General Knowledge-Current Affairs: AWARDS (National & International)

Bharat Ratna Award Winners (1980-2013)

Year Awardee Discipline

1980 Mother Teresa Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Prize winner

1983 Vinoba Bhave Awarded after his death, freedom fighter and social reformer, founder of Bhoodan Movement and a true Gandhian

1987 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Freedom fighter and first non-citizen, first foreigner (citizen of Pakistan)

1988 M.G Ramachandran Awarded after his death, film actor and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

1990 Nelson Mandela Second non-citizen and first non-Indian recipient from South Africa

B.R. Ambedkar Awarded after his death, chief architect of the Indian Constitution, economist and politician and lawyer.

1991 Morarji Desai Freedom fighter and 5th Prime Minister of India

Vallabhbhai Patel Awarded after his death, freedom fighter and first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India

Rajiv Gandhi Awarded after his deatch, 7th Prime Minister of India

1992 Satyajit Ray Famous filmmaker

J.R.D. Tata Industrialist and philanthropist

Abul Kalam Azad Awarded after his death, freedom fighter and first Minister of Education

1997 Aruna Asaf Ali Awarded after his death, freedom fighter

Gulzarilal Nanda Freedom fighter and interim Prime Minister

A.P.J Abdul Kalam Aeronautical Engineer and 11th President of India, father of India’s missile projects.

1998 Chidambaram Subramaniam Freedom fighter and Minister of Agriculture

M.S.Subbulakshmi Classical carnatic singer

1999 Gopinath Bordoloi Awarded after his death, freedom fighter and Chief Minister of Assam

Amartya Sen Economist and Nobel Prize winner

Ravi Shankar Sitar player

Jayaprakash Narayan Awarded after his death, freedom fighter and a socialist thinker and fighter for human rights–associated with the concept of Total Revolution and Partyless Government

2001 Bismillah Khan Hindustani classical shehnai player

Lata Mangeshkar Playback singer with a golden voice

2008 Bhimsen Joshi Hindustani classical singer

2009 to 2013 — None

Padma Vibhushan Awards (2005-2013)

Year Name Field State Country

2005 Dr. B. K. Goyal Medicine Maharashtra India

Bhai Mohan Singh Trade and Industry Amritsar India

Dr. Karan Singh Public Affairs Delhi India

Mohan Dharia Social Work Maharashtra India

Pandit Ram Narayan Arts Maharashtra India

Dr. Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan Medicine Karnataka India

Late Jyotindra Nath Dixit Civil Service Delhi India

Milon Kumar Banerji Law and Public Affairs Delhi India

R. K. Laxman Arts Maharashtra India

2006 Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Science & Engineering Texas US

V. N. Khare Law and Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India

Mahasveta Devi Literature & Education West Bengal India

Nirmala Deshpande Social Work Delhi India

Prof. Obaid Siddiqui Science & Engineering Karnataka India

Prof. Prakash Narain Tandon Medicine Delhi India

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Arts Kerala India

C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao Civil Service Tamil Nadu India

Charles Correa Science & Engineering Maharashtra India

2007 Raja Jesudoss Chelliah Public Affairs Tamil Nadu India

Dr. Venkataraman Krishnamurthy Civil Service Delhi India

Prof. (Dr.) Balu Sankaran Medicine Delhi India

Fali Sam Nariman Law and Public Affairs Delhi India

Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati Law and Public Affairs Delhi India

Khushwant Singh Literature & Education Delhi India

Dr. Raja Rao (Posthumous) Literature & Education Karnataka US

N.N. Vohra Civil Service Haryana India

Naresh Chandra Civil Service Delhi India

Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan Science & Engineering Kerala United States

Rajendra K. Pachauri Environmentalism Nainital India

2008 N.R. Narayana Murthy Information Technology Karnataka India

E. Sreedharan Delhi Metro Kerala India

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal Industry Rajasthan India

Adarsh Sein Anand Public Affairs Delhi India

P. N. Dhar Civil Service Kashmir India

P. R. S. Oberoi Trade India

Asha Bhosle Arts Maharashtra India

Edmund Hillary (posthumous) Mountaineering Auckland NewZealand

Ratan Tata Industry Maharashtra India

Pranab Mukherjee Public affairs West Bengal India

Sachin Tendulkar Sports Maharashtra India

Viswanathan Anand Sports Tamil Nadu India

2009 Chandrika Prasad Srivastava Civil Service Maharashtra India

Sunderlal Bahuguna Environment preservation Uttarakhand India

D. P. Chattopadhyaya Literature & Education West Bengal India

Jasbir Singh Bajaj Medicine Punjab India

Purshottam Lal Medicine Uttar Pradesh India

Govind Narain Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh India

Anil Kakodkar Science & Engineering Maharashtra India

G. Madhavan Nair Science & Engineering Kerala India

Sister Nirmala Social Work West Bengal India

A. S. Ganguly Trade & Industry Maharashtra India

2010 Ebrahim Alkazi Theatre Delhi India

Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Mirdangam Tamil Nadu India

Zohra Sehgal Theatre Delhi India

Venugopal Reddy Law & Public Affairs A.P. India

V. Ramakrishnan Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu India

Pratap Reddy Trade and Industry A.P. India

2011 Dr. (Mrs.) Kapila Vatsyayan Art Administration Delhi India

A. Nageshwara Rao Cinema A.P. India

Montek Singh Ahluwalia Public Affairs Delhi India

Azim Premji Industry Karnataka India

Brajesh Mishra Civil Services M.P. India

Homai Vyarawalla Photography Maharashtra India

Parasaran Kesava Iyengar Public Affairs Tamil Nadu India

Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai Public Affairs U.P. India

Vijay Kelkar Public Affairs Maharashtra India

Pallay Ramarao Science and Technology A.P. India

Ottaplavil Neelakandan Velu Kurup Literature and Education Kerala India

Sitakant Mahapatra Literature and Education Odisha India

Late L. C. Jain Public Affairs Delhi India

Padma Awards (2012)

The Padma Awards for the Year 2012 were announced on the eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day. 109 awards including one two case and 14 in the category of Foreigners (NRI’s/PIO’s) Posthumous. They comprised of 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There were 19 women among the awardess.

2012 Sh. K.G. Subramanyam Art (Painting and Sculpture) West Bengal India

Late Sh. Mario de Miranda Art (Cartoonist) Goa India

Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Art (Music) Asom India

Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Medicine (Orthopedic) Maharashtra India

T.V. Rajeshwar Civil Service Delhi India

Padma Awards (2013)

The prestigious padma awards were announced on January 25, 2013 on the eve of India’s 64th Republic Day. These comprise of 108 awards in all. These include 4 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri. There are 24 women and 11 in the category of Foreigners /NRI’s/PlO’s/Posthumous.

2013 Raghunath Mohapatra Art Odisha India

S. Haider Raza Art M.P. India

Prof. Yash Pal (Science & Engineering) Delhi India

Prof. Roddam Narsimha (Science & Engineering) Bangalore India

Jnanpith Award Winners (1981-2012)

Year Awardee Language

1981 Amrita Pritam Punjabi

1982 Mahadevi Varma Hindi

1983 Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar Kannada

1984 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Malayalam

1985 Pannalal Patel Gujarati

1986 Sachidananda Rout Roy Oriya

1987 Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) Marathi

1988 Dr.C. Narayana Reddy Telugu

1989 Qurratulain Hyder Urdu

1990 V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) Kannada

1991 Subhas Mukhopadhyay Bengali

1992 Naresh Mehta Hindi

1993 Sitakant Mahapatra Oriya

1994 U.R. Ananthamurthy Kannada

1995 M. T. Vasudevan Nair Malayalam

1996 Mahasweta Devi Bengali

1997 Ali Sardar Jafri Urdu

1998 Girish Karnad Kannada

1999 Nirmal Verma Hindi

1999 Gurdial Singh Punjabi

2000 Indira Goswami Assamese

2001 Rajendra Keshavlal Shah Gujarati

2002 D. Jayakanthan Tamil

2003 Vinda Karandikar Marathi

2004 Rahman Rahi Kashmiri

2005 Kunwar Narayan Hindi

2006 Ravindra Kelekar Konkani

2006 Satya Vrat Shastri Sanskrit

2007 O. N. V. Kurup Malayalam

2008 Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’ Urdu

2009 Amar Kant Hindi

2009 Shrilal Shukla Hindi

2010 Chandrashekhara Kambara Kannada

2011 Pratibha Ray Odia (Oriya) Announced in 2012

2012 Ravari Bharadwaja Telugu

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners (1991-2012)

Year Awardee Discipline

1991-92 Viswanathan Anand Chess

1992-93 Geet Sethi Billiards

1993-94 Nil Nil

1994-95 Cdr. Homi D. Motivala Yachting

Lt. Cdr. P. K. Garg Yachting

1995-96 Karnam Malleswari Weightlifting

1996-97 Leander Paes Tennis

Nameirakpam Kunjarani Weightlifting

1997-98 Sachin Tendulkar Cricket

1998-99 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athletics

1999-2000 Dhanraj Pillay Hockey

2000-01 Pullela Gopichand Badminton

2001-02 Abhinav Bindra Shooting

2002-03 K. M. Beenamol Athletics

Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat Shooting

2003-04 Anju Bobby George Athletics

2004-05 Lt. Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting

2005-06 Pankaj Advani Billiards & Snooker

2006-07 Manavjit Singh Sandhu Shooting

2007-08 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Cricket

2008-09 Ms. M.C. Mary Kom Boxing

Mr. Vijender Singh Boxing

Mr. Sushil Kumar Wrestling

2009-10 Ms. Saina Nehwal Badminaton

2010-11 Mr. Gagan Narang Shooting

2011-12 Mr. Vijay Kumar Shooting

2011-12 Mr. Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling

Dronacharya Award Winners (2001-2012)

Year Awardee Discipline

2001 Prof. Sunny Thomas Shooting

Michael Joseph Ferreira Billiards & Snooker

2002 Renu Kohli Athletics

Jaswant Singh Athletics

M.K. Kaushik Hockey

E. Prasad Rao Kabaddi

Cdr. H.D. Motivala Yachting

2003 Robert Bobby George Athletics

Anup Kumar Boxing

Rajinder Singh Hockey

Sukhchain Singh Cheema Wrestling

2004 Arvind Savur Billiards & Snooker

Sunita Sharma Cricket

Cyrus Poncha Squash

Gurcharan Singh Boxing

2005 Hony. Captain M Venu Boxing

Balwan Singh Kabaddi

Maha Singh Rao Wrestling

Ismail Baig Rowing

2006 R D Singh Athletics

Damodaran Chandralal Boxing

Koneru Ashok Chess

2007-08 Sanjeev Kumar Singh Archery

Jagdish Singh Boxing

G.E. Sridharan Volleyball

Jagminder Singh Wrestling

2009 Pullela Gopichand Badminton

Satpal Wrestling

J. Uday Kumar Kabaddi

Baldev Singh Hockey

Jaidev Bisht Boxing

2010 A. K. Kutty Athletics

Subhash K. Aggarwal Billiards & Snooker

L. Ibomacha Singh Boxing

Ajay Kumar Bansal Hockey

Captain Chandroop Wrestling

2011 L. Venkateswara Rao Boxing

Devendra Kumar Rathore Gymnastics

Ramphal Wrestling

Dr. Kamal Roy Athletics

Rajinder Singh Hockey

2012 Virender Poonia Athletics

Sunil Dabas Kabaddi–Women

Yashvir Singh Wrestling

Harendra Singh Hockey

Dr. Satyapal Singh Athletics, Para Sports

B.I. Fernandez Boxing–Lifetime Achievement

J.S. Bhatia Athletics–Lifetime Achievement

Bhawani Mukherjee Table Tennis–Lifetime Achievement

Dhyanchand Award Winners (2002-2012)

Year Awardee Discipline

2002 Aparna Ghosh Basketball

Ashok Diwan Hockey

Shahuraj Birajdar Boxing

2003 Charles Cornelius Hockey

Dharm Singh Maan Hockey

Om Prakash Volleyball

Ram Kumar Basketball

Smita Yadav Rowing

2004 Hardyal Singh Hockey

Labh Singh Athletics

Mehendale Parshuram Athletics

2005 Manoj Kothari Billiards & Snooker

Maruti Mane Wrestling

Rajinder Singh Hockey

2006 Harish Chandra M. Birjadar Wrestling

Cdr. Nandy Singh Hockey

Uday K. Prabhu Athletics

2007 Rajendra Singh Wrestling

Shamsher Singh Kabaddi

Varinder Singh Hockey

2008 Gian Singh Wrestling

Hakam Singh Athletics

Mukhbain Singh Hockey

2009 Ishar S Deol Athletics

Satbir Singh Dahya Wrestling

2010 Satish Pillai Athletics

Kuldip Singh Wrestling

Anita Chanoo Weightlifting

2011 Shabbir Ali Football

Sushil Kohli Swimming

Raj Kumar Wrestling

2012 Jagraj Singh Mann Athletics

Gundeep Kumar Hockey

Vinod Kumar Wrestling

Sukhbir Singh Tokas Para Sports

Arjuna Award Winners (2005-2012)

Year Name

2005-06 (i) Tarundeep Rai (Archery)

(ii) Ms. Dola Banerjee (Archery)

(iii) Ms. Manjit Kaur (Athletics)

(iv) Ms. Aparna Popat (Badminton)

(v) Ms. Anuja Prakash Thakur (Billiards & Snooker)

(vi) Akhil Kumar (Boxing)

(vii) Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Chess)

(viii) Ms. Anju Jain (Cricket)

(ix) Viren Rasquinha (Hockey)

(x) Ramesh Kumar (Kabaddi)

(xi) Gagan Narang (Shooting)

(xii) Ms. Shikha Tandon (Swimming)

(xiii) Soumyadeep Roy (Table Tennis)

(xiv) Sushil Kumar (Wrestling)

(xv) Rajender Singh Rahelu (Phy. Handicapped) (Powerlifting)

2006-07 (i) Jayant Talukdar (Archery)

(ii) K. Mathew Binu (Athletics)

(iii) B. Chetan Anand (Badminton)

(iv) Subhajit Saha (Table Tennis)

(v) Pentala Harikrishna (Chess)

(vi) Vijender (Boxing)

(vii) Ms. Anjum Chopra (Cricket)

(viii) Ms. Jyoti Sunita Kullu (Hockey)

(ix) Vijay Kumar (Shooting)

(x) Saurav Ghoshal (Squash)

(xi) Geeta Rani (Weightlifting)

(xii) Geetika Jhakhar (Wrestling)

(xiii) Navneet Gautam (Kabaddi)

(xiv) Rohit Bhakar - (Badminton) Disabled Category

2007-08 (i) Chitra K. Soman (Athletics)

(ii) Anup Sridhar (Badminton)

(iii) Johnson Verghese (Boxing)

(iv) Harika Dronavalli (Chess)

(v) Arjun Atwal (Golf)

(vi) Tombi Devi (Judo)

(vii) Prabhjyot Singh (Hockey)

(viii) Avneet Kaur Sidhu (Shooting)

(ix) Alka Tomar (Wrestling)

(x) Bajranglal Thakkar (Rowing)

(xi) Farman Basha (Powerlifting – Disabled category)

2008-09 (i) Mangal Singh Champia (Archery)

(ii) Sinimol Paulose (Athletics)

(iii) Saina Nehwal (Badminton)

(iv) L. Saritha Devi (Boxing)

(v) Tania Sachdeva (Chess)

(vi) Gautam Gambhir (Cricket)

(vii) Ignatius Tirkey (Hockey)

(viii) Surinder Kaur (Hockey)

(ix) Pankaj Shirwat (Kabaddi)

(x) B. Prabhu (Physically challenged)

(xi) Satish Joshi (Rowing)

(xii) Ranjan Sodhi (Shooting)

(xiii) Poulomi Ghatak (Table tennis)

(xiv) Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)

(xv) G.L. Yadaav (Yatching)

2009-10 (i) Joseph Ibrahim and Krishna Punia (Athletics)

(ii) Dinesh Kumar (Boxing)

(iii) Parimargin Negi (Chess)

(iv) Jhulan Goswami (Women-Hockey)

(v) Deepak Kumar Mandal (Football)

(vi) Sandip Singh (Men-Hockey)

(vii) Jasjit Kaur Handa (Women-Hockey)

(viii) Dinesh Kumar (Kabaddi)

(ix) Sanjiv Rajput (Shooting)

(x) Rehan Poncha (Swimming)

(xi) Kapil Dev Ke Je (Volleyball)

(xii) Rajiv Tomar (Wrestling)

(xiii) Rajesh Chaudhary (Rowing)

(xiv) Jagsir Singh (Paralympic Athletics)

2010-11 (i) Rahul Banerjee (Archery)

(ii) Preeja Sreedharan, Vikas Gowda (Athletics)

(iii) Jwala Gutta (Badminton)

(iv) Suranjoy Singh (Boxing)

(v) Zaheer Khan (Cricket)

(vi) Sunil Chhetri (Football)

(vii) Ashish Kumar (Gymnastics)

(viii) Rajpal Singh (Hockey)

(ix) Rakesh Kumar, Tejaswini Bai (Kabaddi)

(x) Tejaswini Sawant (Shooting)

(xi) Virdhawal Khade (Swimming)

(xii) Somdev Devvarman (Tennis)

(xiii) Sanjay Kumar (Volleyball)

(xiv) Ravinder Singh (Wrestling)

(xv) W. Sandhyarani (Wushu)

(xvi) Prasanta Karmakar (Swimming - paralympics)

2011-12 (i) Deepika Kumari (Archery)

(ii) Laishram Bombayla Devi (Archery)

(iii) Sudha Singh (Athletics)

(iv) Kavita Ramdas Raut (Athletics)

(v) Ashwini Ponnappa (Badminton)

(vi) Parupalli Kashyap (Badminton)

(vii) Aditya S. Mehta (Billiards and Snooker)

(viii) Vikas Krishan (Boxing)

(ix) Yuvraj Singh (Cricket)

(x) Sardar Singh (Hockey)

(xi) Yashpal Solanki (Judo)

(xii) Anup Kumar (Kabaddi)

(xiii) Samir Suhag (Polo)

(xiv) Annu Raj Singh (Shooting)

(xv) Omkar Singh (Shooting)

(xvi) Joydeep Karmakar (Shooting)

(xvii) Deepika Pallikal (Squash)

(xviii) Sandeep Sejwal (Swimming)

(xix) Ng. Sonia Chanu (Weightlifting)

(xx) Narsingh Yadav (Wrestling)

(xxi) Rajinder Kumar (Wrestling)

(xxii) Geeta Phogat (Wrestling)

(xxiii) M. Bimoljit Singh (Wushu)

(xxiv) Deepa Mallick (Athletics - Paralympics)

(xxv) Ramkaran Singh (Athletics - Paralympics)

National Sports Awards 2012

The Hon’ble President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Sports Awards 2012 at a glittering function at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on August 29, 2012. The awards recognise and reward excellence in sports. London Olympics 2012 Silver medallist Vijay Kumar and Bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt were conferred the country’s highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2012. Besides, 25 sportspersons were presented with the Arjuna Award, the second highest sports award in the country. In addition, a host of other sporting honours were also conferred.

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award (2011-2012)

Year Awardee Discipline

2012 Col. Anand Swarup SM (Land Adventure)

2012 Subedar Rajendra Singh Jalal Land Adventure

2012 Bhakti Sharma Water Adventure

2012 Mandip Singh Soin Lifetime Achievement

Booker Prize Winners (1981 – 2012)

Year Author Country Title

1981 Salman Rushdie India Midnight's Children

1997 Arundhati Roy India The God of Small Things

1998 Ian McEwan United Kingdom Amsterdam

1999 J. M. Coetzee South Africa Disgrace

2000 Margaret Atwood Canada The Blind Assassin

2001 Peter Carey Australia True History of the Kelly Gang

2002 Yann Martel Canada Life of Pi

2003 DBC Pierre Australia/Mexico Vernon God Little

2004 Alan Hollinghurst United Kingdom The Line of Beauty

2005 John Banville Ireland The Sea

2006 Kiran Desai India The Inheritance of Loss

2007 Anne Enright Ireland The Gathering

2008 Aravind Adiga India The White Tiger

2009 Hilary Mantel United Kingdom Wolf Hall

2010 Howard Jacobson United Kingdom The Finkler Question

2011 Julian Barnes United Kingdom The Sense of an Ending

2012 Hilary Mantel United Kingdom Bring up the Bodies

Nobel Prizes (2001 to 2012)

Category Year Name / Organisation Country

Physics 2001 Eric Allin Cornell United States

Carl Edwin Wieman United States

Wolfgang Ketterle Germany

2002 Raymond Davis, Jr. United States

Masatoshi Koshiba Japan

Riccardo Giacconi United States

2003 Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov Russia

Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg Russia

Anthony James Leggett United Kingdom

2004 David J. Gross United States

H. David Politzer United States

Frank Wilczek United States

2005 Roy J. Glauber United States

John L. Hall United States

Theodor W. Hänsch Germany

2006 John C. Mather United States

George F. Smoot United States

2007 Albert Fert France

Peter Grünberg Germany

2008 Makoto Kobayashi Japan

Toshihide Maskawa Japan

Yoichiro Nambu United States

2009 Charles K. Kao Honk Kong

Willard S. Boyle Canada

George E. Smith United States

2010 Andre Geim Netherlands

Konstantin Novoselov UK(Russian–British national)

2011 Saul Perlmutter United States

Brian P. Schmidt Australia

Adam G. Riess United States

2012 Serge Haroche France

David J. Wineland United States

CHEMISTRY 2001 William S. Knowles United States

Ryoji Noyori Japan

K. Barry Sharpless United States

2002 John B. Fenn United States

Koichi Tanaka Japan

Kurt Wüthrich Switzerland

2003 Peter Agre United States

Roderick MacKinnon United States

2004 Aaron Ciechanover Israel

Avram Hershko Israel

Irwin Rose United States

2005 Yves Chauvin France

Robert H. Grubbs United States

Richard R. Schrock United States

2006 Roger D. Kornberg United States

2007 Gerhard Ertl Germany

2008 Osamu Shimomura United States

Martin Chalfie United States

Roger Y. Tsien United States

2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan India, UK, US

Thomas A. Steitz United States

Ada E. Yonath Israel

2010 Richard Heck USA

Ei-ichi Negishi Japan

Akin Suzuki Japan

2011 Dan Shechtman Israel

2012 Robert J. Lefkowitz United States

Brian K. Kobilka United States

MEDICINE 2001 Leland H. Hartwell United States

Tim Hunt United Kingdom

Sir Paul M. Nurse United Kingdom

2002 Sydney Brenner United Kingdom

H. Robert Horvitz United States

John E. Sulston United Kingdom

2003 Paul Lauterbur United States

Sir Peter Mansfield United Kingdom

2004 Richard Axel United States

Linda B. Buck United States

2005 Barry J. Marshall Australia

J. Robin Warren Australia

2006 Andrew Z. Fire United States

Craig C. Mello United States

2007 Mario R. Capecchi United States

Sir Martin J. Evans United Kingdom

Oliver Smithies United States

2008 Harald zur Hausen Germany

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi France

Luc Montagnier France

2009 Elizabeth H. Blackburn Australia & US

Carol W. Greider United States

Jack W. Szostak United Kingdom

2010 Robert Edwards United Kingdom

2011 Bruce A. Beutler

Jules A. Hoffmann

Ralph M. Steinman

2012 Sir John Gurdon United Kingdom

Shinya Yamanaka Japan

PEACE 2001 United Nations, Kofi Annan Ghana

2002 Jimmy Carter United States

2003 Shirin Ebadi Iran

2004 Wangari Maathai Kenya

2005 International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed El Baradei Egypt

2006 Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank Bangladesh

2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore United Stated

2008 Martti Ahtisaari Finland

2009 Barack Obama United States

2010 Jailed Chinese Political activist Liu Xiaobo China

2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Liberia

Leymah Gbowee Liberia

Tawakkul Karman Yamen

2012 European Union

LITERATURE 2001 V. S. Naipaul United Kingdom

2002 Imre Kertész Hungary

2003 J. M. Coetzee South Africa

2004 Elfriede Jelinek Austria

2005 Harold Pinter United Kingdom

2006 Orhan Pamuk Turkey

2007 Doris Lessing United Kingdom

2008 J. M. G. Le Clézio France

2009 Herta Müller Germany

2010 Mario Vargas Llosa Peru

2011 Tomas Tranströmer Sweden

2012 Mo Yan China

ECONOMICS 2001 George Akerlof United States

Michael Spence United States

Joseph E. Stiglitz United States

2002 Daniel Kahneman Israel

Vernon L. Smith United States

2003 Robert F. Engle United States

Clive Granger United Kingdom

2004 Finn E. Kydland Norway

Edward C. Prescott United States

2005 Robert Aumann Israel

Thomas Schelling United States

2006 Edmund Phelps United States

2007 Leonid Hurwicz United States

Eric Maskin United States

Roger Myerson United States

2008 Paul Krugman United States

2009 Elinor Ostrom United States

Oliver Williamson United States

2010 Peter Diamond USA

Dale Mortensen USA

British Cypriot Christopher Pissarides UK

2011 Thomas J. Sargent USA

Christopher A. Sims USA

2012 Alvin E. Roth United States

Lloyd S. Shapley United States

Indian Nobel Laureates – The Trail of Glory

Awardee Field/Year

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Literature (1913)

C.V. Raman (1888-1970) Physics (1930)

Hargobind Khorana (Born : 1922) Medicine (1968)

Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Peace (1979)

S. Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) Physics (1983)

Amartya Sen (Born : 1933) Economics (1998)

Indian Born Foreign Nobel Laureates

(i) R.K. Pachauri (2007 for Peace, heads UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change)

(ii) V.S. Naipaul (2001 for Literature, Trinidadian born of Indian origin)

(iii) Dalai Lama (1989 for Peace, Leader of Tibetans in exile)

(iv) Rudyard Kipling (1907 for Literature, born in Bombay)

(v) Ronald Ross [1902 for Medicine, born in Almora (Uttarakhand)]

(vi ) Venkatraman (Venky) Ramakrishnan [2009, for Chemistry (Indian Born, American Citizen)]

Dada Saheb Phalke Awards (1969-2012)

Year Awardee Discipline

1969 Devika Rani Actress (First to get this award)

1989 Lata Mangeshkar Playback Singer

1990 Akkineni Nageswara Rao Actor

1991 Bhalji Pendharkar Director, Producer, Screenwriter

1992 Bhupen Hazarika Director

1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyricist

1994 Dilip Kumar Actor

1995 Rajkumar Actor, Singer

1996 Sivaji Ganesan Actor

1997 Pradeep Lyricist

1998 B. R. Chopra Director, Producer

1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee Director

2000 Asha Bhosle Playback Singer

2001 Yash Chopra Director, Producer

2002 Dev Anand Actor, Director, Producer

2003 Mrinal Sen Director

2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Director

2005 Shyam Benegal Director

2006 Tapan Sinha Director

2007 Manna Dey Playback Singer

2008 V. K. Murthy Cinematographer

2009 D. Ramanaidu Producer

2010 K. Balachander Director

2011 Saumitra Chatterjee Actor (Bengali Films)

2012 Pran (Pran Krishna Sikand) Character Actor

National Film Awards for 2012

1. Best Feature Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’

2. Best Hindi Film – I Am

3. Best Children’s Film – Chillar Party

4. Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film ‘Deool’)

5. Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)

6. Best Child Actor – Partho Gupte (Stanley Ka Dabba) and Chillar Party kids

7. Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)

8. Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya (I Am)

9. Best Choreography – Bosco – Caesar for ‘Senorita’ (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

10. Best Visual Effects – Ra One (Best VFX category)

11. Best Costumes – Neharika Khan (The Dirty Picture) and Neeta Lulla (Bal Gandharva)

12. Best Dialogues – Girish Kulkarni (Deool)

13. Best Playback Singer Male – Anand Bhate

14. Best Playback Singer Female – Rupa Ganguly

15. Best Screenplay – Nitish Tiwari, Vikas Bahl, Vijay Maurya, Rajesh Bajaj (Chillar Party)

IIFA Awards 2012

The IIFA Awards 2012 ceremony was held in the beautiful city of Singapore. The list of winners were announced, Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan won the Best Actor and Best Actress award respectively.

Winners of IIFA Awards 2012

1. Best Film : Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

2. Best Direction : Zoya Akhtar – Zindagi Na Milege Dobara

3. Best Story : Zoya Akhtar and Reema Katgi – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

4. Best Performance in Leading Role (Male) : Ranbir Kapoor – Rockstar

5. Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) : Vidya Balan – The Dirty Picture

6. Best Performance in a Negative Role : Prakash Raj – Singham

7. Best Performance in a Comic Role : Riteish Deshmukh – Double Dhamaal

8. Best Music Direction : A R Rahman – Rockstar

9. Best Playback Singer (Male) : Mohit Chauhan for Nadaan parindey – Rockstar

10. Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghosal for Teri meri – Bodyguard

11. Best Lyrics : Irshad Kamil for Nadaan Parindey – Rockstar

12. Best Choreography : Bosco Caesar for Senorita – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

13. Best Dialogue : Rajat Arora – The Dirty Picture

14. Hottest Pair : Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri in Rockstar

15. IIFA Awards 2012 for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema - Ramesh Sippy

16. IIFA Awards 2012 for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema – Rekha

84th Academy Awards - 2012

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011 of the United States and took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre (now Dolby Theatre) in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.

1. Best Picture : The Artist – Thomas Langmann

2. Best Director : Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

3. Best Actor : Jean Dujardin – The Artist

4. Best Actress : Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

5. Best Supporting Actor : Christopher Plummer – Beginners

6. Best Supporting Actress : Octavia Spencer – The Help

7. Best Writing – Original Screenplay : Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen

8. Best Animated Feature : Rango – Gore Verbinski

9. Best Foreign Language Film : A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi

10. Best Documentary – Feature : Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas

11. Best Documentary – Short Subject : Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge

85th Academy Awards - 2013 (Oscars)

The 85th Academy Awards ceremony took place on February 24, 2013 in Los Angeles, California (USA). Life of Pi won the four awards and Argo won three awards. Les miserables also son three awards.

Best Picture : Argo.

Best Director : Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

Best Actress : Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Animated Feature Film : Brave

Best Actor : Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

Best Foreign Language Film : Amour (Austria)

Best Original Song : ‘Skyfall’ from Skyfall (Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)

Best Cinemantography : Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)

Grammy Awards 2013

Sitar legend Pt. Ravi Shankar was poshumously awarded the best world music album trophy at the 55th Grammy Awards Ceremony on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles (USA). The award was given for
‘The Living Room Sessions Part I. Pt. Ravi Shankar was also given Lifetime Achievement Award.

Best World Music Album : The Living Room Sessions Part I (Ravi Shankar)

Song of the year : We are Young (Fun)

Best Rock Song : Lonely Boy (The Black Keys)

Record of the year : Somebody that I used to know, Gotye.

Best Pop Solo Performance : Set fire to the Rain (Live), (Adele)

Best Pop Vocal Album : Stronger, (Kelly Clarkson)

Best Rap song : Nl as in Paris (Jay-Z & Kany-e West)

Best New Age Album : Echoes of Love (Omar Akram)

Bafta Awards : 2013

The ceremony was held in London on February 10, 2013.

Best Film : Argo

Best Director : Ben Affleck (Argo)

Original Music : Skyfall

Leading Actor : Daniel Day - Lewis (Lincoln)

Leading Actress : Emmanuelle Rive (Amour)

Animated Film : Brave

60th National Film Awards

These were announced on March 18, 2013. The winners are as follows:

Best Actor: Irfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Marathi Film Anumati.

Best Film for Wholesome Entertainment : Vicky Donor.

Best Film on Social Issues : Spiral (Malayalam)

Best Animated Film : Delhi Safari

Best Children’s Film : Dekh Indian Circus.

Best Actress : Usha Jadhav for Marathi film Dhaag.

Best Supporting Actor : Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor

Best Supporting Actress : Dolly Ahluwalia for Vickey Donar

Best Original Screenplay : Suraj Ghosh for Kahaani

Best Screeplay (adopted) : Oh My God (OMG)

Best Playback Singer Male : Shankar Mahadevan for the song ‘Bolo Na’ from the film “Chittagong”

Best Playback Singer Female : Aarti Anklekar Tikekar for Marathi film “Samhita”

Best Choreography : Pandit Birju Maharaj for Vishwaroopam (Tamil)

Special Jury Award : Actor-Nawazuddin Siddiquie for four films

Special Jury Award Film : Rituparno Ghosh for Chitrangada

Man Booker International Prize

Albanian poet and novelist, Mr. Ismail Kadare won the Man Booker International Prize. His books include The Concert, Broken April and Elegy for Kosovo. Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe got it for his books Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah. Alice Munro won the prize for the year 2009. Philip Roth was announced as winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2011 at the Sydney Writers’ Festival on 18 May, 2011. Man Booker Prize 2011 was awarded to Julian Barnes (Britain) for his work ‘The Sense of an Ending’. Hilary Mantel won Man’s Booker Prize in 2012 for her novel ‘Bring up the Bodies’, the sequel to ‘Wolf Hall’ which won the prize in 2009.

Cannes Film Festival 2008-2012

2008 : Golden Palm Award for Best Film won by Entre Les Murs or The Class (French film) directed by Laurent Cantet (Britain).

2009 : Golden Palm Award for Best Film won by The White Ribbon (Austria) directed by Michael Haneke.

2010 : Golden Palm Award for Best Film won by Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand).

2011 : ‘The Tree of Life’ won Golden Palm Award for Best Film directed by Terrence Malick (USA).

2012 : Best Film (Palme’d or) : Love/Amour (Austria) directed by Michael Haneke.

Saraswati Samman (2001- 2012)

2001 Dalip Kaur Tiwana for her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi.

2002 Mahesh Elkunchwar for his play Yugant.

2003 Govind Chandra Pande for his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems titled Bhagirathi.

2004 Sunil Gangopadhyay for his novel Pratham Alo.

2005 K. Ayyappa Panicker for his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal.

2006 Jagannath Prasad Das for his collection of poems Parikrama written in Oriya.

2007 Naiyer Masud for his collection of short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna (The Myna from Peacock Garden) written in Urdu.

2008 Lakshmi Nandan Bora for his novel Kayakalpa written in Assamese.

2009 Surjit Patar for Lafzan Di Dargah

2010 S. L. Bhyrappa for Mandra

2011 A. A Manavalan for “Irema Kathaiyum Iranmayakalum” Tamil

2012 Sugathakumari for her Malayalam collection of poems ‘Manalezhuth’.

Ramon Magsaysay Award

Vinobha Bhave was the first Indian to get this prestigious award in 1958 for community leadership.

The former Chief Election Commissioner of India, J.M. Lyngdoh, won the Magasaysay Award for the year 2003 and Admiral Ramdas won this award in 2004. Dr. V. Shanta won this prestigious award in 2005 and Arvind Kejriwal was awarded the same award in 2006. Well-known Indian Journalist on rural affairs
P. Sainath of The Hindu won this award for the year 2007. Prakash Amte, son of well-known social activist Baba Amte and his wife Mandakini Amte were awarded this prize in 2008 for community leadership. Deep Joshi got this award for the year 2009 for community leadership. Nileema Mishra and Harish Hande were among the six to receive this award for 2011. India’s Kulandei Francis is one of the six winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2012.

Stockholm Water Prize

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented the 2005 Stockholm Water Prize to Sunita Narain, Director of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in Stockholm (Sweden) on August 25, 2005. Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak founder of Sulabh Cleanness Movement in India got it for the year 2009 and Rita R. Colvell (USA) for the year 2010. The 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate is Stephen R. Carpenter, Professor of Zoology and Limnology in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

World Food Prize

An Indian aquaculturist, Mr. Modadugu V. Gupta, research coordinator for the Penang-based World Fish Centre in Malaysia, was named winner of the coveted World Food Prize in 2011, equivalent to the Nobel Prize in Food and Agriculture, for his work in enhancing nutrition for millions of people in South and Southeast Asia, mostly the very poor.

He is the sixth Indian to receive this prize since it was established in 1986. Earlier Indian recipients include
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Dr. Verghese Kurien, Dr. Gurdev Khush, Mr. B.R. Barwale and Dr. Surinder K. Vasal.

Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia got the World Food Prize for 2009 and David Becamann and Jo Luck (both of USA) got this prize for the year 2010.

John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva have been chosen to jointly receive the 2011 World Food Prize for their personal commitment and visionary leadership while serving as the presidents of Ghana and Brazil respectively in creating and implementing government policies to alleviate hunger and poverty in their countries. Daniel Hillel is the winner of 2012 World Food Prize. He is an Israeli scientist-master of drip irrigation system.

Jawaharlal Nehru Prize for Peace and International Understanding

The government instituted the award in 1965 as a tribute to the memory of India’s first Prime Minister and his lifelong dedication to the cause of world peace and international understanding. The award includes a plaque, citation and Rs.25 lakh as prize money. Previous winners included the former U.N. Secretary-General U. Thant; Nelson Mandela; Mother Teresa; Julius Nyrere; Alva and Gunnar Myrdal (jointly); Wangari Maathai; Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was conferred the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for his unique role in providing stability and progress to his country, in upholding the Arab cause, in promoting peace and understanding in the region. Mr. Mubarak was given the 1995 award in 2011 as attempts to arrange for his bilateral visit did not materialise on three occasions. Curiously, Mubarak was overthrown and had to quit because of mass public uprising against him and his regime in Egypt.

The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, who was named in 2004, is the only other dignitary yet to receive it.

2005 – Wangari Maathai, First African Woman.

2006 – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil.

2007 – Olaful Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland.

2009 – Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany.

Gandhi Peace Award (New York based)

2012 – Amy Goodman -Journalist and Activist.

2013 – Bill Mckibben - Environmentalist of USA

Gandhi International Peace Award (London based)

2009 – Children’s Legal Centre – U K Charity.

2010 – The Parents Circle – Families Forum (Palestine-Israeli Families Origin)

2011 – Binayak Sen and Bulu Imam

2012 – St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group

Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation

2009 – Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar (She also won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Peace)

2011 – Dalai Lama

2012 – Kenneth David Kaunda, former Zambian President

Gandhi Peace Prize (Govt. of India)

Last – Gandhi Peace prize was awarded to Desmond Tutu in 2005. (South African)

Sydney Peace Prize

Novelist and winner of Booker Prize (1997) for her novel ‘The God of Small Things’ and human rights activist, Ms. Arundhati Roy was awarded Sydney Peace Prize in 2004, the only international peace prize of Australia, for her contribution to social campaigns, advocacy of non-violence and her opposition to nuclear weapons.

2008 Patrick Dodson, Australia

2009 John Pilger, Australia

2010 Dr Vandana Shiva, India

2011 Prof. Noam Chomsky, America

2012 Sekai Holland, Zimbabwean politician.

Abel Award

It was given to the French (Russian origin) wizard of Geometry, Mikhail Leonedovic and Gromov of France in Oslo, Capital of Norway. John Talt of USA was honoured with this award for the year 2010. Started in 2003, the award is called the Nobel Prize for Mathematics. It carries the prize money of Rs. 4.5 crore (6 million Norwegion Krona (NOK)).

Srinivas S.R. Vardhan was awarded the Abel Prize in Mathematics by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. ABEL Prize for the year 2012 has been given to the great mathematician ENDRE SZENEREDI of Hungary.

Renowned Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande was posthumously honoured by the Govt. of Pakistan with ‘Sitara-i-Imtiaz’, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian honours.

The prestigious US Awards for Green Environment and Green Livelihood given to two Indian NGO’s — “Ecosphere Spiti” (Himachal Pradesh) and “Barefoot College” (Rajasthan) in 2009.

Pritzker Architecture Academy Award for 2009 was given to Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. It is also called the Nobel Prize of Architecture.

Veteran theatre and film actress Umashree won the National award for her portrayal of ‘Gulabi’ in Girish Kasaravall’s award winning Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.

UNO Literacy award for the year 2009 was given to a fortnightly newspaper ‘Khabar Lahariya’ published by the rural woman of UP in Hindi language.

The renowned musician A.R. Rehman won two prestigious Grammy Awards in the 52nd Grammy Awards Ceremony held in Los Angeles for Best Composition Sound Track and Best Motion picture song (Jai Ho). The award for the song (Jai Ho) is jointly shared by A.R. Rehman, Gulzar and Tanvi Shah.

Cartoon-maker of Prophet Mohammad, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard has been awarded M-100 Media Award in Germany. Prophet’s cartoon evoked violent reaction in many parts of the world particularly in Islamic countries including his decapitation (death sentence).

Film “Peepli Live” was the official entry of India in Oscar nominations in foreign films category. The film is produced by Aamir Khan and directed by Anusha Rizvi.

Oscar Nominated Other Indian Movies

1957(30th) Mother India (Hindi) Mehboob Khan Nominee

1988(61st) Salaam Bombay! (Hindi) Mira Nair Nominee

2001(74th) Lagaan (Hindi) (English) Ashutosh Gowariker Nominee

Miss World : Miss Russia, Sanya Sukhinova won the Miss World Title in Johannesburg (S. Africa) on December 13, 2008. Kaine Aldorina of Gibralter won it for 2009. Alexandra Mills of USA won this title for the year 2010. Miss World 2011 title was won by Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos. China’s Ms. Wenxia Yu was crowned Miss World 2012 in the Inner Mongolian City of ORDOS in China.

Miss Universe - 2008 : Miss Universe contest was held in Vietnam in July, 2008. Dayana Mendoza got the coveted title. She belongs to Venezuela.

Miss Universe - 2009 : Miss Universe contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas. Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela got the prestigious title.

Miss Universe-2010 : Ximena Navarrete of Mexico won this coveted title for the year 2010.

Miss Universe-2011 : Leila Lopes of Angola won this title.

Social scientist Ms. Aditi Mukherji becomes the first Indian winner of the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for research.

Miss World 2013 is scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia.

Chak De India, one of the most popular and meaningful films of India, is directed by Shimit Amin.

Mrs Universe 2012 to be held in Moscow on November 9, 2013.

The first Indian actress on the jury of Cannes Film Festival is the Beauty Queen, Aishwarya Rai in 2003

The greatest pop singer and dancer of the world, Michael Jackson, died in suspicious circumstances in California (USA) on June 25, 2009.

Indira Gandhi National Integration Award for the year 2011 is given to famous poet and lyricist Gulzar.

The former minister of Afghanistan and relentless opponent of Burqa, human right activist Seema Samar have been honoured with the famous Swedish Right Livelihood Award for the year 2012. It is also known as Alternate Nobel Prize.

Sachin Tendulkar has been honoured with the ‘Order of Australia’ membership by the Australian Prime Minister on October 16, 2012 on her visit to India.

The first Asian Sikh judge in Britain, Mota Singh, has been honoured with “Bharat Gourav” award.

MTV Video Music award is conferred on 24 years old Lady Gaga. Her ‘Band Romance’ got the best video award.