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). Page 1 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 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 Page 2 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 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 Page 3 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 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. Page 4 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 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. Page 5 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 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. Page 6 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 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