LIST OF IMPORTANT AWARDS IN INDIA PDF

List Of National Awards 2020  Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019 → Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh  ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2019 → Wing Commander Gajanand Yadava  Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020 → Army Sports Institute, Pune  International Booker Prize 2020 for her debut novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening’ → Marieke Lucas Rijneveld  National Award to Teachers 2020 → Sudha Painuli  First Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations World Cup (MCWC) → Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda  Lokmanya Tilak National Journalism Award → Sanjay Gupta (editor-in- chief of ‘Jagran).

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 Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence → Dr M S Swaminathan.  Plastic Waste Management Award -2020 → Dibrugarh district, best district of India in plastic waste management category during Swachhta Hi Sewa 2019.  Swachhtha Darpan award 2020 → Peddapalli district.  eGovernance ‘Award of Excellence’ for the year 2019 → cVIGIL and Voter Helpline App.  2019-2020 PEN Gauri Lankesh Award → Yusuf Jameel.  Andhra Pradesh Real Time Pollution Monitoring System (RTPMS) has bagged the National e-Governance Award 2019-20.  Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee award 2020 for Politics → Sarbananda Sonowal  Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting for his work on issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic – Dipankar Ghose  Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating – Aditya ferry  Prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019 – NTPC Limited  Prof. P C Mahalanobis Award – Chakravarthi Rangarajan  2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award – Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar  SKYTRAX Award for Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia – Kempegowda International Airport  IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 – Zoya Akhtar  Paul Harris Fellow Recognition – CM K Palaniswami  E- Panchayat Puraskar -2020 – Himachal Pradesh  EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020 – Kirann Mazumdar-Shaw  Chief Minister Darpan website and mobile app prepared for monitoring Chhattisgarh Government’s ambitious Suraji Gaon Scheme and other flagship schemes, has been awarded “ Elites Excellence Awards-2020 ” under the ‘Digital India initiative’.  Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2020 for a short documentary “Chi Lupo” – Kezang D Thongdok  Richard Dawkins award – Javed Akhtar

International Awards 2020  Karamveer Chakra Award instituted by United Nations and International Confederation of NGO (iCONGO) – Sunil ydv SS

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 President’s Award In Singapore for outstanding services – Kala Narayanasamy  2020 Toronto International Film Festival Tribute Actor Award – Kate Winslet  US-India Business Council (USIBC) Global Leadership Award 2020 – Natarajan Chandrasekaran and Jim Taiclet  2020 Von Karman Award of the International Academy of Astronautics – K Sivan  “Top Publicist” award in the Global Humanitarian Awards 2020 – Sachin Awasthi  European 2020 US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership Award – IOC New Headquarters in Lausanne  2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize award for her short story The Great Indian Tee and Snakes – Kritika Pandey  BET 2020 Humanitarian Award for her longstanding philanthropic work – Beyonce  World No Tobacco Day Award 2020 – Socio-Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS)  France’s Christophe Merieux Prize for the year 2020 – Quarraisha Abdool Karim  New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) “ Inventor of the Year award ” for the year 2020 – Rajiv Joshi  United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019) – Indian Army Officer Suman Gawani  World War II medal by Russia – Kim Jong-Un  “ Medal of the Order of Australia ” 2020 – Shobha Sekhar (founder of Kalakruthi, music organisation in Australia)  Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity – Greta Thunberg  UN honours Kerala Health Minister K.K Shailaja for her efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic in her state.  Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award – Deccan Development Society  2020 Nelson Mandela Prize – Marianna Vardinoyannis of Greece and Morissana Kouyate of Guinea.  Marcus Wallenberg Prize (MWP) 2020’ or the Nobel Prize for forest sector – Nicholas C. Coops, Richard H. Waring and Joseph J. Landsberg  Abel Prize 2020 for mathematics – Hillel Furstenberg & Gregory Margulis

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 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal – Renjith Kumar  QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 – Chef Angad Singh Rana  World Food Prize 2020 – Indian-American soil scientist, Rattan Lal

Sports Awards And Honours 2020  Men’s player of the year at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards for sixth time → Cristiano Ronaldo. BCCI Annual Awards 2020  Polly Umrigar award & Dilip Sardesai awards → Jasprit Bumrah.  Best International Cricketer (Female) Award → Poonam Yadav.  Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award → Kris Srikkanth and Anjum Chopra.  Best International debut in men’s and women’s category → Mayank Agarwal and Shafali Verma. ICC Awards 2019  Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Best Cricketer of the Year → Ben Stokes (England).  Test Cricketer of the Year → Pat Cummins (Australia).  ODI Cricketer of the Year → Rohit Sharma (India).  T20I Performance of the Year → Deepak Chahar.  Emerging Cricketer of the Year → Marnus Labuschagne (Australia).  Spirit of Cricket Award → Virat Kohli stopping the fans booing Steve Smith at the Oval.  David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year → Richard Illingworth, England.

Kerala Sports Awards  Muhammad Anas winning GV Raja award (Male) for athletics.  In the female category, PC Thulasi was adjudged the winner for GV Raja award. ❖ ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ award → Rani Rampal. ❖ NBA All-Star Game MVP award has been permanently named after Kobe Bryant.

Laurel Awards 2020  Laureus World Sportsman of the Year → Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi.

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 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year → Simone Biles.  Laureus World Team of the Year → South Africa Men’s Rugby Team.  Laureus Best Sporting Moment: ‘Carried on the shoulders of a nation’ → Sachin Tendulkar.  Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award → Dirk Nowitzki.

2019 ESPN INDIA Awards  ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award → PV Sindhu.  Sportsperson of the Year (Male) → Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooter).  Lifetime Achievement award → Balbir Singh Sr. (Hockey).  Emerging Sportsperson of the Year → Deepak Punia.  Comeback of the Year → Koneru Humpy.

TIMES OF INDIA Sports Awards (TOISA) 2019  Sportsperson of the Year → P.V. Sindhu.  Cricketer of the year → Rohit Sharma.  Team of the year → Indian men’s Hockey Team.

Annual Hockey India Awards  Hockey India Player of the Year in women’s category → Rani Rampal.  Hockey India Player of the Year (Men’s) → Manpreet Singh. ❖ Inaugural BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award → PV Sindhu. ❖ BBC awarded PT Usha a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) annual awards  Men’s ‘cricketer of the year’ – Quinton de Kock  Women’s cricketer of the year and ODI cricketer of the year awards – Laura Wolvaardt  ODI and T20 player of the year – Pacer Lungi Ngidi ● First Indian to win Fed Cup Heart Award from the Asia/Oceania zone – Sania Mirza

Film & Music Awards 2020  2019 Harivarasanam award → Musician And Composer Ilaiyaraja.  The award has been instituted by the Kerala state government and is being given from 2012 onwards.

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 National Lata Mangeshkar Award for 2018 → Noted singer Suman Kalyanpur and music composer Kuldeep Singh.  WBR Golden Era of Bollywood honour by the World Book Of Records in London → Manoj Kumar.

Golden Globe Awards 2020  Best Motion Picture (Drama) → 1917.  Best Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy) → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino.  Best Director (Motion Picture) → Sam Mendes, 1917.  Best Actress in a Motion Picture → Renée Zellweger, Judy.  Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) → Joaquin Phoenix, Joker.  Best Motion Picture (Foreign) → Parasite.  Best Motion Picture (Animated) → Missing Link.  Cecil B. DeMille Award → Tom Hanks.  Carol Burnett Award → Ellen DeGeneres.

62nd Annual Grammy Awards  Record of the Year → “Bad Guy”, Billie Eilish.  Album of the Year → When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish.  Song of the Year → “Bad Guy”, Billie Eilish.  Best New Artist → Billie Eilish.

65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020  Best Film → ‘Gully Boy’.  Best Director → Zoya Akhtar for ‘Gully Boy’.  Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male) → Ranveer Singh for ‘Gully Boy’.  Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female) → Alia Bhatt for ‘Gully Boy’.  Lifetime Achievement Award → Ramesh Sippy.  Excellence In Cinema → Govinda.

Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020  Best Film → Super 30.  Best Actor → Hrithik Roshan.

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Oscars Awards 2020  Best picture → Parasite.  Best actress → Renée Zellweger, Judy.  Best actor → Joaquin Phoenix, Joker.  Best director → Bong Joon-ho, Parasite.  Animated short film → Hair Love.  Animated feature film → Toy Story 4

Literature & Academics Awards 2020  UK based Costa Children’s Award 2019 for her debut novel ‘Asha and the Spirit Bird’ → Jasbinder Bilan.  Assam Sahitya Sabha’s Basudev Jalan Award → Kapoor Chand Jain.  Harit Ratna Award 2019 → Dr N Kumar (Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University).  Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award for his translated book “Blue Is Like Blue → Vinod Kumar Shukla.  Mystic Kalinga Literary Award-Indian and Global Languages → Odisha Writer Manoj Das.  Honorary doctorate by the University of Manchester → Ratan Tata.  Ruchika Tomar prestigious 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for her which novel → A Prayer for Travelers.  Santanu Das, Mirza Waheed win The Hindu Prize 2019.  Deutsche Welle’s Freedom of Speech Award 2020 – Siddharth Varadarajan  William E. Colby Award for his book Midnight in Chernobyl – Adam Higginbotham  2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for her novel A Prayer for Travelers – Ruchika Tomar  Hindu Prize 2019 Fiction – Mirza Waheed ( Tell Her Everything ) Non-Fiction – Santanu Das (India, Empire, and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs).

Social & Environment Awards 2020  Champion of Change Award-2019 → Hemant Soren.

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 International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy for the year 2019 → Dr N.S. Dharmshaktu.  Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 → Forest Man of India Jadav Payeng.  128th Commonwealth Points of Light Award winner → Jadav Payeng.  The Order of Australia honour → Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.  Jagjivan Ram Innovative Farmer Award – T. Purushothaman (shrimp farmer)  2020 Diana Award for her Recycler App – Freya Thakral  Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his decades-long work around issues of global justice – Amartya Sen  Edison Award under social innovation category – Tata Power  ‘ Hero to Animals Award ’ by PETA India – Naveen Patnaik  Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 – Indian NGO ARMMAN  ‘ Order of Rising Sun ‘ by the Japan government – Thangjam Dhabali Singh (doctor by profession and founder of the Manipur Tourism Forum (MTF)

Science & Technology Awards 2020  Merck Young Scientist Award 2019 for doing remarkable research in chemical science → Sakya Singha Sen.  SERB Women’s Excellence Award-2020 → Dr. Niti Kumar.  Young Career Award 2020 in Nano Science and Technology by Department of Science and Technology – Saurabh Lodha  Dr MS Swaminathan Award for the period 2017-2019 – V Praveen Rao  Nikkei Asia Prize 2020 – IIT Madras Professor T Pradeep

Miscellaneous Awards 2020  ICSI Lifetime Achievement Award → Indu Jain (Chairman, Bennett Coleman & Company Limited (BCCL).  World Economic Forum Annual Meeting for being included in the WEF’s Lighthouse Network → Tata Steel Kalinganagar.  Ayurveda Ratan Award 2020 in Brussels → Dr Partap Chauhan.  Kannada Ratna Award → Actor Rishab Shetty.  Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) won the Outstanding Business Leader of the Year.  TCS also bagged the iconic company of the decade award.

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 Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries was recognised as the Iconic Business Leader of the Decade at the Indian Business Leader Awards (IBLA).  Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was posthumously given the Hall of Fame award for his contribution to the Indian economy.  Highest Civilian Award (Golden Jubilee Medal-Civilians) of Uganda → Businessman Rajesh Chaplot.  Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson, 2019 – The Wire‘s senior editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani and freelance journalist Rohini Mohan have jointly won.  IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 → Zoya Akhtar.  French honour of ‘Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) → Sanjana Kapoor.

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