Awards and Honours 2019
December 2019
Award Awardee
Miss Universe for the year 2019 Zozibini Tunzi
Nobel Peace Prize 2019 Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 Railway Sports Promotion Board
British PM Boris Johnson General Election in UK Visitor’s Award - for Research in Humanities, Arts Prof. Sibnath Deb and Social Sciences
Prof. Sanjay Puri Visitor’s Award- for Research in Physical Sciences
Visitor’s Award - for Research in Biological Prof. Asad Ullah Khan Sciences
Dr Shaon Ray Chaudhuri Visitor’s Award- for Technology Development
Amitabh Bachchan Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018
Tony Joseph 2019 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize
Lionel Messi Ballon d’Or Award
Economic Times (ET) Lifetime Achievement Award Sangeeta Jaitley for Public Service 2019
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Joaquin Rafael Phoenix ‘Person of the Year’ Award 2019
Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination at the Abu Dhabi (UAE) 26th Edition of the World Travel Awards (WTA)
Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Nicholas Emiliou, ‘The Diwali – Power of One’ award 2019 Frantisek Ruzicka, Volodymyr Yelchenko
“Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Consumer Gulu Mirchandani Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association
Odisha ‘World Habitat Award’ for Jaga Mission
Greta Thunberg, Aminatou Haidar, Guo Right Livelihood Award for the year 2019 Juanmei and Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
Honorary Doctorate at the Hemwati Nandan Ajit Doval Bahuguna Central University (HNBCIJ)
Priyanka Chopra Marrakech Film Festival
Gurugram-based startup ‘Space Oscar’ Award
Sports Person of the Year awards at the FICCI India Rani Rampal, Saurabh Chaudhary Sports Awards 2019
Greta Thunberg Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019
Toni-Ann Singh Miss World 2019
National Award Union Rural Development Ministry Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for best performance in the implementation of PMGSY
Ben Stokes BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019
R. Nagaswamy Silver Jubilee International Conference of Art
Aditya K. Bharat Award for bravery Unicef-2019 Award for Swachh Bharat Kamareddy district of Telangana implementation
American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) Dr Santosh G Honavar highest Life Achievement Award
Major Anoop Mishra Army Design Bureau Excellence Award
November 2019
Awardee Award
Isabelle Huppert Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI 2019
S Rajinikanth ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee of IFFI’ Award
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Golden Dragon Award at 2019 CIFF
Pepsico India US Award for Saving Water
Neeraj Sharma ‘Early career Researchers of the Year 2019’ Award
Madhuri Vijay’s ‘The Far Field’ wins 2019 JCB prize for Literature
Serbia’s Sara Damnjanovic ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’
Gulab Kothari Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award
Writer Abhishek Sarkar Young Literature Award
Rofiquzzaman Rony Gemcon Young Poetry Award
Kumar Mangalam Birla ABLF Global Asian Award
Shanta Gokhale Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019
K. Ullas Karanth George Schaller Lifetime Award Ravi Prakash BRICS-Young Innovator Prize 2019
SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Robert De Niro Award
Bhonsle Asian Film Festival Barcelona
Tobacco Board of India Golden Leaf Award
Rezwana Choudhury Bannya ICCR distinguished Alumni Award
Sridevi and Rekha Akkineni Nageswara Roa National Award for 2018 and 2019
Ankur Ranjan Phukan & Munin Barkotoki Literary Award 2019 Monoranjan Bori
Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla ABLF Lifetime Achievement Award
Avneet Sidhu Guru Nanak Dev Ji Achievers Award
Bajrang Punia Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports)
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Sir David Attenborough Development for 2019
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s Virat Kohli ‘Person of the Year for 2019’
Greta Thunberg International Children’s Peace Prize
Eliud Kipchoge, Dalilah World Athlete of the Year Award Muhammad
Floating school Aga Khan Architecture Award project of Bangladesh
Singer Billie Eilish Billboard’s 2019 Woman of the Year
Odia women weightlifter Jhilli Ekalabya Award for 2019 Dalabehera Suresh Krishna ‘Quality Ratna’ Award
Indian journalist Neha Dixit International Press Freedom Award 2019
Manisha Kulshreshtha 28th Bihari Puraskar Award
G Satheesh Reddy Honorary Fellowship by RAeS
‘Particles’ Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2019
Akkitham Namboodiri 55th Jnanpith Award
NDTV International Press Institute India Award
Kharjan TE Best Tea Garden School Award
Bodybuilder Chitharesh Mr. Universe 2019 Natesan
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Lifetime Achievement Award by ICMR
Sudarsan Pattnaik Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019
Amit Panghal Haryana Gaurav Award
October 2019
Awardee Award
Sachin Tendulkar Swachchta Ambassador Award
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Azizbek Ashurov prestigious Nansen Award
Professional Cricketers’ Association player of the year Ben Stokes and People's Choice Award
“Spirit Of Kerala” People’s Choice Award Nick Hague “The Order of Courage“ Award
Ashleigh Barty ‘The Don’ Award
Vikram Sarabhai Library of IIMA ‘Award of Distinction’
Ramesh Pandey Asia Environmental Enforcement Award
Chandi Prasad Bhatt 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
Noted Director and Madhya Pradesh government’s National Kishore Kumar Producer Priyadarshan Award
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine 2019 Booker Prize Evaristo
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra “Orchestra of the year Award 2019”
K Parasaran Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award
Jennifer Aniston People’s Icon Award 2019
“Gully Boy” & “Delhi Crime” Asian Academy Creative Awards
Ilham Tohti Sakharov Prize
BharatPe DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award
Anup Singh Udyog Rattan Award
2019 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Nedumangad Puraskar Award
YES Bank DigiDhan Mission Digital Payments Award
Dutee Chand Vogue Award for Sportsperson of the Year
Sanjay Kapoor Most Inspiring Indian Bollywood Actor in UK
Kavitha Gopal President of India Prize 2019 Kalli Purie Indias Most Powerful Women in Media
September 2019
Awardee Award
Visitor’s Award for Research in Humanities, Arts and Prof. Sibnath Deb Social Sciences
Prof. Sanjay Puri Visitor’s Award for Research in Physical Sciences
Prof. Asad Ullah Khan Visitor’s Award for Research in Biological Sciences
Dr Shaon Ray Chaudhuri Visitor’s Award for Technology Development
IPS officer Chhaya Sharma 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award
Paolo Borrometi for Courageous and 2019 Peter Mackler Award Ethical Journalism
Best State Award for overall growth in the tourism Andhra Pradesh category
Goa and Madhya Pradesh Adventure Tourism category
Uttarakhand Best Film Promotion Friendly State
Telangana Best State in the Innovative use of IT category
Odisha State Disaster Management IT Excellence Award, 2019 Authority (OSDMA)
Odia Writer Pradeep Dash 40th Edition of Prestigious Sarala Puraskar
Navdeep Singh Suri First Class Order of Zayed II Award
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award Hasina 2019 Neena Gupta Best Feature Film and Best Actress Award
Agnes Kharshiing 11th International Hrant Dink Award
Vinod Kumar Yadav Eminent Engineers Award
Anand Kumar Education Excellence Award 2019
Kerala Tourism Three PATA Gold Awards
Sonu Nigam Magnificent Performing Arts Award
Ravish Kumar Gauri Lankesh National Award
Amitabh Bachchan Dadasaheb Phalke award
Adam Harper SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award
Payal Jangid Changemaker Award 2019
Cochin International Airport Award for Passenger Satisfaction
Thanu Padmanabhan M P Birla Memorial Award 2019
Kallie Puri India’s Most Powerful Women in Media
National Tourism Award for the Category of “Best Tapan Kumar Mishra Tourist Guide”
Sanjay Kapoor Most of the inspiring Indian Bollywood Actor
Kavitha Gopal President of India Prize 2019
Actor of the Year award at the 11th edition of GQ Men Ayushmann Khurrana of the Year Awards
Infosys United Nations Global Climate Action Award PT Usha IAAF Veteran Pin Award
August 2019
Awardee Award
Ravish Kumar Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019
Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research
NITI Aayog 4th Edition of WTI Awards
President’s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards
ISRO Chairman K. Sivan Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award
Himachal Pradesh POSHAN Abhiyaan Awards
Director General of DD News, Mayank “Champions of Empathy Award” Agrawal
Ruhan Rajput ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2019’
Former Cricketer Kapil Dev Bharat Gaurav Award
Bhasha Mukherjee Miss England 2019
President of Guinea National Order of Merit
Naaz Joshi Miss World Diversity 2019
Actor Steve Coogan Charlie Chaplin Award
Lionel Messi UEFA’s Goal of the Season award 2018-19
Cristiano Ronaldo(Runner Up) UEFA’s Goal of the Season award 2018-19 “Best Innovation and Initiative Leadership Award”( Rajasthan World Education Summit-2019)
Priyam Chatterjee 1st Indian Chef to win French honour
Wing Commander Abhinandan Vir Chakra Varthaman
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Order of Zayed“
Philipose Mar Chrysostum Guinness Award
Dr K Thangaraj JC Bose Fellowship for the Year 2019
Meeta Narain ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’
Shri Prabhakar Singh ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019’
Eric Cantona UEFA President’s Award
Sattriya danseuse Prestigious Award
Former President of India Pranab Bharat Ratna Mukherjee
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2018
Name of the Person Category
Aparna Kumar, Late Dipankar Ghosh, For adventure in 'land category' Manikandan K
Prabhat Raju Koli For adventure in 'Water category'
RameshwerJangra For adventure in 'Air category'
Wangchuk Sherpa For lifetime achievement
July 2019 Awardee Award
1st IPS officer to complete 7 Summits Challenge (Climbing the Aparna Kumar North America’s Highest Peak Denali (20,310 feet)
Northeast Frontier Railway Best Innovation Award (Railway)
“Find the Incredible You” Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2019 Campaign
Wipro’s Azim Premji, 2019 Global Excellence Awards (by US-India Strategic Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga Partnership Forum)
NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at 23rd Bucheon ‘Gully Boy’ International Fantastic Film Festival 2019
‘Nagarkirtan’ Best Featured Film at SAARC Film Festival 2019
Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Arjuna Award 2018 by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Mandhana Kiren Rijiju
International Association of Athletics Federations P T Usha (IAAF)Veteran Pin
Sangita Kalanidhi Award at 93rd Annual Conference of Music Vocalist S. Sowmya Academy
Tribute Actor Award at 2019 Toronto International Film Meryl Streep Festival (TIFF)
People’s Choice Award at 2019 Revere Beach International Sudarsan Pattnaik Sand Sculpting Festival
Vidisha Baliyan Miss Deaf World 2019 Title
Priya Priyadarshini Jain ‘Indian Woman of Influence Award’at House of Lords, UK
Honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons(FRCS) P.Raghu Ram of Thailand Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards
Zakhir Hussain Akademi Ratna category
Sonal Mansingh Akademi Ratna category
Jatin Goswami Akademi Ratna category
K Kalyanasundaram Pillai Akademi Ratna category
Diwan Singh Bajeli Overall Contribution/Scholarship
Puru Dadhich Overall Contribution/Scholarship
June 2019
Award Awardee
"Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca" Award Ms Pratibha Patil
Country's First Woman Fighter Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh
Global Leadership Award 2019 Sunder Pichai and Adena Friedman
World's Richest Female Musician Rihanna
'Nishan Izzuddin'- Maldives' award Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Distinguished Alumni Award Nirmala Sitharaman and S. Jaishankar
Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award Priyanka Chopra
54th Jnanpith Award Amitav Ghosh
BBC World Service Global Champion Akshaya Patra
Femina Miss India World 2019 Suman Rao 'Save Water Hero Award' Makarand Tilloo
Innovation for Sustainable Development Award Nitesh Kumar Jangir
Miss Universe Australia 2019 Priya Serrao
‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ Mark Tully
Kyrgyzstan’s Highest National Award Xi Jinping
‘Journalist of the Year’ RedInk Award Rachna Khaira
President’s award for excellent CSR in social NALCO development
Emirates Recycling Award Nia Tony
Statesmanship Award Jimmy Carter
Rajasthan government’s Medical & Health World Health Organization Award Department
J.C. Daniel Award Sheela J.C.
Gold Award Mahindra Automobiles
Movie - Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the ‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement’ Award Sun)
IIT Kanpur’s Honorary Doctorate Pullela Gopichand
PM Yoga Award 2019
Swami Rajarshi Muni of Life Mission, Gujarat Individual Category
Antonietta Rozzi of Italy Individual Category
Bihar School of Yoga, Munger Organisation Category
Japan Yoga Niketan of Japan Organisation Category May 2019
Awardee Award
Alfred Brownell Goldman Environmental Prize
Apurvi Chandela World Number One Spot in 10m Air Rifle
A.S. Kiran Kumar 'Knight of the Legion of Honour'
Nileena M. S. Asian College of Journalism's Award
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty P.C. Chandra Puraskaar 2019
King Maha Vajiralongkorn King of Thailand
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 'Order of St. George' Award for the year 2019
G D 'Robert' Govender V K Krishna Menon Award 2019
Tiger Woods Presidential Medal of Freedom
Esha Singh and Akull Kumar Silver in International Shooting
Chhaya Sharma McCain Institute Award 2019
Aarohi Pandit First Woman to Cross Atlantic Ocean
Council of European Chambers of Commerce Anil Kapoor in India (CEUCC)
World's Highest Peak Mount Everest for 23rd Kami Rita time
Pramod Kumar Mishra Sasakawa Award 2019
First Black African Woman to Scale Mt. Saray Khumalo Everest
Jokha Alharthi "Man Booker International Prize" 'The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Shyam Saran Star' Award
First Woman Pilot to qualify for Combat Bhawana Kanth Missions
Presented with an Honorary Degree by Yale Indra Nooyi University
Dr. Hema Divakar 'Global Asian of the Year' Award
Dr. Ankur Patwardhan 'German Chemistry Prize'
Kalpana Dash Odisha's First Woman Mountaineer
Mahesh Mangaonkar Sekisui Open for the Second Time
Second Gold Medal in 10m Air Pistol Event in Saurabh Chaudhary ISSF Gold Cup 2019
Lewis Hamilton Monaco Grand Prix
Guy Gunaratne International Dylan Thomas Prize 2019
One of the "UNSDG Ten Most Influential Acharya Balkrishna People in Healthcare" Award
Professor N. Kumar 'Lifetime Recognition Award'
Chelsea UEFA Europa League 2019
Annie Zaidi Nine Dots Prize
April 2019
Awardee Award
Neeraj Chopra (Athletics) ESPN Sports Person of the Year (Male) P V Sindhu (Badminton) ESPN Sports Person of the Year (Female)
Saina Nehwal (Badminton) ESPN Comeback of the Year
Jaspal Rana (Shooting) ESPN Coach of the Year
Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting) ESPN Emerging Sportsperson of the Year
Ekta Bhyan (Para-athletics) ESPN Differently-abled athlete of the Year
Pradip Kumar Banerjee (Football) ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award
Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Salim Khan Achievement Award
New Zealand Prime Minister’sSir Edmund Deepa Malik Hillary Fellowship for 2019
Russian Award “Order of Saint Andrew The PM Narendra Modi Apostle”
PM Narendra Modi Zayed Medal of UAE
World Summit on the Information Society Utkarsh Bangla and Sabooj Sathi Schemes (WSIS) awards
Rana Dasgupta Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019
K Siva Reddy Saraswati Samman 2018
Benny Antony National Intellectual Property Award for 2019.
Dr Rajendra Joshi Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award
Best Cinematography Award at Beijing Bhayanakam (Malayalam film) International Film Festival
March 2019
Awardee Award
Grand Order of the King of Tomislav by President Ram Nath Kovind Croatia
Marcelo Gleiser (Brazilian physicist and Templeton Prize 2019 astronomer)
Peter Tabichi Global Teacher Prize 2019
US Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck Abel Prize 2019
Raghu Karnad Windham-Campbell Prize
Priyanka Dubey Chameli Devi Jain Award
Raghuram Rajan Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2018
Japanese Architect Arata Isozaki Pritzker Prize 2019
Odisha State Disaster Management Authority SKOCH Award, 2018 (OSDMA)
G Satheesh Reddy. Missile Systems Award 2019
Saubhagya Award under Pradhanmantri Sahaj Indore Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
Leeladhar Jagudi Vyas Samman 2018
Top Aspirational District by Delta Ranking Hailakandi in Assam Report by NITI Ayog
Thanga Darlong First Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life Time Award
First prize of DD Mahila Kisan Award for Swati Shingade 2018- 19 India’s cleanest city by Swachh Survekshan Indore Awards 2019
Cleanest big city with a population of more Ahmedabad than ten lakh by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019
Best Ganga Town by Swachh Survekshan Gauchar (Uttrakhand) Awards 2019
Cleanest capital by Swachh Survekshan Bhopal Awards 2019 eNAM (Electronic National Agriculture Digital Transformation by Businessline Market) Changemaker Award 2019
February 2019
Awardee Award
Behrouz Boochani Victorian prize for literature (Australia)
Azim Premji Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award
Sanjiv Chadha Freedom of the City of London’ Award
Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Indian Historian) Dan David Prize of Israel 2019
Bradley Cooper PETA's Oscat Award
Sunil Chhetri Football Ratna"Award
Sushma Swaraj Spain’s Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
Manpreet Singh Asian Player Of The Year Award
Rail Connect mobile app National e-Governance Award 2019 PM Narendra Modi Seoul Peace Prize
Prestigious Future for Nature 2019 Award by Dr Divya Karnad Future for Nature Foundation
Sportsman of the Year at Laureus World Novak Djokovic Sports Awards 2019
Sportswoman of the Year at Laureus World Simone Biles Sports Awards 2019
Comeback of the Year at Laureus World Sports Tiger Woods Awards 2019
Roma Best Film at BAFTA Film Awards 2019
January 2019
Awardee Award
Bhupen Hazarika, Bharat Ratna Award 2019
Bharat Ratna Award, 2019 Bharat Ratna Award 2019
Nanaji Deshmukh Bharat Ratna Award 2019
Piyush Goyal Carnot Prize 2018
PM Narendra Modi Philip Kotler Presidential Award
Namita Gokhale Sushila Devi Literature Award
Best State Award in Swasth Bharat Yatra by Tamil Nadu FSSAI
Smriti Mandhana ICC women's cricketer of the Year Award
Virat Kohli ICC Men's Test Player of the Year Virat Kohli ICC ODI Player of the Year
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy fo ICC Cricketer of Virat Kohli the Year
Rishabh Pant ICC Emerging Player of the Year
Yohei Sasakawa Gandhi International Peace Award 2018
Comeback of the Year at Laureus World Sports Tiger Woods Awards 2019
Kerala Sahitya Award for Best Novel V.J. James “Nireeswaran”
Veerankutty Kerala Sahitya Award for Poetry “Mindaprani”
Kerala Sahitya Award for Best Short Story Aymanam John “Ethara Characharangalude Charitra Pusthakam”