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2017 Awards(Jan - May)

January
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Power & Energy Persons Award
Shri K M Singh
at the 10th ENERTIA Awards 2016
Bharatiya JananpithNavlekhan award 2016 Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
Nishan-e-Imtiaz by Pakistan Pakistans Army chief QamarBajwa
Best Performing Power Distribution Utility in Power
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)
Sector
4th Yash Chopra Memorial Award Shah Rukh Khan
`Technical Oscar by the Academy of Motion Pictures Parag Havaldar
and Sciences
La La LandWins Record 7 Awards
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were honored as best
74th Golden Globe Awards
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 Mens Player Award Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Best FIFA Womens Player Award Carli Lloyd.
The Best FIFA Mens Coach Award Claudio Ranieri.
The Best FIFA Womens Coach Award Silvia Neid.
The FIFA Pusks 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- ISKCONs Govardhan eco village
Governmental Organisations(NGO)
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) Darpan Basak & Ankit Kumar
award 2016
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 Peoples Choice Khamakha
Best Short Film (Fiction) Chutney
Best Short Film (Non-fiction) MatitaliKusti
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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
UNESCOs Intangible Cultural Heritage Kolkatas 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
Peoples Choice Award Priyanka Chopra for TV Series Quantico
Best feature film award at international Borrego Springs Himachali dialect Saanjh directed by Ajay Saklani
Film Festival held in California, US
Australias 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 Russias 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

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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 Madras Engineer Group

Republic Day Parade 2017
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

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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 Tamil Nadu
Journalism
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 Jharkhand
Journalism
Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & Education Maharashtra
Journalism
Shri Vishnu Pandya Literature & Education Gujarat
Journalism
Dr. Subroto Das Medicine Gujarat
Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav Medicine Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed Medicine Telangana
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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 & USA
EducationJournalism
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 Lucideus
2016
BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award Shanta Rangaswamy First Women
Radhanagar beach
Worlds Travellers Choice Award-Winning Beaches
8th position in the world and 1st spot in Asia.
by TripAdvisor.
First : Baia do Sancho Fernando de Noronha in Brazil
Asias Greatest Brands 2016 SpiceJet
at the Asia One Awards held in Singapore.
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British
England Test captain Alastair Cook
Empire (CBE) by Prince Charles
$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) Chairmans
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL)
Order of Merit
Guinness Record by Making Worlds Tallest Sand Sudarsan Pattnaik

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Castle
at the Puri beach in Puri
Kayakalp Award AIIMS, New Delhifor Sanitation & Hygiene
Indian-origin Scotland Yard officer Shand Panesar along
2017 Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award
with his colleague Craig Nicholson
Dr Yogini Satarkar-Pande
Vishakha Awards Maharashtra Mohan Kumbhar
Vishnu Thore
Surendra Verma for his novel Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha
2016 Vyas Samman
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
Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Chairman Motherson Sumi
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016
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
Worlds 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

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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 Im 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 Sailors 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 Dont 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 Cant 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.
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 Italys 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

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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 Moonlight
McCraney
Best Cinematography Linus Sandgren La La Land
Best Original Score Justin Hurwitz La La Land
Best Original Song Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin La La Land
Paul
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 The Jungle Book
R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
Best Production Design David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds La La Land
Wasco
Best Sound Mixing Kevin OConnell, Andy Wright, Hacksaw Ridge
Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
Best Documentary-Feature Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow O.J.: Made in America
Best Animated Feature Film Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Zootopia
Spencer
Best Animated Short Film Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer Piper
Best Documentary-Short Subject Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna The White Helmets
Natasegara
Best Live Action Short Film Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy Sing
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Suicide Squad
Gregorini and Christopher Nelson
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 Mantris Trophy for Best Service
INHS ASVINI Mumbai
Hospital in the AFMS
Visitors Award For Best Varsity Amid
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Controversies
Most Popular Tourism Destination Award
Sri Lanka s
at the International Travel Fair (GITF) Travel Fair
Moortidevi Award M P Veerendra Kumar
New world record by playing the maximum
number of songs in the shortest time on Gayathri Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
veena

Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL)

Airport Service Quality Survey
First
Best Actress for Sarbjit at IFFA Australia Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
SERB Distinguished Fellow award Lalji Singh
Saraswati Samman 2016 Konkani author Mahabaleshwar Sail
Harvards Artist of the Year Award 2017 Viola Davis
2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of
IIT-M solar inverter system
Society Award
Miss International Queen 2016 Thailands Model, Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin
USs oldest and most prestigious science and math
Indrani Das(17)
competition Regeneron Science Talent Search
Awards Gala
First prize in the implementation of Official
Language Policy in the western region for the year Central Bank of India
2015-2016
Women Icons Award in Singapore 25 Asian Women
Indian-American computer scientist, Anshumali
NSFs CAREER Award
Shrivastava
Global Teacher Prize 2017 Canadian Teacher Maggie MacDonnell
Kirti Chakra Major Rohit Suri
Smart Technology of the Year 2016 ABB India
Yves Meyer, a French mathematician for Wavelets
2017 Abel Prize
Theory
2017 Hal David Starlight Award Ed Sheeran
First Kuldip Nayar Journalism Awards Ravish Kumar
Indra Nooyi
Fareed Zakaria
Dinesh Paliwal
2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honour
Dr Annapoorna S Kini
Yashvant Patel
Mohan H Patel
National Photography Awards Raghu Rai
Five Indian Cities 1.Historic City of Ahmedabad,

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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.
Kala Ratan Award Anupam Kher
11th Water Digest Water Awards under the
ISKCON's Govardhan Eco Village
category "Best Water NGO-Water Education"
'Best Small Bank 2016' Award Karur Vysya Bank
Sikh Jewel Award Gurinder Chadha
1.Geethalakshmi
Dr. B. C. Roy National Awards 2.Palanivelu
3.Anand K. Khakhar
1.Rajasekaran
2.Sundaresan
Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Awards
3.R Rakesh Kumar
4.Neena Srivastava
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
Harmanpreet Singh
team).
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 Indias Best Cricketer In Ravichandran Ashwin
The West Indies Series 2016)
Lala Amarnath Award (For The Best All-Rounder Jalaj Saxena Of Madhya Pradesh
In The Ranji Trophy 2015-16)
Lala Amarnath Award (For The Best All-Rounder Axar Patel Of Gujarat
In Domestic Limited-Overs Competitions, 2015-16
)
Madavrao Scindin Award (Highest Scorer In The Shreyas Iyer Of Mumbai
Ranji Trophy 2015-16)
Madavrao Scindin Award (Highest Wicket-Taker In Shahbaz Nadeem Of Jharkhand
The Ranji Trophy 2015-16)
M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest Scorer In (U- Jay. G. Bosta Of Mumbai
23) Col. CK. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16)
M.A. Chidambaram Trophy (Highest Wicket-Taker Satyajeet Bachhav Of Maharashtra
In (U-23) Col. CK. Nayudu Trophy 2015-16)
NKP Salve Award (Highest Scorer In (U-19) Cooch Arman Jaffer Of Mumbai
Behar Trophy In 2015-16 )
NKP Salve Award (Highest Wicket-Taker In (U- Ninad Rathva Of Baroda
19) Cooch Behar Trophy In 2015-16)
Raj Singh Dungarpur Award ( Highest Scorer In Abhishek Sharma Of Punjab
(U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy In 2015-16)
Raj Singh Dungarpur Award ( Highest Wicket- Abhishek Sharma Of Punjab
Taker In (U-16) Vijay Merchant Trophy In 2015-
16)

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Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman Cricketer Mithali Raj Of Railways

(Sr.) Of 2015-16)
Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman Cricketer Deepti Sharma Of Uttar Pradesh
(Jr.) Of 2015-16)
Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket In 2015-16 Nitin Menon
Best Performance In BCCI Domestic Tournaments Mumbai Cricket Association
Of 2015-16

April
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
N Chandrababu Naidu
US India Business Council Award
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Dawit Isaak, Eritrean-Swedish journalist
Prize, 2017
Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of
Kirti Chakra
Gorkha Rifles
'Asian Businesswoman of the Year' Asha Khemka
2017 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction The Underground Railroad written by Colson
Whitehead
Fujii Takeshi (Japan) and Gabriela NikIIieva(USA)
National Hindi Sevi Samman Awards Pushpitaavasthi (Netherland) and Padmesh Gupta
(London) Total 26
National Geoscience Awards 2016- Young Scientist Dr. Abhishek Saha, NIO, Goa
Award
UN challenge for open source tools Abdulqadir Rashik
Living Legend Lifetime Award by Punjab
Veteran actor Dilip Kumar
Association
'World's Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Dr. Arvind Sinha
Leadership Award'
Cartier Womens Initiative Award Tirupati Jain
6th M.S. Swaminathan Award Rayappa Ramappa Hanchinal
60th San Francisco International Film
Shah Rukh Khan
Festival (SFIFF) honour
Shambhavi Puraskar, 2017 Hari Sankar Rout
Gururaja Bhat Award A.V. Narasimha Murthi
Aniruddhan Vasudevans for novel "One Part
Sahitya Academy award
Woman"
US Emerging Young Leaders Award Raj Kumar
Veteran Bollywood actress Saira Banu and
Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award
actor Jackie Shroff
UNESCO Peace Prize Italys Mayor Glusi Nicolini
Dinanath Mangeshkar Award Actor Aamir Khan and kapildev cricketer
Golden Peacock Award for Innovation of Cashless Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd
Township (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
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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
Rajkummar Rao's 'Newton'
Festival
Legendary filmmaker and actor Kasinathuni
Dadasaheb Phalke award
Viswanath
Golden Peacock Award 2017 for innovative product Yes Bank
Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
e-Puraskar award
Depthas
Miss Teen Universe 2017 at Managua. Srishti Kaur
Ghantasala national award Vani Jairam
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation Dileep K Nair
award
2017 Pierre L'Enfant International Planning
Excellence Award by American Planning Bhubaneswar
Association (APA).
Queen's Enterprise Award 2017 Yusaffalis 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
Best FEATURE FILM
Best Popular Film Providing
Wholesome Entertainment
Best Film On Social Issues
Best Film On Environment
Conservation/ Preservation
Best Childrens Film
Best Animation Film
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Film Awardee/s
Kasaav (Marathi) Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil
Sukthankar
Producer: Sumittra Bhave, Sunil
Sukthankar & Mohan Aghase
Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu) Director: Satish Vagesna
Producer: V.Venkata Ramana
Reddy
Pink (Hindi) Director: Anniruddha Roy
Chowdhury
Producer: Rashmi Sharma Films
Loktak Lairembee (Manipuri) Director & Producer: Haoban
Paban Kumar
Dhanak (Hindi) Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
Producer: Drishyam Film
Mahayodha Rama (Hindi) Director: Rohit Vaid
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Nargis Dutt Award For Best
Feature Film On National
Integration
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Child Artist
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Male Playback Singer
Best Female Playback Singer
Best Cinematography
Best Screenplay Writer
(Original)
Best Screenplay Writer
(Adapted)
Best Dialogues
Best Editing
Best Production Design
Best Costume Designer
Best Make-Up Artist
Best Special Effect
Best Choreography
Best Music Direction Song &
Background Score
Special Jury Award
Special Mention
Special Mention
Special Mention
Special Mention
Best Environment Film Including The Tiger Who Crossed The Line Producer & Director: Krishnendu
Agriculture
Best Short Fiction Film
Best Non Feature Film
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Producer: Contiloe Pictures Pvt.
Ltd.
Animator: Deepak S.V
Dikchow Banat Palaax Director: Sanjib Sabha Pandit
(Assamese) Producer: Canvascope
Rustom (Hindi) Akshay Kumar
Minnaminungu the Firefly Surabhi C.M
(Malayalam)
a). Kunju Daivam (Malayalam) a) Adish Praveen
b) Sahaj Pather Gappo (Bengali) b) Nur Islam and Samiul Alam
c) Railway Children (Kannada) c) Manohara. K
Dashakriya (Marathi) Manoj Joshi
Dangal (Hindi) Zaira Wasim
Film: Praktan (Bengali) Song : Iman Chakraborty
Tumi Jaake Bhalo Basho
Film: Joker (Tamil) Song : Sundharayyar
Jasmine E
24 (Tamil) S. Thirunavukarasu
Maheshinte Prathikooram Syam Pushkaran
(Malayalam)
Dashakriya (Marathi) Sanjay Krishnaji Patil
Peli Chuplu (Telugu) Tarun Bhascker
Ventilator (Marathi) Rameshwar
24 (Tamil) Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas
Khedekar & Amit Ray
Cycle (Marathi) Sachin Lovalekar
Allama (Kannada) NK Ramakrishna
Shivaay (Hindi) Naveen Paul
Janatha Garrage (Telugu) Raju Sundaram
Allama (Kannada) Bapu Padmanabha
Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Mohan Lal
Janatha Garrage and
Pullimurugan,
Neerja (Hindi) Sonam Kapoor
Mukti Bhawan (Hindi) & Maj Adil Hussain
Rati Keteki (Assamese)
Mukti Bhawan (Hindi) Producer: Red Carper Moving
Pictures And Director:
Shubhashish Bhutiani
Kadvi Hawa (Hindi) Producer: Eleeanora Images
Private Ltd. And Director: Nila
Madhab Panda
Bose Director
Aaba Producer: Raj Kumar Gupta
Director: Amar Kaushik
Fireflies In The Abyss Producer & Director:
Chandrashekhar Reddy
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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
special jury remi award to Indian actress Shabana
50th annual world fest houstan international film
Azmi and singer-poet Satinder Sartaaj for 'The Black
festival
Prince'
Krishna Chatterjee, Subhash Khot and Yadvinder
UK Royal Society
Malhi
UK Fellowship Award Sachin Tendulkar
MSME Banking Excellence Awards 2016 Village Financial Services
Avvaiyar Award Padma Venkataraman
Rajive Kaul
Diplomatic Service Award from South Korea
First major gender-neutral movie award Emma Watson
Sunny Pawar
7th Annual Asian Awards - Rising Star Award
Best Director and Best Actress awards
New York Indian Film Festival
- Konkona Sensharma
Honorary Life Member of MCC V V S Laxman
'Woodrow Wilson Award' for global corporate
ICICI Bank Chief Chanda Kochhar
citizenship
2017 Footballer of the Year NGoloKante
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 Assams Purnima Barman & Karnatakas Sanjay Gubbi
Dan David Prize Shrinivas Kulkarni
David Letterman
Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American humour
UN Peacekeepers medal Brijesh Thapa and Private Ravi Kumar
Soumitra Chatterjee
Bengal's highest civilian award
Y.C. Deveshwar
INSA Young Scientist award Aravind Kumar
BS Shekhawat award Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling
Adiyogi bust declared worlds 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
worlds busiest single-runway airport Mumbai
Humanitarian award for her philanthropic work in Jacqueline Fernandez
India
WWF International Presidents Award Rohan Chakravarty
Billboard Music Awards Drake has beaten the Adele's record
Porter Prize 2017 EDII and ITC
1.S K Thorat, a well-known scholar
Dr. Ambedkar National Awards 2.Samta Sainik Dal a non-political organization
founded by Dr. Ambedkar

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3.Amar Sewa Sangam an institution working in the

field of empowering differently abled persons.
4.Shri BabuLal Nirmal, a social activist from Rajasthan.
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 Jerry Lalrinzuala of DSK Shivajians FC
(awarded for the first time)
'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
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 Jim O'Heir as Matt Cannistra on The Bold and the
Series 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 Gaby Natale SuperLatina with Gaby Natale
Program
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
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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

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