AWARDS

S.no		Awards		Winner
Awards for Literature
1.	2016 PEN Pinter Prize.		Canadian poet, novelist Margaret Atwood
2.	51st Jnanpith Award		Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari
3.	'2016 The Caine Prize'		South African writer Lidudumalingani Mqombothi for his story ‘Memories we Lost’
4.	2016 PEN Pinter Prize.		Canadian poet, novelist Margaret Atwood
5.	2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award		Mr. Akhil Sharma for his novel 'family life'.
6.	2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award		Mr. Akhil Sharma for his novel 'family life'.
7.		Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2016		Indian author & Social Science professor from India Prashar Kulkarni
8.		Edgar Allan Poe award		Neela Banerjee & her three colleagues from Inside Climate News – John Cushman Jr, David Hasemyer & Lisa Song
9.		Mongolia’s highest civilian award "North Star"		Indian scholars-Lokesh Chandra & Mansura Haider
10.		PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award		Egyptian novelist & journalist Ahmed Naji
11.		George Grierson prize for remarkable works done for the propagation of Hindi abroad		Chinese professor Ge Fuping
12.		Saraswati Samman for 2015		Author & poet Padma Sachdev (autobiography titled Chitt-Chete, written in Dogri language.
13.		2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award		J.K. Rowling
14.		Krutitava Smagra Samman for 2015		Padma Sachdev
Country’s Highest Honour Given
15.		Great Immigrants: The Pride of America Award 2016		Four Indian-Americans: Sunder Pichai, Hari Sreenivasan, Vikram Malhotra & Bharati Mukherjee.
16.		Highest civilian award of Ivory Coast, 'the National Grand Crois’		President Pranab Mukherjee
17.		Order of Friendship honour given by Russia		United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
18.		Japan's Fukuoka prize 2016		Renowned Indian music composer A. R. Rahman
19.		Highest French civilian honour -'French Legion Of Honour'		Renowned author of Harry Potter series, JK Rowling
20.		Honored by US President at the White House for her excellent work in the field of education.		Indian-American Revathi Balakrishnan, from Texas
21.		Japan’s second highest national decoration i.e. The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold & Silver Star award		N K Singh
22.		Honoured with a special statue by the Switzerland Govt..		Late director Yash Chopra
23.		Highest French civilian honour, Officier de l Ordre national de la Legion dHonneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour)		General (retd) Joginder Jaswant Singh
24.		UK’s prestigious Founders Award 2016		Mother Teresa(posthumously)
25.		King Abdulaziz Sash honour by Saudi Arabia		PM Narendra Modi
26.		Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour).		Chairman & MD of Mahindra & Mahindra Group Anand G Mahindra
27.		Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour)		Tikka Shatrujit Singh
28.		Mongolia has conferred its highest civilian award "North Star"		Indian scholars-Lokesh Chandra & Mansura Haider
29.		Conferred with one of the highest awards of Cyprus for his work in a number of senior roles within the Commonwealth Secretariat		Amitav Banerji
30.		Order of Arts & Letters, one of France’s top honours		Mahatma Gandhi’s Grand daughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee
31.		Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest honour		Mohammed bin Nayef
32.		Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by French Govt.		Anand Mahindra
Film Awards
1.		2016 IIFA awards held in Madrid, Spain. Best Actor (Female) & Best Actor (Male) Best Director for "Bajirao Mastani" Best Film					Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh Sanjay Leela Bhansali "Bajrangi Bhaijaan"
2.		Best film award & best script writers award, Asia New Talent Awards in the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival.					‘Thithi ‘, a Kannada film
3.		Dadasaheb Phalke Award For 'Aligarh'					Manoj Bajpayee
4.		Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2016 in best actress category					Priyanka Chopra
5.		'Best Film Critic' award at the 63rd National Film Awards, 2015					Manipur's Meghachandra
6.		Best actress in an international narrative feature honour at Tribeca Film Festival 2016 for her performance in anthology filmMadly					Radhika Apte
7.		Global Indian of the Year 2016 award					Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
8.		47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.					Film Actor & Director Manoj Kumar
9.		‘Maharashtrian Of The Year’					Bollywood star Ranveer Singh
Sports Awards
10.		Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)					N. Ramachandran
11.		Mohun Bagan Ratna award					Syed Nayeemuddin
12.		'Ceat T20 Player of the Year' awards 2016					Virat Kohli
13.		Test Player of the Year, Limited Overs Player of the Year & Fans' Player of the Year at the England's annual awards.					England cricketer Joe Root
14.		First African footballer to win the Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) Player of the Year award for the 2015–16 season					Riyad Mahrez
15.		Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2015					Kane Williamson
16.		Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award					Late Captain Shankar Laxman
17.		'Sportsman  & sportswoman of the Year' Laureus World Sports Awards					Tennis stars, Novak Djokovic & Serena Williams
Awards to Scientists
18.		GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2015				IIT-Kanpur professor Sanjay Mittal
19.		"Honoris Causa" Doctor of Science by IIT				Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand
20.		Vivian Fonseca Scholar Award 2016.				Shashank S Shah
21.		Millennium Technology Prize for her work 'directed evolution' in Finland				US biochemical engineer, Frances Arnold
22.		Springer Theses Award in recognition for his outstanding research in which he developed transgenic mice to study a critical tumour-suppressor called A20				An Indian-American scientist Arnab De
23.		European Materials Research Society’s (E-MRS’s) Young Scientist Award				Nandini Bhandaru
24.		'National Medal of Science' award from US President				Mr. Rakesh Jain
25.		International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award				IIT scholar K Ashok Kumar
Other Awards Conferred
1.		Gourmand World Cookbook Award for 2015-16.			Nimi Sunilkumar
2.		Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) Lifetime Achievement Award			Srinivasan K Swamy
3.		First woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International Maritime Organisation			Radhika Menon
4.		World's best airline 2016 at Skytrax World Airline Awards			International airline Emirates based in Dubai
5.		Best banking CEO in Asia			Aditya Puri, chief executive & managing director (MD), HDFC
6.		Best banking CFO in Asia			Sashi Jagdishan
7.		Honorary Fellowship in the UK			Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
8.		Honorary professorship by Nanjing Audit University (NAU), China			CAG of India Shashi Kant Sharma
9.		2016 Queen's Young Leaders award in UK			Kartik Sawhney, & Neha Swain
10.		Honoured by UN chief Ban Ki-moon under the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative			An Indian social entrepreneur Zubaida Bai
11.		Four awards at ‘FilmAT’			Kerala Tourism
12.		Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding contribution in manufacturing			Eminent Indian-origin professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya
13.		Home Ministry has proposed instituting ‘yoga medals’ for central paramilitary troops for displaying exceptional skills in the discipline.
14.		National Award for Best Performing Central PSU			Airports Authority of India (AAI) for its Roof Top Solar Power initiatives
15.		'Sansad Ratna' awards given to Member of Parliaments			PP Chaudhary, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit , Shrirang Appa Barne, Raajeev Shankarrao Satav, Shivaji Adhalrao Patil & P Rajeev.
16.		Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) award for rooftop solar power projects			Tata Power Solar
17.		Miss USA 2016			Deshauna Barber
18.		Gold medal in people's choice prize at world championship festival of sand sculpting Russe, 2016			Renowned Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik
19.		CFBP (Council for Fair Business Practices) Jamnalal Bajaj award for fair business practices.			Karnataka Bank Ltd
20.		National Geographic Bee competition 2016			A 12 year old, Indian American student Rishi Nair
21.		Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award			Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
22.		'Scholastic Asian Book Award' for her 32,000-word manuscript rooted in "love of Indian history"			Aditi Krishnakumar
23.		Limca Book of Records for conducting the most intensive household survey by a state			Telangana Govt.
24.		Har Parkash Rishi is an Indian man who holds the Guinness World Record for having the maximum number of flags (366) tattooed on his body.
25.		University of Houston's highest teaching award			Indian-American Rupa Iyer
26.		Global Green Hero award			Veteran singer Stevie Wonder
27.		'International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Hall of Fame' award for 2016			Udupi Ramachandra
28.		Best family destination in the Lonely Planet Magazine India (LPMI) Travel Awards 2016			Kerala
29.		National Award for Smart Policing instituted by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)			SMS-based Vehicle Monitoring System of Nagaland police
30.		‘Excellence Award on empowering MSMEs’			Corporation Bank
31.		Amnesty International top human rights award			Musician Angelique Kidjo
32.		World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2016 prize in the e-Agriculture category			Harita-Priya Agriculture Project of Andhra Pradesh
33.		2016 Nelson Mandela Award			Tabassum Adnan
34.		Gold Medal At Moscow SAND Sculpture Championship 2016			Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik
35.		Best Banknote of the year			New Zealand's $5 bill
36.		Mandela Graça Machel Innovation Award 2016			Tabassum Adnan
37.		Hridaynath Award			Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand
38.		UNESCO or Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2016.			Khadija Ismayilova of Azerbaijan
39.		FBB Femina Miss India World 2016			Priyadarshini Chatterjee
40.		First Prize in UN #LinksSDGs Data Visualization Challenge.			Abdulqadir Rashik
41.		2016 Abel Prize			British mathematician Sir Andrew Wiles
42.		Advertising Club Madras’s 1st Distinguished Service Award			Srinivasan K Swamy
43.		Mahindra Samriddi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Aear-Krishi Shiromani Samman			Dr Amrita Patel
44.		The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes were announced in the US. It is an award for achievements in newspaper & online journalism, literature, & musical composition in the United States.
45.		President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma Awards 2016 Padma Vibhushan • Dr Vasudeva Kalkunte Aatre  • Dr Girija Devi • Rajanikanth • Ramoji Rao • Dr V Shanta Padma Bhusan • Ravindra Chandra Bhargava • Robert Dean Blackwill • Indu Jain • Udit Narayan Jha • Heinam Kanhailal • Sania Mirza • Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad • Dayanada Saraswati (Posthumus) • Ram Vanji Sutar • NS Ramanuja Tatacharya • Swami Tejomayananda Padma Shri • Priyanka Chopra • Salman Khan • SS Rajamouli (Director of Bahubali) • Veena Tandon