excellence in
sustainable hydropower development
Award
2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development for
the work made by her in improving children’s
learning
2021 Yidan Prize for Education Research for his
work in enhancing educational outcomes and the
importance of teaching quality
Delhi-based environmental organisation and has
won the 2021 Right Livelihood Award
Jeel Albena Association for
Humanitarian Development
Shiv Nadar and Mallika
Srinivasan
B Gopal
Benyamin
Dr. G Satheesh Reddy
(Chairman of DRDO)
Dr. Randeep Guleria
(Director of AIIMS)
Satya Nadella (Microsoft
CEO)
James Sangma
The National Mineral
Development Corporation
Ltd
NMDC’s Kumaraswamy Iron Platinum Award in the Environmental Management
Ore Mine
Alexei Navalny
Kung Fu Nuns of the Drukpa
order of Buddhism
Parambikulam Tiger
Conservation Foundation
Martin Scorsese and Istvan
2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
US India Business Council (USIBC) for the 2021
Global Leadership Award
4th Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to
Indian cinema
45th Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literary Award
for his book ‘Manthalirile 20 Communist
Varshangal’
Aryabhata Award by the Astronautical Society of
India (ASI)
22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for
Excellence by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu
CK Prahlad award for Global Business
Sustainability Leadership 2021
Progressive Business Concept Award of PETA India
2021 for his Vegan Leather initiative
Gold Award in Environmental Sustainability
Category
Category
European Union’s top human rights prize, the
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for 2021 by
the European Parliament
UNESCO’s Martial Arts Education Prize 2021
Earth Guardian Award instituted by the NatWest
Group India
Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the
Szabo (Legendary 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in
filmmakers) Goa 2021
51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 67th National
Rajinikanth
Film Awards ceremony
2022 Joseph A. Cushman Award for Excellence in
Dr. Rajiv Nigam
Foraminiferal Research
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2021 for a
(Zimbabwean author and
‘new Enlightenment’
filmmaker)
Karnataka Bank ‘Top organization Innovative HR Practices’
‘Outstanding Renewable Energy User’ at the India
TVS Motor Company Green Energy Award 2020 by the Indian Federation
of Green Energy (IFGE)
November 2021

Awardee Award
Lieutenant Colonel Servesh
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020
Dhadwal and Colonel Amit
by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Bisht
P Valsala Ezhuthachan Award 2021
Puneeth Rajkumar (Kannada
Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt
actor)
Priyanka Mohite ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020’
2021 JCB prize for Literature, for his book titled
M Mukundan (Author)
‘Delhi: A Soliloquy
Vihaan and Nav Agarwal 17th annual Kids Rights International Children’s
(Delhi-based teenage Peace Prize for recycling household waste and
brothers) tackling pollution
'Regional Rural Banks' category award by
Karnataka Vikas Grameena
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Bank (KVGB)
of India (ASSOCHAM)
12th Manipur State Award for Literature 2020 for
Beryl Thanga (Novelist) his book titled ‘Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ithat’ (I and
the then island)
Hema Malini (Actor and BJP
Indian Film Personality of the Year award at the
leader) and Prasoon Joshi
International Film Festival of India 2021
(Lyricist)
Prakash Padukone (Indian Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the
Badminton Player) Badminton World Federation (BWF) Council
Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award
Anita Desai (Author)
for 2021
Pratham NGO Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 for its
 contribution to promoting the scope of education
in India
1st Indian to be honoured with the Knighthood of
Dr. S K Sohan Roy
Parte Guelfa
Pharma and Medical Device Startup India Grand
Sascan Meditech
Challenge 2021