Awards and Honours - January to September 2015

Name of the Award

Business Person of the Year
State Pre-Eminent Science
and Technology Award
2015 Space Pioneer Award

Award Winner
Larry Page
Yu Min Nuclear Scientist

ISROs Mars Orbiter Mission

(MOM) Team
Asian Tours Players Player of Anirban Lahiri
the Year
Ballon dOr 2014 Award
Cristiano Ronaldo
Governor of the Year
Raghuram Rajan
National e-Governance
Award
Vyas Samman Award 2014

Jammu and Kashmir

National Tiger Conservation

Authority Award
Vikram Sarabhai Memorial
Award
Sahitya Akademi Award

Periyar Tiger Reserve

NSC Award for Best Electoral

Practices
Social Media Person of the
year 2015
Giraffe Hero Award
Best Indian Language
Website in India
Hindu Literary Prize 2014

CV Anand

Martin Luther King Award

Frank Islam

DSC Prize for South Asian

Fiction
Kushwant Singh Memorial
Prize
Sanjay Chopra Award
Bapu Gaidani Award

Jhumpa Lahiri

Geeta Chopra Award

Bharat Award

Kamal Kishore Goyanka

MYS Prasad
Prabhu Nath Dwivedi

Amitabh Bachchan
Subash Chandra Agarwal
Navbharattimes.com
Ashok Srinivasan

Arundhathi Subramaniyam
Devesh Kumar
Monika, Rumoh Meto, and
Riya Chaudhary
Gunjan Sharm
Resham Fatma

Key Points
Given by Fortune Magazine
Given by Chinese President
Xi Jinping
Given by National Space
Society
He is a Golfer
Wins for II consecutive time
Given by Central Banking
Awards
Given for the best District
Level Initiative in India
For his book Premchand Kee
Kahaniyo Kaa
Kaalkramanusar. Given by
KK Birla Foundation
Given for encouraging local
public in managing reserve
Given by Indian Science
Congress Association
Given for his work called
Kanakalochanaha
Given by Election
Commission of India
Given by Internet and Mobile
Association of India
He is RTI Activist
Given by Internet and Mobile
Association of India
Given for his book Book of
Common Signs
Given for his contribution in
international service and civil
engagement.
Given for her novel The
Lowland
Given for her work When
God is a Traveller
Given by PM Modi Ji
Given by PM Modi Ji
Given by PM Modi Ji
Given by PM Modi Ji

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Award Winner

Key Points

Bharat Gaurav Award

Nasrin Ejner

Yash Bharti Award

King Faisal International
Award
Hayek Prize

Vinod Mehta (Journalist)

Zakir Naik

2014 Jnanpith Award

Bhalchandra Nemade

Charleston-EFG John
Maynard Keynes Prize 2015
National Science Foundation
(NSF) CAREER award
ESPN Cricinfo Award

Amartya Sen

Given by Indian International

Friendship Society
Given by Government of UP
Given by Saudi Arabia. Given
for Zakirs services to Islam
Given by US for Senguptas
book named Recasting India:
How Entrepreneurship is
Revolutionizing the Worlds
Largest Democracy
Fourth Marathi Writer to win
the literary honour.
Given by United Kingdom

Honorary life membership of

Marylebone Cricket Club
National Award for
Renewable Energy
Popularisation
Y Nayudamma Memorial
Award 2014

Saurav Ganguly

Hindol Sengupta

Gurpreet Singh
Rohit Sharma

Himachal Pradesh

Tessy Thomas and Geeta

Vardhan

J Calvin Giddings Award 2015 Purnendu Dasgupta

The Grand Prix of the

Generation Kplus
International Jury
Honorary doctorate by the
Clemson University
International Cricket
Councils Cricket Hall of
Fame

Nagesh Kukunoor's film

"Dhanak"

National Award for creating

awareness about the child
trafficking
Mo Ibrahim prize for African
leadership 2014

Rani Mukherjee

Ratan Tata
Martin Crowe

Namibian President
Hifikepunye Pohamba

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Given by US National Science

Foundation
Given for his record breaking
264 against Sri Lanka
Dada retired from all forms
of cricket in 2012.
Given by Prime Minister
Modi to Power minister
Sujan Singh Pathania
Given for their contribution
in the fields of missile
technology and remote
sensing
Given by American Chemical
Society Division of Analytical
Chemistry
Given at the 65th Berlin
International Film Festival
Given for his contribution to
the Automotive Industry.
He is the III New Zealander
and 79th Cricketer to be
inducted into the ICC Cricket
Hall of Fame
Given by the National
Institute of Gender Justice
(NIGJ)
This is the worlds most
valuable individual award

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Award Winner

Golden Gate Award

Kerala Tourism Dept

Best Wedding and

Honeymoon Destination
Top Employer in Europe

Goa Tourism Dept

Saraswati Samman Award

Veerappa Moily

Stockholm Water Prize

Environment activist
Rajendra Singh
1. Captain Niloofar Rahmani
from Afghanistan Air Force
2. Nadia SharmeenJournalist and womens
rights activist from
Bangladesh
3. Tabassum Adnan- founder
of Khwendo Jirga from
Pakistan.
1. Life-Time Achievement
Award- Surendra R Patel
2. Best Professional
Photographer of the YearSwarup Duta
3. Best Amateur
Photographer of the YearSasikumar.
Lata Mangeshkar

International Women of
Courage Award 2015

National Photography
Awards

Voice of the Century Award

New South Wales (NSW)

Woman of the year 2015
Frances Knight of the Order
of Arts and Letters
National Kavi Pradeep
Samman Award

Tata Consultancy Services

Minoti Apte (Indian

Pancreatic Cancer
Researcher)
Bharti Kher
Gopaldas Neeraj

Foilo Prize for Fiction

Akhil Sharma

Women in Parliaments
Award

Bangladesh

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Key Points
Presented at the
Internationale TourismusBorse Berlin (ITB-Berlin)
2015, Germany.
Given by Pacific Area Travel
Writers Association.
Won the award for Third
Consecutive Time
For his literary work
Ramayana Mahanveshanam
He is also known as Indias
Water Man
Given by United States for
demonstrating exceptional
courage and leadership in
advocating for peace, justice,
human rights and gender
equality.

The theme for Professional

Photographer category
Hamara Bharat Swachh
Bharat.
The theme for Amateur
Category Mother and
Child.
Awarded at the sixth edition
of the National Laadli Media
and Advertising Awards
Given for her enormous
contributions to medical
research
Given for her contribution in
contemporary art landscape.
Given by Madhya Pradesh
Culture Minister Surendra
Patwa.
Given for his book named
Family Life
Given for regional leadership
in the South and Southeast
Asia.

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime
Achievement Award
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Bharat Ratna
Gandhi Peace Prize 2014
Abel Prize 2015

Award Winner
Balbir Singh

Given by Hockey India

Bollywood Actor Shashi

Kapoor
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Madan Mohan Malviya
ISRO

46th winner of this highly

celebrated award
It is Indias highest Civilian
Award
Given for ISROs contribution
in nations development
Abel Prize Considered as
Nobel Prize in Mathematics
Given by Assam Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi

Dr. John Forbes Nash and

Louis Nirenberg
Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen
Hazarika International
Solidarity Award
Femina Miss India 2015
Sir Richard Hadlee Medal

Aditi Arya
Brendon McCullum

Golden Peacock National

Quality Award 2015

Delhi International Airport

Ltd

Kumaran Asan World Prize

for Poetry
Institute of Physics Prize
Hevesy Medal Award

Arab Poet Adonis

Indians among the Times

100 most Influential People

1. PM Narendra Modi
2. Microsoft CRO S Nadella
3. ICICI CEO Chanda Kochar
4. Metal Health Expert Prof
Vikram Patel
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Rana Dasgupta

Champions of Change award

Orwell Prize

Pratap Singh
Susanta Lahiri

Dadasaheb Phalke Film

Foundation Award 2015
Asian Banker Achievement
Award 2015
e-Panchayat Puraskar Award

Shah Rukh Khan

Outstanding Service Award

Gopinath Pillai (Indian Origin

Diplomat)
Anil Kapoor

Deenanath Mangeshkar
Award 2015
Heinz award
Officier de la Lgion
dHonneur

Key Points

Bharatiya Mahila Bank

Tamil Nadu

Sangeeta N. Bhatia
Yashwant Sinha

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2014 Miss India Koyal Rana

It is the highest cricketing
honor of New Zealand
Given by the UAE Minister
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak
Al Nahyan
Kumaran Asan - Famous
Malayalam poet
Given by United Kingdom
Lahiri was the co-creator of
super heavy element 117
Time Magazine releases Top
100 People in many
categories every year.

Given by Barack Obama

Given for his Literary Work
Capital
Given for his performance in
Happy New Year
Presented for Technology
Implementation
Given for developing many
applications
Given by the National
University of Singapore
This was the 73rd edition of
the awards
Indian-origin scientist at MIT
Given by the French
Government

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Award Winner

Chaplin Award

Hollywood Actor Robert

Redford

2015 Commonwealth Short

Story Prize in Asia region
Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan
Ibn Ali Peace Award

Siddhartha Gigoo

2015 RedInk Award for

Lifetime Achievement for
Excellence in Journalism
Journalist of the Year
Impact Editor of the Year
Japans highest civilian
award

Prannoy Roy

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Sreenivasan Jain
Arnab Goswami
CNR Rao

Man Booker International

Prize 2015
Worlds best airport

Laszlo Krasznahorkai of
Hungary
Indira Gandhi International
Airport

UNESCO press freedom prize

Syrian journalist and rights

activist Mazen Darwish

PEN Award for freedom of

expression
Whitley Award or Green
Oscar Award

Charlie Hebdo

2015 United Nations Public

Service Award
UNC Board of Governors
2015 Award for Excellence in
Teaching
National Geographic Bee
Championship
Intel Foundation Young
Scientist Award

Nadia District in West Bengal

Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award

Anurradha Prasad

Top Civilian Supervisor of the

Year

Harkeert Singh Saini

Pramod Patil

Dr. Sivanadane Mandjiny

Karan Menon of New Jersey

Karan Jerath

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Key Points
Robert Redford founded the
Sundance Institute in 1981 to
help emerging film makers.
Given for his novel
Umbrella Man
He is well known for his
knowledge and efforts in
keeping peace
He is the Executive CoChairman of NDTV
For his Truth versus Hype
For his The News Hour show
Given for his huge
contributions to science and
Indo-Japanese science cooperation
He is the sixth recipient to
win this eminent award
Given under the category of
handling 25 to 40 million
passengers per annum
He has been jailed by the
regime for more than three
years
Charlie Hebdo - Famous
satirical magazine of France
Given for his work on the
conservation of the Great
Indian Bustard
Given for improving delivery
of public services
He is Indian-American
Professor in US
The Championship held at
Washington, D.C.
Given for his device that
shuts down the undersea oil
spills in a speedy manner
She is the editor-in-chief of
News-24 Channel
He is an Indian-American
policeman and the award.

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Award Winner

Most Reputed Company in

India

Aditya Birla Group

England Mens Cricketer of

the year
England Womens Cricketer
of the year
England Development
Programme Cricketer of the
Year award
Disability Cricketer of the
Year
Indians - Radcliffe Fellowship

Joe Root

United Nations Dag

Hammarskjold Medal

Lance Naik Nand Ram &

Raju Joseph

Oxford University Award

Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu

Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmmaker and writer

Subhash Ghai

Indians in Forbes Worlds

100 most Powerful Women

1. SBI Chief Arundhati

Bhattacharya
2. ICICI bank head Chanda
Kochhar
3. Biocon founder Kiran
Mazumdar- Shaw
4. HT Media Chair Shobhana
Bhartia
Vanya Shivashankar and
Gokul Venkatachalam

US spelling bee competition

Charlotte Edwards
Saqib Mahmood

Luke Sugg
Shivani Agarwal and
Maharaja Pandit

Bangladesh Liberation War

award

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Norways The Bjornson Prize

for freedom of expression

Edward Snowden

King and Queen of Social

Media

Shah Rukh Khan and

Priyanka Chopra

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Key Points
Based on Nielsens
Corporate Image Monitor
(CIM) 2014-15 survey
Given by the England and
Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
Given by the England and
Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
He is Lancashires right-arm
seamer
He belongs to Englands
Visually Impaired team
The Fellowship is given by
Harward University for 50
scholars every year
A total of 126 police, military
and civilian personnel were
awarded the UN medal
Sidhu is currently the head of
science at Oaks Park High
School in north-east London.
Presented at the 16th
edition of International
Indian Film Academy (IIFA)
Germanys Chancellor Angela
Merkel topped the list.

The winners will each receive

over USD 37,000 in cash and
prizes
Given for his outstanding
support for the countrys
independence from Pakistan
in 1971
The Bjornson Prize is named
after a Norwegian Nobel
literature laureate
Given by a leading Bollywood
digital portal.

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Award Winner

South African Cricketer of

the Year
Professor Honoris Causa
Award

AB De Villiers

Lifetime achievement award

in UAE
Asian Athletics Association
(AAA) Presidents award

R Seetharaman

Baileys Womens Prize for

Fiction
Space Pioneer Award
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Ali Smith
ISRO
Wesley Hall

Pride of Community Award

Vivek Murthy

Ludovic Trarieux Prize

Saudi Arabian Lawyer

Waleed Abu al-Khai.

Commander of the Most

Excellent Order of the British
Empire
Japans Fukuoka Prize 2015

SA Hasan

Best Welfare Organization of

the Year 2015 Award

National Union of Seafarers

of India

Best Test Player of 21st

Century

Sachin Tendulkar

Orden de la Democracia
Simon Bolivar en el grado de
cruz Caballero
Sangita Kalanidhi Award
Viswanath Tripathi

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

President Pranab Mukherjee

Suresh Kalmadi

Ramachandra Guha

Sanjay Subrahmanyam
MoorthiDevi Award

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Key Points
He won the award for a
second consecutive time
Given by the Belarus State
University at a ceremony in
Belarus
He is the CEO of Doha Bank
Awarded for his contribution
towards the development of
athletics in the continent
The Award was given for her
novel How to be Both
Given for ISROs Mangalyaan
80th player in the World to
be inducted in Hall of fame
He is the present Surgeon
General in US
He has campaigned for
reforms via his organization
called Monitor of Human
Rights in Saudi Arabia.
He was the Former UK-based
Managing Director of Tata
Limited
Given for his contribution to
academia, arts and culture
throughout Asia
Given by the United
Kingdom-based International
Seafarers Welfare and
Assistance Network.
Based on online poll
conducted by Cricket
Australias website
It is Columbias Highest
Civilian Award
Given by Music Academy
Given for his book
Vyomkesh Darvesh

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Award Winner

Key Points to Note

UN Public Service Award

Nadia District in West Bengal

GD Birla Award

Professor Sanjeev Galande

World Food Prize 2015

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of

Bangladesh

Presidential Award for

Excellence

Darshan Jain

World Agriculture Prize

R Paul Singh

Great Immigrants : The Pride

of America

1. Preet Bharara

Award was given for

eliminating Open Defecation.
Given for his pioneering
research in the field of
epigenetics and molecular
cell biology.
Given for his role in
developing the largest nongovernmental organization
(BRAC) to tackle food
insecurity and poverty
around the world.
One among the 108
Mathematics and Science
teachers of United States.
For his research in areas such
as energy conservation,
freezing preservation, postharvest technology and mass
transfer in food processing.
They are among 38
personalities. Given by
Carnegie Corporation of New
York.

2. Rakesh Khurana
3. Madhulika Sikka
4. Abraham Verghese

Guinness Record

Madhya Pradesh

The Royal Society

Kamal Bawa

Best Original Screenplay

Award
Miss USA
Named in the Worlds top
100 effective and talented
people.

Buddha in Traffic Jam

Olivia Jordan
Biocon CMD Kiran
Mazumdar

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Recognised Madhya
Pradeshs record in hand
washing on World Hand
washing Day. A total of
12,76,425 students created a
new world record by
washing their hands
simultaneously.
Given for his huge
contributions in the area of
conservation science.
Given at the Madrid Film
Festival
She is also Miss Oklahoma
Given by US-based Scientific
American magazine.

Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Award Winner

Frances Commandeur de la
Lgion dHonneur

Artist Sayed Haider Raza

Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Award
Golden Peacock
environment management
award
Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) Gold
Award 2015
International Tennis Hall of
Fame

Professor Mini Shaji Thomas

Champions of Change Award

Sunita Viswanath

Grand Prix World Press

Cartoon 2014 Award
American Book Award

Bharat Gaurav Lifetime

Achivement Award
Guinness World Record
Royal Societys Copley Medal
Mr India 2015
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Prize
Rural Litigation and
Entitlement Kendra

Krishnapatnam Port in
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala Tourism

Amelie Mauresmo

Key Points to Note

Given for his peerless
achievements in
transcending all boundaries
Given for her educational
career.
Given for its achievements
and initiatives in the field of
environment.
Given for its Muziris Heritage
Project in the Heritage &
Culture category.
She was a former Tennis
player from France.

Given for her work to

encourage Hindus to take
care of the environment
Cartoonist Pamarthy Shankar Given for sketching Nelson
Mandela
Naomi Klein
Given for her environmental
work This Changes
Everything: Capitalism vs. the
Climate.
Hockey Legend Dhyan Chand Award will be given to Ashok
Chand, son of Major Dhyan
Chand
Baahubali Movie Poster
For making Worlds Largest
Poster 50,000 Sq Ft.
Peter Higgs
It is worlds oldest scientific
prize
Rohit Khandewal
Organized by Provogue
Personal Care
Helena Ndume and Jorge
Given by the United Nations
Sampaio
at the UN Headquarters in
New York.
Future Leadership Award
NGO is based in Uttarakhand

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Awards and Honours 2015

Name of the Award

Chaudhary Charan Singh
Award for Excellence in
Journalism

Award Winner

Journalist Gargi Parsai of

The Hindu
Rajya Sabha TV Assistant
Editor Arvind Kumar
Singh
Economic Times Special
Correspondent Madhvi
Sally
ETV senior producer Jai
Prakash Singh
Dainik Jagran Deupty
Bureau Chief (national
bureau) Surendra Prasad
Singh
Hindustan Principal
Correspondent Arvind
Kumar Singh.

Arjuna Award

Ravichandra Ashwin

Ramanujan Prize 2015

Mathematician Amalendu
Krishna

PATWA Safari India South

Asia Travel Award

Goa Tourism Minister Dilip

Parulekar

Cross of Order of the Merit

Raghavendra Gadagkar

Solidarity Prize 2015

Zhanna Nemtsova

International Space
Settlement Design
Competition
Royal Society Fellow

Twelve Amity International

School Students
IISc Professor Ajay Sood

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Presented by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi

Presented by Indias Sports

Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal.
Given for his contributions in
the area of algebraic cycles,
algebraic K-theory and the
theory of motives.
Pacific Area Travel Writers
Association (PATWA) is an
affiliate of United Nations
WTO.
Given for contribution in the
field of behavioural ecology
and sociobiology.
Zhanna is the daughter of
Russian politician Boris
Nemtsov who was
assassinated.
Given by NASA

He is a Physics Professor at
the Indian Institute of
Science (IISc).

Awards and Honours 2015

24th Saraswati Samman

Veerappa Moily

Prem Bhatia Award

Suhasini Haidar - Excellence

in Political Reporting and
Analysis.

Grand Marshall of India Day

parade
Gujar Mal Modi Award

James Tait Black award

World of Dance Competition

Priyanka Kakodkar Excellence in environmental

and development reporting
Parineeti Chopra
Prof. Mustansir Barma

Bangladeshi Novelist Zia

Haider Rahman
Desi Hoppers

Given for his epic Sri

RamayanaMahanveshanam
written in Kannada..
Suhasini is from The Hindu
and Priyanka is from Times
of India.

The parade was held in New

York
Given for his commendable
contribution in the field of
Science and Technology
For her book In the Light of
What We Know
First Indian Dance Crew to
Win the prize.

2016 MusiCares Person of

the Year

Lionel Richie

He is a four-time Grammywinning singer-songwriter

Change the World list

Jain Irrigation ranks 7th on

the list of 50 companies.
(The only Indian company)
AZaina Erhaim

UK-based Vodafone and

Kenyan telecom Safaricom
topped the list.
She is a Syria-based
journalist.

Peter Mackler Award for

Courageous Journalism
50 men Guard of Honour
American Society for Metals

UEFA Best Player in Europe

award
Modadugu Vijay Gupta

Tejinder Paul
Punjab Government
India

Vice Admiral Ram Rutberg

He is a Commander-In-Chief
of Israeli Navy.
1. Pradeep Goyal
They are selected for their
2. Vivekanand Kain
contributions in the field of
materials science and
3. Gankidi Madhusudhan
Reddy
engineering.
Lionel Messi
Messi last won the award in
2011
Sunhak Peace Prize
Sunhak Peace Prize was
founded earlier in 2015 by
South Korean religious
leader Dr Hak Ja Han Moon.
Australian of the Day
For feeding the homeless
people for years.
Renewable
Energy
and For its rooftop solar system
Power Generation Award
UNESCO prize Award of For conservation efforts of
Excellence 2015
Sree Vadakkunnathan.

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Jhumpa Lahiri

National Humanities Medal

Seaweed collector Lakshmi

Seacology Prize 2015

Haryana Government

Skoch Order-of-Merit

ISRO
G Satheesh Reddy

Gandhi Peace Prize 2014

2015 Silver Medal

Sheikh Hasina

UN award for leadership on

climate change
CCI's honorary membership

Ajinkya Rahane and Sania

Mirza
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Aqeela Asifi
1. Malaysias Zulkiflee Anwar
Ulhaque,
2. Paraguays Candido
Figueredo Ruiz
3. Bloggers and journalists
from Ethiopia and Syria.
Anupam Kher
Swetha Prabakaran

Indian author Sunjeev

Sahota
Urdu scholar Shamim Hanfi
PepsiCos Indra Nooyi

Icon Award
UNHCR Nansen Refugee
Award
Press Freedom Awards

Certificate of Recognition
by US
Champions of Change award
in US

Shortlisted for Man Booker

fiction
Jnangarima Manad
Alankaran
2015 Global Leadership
Award

Hindustan Times Shobhana

Bhartia
National Cadet Corps

Limca Book of Records

The Employees Provident

Fund Organisation (EPFO)

Skoch Awards for Smart

Governance Initiatives

Gaia Vince

2015 Royal Society Winton

prize for Science Books

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She was a Pulitzer Prize

winner
Environment Award given by
US
For implementing 6
e-Governance and IT
initiatives.
Given by Royal Aeronautical
Society
Given by UNEP
CCI - Cricket Club of India
Chanderpaul West Indies
Cricketer
She is an Afghan refugee
teacher
Honoured in New York.

For his dedication to helping

Kashmiri Hindu community.
Given for empowering the
community by imparting
Internet coding through her
non-profit organisation.
For his book "The Year of the
Runaways"
Given by Bharatiya Jnanpith
Given by US India Business
Council

For the "Largest Yoga

performance"
Given for its initiatives on
UAN Programme and
Transformation of Social
Security Agenda in India.
For her book Adventures in
the Anthropocene: a Journey
to the Heart of the Planet
We Made.

Awards and Honours 2015

Dr Uma Rajan

Community Champion
Award

Leonardo Dicaprio

Actors Inspiration Award

CSIR-Central Institute of
Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants (CSIR-CIMAP),
Lucknow
Dr. Jacob Tsimerman

CSIR Award for S&T

Innovations for Rural
Development (CAIRD) - 2014

Russian Activist Lyudmila

Alekseyeva

2015 SASTRA Ramanujan

Prize
Vaclav Havel Human Rights
Prize

Shashi Kapoor

Lifetime achievement award

Dee Patel

Pride of Britain Award

Given by Indian community

in Singapore for contributing
her 38 years in the
healthcare and community
services.
Given by Screen Actors Guild
(SAG) Foundation
For Enhancing incomes of
farm communities through
Vetiver based Technological
Interventions.
He is from University of
Toronto, Canada.
Given by The Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE)
Will be given at the Jagran
Film Festival
In the outstanding bravery
category

Dronacharya Awards 2015

Name of the Sportsperson

Discipline

Naval Singh
Anoop Singh
Harbans Singh
Swatnagar Raj Singh
Nihar Ameen

Athletics-Para-Sports
Wrestling
Athletics Lifetime
Boxing Lifetime
Swimming Lifetime

Dhyan Chand Awards 2015

Name of the Sportsperson
Romeo James
Shiv Prakash Mishra
TPP Nair

Discilpine
Hockey
Tennis
Volleyball

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Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2015

Category
Identification and nurturing of budding
/young talent
Encouragement to sports through Corporate
Social Responsibility
Employment of sportspersons and sports
welfare measures
Sports for Development

Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel

Protsahan Purushkar, 2015
Directorate General of Military Training
Coal India Limited
Haryana Police
Sports Coaching Foundation, Hyderabad

Arjuna Awards 2015

P R Sreejesh (Hockey)
Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
Jitu Rai (Shooting)
Sandeep Kumar (Archery)
Mandeep Jangra (Boxing)
Babita (Wrestling)
Bajrang (Wrestling)
Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
K Srikanth (Badminton)
Swarn Singh Virk (Rowing)
Satish Sivalingam (Weightlifting)
Santhoi Devi (Wushu)
Sharath Gaekwad (Para-sailing)
M R Poovamma (Athletics)
Manjeet Chhillar (Kabaddi)
Abhilasha Mhatre (Kabaddi)
Anup Kumar Yama (Rollerskating).

Tenzing Norgay national adventure Award

Arunima Sinha and Jot Singh (both land adventure).

Wing Commander Paramvir Singh (water adventure)
Lt. Colonel (retd.) Satyendra Verma (air adventure)
Colonel (Retd.) Satish Chander Sharma (lifetime achievement).

Other Important Awards

Punjabi University, Patiala, was conferred the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy.
Tennis star Sania Mirza, conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's
highest sporting honour.

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Kirti Chakra

Lt Col Nectar Sanjebam

NB Sub Rajesh Kumar

Shauyra Chakra

Colonel Munindra Nath Rai

Major Tanuj Grover
Captain varun Kumar Singh
Hav Man Bahadur Chhetri
Hav Tanka Kumar Limbu

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

Name of the Awadree
Balasubramanian Gopal
Rajeev Kumar Varshney
Yogesh Joshi
Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray
Ritabrata Munshi
Vidita Vaidya
Bedangadas Mohanty
Mandar Deshmukh
D Srinivasa Reddy
Jadavpur
Yogesh Joshi

Category
Biological Science
Engineering Sciences
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary
Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Medical Science
Physical Sciences
Cultivation of Science
Chemical Sciences
Engineering Sciences

National Tourism Awards

Category
Comprehensive Development of Tourism
Best Maintained & Disabled-friendly
Monument National
Best Heritage City
Best Civic Management of a Tourist
Destination in B Category.
Best Film Promotion Friendly State
Most Innovative use of Information
technology
Best Tourism Film
Best Tourism Promotion Publicity material

State
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior
Municipal Council of Maheshwar (Madhya
Pradesh)
Gujarat
Kerala
The Great backwaters of Kerala by Kerala
Tourism
Coffee Table Book Gujarats 50 Golden
Destinations by Tourism Corporation of

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