Awards and Honours (July-August 2018)

August 2018

Name of the Winner	Category	Organized by /Presented by / Some facts
Gopalkrishna Gandhi	Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award	For promoting communal harmony, peace and goodwill.
Indian-Australian mathematician, Akshay Venkatesh	Mathematics’ prestigious Fields medal	Contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics.
Dr Najma Heptullah (for year 2013) Hukum Dev Narayan (for year 2014) Ghulam Nabi Azad (for year 2015) Dinesh Trivedi (for year 2016) Bhartruhari Mahtab (for year 2017)	Outstanding Parliamentarian Award	President Ram Nath Kovind
Rifleman Aurangzeb and Major Aditya Kumar of Indian Army	Shaurya Chakra	By President Ram Nath Kovind
US scientists ü James Allison, ü Carl June and ü Steven Rosenberg	2018 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research	Research in immunology and translation into effective therapies which led to innovative treatments for cancer, HIV and other diseases
Oscar-winning director Ang Lee	Recipients of the annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) honours	At the DGA Theatre in New York City
General Dalbir Singh Suhag (Retired), of the Indian Army	The Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander)	By The United States government. for exceptionally meritorious service as chief of the Army staff, Indian Army.
SK Arora	World Health Organization (WHO) World No Tobacco Day 2017 Award	By WHO for his extraordinary contribution towards tobacco control.
David Beckham, Former England captain	The UEFA President's Award	Contribution to football and promoting the sport in "every corner of the planet".
PepsiCo's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi	The Game Changer of the Year award	By a global cultural organisation Asia Society
DBS Bank	The world’s best bank for digital innovation	By Global Finance magazine
Javed Akhtar	Shalaka Samman, highest honour of Hindi Sahitya Academy
K.Anvar Sadath	The International Contributions Award	The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA
Indian-origin prison guard Sashi Cheliah	10th MasterChef Australia 2018	He hails from Coimbatore, Tami Nadu
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie	The most influential woman in history	By BBC History Magazine.
Annie Zaidi	The Hindu Playwright Award 2018	Her play is Untitled-1
Actress Scarlett Johansson	World’s highest paid female actress	By Forbes
Godrej’s Smitha Crishna	India’s wealthiest women list for 2018	Kotak Wealth-Hurun Report

July 2018

Name of the Winner	category	Organized by / some facts
Footballer Sunil Chhetri	AIFF Award Winners: Player of the Year	Meeting was chaired by AIFF President Praful Patel
Footballer Kamala Devi	AIFF Award Winners: Woman Player of the Year
Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk from India	Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners 2018	Bharat Vatwani (for Restoring Health & Dignity to troubled lives) and Sonam Wangchuk (for Harnessing nature, culture & education)
Former Mohun Bagan captain Pradip Chowdhury	Mohun Bagan ‘Ratna’, the highest honour of Mohun Bagan club
An eight-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy Ishwar Sharma	'British Indian of the Year'	He is the under-11 UK national yoga champion
'The English Patient' by Michael Ondaatje	Winner of the Golden Man Booker Prize	The prize was instituted as part of celebrations to mark the Booker’s having completed 50 years.
Artist Anjolie Ela Menon	The National Kalidas Samman	For her contribution to visual arts, from the Madhya Pradesh government
Former captains Rahul Dravid of India,	Inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame 2018	The fifth Indian cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
fisherman from Maharashtra, Milan Shankar Tare,	2018 National Maritime Search and Rescue Award	He saved the lives of 12 people from a sinking fishing boat.
Major General VD Dogra became the held in Austria.	Completed ‘Ironman’ competition	He is the first serving Indian Army officer and only General in the world to have completed the competition
Dr Ravi Mehrotra	Lifetime achievement award at Seatrade 30th Anniversary Awards Event	Presented by Chris Hayman, Chairman, Seatrade.
Indian-origin Jayshree Ullal and Neerja Sethi	America’s 60 richest self-made women	By Forbes