April 2009 Laxmipat Singhania Award for missile scientist - B.K. Das Peter Zumthor has been named for this year's Sibal inducted into Lindau Senate Pritzker Prize.
Ekta Chaudhary was' crowned Pantaloon Femina Miss India Universe 2009. JULY 2009 The big winners in the letters, drama and music Wrestler Sushil Kumar and boxers MC Mary categories included Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Kom and Vijender Singh have been selected for Strout, Ruined by Lynn Nottage, the Shadow of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2008. Sirius by W.S. Merwin, and Double Sextet by Steve Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on July 25, 2009 Reich. received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Karnataka cadre 1980 batch IAS Officer Disarmament and Development Upendra Tripathy is among the officials who Indian Bank has won the Model bank award for have bagged Prime Minister's Award for 2009 Excellence in Public Administration. Russia has conferred the Order of Friendship AUGUST 2009 on the former Tamil Nadu Governor Bhishma Narain Singh and Dr. Karan Sing 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards UNESCO announced murdered Sri Lankan Woman Achiever: Krishna Patil journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge as the Super Achiever: G. Madhavan Nair winner of the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize. The Social Entrepreneurship Award: Rajshree Arunachal Pradesh Governor (Retired) J. J. Birla Singh has received the prestigious Mother Young Entrepreneur Award: Rohit Kochhar Teresa Lifetime Achievement award. Global Indian Award: Sam Pitroda MRF receives J.D. Power award Sports Award: Abhinav Bindra Industrialist Award: Vineet Jain (Times Group Owner) MAY 2009 Best Actress: Katrina Kaif Best Actor: Shahid Kapoor Russia's pole vaulter and Olympic gold
medallist Yelena Isinbayeva won her second India’s prominent social activist Deep Joshi is World Sportswoman of the year award. one of the six winners who have been Kiran Mazumdar Shaw was honoured with the honoured with Magsaysay award. 'Nikkei Asia Prize' 2009 Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari conferred Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 - the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) the third Karl Mehta highest award of Pakistan on Nirmala
Deshpande JUNE 2009 Venezuela's Stefani a Fernandez was crowned Azim Premji has been conferred Doctor of Humane Miss Universe 2009. Letters by Wesleyan University, Connecticut Nirantar, a non-governmental organisation has bagged the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy
Prize 2009 Yash Chopra received the award for the Best Actors Dharmendra and, Asha Parekh were Popular Film for the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chak honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards De! India. Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has been given the SCOPE Lyricist Prasoon Joshi received the award for Best award for excellence Film on Family Welfare for Taare Zameen Par on Promod Kale was awarded the Aryabhatta award Aamir Khan’s behalf. 2006 Mr. Joshi picked up an award in the Best Lyricist category SEPTEMBER 2009 Shankar Mahadevan received the Best Male Playback Singer honours for the same film. AR Rahman wins Grassroot Grammy
Nelson Mandela award for Oscar Fernandes Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympics Lebanon, an Israeli film wins Golden Lion First athlete with $1 billion in earnings - Tiger Gautam Gambhir was declared the Castrol Indian Woods cricketer of the year 2008.
ICC awards OCTOBER 2009 Indian opener Gautam Gambhir named the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year. Jaipur Decoration for Irrfan Khan Mahendra Singh Dhoni adjudged the ICC ODI Bharat Shiromani awards presented - Arunachal Cricketer of the Year Pradesh Governor and former Army Chief, General Mitchell Johnson won Cricketer of the Year award. J.J. Singh, Abhinav Bindra, Law Commission Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan adjudged the ICC Chairman Justice A. R. Lakshmanan, actor and MP Twenty20 International Performer of the Year. Jayaprada, singer Daler Mehndi and former New Zealand bagged the Spirit of Cricket award. cricketer and MP Mohammad Azharuddin Pakistan’s Aleem Dar walked away with the Umpire National Film Awards of the Year prize. Dadasaheb Phalke Award to singer Manna Dey at Simon Taufel of Australia had won the honour on the 55th National Film Awards 2007 in New Delhi. four occasions. Best Director — Adoor Gopalakrishan for Naalu
Pennungal (Malayalam); GVK Bio gets European outsourcing award Best Actor — Prakash Raj for Kanchivaram (Tamil); Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Actress — Umashree for Gulabi Talkies India has received three nominations at the coveted (Kannada); awards this year with Anurag Kashyap being Best Child Actor — Sharad Goekar for Tingya nominated for the 'ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION' (Marathi); category for Dev.D Best Male Playback Singer — Shankar Mahadevan Yogesh Vinayak Joshi and Upendra Sidhaye for the for Taare Zameen Par (Hindi). 'BEST SCREENPLAY' (Mumbai Meri Jaan) Gandhi, My Father, produced by Anil Kapoor, was Naseeruddin Shah for 'BEST PERFORMANCE BY given the Special Jury Award. ACTOR' (A Wednesday).
NOVEMBER 2009 Mohinder Amarnath received the Col C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award Indian Council of Agricultural Research scientist Lal Bahadur Shastri award for Sunil Mittal Pramod Kumar Aggarwal has won the 2009 Saina Nehwal has been chosen as the CNN-IBN Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. He shares the Sportsperson of the Year. $100,000 prize money with Carlos Clemente Cerri President Patil confers honorary title on Nepal from Brazil. Army Chief M.S. Swaminathan, was awarded a honoris causa Ratan Tata was awarded ‘Order of Merit of Italian by the University of Talca at a recent function in Republic’ award. Chile. SIES award for former Lok Sabha Speaker, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has been Somnath Chatterjee, declared the winner of the prestigious Moortidevi Lillee in ICC Hall of Fame Award for his book Shri Ramayan Anirban Lahiri was presented the ‘Rolex player-of- Mahaniveshanam the-year’ award
Bangalore Command Hospital bags Defence Minister’s CEAT Cricket Rating International Awards 2009 trophy Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was given the ICC Test Championship mace for Dhoni International cricketer and International batsman
award. India's Erapalli Prasanna was given the lifetime JANUARY 2010 achievement award for his contribution to the C.R. Rao bags Indian Science Award game. Ashok Chakra for Havildar Rajesh Kumar Sehwag won the award for the best ODI batsman. Venu Srinivasan, was honoured by South Korean Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera, was President Lee Myung-bak, with the distinguished given the Spirit of Cricket award civilian honour, ‘Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Ajantha Mendis was named the ODI bowler of the Uttam Yudh Sena Medal for Lt. Gen. Swamy year. Social activist and actor Nafisa Ali and Kiran Bedi, Team Australia won the CEAT International cricket the first woman IPS officer in the country received team award and a cash prize of Rs 10,00,000. the Kalpana Chawla Excellence Awards for this Australian fast bowler Mitchel Johnson was year. awarded the International test bowler award. General Deepak Kapoor, was conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army DECEMBER 2009
Priyanka Singha, an Indian-origin girl from FEBRUARY 2010
California, has been crowned the 28th Miss Indian Selvamurthy to get DRDO award. American Rahman bags two Grammy nominations MARCH 2010 Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball Murray Walker voted best commentator of all time Moortidevi award for VeerappaMoily Kapil Dev inducted into Hall of Fame
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year – Usain Bolt Laureus World Team of the Year – Brawn GP (Jamaica) Formula One (UK) Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year – Serena Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year – Jenson Williams (USA) Button (UK) Didier Drogba is Africa's footballer of the year