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2017 Awards (Jan – Dec)
| January | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| ‘Power & Energy Person’s Award at the 10th ENERTIA Awards 2016 | Shri K M Singh |
| Bharatiya JananpithNavlekhan award 2016 | Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh |
| Nishan-e-Imtiaz by Pakistan | Pakistan’s Army chief QamarBajwa |
| Best Performing Power Distribution Utility in Power Sector | Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) |
| 4th Yash Chopra Memorial Award | Shah Rukh Khan |
| `Technical Oscar’ by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences | Parag Havaldar |
|
74th Golden Globe Awards |
La La LandWins Record 7 Awards
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were honored as best actor and actress while Damien Chazelle was awarded best director |
| Honoured by the US Embassy for TB Awareness | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 | |
| The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award | Cristiano Ronaldo. |
| The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award | Carli Lloyd. |
| The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award | Claudio Ranieri. |
| The Best FIFA Women’s Coach Award | Silvia Neid. |
| The FIFA Puskás Award 2016 | MohdFaizSubri. |
| The FIFA Fair Play Award | Atletico National. |
| The FIFA Fan Award | Dortmund fans and Liverpool fans. |
| The FIFA lifetime achievement award | Falcao. |
| The FIFA FIFPro World11 | Neuer, DaniAlves, Pique, Ramos, Marcelo, Modric, Kroos, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Ronaldo. |
| UNWTO Award for Innovation in the category of Non- Governmental Organisations(NGO) | ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village |
| Highest US civilian honour | Vice President of US Joe Biden |
| 2017 Crafoord Prize | Fred Ramsdell , Alexander Rudensky from US and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan |
| Young Travel Photographer Of The Year (TPOTY)
award 2016 |
Darpan Basak & Ankit Kumar |
| 62nd Filmfare Award 2017 | |
| Best Film | Dangal |
| Best Director | NiteshTiwari for Dangal |
| Best Actor (Male) | Aamir Khan for Dangal |
| Best Actor (Female) | Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab |
| Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film | ManojBajpayee for Taandav. |
| Best Male Debut | DiljitDosanjh for Udta Punjab. |
| Best Female Debut | Ritika Singh for SaalaKhadoos. |
| Best Director Debut | AshwiniIyerTiwari for ‘Nil BatteySannata’ |
| Best Film People’s Choice | Khamakha |
| Best Short Film (Fiction) | Chutney |
| Best Short Film (Non-fiction) | MatitaliKusti |
| Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film | Tisca Chopra for Chutney. |
| Best Dialogue | Ritesh Shah for Pink. |
| Best Screenplay | ShakunBatra, Ayesha DevitreDhillon for Kapoor& Sons |
| Best Story | ShakunBatra, Ayesha DevitreDhillon for Kapoor& Sons |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) | Rishi Kapoor for Kapoor& Sons. |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) | ShabanaAzmi for Neerja. |
| Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award | ShatrughanSinha. |
| Best Music Director | Pritam for AeDilHaiMushkil. |
| Best Lyricist | Amitabh Bhattacharya- ‘ChannaMereya’,AeDilHaiMushkil |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Arijit Singh for the song AeDilHaiMushkil |
| Best Female Playback Singer | NehaBhasin for ‘Jag Ghoomeya’ from Sultan |
| Best Visual Effects | Red Chillies for Fan |
| Best Editing | MonishaBaldawa for Neerja |
| Best Costume | PayalSaluja for Udta Punjab |
| Best Action | ShyamKaushal for Dangal |
| Best Background Score | Sameer Uddin for Kapoor& Sons |
| Best Choreography | AdilShaikh for ‘KarGayiChull’ from Kapoor& Sons |
| RD Burman Award for New Music Talent | Amit Mishra for ‘Bulleya’ from AeDilHaiMushkil |
| Best Cinematography | MiteshMirchandani for ‘Neerja’ |
| Filmfare Critics Award | |
| Best Film | Neerja |
| Best Actor (Male) | ManojBajpayee (Aligarh) and ShahidKapoor (Udta Punjab) |
| Best Actor (Female) | SonamKapoor for Neerja |
| Award | Winner |
| Best Film | Dangal |
| Best Director | NiteshTiwari for Dangal |
| Best Actor (Male) | Aamir Khan for Dangal |
| Best Actor (Female) | Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab |
| The Hindu Prize 2016 | KiranDoshi for Jinnah Often Came to Our House |
| UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage | Kolkata’s Sitalpati |
| 2016 TS Eliot Prize | British Poet Jacob Polley for Jackself |
| 2016 National Bravery Awards | 25 Children including 12 Girls |
| Bharat Award Winners: | Late Km. TarhPeeju |
| Geeta Chopra Award Winners | TejasweetaPradhan and ShivaniGond |
| Sanjay Chopra Award Winners | Master SumitMamgain |
| BapuGaidhani Award Winners | Late Km. Roluahpuii, Late Km. H Lalhriatpuii, Master TusharVerma |
| People’s Choice Award | Priyanka Chopra for TV Series Quantico |
| Best feature film award at international Borrego Springs Film Festival held in California, US | Himachali dialect “Saanjh directed by Ajay Saklani |
| Australia’s highest civilian award | Purushottam Sawrikar
Makhan Singh Khangure Vijay Kumar |
| 2016 National Geoscience Award | Dr. A Keshav Krishna |
| Sena Medal | Major Sandeep Kumar, Captain Manik Sharma and Naik Arvind Singh Chauhan. |
| Golden Peacock Award for CSR in Aviation Sector | Delhi International Airport Ltd.(DIAL) |
| First Hugo Chavez Peace Prize by Venezuela | Russia’s President Vladimir Putin |
| Honoured by Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) | Reliance Foundation Founder and Chairperson Nita Ambani |
| NTPC award 2015-16 | Damodar Valley Corporation |
| Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards 2016 | ||
| Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak | ||
| Ms. Roluahpuii (Posthumous) | Mizoram | |
| Shri Shishir Kumar Yadavannavr (Posthumous) | Karnataka | |
| Shri Vadmitra Choudhary, (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Shri Rakesh Kumar CN (Posthumous) | Karnataka | |
| Shri Suresh NB (Posthumous) | Kerala | |
| Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak | ||
| Shri Mrigesh Narayan Barua | Assam | |
| Dr. C. Gopakumar (Posthumous) | Kerala | |
| Shri Govind Laxman Tupe | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Churchill | Mizoram | |
| Smt. Roluahpuii | Mizoram | |
| Shri Bir Bajrangbali Pandey | West Bengal | |
| Master Maurice Yengkhom | Manipur | |
| Master Shivansh Singh (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Jeevan Raksha Padak | ||
| Shri Yashwant Kumar Pisda | Chhattisgarh | |
| Shri Dara Singh | Haryana | |
| Shri Dinesh Kumar | Himachal Pradesh | |
| Shri Ratheeshan Nambolan | Kerala | |
| Master Anandhakrishnan A | Kerala | |
| Master Akhil K. Shibu | Kerala | |
| Shri Tejesh Brijlal Sonawane | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Manoj Sudhakarrao Barahate | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Isac Lalrinchhana | Mizoram | |
| Shri Lalmohan Mohanta | Odisha | |
| Kum. Nazia | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Shri Pankaj Kumar Pandey | Tamil Nadu | |
| Shri Anoop Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Shri Kapil Kumar Shishodia | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Shri Neelkant Ramesh Harikantra | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Manohar Mahato | West Bengal | |
| Shri Balen Rajbongshi | West Bengal | |
| Shri Dharmendra Kumar Yadav | West Bengal | |
| Master Kamlesh Pradhan | Chhattisgarh | |
| Kum. Angelica Tynsong | Meghalaya | |
| Master Sai Krishna Akhil Kilambi | Telangana | |
| Shri Tshewana Thinlay Lachungpa | Sikkim | |
| Shri Altaf Ahmed Khan | Jammu & Kashmir | |
| Ophthalmology Hall of Fame | Dr.Gullapalli N Rao | |
| Best Marching Contingent in Services Category at the Republic Day Parade – 2017 | Madras Engineer Group | |
| Miss Universe 2017 | Iris Mittenaere of France | |
| Padma Awards 2017 | ||
| PADMA VIBHUSHAN | ||
| Shri K J Yesudas | Art-Music | Kerala |
| Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| Shri Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
| Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
| Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Meghalaya |
| PADMA BHUSHAN | ||
| Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Art-Music | Rajasthan |
| Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Tehemton Udwadia | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Gujarat |
| Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati | Yoga | Bihar |
| H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | Thailand |
| Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Literature & Education – Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
| PADMA SHRI | ||
| Smt. Basanti Bisht | Art-Music | Uttarakhand |
| Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance | Kerala |
| Smt. Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance | Odisha |
| Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema | Karnataka |
| Shri Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema | Odisha |
| Shri T K Murthy | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music | Manipur |
| Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| Smt. Baoa Devi | Art-Painting | Bihar |
| Shri Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting | Rajasthan |
| Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture | Telangana |
| Shri Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music | Odisha |
| Shri Kailash Kher | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music | Kerala |
| Smt. Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Shri Mukund Nayak | Art-Music | Jharkhand |
| Shri Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music | Gujarat |
| Smt. Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Shri Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre | Manipur |
| Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service | Telangana |
| Shri T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service | Haryana |
| Shri Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service | Delhi |
| Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education | Sikkim |
| Smt. Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education | Assam |
| Dr. Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| Shri Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Michel Danino | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Punam Suri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| Shri VG Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| Smt. V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education Journalism | Jharkhand |
| Smt. Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education Journalism | Maharashtra |
| Shri Vishnu Pandya | Literature & Education Journalism | Gujarat |
| Dr. Subroto Das | Medicine | Gujarat |
| Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Medicine | Telangana |
| Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| Prof. Harkishan Singh | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| Dr. Mukut Minz Medicine | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| Shri Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary | Maharashtra |
| Smt. Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art | Kerala |
| Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
| Shri Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
| Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| Shri Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering | Assam |
| Shri Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work | Telangana |
| Shri Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Shri Karimul Hak | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Shri Bipin Ganatra | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work | Punjab |
| Shri Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
| Shri Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket | Karnataka |
| Shri Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw | Karnataka |
| Smt. Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics | Haryana |
| Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics | Tamil Nadu |
| Smt. Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics | Tripura |
| Shri P R Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey | Kerala |
| Smt. Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
| Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry | Telangana |
| Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) | Art-Music | USA |
| Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education | USA |
| Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) | Literature & EducationJournalism | USA |
| Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) | Others-Archaeology | West Bengal |
| Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work | Nepal |
| February | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| Best IT Startup At National Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 | Lucideus |
| BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award | Shanta Rangaswamy – First Women |
| World’s Travellers’ Choice Award-Winning Beaches’ by TripAdvisor. | Radhanagar beach
8th position in the world and 1st spot in Asia. First : Baia do Sancho Fernando de Noronha in Brazil |
| ‘Asia’s Greatest Brands – 2016’
at the Asia One Awards held in Singapore. |
SpiceJet |
| Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Prince Charles | England Test captain Alastair Cook |
| $1 million 2017 Genesis Prize | Renowned Indian-origin British sculptor Anish Kapoor |
| Civil Service Awards – State awards introduced | Arunachal Pradesh |
| B C Roy Award | Dr P Raghu Ram |
| Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Chairman’s Order of Merit | GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) |
| Guinness Record by Making World’s Tallest Sand
Castleat the Puri beach in Puri |
Sudarsan Pattnaik |
| Kayakalp Award | AIIMS, New Delhifor Sanitation & Hygiene |
| 2017 Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award | Indian-origin Scotland Yard officer Shand Panesar along with his colleague Craig Nicholson |
|
Vishakha Awards– Maharashtra |
Dr Yogini Satarkar-Pande Mohan Kumbhar
Vishnu Thore |
| 2016 Vyas Samman | Surendra Verma for his novel Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se |
| 2017 Legendary Award by Brand Laureate | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Best Green Organization Award | Katamati Iron Mine, owned by Tata Steel |
| Stya Paul Memorial Award– UK | Virendra Sharma |
| EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 | Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Chairman Motherson Sumi Systems |
| Top Honour at Berlin Film Festival | “Newton” directed by Amit Masurkar |
| 2017 National MSME Excellence Award | Corporation Bank |
| ISO 27001: 2013 certification | South Indian Bank for tech security practices |
| IBA Banking Technology Awards | Karnataka Bank – 2 awards |
| World’s First Robot Table Tennis Tutor | FORPHEUS, Japan |
| eGovernance awards | |
| Awards for Excellence 2016 | Rajasthan and Telangana |
| Award of Recognition for the year 2016 | Odisha and Nagaland |
| 70th British Academy Film Awards | |
| Best Film | La La Land |
| Best Director | Damien Chazelle (La La Land) |
| Best Actor | Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) |
| Best Actress | Emma Stone (La La Land) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dev Patel (Lion) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Viola Davis (Fences) |
| Best Original Music | La La Land |
| Best Original Screenplay | Manchester by the Sea |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Lion |
| Best Cinematography | La La Land |
| Best Editing | Hacksaw Ridge |
| Best Production Design | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
| Best British Short Film | Home |
| Best British Film | I, Daniel Blake |
| Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer | Babak Anvari (Writer/Director), Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (Producers) for Under the Shadow |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Son of Saul |
| Best Documentary | 13th |
| Best Animated Film | Kubo and the Two Strings |
| Best Costume Design | Jackie |
| Best Make Up & Hair | Florence Foster Jenkins |
| Best Sound | Arrival |
| Best Special Visual Effects | The Jungle Book |
| Best British Short Animation | A Love Story |
| EE Rising Star Award | Tom Holland |
| BAFTA Fellowship | Mel Brooks |
| Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema | Curzon Cinemas |
| 2017 Grammy Awards | |||
| Album Of The Year | Adele for ’25’ | ||
| Record Of The Year | ‘Hello’ by Adele | ||
| Song Of The Year | Hello by Adele and Greg Kurstin | ||
| Best Rap Album | ‘Coloring Book’ by Chance The Rapper | ||
| Best Urban Contemporary Album | ‘Lemonade’ by Beyonce | ||
| Best Country Solo Performance | Maren Morris for ‘My Church’ | ||
| Best Rock Song | ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie | ||
| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | ‘Stressed Out’ by Twenty One Pilots | ||
| Best Pop Vocal Album | ’25’ by Adele | ||
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | ‘Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin’ by Willie Nelson | ||
| Best Pop Solo Performance | Adele for ‘Hello’ | ||
| Best Alternative Music Album | ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie | ||
| Best Rock Album | ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty’ by Cage the Elephant | ||
| Best Rock Performance | ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie | ||
| Best Metal Performance- | ‘Dystopia’ by Megadeth | ||
| Best New Artist | Chance The Rapper | ||
| Best Rap Performance | Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz for ‘No Problem’ | ||
| Best Rap/Sung Performance | Drake for ‘Hotline Bling’ | ||
| Best Rap Song | ‘Hotline Bling’ by Drake | ||
| Best R&B Performance | Solange for ‘Cranes In The Sky’ | ||
| Best Traditional R&B Performance | Lalah Hathaway for ‘Angel’ | ||
| Best R&B Song | ‘Lake By The Ocean’ by Maxwell | ||
| Best R&B Album | Lalah Hathaway for ‘Lalah Hathaway Live’ | ||
| Best Country Album | Sturgill Simpson for ‘A Sailor’s Guide to Earth’ | ||
| Best Country Song | ‘Humble And Kind’ by Tim McGraw | ||
| Best Country Duo/Group Performance | Pentatonix feat. Dolly Parton for ‘Jolene’ | ||
| Best Jazz Instrumental Album | ‘Country For Old Men’ by John Scofield | ||
| Best Jazz Vocal Album | Gregory Porter for ‘Take Me to the Alley’ | ||
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | ‘Culcha Vulcha’ by Snarky Puppy | ||
| Best Dance/Electronic album | Flume for ‘Skin’ | ||
| Best Dance Recording | The Chainsmokers for ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ | ||
| Best Music Film | ‘The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years’ by The Beatles | ||
| Best Music Video | Beyonce for ‘Formation’ | ||
| Best Contemporary Christian Music Album | ‘Love Remains’ by Hillary Scott & The Family | ||
| Best Gospel Album | ‘Losing My Religion’ by Kirk Franklin | ||
| Best Americana Album | ‘This Is Where I Live’ by William Bell | ||
| Best Latin Pop Album | ‘Un Besito Mas’ by Jesse & Joy | ||
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | Justin Timberlake for ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’ | ||
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | John Williams for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ | ||
| Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | ‘Miles Ahead’ | ||
| Best Musical Theater Album | ‘The Color Purple’ | ||
| Best World Music Album | ‘Sing Me Home’ by Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Indian musician Sandeep Das was also a part
of the Ensemble. |
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| Laureus World Awards or the ‘Oscar of Sports’ | |||
| Sportsman of the Year | Usain Bolt | ||
| Sportswoman of the Year | Simone Biles | ||
| Comeback of the Yearaward | Michael Phelps | ||
| Breakthrough of the Year award | Nico Roseberg | ||
| Laureus Team of the Year award | American Baseball side Chicago Cubs | ||
| Special Laureus Spirit of Sport award | English Premier League champions Leicester City | ||
| Disability award | Italy’s Beatrice Vio | ||
| Honorary Doctorate Degree by Desh Bhagat University | Hockey player Sandeep Singh | ||
| FIH Hockey Stars Award 2016 | |||
| Best Male Player of the Year Award | John-John Dohmen | ||
| Best Female Player of the Year | Naomi van | ||
| Best Male Goalkeeper of the Year | David Harte | ||
| Best Female Goalkeeper of the Year | Maddie Hinch | ||
| Rising Male Star of the Year | Arthur Van Doren | ||
| Rising Female Star of the Year | Maria Granatto | ||
| Male Coach of the Year | Danny Kerry | ||
| Female Coach of the Year | Karen Brown | ||
| Male Umpire of the Year | Christian Blasch | ||
| Female Umpire of the Year | Laurine Delforge | ||
| ESPNcricinfo Awards | |||
| Captain of the Year | Virat Kohli | ||
| Test Batting Performance of the Year | Ben Stokes | ||
| Test Bowling Performance of the Year award | Stuart Broad | ||
| ODI Batting Performance of the Year | Quinton de Kock | ||
| ODI Bowling Performance of the Year award | Sunil Narine | ||
| T20 Batting Performance of the Year award | Carlos Brathwaite | ||
| T20 Bowling Performance of the Year award | Mustafizur Rahman | ||
| Batting Performance of the Year award | Hayley Williams | ||
| Bowling Performance of the Year award | Leigh Kasperek | ||
| 89th Academy Award (Oscar Award) | |||
| Award Category | Winner | Movie | |
| Best Picture | Moonlight | ||
| Best Actres | Emma Stone | La La Land | |
| Best Actor | Casey Affleck | Manchester By The Sea | |
| Best Director | Damien Chazelle | La La Land | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Viola Davis | Fences | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mahershala Ali | Moonlight | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester By The Sea | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney | Moonlight | |
| Best Cinematography | Linus Sandgren | La La Land | |
| Best Original Score | Justin Hurwitz | La La Land | |
| Best Original Song | Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul | La La Land | |
| Best Sound Editing | Sylvain Bellemare | Arrival | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Asghar Farhadi | The Salesman | |
| Best Film Editing | John Gilbert | Hacksaw Ridge | |
| Best Visual Effects | Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon | The Jungle Book | |
| Best Production Design | David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds Wasco | La La Land | |
| Best Sound Mixing | Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace | Hacksaw Ridge | |
| Best Documentary-Feature | Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow | O.J.: Made in America | |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer | Zootopia | |
| Best Animated Short Film | Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer | Piper | |
| Best Documentary-Short Subject | Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara | The White Helmets | |
| Best Live Action Short Film | Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy | Sing | |
| Best Make-Up and Hairstyling | Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson | Suicide Squad | |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Fantastic Beast and
Where To Find Them |
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| March | ||
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons | |
| Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival | Lipstick Under My Burkha | |
| Receives Raksha Mantri’s Trophy for Best Service Hospital in the AFMS | INHS ASVINI Mumbai | |
| ‘Visitor’s Award’ For Best Varsity Amid Controversies | Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) | |
| ‘Most Popular Tourism Destination Award’
at the International Travel Fair (GITF) Travel Fair |
Sri Lanka s | |
| Moortidevi Award | M P Veerendra Kumar | |
| New world record by playing the maximum number of songs in the shortest time on Gayathri veena | Vaikom Vijayalakshmi | |
| Airport Service Quality Survey | Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) – First | |
| Best Actress for Sarbjit at IFFA Australia | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | |
| SERB Distinguished Fellow’ award | Lalji Singh | |
| Saraswati Samman 2016 | Konkani author Mahabaleshwar Sail | |
| Harvard’s Artist of the Year Award 2017 | Viola Davis | |
| 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award | IIT-M solar inverter system | |
| Miss International Queen 2016 | Thailand’s Model, Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin | |
| US’s oldest and most prestigious science and math
competition Regeneron Science Talent Search Awards Gala |
Indrani Das(17) | |
| First prize in the implementation of Official Language Policy in the western region for the year 2015-2016 | Central Bank of India | |
| ‘Women Icons’ Award in Singapore | 25 Asian Women | |
| NSF’s CAREER Award | Indian-American computer scientist, Anshumali Shrivastava | |
| Global Teacher Prize 2017 | Canadian Teacher Maggie MacDonnell | |
| Kirti Chakra | Major Rohit Suri | |
| Smart Technology of the Year 2016 | ABB India | |
| 2017 Abel Prize | Yves Meyer, a French mathematicianfor Wavelets Theory | |
| 2017 Hal David Starlight Award | Ed Sheeran | |
| First Kuldip Nayar Journalism Awards | Ravish Kumar | |
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2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honour |
Indra Nooyi Fareed Zakaria Dinesh Paliwal
Dr Annapoorna S Kini Yashvant Patel Mohan H Patel |
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| National Photography Awards | Raghu Rai | |
|
Five Indian Cities |
1.Historic City of Ahmedabad, 2.Delhi – A Heritage City, 3.Jaipur City, Rajasthan,
4.Ekamra Kshetra- The Temple City, Bhubaneswar and 5.The Victorian & Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai. |
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| Kala Ratan Award | Anupam Kher | |
| ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco Village | 11th Water Digest Water Awards under the category “Best Water NGO-Water Education” | |
| ‘Best Small Bank 2016’ Award | Karur Vysya Bank | |
| Sikh Jewel Award | Gurinder Chadha | |
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Dr. B. C. Roy National Awards |
1. Geethalakshmi
2. Palanivelu 3.Anand K. Khakhar |
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Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Awards |
1.Rajasekaran 2.Sundaresan
3.R Rakesh Kumar 4.Neena Srivastava |
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| Pravasi Bharatiya Samman | UK Minister Priti Patel | |
| Glefiddich’s Emerging Artist 2017 | Odia Installation Artist Sitaram Swain | |
| Asian Hockey Player of Year | ||
| Asian Player of the Year 2016 | SV Sunil | |
| Asian Promising Player of the Year 2016 (Junior team). | Harmanpreet Singh | |
| BCCI Annual Award 2017 | ||
| Col. CK. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award | Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar | |
| BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women | Shantha Rangaswamy | |
| BCCI Special Award | VV Kumar, Late Ramakant Desai | |
| Polly Umrigar Award | Virat Kohli | |
| Dilip Sardesai Award (For India’s Best Cricketer In The West Indies Series 2016) | Ravichandran Ashwin | |
| Lala Amarnath Award (For The Best All-Rounder In The
Ranji Trophy 2015-16) |
Jalaj Saxena Of Madhya Pradesh | |
| Lala Amarnath Award (For The Best All-Rounder In Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions, 2015-16 ) | Axar Patel Of Gujarat | |
| Madavrao Scindin Award (Highest Scorer In The Ranji
Trophy 2015-16) |
Shreyas Iyer Of Mumbai | |
| Madavrao Scindin Award (Highest Wicket-Taker In The Ranji Trophy 2015-16) | Shahbaz Nadeem Of Jharkhand | |
| M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest Scorer In (U-23) Col.
CK. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16) |
Jay. G. Bosta Of Mumbai | |
| M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest Wicket-Taker In (U-
23) Col. CK. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16) |
Satyajeet Bachhav Of Maharashtra | |
| NKP Salve Award (Highest Scorer In (U-19) Cooch Behar Trophy In 2015-16 ) | Arman Jaffer Of Mumbai | |
| NKP Salve Award (Highest Wicket-Taker In (U-19) Cooch Behar Trophy In 2015-16) | Ninad Rathva Of Baroda | |
| Raj Singh Dungarpur Award ( Highest Scorer In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy In 2015-16) | Abhishek Sharma Of Punjab | |
| Raj Singh Dungarpur Award ( Highest Wicket-Taker In (U-
16) Vijay Merchant Trophy In 2015-16) |
Abhishek Sharma Of Punjab | |
| Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman Cricketer (Sr.) Of 2015-16) | Mithali Raj Of Railways | |
| Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman Cricketer (Jr.) Of 2015-16) | Deepti Sharma Of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket In 2015-16 | Nitin Menon | |
| Best Performance In BCCI Domestic Tournaments Of 2015-16 | Mumbai Cricket Association | |
| April | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| US India Business Council Award | N Chandrababu Naidu |
| UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, 2017 | Dawit Isaak, Eritrean-Swedish journalist |
| Kirti Chakra | Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of Gorkha Rifles |
| ‘Asian Businesswoman of the Year’ | Asha Khemka |
| 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction | “The Underground Railroad” written by Colson Whitehead |
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National Hindi Sevi Samman Awards |
Fujii Takeshi (Japan) and Gabriela NikIIieva(USA)
Pushpitaavasthi (Netherland) and Padmesh Gupta (London) – Total 26 |
| National Geoscience Awards 2016- Young Scientist Award | Dr. Abhishek Saha, NIO, Goa |
| UN challenge for open source tools | Abdulqadir Rashik |
| Living Legend Lifetime Award by Punjab Association | Veteran actor Dilip Kumar |
| ‘World’s Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Leadership Award’ | Dr. Arvind Sinha |
| Cartier Women’s Initiative Award | Tirupati Jain |
| 6th M.S. Swaminathan Award | Rayappa Ramappa Hanchinal |
| 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) honour | Shah Rukh Khan |
| Shambhavi Puraskar, 2017 | Hari Sankar Rout |
| Gururaja Bhat Award | A.V. Narasimha Murthi |
| Sahitya Academy award | Aniruddhan Vasudevans for novel “One Part Woman” |
| US Emerging Young Leaders Award | Raj Kumar |
| Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award | Veteran Bollywood actress Saira Banu and actor Jackie Shroff |
| UNESCO Peace Prize | Italy’s Mayor Glusi Nicolini |
| Dinanath Mangeshkar Award | Actor Aamir Khan and kapildev cricketer |
| Golden Peacock Award for Innovation of Cashless Township | Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) |
| Padma Shri Award, first woman doctor from Indore | Dr Bhakti Yadav |
| Golf Industry Awards | Golfers Aditi Ashok, S.S.P Chawrasia and Ali Sher |
| BFJA lifetime achievement award | Moushumi Chatterjee |
| Lelte Award | All India Radio (AIR) Aizawl |
| Goldman Environmental Prize | Prafulla Samantra |
| P C Chandra Puraskaar | Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi |
| Best Film At The Hong Kong International Film Festival | Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Newton’ |
| Dadasaheb Phalke award | Legendary filmmaker and actor Kasinathuni Viswanath |
| Golden Peacock Award 2017 for innovative product | Yes Bank |
| e-Puraskar award | Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Depthas |
| Miss Teen Universe 2017 at Managua. | Srishti Kaur |
| Ghantasala national award | Vani Jairam |
| Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation award | Dileep K Nair |
| 2017 Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Excellence
Award by American Planning Association (APA). |
Bhubaneswar |
| Queen’s Enterprise Award 2017 | Yusaffali’s Y International (UK) Ltd |
| ACE fellowship | Ritu Raju and Sundeep R Muppidi |
| ‘Indian MNC of the Year’ | Hero MotoCorp |
| ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ – Japan | Former Minister Ashwani Kumar |
| 10th Moscow Sand art Championship | Sudarsan Pattnaik , Gold |
| NTR National Awards | |
| NTR National Film Award 2012 | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam(Singer) |
| NTR National Film Award 2013 | Hema Malini(Actor) |
| Krishi Karman Award | |
| Category I | Tamil Nadu |
| Category II | Himachal Pradesh |
| Category III | Tripura |
| 64th National Awards | ||
| Category | Film | Awardee/s |
| Best FEATURE FILM | Kasaav (Marathi) | Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar
Producer: Sumittra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar & Mohan Aghase |
| Best Popular Film Providing
Wholesome Entertainment |
Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu) | Director: Satish Vagesna Producer:
V.Venkata Ramana Reddy |
| Best Film On Social Issues | Pink (Hindi) | Director: Anniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Producer: Rashmi Sharma Films |
| Best Film On Environment Conservation/ Preservation | Loktak Lairembee (Manipuri) | Director & Producer: Haoban Paban Kumar |
| Best Children’s Film | Dhanak (Hindi) | Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Producer: Drishyam Film |
| Best Animation Film | Mahayodha Rama (Hindi) | Director: Rohit Vaid
Producer: Contiloe Pictures Pvt. Ltd. Animator: Deepak S.V |
| Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration | Dikchow Banat Palaax (Assamese) | Director: Sanjib Sabha Pandit Producer: Canvascope |
| Best Actor | Rustom (Hindi) | Akshay Kumar |
| Best Actress | Minnaminungu – the Firefly (Malayalam) | Surabhi C.M |
| Best Child Artist | a). Kunju Daivam (Malayalam) b) Sahaj Pather Gappo (Bengali) c)
Railway Children (Kannada) |
a) Adish Praveen
b) Nur Islam and Samiul Alam c) Manohara. K |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dashakriya (Marathi) | Manoj Joshi |
| Best Supporting Actress | Dangal (Hindi) | Zaira Wasim |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Film: Praktan (Bengali) Song : Tumi Jaake Bhalo Basho | Iman Chakraborty |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Film: Joker (Tamil) Song : Jasmine
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Sundharayyar |
| Best Cinematography | 24 (Tamil) | S. Thirunavukarasu |
| Best Screenplay Writer (Original) | Maheshinte Prathikooram (Malayalam) | Syam Pushkaran |
| Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted) | Dashakriya (Marathi) | Sanjay Krishnaji Patil |
| Best Dialogues | Peli Chuplu (Telugu) | Tarun Bhascker |
| Best Editing | Ventilator (Marathi) | Rameshwar |
| Best Production Design | 24 (Tamil) | Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas Khedekar & Amit Ray |
| Best Costume Designer | Cycle (Marathi) | Sachin Lovalekar |
| Best Make-Up Artist | Allama (Kannada) | NK Ramakrishna |
| Best Special Effect | Shivaay (Hindi) | Naveen Paul |
| Best Choreography | Janatha Garrage (Telugu) | Raju Sundaram |
| Best Music Direction – Song & Background Score | Allama (Kannada) | Bapu Padmanabha |
| Special Jury Award | Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol,
Janatha Garrage and Pullimurugan, |
Mohan Lal |
| Special Mention | Neerja (Hindi) | Sonam Kapoor |
| Special Mention | Mukti Bhawan (Hindi) & Maj Rati Keteki (Assamese) | Adil Hussain |
| Special Mention | Mukti Bhawan (Hindi) | Producer: Red Carper Moving
Pictures And Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani |
| Special Mention | Kadvi Hawa (Hindi) | Producer: Eleeanora Images Private
Ltd. And Director: Nila Madhab Panda |
| Best Environment Film Including Agriculture | The Tiger Who Crossed The Line | Producer & Director: Krishnendu Bose Director |
| Best Short Fiction Film | Aaba | Producer: Raj Kumar Gupta
Director: Amar Kaushik |
| Best Non Feature Film | Fireflies In The Abyss | Producer & Director: Chandrashekhar Reddy |
| May | |||
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons | ||
| Wisden-MCC Cricket ‘Photo of the Year’ award | Saqib Majeed | ||
| INSA Young Scientist Medal | Sanjay Pratihar | ||
| 50th annual world fest houstan international film festival | special jury remi award to Indian actress Shabana Azmi and singer-poet Satinder Sartaaj for ‘The Black Prince’ | ||
| UK Royal Society | Krishna Chatterjee, Subhash Khot and Yadvinder Malhi | ||
| UK Fellowship Award | Sachin Tendulkar | ||
| MSME Banking Excellence Awards 2016 | Village Financial Services | ||
| Avvaiyar Award | Padma Venkataraman | ||
| Diplomatic Service Award from South Korea | Rajive Kaul | ||
| First major gender-neutral movie award | Emma Watson | ||
| 7th Annual Asian Awards – Rising Star Award | Sunny Pawar | ||
| New York Indian Film Festival | Best Director and Best Actress awards -Konkona Sensharma | ||
| Honorary Life Member of MCC | V V S Laxman | ||
| ‘Woodrow Wilson Award’ for global corporate citizenship | ICICI Bank Chief Chanda Kochhar | ||
| 2017 Footballer of the Year | N’GoloKante | ||
| Smart Village Award | ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco Village | ||
| 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize | ISRO | ||
| ‘CEO of the Year’ award in UK | Indian-origin steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta | ||
| Intel science award in US | Prashant Ranganathan | ||
| Green Oscars’ Award | Assam’s Purnima Barman & Karnataka’s Sanjay Gubbi | ||
| Dan David Prize | Shrinivas Kulkarni | ||
| Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American humour | David Letterman | ||
| UN Peacekeepersmedal | Brijesh Thapa and Private Ravi Kumar | ||
| Bengal’s highest civilian award | Soumitra Chatterjee
Y.C. Deveshwar |
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| INSA Young Scientist award | Aravind Kumar | ||
| BS Shekhawat award | Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling | ||
| Adiyogi bust’ declared world’s largest by Guinness Book of World Records | |||
| Nepalese mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa has broken her own world record for the most Everest summits by a woman | |||
| world’s busiest single-runway airport | Mumbai | ||
| Humanitarian award for her philanthropic work in India | Jacqueline Fernandez | ||
| WWF International President’s Award | Rohan Chakravarty | ||
| Billboard Music Awards | Drake has beaten the Adele’s record | ||
| Porter Prize 2017 | EDII and ITC | ||
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Dr. Ambedkar National Awards |
1. S K Thorat, a well-known scholar
2. Samta Sainik Dal’ a non-political organization founded by Dr. Ambedkar 3. Amar Sewa Sangam an institution working in the field of |
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| empowering differently abled persons.
4.Shri BabuLal Nirmal, a social activist from Rajasthan. |
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| FICCI Smart Policing Award 2017 | Pune city Police | ||
| Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar | Satyabrata Rout | ||
| Cannes Film Festival 2017 | The Square | ||
| European Golden Shoe for a fourth time | Lionel Messi | ||
| Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award | Priyanka Chopra | ||
| 2017 PEN/Malamud award | Author Jhumpa Lahiri | ||
| ‘HR Innovation of the Year’ | Tata Motors | ||
| Hero I-League 2016-17 Awards | |||
| Best Goalkeeper | Debjit Majumder of Mohun Bagan | ||
| ‘Jarnail Singh Best Defender’ of the league Award | Anas Edathodika of Mohun Bagan | ||
| Best Midfielder | Alfred Kemah Jaryan of Aizawl FC | ||
| Best Striker | Aser Pierrick Dipanda Dicka of Shillong Lajong | ||
| ‘Best Emerging Player of Hero I-League’ Award (awarded for the first time) | Jerry Lalrinzuala of DSK Shivajians FC | ||
| ‘Syed Abdul Rahim Best Coach Award’ | Khalid Jamil of Aizawl FC | ||
| ‘Fairplay Award’ of Hero I-League 2016-17 | Churchill Brothers FC Goa | ||
| ‘Best Organiser Award’ | DSK Shivajians FC and Bengaluru FC | ||
| 2017 Daytime Emmy Awards | |||
| Outstanding Talk Show – Entertainment | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | ||
| Outstanding Talk Show – Informative | The Dr. Oz Show | ||
| Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series | Lexi Ainsworth as Kristina Davis on General Hospital | ||
| Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | Bryan Craig as Morgan Corinthos on General Hospital | ||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Gina Tognoni as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless | ||
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer on The Bold and the
Beautiful |
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| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Kate Mansi as Abigail Deveraux on Days of Our Lives | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Steve Burton as Dylan McAvoy on The Young and the Restless | ||
| Outstanding Morning Program | Good Morning America | ||
| Outstanding Entertainment News Program | Entertainment Tonight | ||
| Outstanding Culinary Program | Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse | ||
| Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series | Jim O’Heir as Matt Cannistra on The Bold and the Beautiful | ||
| Outstanding Drama Series | General Hospital | ||
| Outstanding Game Show Host | Steve Harvey – Family Feud | ||
| Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host | Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler, and Sheryl Underwood – The Talk | ||
| Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team | The Young and the Restless | ||
| Outstanding Game Show | Jeoprady! | ||
| Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team | General Hospital | ||
| Outstanding Entertainment Program in Spanish | Destinos | ||
| Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host | Steve Harvey – Steve Harvey | ||
| Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program | Gaby Natale – SuperLatina with Gaby Natale | ||
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Mary Hart | ||
| Presidential Awards for classical Tamil for 2013-14 | |||
| Tholakpiyyar Award | Dr. S.N.Kandaswamy | ||
| Young Scholar Award | Dr. Ula Balasubramaniyan | ||
| Dr. Kalai Chezhian | |||
| Dr. S. Rajalakshmi | |||
| Dr. T. Mahalakshmi | |||
| Dr. S. P. Salavanisree | |||
| Presidential Awards for classical Tamil for 2014-15 | |||
| Tholakpiyyar Award | Dr. A. Dakshinamurthy | ||
| Young Scholar Award | Dr. A. Sathish | ||
| Dr. J. Muthuselvan | |||
| Dr. P. Thirugnanasammandam | |||
| Dr. M. Vasanthakumari | |||
| Dr. G. Sathish | |||
| Presidential Awards for classical Tamil for 2015-16 | |||
| Tholakpiyyar Award | Dr. R.Kalaikkovan | ||
| Young Scholar Award | Dr. M. Vanitha | ||
| Dr. V. Prakash | |||
| Dr. S. Premkumar | |||
| Dr. G. Balaji | |||
| Dr. M. Munees Moorthy | |||
| June | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| APQN Quality Award 2017 for International Co- operation in Quality Assurance | National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) |
| 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee competition of US | Ananya Vinay |
| Raksha Mantri’s Award for Excellence | BEML |
| MGNREGA National Award | Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh |
| Bharat Gaurav Award | Madhur Bhandarkar |
| Kalinga Awards | Anand Neelakantan&Haraprasad Das |
| Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Literature | Adam Zagajewski |
| RedInk Awards for Excellence | Indian Express |
| France’s Legion of Honour | Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Little Miss Universe Internet 2017 crown | Padmalaya Nanda |
| national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme
(MGNREGP) |
Bihar’s Nalanda model of water conservation ‘Project Jal Sanchay’ |
| NASA Public Service Medal | Michael A’Hearn |
| Man Booker International Prize | David Grossman (Israel)for his novel “A Horse Walks Into a Bar.” |
| Nanniyode Rajan award | E. Sreedharan |
| Dorothy Arzner Directors Award | Mira Nair |
| Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 | Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi |
| Kusumagraja Rashtriya Puraskar | H S Shivaprakash |
| Guinness World Record for maximum number of light installations | Vivid Sydney |
| Kerala’s first beauty pageant for transgender women
winner |
Syama Sanju |
| Queen’s Young Leaders Award | Ankit Kawatra |
| International Dublin Literary Award | Jose Eduardo Agualusa |
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SJFI annual awards |
Best Sportsperson of the Year award : P V Sindhu and Best Team of the Year award :Indian Junior Hockey Squad. |
| Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence | Lalit Mohan |
| MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) | Annabel Mehta |
| 2017 Orwell Prize | John Bew |
| Best Action Movie at 20th Shanghai International Film Festival | Sultan |
| United Nations (UN) Public Service Award | West Bengal government for the ‘Kanyashree Prakalpa’ |
| Sahitya Akademi | |
| Bal SahityaPuraskar | Quadros |
| Yuva Puraskar 2017 | Amey Naik |
| Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award | Nisha Dutt |
| Skoch Awards – 9 categories | Vijaya Bank |
| Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy | Wipro Chairman Azim Premji |
| Ministry of Environment Award for 2017 in Japan | Shrihari Chandraghatgi |
| Miss India 2017 | Manushi Chhillar from Haryana |
| Bharat Gaurav | Former Indian hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay |
| Award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit held in Paris | Uttarakhand |
| USIBC Global Leadership Awards | Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej and Dow Chemical
CEO Andrew Liveries |
| world’s second highest green rating | SIERRA ODC building of Coimbatore-based IT Solutions Company |
| Higher in an IQ test than Albert Einstein and Stephen
Hawking |
Indian-origin boy Arnav |
| ‘Best astrologer of world’ award | TS Vineeth Bhatt |
| GSMA Asia Mobile Award | Health Ministry’s mobile app EVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network) |
| July | ||
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons | |
| Great Immigrants award by US | Shantanu Narayen&Vivek Murthy | |
| Mohun Bagan Ratna | Subrata Bhattacharya | |
| Indian of the Year award | Preeti Shenoy | |
| Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Heroes Award by the US state department. | Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat | |
| United Nations Development Programme’s
EquatorPrize |
Swayam Shikshan Prayog | |
| Australia’s highest civilian award | Guruswamy Jayraman | |
| Unilever Global Development Award | Water Health International (WHI) | |
| PM’s trophy for best integrated steel plant | Tata Steel | |
| GQ’s Most Influential Young Indians list | Actor Ranveer Singh & Prabhas | |
| Intellectual Property of Missionaries of Charity | Mother Terasa’s blue border sari | |
| Maruti Suzuki- Sportsperson of the Year
Coach of the Year award Living Legend of the Year award Game changer of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award |
P V Sindhu P Gopichand
Sikh Milkha Singh K L Rahul Abhinav Bindra |
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| Golden Peacock environment management award | Danfoss India | |
| Golden Peacock Award for Eco Innovation | Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF) | |
| Personality of the Year’ award by Skoch Consultancy Services | Kishore Sansi(Vijaya Bank MD) | |
| Most powerful Arab women | Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi (UAE Minister) | |
| Toronto Film Festival Gala Honour | Priyanka Chopra | |
| Mahanayak Samman 2017 | Shakuntala Barua | |
| Mohun Bagan Ratna award | Subrata Bhattacharya | |
| America’s highest military Medal of Honour | James McCloughan | |
| Ramon Magsaysay Awards | ||
| Yoshiaki Ishizawa | Japanese historian | |
| Gethsie Shanmugam | Sri Lankan teacher | |
| Parliamentarian Awards-Lok Sabha | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award in the Lok Sabha | L.K. Advani |
| Best Parliamentarian | K. Premachandran |
| Best Woman Parliamentarian | Kumari Sushmita Devi |
| Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian | Meenakshi Lekhi |
| Parliamentarian Awards-Rajya Sabha | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award in the Rajya Sabha | Sharad Yadav |
| Best Parliamentarian | Sitaram Yechury |
| Best Woman Parliamentarian | Jaya Bachchan |
| Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian | Rajni Patil |
| IIFA Awards 2017 | |
| Best Actor | Shahid Kapoor(Udta Punjab) |
| Best Actress | Alia Bhatt(Udta Punjab) |
| Best Film Award | Neerja |
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Best Director |
Aniruddha Roy(Pink) |
| August | |||
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons | ||
| Bharat Gaurav Award by East Bengal Football Club | Dhanraj Pillay | ||
| World’s highest paid author by Forbes | JK Rowling | ||
| Prem Nazir Award | Veteran Actress Sharada | ||
| UAE’s prestigious Community Service Medal. | Indian Philanthropist Firoz Merchant | ||
| Asia Society Game Changers Award | Indian-origin actor Dev Patel | ||
| Hindu playwright Award 2017” | Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam for their play ‘In Search of DariyaSagar | ||
| First-ever Kesari Media Award | Veteran journalist T J S George | ||
| Hugo for Best Science Fiction Novel | African-American author Nora K. Jemisin | ||
| Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel, Members of Paramilitary Forces
Kriti Chakra Award to 5 persons |
Chetan Kumar Cheetah , Pramod Kumar, Major David Manlun, Havildar Giris Gurung and Major Preetam Singh Kunwar | ||
| Best performance awards for SHG-bank linkage programme for Karnataka | Corporation Bank | ||
| FICCI’s Healthcare Personality award | Dr Nanda Kumar Jairam, | ||
| Kalpana Chawla award | Preethi Srinivasan, the former State under-19 cricket captain | ||
| Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence | Prof Digambar Behera. | ||
| NRDC wins two awards | Assocham Services Excellence Award 2017 and its CMD, H Purushotham an international recognition | ||
| Agriculture Leadership Award-2017 | Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao | ||
| UK’s ‘Child Genius’ | Indian –origin boy Rahul Doshi | ||
| National sports award 2017 | |||
| ( | i) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratn | a | |
| Name of the Person | Fields | ||
| Shri Devendra | Para Athlete | ||
| Shri Sardar Singh | Hockey | ||
| (ii) | Dronacharya Awards 2017 | ||||
| Late Dr. R. Gandhi | Athletics | ||||
| Mr. Heera Nand Kataria | Kabaddi | ||||
| Mr. G.S.S.V. Prasad | Badminton (Lifetime) | ||||
| Mr. Brij Bhushan Mohanty | Boxing (Lifetime) | ||||
| Mr. P.A. Raphel | Hockey (Lifetime) | ||||
| Mr. Sanjoy Chakraverthy | Shooting (Lifetime) | ||||
| Mr. Roshan Lal | Wrestling (Lifetime) | ||||
| (iii) Dhyan Chand Award | |||||
| Name of the Person | Fields | ||||
| Mr. Bhupender Singh | Athletics | ||||
| Mr. Syed Shahid Hakim | Football | ||||
| Ms. Sumarai Tete | Hockey | ||||
| September | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| Dhyan Chand Award | Sumurai Tete |
| King Sejong prize | Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance from Canada and the We Love Reading programme from Jordan |
| Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar | Reliance Foundation |
| National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management | Hyderabad International Airport |
| IDRBT award | Karnataka Bank |
| Government-honour for resolving public grievances | CBDT |
| PLuS Alliance Prize | Veena Sahajwalla |
| Co-patron of Kolkata archdiocese | Mother Teresa |
| ASSOCHAM Services Excellence Awards | GIFT City |
| Best University by Times Higher Education (THE) | Oxford University Cambridge University |
| N R Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award | Tahir Mahmood |
| Honour for work in organic farming | Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling |
| BAI’s first Lifetime Achievement Award | Prakash Padukone |
| Balzan Prize | Bina Agarwal |
| Krishi Pragati Award | Raghunandan Industries Pvt Ltd |
| Most valuable company on BSE | Reliance HDFC |
| Container Terminal of the Year | Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) |
| Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar award | Vijaya Bank |
| UN peace prize | Zannah Mustapha |
| Rajbhasha Keerti Award | The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) |
| Global Diversity Award | Salman Khan |
| Best News Website award at WAN-IFRA | The Hindu |
| President’s medal | Former DIG D Roopa |
| UN Equator Prize | Pune NGO “Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)” |
| ANR award | S S Rajamouli |
| Spirit of Humanity’ award | ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco village in Mumbai |
| Prestigious award in Israel | Indian start-up Kheyti |
| First man of Asian to win an acting award at | Riz Ahmed |
| Emmy | |
| International honour for materials research | Scientist CNR Rao |
| GQ Actor of the Year Award | Rajkummar Rao |
| Sarala award | Banaj Devi |
| Living legend award of International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS). | Mahtab Bamji |
| Bhimsen Joshi award | singer Manik Bhide |
| prestigious Swedish rights award | Colin Gonsalves |
| best airport security’ | CISF for Mumbai airport |
| World’s Most Valuable Brand | Apple |
| Comprehensive development of tourism award | Gujarat |
| 2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize | Maryna Viazovska |
| Best Airports under National Tourism Awards | Srinagar and Raipur Airports |
| OCTOBER | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards 2017 | Indian Accent (2nd) |
| International Business Person of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards in London | Ghana-based Indian entrepreneur named Birendra Sasmal. |
| Best Tourist Guide | Rama Khandwala (Mumbai) |
| Best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’ in India | Madurai’s Meenakshi Temple |
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Noble Prize Winner List |
Ø Economics : Richard H. Thaler for behavioural economics
Ø Peace Award: The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 was awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons”. Ø Literature: Kazuo Ishiguro”who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. Ø Physiology or Medicine :Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm”. Ø Chemistry: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson “for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution”. Ø Physics : Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”. |
| Swacchhata awards | 1)My Delhi Keep It Clean’ – was awarded for promoting efforts to clean public places. |
| 2) Fertiliser Cooperative KRIBHCO– marketing of compost made from municipal solid waste.
3) Kasturba Gandhi Balika Awasiya Vidyalaya, Ambikar(School and college) 4) Swacch Ambikapur Sahakari Samiti was chosen for the award for women empowerment and livelihood generation by converting garbage into wealth. Pemayangste Monastery in Sikkim was felicitated for being a Zero-waste institution. |
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| Swachhta Pakhwada’ | Ministry of Health awarded as the best department in ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ |
| Most Clean Campus award | Manipal Institute |
| Golden Peacock Award | TAKE Solutions |
| Anna Politkovskaya Award | Gauri Lankesh |
| Vayalar award | Noted Novelist T D Radhakrishnan’s |
| Karanth award | Actor Prakash Raj |
| Mathrubhumi Literary Award | M K Sanu |
| Centenary National Award for Literature | Eminent writer Namita Gokhale |
| Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration | Singer T M Krishna |
| ‘Best performer’ subtitle at the ‘Little Miss World 2017’ pageant held in Greece | Poorvi G B |
| ‘Kalakar Puraskar’ award | Konkani folk artiste Gopal Gowda |
| Padma Prabha Puraskaram | Eminent poet Prabha Varma |
| Time Achievement Award for contributions to manufacturing, education. | Swraj Lord Paul |
| UK’s youngest millionaires | Indian-origin teenager Akshay Ruparelia |
| Philanthropy Award | Indian-American Attorney Ajay Raju |
| Man Booker Prize | US author George Saunders |
| Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award | Javed Akhtar |
| Swachh Bharat Inter-Ministerial Award | Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas |
| NASSCOM Customer Service Excellence Award 2017 | CSS Corp |
| Airports Council International’s (ACI) | Hyderabad airport No. 1 in 5 to 15 million category |
| Blue Planet Prize | Environmental scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber |
| Green platinum award | ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco Village |
| World Food Prize Laureate Award | DR. AKINWUMI AYODEJI ADESINA,the President of the
African Development Bank |
| Lata Mangeshkar Award | Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan |
| Forbes Rich List of sport stars | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| America’s Top Young Scientist | 11-Year-Old Gitanjali Rao |
| FIFA player-of-the-year awards | Cristiano Ronaldo and Lieke Martens |
| Limca Book of Records | Meghalaya Election Department |
| CII Industrial Innovation 2017 | L&T Technology Services |
| US award for AIDS research | South African Indian-origin couple Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim |
| Britain’s most influential black person | Indian-Origin Gina Miller |
| ‘Golden Peacock Award’ in London | AP CM Naidu |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Sharmila Tagore |
| AICTE award | Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) |
| Mobexx Awards 2017 | Cleartrip named ‘Best Mobile App for Travel and Leisure’ |
| Parmod Mahajan Smriti Award | Anupam Kher |
| European Union’s Sakharov Prize for human rights | Venezuela’s opposition |
| Top-earning dead celebrity for 5th time | Michael Jackson |
| NOVEMBER | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| Ezhuthachan Puraskaram award | K Satchidanandan(Kerala government’s highest literary honour) |
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Forbes 100 most powerful women |
German Chancellor Angela Merkel-1st
ICICI Bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) Chanda Kochhar and Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra have featured. |
| UNESCO heritage award | Mumbai’s restored Royal Opera House |
| Asia’s richest person | Mukesh Ambani |
| Dun & Bradstreet award | Tata Power Solar |
| Jnanpith award 2017 | Krishna Sobti |
| Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 | Indian playwright, actor, film director, and writer Girish Karnad. |
| UNESCO award | Srirangam temple of Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu |
| Guinness Record | India set a Guinness world record by cooking 918 kg khichdi at‘World Food India’ 2017 event in New Delhi. |
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Best Urban Transport Practices Awards |
· Mysuru’s ‘Public Bicycle Sharing’ has been chosen for ‘Best Non-Motorised Transport’ Award
· Kochi (Kerala) has been chosen for the ‘Best City in Urban Transport Initiative’ Award. · Hyderabad’s Traffic Integrated Management System (H-TRIMS) has won ‘Commendable Initiative Award’ under ‘Best Intelligent Transport Project’ category. · Chittor in Andhra Pradesh has been chosen for the ‘Commendable Initiative Award’ for the city police’s initiative for improving road safety. |
| Vishnudas Bhave award | Mohan Joshi for his contribution to theatre. |
| Nobel Prize Series-India 2018 | Goa State Government |
| Entrepreneur of the Year by ASSOCHAM | Maya Swaminathan Sinha |
| ‘General Insurance Company of the Year’ | Apollo Munich Health Insurance |
| Best Short Film Award at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM) in
Montreal. |
Indian short film ‘School Bag’ |
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Goncourt Prize 2017 award |
Eric Vuillard’s novel L’ordre du jour (in English ‘Agenda’), story of how German industry and finance backed Adolf
Hitler won. |
| Israel’s 2018 Genesis Prize | Natalie Portman |
| Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement | Girija Devi’s daughter, Sudha Datta |
| Mother Teresa Award 2017 for social justice | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
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National Entrepreneurship Awards 2017 |
1.Mentor (Government) Category awarded to – Dr. Renu Swarup
2.Best State Engaging Apprentices awarded to – Haryana |
| 3.Champion Sector Skill Council awarded to – Textile Sector Skill Council
4.Champion Corporate (Special Recognition) awarded to – ICICI Bank |
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| Kalinga Safety Award | Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) |
| D.Litt. degree from NIT Agartala | Olympic gymnast Dipa karamakar Conferred |
| Bad Grammar Award | Transport for London |
| Indian Sports Honours 2017 | Mithali Raj named Sportswoman of the Year (Team Sports) |
| Miss International 2017 | Kevin Lilliana of Indonesia |
| Forbes list of highest-earning women in
music |
Beyonce |
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Forbes list of Asia’s Richest Families |
Ambani family-1st
2nd position was secured by, South Korea’s Lee family with $40.8 billion wealth. Hong Kong’s Kwok family ranks 3rd with a net worth of $40.4 billion. |
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Nandi awards |
Baahubali: The Beginning
Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan won the NTR National Award for the year 2014 and 2015 |
| ADI PEC Excellency in Energy Awards 2017 | Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation
(APMDC) |
| Spain’s Cervantes prize | Nicaragua’s Sergio Ramirez |
| Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award | Anand Kumar of Super 30 |
| Indira Gandhi Peace Prize | Dr Manmohan Singh |
| Miss World 2017 | Haryana girl Manushi Chhillar |
| Miss Universe 2017 | Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters |
| DSC Prize for South Asian Literature | Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam |
| IMF award | Veteran journalist Manik Banerjee |
| UNICEF celebrity advocate status | Tamil actor Trisha Krishnan |
| Big Little Book Award | Nabaneeta Dev Sen |
| NITI Aayog prize | Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) |
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Best Book of the year 2017 |
1.First Book Award – Prayaag Akbar’s ‘Leila’ & Pranay Lal’s ‘Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent’
2.Book of the Year for fiction – Easterine Kire’s ‘Son of the Thundercloud’ 3.Business Book of the Year – YV Reddy’s ‘Advice and Dissent: My Life in Public Service’ 4.Publisher of the Year – Penguin Random House India 5.Big Little Book Award – Nabaneeta Dev Sen |
| Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017 | Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam |
| Highest Profile Registration category award | Pondicherry University library |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Rajkummar Rao, ‘Newton’ win |
| European Golden Shoe award | Lionel Messi |
| ‘Most visited place of the world’ | Golden Temple |
| India International Trade Fair(37th) | Health Ministry wins Bronze Medal |
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Turkish Film Festival |
Beyond The Clouds’ has been directed by Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi.
Music for this film has been composed by A. R. Rahman. |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Ruskin Bond |
| ICCR distinguished Indologist Award | Japan’s Hiroshi Marui |
| India International Trade Fair (IITF) award | Pavilion of Ministry of Water Resources, River |
| Development and Ganga Rejuvenation bagged gold medal | |
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Indian Sports Honours 2017 |
Ø Indian Sports Honors is a joint initiative by Indian Men’s Cricket Team’s Captain Virat Kohli Foundation RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group to honor Indian sports stars and support the development of Indian sports.
Ø Indian Badminton players, Srikanth Kidambi and PV Sindhu were honored with sportsman and woman of the year respectively for individual sports. Ø Off-spinner R Ashwin was awarded Sportsman of the year for team sportwhereas Indian Women’s Cricket Team Captain Mithali Raj was awarded Sportswoman of the year for team sport. Ø Tennis star Sania Mirza was awarded Inspirational Honor by the jury. Ø Emerging Sportswoman of the year- Aditi Ashok (Golfer) Ø Emerging Sportsman of the year- Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Thrower) Ø Differently abled Sportswoman of the year- Deepa Malik Ø Differently abled Sportsman of the year- Devendra Jhajharia Ø Breakthrough Performance of the Year- Hardik Pandya (Cricketer) |
| Freedom of Oxford award | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Nelson Mandela Innovation Award | Egyptian journalist Khaled el-Balshy |
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International Film Festival of India(IFFI) |
Ø Canada the focus country at IFFI 2017
Canada was the focus country at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017. Ø IFFI opened with Iranian filmmaker’s Beyond The Clouds International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 opened with renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi’s ‘Beyond The Clouds’. Ø ‘Beyond The Clouds’ is a tale of a brother and sister, and how they find happiness in separation and turbulent time. Ø A R Rahman has composed the music for this film, while, Ishaan Khatter and Malavika Mohanan are the lead actors. Ø Subhash Ghai and Shraddha inaugrate Bioscope Village at IFFI. Ø Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, actors Padmini Kolhapure and ShraddhaKapoor inaugurated ‘Biosco pe Village’. Ø Indo-Argentinian co-production “Thinking of Him”, directed by Pablo Cesar. Ø IFFI personality of the year award for Amitabh Bachchan Bollywood superstar. Ø Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan to get lifetime achievement. |
| Geographical Indications (GI) status | West Bengal has been awarded the Geographical Indications
(GI) status for ‘Rosogolla’. |
| DECEMBER | |
| Name of the Awards | Name of the Persons |
| Global Sustainability Film Awards 2017 | Top prize for”Lipstick Under My Burkha” |
| Miss Supranational 2017 | Miss Korea Jenny Kim |
| Foreign Policy magazine’s 2017 list of ‘50 Leading Global Thinkers’ | Kamala Harris |
| Ballon d’Or for world player of the year | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 27th Vyas Samman | Mamta Kalia for novel “Dukkham Sukkham” |
| Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman | Odia poet Rabi Singh |
| Highest earning musician of 2017 | Diddy |
| FE Best Banks Awards 2015-16 | State Bank of India (SBI) |
| ‘Yeraringan’ Award | Prof .M.S. Swaminathan |
| Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice 2017 | Actress Priyanka Chopra |
| 23rd Edition of the Annual Star Screen Awards | i. Vidya Balan won the ‘Best Actress (Popular)’ Award for film ‘Tumhari Sulu’.
ii. Best Actor (Critics) Award, went to Rajkumar Rao for film ‘Newton’. |
| Highest-Paid Athlete of All Time | Michael Jordan |
| ‘Police Jeevan Gaurav Award’ | Julio Ribeiro |
| Peter England Mr India 2017 | Jitesh Singh Deo |
| Moortidevi Award for the year 2017 | Bengali poet Joy Goswami |
| National Design Award | G Satheesh Reddy |
| BBC Team of the Year Award 2017 | England’s women cricket team |
| BBC overseas sports personality of the year | Roger Federer |
| Golden Peacock Innovation Management Award 2017 | Tata Steel’s Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) |
| ‘Miss India USA 2017’ | Shree Saini |
| Seventh Australian Academy of Cinema and
Television Arts (AACTA) Awards |
Dangal |
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Zee Cine Awards 2018 |
i.Best Actor (Male)- Varun Dhawan |
| ii.Best Actor (Female) – Sridevi | |
| iii.Director – Ashwini Iyer Tiwary | |
| iv. Best Film – Golmaal Again | |
| v. Global Icon Award – Priyanka Chopra | |
| Pichichi award and the Alfredo Di Stefano award 2016 -2017 | Lionel Messi |
| Sahitya Akademi award winners for 2017 | Mamang Dai and Ramesh Kuntal Megh |
| 2017 NASSCOM-DSCI excellence award | Cyber section of Kolkata Police |
| SKOCH Awards 2017 | Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) |
| 2017 ‘Harivarasanam’ award | Singer K S Chitra |
| ’ Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) 2017 Person of the Year | Actress Anushka Sharma |
| Mrs India-Pride of Nation 2017 | Mayanka Patel and Poonam Gaur |
| Globe Soccer’s Best Player award | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Best Asian Film at the , in Sydney. | Dangal directed by Nitesh Kumar |
| Best UNESCO world heritage site | 1. Cambodia’s Angkor Wat
2. Tajmahal |
| UNESCO ‘intangible’ status | KumbhMela |
| Time magazine Person of the Year | The Silence Breakers |
| Certificate of Commendation | India’s Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) for its effort to combat illegal wildlife trade for its ‘Operation Save Kurma’ |
| Grand Champion in the catalyst pitch competition
held by Global Innovation |
Ajaita Shah |
| Presidential Colours | Submarine arm of the Indian Navy Eastern Naval Command (ENC) at Vishakapatnam |
| “Power of One” award | Six top diplomats, including India’s Lakshmi Puri |
| India’s top-ranking celebrity brand according to
The ‘Rise of the Millennials: India’s Most Valuable Celebrity Brands’ report for 2017 |
Virat Kohli |
| Forbes’ rankings of best countries in the world for business | United Kingdom |
| Forbes India Celebrity 100 List | Actor Salman Khan has been ranked number one |
| world’s biggest sand Santa-face with the message “world peace” at Puri beach, Odisha | Sudarsan Pattnaik |
| Felicitation by the Writers and Publishers of Sri Lanka for his contribution to children’s literature | Ramendra Kumar |
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