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Important Awards and Honours
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Important Awards in India PDF 2024
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Awards and Honours January to December 2024
July 2024
| Sl. No | Awardee | Awards/Honour |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lallianzuala Chhangte, Indumathi Kathiresan | Footballer of the year 2023-24 |
| 2 | Shah Rukh Khan | Locarno Film Festival Career Award |
| 3 | Feminist activist P. Geetha | K. Saraswathi Amma Award |
| 4 | Sopna Kallingal of Kallingal Plantation | Spice Award 2024, instituted by ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research |
| 5 | HCLTech’s Roshni Nadar Malhotra | France’s Highest Civilian Honour |
| 6 | Tamil writer Sivashankari | Dr. C. Narayana Reddy National Literary Award |
| 7 | Sobha Group’s CSR wing, Sri Kurumba Educational and Charitable Trust | Best Child and Women Development Initiatives of the Year 2024 |
| 8 | Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) | 2024 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity |
| 9 | Indian Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik | Gold Medal In International Sand Sculpture Championship |
| 10 | Retired Tamil Nadu Professor K. Chockalingam | Hans von Hentig Award |
| 11 | Nagaland | Best State in Horticulture: Agriculture Leadership Awards 2024 |
| 12 | PM Modi | Russia’s Highest Civilian Honour For “Outstanding Service” |
| 13 | Indian students have secured two gold and three silver medals | 54th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2024 |
| 14 | Tamil Epigrapher V. Vedachalam | V Venkayya Epigraphy Award |
| 15 | Central Water Commission (CWC) | Global WaterTech Award 2024 |
| 16 | Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh | Lifetime Achievement Award for the advancement of diabetology, diabetes care and diabetes research |
| 17 | Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC) | Rajbhasha Gaurav Samman 2023-24 |
| 18 | Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan | First Indian actor, honoured with customised gold coins by the Grevin Museum in Paris. |
| 19 | Abhinav Bindra, India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist | Prestigious Olympic Order from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
| 20 | Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) | Best technology award for its pioneering work in the field of horticultural sciences |
| 21 | RRR Star Ram Charan | Gguest of honor at the prestigious Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024. |
| 22 | Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum | Gandhi Mandela Award 2020 |
June 2024
| Sl. No | Person | Awards/Honour |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Usha Thakur | Vishwa Hindi Samman |
| 2 | Sanjana Thakur (writer from Mumbai) | 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize |
| 3 | Arundhati Roy | Pen Pinter Prize 2024 |
| 4 | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd. | Sustainable Governance Champion Award |
| 5 | Wildlife Filmmaker Subbiah Nallamuthu | V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 6 | Filmmaker Vinod Ganatra | Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 7 | Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, a renowned Ayurvedic institution | Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree by the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS). |
| 8 | Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar | K Vaishal, Gaurav Pandey |
| 9 | Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) | Best Conduct of Business Regulator’ Award |
| 10 | Coach Nar Singh | Dilip Bose award for lifetime achievement in Tennis |
| 11 | Sanya Malhotra, for her captivating performance in the film “Mrs.” | Best Actress award at New York Indian Film Festival 2024 |
| 12 | Poet and playwright Siddhalinga Pattanashetti | Gudleppa Hallikeri Award 2024 |
| 13 | Mumbai’s Super Cop Krishna Prakash | Hindi Sahitya Bharati Award |
| 14 | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, | Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion |
May 2024
| Sl. No. | Awards/Honors | Awardee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Association of Talent Development (ATD) BEST Awards 2024 | NTPC (secured the third rank in the world for the Talent Development category) |
| 2 | 2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. | Major Radhika Sen |
| 3 | Grand Prix award (77th Cannes Film Festival) | Payal Kapadia’s film ‘All We Imagine as Light’ |
| 4 | The Economic Times HR World Future Ready Organization Award 2024-25’ | NHPC (National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) |
| 5 | Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award by King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Arti, an 18-year-old woman from the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh |
| 6 | International Booker Prize for their novel “Kairos.” | German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann |
| 7 | Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024 | Srinivas R. Kulkarni, an Indian-origin U.S. scientist |
| 8 | Sahitya Akademi Fellowship | Eminent author Ruskin Bond |
| 9 | Global Excellence Award 2024 | Chandrakant Satija, the renowned educationist and Founder/CEO of Chandra Admission Consultants |
| 10 | PSU Samarpan Award | Cmde Hemant Khatri, the Chairman and Managing Director (C&MD) of Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) |
| 11 | Honorary Doctorate by McGill University | Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |
| 12 | Global Pride of Sindhi Award 2024 | Pawan Sindhi |
| 13 | 9th edition of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize | Bhavi Mehta |
| 14 | 2024 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize | Palestinian journalists covering the Gaza crisis (Total 26) |
| 15 | ‘Green Oscar’ Whitley Gold Award 2024 | Dr. Purnima Devi Barman of Assam |
April 2024
| Sl. No. | Awards/Honors | Awardee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year 2023 (Men) | Indian Field Hockey Player & Vice- captain of the Indian Hockey men’s team, Hardik Singh |
| 2 | Hockey India Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award for the Year | Ashok Kumar |
| 3 | WOW (World Organization of Writers) World Literature Prize | Renowned Kannada Poet Mamta G. Sagar |
| 4 | 2024 John L “Jack” Swigert Jr. award for Space Exploration | Chandrayaan-3 mission team of Indian space agency, ISRO |
| 5 | John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award 2024 | Indian Microbiologist Gagandeep Kang ( She is the first Indian woman to get this award) |
| 6 | 2023 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award | Israeli mathematician and computer scientist AviWigdersonas |
| 7 | World’s Best Airport 2024 in the 2024 Skytrax World Airport Awards | Doha’s (Qatar) Hamad International Airport (HIA) |
| 8 | Sagar Samman Awards 2024 | Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) |
| 9 | ‘South Asian Person of the Year’ by the South Asian Association (SAA) at Harvard University | Indian-American actress Avantika Vandanapu |
| 10 | NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge 2024 Awards | Indian Institutes from Delhi NCR & Mumbai |
| 11 | Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Humanitarian Award for 2021 | Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group |
| 12 | Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 2024 | Novak Djokovic, theWorld No.1 tennis player |
| 13 | Global Energy Transition Impact Award | Dr Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President |
Important Awards and Honours – March 2024
| Sl. No. | Awards/Honors | Awardee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honorary Knighthood (Knight Commander) by King Charles III of the United Kingdom | Sunil Bharti Mittal |
| 2 | 7th Romain Rolland Book Prize 2024 for the Bengali translation ‘Staliner Divan’ | Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee |
| 3 | PLI – Automotive Certificate by International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar | Ola Electric |
| 4 | Award for Best Performance in Accounts during Financial Year 2023-24 | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| 5 | IAA Golden Compass Award 2024 at the 45th IAA World Congress 2024 held in Penang, Malaysia | Srinivasan Swamy |
| 6 | Maharashtra Bhushan Award for his work in regenerative medicine | Dr. Pradeep Mahajan, founder and CMD of StemRx |
| 7 | Disruptor of the Year award in the first-ever National Creators Awards 2024 | Ranveer Allahbadia (BeerBiceps) |
| 8 | Measles and Rubella Champion Award by The Measles and Rubella Partnership | India |
| 9 | Erasmus Prize 2024 | Amitav Ghosh |
| 10 | Best Director award at the 96th Academy Awards (The Oscars 2024) | Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) |
| 11 | Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person 2024 | Greeshma Kuthar and Ritika Chopra |
| 12 | PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award | Ratan Tata |
| 13 | Women’s Premier League 2024 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
| 14 | Sangita Kalanidhi 2024 by The Music Academy, Chennai | T.M. Krishna |
| 15 | Sir Richard Hadlee Medal 2024 | Rachin Ravindra |
| 16 | Diana Memorial Award 2024 | Uday Bhatia and Manasi Gupta |
| 17 | 33rd Saraswati Samman for 2023 for the novel “Roudra Sathwikam” | Prabha Varma |
| 18 | Raksha Mantri Trophy for the Best Command Hospital of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2022 | Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune |
| 19 | CERAWeek Leadership Award for Building Global Consensus towards a Sustainable Energy Future | Dr. Sultan Al Jaber |
| 20 | Aviation Week Laureates Award 2023-2024 for Chandrayaan-3 | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
| 21 | Global Inequality Research Award 2024 by World Inequality Lab (WIL) and Sciences Po’s Center for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) | Bina Agarwal and James Boyce |
| 22 | EARTHDAY.ORG’s 2024 Best Organisation Spearheading Sustainable Development’ Award | International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter |
| 23 | Abel Prize for 2024 (Mathematics) | Michel Talagrand |
| 24 | Airline of the Year” award at the Air Transport Awards 2024 | Indigo |
| 25 | Overall champion in the 3rd North East Games 2024 held in Nagaland | Manipur |
| 26 | Maharashtra Gaurav Award for Bharata Natyam | Dr. Uma Rele |
| 27 | Knighthood from Britain for his “services to film” | Christopher Nolan |
| 28 | International Culture Award for the year 2024 | Meena Charanda |
Important Awards and Honours – February 2024
| Awards | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 9th GovTech award at the 2024 World Government Summit (AI-Powered Government Services) | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| Best Water Management Award at Smart Cities India Awards 2024 | Indore Smart City Development Limited |
| Best Green Bond – Corporate Award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2024 | REC Limited |
| Lifetime Achievement Award by SJFI and DSJA | PT Usha |
| Outstanding Business Woman of the Year – 2023 Award by IACC | Dr Bina Modi |
| 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award | Nima Sarikhani |
| Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion 2024 | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru |
| KPP Nambiar Award for 2024 by IEEE Kerala Section | S Somanath |
| ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for January 2024 | Shamar Joseph |
| ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January 2024 | Amy Hunter (Ireland) |
| Union government’s award for best TB eradication programme | Kerala |
| Recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award 2023 | Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya |
| 1st rank in Booking.com’s “Most Welcoming Region in India” | Himachal Pradesh |
| Vishisht Seva Medal for designing a drone called ‘Multipurpose Octocopter’ | Havildar Varinder Singh |
| First woman scientist to win the 2023 G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research | Professor Aditi Sen De |
| First prize in “Innovation in AI” category at the 14th Annual Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2024 | Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) |
Important Awards and Honours – January 2024
| Awards | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2023 Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar | Shirshendhu Mukyopadhyaya |
| Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2023 in the “Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility” category | Odisha Mining Corporation Limited |
| Best police station in 2023 | Rajendranagar Police Station (Telangana) |
| 14th Dr M.S. Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture | A. Prof. B.R. Kamboj |
| Arjuna Award for equestrian sports | Divyakriti Singh |
| Best Safaimitra Surakshit Sheher” award at the Swachh Survekshan awards 2023 | Chandigarh |
| 2024 Crystal Awards | World Economic Forum (WEF) |
| Best FIFA Men’s Player 2023 (Football) | Lionel Messi |
| Assam’s highest civilian award – Assam Baibhav 2023 | Ranjan Gogoi |
| State Champion award for outstanding performance in Civil Aviation at the Wings India Awards 2024 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Bharat Ratna 2024 | Former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur |
| Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman for 2023-2024 | Dr Ritu Karidhal Srivastava and Naveen Tiwari |
| Best Performing State award for the smooth conduct of elections in 2023 | Chhattisgarh |
| Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2023 | Pat Cummins |
| “Freedom of the City of London” award | Ajit Mishra |
Winners: 30th Annual Crystal Awards 2024:
- Michelle Yeoh: Oscar-winning actress, producer, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador.
- Diebedo Francis Kere: Burkinabe-German architect and educator, and globally acclaimed leader.
- Nile Rodgers: American musician.
Award Winners: FIFA Awards 2023:
- The Best FIFA Women’s Player: Aitana Bonmati (Spain)
- The Best FIFA Men’s Player: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
- The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper: Mary Earps (England)
- The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper: Ederson (Brazil)
- The Best FIFA Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman (England)
- The Best FIFA Men’s Coach: Pep Guardiola (Spain – Manchester City)
- The FIFA Puskás Award: Guilherme Madruga (Brazil)
- The FIFA Special Award: Marta (Brazil)
- The FIFA Fair Play Award: Brazil men’s national team
- The FIFA Fan Award: Hugo Daniel “Toto” Iniguez (Argentina)
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award:
- 1. Land Adventure: Late Savita Kanswal (posthumously)
- 2. Water Adventure: Tulsi Chaitanya Mothukuri
- 3. Air Adventure: Master Warrant Officer Anshu Kumar Tiwari
- 4. Lifetime achievement in Land Adventure: Parveen Singh
Award Winners: 81st Golden Globe Awards 2024:
| Category | Winner | Film/Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film – Drama | Oppenheimer | – |
| Best Female Actor in a Film – Drama | Lily Gladstone | Killers of the Flower Moon |
| Best Male Actor in a Film – Drama | Cillian Murphy | Oppenheimer |
| Best Director in a Film | Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer |
| Best Animated Film | The Boy and the Heron | – |
| Best Stand-Up Comedy on TV | Ricky Gervais | Ricky Gervais Armageddon |
| Cinematic and Box Office Achievement | Barbie | – |
| Best Film – Musical or Comedy | Poor Things | – |
| Best Male Actor in a Film – Musical or Comedy | Paul Giamatti | The Holdovers |
| Best Female Actor in a Film – Musical or Comedy | Emma Stone | Poor Things |
| Best TV Series – Drama | Succession | – |
| Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy | The Bear | – |
| Best Original Song in a Film | What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish and Finneas | Barbie |
| Best Non-English Language Film | – | Anatomy of a Fall |
Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘Distinguished Women in Aviation’ was given to Tulsi N Mirchandaney, former MD of Blue Dart.
FAQs
Q: Which is the No 1 award in India?
A: Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in the country. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavor. It is treated on a different footing from Padma Award.
Q: Which is the second-highest award in India?
A: The Padma Vibhushan (“Lotus Decoration”) is the second-highest civilian award in India
Q: How many types of awards are there in India?
A: Indian awards can be classified mainly into four types, namely, Civilian, Military, Leadership, and Literature awards.
