IMPORTANT AWARDS

Physics 1.Syukuro Manabe

2.Klaus Hasselmann
3. Giorgio Parisi
Chemistry 1. Benjamin List
2. David W.C. MacMillan
Physiology or Medicine 1. David Julius
2. Ardem Patapoutian
Nobel Prize Literature 1. Abdulrazak Gurnah
Peace 1. Maria Ressa
2. Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in 1.David Card
Economic Sciences 2. Joshua D. Angrist
3. Guido W. Imbens
Indian Nobel Prize Winners (Till 1. Abhijit Banerjee (Economics, 2019)
Date) 2. Kailash Satyarthi (Peace, 2014)
3. VenkatramanRamakrishnan(Chemistry, 2009)
4. Amartya Sen for Economics, 1998
National Book Award 2021 1. Hell of a Book (Fiction)
2. All That She Carried (Non Fiction)
3. Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Young People’s
Literature)
4. Winter in Sokcho (Translated Literature)
Literary Awards
5. Floaters (Poetry)
Booker Prize The Promise (by Damon Galgut)
International Booker Prize Tomb of Sand (By Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy
Rockwell)
Jnanpith Award Damodar Mauzo (Konkani)
Fiction The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately
Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very
Famous Family (by Joshua Cohen)
Drama Fat Ham (by James Ijames)
History 1. Covered with Night (by Nicole Eustace)
2. Cuba: An American History (by Ada Ferrer)
Pulitzer Prize
Biography Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim
Crow South (by the late Winfred Rembert)
Poetry frank: sonnets (by Diane Seuss)
General Nonfiction Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an
American City (by Andrea Elliott)
Music Voiceless Mass (by Raven Chacon)
67th National Film Awards 2021 1. Best Actor - Manoj Bajpayee (Bhonsle)
Dhanush (Asuran)
Film Awards 2. Best Actress - Kangana Ranaut (Manikarnika)
3. Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Rajnikanth ()
4. Feature Film - Marakkar (Priyadarshan)

Oscars
Bharat Ratna 2019
(highest civilian award, max 3
can be given in a year)
Padma Vibhushan 2022
(2nd highest civilian award)
Padma Bhushan 2022
(3rd highest civilian award)
Civilian &
Military Awards
Padma Shri
(4th highest civilian award)
Param Vir Chakra
(Highest order of recognition in
military, awarded for
displaying distinguished acts of
valour during wartime)
Tokyo Olympics 2020
Sports
Miss India
Beauty
Miss World
Pageants
Miss Universe
5. Feature Film Hindi - Chhichhore (Nitesh Tiwari)
1. Best Picture - Coda ()
2. Best Actress - Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy
Faye)
3. Best Actor - Will Smith (King Richard)
4. Best supporting actress - Ariana DeBose (West Side
Story)
5. Best supporting actor - Troy Kotsur (Coda)
6. Best director - Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
7. Best international feature - Drive My Car (Japan)
1. Pranab Mukherjee
2. Nanaji Deshmukh
3. Bhupen Hazarika
1. Prabha Atre (Art)
2. Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous)(Lit. & Edu.)
3. General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous)(Civil Service)
4. Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous)(Public Affairs)
Total 17 people were awarded
Important
1. Krishna Ella & Suchitra Ella [MD, Bharat Biotech –
developed COVAXIN covid 19 vaccine in collab with
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)]
2. Cyrus Poonawalla [MD, Serum Institute of India –
developed COVISHIELD covid 19 vaccine)
3. Satya Narayana Nadella
4. Sundar Pichai
Total 107 people awarded
Important
1. Neeraj Chopra (Tokyo Olympic Gold Medalist in
athletics, India’s first ever gold medal in athletics)
Total 21 awarded till date
Last was awarded to Vikram Batra in 1999 (Remember
movie Shershaah released this year, it was about him
only)
1. Neeraj Chopra (Gold, Men’s Javelin throw)
2. Bajrang Punia (Bronze, Men’s 65kg wrestling)
3. Indian Hockey Team (Bronze, Men’s Hockey)
4. Ravi Kumar Dahiya ( Silver, Men's 57kg wrestling)
5. PV Sindhu (Silver, Women's singles badminton)
6. Lovlina Borgohain (Bronze, Women's welterweight
boxing)
7. Mirabai Chanu (Silver, Women's 49kg weightlifting)
Manasa Varanasi
Karolina Bielawska (not indian, so not imp)
Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu (Indian, so imp)