Important Awards and Honours, December 2023

2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Global

Abdullahi Mire
Laureate

Légion d’honneur, The highest French

Dr V R Lalithambika
civilianaward

SKOCH Gold Award 2023 Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

WISE Award for Education Safeena Hussain

Murali Sreeshankar (for the best

35th Jimmy George Foundation 2023 Award
sportsperson of Kerala)

Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

ISSA Vision Zero 2023 Award
(ESIC)

Best Youth Athlete award Sheetal Devi

Time Magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year Taylor Swift

Time’s Athlete of the Year 2023 Lionel Messi

Time’s CEO of the Year 2023 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI

Michelle Zárate Palomec, Sebastian

UN Global Climate Action Awards 2023
Mwaura

33rd Vyas Samman 2023 Pushpa Bharati

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic”

Kabir Bedi
(Merito della Repubblica Italiana)

2023 King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award Soil and Fertilizer Society of Thailand

Glinka World Soil Prize 2023 Professor Ravendra (Ravi) Naidu from Fiji

WTA Player of the Year 2023 (Tennis) Iga Swiatek

Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award Javed Akhtar

Game Changing Innovator award 2023 Dr Atul Shah

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament

Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abu Awwad
and Development 2023

women’s Rising Star of the Year 2023 by

Antim Panghal
United World Wrestling (UWW)

2023 International Gender Equality Prize Finland

Wing Commander Sumeet Mahajan, Major

Golden Owl award by the President of Sri
Rohit and Lieutenant Commander Sunny
Lanka
Sharma

Global Icon Award at the G20 Initiative

Dr Srinivas Naik Dharavath
Summit

National Order of Merit Gold Medal by

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
Bhutan
men’s FIH Player of the Year 2023 (Hockey) Hardik Singh

Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty and

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023
Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj

Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best

Film at the 29th Kolkata International Film Children of Nobody
Festival 2023 (KIFF)

Indian Space Research Organisation

2023 Leif Erikson Lunar Prize
(ISRO)

Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2023 for

Sukrita Paul Kumar
the book “Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems”

SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2023 Ruixiang Zhang

Important Awards and Honours, November 2023

2023 UNHCR Nansen for his work championing the
Abdullahi Mire (a
Refugee Award Global right to education for displaced
Somali refugee)
Laureate children.

ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi This film based on the life of an

Medal at the 54th “Drift,” directed by immigrant woman, Jacqueline,
International Film Festival Anthony Chen brilliantly portrayed by Cynthia
of India (IFFI) Erivo

for its commitment to

Vijayawada Railway
IGBC’s ‘Platinum’ Rating environmental sustainability and
Station
eco-friendly practices

2023 Booker Prize Irish author Paul Lynch for his fifth novel ‘Prophet Song’

For his novel ‘Fire Bird’

2023 JCB Prize for Tamil writer Perumal
(translated into English by Janani
Literature Murugan
Kannan)

Largest international literary

first woman to bag
Deepti Babuta award for fiction in the Punjabi
Dhahan Prize
language

Best State in Inland Fisheries sector and contribute to

Uttar Pradesh
Fisheries the overall growth of the industry

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
for 2022
Indian Medical
The award symbolizes a tribute to
Association (IMA) and
the relentless efforts of the
Trained Nurses
COVID-19 warriors in India
Association of India

First Nicaraguan woman to win

Nicaragua’s Sheynnis
72nd Miss Universe 2023 the crown in the beauty pageants
Palcios
Awards

Maharashtra’s ‘Lata Remarkable contribution to the

Suresh Ishwar Wadkar
Mangeshkar Award 2023’ world of music

Lifetime Disturbing the for groundbreaking works like

Salman Rushdie
Peace Award ‘The Satanic Verses,
 Outstanding achievements in
Apolinaris D’Souza, a
various fields related to Konkani
Kalakar Puraskar 2023 prominent Konkani
culture, including music, dance,
singer
theatre, folklore, and cinema

AFC President’s To promoting football at the

All India Football
Recognition Bronze award grassroots level, characterised by
Federation
for Grassroots Football several innovative initiatives

Changemaker Of The The Reserve Bank of To maintaining the financial

Year’ Award India stability of India

In recognition of his exceptional

Eminent Writer T.
Kerala Jyothi Award contributions to Malayalam
Padmanabhan
literature

British Academy Book For her debut book, ‘Courting

India-Born Author
Prize 2023 for Global India: England, Mughal India, and
Nandini Das
Cultural Understanding the Origins of Empire

International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2023

 The 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa ended with an
award ceremony on November 28.
 Endless Borders won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award.
 Pouria Rahimi Sam won the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Endless
Borders’.
 Kantara became the first Kannada film to win an award at IFFI, with Rishab
Shetty winning the Special Jury Award.
 Michael Douglas was conferred with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement
Award.
 Panchayat Season 2 won the Best Web Series Award.
 The Featherweight had its Asia premiere at the 54th IFFI.
 Robert Kolodny is the director of the film The Featherweight.
IFFI 2023 Winners: Full List
Award Winner

Golden Peacock Best Film Endless Borders

Best Actor-Male Pouria Rahimi Sam (Endless Borders)

Best Actor (Female) Melanie Thierry (Party of Fools)

Best Director Stephan Komandarev (Blaga’s Lessons)

Special Jury Award Rishab Shetty (Kantara)

Best Debutant Director Reger Azad Kaya (When the Seedlings Grow)

Best Web Series Panchayat Season 2

Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award Michael Douglas

Important Awards and Honours, October 2023

2023 Ballon d’Or Lionel Messi and Aitana An annual award given to the best men’s
recipients Bonmati and women’s footballers in the world.

2023 USISPF Nita Ambani, Founder 2023 USISPF Global Leadership Award
Global Leadership and Chair of Reliance
Award Foundation

Given to leading US innovators who

White House
Ashok Gadgil and Subra have left a lasting imprint on America’s
National Medal of
Suresh competitiveness, quality of life, and
Science
technological workforce.

Award For Global Chief Justice of India For his exceptional contributions to the
Leadership DY Chandrachud field of law and justice

Best tourism
Awarded to villages leading the way in
villages announced
nurturing rural regions, preserving
by the World
Gujarat’s Dhordo landscapes, upholding cultural diversity,
Tourism
safeguarding local values, and
Organization
celebrating culinary traditions.
(UNWTO)

Jina Mahsa Amini and

It recognizing individuals and
2023 Sakharov the Iranian “Woman,
movements that champion human
Prize Life, Freedom”
rights and freedom
movement

5th National Renowned playback Best Female Playback Singer award at

Awards 2023 singer Shreya Ghoshal the 69th National Film Awards

Best Tourism For preserving their ancestral homes,

Nawanpind Sardaran
Village of India Kothi and Pipal Haveli, and promoting
Village In Punjab
2023 sustainable tourism in their village

NTPC prioritizes the well-being of its

Only Indian PSU To workforce by offering comprehensive
Feature In Forbes programs and initiatives that address
“World’s Best NTPC Limited their physical, mental, and emotional
Employers 2023” health, demonstrating its commitment
List to valuing its employees as its most
precious asset.

Satyajit Ray
Renowned Hollywood To recognizes his remarkable
Excellence in Film
actor Michael Douglas contributions to the world of cinema
Lifetime Award

Saraswati Samman’
Tamil writer Sivasankari For her memoirs, “Surya Vamsam.”
in 2022

Best Innovation in Mangalore Refinery and For its energy-efficient hydrocarbon

Refinery Award For Petrochemicals Ltd distillation process, a true milestone in
2022-23 (MRPL) energy technology.

Dutch Spinoza Professor Dr. Joyeeta For her groundbreaking work in the field
Prize Gupta of climate change

Bal Sahitya
Manipuri writer, Dilip For his remarkable work titled “Ibemma
Puraskar In
Nongmaithem Amasung Ngabemma.”
Manipuri Language

Global Indian Sudha Murty (The To an outstanding Indian personality

Award by the renowned author, who has left an indelible mark in their
Canada India philanthropist and wife respective field.
 of Infosys co-founder NR
Foundation (CIF)
Narayana Murthy)

Important Awards and Honours, September 2023

65th Ramon
For Holistic Healthcare
Magsaysay Awards Ravi Kannan (India)
development from India
2023

The National Automated

Fingerprint Identification
National Awards For Excellence in Government
System (NAFIS) team of the
for e-Governance Process Reengineering for Digital
National Crime Records
2023 (Category-1) Transformation (Category-1)
Bureau (NCRB) won the Gold
Award

National Awards SVAMITVA Scheme of the Application of Emerging

for e-Governance Ministry of Panchayati Raj Technologies for Providing Citizen
2023 (Category-2) won the Gold Award Centric Services (Category 2)

The award is given for her

Telangana’s 1st woman Chief
World Innovation
Innovation Officer (CIO)
Award at BRICS
Shanta Thoutam
contribution to the Sustainable
Development Goal(SDG)-4 through
a systematic effort to implement
innovative solutions such as cloud
city concept.

RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das For excellent progress in inflation
Rated ‘A+’ in Global RBI Governor Shaktikanta control, economic growth goals,
Finance Central Das currency stability, and interest
Banker Report rate management.
Cards 2023

Green Railway Sustainable station facility; Health

Station hygiene and sanitation; Energy
Vijayawada Railway Station in
Certification’ with efficiency; Water efficiency; Smart
Andhra Pradesh(AP)
Highest Platinum and green initiative; Innovation &
Rating development.

France’s Chevalier
The award recognises his
dans l’Ordre des
achievements in the field of arts as
Arts et des Lettres Indian Fashion Designer
a designer, and his commitment to
(Knight of the Rahul Mishra
promote Indian crafts and know-
Order of Arts and
how internationally
Letters)

Shanti Swarup The purpose of the award is to

Bhatnagar Prizes 12 scientists recognize outstanding Indian work
2022 in science and technology.

53rd Dada Saheb Phalke

53rd Dada Saheb For her lifetime contribution to
Award Waheeda Rehman
Phalke Award Indian cinema.
(53rd recipient)

Agri Scientist Swati Nayak

Norman E. Borlaug
(3rd Indian to received the for ‘Field Research and Application
Award
award)

Best Tourism Kiriteshwari village The award is given to the

 destination that best exemplifies
(Murshidabad, West Bengal)
rural tourism, showcasing India’s
and
renowned cultural and natural
Village of India
assets, while also preserving and
2023 Biswanath Ghat also known
promoting the community-based
as Gupta Kashi (Sonitpur,
values, goods, and lifestyles of its
Assam)
villages.

The most prestigious award offered

‘Rajbhasha Kirti
Power Finance Corporation by the Indian government for
Puraskar’ in the ‘A’
(PFC) “achievements in implementing the
category 2022-23.
official language”

This will elevate the quality of

World Federation medical education in India,
for Medical aligning it with global standards
The National Medical
Education and practices, thereby enhancing
Commission (NMC) of India
Recognition Status the reputation of Indian medical
for 10 Years schools and professionals
worldwide.

Anoop Rajappan (India) Along

with other scientists from for re-animating dead spiders and
2023 Ig Nobel
China, Malaysia, USA (In using them as mechanical gripping
Prizes
‘Mechanical Engineering‘ tools
category)

Mathematician Ruixiang
2023 SASTRA For his pioneering contributions in
Zhang (Assistant Professor at
Ramanujan Prize number theory
the University of California)

She becomes the first-ever woman

Miss Universe Erica Robin (a model from
from the country to win the beauty
Pakistan 2023 Karachi, Pakistan)
pageant title.

Lifetime Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice She has been awarded for her
Achievement Chancellor, Professor Najma “great efforts to connect education
Award-Academia Akhtar to employment,”.

Renowned
Dr AM Gokhale For excellence in the field of
ophthalmologist Brig Sanjay
Award ophthalmology
Kumar Mishra of Indian Army’

RITES (Rail India Technical For specializing in transportation

Safety Innovation
and Economic Service Limited) consulting and engineering
Award 2023
Limited services in India

The pageant’s goal is to promote

Chartered
Miss International international peace and
Accountant Praveena
India 2023 understanding through the power
Anjana (Udaipur, Rajasthan)
of beauty.

Mumbai Professor Satyajit

For Entrepreneurship Trainer,
Dr V G Patel Majumdar, dean of School of
Educator and Mentor’ for his work
Memorial Award Management and Labour
in promoting and strengthening
2023 Studies from Tata Institute of
entrepreneurship in India
Social Sciences (TISS)