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2016 Awards(Jan-Dec)
January
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
eASIA award 2015 DAVA project
2015 Sangita Kalanidhi Award Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Limca Book of Records Delhi Police (cash heist case)
National Payments Excellence Awards 2015 Corporation Bank
Flipkart Website of the Year India 2015
2015 Costa Novel Prize
Costa First Novel Award Andrew Michael Hurley
Costa Novel Award Kate Atkinson
Costa Poetry Award Don Paterson
Costa Children Book Award Frances Hardinge
Costa Biography Award Andrea Wulf
2015 US Bestseller List Harper Lees (Go Set a Watchman)
Pentagon award US drone operators
Peoples Choice Award Priyanka Chopra
Central Banker of the Year Award 2016 Raghuram Rajan
India Philanthropy List 2015 Azim Premji
H K Devsare Baalsahitya award Balkrishna Garg
Entrepreneur of the Year Kunal Bahl(Snapdeal)
PMs trophy Tata Steel
Best in the country Mangaluru Airport
Golden Globe Awards 2016
Picture
Best Motion Picture (Drama) The Revenant
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) The Martian
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) Brie Larson
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) Matt Damon
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) Jennifer Lawrence
Best Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Best Animated Feature Film Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul (Hungary)
Television
Best Series (Drama) Mr. Robot
Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama) Jon Hamm
Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama) Taraji P. Henson
Best Series (Musical or Comedy) Mozart in the Jungle
Best Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) Gael Garcia Bernal
Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) Rachel Bloom
Best Miniseries Wolf Hall
Best Actor in a Miniseries Oscar Isaac
Best Actress in a Miniseries Lady Gaga
Cecil B DeMille Award Washington
2016 FIFA Ballon dOr award Lionel Messi
Guiness Book Kullu folk dance Nati
National Award on e-Governance Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
Most generous graduate of Yale B-School Indra Nooyi
Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award David Beckham

Neerja Bhanot Award Subhashini Vasanth

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International Woolmark Prize Suket Dhir

Amazing Indians Awards 2016
Incredible Innovators Chintakindi Mallesham
Young Indians, Big Achievements Damini Sen
Young Indians, Big Achievements Malavath Poorna
Ordinary Indians, Extraordinary Achievements Murugan S

Energising India Mathews K Mathew

Indian at Heart Timothy
Global Indians Yashraj Khaitan
Grassroots Soldier Late Kallen Pokkudan
Grassroots soldier Popatrao Pawar
Educators of India Ruma Roka
Stree Shakthi Sunita Aralikar
Unstoppable Indians S Ramakrishnan
Lorenzo Natali Media Prize Ankita Anand
Guinness Book of World Records Amritsar
Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Anuradha Roy
61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2015
Best Film Bajirao Mastani
Best Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Ranveer Singh
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Deepika Padukone
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) Anil Kapoor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) Priyanka Chopra
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh
Best Playback Singer (Female) Shreya Ghoshal
Best Costume Anju Modi and MaximaBasu
Best Choreography Pt Birju Maharaj
Prof MV Pylee Award Dr Jancy James
The Hindu Prize, 2015 Easterine Kire
9th Annual Cinema Eye Honours The Look of Silence
National Bravery Awards 2015 25 Childrens
Gov Award new Category Most Film Friendly State/UT
2nd most followed Indian on Twitter PM Modi
National Award for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals 2015-16
Innovation in Polymeric Material
Industry Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Ester Industries Ltd
Academic and R&D Institution IIT Guwahati
Innovation in Polymeric Products
Industry Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Innovation of Polymer processing Machinery & Equipments
Industry Kabra Extrusiontechnik Ltd
Academic and R&D Institution IIT Madras
Innovation in Polymer waste Management & recycling technology and green polymeric material & products
Industry Supreme Industries Ltd
Academic and R&D Institution Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
Polymers in Agriculture & Water Conservation
Mr. S Dinesh Kumar & Mr. MJ Giridharan
Polymers in Public Health Care
Industry Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Research in the field of Polymer Science & Technology
Industry Reliance R&D Centre
Academic and R&D Institution Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

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Guinness Book of World Records Adeles Hello - one billion views

Padma Awards 2016
Rajinikanth Actor
Ramoji Rao Media baron
Girija Devi Classical vocalist
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Spiritual guru
V K Aatre Former DRDO chief
Avinash Dixit IndianAmerican economist
Jagmohan Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor
Yamini Krishnamurthi Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer
Dr V Shanta Cancer specialist and chairperson of Adyar Cancer
Institute
Padma Bhushan awardees
Anupam Kher Actor
Udit Narayan Singer
Hafeez Contractor Architect
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry Industrialist
Vinod Rai Former CAG
Sania Mirza Tennis Star
Ram Sutar Indian sculptor
Saina Nehwal Badminton star
Late Swami Dayanand Saraswati Spiritual leader
Swami Tejomayananda Spiritual leaders
Heisnam Kanhailal Theatre personality
R C Bhargava Maruti Suzuki chairman
Indu Jain Chairperson of Bennett, Coleman & Co
Robert Blackwill Former US Ambassador to India
Barjinder Singh Hamdard Ex-parliamentarian, editor of Punjabi Newspaper
Prof N S Ramanuja Tatacharya Sanskrit Scholar
Prof D Nageshwar Reddy Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
Venkata Rama Rao Alla Drug technology
Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2015
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Ullas Unnikrishnan (Posthumous) Kerela
Munna alias Ramdars Sisodiya(Posthumous) Madhya Pradesh
Ankit Kumar Mishra (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Shivakumar R. Karnataka
Laldinpuia Mizoram
Shaitan Singh (Posthumous) Rajasthan
Jitendra Kumar Soni Rajasthan
Shourya Veer Singh (Posthumous) Madhya Pradesh
Riya Chaudhary (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh
Monika alias Manisha (Posthumous) Uttarakhand
Gaurav Kumar Bharti (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh
Ravindra Pal Singh (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh
Gallantry Awards 2016
Ashok Chakra Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami
Shaurya Chakra 1. Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik
(Posthumous)
2. Sepoy Dharma Ram (Posthumous)
3. Major Praphul Kumar Bhardwaj
4. Lieutenant Harjinder Singh
5. Naik Kheem Singh Mehra
6. Major Anurag Kumar
7. Major Sandip Yadav

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8. Naik Satish Kumar

Order of Australia Sajeev Koshy
Russian Order of Friendship Ramayah Shanmuga Sundar
Jananpiths Navlekhan Award Amlendu Tiwari & Om Nagar
2015 Prince Mahidol Award Morton Mower, Michael Marmot
K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015 Nitish Kumar

Honored by ISSF Abhinav Singh Bindra

Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016 Henri Tiphagne
V Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award Naresh Bedi
William E Colby award Midnights Furies Nisid Hajari
Allan Border Medal 2016
One Day International Player of the Year Glenn Maxwell
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year Alex Ross
State Player of the Year Adam Voges
Womens International Cricketer of the Year (Belinda Ellyse Perry
Clark Award)
2016 Yash Chopra Memorial Award Actress Rekha

February
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Forbes 30 under 30 Asia Sania Mirza, Virat Kohli, Saina Nehwal, Arunima
Sinha,Chaitanya Tamhane
Shraddha Kapoor, Raghav Verma, Mehul
Agrawal Kanika Tekriwal, Ritesh Agarwal
Aryabhata Award Avinash Chander
EEPC Star Performer Award NALCO
Green Bond Award Yes Bank
worlds most valuable company Alphabet Inc
Best First Foreign Film Award - Kanu Behl
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC)
First chancellors award Kerala University
Golden Conch Award
Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Best Debut Film of a Far From Home
director
Animation category Chhaya
Best short fiction film Agli Baar
Best student film Going Home
Bhimsen Joshi Award Maestro Pandit Ram Narayan
CMs innovation award Keralas She-Taxi
Award for innovation in XBRL reporting RBI
UNESCO Medals
Professor Isamu Akasaki Japan
Professor Lei Jiang China
Professor Philippe Pernod France
Professor Nicholas Kotov USA
Academician Gennady Krasnikov Russia
Professor Igor Ashurbeyli Russia
Doctor Mikhail Dubina Russia
Doctor Natalya Mikhaylova Russia
IFPI Best-Selling Artist of 2015 Adele
Most Push-Ups in Minute Worls record KJ Joseph
EY Entrepreneur Award Lupins CEO and MD - Vinita Gupta,
Nilesh Gupta
Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year award Anirban Lahiri

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La Liga player of the month award Lionel Messi

Pride of Kerala award Vidya Balan
2016 BAFTA Awards
Academy Fellowship Sidney Poitier
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Angels The Costumiers
EE Rising Star Award John Boyega
Best Film The Revenant
Best Documentary Amy
Best Animated Film Inside Out
Best Short Film Operator
Best Film Not in the English Language Wild Tales Argentina
Best Director Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)
Best Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress in a Leading Role Brie Larson
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Mark Rylance
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate Winslet
Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Outstanding British Film Brooklyn
Best Original Music The Hateful Eight
Best Sound The Revenant Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin
Hernndez, Frank A. Montano, Jon Taylor, and Randy
Thom
Best Costume Design Mad Max: Fury Road Jenny Beavan
Best Makeup and Hair Mad Max: Fury Road Damian Martin and Lesley
Vanderwalt
Best Editing Mad Max: Fury Road Margaret Sixel
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) and Rupert Lloyd
Producer (Producer) Theeb
Golden Beaver Award Nagaland is changing. But
58th Grammy awards 2016
General
Record of the Year Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)
Album of the Year 1989 (Taylor Swift)
Song of the Year Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge)
Best New Artist Meghan Trainor
POP
Best Solo Performance Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Best Duo/Group Performance Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)
Best Traditional Vocal Album The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
Best Vocal Album 1989
Dance/Electronic
Best Dance Recording Where Are U Now (Skrillex and Diplo with Justin
Bieber)
Best Dance/Electronic Album krillex and Diplo Present Jack U (Skrillex and Diplo)
Rock
Best Rock Performance Dont Wanna Fight (Alabama Shakes)
Best Metal Performance Cirice
Best Rock Song Dont Wanna Fight
Best Rock Album Drones
R&B
Best R&B Performance Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) The Weeknd
Best Traditional R&B Performance Little Ghetto Boy (Lalah Hathaway)
Best R&B Song Really Love
Best R&B Album Black Messiah
Best Urban Contemporary Album Beauty Behind the Madness
Rap

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Best Rap Performance Alright (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration These Walls (Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise
& Thundercat)
Best Rap Song Alright
Best Rap Album To Pimp a Butterfly
Others
Best World Music Album Sings
Best Childrens Album Home
Best Comedy Album Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Musical Theater Album Hamilton
Best Music Video Bad Blood
Best Music Film Amy
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Sylva
Swachh Sarvekshan-2016
Best performer in North Zone and Best in Citizen Chandigarh, Chandigarh
feedback category
Best performer in behavior change communication Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
Best performer among Smart Cities and Best in Service New Delhi Municipal Corporation, New Delhi
Level Status
Best Performer in South Zone and Best in Independent Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Observation
Best Performer in West Zone Surat, Gujarat
Best performer in door-to-door collection and Rajkot, Gujarat
transportation of Solid waste and sweeping
Best performer in North-East and Best performer among Gangtok, Sikkim
capitals
Best performer among satellite cities Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra
Best Performer among mega cities Greater Mumbai
Top mover in North Zone (improved the rank by Allahabad,
maximum number) Uttar Pradesh
Top mover in West Zone Nagpur, Maharashtra
Top mover in South Zone Visakhapatnam, Pradesh Andhra
Top mover in East Zone Odisha
Top mover in North-East Imphal , Manipur
Israel Prize Professor David Shulman
Honoured In US for His Charity Work Ishaan Patel
2016 Yash Chopra Memorial Award Actress Rekha
Guinness Book of World Records Sameer Anjaan - 3,524 songs
Raksha Mantris Trophy for Best Service Hospital Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata
IBA Banking Technology Award Karnataka Bank Ltd
Knight of the Legion of Honour, Frances highest Manish Arora
honour
PECASE Honour Vikram Shyam ,Milind Kulkarni ,Kiran
Musunuru ,Shwetak Patel, Rahul Mangharam,Sachin
Patel
World Press Photo of 2015 Warren Richardson
Limca Book of Records Tendulkars autobiography -Playing It My Way

Global Teacher Award Robin Chaurasia (Top 10)

Berlin International Film Malayalam film Ottaal
Festival - Crystal Bear award
India Sports Awards 2015
Best company promoting sports (public sector) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
Best company promoting sports (private sector) YES Bank Pvt Ltd.
Best professional services company Technology Frontiers (India) Pvt Ltd.
Best NGO promoting sports STAIRS

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Best sports start-up HotFut Sports Infrastructure Pvt Ltd

Best national sports federation Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India
Sportsperson of the year Lalita Babar (Athletics)
Breakthrough sportsperson of the year Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
Coach or support staff of the year Kuldeep Handoo (Wushu)
Lifetime achievement award Balbir Singh
Best state Gujarat
Remi Award at WorldFest Kanavu Variyam
Guinness World Records India Gates 550kg rice bag
Global CSR Award GVK Biosciences
Germanys prestigious Cross of the Order of Merit Goverdhan Mehta
Nobel Prize nomination Afghanistans National Cyclist team
Dinanath Mangeshkar Prize 2016 Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Ranveer Singh
Indias greenest School Father Agnel School Greater Noida
Queens Valley School Delhi.
Government senior Secondary School Shimla
100 most powerful Indians 2016 (IE 100). 1.PM Narendra Modi
2.Amit Shah (50)
3.Mohan Bhagwat (64)
4.Arun Jaitley (62)
TripAdvisor:Asias Travellers Choice Award Winning 1.Ngapali beach(Myanmar)
Beaches. 2.Nacpan Beach(Philippines)
3.Kata Noi(Thailand)
Oscar Awards 2016
Best Picture Spotlight
Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress Brie Larson
Best Direction Alejandro G Inarritu for The Revenant
Best Original Song Writings on the Wall from Spectrex
Best Original Score Ennio Morricine for The Hateful Eight
Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best Live Action Short Film Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage for Stutterer
Best Documentary Feature Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees for Amy
Best Documentary Short Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for A Girl In the River: The
Price of Forgiveness
Best Supporting Actor Mark Rylance
Best Animated Feature Pete Doctor and Jonas Rivera for Inside Out
Best Animated Short Gabriel Osorio Pato Escala for Bear Story
Best Visual Effects Andrew Whiteburst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington andAra
Bennett for Ex Machina
Best Sound Mixing Chris Jenkins, Greg Rudloff and Ben Osmo for Mad
Max: Fury Road
Best Sound Editing Mark Mangini and David White for Mad Max: Fury
Road
Best Film Editing Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant
Makeup and Hairstyling Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martinfor
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Production Design Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson for Mad Max: Fury
Road
Best Costume Design Jenny Beavan for Mad Max Fury Road
Best Actress In A Supporting Role Alicia Vikander
Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short for Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
First Asian to get Global Reel Award Resul pookutty

March
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Name of the Awards Name of the Persons

Airport Service Quality Awards (ASQ) 2015 Mumbai,New Delhi,Jaipur,Lucknow and Hyderabad
airports
Global Top Employer Award TCS
Melbourne based South Asian community Randeep Hooda
Honour
NASA Scholarship Sataparna Mukherjee(West Bengal)
Best Restaurant of India Indian Accent
Armaan Ebrahim FMSCI Motorsports Man of the Year Trophy
Chameli Devi Jain Award, 2016 Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar
Skoch Lifetime achievement Award M Venkaiah Naidu
Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (Knight of the Legion Tikka Shatrujit Singh
of Honour)
Noor Inayat Khan prize Geetakshi Arora
Krishi Karman Award Himachal Pradesh
CV Kunhiraman Literary prize M.Sukumaran
National award for Outstanding Efforts in the Field of Pallava Bagla
Science and Technology Communication on Electronic
Medium,
Lifetime achievement award - META Awards 2016 Ratan Thiyam

Bihari puraskar prize of 2015 Bhagwathi Lal Vyas

Dadasaheb Phalke Award Manoj Kumar
A M Turing Award 2015 Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman
Global Green Hero Award Stevie Wonder
The Innovation Award 2016 Prof. Sirshendu De
Mahindra Lifetime Achievement Award Dr.Amrita Patel
Krutitava Smagra Samman 2016 Padma Sachdev

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef bin The Legion of Honour award - France
Abdulaziz
Investor Communication Award NTPC Ltd
Guiness book of records Nail Painting Sonakshi Sinha
Anand Mahindra Knight of the Legion of Honour - France
Visitors Award for Innovation 2016 Professor Rakesh Bhatnagar of Jawaharlal Nehru
University
The Visitors Award for Research 2016 Molecular Parasitology Group of Jawaharlal Nehru
University
Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship India and US(New award)
Golden City Gate Award Kerala Tourism
2016 Global Teacher Prize Palestinian Hanan Al Hroub
IAA Editor of the Year Sanjay Gupta
Brand Endorser of the Year Varun Dhawan, a Bollywood actor
TV Anchor of the Year award Rajat Sharma of India TV
Media Person of the Year Raj Nayak of Colors
CEO of the year Kumar Mangalam Birla
Abdulqadir Rashik First Prize in UN #LinksSDGs Data Visualization
Challenge
2016 Abel Prize - Nobel prize of Mathematics Sir Andrew wiles
Forbes 2016 Worlds Billionaires List
Top 3 1.Bill Gates (60)
2.Amancio Ortega (79)
3.Warren Buffett (85)
Indians
36 Mukesh Ambani (58)
44 Dilip Shanghvi (60)

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55 Azim Premji (70)

88 Shiv Nadar (70)
133 Cyrus Poonawalla (74)
135 Laxmi Mittal (65)
184 Uday Kotak (56)
196 Kumar Birla (48)
219 Sunil Mittal (58)
Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris
Windham-Campbell Prizes
Drama Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (United States)
Hannah Moscovitch (Canada)
Abbie Spallen (Ireland)
Fiction Tessa Hadley (United Kingdom)
E. Morgan (United States)
Jerry Pinto (India)
Non- fiction Hilton Als (United States)
Stanley Crouch (United States)
Helen Garner (Australia)
Stree Shakti Puraskar Award Winners
Devi AhilyabaiHolkar Award AnyayRahitZindagian NGO of Goa
Rani Lakshmibai Award Seema Prakash of Madhya Pradesh
Rani Rudramma Devi Award AsthaSansthan , NGO of Rajasthan
Mata Jijabai Award ChandraprabhaBokey Maharashtra
Kannagi Award P Bhanumati Kerala
Rani GaidinliuZeliang Award Mariola Rajasthan
The Nari Shakti Puraskar Awardees RashmiAnand (Delhi)
DrNandita Krishna (Tamilnadu)
DrLaxmiGautam(Uttar Pradesh)
NehaKirpal(Delhi)
LatikaThukral(Haryana)
DrSailakshmiBalijepally(Tamilnadu)
Kausalya(Tamilnadu)
DrSwarajVidwan(Uttarakhand)
Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman
SANSKRIT Dr. KS Maheswaran
Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma
Dr. Madhav Janardan Ratate
Dr. Vinay Kumar Pandey
ARABIC Dr. Aurang Zeb Azmi
PERSIAN Dr. Atiqur Rahman
PALI/PRAKRIT Dr. Samani Sangeet Prajan
SANSKRIT Dr. KS Maheswaran
Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma
Dr. Madhav Janardan Ratate
Dr. Vinay Kumar Pandey
ARABIC Dr. Aurang Zeb Azmi
10th Asian film awards
Best Film The Assassin
Best Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien for The Assassin
Best Actress Shu Qi for The Assassin
Best Supporting Actress Zhou Yun for The Assassin
Best Cinematography Mark Lee Ping-bing for The Assassin
Best Production Design Hwarng Wern-ying for The Assassin
Best Original Music Lim Giong for The Assassin
Best Sound Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shu-yao for The
Assassin
Best Actor Lee Byung-hun for The Inside Men
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Best Newcomer Jessie Li for Port of Call

Best Supporting Actor Tadanobu Asano for Journey to the Shore
Best Screenplay Jia Zhangke for Mountains May Depart
Best Editing William Chang Suk-ping, Chu Ka-yat, Liao Ching-sung,
Wong Hoi, Philip Yung for Port of Call
Best Visual Effects Prasad Sutar for Bajirao Mastani
Best Costume Design Lee Ji-yeon and Shim Hyun-seob for The Throne
5th National Photography Awards
Life Time Achievement Award Bhawan Singh
Professional Photographer Award Javed Ahmed Dar
Amateur Photographer Himanshu Thakur
Hockey India Awards 2016
DhruvBatra Player of the Year award India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Deepika
Lifetime Achievement Award Captain Shankar Laxman
Upcoming Players of the Year Harjeet Singh and Preeti Dubey
Baljit Singh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year Savita
Pargat Singh Award for Defender of the Year Kothajit Singh
Ajit Pal Singh Award Midfielder of the Year Ritu Rani
DhanrajPillay Award for Forward of the Year Rani
JamanLal Sharma Award for Invaluable Contribution Baldev Singh
Hockey India Presidents Award for Outstanding Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy
Achievement
The milestone awards Dharamvir Singh, Kothajit Singh, BirendraLakra and
SushilaChanu
Turning out in India colours for the 200th time Gurbaj Singh and V R Raghunath
Guiness book of Records P.Susheela - singing highest number of songs
Limca book of records for crossing Mana pass Pallavi Fauzdar
63rd National Film Awards
Best actress Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best actor Amitabh Bachchan for Piku
Best Film Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Director Sanjay LeelaBhansali for BajiraoMastani
Best popular film providing wholesome entertainment BajrangiBhaijaan
Best Film Friendly State Award Gujarat (special mention to UP and Kerala)
Best Bodo film DauHuduniMethai
Best Punjabi film ChauthiKoot
Best Odiya film Pahada Ra Luha
Best Marathi film Ringan
Best Malyalam film Pathemari
Best Konkani film Enemy
Best Kannada film Thithi
Best Hindi film DumlagaKHaisha
Best Bengali film Shankhachil
Best Assamese film Kothanodi
Best Khasi film Onaatah
Best Haryanvi film Satrangi
Best Wancho film The Head Hunter
Best Manipuri film EibusuYaohanbiyu
Best Mizo film Kimas lode Beyond the Class
Best Maithili film MithilaMakhaan
Best Sanskrit film Priyamanasam
Best Telugu film Kanche
Best Tamil film Visaaranai
Best Choreography Remo SSouza (DeewaniMastani in BajiraoMastani)
Best Background score Ilaiyaaraja (ThaaraiThappattai)
Best Music direction M Jayachandran (KaathirunnuKaathirunnu in

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EnnuNinteMoideen)
Best Costume Designer and Make-up Artist Nanak Shah Fakir
Best Editing Late Kishore TE (Visaaranai)
Best Dialogues JuhiChaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma (Tanu
Weds Manu Returns)
Best Screenplay Writer (Original) JuhiChaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma (Tanu
Weds Manu Returns)
Best Cinematography SudeepChaterjee (BajiraoMastani)
Best Female Playback Singer Monali Thakur (MohMohKeDhage)
Best Supporting Actress TanviAzmi (BajiraoMastani)
Best Supporting Actor Samuthirakani (Visaaranai)
Special Mention RinkuRajguru (Sairat)
Special Mention Jayasurya (Su SuSudiVathmeekam&LukkaChuppi)
Special Mention Ritika Singh (IrudhiSuttru)
Best Childrens Film Duronto
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation ValiyaChiraKullaPakshikal
Best Film on Social Issues Nirnayakam
NargisDutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Nanak Shah Fakir
Integration
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director NeerajGhaywan (Masaan)

April
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Maharashtrian Of The Year Ranveer Singh
PEN Freedom to Write Award Ahmed Naji(Egypt)
Guinness World Record for at the same time Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL)
planting 208,751 saplings
National Geoscience Awards 2014
National Geoscience Award for Excellence Ashok KuApr Singhvi
Young Scientist Award Dr Indra Sekhar Sen
Hridaynath Award Viswanathan Anand
Asias 50 most powerful business woman list
Nita Ambani 1 Reliance Foundation Chairperson
Arundhati Bhattacharya 2 Chairperson of State Bank of India
Mu Sigma 14 CEO Ambiga Dhiraj
Dipali Goenka 16 CEO Welspun India
Vinita Gupta 18 CEO Lupin
Chanda Kochhar 22 ICICI Bank Managing Director
Vandana Luthra 26 VLCC Health Care Founder
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw 28 Biocon Founder
Founders Award 2016 Mother Teresa
French civilian the Legion of Honour Navanetham Pillay(South Africas first non-white woman
judge)
Miss India World 2016 Priyadarshini Chatterjee
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Khadija Ismayilova (Azerbaijan)
2016
Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2016 Priyanka Chopra
World record of longest dance Soni Chaurasiya - Kathak dancer from Varanasi
123 hours and 30 minutes
National Intellectual Property (IP) Award IIT-Kharagpur
Global Indian of the Year 2016 award Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
NRI of the Year Award 2016 Sania Mirza
French civilian honour JJ Singh
Saraswati Samman for the year 2015 Padma Sachdev
Time reader poll of 100 most influential people

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1 Bernie Sanders
2 Big Bangs
3 Aung San SuuKyi
4 Barak Hussian Obama
5 MalalaYousafzai
Indians in the list Narendra Modi
Priyanka Chopra
Sania Mirza
Sundar Pichai
Satya Nadella
Mumbai Press Clubs lifetime achievement award T N Ninan
Laureus World Sports awards
Novak Djokovic Sportsman of the year
Serena Williams Sports woman of the year
Team of the Year 2016 Rugbey Team, New Zealand
Comeback of the Year 2016 Dan Dan Carter, New Zealand Union Player
Breakthrough of the Year 2016 Jordan Spieth, American Golf Star
Hindi Sevi Samman Awards Ge Fuping - china
Alka Dunputh - Japan
Shichiro Soma - Japan
2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners Public Service Associated Press
Cyprus Commander of the Order of Merit Amitav Banerji
The Order of Arts and Letters - French honour Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee
Randstad Award 2016 Google India
Best Actress award at Tribeca Film Fest Radhika Apte
New York Festivals 2016 Bronze Undercover Asia: Girls for Sale
Worlds Most Beautiful Woman for 2016 Jennifer Aniston
Dadasaheb Phalke award Manoj Bajpayee (Aligarh)
Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Samman PrefullaKar
AlokKanungo
SadasivPradhan
International Award on Plant Nutrition Ashok Kumar
First Humanitarian Prize Aprguerite Barankitse
Press club award for bravery in Journalism Jagendra Singh
WHCA scholarship Misha Euceph Pakistan
EQUIS Accreditation IIM-Calcutta
The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star - NK Singh
Japan
Sand art contest in Russia Gold Sudarsan Pattnaik
2016 Nelson Mandela Award Swat Activist Tabassum
Highest paid Chief Executive Officers in world
Top 3 Indian
Mark V Hurd PepsiCos Indra Nooyi 8th
Robert A Iger LyondellBasells Bhavesh Patel 6th
David Cote Microsofts Satya Nadella 26th
Guinness World Records Duck-billed dinosaur - China
Civil Service Day Award
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana LDM of Allahabad bank of India Raj Kishore Prasad
LDM of Union bank of India Surendra Chandra Das
LDM of Punjab National Bank Pramod Narayan
Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) Dr Savita Anand, Principal Resident Commissioner of Rajasthan
Aishwariya Singh, District Collector
Swachh Vidyalaya Anantpur district in Andhra Pradesh
Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir
Dadar & Nagar Haveli
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Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh

May 2016
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Japans Fukuoka prize 2016 A.R Rahman
Pope Francis Awards Medals Richard Gere, George Clooney, Salma Hayek
Nari Jagran Samman 2016 award Prime Minister Narendra Modis mother Heeraben
Aditi Krishna kumar Scholastic Asian Book Award
Limca Book Record Telangana governmentshouse-to-house survey
Springer Theses Award Arnab De
28th annual National Geographic Bee Rishi Nair
Competition
Harvard Business School Alumni Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal
Achievement Award
India Biodiversity Award 2016 Pakke Tiger Reserve of Arunachal Pradesh
2016 IAF Hall of Fame Award Udupi Ramachandra Rao
LPMIs Best Family Destination 2016 Kerala
award
Edgar A Poe Award Terrence McCoy,
Neela Banerjee,
Misha Euceph(Pakistani Journalist)
Royal Society Fellow Sriram Ramaswamy
Niryat Shree(46) and Niryat Bandhu Canara Bank Gold
awards(6) Bank of India Silver
Punjab National Bank Bronze
The Man With The Golden Shirt Pankaj Parakh
Best Indian Destination for Wildlife Madhya Pradesh Tourism
award
Singapore NRF fellowship - Manvendra K Singh
SGD 3mn grant
2016 Texas Elementary Teacher of the Revathi Balakrishnan
Year
Greening Diplomacy Initiative Award American mission in India
Yug Kavi Siddhicharan Award Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling
Othmer Gold Medal for Entrepreneurial Mukesh Ambani
Leadership
European Materials Research Societys Nandini Bhandaru
Young Scientist Award
Man Booker International Prize South Korean Novelist Han Kangfor his Novel The Vegetarian
US Prestigious National Medal of Rakesh K Jain
Science
Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award Syamantak Payra
French Legion of Honour. JK Rowling
University of Houstons highest
teaching award Rupa Iyer
Distinguished Leadership in Teaching
Excellence Award
US top honors on the field of science, Indian American scientist named Rakesh K Jain and a Pakistani
technology and innovation American doctor named Humayun
National Florence Nightingale Awards 35 Nurses on May 12
Climbed Mount Everest for the seventh US-based Nepali, Lhakpa Sherpa
time
Dag Hammarskjold Medal PeaceKeepers
Head Constable Shubhkaran Yadav
Rifleman Manish Malik
Havildar Amal Deka
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Rakesh Kumar
Civilian
Gagan Punjabi

10 Millennial Leaders around the Globe Priyanka Chopra,

Malala Yousafzai, Kim Jong Un, Mark Zuckerberg, Prince William,
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Rafael Nadal, Sonita Alizadeh and Mhairi
Black.
Forbes - list of 40 of the most powerful people in the financial world
Uday Kotak, Chief of Kotak Mahindra 33rd R( Only one Indian)
Bank
Blackstone Groups CEO Stephen Firs Rank
Schwarzman
UN poster contest on N-disarmament
First Ivan Ciro Palomino Huamani
Second Michelle Li
Third Anjali Chandrashekar
CEAT Cricket Awards 2015-16
International Cricketer of the Year Joe Root
International Batsman of the Year Joe Root
International Bowler of the Year R Ashwin
Test Cricketer of the Year Kane Williamson
ODI Cricketer of the Year Martin Guptill
T20 Player of the Year Virat Kohli
Indian Cricketer of the Year Rohit Sharma
Domestic Cricketer of the Year Shreyas Iyer
Young Player of the Year Rishabh Pant
Special Award Ajinkya Rahane
Lifetime Achievement Award Dilip Vengsarkar
63rd National Film Awards
Best Feature Film Baahubali The Beginning
Best Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Bajirao Mastani
Best Actor Amitabh Bachchan for Piku
Best Actress Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Supporting Actor Samuthirakani for Visaaranai
Best Supporting Actress Tanvi Azmi, Bajirao Mastani
Best Hindi Film Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film Neeraj Ghaywan, Masaan
Of A Director
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Entertainment
Best Choreography Remo DSouza, Deewani Mastani song in Bajirao Mastani
Best Female Playback Singer Monali Thakur, Moh Moh Ke Dhage
Best Cinematography Sudeep Chaterjee, Bajirao Mastani
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film Nanak Shah Fakir
on National Integration
Best Screenplay Writer (Original) Juhi Chaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma (Tanu Weds Manu
Returns)
Best Screenplay Dialogues Juhi Chaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma (Tanu Weds Manu
Returns)
Best Malayalam Film Pathemari
Best Film on Social Issue Niranayakam
Best Music Direction M Jayachandran for Song Kaathirunnu Kaathirunnu for the Ennu Ninte
Moideen
Best Music Direction- Background Score Ilaiyaraaja, Thaarai Thappattai
Best Film on Environment Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal

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Conservation/Preservation
Best Tamil Film Visaaranai
Best Telugu Film Kanche
Best Childrens Film Duronto
BAFTA TV Awards
Entertainment Programme Strictly Come Dancing
Drama Series Wolf Hall
Single Documentary My Son the Jihadi
Mini-series This Is England 90
Current Affairs Outbreak: The Truth About Ebola
Factual The Murder Detectives
News Coverage Channel 4 News: Paris Massacre
Live Event Big Blue Live
Female Performance in a Comedy Michaela Coel
Programme
Sport The Ashes
International Transparent
Male Performance in a Comedy Peter Kay
Programme
Single Drama Dont Take My Baby
Supporting Actor Tom Courtenay
Reality & Constructed Factual First Dates
Comedy and Comedy Entertainment Have I Got News for You
Programme
Specialist Factual Britains Forgotten Slave Owners
Soap & Continuing Drama EastEnders
Features The Great British Bake Off
Scripted Comedy Peter Kays Car Share
Entertainment Performance Leigh Francis
Leading Actress Suranne Jones
Leading Actor Mark Rylance
BAFTA TV Fellowship Recipients Ray Galton & Alan Simpson
Cannes Film Festival
Palme dOr Ken Loach for
Grand Prix Xavier Dolan
Jury Prize Andrea Arnold
Best Actress Jaclyn Jose
Best Actor Shahab Hosseini
Best Director Olivier Assayas
Best Screenplay Asghar Farhadi
Camera dOr Houda Benyamina
Queer Palm (Feature) Sbastien Lifshitz
Queer Palm (Short) Anna Cazenave-Cambet.

June 2016
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Green Economy Visionary Award Dr. R Seetharaman

National Award For Excellence In Cost V.O.Chidambaranar Port

Management
Peoples Choice Prize(Gold medal) Sudarsan Pattnaik
Olympic Order N Ramachandran from IOC
Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya
Queen Elizabeth II
Russias Order of Friendship Ban Ki-moon

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International Dublin Literary Award Akhil Sharma

National Excellence Awards 2016 for Tata Power Solar

rooftop solar power projects
Highest Civilian Award of Ivory Coast
Pen Pinter Prize
Guinness BookRecord
Fair business practice award
Vivian Fonseca Scholar Award
Mohun Bagan Ratna Award
FilmAT International Film Festival in
Poland
Shanghai International Film Festival -
best film award
Britains highest award for valour
G. D. Birla Award
UN honour for Corporate Sustainability
Initiative
Honorary Fellowship by an Indian
students wing in the UK
Honoris Causa Doctor of Science
degree
Queens Young Leaders Award
President Pranab Mukherjee
Margaret Atwood
Karma Naach Dance by 3049 people in MP
Karnataka Bank
Shashank S Shah
Syed Nayeemuddin
Kerala Tourism(4 Awards)
Kannada film Thithi
Risaldar Badlu Singh
Sepoy Chatta Singh
Naik Darwan Singh Negi
Rifleman Gabar Sing Negi
Lance-Daffadar Gobind Singh
Lance Naik Lala
Prof.Sanjay Mittal, IIT-Kanpur
Zubaida Bai
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Viswanathan Anand
Kartik Sawney and Neha Swain

Honorary professorship by the Nanjing Shashi Kant Sharma

Audit University in China
Great Immigrants: The Pride of America
Sunder Pichai CEO of Google
Hari Sreenivasan Anchor and Senior Correspondent, PBS News Hours
Vikram Malhotra Chairman of the Americas, McKinsey & Company
Bharati Mukherjee National Book critics circle Award winning author
17th International Film Academy Awards
Best Picture Award Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Best Direction Award Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Performance in a Leading role Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani
(Male) Award
Best Performance in a Leading Role Deepika Padukone for Piku
(Female) Award
Best Performance in a Comic Role Award Deepak Dobriyal for Tanu Weds Manu Returns

July 2016
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Ivan Ciro Palomino Huamani - First
UN poster contest on N-Disarmament Michelle Li - Second
Anjali Chandrashekar - Third
2016 IAF Hall of Fame Award Udupi Ramachandra Rao
LPMIs Best Family Destination 2016
Kerala
award
Tata Consultancy Solutions
Annual rankings of top IT-BPM
Infosys
employers in the country for 2016
Cognizant Technological Solutions Ltd.
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Team spirit award at NASAs Prestigious Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management, Mumbai.
global competition
BC Roy National Awards
2010- Awardees 2009-Awardees 2008-Awardees
Nikhil C. Munshi KH Sancheti Mammen Chandy
O.P. Kalra Atul Kumar Prof. Rajeshwar Dayal
Tejinder Singh Renu Saxena Rohit V. Bhatt
Subash Gupta Kanan A. Yelikar Neelam Mohan
Amrinder Jit Kanwar Kriplani Prof. Mohan Kameswaran
Rajendra Prasad G.V. Rao Harsha Jauhari
Glory Alexander Moti Lal Singh Gopal H. Badlani
C.N. Purandare Yash Gulati
C.V. Hari Narayan
H.S. Bhanushali
Creating 100 sand raths for new world
Sudarsan Pattnaik
recordat the Puri beach in Odisha
South African writer Lidudumalingani Mqombothi
2016 Caine Prize
For short story Memories We Lost
First Indian gymnast to clinch World
Dipa Karmakar
Class Gymnast award
UNESCO KALINGA PRIZE $40,000 Odisha Gov
Honored by Hyundai Motor India Shuttler Saina Nehwal
Woman in the World to Bag Bravery
Radhika Menon
Award at Sea
Gourmand World Cookbook Award Nimi Sunilkumar
AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award
Srinivasan K. Swamy
Best banking CEO in Asia Aditya Puri, HDFC Bank
World record for orchestrating the largest
Uttar Pradesh
state-wide plantation drive in 24 hours
51st Jnanpith Award Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari
1.Taylor swift
FORBES Top Paid Celebrity 2.One Direction
3.James Patterson
Indians among these 40 in the list are
1.Vineet and Anupama Nayar, founders of the Sampark Foundation,
Forbes Heroes of Philanthropy List 2016
2.Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India,
3.Bain India CEO Amit Chandra and his wife Archana Chandra,CEO of
Jai Vakeel Foundation
Emirates
Skytrax World Airline Awards 2016
South Asian Diaspora award S R Nathan
BBC World News Komla Dumor Award Didi Akinyelure, Nigeria
Google Community Impact Award from
Advay Ramesh, Chennai
Asia
PATA awards 2016 Kerala Tourism
1.Composer-singer Bappi Lahiri.
2.Paran Bandyopadhyay and Jishu Sengupta best actor (male) awards
Mahayanak Samman 2016
while
3.Sohini Sarkar Best actor (female) award
Sangita Kalanidhi award Kanyakumari first woman violinist
Guiness World Record as the Oldest
Dakshayani 86 yr
Elephant Alive
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016 T.M. Krishna and Bezwada Wilson
Bharat Gaurav award (Pride of India) -
Milkha Singh
East Bengal
11th Navlekhan award Amlendu Tiwari
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Balram Kawant
Om Naagar
Tasneem Khan
UNESCO Heritage List Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim
National Tourism Awards 2014-2015
Madhya Pradeshfollowed by Gujarat and Karnataka Best state for comprehensive development of tourism
respectively
Rajasthans Sawai Madhopur railway station Best Tourist Friendly railway station award
Mumbais Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Best Airport award
Telanganas Warangal Best Heritage City award
Monuments of Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh. Best maintained and disable-friendly monument
Taj Exotica, Salcette, Goa Best hotel award under the five star deluxe category
Fateh Prakash Palace in Udaipur, Coconut Lagoon at Best heritage hotel awards in three different categories
Kumarakom in Kottayam and Gajner Palace in Bikaner.
The Lalit in New Delhi received an award under the Hotel providing best facilities for the differently-abled
category of guests.
Kerala Tourism in the Tourism Promotion and Publishing Most Innovative use of Information Technology
category social media/mobile app.
The Wayanad initiativeKerala Responsible Tourism category
Sargaalaya Arts and Crafts Village at Iringal, a small but Kerala Tourism in the Rural Tourism project category
thriving village in KozhikodeKerala
KeralaInvis Multimedia and social media managed by Tourism Promotion and Publishing category
Stark Communications
Turtle on the Beach, KovalamKerala Best hotel in the Five Star category
Coconut Lagoon, Kumarakom Best Heritage Hotel in Classic Category
Coconut Creek Farm and Homestay, KumarakomKerala Best Incredible India Bed and Breakfast Establishment
Somatheeram Research Institute and Ayurveda Hospital Best Wellness Centre
Pvt Ltd, Thiruvananthapuram

August
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Award
West Bengal
2015
2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant Anita Gopalan
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award Shubha Mudgal
Guinness World Record Om Swaroop Gowda, Karnataka
Topped in cleanliness ranking
Nellore Railway Station
South Central Railway zone
Guinness World Record for Most Robots Dancing
China Beer festival
Simultaneously
Goa Film Festival
N Chandra
Lifetime Achievement Award
2016 TCA Awards The People vs OJ Simpson
Maximum number of INSA Medals for Young Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Scientists
Prestigious ICMR Young Biomedical Scientist Dr Prashant Murumkar
Fellowship Award 2016-17
Honoured at UN M S Subbulakshmi
5 Medals for Young Scientists award 2016 Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Indian Council of Medicinal Research (ICMR)
Dr Prashant Murumkar
International Fellowship Award
First IEI-IEEE award G Satheesh Reddy
Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award at the Busan Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami
International Film Festival

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FICCI award Telangana Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust

International Photography Hall of Fame Steve Jobs Apple Co-founder
Olympic Order IOA President - N. Ramachandran
Chevalier de lOrdre des Arts et Lettres Actor Kamal Haasan
Most Enterprising CEO in Electronics Sector SK Sharma Chairman, MD & CEO of BEL
Coat sold for 4.31 crores Guinness World record Prime Minister Narendra Modi Suit
Texas Womens Hall of Fame Dr Renu Khator First Indian
Tamil Ratna Award A.R. Rahman
25th Vyas Sammam award Sunita Jain
Lifetime achievement award Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma
Tamil Nadu Gov Award on Independence Day
A P J Abdul Kalam award Scientist P Shanmugam
Kalpana Chawla Award Jayanthi
Chief Ministers Best Practices Award Thanjavur District Collector N Subbaiyan and
Superintendent of Police Mayilvahanan.
Best Corporation Award Dindigul Corporation
Pattukottai Municipality (First Prize), Perambalur
Best Municipality
Municipality (second prize.)
The State Youth Award K Masha Nazeem in the womens category and P
Ruban Santhosh took in Mens
Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration and Rural
Award for solid waste management in rural areas Development Minister S P Velumani and Rural
Development, Principal Secretary, Hansraj Verma.
Indian Film Festival Melbourne 2016
Best Actor (Male) Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Raman Raghav 2.0
Best Actor (Female) Sonam Kapoor for Neerja
Best Indie Film Thithi
Best Film Award Kapoor & Sons
Diversity Award for Contribution in Indian Fawad Khan
Cinema
Indian Film Festival Excellence in Cinema
Rishi Kapoor
Award(lifetime achievement award)
Best Director ShakunBatra
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2016
Ms. P.V. Sindhu Badminton
Ms. Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics
Shri Jitu Rai Shooting
Ms. Sakshi Malik Wrestling
Dronacharya Awards 2016
Shri Nagapuri Ramesh Athletics
Shri Sagar Mal Dhayal Boxing
Shri Raj Kumar Sharma Cricket
Shri Bishweshwar Nandi Gymnastics
Shri S. Pradeep Kumar Swimming (Lifetime)
Shri Mahabir Singh Wrestling (Lifetime)
Arjuna Awards 2016
Shri Rajat Chauhan Archery
Ms. Lalita Babar Athletics
Shri Sourav Kothari Billiards & Snooker
Shri Shiva Thapa Boxing
Shri Ajinkya Rahane Cricket
Shri Subrata Paul Football
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Ms. Rani Hockey

Shri Raghunath V.R. Hockey
Shri Gurpreet Singh Shooting
Ms. Apurvi Chandela Shooting
Shri Soumyajit Ghosh Table Tennis
Ms. Vinesh Wrestling
Shri Amit Kumar Wrestling
Shri Sandeep Singh Mann Para-Athletics
Shri Virender Singh Wrestling (Deaf)
Dhyan Chand Award 2015
Ms. Satti Geetha Athletics
Shri Sylvanus Dung Dung Hockey
Shri Rajendra Pralhad Shelke Rowing
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy Punjabi University, Patiala
Certificate of Honour
Sanskrit Prof. (Dr.) Janaki Prasad Dwivedi
Shri R.Venkatraman
Shri Viswanatha Gopala Krishna
Shri Jiya Lal Kamboj
Dr. Bhavendra Jha
Prof. Priyatam Chandra Shastri
Prof. Gurupad K.Hegde
Prof. S.T. Nagaraja
Shri Sanatan Mishra
Shri Sristi Lakshmi Prasannanjaneya Sarma
Prof. (Mrs.) Laxmi Sharma
Prof. Biswanath Bhattacharya
Prof. Ramnarayan Das
Dr. Ramshanker Awasthi
Shri Hridaya Ranjan Sharma
Sanskrit (International) Mr. Fernando Tola
Arabic Shri Abdul Musabbir Bhuiya
Shri Sayyad Asad Raza Hussaini
Shri Badr-E-Jamal Islahi
Persian Hkm. Syed Ghulam Mehdi Raz
Chowdhry Wahhaj Ahmad Ashraf
Moulvi H. Rehman Qabli
Pali Smt. Bela Bhattacharya
Prakrit Dr. Damodar Shastri
Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman
Sanskrit Dr. Mahanand Jha
Dr. Sundar Narayan Jha
Dr. G.S.V Dattatreya Murthy
Dr. Vishwanath Dhital
Dr. Shankar Rajaraman
Arabic Dr. Md. Qutbuddin
Persian Dr. Haseen Uz Zaman
Pali Dr. Ujjwal Kumar
Prakrit Dr. Yogesh Kumar Jain

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September
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Ramon Magsaysay award T.M.Krishna, Bezwada Wilson
Entertainer of the Year award by CNBC Irrfan Khan
UN Womens Advocate for Gender Equality and Rajinikanth Dhanush
Womens Empowerment in India
Moscow sand art show Gold medal Sudarsan Pattnaik
UNESCO Confucius Prize for literacy 2016 Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS), Malappuram
Lifetime Achievement Oscar Award 2016 Jackie Chan
37th edition of prestigious Sarala Award Dr Hrushikesh Mallick
Heritage Heroes Award by IUCN Bibhuti Lakhar
J.C. Daniel Award 2016 K.G. George
Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Jharana Das
Miss Japan Priyanka Yoshikawa, Indo Japanese
Pangkor Dialogue Award 2016 Nagaland CM T R Zeliang
MM Bennetts Award for historical fiction Into the Hidden Valley by Stuart Blackburn
Youngest female with beard UK Sikh Harnaam Kaur
45th Skoch Merit Award and Skoch Smart Jharkhand
Governance Gold Award
Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH)
Young Professional of the Year Malisha Patel
Woman entrepreneur award Revati Puranik
Business leader of the year Bhavesh Patel
Lifetime Achievement awards Marvin Odum, former Shell USA president, Richard
Huebner, former president Houston Minority
Supplier Development and Dr John
Mendelsohn, former president M D Anderson
Global Agriculture Leadership award 2016 Odisha
Best Horticulture State award Haryana
US Tamil Ratna Award Subramanian Swamy
Golden Lion at Venice festival Philippine revenge drama :The Woman Who Left
Fellows of Nature South Asia Short Story Award Meghna Pant

Historic Ice Limbo Skating Record Nagpur Girl Shristi sharma

prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize worth $500,000 Ramesh Raskar

Humanitarian Award at 2016 British Academy Ewan McGregor

Britannia Awards
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan mascot Kunwar Bai
Humanitarian award by a Jewish human rights Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
organisation
2015 National Humanities Medal Abraham Verghese
Marconi Society honour Dinesh Bharadia
Skoch Group Award Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
Arjuna Award Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma
Priyadarshini Global Awardees 2016 ISRO, Katrina Kaif and Juhi Chawla
Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award Dr M Leelavathi
2016 humanitarian of the year by Aung San Suu Kyi
Harvard Foundation
Lifetime Achievement Award: Asian Achievers Narendra Babubhai Patel
Awards
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Guinness World Record Holder for Most Public
Appearances Made By A Film Star In 12 Hours.
Banga Bibhushan award
Nano-scale Canadian
2015-Better Performing Project Award won
Green Apple Awards
Indias official entry to Oscars 2017
Lalit Arpan Samman
Clinton Global Citizen Award
Right Livelihood Award 2016
MacArthur Fellowship
First Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award
Best Reader Engagement
Chevalier de lOrdre National de la Legion
dHonneur
Miss United Continents
Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement Uttam Singh
FIFA Diversity Award
Worlds Largest LEGO Sculpture - UK
Worlds oldest wooden pagoda
Moorti Devi Award For Anantajivanam
Best Tourist Friendly Airport
BRICS Film Festival
Rishi Kapoor
Best Film award
Best director award
Worlds largest LEGO ship
M.S. Subbulakshmi Award
Vocalists
Dancers
Pandavani exponent
68th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Mini- Series or Movie
Outstanding TV Movie
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
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Lata Mangeshkar
University of Waterloo
Himachal Pradesh
ISKCONs Govardhan Eco Village
Tamil film Visaranai
Shubha Mudgal
Adi Godrej
Russian activist Svetlana Gannushkina
Egypts feminist leader Mozn Hassan
Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet
Two Indian-American scientists
Manu Prakash and Subhash Khot 23 scientists
Sri Lankan-American Ahilan Arulanantham is the
third South Asian
Muhammad Ali
The Hindu
Biocon MD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Jeslyn Santos Winner
Lopamudra Raut - Runner
Slum Soccer
Replica of the Londons iconic Tower Bridge
China
Prof. Kalakaluri Enoch
Tirupati Airport
Honoured at BRICS Film Festival
Raam Reddys Kannada film Thithi
Jianqi Huo from China for Xuan Zang
Jubilee Seaways - Denmark
Girija Devi, Kishori Amonkar, Aruna Sairam and
Vishaka Hari
Yamini Krishnamurthy, Vyjayantimala Bali
Teejan Bai
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Veep (HBO)
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime
Story (FX)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
(Masterpiece) (PBS)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Julia Louis- Dreyfus, Veep
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
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Outstanding Actor in a Mini- Series or Movie
Outstanding Actress in a Mini- Series or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or
Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini- Series or
Movie
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Mini- Series or Movie
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Directing for a Mini- Series or Movie
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
October
Name of the Awards
Cleanest Iconic Place award
Global Champion of Digital Literacy Award
Mrs India Earth 2016
SiGNS 2016 award
for Best Short Fiction.
Best documentary
2016 International Prize in Statistics
Chevalier de lOrdre National du Mrite
P L Roy Award
2016 Google Science Fair prize
International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Hall of Fame
2016 John F Richards Prize
Vayalar Award Malayalam Novelist
UN climate award for clean energy project
Paul Harris Award
first Platinum rated green airport terminal building in Delhis Indira Gandhi International Airports (IGIA)
India
24th Ekalabya Award
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Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O. J. Simpson:
American Crime Story
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O. J. Simpson:
American Crime Story
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O. J. Simpson:
American Crime Story
Regina King, American Crime
The Voice (NBC)
Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, Master of
None (Parents)
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of
Thrones (Battle of the Bastards)
D.V. DeVincentis, The People v. O. J. Simpson:
American Crime Story (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)
Patton Oswalt, Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping
Jill Soloway, Transparent (Man on the Land)
Miguel Sapochnik, Game of Thrones (Battle of the
Bastards)
Susanne Bier, The Night Manager
Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski, Grease: Live
Name of the Persons
Rani Ki Vav , Gujarat
K T Rama Rao
Prineet Grewal
Randu Kurippukal (Two Notes, 2015), a Malayalam
short film directed by Gireesh Kumar K.
Bengali entry Tender is the Sight helmed by Torsha
Bannerjee and Vanishing Glaciers, a production in
Kashmiri by Raja Shabir Khan.
British statistician Sir David Cox
Elephant researcher Prajna Chowta
SJVN Chairman and Managing Director
R.N. Misra
Indian Origin South African Kiara Nirghin
U.R. Rao
Nayanjot Lahiri
U K Kumaran
Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Indian-origin South African AB Moosa
Terminal 3 (T3)
Srabani Nanda
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Special soldier medals ITBP canines, horses Workhorse Thubderbolt and female dog Sophia
Guinness Record Telangana festival of Bathukamma
Outstanding Celebrity Woman of the Year award Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

India Building Congress (IBC) Award for Excellence Chandigarh International Airports limited (CHIAL)
UK Theatre Awards Veteran actor Ian McKellen
Prestigious award by the Ugandan government Former CM of Uttarakhand
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
V Krishnamurthy Award for Excellence RA Mashelkar
Powerful Women List Priyanka Chopra
Oprah Winfrey
Jennifer Lopez
th
28 Jimmy George award PR. Sreejesh
International automation award Satish Pathak
Sri Maharshi Valimiki Jayanti Award KarnatakaF ormer Minister Veeranna
IAFP Young scientist scholarship award Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad
2016 Golden Foot award Gianluigi Buffon
Mathrubhumi Literary Award C Radhakrishnan
Indias oldest working journalist Lalbiakthanga Pachuau from Mizoram
Mangalore international airport Best in Southern region
ET Panache Trendsetter Award 2016 Sonam Kapoor
Seven Star Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Award IRCTCs Maharajas Express
44th annual Chaplin Award Robert De Niro
Worlds tallest Lego structure Dubais Burj Khalifa
Sustainable Manufacturing Award Tata Steel
State Bank of Patiala Special award for excellence in MSME lending
Wildlife Photographer Award, 2016 Nayan Khanolkar
Honorary citizenship on His Holiness the Dalai Milan city council
Lama
Lifetime Achievement Award From SJAM Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
2nd European Golden Shoe Luis Suarez
First ever non stop flight Air India flies Delhi-San Francisco
World Banks Award of Excellence for best Almatti dam , Karnataka
utilisation of funds
Dr B C Roy award Randeep Guleria
CS Yadav
Guinness World Record for most career goals Edson Arantes do Nascimento or Pel
Mr. Asia 2016 G. Balakrishna
Asia-Pacific Broadcast Union (ABU) Prizes 2016 AIR Allahabad Programme
Diary of a Tiger((Ek Baagh ki Diary)
)
2016 Wildscreen National Geographic Roar Talent Malaika Vaz
Bursary Award
First American To Win Man Booker Prize Paul Beatty for The Sellout
Limca Book of Records PVC Pipes maker Finolex
Yash Bharti award to 54 people UP Gov Dr Naresh Trehan, historian Irfan Habib and
personalities from entertainment world like Sudhir
Misra, Anurag Kashyap and Vishal Bhardwaj
EU human rights prize Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar
Swachhatadoot SuvarnaLokhande, Sangeeta Awhale & Chiatali
Rathod from Maharashtra
CAM International Film Festival Daughters of Mother India First
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European Golden Boy prize Renato Sanches

Nobel Prize 2016
Physics David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J.
Michael Kosterlitz
Chemistry Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and
Bernard L. Feringa
Physiology or Medicine Yoshinori Ohsumi
Literature Bob Dylan
Peace Juan Manuel Santos
Economic s Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrm

November
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Mother Teresa International Award Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs andInternational
Cooperation
2016 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Amitav Ghosh
Award
Book of the Year - biography Sachin Tendulkars autobiography Playing it my
way
Esquire Magazine International Woman of the Year Award: Actress
Deepika Padukone
International Man of the Year: Bollywoods Ranveer
Singh
Humanitarian of the Year: Omar Samra
Athlete of the Year: Qatari high-jumper Mutaz
Barshim,
Esquires Man of the Year: founder of the Mara
Group, Ashish J Thakkar.
International Peace Award Sri Sri Ravishankar
First World Sanskrit Award 2015 Maha Chakri Sirindhorn(Thailand Princess)
World Sanskrit Award 2014 George Cardona(USA)
Interfaith Leadership Award Frank Islam
Bhatt First Book Prize 2016 Akshaya Mukul
Presidential Medals of Freedom 21 outstanding actors, musicians, athletes and
innovators in USA
International Press Freedom Award Malini Subramaniam
Performance Award at 16 Asia Pacific Screen Award Manoj Bajpayee
Indian Army to be honored by Bangladesh 1,668 martyrs from India
UNESCO Salon Competition Toonzs film Magical Piano
Businesswoman of the Year in Australia Uppma Virdi
Worlds Highest-Paid Woman in Music for 2016 Top 3:
Forbes 1.Taylor Swift
2.Adele
3.Madonna
e-governance award Haryana
International Prize for Water Saudi Arabia Eight scientists
German Green Talent award Shamik Chowdhury
Golden Globes lifetime award Meryl Streep
Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in 28 categories
Journalism 2016
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2016 Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award S Nihal Singh

First Malayalam film to enter Rs 100cr club Pulimurugan
Kalidas Samman Madhya Pradesh Prof Raj Bisaria
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards 31 students
Golden Peacock Award for corporate governance Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
Goldsmiths Prize Mike McCormack
ATPs the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award Roger Federer for 12th time
Google Indias doodle competition Anvita Prashant Telang
MAMI Film Fest The Guest - the Large Short Films category
Global Citizen Award Imtiaz Sooliman
Journalist Of The Year Hadi Abdullah from Syria
Lifetime Achievement 2016 by the Karnataka Marta Jakimowicz
Lalithakala Academy
Uttarakhand Ratna Award Former CM ND Tiwari
2016 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actor - Ralph Fiennes
2016 Poet Laureate award Gulzar
Best Airline in the World 2016 Air New Zealand
2016 Sumitra Charat Ram Award for lifetime Pandit Hari Prasad Chourasia
achievement
worlds youngest self-made billionaire Stripes co-founder, John Collison
3rd annual Asia Corporate Excellence and 1.TCS - Industry Champions in the Leadership
Sustainability Awards (ACES) category.
2.Vedanta - Top Companies to Work For in Asia
2016 FT Business Book Award Sebastian Mallaby
AIBAs Legends Award M C Mary Kom
AIBAs Best Boxer' award Vikas Krishan
ICCs Hall of Fame Australias former womens captain Karen Rolton
BBCs list of 100 most influential women 2016 Sunny Leone
Infosys Prize 2016
Engineering and Computer Science Prof. V. Kumaran
Humanities Prof. Sunil Amrith
Life Sciences Dr. Gagandeep Kang
Mathematical Science Prof. Akshay Venkatesh
Physical Sciences Dr. Anil Bhardwaj
Social Sciences Prof. Kaivan Munshi
17th annual Latin Grammy Awards
Record of the Year Carlos Vives & Shakira for La Bicicleta
Album of the Year Juan Gabriel, Los Do 2
Song of the Year La Bicicleta, Andrs Castro, Shakira & Carlos
Vives, songwriters (Carlos Vives & Shakira).
Best New Artist Manuel Medrano
Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album Jesse & Joy, Un Besito Ms
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Juan Gabriel, Los Duo 2
Best Urban Fusion/Performance Yandel, Encantadora
Best Urban Music Album J Balvin, Energia
Best Urban Song Encantadora, Egbert Rosa Cintrn, Farruko,
Eduardo A. Vargas Berrios & Yandel, songwriters
(Yandel)
Best Rock Album Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, La Salvacin De Solo Y
Juan
Best Pop/Rock Album Julieta Venegas, Algo Sucede
Best Rock Song La Tormenta, Flavio Cianciarulo, songwriter (Los
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Fabulosos Cadillacs)
Best Alternative Music Album Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas, L.H.O.N.
Best Alternative Song Vez Primera, Carla Morrison, songwriter (Carla
Morrison)
Best Salsa Album India, Intensamente India Con Canciones De Juan
Gabriel
Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album Fonseca, Homenaje (A La Msica De Diomedes
Daz)
Best Contemporary Tropical Album Guaco, Guaco Histrico 2
Best Traditional Tropical Album La Sonora Santanera, La Sonora Santanera En Su 60
Aniversario
Best Tropical Fusion Album Gente De Zona, Visualzate
Best Tropical Song Vine A Buscarte, Omar Alfano, Fonseca & Yadam
Gonzlez Crdenas, songwriters (Fonseca)
Best Singer-Songwriter Album Manuel Medrano, Manuel Medrano
Best Banda Album Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizrraga, Races
Best Tejano Album Michael Salgado, Por Cielo Y Tierra
Best Norteo Album Los Tigres Del Norte, Desde El Azteca
Best Regional Song Atad, Erika Ender, Manu Moreno & Mnica
Vlez, songwriters (Los Tigres Del Norte)

December
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
UNESCOs Intangible Cultural Heritage List Cubas rumba dance
Belgian beer
Yoga
2nd ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award Chinese Professor Yu Long Yu
Forbes Asias Businessman Of The Year In 2016 Cheng Wei
Humanitarian award at 12th Annual UNICEF Katy Perry
Snowflake Ball
AFC Developing Member Association of the Year All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Award
Best Cities Award at C40 Mayors Summit Kolkata
IAAF Athletics Awards 2016 Men:Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Women: Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia)
Miss Supranational 2016 Srinidhi Shetty
Gangadhar National Award 2015 Leeladhar Jagoori
Best Bank for SME Lending award 2016 Vijaya Bank
Best MSME Bank Award 2016 The Corporation Bank
CII National Quality Award Bharat Earth Movers Limited Ltd (BEML) Ltd
2016 Turner prize UK Helen Marten
Hollywood Independent Documentary Award Indian filmmaker Onir for Raising the Bar
French Highest Civilian Award US Secretary of State John Kerry
Ballon dOr 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo (4th time)
BWF Most Improved Player award PV Sindhu
BWF Male Player of the Year award Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia
BWF Female Player of the Year award Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi from Japan
Carbon Neutral Status Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA),
Hyderabad
Best unproduced script of 2016 Madonnas biopic Blond Ambition
Highest Ever Wave 19-metre-high (62.3 ft) wave in the North Atlantic

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SIES- Kanchi Seer Award
First Indian University to be accredited with QS 4-
star rating
Digital India Silver Award
Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016
Oscar Nominee
Lampara peace prize or Catholic Nobel
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Miss World 2016
IPI-India Award 2016
Web Ratna Category
2016 Sahitya Akademi Award
Novles
Poetry
Short Stories
Books on Criticism
Essay
Play
ICC Awards 2016
ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers
Trophy)
ICC Test Cricketer of the Year
ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year
ICC Womens ODI Cricketer of the Year
ICC Womens T20I Cricketer of the Year
ICC T20I Performance of the Year
ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year
ICC Associate/Affiliate Cricketer of the Year
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award
ICC Umpire of the Year (David Shepherd Trophy)
2016 SASTRA-Ramanujan award
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Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis,
UK-based scholar John Ralston Marr, ISRO
chairman A S Kiran Kumar and Hari Katha exponent
Kamala Murthy
VIT University, Vellore
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation(CCMC) ,
Tamil Nadu
Tata Sons interim Chairman Ratan Tata
A R Rahman for sports biopic Pele: Birth of a
Legend
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
Andy Murray (Third time)
Stephanie Del Valle from Puerto Rico
The Week and Varun Bhatt
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Nasira Sharma: Hindi novel Paarijat
Jerry Pinto: English novel Em and the Big Hoom
Gita Upadhyay: Nepali novel Janmabhumi Mero
Swadesh
Boluwaru Mohammad Kunhi: Kannada novel
Swatantryada Ota
Edwin JF Dsouza: Konkani novel Kale Bhangar.
Jnan Pujari (Assamese), Anju (Bodo), Kamal Vora
(Gujarati), Prabha Varma (Malayalam), Sitanath
Acharya (Sanskrit), Gobinda Chandra Majhi
(Santali), Nand Javeri (Sindhi) and Papini Svasankar
(Telugu).
Chhatrapal (Dongri language), Shyam Darihare
(Maithili), Moirangthem Rajen (Manipuri), Asaram
Lomate (Marathi), Paramamita Satpathy (Odia),
Bulaki Sharma (Rajasthani) and Vannadhasan
(Tamil).
Aziz Hajini (Kashmiri) and Nizam Siddiqui (Urdu)
Nrisinghaprasad Bhaduri (Bengali)
Swarajbir (Punjabi)
Ravichandran Ashwin (India).
Ravichandran Ashwin (India).
Quinton de Kock (South Africa).
Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies )
Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan)
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
Marais Erasmus
Maksym Radziwill
Kaisa Matomaki
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Jnanpith Award Shankha Ghosh

Power & Energy Personas Award Shri K M Singh, NHPC
2016 Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
Guinness World Records Andhra Pradesh state dance Kuchipudi
Honorary doctorate by Maulana Azad National
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan
Urdu University, Hyderabad
26th Bihari Puraskar Satya Narayan
Best Player of the Year 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo
Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II Shankar Balasubramanian

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