Complete List of Awards and Honours 2022
Awards
and Honours June 2022
1.
‘Kempegowda
International Award’: S M Krishna, N R
Narayana Murthy and Prakash Padukone
2.
“National
MSME Award 2022 to States/UTs for outstanding contribution in the promotion: Odisha govt bags
3.
Golden
Achievement Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International
Tennis Federation: Vijay Amritraj
4.
Golden
Conch award for the Best Documentary Film at MIFF 2022: “Turn Your Body to the Sun”
5.
Miss
India Worldwide 2022: Khushi Patel
6.
Queen’s
Birthday Honors List in 2022: Ahmed Salman Rushdie
7.
SDG
Pioneer for water stewardship by UNGC: Ramakrishna
Mukkavilli
8.
Sitara-i-Pakistan
Award for services to Pakistan: West Indies Captain
Darren Samy
9.
Times
Business Award 2022: Director of Ruchi Foodline Rashmi Sahoo
10.
UIC
International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA) in the category of “Best use of
Zero-Carbon Technology”: Indian Railways
11.
Women's
Prize for Fiction this year for her novel 'The Book of Form and Emptiness": Ruth Ozeki
12. World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022: Jharkhand
Awards
and Honours May 2022
1.
2022
L’OEil d’Or award for his documentary “All That Breathes”: Shaunak Sen
2.
2022
Templeton Prize: Dr. Frank Wilczek
3.
Best
Content Award and Immunization Award by UNICEF: RJ
Umer
4.
British
honorary Award: Mr.Ajay Piramal chairman
of the Piramal group
5.
Palme
d’Or at 75th Cannes Film Festival: Triangle of
Sadness
6.
Pulitzer
prize again, this time under the feature photography category: Danish Siddiqui
7.
Royal
Gold Medal 2022: IB V Doshi
8.
Seema
Nazareth Award For Excellence in Journalism 2021: Political Journalist and orator Nitin Kumar
9.
V
Shantharam lifetime achievement award at MIFF (Mumbai International Film
Festival)2022: Sanjit Narwekar
10.
William
E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing: Author and Journalist Wesley Morgan
11. William E.Colby Award for 2022: Wesley Morgan
Awards
and Honours April 2022
1.
1st
Lata Mangeshkar Award 2022: PM Narendra Modi
2.
2022
World Press Photo of the Year award: Amber
Bracken titled “Kamloops Residential School”
3.
56th
Jnanpith Award: Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan
4.
6th
Entrepreneur Leadership Award 2022: Indian-American
Defense Expert Vivek Lall
5.
Chameli
Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Media person 2021: Aarefa Johari
6.
Director
Of The Year award for Sardar Udham: Shoojit Sircar
7.
EY
Entrepreneur of the Year 2021: Falguni Nayar
8.
Global
‘Celent Model Bank’ Award for its EPH initiative: IndusInd Bank
9.
Highest
Diplomatic Award by Peru Government: Ardeshir B
K Dubash
10.
International
Gandhi Awards for Leprosy, 2021: M. Venkaiah
Naidu
11.
John
F Kennedy profile in courage award: Volodymyr
Zelensky
12.
Malcolm
Adiseshiah Award 2022: Prabhat Patnaik
13.
Prestigious
International Gandhi Award for Leprosy, by Hon. Vice President of India: Dr. Bhushan Kumar and Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust
14.
Prestigious
O. Henry Award: Veteran Bengali Author Amar
Mitra
15.
Prestigious
Saraswati Samman, 2021: Prof Ramdarash Mishra
16.
UN
‘Champion of the Earth Lifetime Achievement award’: Sir David Attenborough
17. Whitley Gold Award: Charudutt Mishra
Awards
and Honours March 2022
1.
‘Asian
Bank of the Year’ at IFR Asia Awards 2021: Axis
Bank
2.
‘BBC
Indian Sportswoman of the Year’ award 2021: Mirabai
Chanu
3.
‘Covid
champion’ award at Wings India 2022: Cochin
International Airport Limited (CIAL)
4.
‘Special
Jury Award’ at the 7th India Industry Water Conclave and the 9th edition of the
FICCI Water Awards: National Mission for Clean
Ganga (NMCG)
5.
“National
Award for Outstanding Performance for FY 2020-21": Jammu and Kashmir Bank
6.
1st
para-athlete to receive Padma Bhushan: Devendra
Jhajharia
7.
1st
prize in the Ispat Rajbhasha Award for 2018-19 and 2020-21 and the Ispat
Rajbhasha Prerna Award for 2019-20: National
Mineral Development Corporation Ltd
8.
Abel
Prize for the year 2022: American mathematician
Dennis P. Sullivan
9.
Boltzmann
Medal 2022 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics for his
contribution to statistical physics: Professor
Deepak Dhar
10.
First
African to win Pritzker Prize 2022: Francis
Kere
11.
GD
Birla Award for Scientific Research: Narayan
Pradhan
12.
Governor
of the year award 2022: Mario Marcel
13.
Miss
World 2021: Poland’s Karolina Bielawska
14.
Stockholm
Water Prize 2022: Prof Wilfried Brutsaert
15.
TIME100
Impact Awards 2022: Actress Deepika Padukone
16.
US
International Women of Courage Award 2022: Bangladeshi
Rizwana Hasan
Awards and Honours February 2022
1. ‘India’s Most Trusted Public Sector
Company’ award at the ‘Energy Meet and Excellence Award’: Coal India Limited
2. 15th ESPNcricinfo Awards: Rishabh Pant (won Test Batting Award), Kane Williamson (won
Captain of the year award), Kyle Jamieson (won Test Bowling award)
3. 18th Late Madhavrao Limaye Award under
the category of Karyakram Khaasdar (Efficient Parliament Member) for 2020-21: Nitin Gadkari
4. 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the
Year Award: Neeraj Chopra
5. Business Standard Banker of the Year
2020-21: Sandeep Bakhshi (MD and CEO of ICICI)
6. ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial
Reporting for the year 2020-21 in Public Sector Entities Category: RailTel Corporation of India
7. International Cricket Council (ICC)
Spirit of Cricket Award 2021: Daryl Mitchell
(Cricketer of New Zealand)
8. World Games Athlete of the Year award
for 2021: PR Sreejesh (India’s Hockey Player)
Awards
and Honours January 2022
1.
Assam
government’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’: Ratan Tata
2.
Bihar
Vibhuti Samman at the Bihar Entrepreneurship Conclave: Rohit Kumar (Founder of Media Trendz)
3.
First-ever
Guinness World Record in Numerology and the first world record of 2022: JC Chaudhry (numerologists)
4.
Gold
medal at the International Folk Art Festival in Dubai: Sumit Bhale (Lavni artist from Maharashtra)
5.
IBS
Intelligence Global FinTech Innovation Award for 2021 under the category of
‘Best CRM System Implementation’: Axis Bank and
CRMNEXT Solution
6.
ICMR’s
National Award: Dr. Satish Adiga
7.
India’s
First-ever ‘Youth Climate Champion’ by UNDP: Prajakta
Koli (Indian Youtuber and Actor)
8.
International
Association of Working Women Award at the Washington DC South Asian Film
Festival (DCSAFF) 2021: Sushmita Sen
9.
International
Craft Award 2021 by World Crafts Council International as the best craft
village in the entire world (KAVC): Kerala Arts
and Crafts Village Organisation
10.
Knighthood
by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle: Clive Lloyd
11.
KOCH
Award in the Silver category for its contributional work to combat Crime and
Violence against Children: Forensic Science
Laboratory (FSL)
12.
Netaji
Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau: Shinzo
Abe (Former Japan Prime Minister)
13.
Param
Vishisht Seva Medal: Neeraj Chopra
14.
Prestigious
Genesis Prize 2022: Albert Bourla (Pfizer
Inc.’s Chairman and CEO)
15.
Ramnath
Goenka Award in the Photo Journalism category for his photo essay work: Zishaan A Latif
16.
TX2
award for doubling the population of wild tigers: Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu)
17.
UiPath
Automation Excellence Awards 2021 for Best Automation under ‘Crisis for business
continuity: South Indian Bank (SIB)
18.
Women’s
singles title at the Syed Modi International Tournament in Lucknow: PV Sindhu
19.
World
Bank Group and Consumer Technology Association’s Global Women’s Health Tech
Awards: NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt Ltd, and
InnAccel Technologies Pvt Ltd
20. World CEO Winner of the Year 2021 award: Kishore Kumar Yedam
Awards
and Honours December 2021
1. ‘2021 Person of the Year’ by People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA) India: Alia Bhatt
2. ‘Asom Bhaibav’ award, the highest civilian Assam state award
for his contribution to cancer care in the state: Ratan Tata
3. ‘Most Effective Bank-Fintech Partnership: Agile and Adaptable’ award at the IBSi Global
Fintech Innovation Awards 2021:
Vayana Network and Federal Bank
4. ‘Most innovative best practice’ category award at the
coveted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Award
2021: HDFC Bank
5. ‘Young Geospatial Scientist’ award: Ropesh
Goyal
6. 10th annual Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration: Azim
Premji
7. 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians
from Developing Countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry
and commutative algebra: Neena Gupta (Indian Mathematician)
8. 2022 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA): Balkrishna Doshi (Indian architect)
9. 4th Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF (New India Foundation)
Book Prize 2021: The book titled ‘Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism’
10. 56th Jnanpith Award: Nilmani Phookan Jr (Assamese
poet)
11. 57th Jnanpith Award: Damodar Mauzo (Konkani novelist)
12. 7th Dr. M S Swaminathan Award for 2017-19: V
Praveen Rao
13. Ciprian Foias Prize for the ‘highly original work’ in
Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS): Nikhil
Srivastava (Indian-American mathematician)
14. Digital Innovation of the Year Award at Times Higher
Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021: O. P. Jindal Global University
(JGU)
15. ET BFSI Excellence Awards 2021 in two categories of
‘Innovative API/Open Banking model’ category and ‘Best Digital Customer
Experience initiative’ category:
DBS Bank India
16. Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021: Viral
Sudhirbhai Desai (Industrialist)
17. Global SME Finance Awards 2021: ESAF
Small Finance Bank Limited
18. Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021: Steel
Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL)
19. Most Innovative Research Institutions category award by the
CII: IIT Roorkee
20. Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021: Dr. Anil
Prakash Joshi (Environmentalist)
21. SJFI (Sports Journalists Federation of India) Medal 2021: Sunil
Gavaskar
22. Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for
her novel titled ‘Kintsugi’: Anukrti Upadhyay
23. Two DigiDhan awards from the Union Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology: Karnataka Bank
24. UN Women's Award for Leadership Commitment 2021 at the 2021
Regional Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles Awards Ceremony: Divya
Hegde
25. Woman of the Year Award by the World Athletics: Anju Bobby Georg (Indian athlete)
Awards
and Honours November 2021
1. ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020’: Priyanka
Mohite
2. 12th Manipur State Award for Literature 2020 for his book
titled ‘Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ithat’ (I and the then island): Beryl
Thanga (Novelist)
3. 17th annual Kids Rights International Children’s Peace
Prize for recycling household waste and tackling pollution: Vihaan
and Nav Agarwal (Delhi-based teenage brothers)
4. 1st Indian to be honoured with the Knighthood of Parte
Guelfa: Dr. S K Sohan Roy
5. 2021 JCB prize for Literature, for his book titled ‘Delhi: A Soliloquy: M Mukundan (Author)
6. Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt: Puneeth
Rajkumar (Kannada actor)
7. Ezhuthachan Award 2021: P Valsala
8. Indian Film Personality of the Year award at the
International Film Festival of India 2021: Hema Malini (Actor and BJP
leader) and Prasoon Joshi (Lyricist)
9. Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 for its contribution to
promoting the scope of education in India: Pratham NGO
10. Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 by the Badminton World
Federation (BWF) Council: Prakash Padukone (Indian Badminton Player)
11. Pharma and Medical Device Startup India Grand Challenge
2021: Sascan Meditech
12. 'Regional Rural Banks' category award by Associated
Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM): Karnataka
Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB)
13. Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021: Anita
Desai (Author)
14. Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2020 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports: Lieutenant Colonel Servesh Dhadwal and Colonel Amit Bisht
Awards
and Honours October 2021
1. ‘Outstanding Renewable Energy User’ at the India Green
Energy Award 2020 by the Indian Federation of Green Energy (IFGE): TVS
Motor Company
2. ‘Top organization Innovative HR Practices’: Karnataka
Bank
3. 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award: Jeel
Albena Association for Humanitarian Development
4. 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development for the work
made by her in improving children’s learning: Dr. Rukmini Banerji
5. 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Research for his work in
enhancing educational outcomes and the importance of teaching quality: Prof.
Eric A Hanushek
6. 2022 Joseph A. Cushman Award for Excellence in
Foraminiferal Research: Dr. Rajiv Nigam
7. 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence by
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu:
Dr. Randeep Guleria (Director of AIIMS)
8. 45th Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Literary Award for his book
‘Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal’: Benyamin
9. 4th Satyajit Ray Award for his contribution to Indian
cinema: B Gopal
10. 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 67th National Film
Awards ceremony: Rajinikanth
11. Aryabhata Award by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI): Dr. G
Satheesh Reddy (Chairman of DRDO)
12. CK Prahlad award for Global Business Sustainability
Leadership 2021: Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO)
13. Delhi-based environmental organisation and has won the 2021
Right Livelihood Award: Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)
14. Earth Guardian Award instituted by the NatWest Group India: Parambikulam
Tiger Conservation Foundation
15. European Union’s top human rights prize, the Sakharov Prize
for Freedom of Thought for 2021 by the European Parliament: Alexei
Navalny
16. Gold Award in Environmental Sustainability Category: The
National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd
17. Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2021 for a ‘new
Enlightenment’: Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwean author and filmmaker)
18. Platinum Award in the Environmental Management Category: NMDC’s
Kumaraswamy Iron Ore Mine
19. Progressive Business Concept Award of PETA India 2021 for
his Vegan Leather initiative:
James Sangma
20. Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa 2021: Martin
Scorsese and Istvan Szabo (Legendary filmmakers)
21. UNESCO’s Martial Arts Education Prize 2021: Kung Fu
Nuns of the Drukpa order of Buddhism
22. US India Business Council (USIBC) for the 2021 Global
Leadership Award: Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan
Awards
and Honours September 2021
1. ‘Global Goals Awards’ 2021 of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
2. 2021 Africa Food Prize for improving food security in sub-Saharan
Africa: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics (ICRISAT)
3. 2021 Changemaker Award: Fairooz Faizah Beether
(Bangladesh)
4. 2021 IHA Blue Planet Prize for excellence in sustainable
hydropower development: 510MW Teesta V Power Station of Sikkim (owned by NHPC
Limited)
5. 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management
from CII: Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli
6. 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award: Namita
Gokhale (Writer)
7. Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 Best Award: Bird
Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021 Award
8. Behler Turtle Conservation Award: Shailendra
Singh (Indian Biologist)
9. Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021 Award: Alejandro
Prieto
10. CIPS Excellence in Procurement Awards for 2021 under the
category of ‘Best Use of Digital Technology’: Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
11. Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award 2021 under the
category of Best Growth Performance Power: Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd
(SJVN)
12. Florence Nightingale Award: Bhanumati Gheewala (Nurse
from Sir Sayajirao General Hospital, Gujarat)
13. International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery by
the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS): Dr.
Basant Kumar Misra
14. National Florence Nightingale Award 2020: Brigadier
SV Sarasvati
15. Swami Brahmanand Award 2021: Anand Kumar
(Mathematician)
16. UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2021: National
Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
Awards
and Honours August 2021
1. ‘IMC RBNQ Efficiency Excellence Trophy 2020’: Kasturba
Hospital, Manipal
2. Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021: Dr Cyrus
Poonawalla
3. Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2021: Asha
Bhosle
4. National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (NSF I-Corps)
Teams Award in the US: SoftWorthy
5. National Youth Award by the Union Youth Affairs and Sports
Minister Anurag Singh Thakur:
Mohammad Azam
6. Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal (CGM): Jagdish
Bhagwati and C Rangarajan
7. Will Eisner Comic Industry Award as ‘Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)’: Anand Radhakrishnan
Awards
and Honours July 2021
1. ‘Air Transport World’s (ATW) 2021 Airline of the Year’: Korean
Air
2. Alexander Dalrymple award by the British Government for his
work in hydrography and nautical cartography: Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar
3. Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS)’s Literary Award for 2021: N N
Pillai
4. Best Film Award in the Documentary section (Best
Biographical): ‘Decoding Shankar’
5. Humboldt Research Award in Economics: Kaushik
Basu
6. Investment Promotion Agency 2021 award by OCO Global: Invest
India
7. Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar: Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda
8. Natwest Group Earth Heroes Award 2021 in the category of
Earth Guardian for its best management role: Satpura Tiger Reserve
9. Oeil d'Or (Golden Eye) award for best documentary at the
74th Cannes Film Festival: Director Payal Kapadia’s, ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’
10. Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Games: Muhammad
Yunus
11. UN Food Systems Summit Competition called ‘Best Small
Business: Good Food for All’: Edible
Routes Private Limited, Oorja Development Solutions India and Taru Naturals
Awards
and Honours June 2021
1. ‘Gold Recognition’ award from ACI (Airport Council
International) Asia-Pacific Green Airports Recognition 2021: GMR
Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL)
2. ‘The Order of Polar Star’: RK Sabharwal
3. ‘WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award’: Union
Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
4. 2021 Nature TTL Photography Awards for his photo of an
Orangutan clinging to a tree:
Thomas Vijayan
5. Airport Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll
of Excellence: Cochin International Airport (CIAL)
6. Central European University’s highest award of Open Society
Prize 2021 for her work in public health services: KK Shaileja
7. Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake: Larsen
& Toubro Infotech
8. India’s Best Employers among Nation Builders 2021: NTPC
9. International Booker Prize 2021 for ‘At Night All Blood Is
Black’: David Diop
10. International Business Book of the Year Award 2021: Nitin
Rakesh and Jerry Wind
11. International Dublin Literary Award 2021 for her novel
‘Lost Children Archive’: Valeria Luiselli
12. Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize 2021: P
Sainath
13. Land for Life Award by the United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD):
Familial Forestry
14. 'NSG Counter-IED & Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award
2021': Prof. Shailesh Ganpule
15. 'Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award' for 2020: Delhi Metro
Awards
and Honours May 2021
1. ‘Green Urja Award’ by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC): IREDA
(Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency)
2. “Order of Rising Sun” by the Japanese Government: Shyamala
Ganesh
3. 10th Annual World Choreography Award 2020: Suresh
Mukund
4. 1st Indian to win the 15th Sheikh Zayed Book Award: Dr
Tahera Qutbuddin
5. 1st Women Mountaineers to summit Mount Pumori in Nepal: Baljeet
Kaur (Himachal Pradesh) and Gunbala Sharma (Rajasthan)
6. 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for developing
revolutionary DNA sequencing techniques namely, Next Generation DNA Sequencing
(NGS): Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian and Prof. David Klenerman
7. 2021 laureate of UNESCO /Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Prize: Maria Ressa (Rapple’s CEO)
8. 2021 World Food Prize for her work in developing holistic,
nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquaculture and food systems: Dr.
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
9. Arline Pacht Global Vision Award 2021: Justice
Gita Mitta
10. Best Actor Award for his performance in a short film named
‘Happy Birthday’ at New York City International Film Festival: Anupam
Kher
11. European Golden Boot: Robert Lewandowski
12. Gold Award at 2021 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for ‘Most
Valuable Medical Innovation’ under COVID-19: SpiceHealth
13. ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April 2021: Babar
Azam (Pakistan)
14. ICC Women’s Player of the Month for April 2021: Alyssa
Healy (Australia)
15. Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards: Pink
(Singer)
16. International ENI Award 2020 for his research in renewable
energy sources and energy storage: Bharat Ratna Professor C.N.R.
Rao
17. International Invincible Gold Medal 2021: Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank (Union Education Minister)
18. Monaco Grand Prix 2021: Max Verstappen
19. President’s award by International Hockey Federation for
his contribution to promoting Hockey in Odisha: VK Pandian
20. Prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award: Hockey
India
21. Prestigious India Biodiversity Awards 2021 under the
category ‘Sustainable Use of Biological Resources.’: Krishi
Avam Paristhitiki Vikas Sansthan (KRAPAVIS)
22. Rudolf V Schindler Award from the American Society of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Padma Bhushan Dr D Nageshwar
Reddy
23. Spain’s top Princess of Asturias Award in the social
sciences category, the Spanish prize foundation: Amartya Kumar Sen
24. Templeton Prize 2021: Jane Goodall
Awards
and Honours April 2021
1. ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute: ESAF
Small Finance Bank
2. ‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank
Awards: HDFC Bank
3. ‘Wild Innovator Award’ by Wild Elements Foundation: Dr
Krithi K Karanth
4. 2020 Association for Computing Machinery A.M. Turing Award: Alfred
V. Aho and Jeffrey David Ullman
5. 30th GD Birla Award for Scientific Research: Prof.
Suman Chakraborty
6. 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Rajinikanth
7. 78th Venice International Film Festival: Roberto
Benigni
8. Abu Dhabi’s Top Civilian Award: Yusuff
Ali M. A
9. Best Foreign Language Feature Award at Moscow International
Film Festival 2021: ‘Puglya’ (Name of Marathi Film)
10. CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0: IIT
Kharagpur
11. Kalinga Ratna Samman 2021: Biswabhushan Harichandan
(Governor of Andhra Pradesh)
12. Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters, the second-highest
civilian French honour: Guneet Monga (Filmmaker)
13. National Award for Innovation Training Practices 2019-2020: Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
14. National Book Critics Circle Prize: Maggie
O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’
15. Nelson Mandela World Humanitarian Award 2021 by the
Diplomatic Mission Global Peace:
Rumana Sehgal
16. Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘ In the
Dream House: A Memoir’: Carmen
Maria Machado
17. Saraswati Samman 2020: Dr Sharankumar Limbale
18. Sir Richard Hadlee Medal: Kane Williamson (New Zealand
cricket player)
19. South Asian Wushu Championship: Aniyan Midhun
20. UN’s National Innovative and Sustainable Supply Chain Award: Aditya
Birla Group’s Birla Cellulose Limited
Awards
and Honours March 2021
1. ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute: ESAF
Small Finance Bank
2. ‘India’s Best Bank for SME’s’ at the Asiamoney Best Bank
Awards: HDFC Bank
3. 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership: Mahamadou
Issoufou (President of Niger)
4. 2021 Film Archive Award by The International Federation of
Film Archives (FIAF): Amitabh Bachchan
5. BBC Emerging Player-of-the-Year award: Manu
Bhaker (Indian Shooter)
6. BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year award: Koneru
Humpy (Indian Chess Player)
7. BBC Lifetime Achievement award: Anju
Bobby George (Indian Athlete)
8. CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0: IIT
Kharagpur
9. Gandhi Peace Prize: For 2019 Late Sultan Qaboos bin
Said Al Said of Oman
10. Gandhi Peace Prize: For 2020 Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman
11. ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2021: Ravichandran
Ashwin (India)
12. ICC Women’s Player of the Month for February 2021: Tammy
Beaumont (England)
13. International Woman of Courage Award 2021: Gowsalya
Shankar
14. King Bhumibol World Soil Day 2020 Award by Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO):
Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR)
15. Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020: Asha
Bhosle
16. Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021: Anne
Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal
17. Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 for her book titles as ‘ In the
Dream House: A Memoir’: Carmen
Maria Machado
18. 'Role Model' Award’ at the 11th CII National HR Excellence
Awards 2020-21: NTPC Ltd
19. South Asian Digital Media Awards by WAN IFRA (World
Association of News Publishers), being named as ‘Champion Publisher of the
Year’: The Hindu Group
20. Vyas Samman 2020: Prof. Sharad Pagare
Awards
and Honours February 2021
1. ‘Best Service Provider’ in HR and ‘Best Institution’ for
‘Excellence in Learning and Development’ at the 29th Global HRD Congress Awards: Union
Bank of India
2. ‘CERA Week Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award’: PM
Narendra Modi
3. 1st prize in Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s
Choice Award Contest: Robert Irwin
4. 4th edition of Alert Being Icon Awards: AR
Rahman (Music Composer) and Saidapet Hari Krishnan (Social Activist)
5. 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021: ‘Koozhangal’
6. 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020 under the
Innovation category by UNEP: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)
7. Airports Council International World’s ‘Voice of the
Customer’ award: Bangalore International Airport Limited’s (Kempegowda
International Airport Bengaluru)
8. International Anti-Corruption Champions Award: Anjali
Bharadwaj
9. Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020 by Sanctuary Nature
Foundation: S. Theodore Baskaran
10. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Women
Excellence Award 2021: Dr Shobhna Kapoor, Dr Antara Banerjee, Dr Sonu Gandhi and Dr
Ritu Gupta
11. Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award: YS Jagan
Mohan Reddy
12. VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020: Manasa
Varanasi
Awards
and Honours January 2021
1. ‘Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020’: V K
Yadav
2. ‘Indian Personality of the Year’ award at IFFI: Biswajit
Chatterjee
3. 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize: Nikhil
Srivastava
4. 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh: Pandit
Satish Vyas
5. 96th Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh: Anhinav
Kala Parishad
6. First prize in Republic Day 2021: Ram
Temple Tableau of Uttar Pradesh
7. Kayakalp Award: AIIMS Bhubaneswar
8. Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in Queen
Elizabeth II’s 2021 New Year’s Honours List: Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti
9. National Award for Best Electoral Practices 2020: Meghalaya
10. Sahitya Gaurav Samman 2021: Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
11. SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-governance
category: Ministry of Tribal Affairs
12. SKOCH Challenger Award for Best performance in e-governance
category: Ministry of Panchayati Raj
13. Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021: Dr
Rajendra Kumar Bhandari