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2017 Awards(Jan - June)

January Name of the Awards Name of the Persons ‘Power & Energy Person’s Award Shri K M Singh at the 10th ENERTIA Awards 2016 Bharatiya JananpithNavlekhan award 2016 Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh Nishan-e-Imtiaz by Pakistan Pakistan’s Army chief QamarBajwa Best Performing Power Distribution Utility in Power Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) Sector 4th Yash Chopra Memorial Award Shah Rukh Khan `Technical Oscar’ by the Academy of Motion Pictures Parag Havaldar and Sciences La La LandWins Record 7 Awards Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were honored as best 74th Golden Globe Awards actor and actress while Damien Chazelle was awarded best director Honoured by the US Embassy for TB Awareness Amitabh Bachchan Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award Cristiano Ronaldo. The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award Carli Lloyd. The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award Claudio Ranieri. The Best FIFA Women’s Coach Award Silvia Neid. The FIFA Puskás Award 2016 MohdFaizSubri. The FIFA Fair Play Award Atletico National. The FIFA Fan Award Dortmund fans and Liverpool fans. The FIFA lifetime achievement award Falcao. The FIFA FIFPro World11 Neuer, DaniAlves, Pique, Ramos, Marcelo, Modric, Kroos, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Ronaldo. UNWTO Award for Innovation in the category of Non- ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village Governmental Organisations(NGO) Highest US civilian honour Vice President of US Joe Biden 2017 Crafoord Prize Fred Ramsdell , Alexander Rudensky from US and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan Young Travel Photographer Of The Year (TPOTY) Darpan Basak & Ankit Kumar award 2016 62nd Filmfare Award 2017 Best Film Dangal Best Director NiteshTiwari for Dangal Best Actor (Male) Aamir Khan for Dangal Best Actor (Female) Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film ManojBajpayee for Taandav. Best Male Debut DiljitDosanjh for Udta Punjab. Best Female Debut Ritika Singh for SaalaKhadoos. Best Director Debut AshwiniIyerTiwari for ‘Nil BatteySannata’ Best Film People’s Choice Khamakha Best Short Film (Fiction) Chutney Best Short Film (Non-fiction) MatitaliKusti 1 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film Tisca Chopra for Chutney. Best Dialogue Ritesh Shah for Pink. Best Screenplay ShakunBatra, Ayesha DevitreDhillon for Kapoor& Sons Best Story ShakunBatra, Ayesha DevitreDhillon for Kapoor& Sons Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) Rishi Kapoor for Kapoor& Sons. Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) ShabanaAzmi for Neerja. Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award ShatrughanSinha. Best Music Director Pritam for AeDilHaiMushkil. Best Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya- ‘ChannaMereya’,AeDilHaiMushkil Best Male Playback Singer Arijit Singh for the song AeDilHaiMushkil Best Female Playback Singer NehaBhasin for ‘Jag Ghoomeya’ from Sultan Best Visual Effects Red Chillies for Fan Best Editing MonishaBaldawa for Neerja Best Costume PayalSaluja for Udta Punjab Best Action ShyamKaushal for Dangal Best Background Score Sameer Uddin for Kapoor& Sons Best Choreography AdilShaikh for ‘KarGayiChull’ from Kapoor& Sons RD Burman Award for New Music Talent Amit Mishra for ‘Bulleya’ from AeDilHaiMushkil Best Cinematography MiteshMirchandani for ‘Neerja’ Filmfare Critics Award Best Film Neerja Best Actor (Male) ManojBajpayee (Aligarh) and ShahidKapoor (Udta Punjab) Best Actor (Female) SonamKapoor for Neerja Award Winner Best Film Dangal Best Director NiteshTiwari for Dangal Best Actor (Male) Aamir Khan for Dangal Best Actor (Female) Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab The Hindu Prize 2016 KiranDoshi for Jinnah Often Came to Our House UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Kolkata’s Sitalpati 2016 TS Eliot Prize British Poet Jacob Polley for Jackself 2016 National Bravery Awards 25 Children including 12 Girls Bharat Award Winners: Late Km. TarhPeeju Geeta Chopra Award Winners TejasweetaPradhan and ShivaniGond Sanjay Chopra Award Winners Master SumitMamgain BapuGaidhani Award Winners Late Km. Roluahpuii, Late Km. H Lalhriatpuii, Master TusharVerma People’s Choice Award Priyanka Chopra for TV Series Quantico Best feature film award at international Borrego Springs Himachali dialect “Saanjh directed by Ajay Saklani Film Festival held in California, US Australia’s highest civilian award Purushottam Sawrikar Makhan Singh Khangure Vijay Kumar 2016 National Geoscience Award Dr. A Keshav Krishna Sena Medal Major Sandeep Kumar, Captain Manik Sharma and Naik Arvind Singh Chauhan. Golden Peacock Award for CSR in Aviation Sector Delhi International Airport Ltd.(DIAL) First Hugo Chavez Peace Prize by Venezuela Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Honoured by Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) Reliance Foundation Founder and Chairperson Nita Ambani NTPC award 2015-16 Damodar Valley Corporation Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards 2016 Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak

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Ms. Roluahpuii (Posthumous) Mizoram Shri Shishir Kumar Yadavannavr (Posthumous) Karnataka Shri Vadmitra Choudhary, (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh Shri Rakesh Kumar CN (Posthumous) Karnataka Shri Suresh NB (Posthumous) Kerala Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak Shri Mrigesh Narayan Barua Assam Dr. C. Gopakumar (Posthumous) Kerala Shri Govind Laxman Tupe Maharashtra Shri Churchill Mizoram Smt. Roluahpuii Mizoram Shri Bir Bajrangbali Pandey West Bengal Master Maurice Yengkhom Manipur Master Shivansh Singh (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh Jeevan Raksha Padak Shri Yashwant Kumar Pisda Chhattisgarh Shri Dara Singh Haryana Shri Dinesh Kumar Himachal Pradesh Shri Ratheeshan Nambolan Kerala Master Anandhakrishnan A Kerala Master Akhil K. Shibu Kerala Shri Tejesh Brijlal Sonawane Maharashtra Shri Manoj Sudhakarrao Barahate Maharashtra Shri Isac Lalrinchhana Mizoram Shri Lalmohan Mohanta Odisha Kum. Nazia Uttar Pradesh Shri Pankaj Kumar Pandey Tamil Nadu Shri Anoop Mishra Uttar Pradesh Shri Kapil Kumar Shishodia Uttar Pradesh Shri Neelkant Ramesh Harikantra Maharashtra Shri Manohar Mahato West Bengal Shri Balen Rajbongshi West Bengal Shri Dharmendra Kumar Yadav West Bengal Master Kamlesh Pradhan Chhattisgarh Kum. Angelica Tynsong Meghalaya Master Sai Krishna Akhil Kilambi Telangana Shri Tshewana Thinlay Lachungpa Sikkim Shri Altaf Ahmed Khan Jammu & Kashmir Ophthalmology Hall of Fame Dr.Gullapalli N Rao

Best Marching Contingent in Services Category at the Madras Engineer Group Republic Day Parade – 2017 Miss Universe 2017 Iris Mittenaere of France Padma Awards 2017 PADMA VIBHUSHAN Shri K J Yesudas Art-Music Kerala Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Others-Spiritualism Tamil Nadu Shri Sharad Pawar Public Affairs Maharashtra Shri Murli Manohar Joshi Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao Science & Engineering Karnataka Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) Public Affairs Meghalaya

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PADMA BHUSHAN Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Art-Music Rajasthan Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh Shri Tehemton Udwadia Medicine Maharashtra Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj Others-Spiritualism Gujarat Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati Yoga Bihar H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) Literature & Education Thailand Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) Literature & Education – Tamil Nadu Journalism PADMA SHRI Smt. Basanti Bisht Art-Music Uttarakhand Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair Art-Dance Kerala Smt. Aruna Mohanty Art-Dance Odisha Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Art-Cinema Karnataka Shri Sadhu Meher Art-Cinema Odisha Shri T K Murthy Art-Music Tamil Nadu Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh Art-Music Manipur Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music Uttar Pradesh Smt. Baoa Devi Art-Painting Bihar Shri Tilak Gitai Art-Painting Rajasthan Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao Art-Sculpture Telangana Shri Jitendra Haripal Art-Music Odisha Shri Kailash Kher Art-Music Maharashtra Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal Art-Music Kerala Smt. Sukri Bommagowda Art-Music Karnataka Shri Mukund Nayak Art-Music Jharkhand Shri Purushottam Upadhyay Art-Music Gujarat Smt. Anuradha Paudwal Art-Music Maharashtra Shri Wareppa Naba Nil Art-Theatre Manipur Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary Civil Service Telangana Shri T.K. Viswanathan Civil Service Haryana Shri Kanwal Sibal Civil Service Delhi Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla Literature & Education Sikkim Smt. Eli Ahmed Literature & Education Assam Dr. Narendra Kohli Literature & Education Delhi Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah Literature & Education Karnataka Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri Literature & Education Kerala Shri Kashi Nath Pandita Literature & Education Jammu & Kashmir Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry Literature & Education Delhi Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh Shri Michel Danino Literature & Education Tamil Nadu Shri Punam Suri Literature & Education Delhi Shri VG Patel Literature & Education Gujarat Smt. V Koteswaramma Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh Shri Balbir Dutt Literature & Education Jharkhand Journalism Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & Education Maharashtra Journalism Shri Vishnu Pandya Literature & Education Gujarat Journalism Dr. Subroto Das Medicine Gujarat Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav Medicine Madhya Pradesh Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed Medicine Telangana 4 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole Medicine Uttar Pradesh Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel Medicine Gujarat Prof. Harkishan Singh Medicine Chandigarh Dr. Mukut Minz Medicine Medicine Chandigarh Shri Arun Kumar Sharma Others-Archaeology Chhattisgarh Shri Sanjeev Kapoor Others-Culinary Maharashtra Smt. Meenakshi Amma Others-Martial Art Kerala Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel Others-Agriculture Gujarat Shri Chandrakant Pithawa Science & Engineering Telangana Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Science & Engineering West Bengal Shri Chintakindi Mallesham Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami Science & Engineering Assam Shri Daripalli Ramaiah Social Work Telangana Shri Girish Bhardwaj Social Work Karnataka Shri Karimul Hak Social Work West Bengal Shri Bipin Ganatra Social Work West Bengal Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide Social Work Tamil Nadu Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Social Work Maharashtra Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal Social Work Punjab Shri Virat Kohli Sports-Cricket Delhi Shri Shekar Naik Sports-Cricket Karnataka Shri Vikasa Gowda Sports-Discus Throw Karnataka Smt. Deepa Malik Sports-Athletics Haryana Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu Sports-Athletics Tamil Nadu Smt. Dipa Karmakar Sports-Gymnastics Tripura Shri P R Shreejesh Sports-Hockey Kerala Smt. Sakshi Malik Sports-Wrestling Haryana Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu Trade & Industry Telangana Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) Art-Music USA Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) Literature & Education USA Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) Literature & USA EducationJournalism Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) Others-Archaeology West Bengal Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) Social Work Maharashtra Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) Social Work Nepal

February Name of the Awards Name of the Persons Best IT Startup At National Entrepreneurship Awards Lucideus 2016 BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award Shanta Rangaswamy – First Women Radhanagar beach World’s Travellers’ Choice Award-Winning Beaches’ 8th position in the world and 1st spot in Asia. by TripAdvisor. First : Baia do Sancho Fernando de Noronha in Brazil ‘Asia’s Greatest Brands – 2016’ SpiceJet at the Asia One Awards held in Singapore. Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British England Test captain Alastair Cook Empire (CBE) by Prince Charles $1 million 2017 Genesis Prize Renowned Indian-origin British sculptor Anish Kapoor Civil Service Awards - State awards introduced Arunachal Pradesh B C Roy Award Dr P Raghu Ram Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Chairman’s GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) 5 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Order of Merit Guinness Record by Making World’s Tallest Sand Sudarsan Pattnaik Castle at the Puri beach in Puri Kayakalp Award AIIMS, New Delhifor Sanitation & Hygiene Indian-origin Scotland Yard officer Shand Panesar along 2017 Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award with his colleague Craig Nicholson Dr Yogini Satarkar-Pande Vishakha Awards– Maharashtra Mohan Kumbhar Vishnu Thore Surendra Verma for his novel Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha 2016 Vyas Samman Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se 2017 Legendary Award by Brand Laureate Lata Mangeshkar Best Green Organization Award Katamati Iron Mine, owned by Tata Steel Stya Paul Memorial Award– UK Virendra Sharma Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Chairman Motherson Sumi EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Systems Top Honour at Berlin Film Festival “Newton” directed by Amit Masurkar 2017 National MSME Excellence Award Corporation Bank ISO 27001: 2013 certification South Indian Bank for tech security practices IBA Banking Technology Awards Karnataka Bank – 2 awards World’s First Robot Table Tennis Tutor FORPHEUS, Japan eGovernance awards Awards for Excellence 2016 Rajasthan and Telangana Award of Recognition for the year 2016 Odisha and Nagaland 70th British Academy Film Awards Best Film La La Land Best Director Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Best Actor Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) Best Actress Emma Stone (La La Land) Best Supporting Actor Dev Patel (Lion) Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis (Fences) Best Original Music La La Land Best Original Screenplay Manchester by the Sea Best Adapted Screenplay Lion Best Cinematography La La Land Best Editing Hacksaw Ridge Best Production Design Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Best British Short Film Home Best British Film I, Daniel Blake Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers) for Under the Shadow Best Film Not in the English Language Son of Saul Best Documentary 13th Best Animated Film Kubo and the Two Strings Best Costume Design Jackie Best Make Up & Hair Florence Foster Jenkins Best Sound Arrival Best Special Visual Effects The Jungle Book Best British Short Animation A Love Story EE Rising Star Award Tom Holland BAFTA Fellowship Mel Brooks Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Curzon Cinemas 2017 Grammy Awards Album Of The Year Adele for ’25’

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Record Of The Year ‘Hello’ by Adele Song Of The Year Hello by Adele and Greg Kurstin Best Rap Album ‘Coloring Book’ by Chance The Rapper Best Urban Contemporary Album ‘Lemonade’ by Beyonce Best Country Solo Performance Maren Morris for ‘My Church’ Best Rock Song ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ‘Stressed Out’ by Twenty One Pilots Best Pop Vocal Album ’25’ by Adele Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album ‘Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin’ by Willie Nelson Best Pop Solo Performance Adele for ‘Hello’ Best Alternative Music Album ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie Best Rock Album ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty’ by Cage the Elephant Best Rock Performance ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie Best Metal Performance- ‘Dystopia’ by Megadeth Best New Artist Chance The Rapper Best Rap Performance Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz for ‘No Problem’ Best Rap/Sung Performance Drake for ‘Hotline Bling’ Best Rap Song ‘Hotline Bling’ by Drake Best R&B Performance Solange for ‘Cranes In The Sky’ Best Traditional R&B Performance Lalah Hathaway for ‘Angel’ Best R&B Song ‘Lake By The Ocean’ by Maxwell Best R&B Album Lalah Hathaway for ‘Lalah Hathaway Live’ Best Country Album Sturgill Simpson for ‘A Sailor’s Guide to Earth’ Best Country Song ‘Humble And Kind’ by Tim McGraw Best Country Duo/Group Performance Pentatonix feat. Dolly Parton for ‘Jolene’ Best Jazz Instrumental Album ‘Country For Old Men’ by John Scofield Best Jazz Vocal Album Gregory Porter for ‘Take Me to the Alley’ Best Contemporary Instrumental Album ‘Culcha Vulcha’ by Snarky Puppy Best Dance/Electronic album Flume for ‘Skin’ Best Dance Recording The Chainsmokers for ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ Best Music Film ‘The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years’ by The Beatles Best Music Video Beyonce for ‘Formation’ Best Contemporary Christian Music Album ‘Love Remains’ by Hillary Scott & The Family Best Gospel Album ‘Losing My Religion’ by Kirk Franklin Best Americana Album ‘This Is Where I Live’ by William Bell Best Latin Pop Album ‘Un Besito Mas’ by Jesse & Joy Best Song Written for Visual Media Justin Timberlake for ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media John Williams for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media ‘Miles Ahead’ Best Musical Theater Album ‘The Color Purple’ Best World Music Album ‘Sing Me Home’ by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Indian musician Sandeep Das was also a part of the Ensemble. Laureus World Awards or the ‘Oscar of Sports’ Sportsman of the Year Usain Bolt Sportswoman of the Year Simone Biles Comeback of the Yearaward Michael Phelps Breakthrough of the Year award Nico Roseberg Laureus Team of the Year award American Baseball side Chicago Cubs Special Laureus Spirit of Sport award English Premier League champions Leicester City Disability award Italy’s Beatrice Vio Honorary Doctorate Degree by Desh Bhagat University Hockey player Sandeep Singh FIH Hockey Stars Award 2016

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Best Male Player of the Year Award John-John Dohmen Best Female Player of the Year Naomi van Best Male Goalkeeper of the Year David Harte Best Female Goalkeeper of the Year Maddie Hinch Rising Male Star of the Year Arthur Van Doren Rising Female Star of the Year Maria Granatto Male Coach of the Year Danny Kerry Female Coach of the Year Karen Brown Male Umpire of the Year Christian Blasch Female Umpire of the Year Laurine Delforge ESPNcricinfo Awards Captain of the Year Virat Kohli Test Batting Performance of the Year Ben Stokes Test Bowling Performance of the Year award Stuart Broad ODI Batting Performance of the Year Quinton de Kock ODI Bowling Performance of the Year award Sunil Narine T20 Batting Performance of the Year award Carlos Brathwaite T20 Bowling Performance of the Year award Mustafizur Rahman Batting Performance of the Year award Hayley Williams Bowling Performance of the Year award Leigh Kasperek 89th Academy Award (Oscar Award) Award Category Winner Movie Best Picture Moonlight Best Actres Emma Stone La La Land Best Actor Casey Affleck Manchester By The Sea Best Director Damien Chazelle La La Land Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis Fences Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali Moonlight Best Original Screenplay Kenneth Lonergan Manchester By The Sea Best Adapted Screenplay Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin Moonlight McCraney Best Cinematography Linus Sandgren La La Land Best Original Score Justin Hurwitz La La Land Best Original Song Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin La La Land Paul Best Sound Editing Sylvain Bellemare Arrival Best Foreign Language Film Asghar Farhadi The Salesman Best Film Editing John Gilbert Hacksaw Ridge Best Visual Effects Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew The Jungle Book R. Jones and Dan Lemmon Best Production Design David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds La La Land Wasco Best Sound Mixing Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Hacksaw Ridge Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace Best Documentary-Feature Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow O.J.: Made in America Best Animated Feature Film Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Zootopia Spencer Best Animated Short Film Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer Piper Best Documentary-Short Subject Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna The White Helmets Natasegara Best Live Action Short Film Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy Sing Best Make-Up and Hairstyling Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Suicide Squad Gregorini and Christopher Nelson Best Costume Design Colleen Atwood Fantastic Beast and Where To Find Them

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March Name of the Awards Name of the Persons Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival Lipstick Under My Burkha Receives Raksha Mantri’s Trophy for Best Service INHS ASVINI Mumbai Hospital in the AFMS ‘Visitor’s Award’ For Best Varsity Amid Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Controversies ‘Most Popular Tourism Destination Award’ Sri Lanka s at the International Travel Fair (GITF) Travel Fair Moortidevi Award M P Veerendra Kumar New world record by playing the maximum number of songs in the shortest time on Gayathri Vaikom Vijayalakshmi veena

Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) – Airport Service Quality Survey First Best Actress for Sarbjit at IFFA Australia Aishwarya Rai Bachchan SERB Distinguished Fellow’ award Lalji Singh Saraswati Samman 2016 Konkani author Mahabaleshwar Sail Harvard’s Artist of the Year Award 2017 Viola Davis 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of IIT-M solar inverter system Society Award Miss International Queen 2016 Thailand’s Model, Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin US’s oldest and most prestigious science and math Indrani Das(17) competition Regeneron Science Talent Search

Awards Gala First prize in the implementation of Official Language Policy in the western region for the year Central Bank of India 2015-2016 ‘Women Icons’ Award in Singapore 25 Asian Women Indian-American computer scientist, Anshumali NSF’s CAREER Award Shrivastava Global Teacher Prize 2017 Canadian Teacher Maggie MacDonnell Kirti Chakra Major Rohit Suri Smart Technology of the Year 2016 ABB India Yves Meyer, a French mathematician for Wavelets 2017 Abel Prize Theory 2017 Hal David Starlight Award Ed Sheeran First Kuldip Nayar Journalism Awards Ravish Kumar Indra Nooyi Fareed Zakaria Dinesh Paliwal 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honour Dr Annapoorna S Kini Yashvant Patel Mohan H Patel National Photography Awards Raghu Rai Five Indian Cities 1.Historic City of Ahmedabad,

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2.Delhi – A Heritage City, 3.Jaipur City, Rajasthan, 4.Ekamra Kshetra- The Temple City, Bhubaneswar and 5.The Victorian & Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai. Kala Ratan Award Anupam Kher 11th Water Digest Water Awards under the ISKCON's Govardhan Eco Village category "Best Water NGO-Water Education" 'Best Small Bank 2016' Award Karur Vysya Bank Sikh Jewel Award Gurinder Chadha 1.Geethalakshmi Dr. B. C. Roy National Awards 2.Palanivelu 3.Anand K. Khakhar 1.Rajasekaran 2.Sundaresan Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Awards 3.R Rakesh Kumar 4.Neena Srivastava Pravasi Bharatiya Samman UK Minister Priti Patel Glefiddich's Emerging Artist 2017 Odia Installation Artist Sitaram Swain Asian Hockey Player of Year Asian Player of the Year 2016 SV Sunil Asian Promising Player of the Year 2016 (Junior Harmanpreet Singh team). BCCI Annual Award 2017 Col. CK. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women Shantha Rangaswamy BCCI Special Award VV Kumar, Late Ramakant Desai Polly Umrigar Award Virat Kohli Dilip Sardesai Award (For India’s Best Cricketer In Ravichandran Ashwin The West Indies Series 2016) Lala Amarnath Award (For The Best All-Rounder Jalaj Saxena Of Madhya Pradesh In The Ranji Trophy 2015-16) Lala Amarnath Award (For The Best All-Rounder Axar Patel Of Gujarat In Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions, 2015-16 ) Madavrao Scindin Award (Highest Scorer In The Shreyas Iyer Of Mumbai Ranji Trophy 2015-16) Madavrao Scindin Award (Highest Wicket-Taker In Shahbaz Nadeem Of Jharkhand The Ranji Trophy 2015-16) M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest Scorer In (U- Jay. G. Bosta Of Mumbai 23) Col. CK. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16) M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest Wicket-Taker Satyajeet Bachhav Of Maharashtra In (U-23) Col. CK. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16) NKP Salve Award (Highest Scorer In (U-19) Cooch Arman Jaffer Of Mumbai Behar Trophy In 2015-16 ) NKP Salve Award (Highest Wicket-Taker In (U- Ninad Rathva Of Baroda 19) Cooch Behar Trophy In 2015-16) Raj Singh Dungarpur Award ( Highest Scorer In Abhishek Sharma Of Punjab (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy In 2015-16) Raj Singh Dungarpur Award ( Highest Wicket- Abhishek Sharma Of Punjab Taker In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy In 2015- 16)

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Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman Cricketer Mithali Raj Of Railways (Sr.) Of 2015-16) Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman Cricketer Deepti Sharma Of Uttar Pradesh (Jr.) Of 2015-16) Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket In 2015-16 Nitin Menon Best Performance In BCCI Domestic Tournaments Mumbai Cricket Association Of 2015-16

April Name of the Awards Name of the Persons US India Business Council Award N Chandrababu Naidu UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Dawit Isaak, Eritrean-Swedish journalist Prize, 2017 Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of Kirti Chakra Gorkha Rifles 'Asian Businesswoman of the Year' Asha Khemka 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction “The Underground Railroad” written by Colson Whitehead Fujii Takeshi (Japan) and Gabriela NikIIieva(USA) National Hindi Sevi Samman Awards Pushpitaavasthi (Netherland) and Padmesh Gupta (London) – Total 26 National Geoscience Awards 2016- Young Scientist Dr. Abhishek Saha, NIO, Goa Award UN challenge for open source tools Abdulqadir Rashik Living Legend Lifetime Award by Punjab Veteran actor Dilip Kumar Association 'World's Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Dr. Arvind Sinha Leadership Award' Cartier Women’s Initiative Award Tirupati Jain 6th M.S. Swaminathan Award Rayappa Ramappa Hanchinal 60th San Francisco International Film Shah Rukh Khan Festival (SFIFF) honour Shambhavi Puraskar, 2017 Hari Sankar Rout Gururaja Bhat Award A.V. Narasimha Murthi Aniruddhan Vasudevans for novel "One Part Sahitya Academy award Woman" US Emerging Young Leaders Award Raj Kumar Veteran Bollywood actress Saira Banu and Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award actor Jackie Shroff UNESCO Peace Prize Italy’s Mayor Glusi Nicolini Dinanath Mangeshkar Award Actor Aamir Khan and kapildev cricketer Golden Peacock Award for Innovation of Cashless Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd Township (GNFC) Padma Shri Award, first woman doctor from Indore Dr Bhakti Yadav Golf Industry Awards Golfers Aditi Ashok, S.S.P Chawrasia and Ali Sher BFJA lifetime achievement award Moushumi Chatterjee Lelte Award All India Radio (AIR) Aizawl 11 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Goldman Environmental Prize Prafulla Samantra P C Chandra Puraskaar Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Best Film At The Hong Kong International Film Rajkummar Rao's 'Newton' Festival Legendary filmmaker and actor Kasinathuni Dadasaheb Phalke award Viswanath Golden Peacock Award 2017 for innovative product Yes Bank Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj e-Puraskar award Depthas Miss Teen Universe 2017 at Managua. Srishti Kaur Ghantasala national award Vani Jairam Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation Dileep K Nair award 2017 Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award by American Planning Bhubaneswar Association (APA). Queen's Enterprise Award 2017 Yusaffali’s Y International (UK) Ltd ACE fellowship Ritu Raju and Sundeep R Muppidi ‘Indian MNC of the Year’ Hero MotoCorp 'Order of the Rising Sun' – Japan Former Minister Ashwani Kumar 10th Moscow Sand art Championship Sudarsan Pattnaik , Gold NTR National Awards NTR National Film Award 2012 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam(Singer) NTR National Film Award 2013 Hema Malini(Actor) Krishi Karman Award Category I Tamil Nadu Category II Himachal Pradesh Category III Tripura

64th National Awards Category Film Awardee/s Best FEATURE FILM Kasaav (Marathi) Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar Producer: Sumittra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar & Mohan Aghase Best Popular Film Providing Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu) Director: Satish Vagesna Wholesome Entertainment Producer: V.Venkata Ramana Reddy Best Film On Social Issues Pink (Hindi) Director: Anniruddha Roy Chowdhury Producer: Rashmi Sharma Films Best Film On Environment Loktak Lairembee (Manipuri) Director & Producer: Haoban Conservation/ Preservation Paban Kumar Best Children’s Film Dhanak (Hindi) Director: Nagesh Kukunoor Producer: Drishyam Film Best Animation Film Mahayodha Rama (Hindi) Director: Rohit Vaid Producer: Contiloe Pictures Pvt. Ltd. 12 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Animator: Deepak S.V Nargis Dutt Award For Best Dikchow Banat Palaax Director: Sanjib Sabha Pandit Feature Film On National (Assamese) Producer: Canvascope Integration Best Actor Rustom (Hindi) Akshay Kumar Best Actress Minnaminungu – the Firefly Surabhi C.M (Malayalam) Best Child Artist a). Kunju Daivam (Malayalam) a) Adish Praveen b) Sahaj Pather Gappo (Bengali) b) Nur Islam and Samiul Alam c) Railway Children (Kannada) c) Manohara. K Best Supporting Actor Dashakriya (Marathi) Manoj Joshi Best Supporting Actress Dangal (Hindi) Zaira Wasim Best Male Playback Singer Film: Praktan (Bengali) Song : Iman Chakraborty Tumi Jaake Bhalo Basho Best Female Playback Singer Film: Joker (Tamil) Song : Sundharayyar Jasmine E Best Cinematography 24 (Tamil) S. Thirunavukarasu Best Screenplay Writer Maheshinte Prathikooram Syam Pushkaran (Original) (Malayalam) Best Screenplay Writer Dashakriya (Marathi) Sanjay Krishnaji Patil (Adapted) Best Dialogues Peli Chuplu (Telugu) Tarun Bhascker Best Editing Ventilator (Marathi) Rameshwar Best Production Design 24 (Tamil) Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas Khedekar & Amit Ray Best Costume Designer Cycle (Marathi) Sachin Lovalekar Best Make-Up Artist Allama (Kannada) NK Ramakrishna Best Special Effect Shivaay (Hindi) Naveen Paul Best Choreography Janatha Garrage (Telugu) Raju Sundaram Best Music Direction – Song & Allama (Kannada) Bapu Padmanabha Background Score Special Jury Award Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Mohan Lal Janatha Garrage and Pullimurugan, Special Mention Neerja (Hindi) Sonam Kapoor Special Mention Mukti Bhawan (Hindi) & Maj Adil Hussain Rati Keteki (Assamese) Special Mention Mukti Bhawan (Hindi) Producer: Red Carper Moving Pictures And Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani Special Mention Kadvi Hawa (Hindi) Producer: Eleeanora Images Private Ltd. And Director: Nila Madhab Panda Best Environment Film Including The Tiger Who Crossed The Line Producer & Director: Krishnendu Agriculture Bose Director Best Short Fiction Film Aaba Producer: Raj Kumar Gupta Director: Amar Kaushik Best Non Feature Film Fireflies In The Abyss Producer & Director: Chandrashekhar Reddy

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May Name of the Awards Name of the Persons Wisden-MCC Cricket 'Photo of the Year' award Saqib Majeed INSA Young Scientist Medal Sanjay Pratihar special jury remi award to Indian actress Shabana 50th annual world fest houstan international film Azmi and singer-poet Satinder Sartaaj for 'The Black festival Prince' Krishna Chatterjee, Subhash Khot and Yadvinder UK Royal Society Malhi UK Fellowship Award Sachin Tendulkar MSME Banking Excellence Awards 2016 Village Financial Services Avvaiyar Award Padma Venkataraman Rajive Kaul Diplomatic Service Award from South Korea

First major gender-neutral movie award Emma Watson Sunny Pawar 7th Annual Asian Awards - Rising Star Award

Best Director and Best Actress awards New York Indian Film Festival - Konkona Sensharma Honorary Life Member of MCC V V S Laxman 'Woodrow Wilson Award' for global corporate ICICI Bank Chief Chanda Kochhar citizenship 2017 Footballer of the Year N’GoloKante Smart Village Award ISKCON's Govardhan Eco Village 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize ISRO 'CEO of the Year' award in UK Indian-origin steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta Intel science award in US Prashant Ranganathan Green Oscars’ Award Assam’s Purnima Barman & Karnataka’s Sanjay Gubbi Dan David Prize Shrinivas Kulkarni David Letterman Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American humour

UN Peacekeepers medal Brijesh Thapa and Private Ravi Kumar Soumitra Chatterjee Bengal's highest civilian award Y.C. Deveshwar INSA Young Scientist award Aravind Kumar BS Shekhawat award Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling Adiyogi bust’ declared world’s largest by Guinness Book of World Records Nepalese mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa has broken her own world record for the most Everest summits by a woman world’s busiest single-runway airport Mumbai Humanitarian award for her philanthropic work in Jacqueline Fernandez India WWF International President’s Award Rohan Chakravarty Billboard Music Awards Drake has beaten the Adele's record Porter Prize 2017 EDII and ITC 1.S K Thorat, a well-known scholar Dr. Ambedkar National Awards 2.Samta Sainik Dal’ a non-political organization founded by Dr. Ambedkar

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3.Amar Sewa Sangam an institution working in the field of empowering differently abled persons. 4.Shri BabuLal Nirmal, a social activist from Rajasthan. FICCI Smart Policing Award 2017 Pune city Police Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar Satyabrata Rout Cannes Film Festival 2017 The Square European Golden Shoe for a fourth time Lionel Messi Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award Priyanka Chopra 2017 PEN/Malamud award Author Jhumpa Lahiri 'HR Innovation of the Year' Tata Motors Hero I-League 2016-17 Awards Best Goalkeeper Debjit Majumder of Mohun Bagan 'Jarnail Singh Best Defender' of the league Award Anas Edathodika of Mohun Bagan Best Midfielder Alfred Kemah Jaryan of Aizawl FC Best Striker Aser Pierrick Dipanda Dicka of Shillong Lajong 'Best Emerging Player of Hero I-League' Award Jerry Lalrinzuala of DSK Shivajians FC (awarded for the first time) 'Syed Abdul Rahim Best Coach Award' Khalid Jamil of Aizawl FC 'Fairplay Award' of Hero I-League 2016-17 Churchill Brothers FC Goa 'Best Organiser Award' DSK Shivajians FC and Bengaluru FC 2017 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Talk Show – Entertainment The Ellen DeGeneres Show Outstanding Talk Show – Informative The Dr. Oz Show Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series Lexi Ainsworth as Kristina Davis on General Hospital Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Bryan Craig as Morgan Corinthos on General Hospital Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Gina Tognoni as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Kate Mansi as Abigail Deveraux on Days of Our Lives Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Steve Burton as Dylan McAvoy on The Young and the Restless Outstanding Morning Program Good Morning America Outstanding Entertainment News Program Entertainment Tonight Outstanding Culinary Program Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Jim O'Heir as Matt Cannistra on The Bold and the Series Beautiful Outstanding Drama Series General Hospital Outstanding Game Show Host Steve Harvey – Family Feud Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler, and Sheryl Underwood – The Talk Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team The Young and the Restless Outstanding Game Show Jeoprady! Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team General Hospital Outstanding Entertainment Program in Spanish Destinos Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host Steve Harvey – Steve Harvey Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Gaby Natale – SuperLatina with Gaby Natale Program Lifetime Achievement Award Mary Hart Presidential Awards for classical Tamil for 2013-14 Tholakpiyyar Award Dr. S.N.Kandaswamy Young Scholar Award Dr. Ula Balasubramaniyan 15 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Dr. Kalai Chezhian Dr. S. Rajalakshmi Dr. T. Mahalakshmi Dr. S. P. Salavanisree Presidential Awards for classical Tamil for 2014-15 Tholakpiyyar Award Dr. A. Dakshinamurthy Young Scholar Award Dr. A. Sathish Dr. J. Muthuselvan Dr. P. Thirugnanasammandam Dr. M. Vasanthakumari Dr. G. Sathish Presidential Awards for classical Tamil for 2015-16 Tholakpiyyar Award Dr. R.Kalaikkovan Young Scholar Award Dr. M. Vanitha Dr. V. Prakash Dr. S. Premkumar Dr. G. Balaji Dr. M. Munees Moorthy

June Name of the Awards Name of the Persons APQN Quality Award 2017 for International Co- National Assessment and Accreditation operation in Quality Assurance Council (NAAC) 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee competition of Ananya Vinay US Raksha Mantri’s Award for Excellence BEML MGNREGA National Award Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh Bharat Gaurav Award Madhur Bhandarkar Kalinga Awards Anand Neelakantan & Haraprasad Das Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Adam Zagajewski Literature RedInk Awards for Excellence Indian Express France's Legion of Honour Soumitra Chatterjee Little Miss Universe Internet 2017 crown Padmalaya Nanda national award for excellence in the Mahatma Bihar's Nalanda model of water conservation Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ‘Project Jal Sanchay’ Programme (MGNREGP) NASA Public Service Medal Michael A’Hearn David Grossman (Israel) for his novel "A Horse Man Booker International Prize Walks Into a Bar." Nanniyode Rajan award E. Sreedharan Dorothy Arzner Directors Award Mira Nair Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi Kusumagraja Rashtriya Puraskar H S Shivaprakash Guinness World Record for maximum number of Vivid Sydney light installations

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Kerala's first beauty pageant for transgender women Syama Sanju winner Queen's Young Leaders Award Ankit Kawatra International Dublin Literary Award Jose Eduardo Agualusa Best Sportsperson of the Year award : P V Sindhu and SJFI annual awards Best Team of the Year award :Indian Junior Hockey Squad. Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence Lalit Mohan MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) Annabel Mehta 2017 Orwell Prize John Bew Best Action Movie at 20th Shanghai International Sultan Film Festival West Bengal government for the 'Kanyashree United Nations (UN) Public Service Award Prakalpa' Sahitya Akademi Bal SahityaPuraskar Quadros Yuva Puraskar 2017 Amey Naik Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award Nisha Dutt Skoch Awards - 9 categories Vijaya Bank Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Wipro Chairman Azim Premji Ministry of Environment Award for 2017 in Japan Shrihari Chandraghatgi Miss India 2017 Manushi Chhillar from Haryana Bharat Gaurav Former Indian hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay Award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Uttarakhand Development Summit held in Paris Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej and Dow USIBC Global Leadership Awards Chemical CEO Andrew Liveries SIERRA ODC building of Coimbatore-based IT world's second highest green rating Solutions Company Higher in an IQ test than Albert Indian-origin boy Arnav Einstein and Stephen Hawking ‘Best astrologer of world’ award TS Vineeth Bhatt Health Ministry's mobile app EVIN (Electronic GSMA Asia Mobile Award Vaccine Intelligence Network)