International Awards

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Man Booker Prize

Author's Country of Sr.No Year Name of the Book Author Origin 1 2013 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton Canada, New Zealand 2 2012 Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel United Kingdom 3 2011 The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes United Kingdom 4 2010 The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson United Kingdom 5 2009 Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel United Kingdom 6 2008 The White Tiger Aravind Adiga India 7 2007 The Gathering Anne Enright Ireland 8 2006 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai India 9 2005 The Sea John Banville Ireland 10 2004 The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst United Kingdom 11 2003 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre Australia 12 2002 Life of Pi Yann Martel Canada 13 2001 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey Australia 14 2000 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood Canada 15 1999 Disgrace J. M. Coetzee South Africa 16 1998 Amsterdam Ian McEwan United Kingdom 17 1997 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy India 18 1996 Last Orders Graham Swift United Kingdom 19 1995 The Ghost Road Pat Barker United Kingdom 20 1994 How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman United Kingdom 21 1993 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle Ireland 22 1992 Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth United Kingdom 23 1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje Sri Lanka 24 1991 The Famished Road Ben Okri Nigeria 25 1990 Possession A. S. Byatt United Kingdom 26 1989 The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro Japan 27 1988 Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey Australia

Pulitzer Awards

Sr.No Year Name of the Book Author 1 2013 The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson

2 2011 A Visit From the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan 3 2010 Tinkers Paul Harding 4 2009 Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout 5 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz 6 2007 The Road Cormac McCarthy 7 2006 March Geraldine Brooks

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Sr.No Year Name of the Book Author 8 2005 Gilead Marilynne Robinson 9 2004 The Known World Edward P. Jones 10 2003 Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 11 2002 Empire Falls Richard Russo 12 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon 13 2000 Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri 14 1999 The Hours Michael Cunningham 15 1998 American Pastoral Philip Roth 16 1997 Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer Steven Millhauser 17 1996 Independence Day Richard Ford 18 1995 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields 19 1994 The Shipping News E. Annie Proulx 20 1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Robert Olen Butler 21 1992 A Thousand Acres Jane Smiley 22 1991 Rabbit at Rest John Updike 23 1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love Oscar Hijuelos 24 1989 Breathing Lessons Anne Tyler 25 1988 Beloved Toni Morrison 26 1987 A Summons to Memphis Peter Taylor

Nobel Prize

Sr.No Year Category Nobel Laureates 1 2013 Physics François Englert, Peter W. Higgs 2 2013 Chemistry Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. 3 2013 Physiology or Medicine Südhof 4 2013 Literature Alice Munro Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 5 2013 Peace (OPCW) 6 2013 Economic Sciences Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller 7 2012 Physics Serge Haroche, David J. Wineland 8 2012 Chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz, Brian K. Kobilka 9 2012 Physiology or Medicine Sir John B. Gurdon, Shinya Yamanaka 10 2012 Literature Mo Yan 11 2012 Peace European Union (EU) 12 2012 Economic Sciences Alvin E. Roth, Lloyd S. Shapley 13 2011 Physics Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, Adam G. Riess 14 2011 Chemistry Dan Shechtman 15 2011 Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ralph M. Steinman 16 2011 Literature Tomas Tranströmer

17 2011 Peace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman

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Sr.No Year Category Nobel Laureates 18 2011 Economic Sciences Thomas J. Sargent, Christopher A. Sims 19 2010 Physics Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov 20 2010 Chemistry Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki 21 2010 Physiology or Medicine Robert G. Edwards 22 2010 Literature Mario Vargas Llosa 23 2010 Peace Liu Xiaobo Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen, Christopher A. 24 2010 Economic Sciences Pissarides 25 2009 Physics Charles Kuen Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. 26 2009 Chemistry Yonath

27 2009 Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak

28 2009 Literature Herta Müller 29 2009 Peace Barack H. Obama 30 2009 Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom, Oliver E. Williamson

31 2008 Physics Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa

32 2008 Chemistry Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, Roger Y. Tsien Harald zur Hausen, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Luc 33 2008 Physiology or Medicine Montagnier 34 2008 Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio 35 2008 Peace Martti Ahtisaari 36 2008 Economic Sciences Paul Krugman

Complete List of Indian Nobel Laureates

Sr.No. Year Category Nobel Laureates 1 2009 Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 2 2007 Peace Rajendra Kumar Pachauri 3 1998 Economic sciences Amartya Sen 4 1983 Physics Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 5 1979 Peace Mother Teresa 6 1968 Medicine Har Gobind Khorana 7 1930 Physics C.V. Raman 8 1913 Literature Rabindranath Tagore 9 1907 Literature Rudyard Kipling 10 1902 Medicine Ronald Ross

Ramon Magsaysay Award

Yea Awardee's Country of Sr.No Awardee Category r Origin 1 2013 Jenil Shah Government Service India 2 2013 Ernesto Domingo Emergent Leadership Philippines Corruption Eradication 3 2013 Emergent Leadership Indonesia Commission

4 2013 Habiba Sarabi Uncategorised Afghanistan

5 2013 Lahpai Seng Raw Uncategorised Myanmar

6 2013 Shakti Samuha Uncategorised Nepal 7 2012 Syeda Rizwana Hasan Uncategorised Bangladesh 8 2012 Yang Siang Koma Public Service Cambodia Community 9 2012 Kulendei Francis India Leadership Journalism, Literature, 10 2012 Romulo Davide and the Creative Philippines Communication Arts Peace and 11 2012 Chen Shu-chu International Taiwan Understanding 12 2012 Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto Emergent Leadership Indonesia 13 2011 Tri Mumpuni Public Service Indonesia 14 2011 Husanain Juaini Public Service Indonesia Peace and International 15 2011 Koul Panha Cambodia Understanding & Emergent Leadership 16 2011 Harish Hande Emergent Leadership India 17 2011 Nileema Mishra Emergent Leadership India 18 2010 Fu Qiping Government Service China 19 2010 Pan Yue Government Service China 20 2010 Christopher Bernido Public Service Philippines 21 2010 Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido Public Service Philippines Community 22 2010 A.H.M. Noman Khan Bangladesh Leadership Journalism, Literature, 23 2010 Huo Daishan and the Creative China Communication Arts Peace and 24 2010 Tadatoshi Akiba International Japan Understanding 25 2009 Krisana Kraisintu Public Service Thailand Community 26 2009 Deep Joshi India Leadership Journalism, Literature, 27 2009 Ma Jun and the Creative China Communication Arts

Yea Awardee's Country of Sr.No Awardee Category r Origin Peace and 28 2009 Yu Xiaogang International China Understanding 29 2009 Ka Hsaw Wa Emergent Leadership Burma 30 2008 Grace Padaca Government Service Philippines 31 2008 Aris Alip Public Service Philippines 32 2008 Therdchai Jivacate Public Service Thailand Community 33 2008 Dr. Prakash Amte India Leadership Community 34 2008 Dr. Mandakini Amte India Leadership Journalism, Literature, 35 2008 Akio Ishii and the Creative Japan Communication Arts Peace and 36 2008 Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif International Indonesia Understanding 37 2008 Ananda Galappatti Emergent Leadership Sri Lanka