Awards and Honours 2019-2020

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
Robert De Niro	SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement 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 & Monoranjan Bori	Munin Barkotoki Literary Award 2019
Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla	ABLF Lifetime Achievement Award
Avneet Sidhu	Guru Nanak Dev Ji Achievers Award
Bajrang Punia	Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports)
Sir David Attenborough	Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019
Virat Kohli	People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s ‘Person of the Year for 2019’
Greta Thunberg	International Children’s Peace Prize
Eliud Kipchoge, Dalilah Muhammad	World Athlete of the Year Award
Floating school project of Bangladesh	Aga Khan Architecture Award
Singer Billie Eilish	Billboard’s 2019 Woman of the Year
Odia women weightlifter Jhilli Dalabehera	Ekalabya Award for 2019
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 Natesan	Mr. Universe 2019
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
Azizbek Ashurov	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award
Ben Stokes	Professional Cricketers’ Association player of the year 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 Producer Priyadarshan	Madhya Pradesh government’s National Kishore Kumar Award
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo	2019 Booker Prize
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
Nedumangad	2019 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran 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
Prof. Sibnath Deb	Visitor’s Award for Research in Humanities, Arts and 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 Ethical Journalism	2019 Peter Mackler Award
Andhra Pradesh	Best State Award for overall growth in the tourism 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 Authority (OSDMA)	IT Excellence Award, 2019
Odia Writer Pradeep Dash	40th Edition of Prestigious Sarala Puraskar
Navdeep Singh Suri	First Class Order of Zayed II Award
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina	Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award 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
Tapan Kumar Mishra	National Tourism Award for the Category of “Best Tourist Guide”
Sanjay Kapoor	Most of the inspiring Indian Bollywood Actor
Kavitha Gopal	President of India Prize 2019
Ayushmann Khurrana	Actor of the Year award at the 11th edition of GQ Men 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
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai	Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research
NITI Aayog	4th Edition of WTI Awards
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu	President’s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi 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 Agrawal	“Champions of Empathy Award”
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
Rajasthan	“Best Innovation and Initiative Leadership Award”( World Education Summit-2019)
Priyam Chatterjee	1st Indian Chef to win French honour
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman	Vir Chakra
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 Mukherjee	Bharat Ratna
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2018
Name of the Person	Category
Aparna Kumar, Late Dipankar Ghosh, Manikandan K	For adventure in 'land category'
Prabhat Raju Koli	For adventure in 'Water category'
RameshwerJangra	For adventure in 'Air category'
Wangchuk Sherpa	For lifetime achievement

July 2019

Awardee		Award
Aparna Kumar		1st IPS officer to complete 7 Summits Challenge (Climbing the North America’s Highest Peak Denali (20,310 feet)
Northeast Frontier Railway		Best Innovation Award (Railway)
“Find the Incredible You” Campaign		Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2019
Wipro’s Azim Premji, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga		2019 Global Excellence Awards (by US-India Strategic Partnership Forum)
‘Gully Boy’		NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2019
‘Nagarkirtan’		Best Featured Film at SAARC Film Festival 2019
Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Mandhana		Arjuna Award 2018 by Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju
P T Usha		International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)Veteran Pin
Vocalist S. Sowmya		Sangita Kalanidhi Award at 93rd Annual Conference of Music Academy
Meryl Streep		Tribute Actor Award at 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Sudarsan Pattnaik		People’s Choice Award at 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival
Vidisha Baliyan		Miss Deaf World 2019 Title
Priya Priyadarshini Jain		‘Indian Woman of Influence Award’at House of Lords, UK
P.Raghu Ram		Honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons(FRCS) 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 development	NALCO
Emirates Recycling Award	Nia Tony
Statesmanship Award	Jimmy Carter
World Health Organization Award	Rajasthan government’s Medical & Health Department
J.C. Daniel Award	Sheela J.C.
Gold Award	Mahindra Automobiles
‘Outstanding Artistic Achievement’ Award	Movie - Veyil Marangal (Trees Under the 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
Anil Kapoor	Council of European Chambers of Commerce in India (CEUCC)
Kami Rita	World's Highest Peak Mount Everest for 23rd time
Pramod Kumar Mishra	Sasakawa Award 2019
Saray Khumalo	First Black African Woman to Scale Mt. Everest
Jokha Alharthi	"Man Booker International Prize"
Shyam Saran	'The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' Award
Bhawana Kanth	First Woman Pilot to qualify for Combat Missions
Indra Nooyi	Presented with an Honorary Degree by Yale 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
Saurabh Chaudhary	Second Gold Medal in 10m Air Pistol Event in ISSF Gold Cup 2019
Lewis Hamilton	Monaco Grand Prix
Guy Gunaratne	International Dylan Thomas Prize 2019
Acharya Balkrishna	One of the "UNSDG Ten Most Influential 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
Salim Khan	Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Achievement Award
Deepa Malik	New Zealand Prime Minister’sSir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019
PM Narendra Modi	Russian Award “Order of Saint Andrew The Apostle”
PM Narendra Modi	Zayed Medal of UAE
Utkarsh Bangla and Sabooj Sathi Schemes	World Summit on the Information Society (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
Bhayanakam (Malayalam film)	Best Cinematography Award at Beijing International Film Festival

March 2019

Awardee	Award
President Ram Nath Kovind	Grand Order of the King of Tomislav by Croatia
Marcelo Gleiser (Brazilian physicist and astronomer)	Templeton Prize 2019
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 (OSDMA)	SKOCH Award, 2018
G Satheesh Reddy.	Missile Systems Award 2019
Indore	Saubhagya Award under Pradhanmantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
Leeladhar Jagudi	Vyas Samman 2018
Hailakandi in Assam	Top Aspirational District by Delta Ranking Report by NITI Ayog
Thanga Darlong	First Atal Bihari Vajpayee Life Time Award
Swati Shingade	First prize of DD Mahila Kisan Award for 2018- 19
Indore	India’s cleanest city by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019
Ahmedabad	Cleanest big city with a population of more than ten lakh by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019
Gauchar (Uttrakhand)	Best Ganga Town by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019
Bhopal	Cleanest capital by Swachh Survekshan Awards 2019
eNAM (Electronic National Agriculture Market)	Digital Transformation by Businessline 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
Dr Divya Karnad	Prestigious Future for Nature 2019 Award by Future for Nature Foundation
Novak Djokovic	Sportsman of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards 2019
Simone Biles	Sportswoman of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards 2019
Tiger Woods	Comeback of the Year at Laureus World Sports 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
Tamil Nadu	Best State Award in Swasth Bharat Yatra by 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
Virat Kohli	Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy fo ICC Cricketer of the Year
Rishabh Pant	ICC Emerging Player of the Year
Yohei Sasakawa	Gandhi International Peace Award 2018
Tiger Woods	Comeback of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards 2019
V.J. James	Kerala Sahitya Award for Best Novel “Nireeswaran”
Veerankutty	Kerala Sahitya Award for Poetry “Mindaprani”
Aymanam John	Kerala Sahitya Award for Best Short Story “Ethara Characharangalude Charitra Pusthakam”

December 2018

Awardee	Award
Amitav Ghosh	Jnanpith Award, 2018
Catriona Elisa Gray	Miss Universe 2018
Vanessa Ponce de Leon	Miss World 2018
Shree Saini	Miss India Worldwide 2018
Uttar Pradesh based startup HelpUsGreen	United Nations Climate Action Award
Manju Mehta	Tansen Samman, 2018
Luka Modrić	FIFA Ballon d'Or Award
Sonam Kapoor	PETA India's Person of the Year 2018
Asma Jahangir	UN Human Rights Prize for 2018
Mamata Banerjee	Skoch Chief Minister of the Year 2018 Award

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