| Name of the Winner | Category | Organized by /Presented by / Some facts |
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| 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 |
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