National and International Awards and Honours 2016

S.No	Name of the Award	Recipient
1	Lifetime Achievement Award at Dubai International Film Festival	Rekha (Veteran actress)
2	The world's third largest startup base	India (US and UK stands in the first and second position respectively)
3	Rio Paralympics silver medalist, who honored with Rs. 4 crore cash reward by P Narendra Modi	Deepa Malik
4	German Green Talent Award	Shamik Chowdhury (Indian researcher)
5	Prestigious award for outstanding work in the field of e-governance at the 'State of the States Conclave 2016'	Haryana government
6	The highest-paid woman in music for 2016 in Forbes’ annual list.	Taylor Swift
7	Rashtriya Kalidas Samman by Madhya Pradesh Government	Raj Bisaria and Banshi Kaul
8	Australian of the Year Local Hero' award 2017	Tejinder Pal
9	La Liga's best player for 2015-16 season	Cristiano Ronaldo
10	Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award	Amitav Ghosh
11	Reporters without Borders (RSF)-TV5 Monde prize’	Hadi Abdullah
12	Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance for year 2016	Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
13	Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award at the ATP awards	Roger Federer
14	Uttarakhand Ratna award	Harish Rawat (Uttarakhand Chief Minister)
15	Goldsmiths Prize	Mike McCormack (Solar Bones author)
16	‘Doodle 4 Google’ 2016 contest	Anvita Prashant Telang ( fromPune )
17	Global Citizen Award	Imtiaz Sooliman
18	Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate Award 2016	Gulzar (Lyricist-writer)
19	World's best airline for the 4th consecutive year	Air New Zealand
20	The oldest woman to Space	Peggy Whitson (NASA astronaut, at an age of 56 years)
21	Winner of SumitraCharat Ram Award for lifetime achievement in the field of Indian classical music.	Pt Hari Prasad Chourasia (Noted flautist)
22	Winner of the prestigious Mother Teresa International Award	Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, by the Mumbai-based NGO Harmony Foundation.)
23	'Artist of the Year' at the 2016 American Music Awards (AMAs)	Ariana Grande (Singer)
24	'Favorite Female Artist - Pop/Rock' at the 2016 American Music Awards (AMAs)	Selena Gomez
25	'Video of the Year' award at the 2016 American Music Awards (AMAs)	Justin Bieber (for his track 'Sorry')
26	first World Sanskrit Award	Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Princess of Thailand)
27	International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea	Captain Radhika Menon
28	International Press Freedom Award	Malini Subramaniam (Indian Journalist, for her reporting from the Naxal-infested Bastar area)
29	Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize	Akshaya Mukul (Senior journalist, for his book "Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India")
30	Winner of 10th Asia Pacific Screen Award in Best Actor Category	Manoj Bajpayee (Bollywood actor)
31	Winner of at the prestigious UNESCO Salon Youth Video Competition 2016	'Magical Piano', a short film by the Toonz Media Group (Dr Avaneesh, Head of Development, Toonz Media Group received the award from Salon Films Chairman Fred Wang)
32	Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) ‘Distinguished Indologist’ Award	Prof. Yu Long Yu (Chinese professor)
33	Golden Peacock award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)	Iranian film “Daughter” (directed by Reza Mirkarimi)