Awards 2016 (IBPS GA)

S.No	Awards	Winner
Awards for Literature
1.	2016 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award	Acclaimed Indian American fiction author Amitav Ghosh
2.	2016 Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate Award	Lyricist-writer Gulzar
3.	First World Sanskrit Award	Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess of Thailand
4.	Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2016 for his book Gita Press & the Making of Hindu India	Senior journalist Akshaya Mukul
5.	Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 by Karnataka Lalithakala Academy	Marta Jakimowicz
6.	Man Booker prize 2016	Paul Beatty(US) for his book, 'The Sellout'
7.	Mathrubhumi Literary Award	Eminent writer C Radhakrishnan
8.	Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank	Prestigious award by the Ugandan government for promoting human values through his literature.
9.	2016 John F. Richards Prize	Nayanjot Lahiri (for her book Ashoka in Ancient India)
10.	2016 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy	Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) of Malappuram, Kerala
11.	N Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award 2016	Malayalam critic and academician M Leelavathy
12.	29th Moortidevi Award 2015	Noted Telugu writer Prof. Kalakaluri Enoch for his novel Ananta Jeevanam
13.	25th Vyas Samman 2015	Hindi scholar and writer Sunita Jain for her poetry collection Kshama
14.	Saraswati Samman 2015	Padma Sachdev for her autobiography ‘Chitt-Chete’ (in Dogri)
Country’s Highest Honour Given
15.	US President presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour, to 21 personalities. Some of the important awardees are:        Robert Redford        Bill & Melinda Gates        Tom Hanks	Grace Hopper (posthumous)        Michael Jordan        Cicely Tyson        Kareem Abdul-Jabbar        Elouise Cobell (posthumous)        Robert De Niro        Diana Ross
16.	2016 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea	Captain Radhika Menon
17.	Some Yash Bharti Award 2016 winners        Lieutenant General (Retd.) AK Singh        Atul Tiwari: Film writer        Murad Ali Khan: Trap shooter	Naseeruddin Shah: Actor        Rachna Govil: Sportsperson        Pramod Kumar Choudhary: Social activist
18.	Europe's human rights award, Sakharov Prize	Two Yazidi women, Nadia Murad Basee & Lamiya Aji Bashar
19.	Film-maker Prajna Chowta	Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (Knight in the National Order of Merit)
20.	Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour)	Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
21.	‘Tamil Ratna’ by America Tamil Sangam	Subramanian Swamy
22.	Honoured at the United Nations by a performance by A.R. Rahman at the UNGA	M. S. Subbulakshmi
23.	Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight in the National Order Arts and Letters)	Kamal Haasan
Film/Music Awards
24.	Sumitra Charat Ram Award for lifetime achievement	Noted flautist Pt Hari Prasad Chourasia
25.	Latin Grammy Awards 2016        Record of the Year-Carlos Vives & Shakira, "La Bicicleta        Best Pop/Rock Album-Julieta Venegas, Algo Sucede	Best Singer-Songwriter Album-Manuel Medrano, Manuel Medrano        Best Regional Song-"Ataúd," Erika Ender, Manu Moreno & Mónica Vélez, songwriters (Los Tigres Del Norte).        Best Rock Album-Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, La Salvación De Solo Y Juan
26.	'Kalidas Samman' national award for 2015-16	Prof Raj Bisaria
27.	Hollywood actor Jackie Chan received, an honorary Oscar for his decades of work in filmat the annual Governors Awards.
28.	Best Actor Award at the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards	Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee
29.	Robert De Niro	44th annual Chaplin Award
30.	Bollywood Actress Sonam Kapoor	2016 ET Panache Trendsetter Award
31.	Veteran actor Ian McKellen	UK Theatre Award
32.	Katyayan Shivpuri (for his work Murga)	1st Prize, Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival
33.	Tamil Ratna Award	A.R. Rahman
34.	Sangeet Martand Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award	Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
Sports Awards
35.	Sprinter Srabani Nanda	24th Ekalabya Award for 2016
36.	Mohun Bagan Ratna	Syed Nayeemuddin, India’s football coach
37.	Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement.	N. Ramachandran, President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
38.	Dhyan Chand Award.	Athlete Satti Geetha, Sylvanus Dung Dung and Rower Rajendra Pralhad Shelke
39.	European Golden Boy award	Renato Sanches from Portugal
40.	28th Jimmy George foundation award	PR. Sreejesh
Awards to Scientists/Doctors
41.	Winners of Infosys Prize 2016        Dr. Gagandeep Kang for Life Sciences        Prof. Sunit Amrith for Humanities        Dr. Anil Bhardwaj for Physical Sciences	Prof. V. Kumaran for Engineering & Computer Science:        Prof. Kaivan Munshi for Social Sciences        Prof. Akshay Venkatesh for Mathematical Sciences
42.	Randeep Guleria	Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy Award for medicine
43.	Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad	IAFP Young scientist scholarship award
44.	Satish Pathak, a Pune-based innovator	'Excellence in Technical Innovation' by the International Society of Automation
45.	16-year-old Indian-origin South African teen Kiara Nirghin	$50,000 scholarship at the annual Google Science Fair
46.	APJ Abdul Kalam Award	Scientist P Shanmugam
Other Awards Conferred
47.	PM Modi presented the Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
48.	Lifetime Achievement Award, 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)	South Korean director Im Kwon-taek
49.	39th Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Awards for 2016	Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi. Other winners are Mohan Hirabai Hiralal, BonBehari Vishnu Nimbkar & Dr. Nannapaneni Manga Devi.
50.	Uttarakhand Ratna award	Narayan Dutt Tiwari
51.	TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) was named Industry Champions in the Leadership category. India’s Vedanta Limited was named “Top Companies to Work For in Asia.”
52.	“Doodle 4 Google” contest	11 year old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang
53.	Global Citizen Award for his "innovative & visionary" contribution	Imtiaz Sooliman
54.	2016 International Press Freedom Award	Malini Subramaniam(India), Mahmoud Abou Zeid (Egypt), Can Dündar (Turkey) & Oscar Martinez (El Salvador)
55.	Mother Teresa International Award	Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
56.	Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice	Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain
57.	Almatti dam, one of the largest reservoirs in Karnataka	World Bank’s Award of Excellence for best utilisation of funds for renovation to enhance the strength of the dam
58.	Noted British statistician Sir David Cox	International Prize in Statistics
59.	IRCTCs Maharajas Express	Seven Star Luxury Hospitality & Lifestyle Award
60.	G. Balakrishna	Mr. Asia 2016
61.	Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016	Carnatic singer Thodur Madabusi Krishna and Bezwada Wilson, campaigner for eradication of manual scavenging
62.	2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize	Indian American scientist Ramesh Raskar
63.	2015 National Humanities Medal.	Abraham Verghese, Indian-American physician-author
64.	Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award 2016	Indian-American Dinesh Bharadia
65.	2016 Humanitarian of the Year by Harvard Foundation	Aung San Suu Kyi
66.	2016 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards. Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement	Sanjay Dutta & Ritesh Sarothiya
67.	2016 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement	Uttam Singh
68.	Best Tourist Friendly Airport	Tirupati Airport
69.	2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants	Translator and artist Anita Gopalan
70.	23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award	Shubha Mudgal