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Here we have listed the complete list of Awards and Honours 2015 (From January to June). Make use of it. Download option is available at the Study Materials page. Share it with Your Friends.
Awards and Honours 2015 – Full List (Individual Awards)
Name of the Award |
Award Winner |
Key Points |
| Business Person of the Year | Larry Page | Given by Fortune Magazine |
| State Pre-Eminent Science and Technology Award | Yu Min – Nuclear Scientist | Given by Chinese President Xi Jinping |
| 2015 Space Pioneer Award | ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Team | Given by National Space Society |
| Asian Tour’s Players Player of the Year | Anirban Lahiri | He is a Golfer |
| Ballon d’Or 2014 Award | Cristiano Ronaldo | Wins for II consecutive time |
| Governor of the Year | Raghuram Rajan | Given by Central Banking Awards |
| National e-Governance Award | Jammu and Kashmir | Given for the best District Level Initiative in India |
| Vyas Samman Award 2014 | Kamal Kishore Goyanka | For his book ‘Premchand Kee Kahaniyo Kaa Kaalkramanusar’. Given by KK Birla Foundation |
| National Tiger Conservation Authority Award | Periyar Tiger Reserve | Given for encouraging local public in managing reserve |
| Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award | MYS Prasad | Given by Indian Science Congress Association |
| Sahitya Akademi Award | Prabhu Nath Dwivedi | Given for his work called ‘Kanakalochanaha’ |
| NSC Award for Best Electoral Practices | CV Anand | Given by Election Commission of India |
| Social Media Person of the year 2015 | Amitabh Bachchan | Given by Internet and Mobile Association of India |
| Giraffe Hero Award | Subash Chandra Agarwal | He is RTI Activist |
| Best Indian Language Website in India | Navbharattimes.com | Given by Internet and Mobile Association of India |
| Hindu Literary Prize 2014 | Ashok Srinivasan | Given for his book “Book of Common Signs” |
| Martin Luther King Award | Frank Islam | Given for his contribution in international service and civil engagement. |
| DSC Prize for South Asian Fiction | Jhumpa Lahiri | Given for her novel “The Lowland” |
| Kushwant Singh Memorial Prize | Arundhathi Subramaniyam | Given for her work “When God is a Traveller” |
| Sanjay Chopra Award | Devesh Kumar | Given by PM Modi Ji |
| Bapu Gaidani Award | Monika, Rumoh Meto, and Riya Chaudhary | Given by PM Modi Ji |
| Geeta Chopra Award | Gunjan Sharm | Given by PM Modi Ji |
| Bharat Award (These 4 are National Bravery Awards) | Resham Fatma | Given by PM Modi Ji |
| Bharat Gaurav Award | Nasrin Ejner | Given by Indian International Friendship Society |
| Yash Bharti Award | Vinod Mehta (Journalist) | Given by Government of UP |
| King Faisal International Award | Zakir Naik | Given by Saudi Arabia. Given for Zakir’s services to Islam |
| Hayek Prize | Hindol Sengupta | Given by US for Sengupta’s book named Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is Revolutionizing the World’s Largest Democracy |
| 2014 Jnanpith Award | Bhalchandra Nemade | Fourth Marathi Writer to win the literary honour. |
| Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015 | Amartya Sen | Given by United Kingdom |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award | Gurpreet Singh | Given by US National Science Foundation |
| ESPN Cricinfo Award | Rohit Sharma | Given for his record breaking 264 against Sri Lanka |
| Honorary life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club | Saurav Ganguly | Dada retired from all forms of cricket in 2012. |
| National Award for Renewable Energy Popularisation | Himachal Pradesh | Given by Prime Minister Modi to Power minister Sujan Singh Pathania |
| Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014 | Tessy Thomas and Geeta Vardhan | Given for their contribution in the fields of missile technology and remote sensing |
| J Calvin Giddings Award 2015 | Purnendu Dasgupta | Given by American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry |
| The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury | Nagesh Kukunoor’s film “Dhanak” | Given at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Honorary doctorate by the Clemson University | Ratan Tata | Given for his contribution to the Automotive Industry. |
| International Cricket Council’s Cricket Hall of Fame | Martin Crowe | He is the III New Zealander and 79th Cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame |
| National Award for creating awareness about the child trafficking | Rani Mukherjee | Given by the National Institute of Gender Justice (NIGJ) |
| Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership 2014 | Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba | This is the world’s most valuable individual award |
| Golden Gate Award | Kerala Tourism Dept | Presented at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2015, Germany. |
| Best Wedding and Honeymoon Destination | Goa Tourism Dept | Given by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association. |
| Top Employer in Europe | Tata Consultancy Services | Won the award for Third Consecutive Time |
| Saraswati Samman Award | Veerappa Moily | For his literary work Ramayana Mahanveshanam |
| Stockholm Water Prize | Environment activist Rajendra Singh | He is also known as India’s Water Man |
| International Women of Courage Award 2015 | 1. Captain Niloofar Rahmani from Afghanistan Air Force2. Nadia Sharmeen- Journalist and women’s rights activist from Bangladesh3. Tabassum Adnan- founder of Khwendo Jirga from Pakistan. | Given by United States for demonstrating exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights and gender equality. |
| National Photography Awards | 1. Life-Time Achievement Award- Surendra R Patel2. Best Professional Photographer of the Year- Swarup Duta3. Best Amateur Photographer of the Year- Sasikumar. | The theme for Professional Photographer category – “Hamara Bharat Swachh Bharat“.The theme for Amateur Category – “Mother and Child“. |
| Voice of the Century Award | Lata Mangeshkar | Awarded at the sixth edition of the National Laadli Media and Advertising Awards |
| New South Wales (NSW) Woman of the year 2015 | Minoti Apte (Indian Pancreatic Cancer Researcher) | Given for her enormous contributions to medical research |
| France’s Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters | Bharti Kher | Given for her contribution in contemporary art landscape. |
| National Kavi Pradeep Samman Award | Gopaldas Neeraj | Given by Madhya Pradesh Culture Minister Surendra Patwa. |
| Foilo Prize for Fiction | Akhil Sharma | Given for his book named “Family Life” |
| Women in Parliaments Award | Bangladesh | Given for regional leadership in the South and Southeast Asia category for closing the gender gap in politics |
| Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award | Balbir Singh | Given by Hockey India |
| Dada Saheb Phalke Award | Bollywood Actor Shashi Kapoor | 46th winner of this highly celebrated award |
| Bharat Ratna | Atal Bihari VajpayeeMadan Mohan Malviya | It is India’s highest Civilian Award |
| Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 | ISRO | Given for ISRO’s contribution in nation’s development |
| Abel Prize 2015 | Dr. John Forbes Nash and Louis Nirenberg | Abel Prize – Considered as Nobel Prize in Mathematics |
| Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Given by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi |
| Femina Miss India 2015 | Aditi Arya | 2014 Miss India – Koyal Rana |
| Sir Richard Hadlee Medal | Brendon McCullum | It is the highest cricketing honor of New Zealand |
| Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2015 | Delhi International Airport Ltd | Given by the UAE Minister Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan |
| Kumaran Asan World Prize for Poetry | Arab Poet Adonis | Kumaran Asan – Famous Malayalam poet |
| Institute of Physics Prize | Pratap Singh | Given by United Kingdom |
| Hevesy Medal Award | Susanta Lahiri | Lahiri was the co-creator of super heavy element 117 |
| Indians among the Time’s 100 most Influential People | 1. PM Narendra Modi2. Microsoft CRO S Nadella3. ICICI CEO Chanda Kochar4. Metal Health Expert Prof Vikram Patel | Time Magazine releases Top 100 People in many categories every year. |
| Champions of Change award | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella | Given by Barack Obama |
| Orwell Prize | Rana Dasgupta | Given for his Literary Work “Capital” |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 | Shah Rukh Khan | Given for his performance in Happy New Year |
| Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 | Bharatiya Mahila Bank | Presented for Technology Implementation |
| e-Panchayat Puraskar Award | Tamil Nadu | Given for developing many applications |
| Outstanding Service Award | Gopinath Pillai (Indian Origin Diplomat) | Given by the National University of Singapore |
| Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015 | Anil Kapoor | This was the 73rd edition of the awards |
| Heinz award | Sangeeta N. Bhatia | Indian-origin scientist at MIT |
| Officier de la Légion d’Honneur | Yashwant Sinha | Given by the French Government |
| Chaplin Award | Hollywood Actor Robert Redford | Robert Redford founded the Sundance Institute in 1981 to help emerging film makers. |
| 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize in Asia region | Siddhartha Gigoo | Given for his novel “Umbrella Man“ |
| Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Ibn Ali Peace Award | Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | He is well known for his knowledge and efforts in keeping peace |
| 2015 RedInk Award for Lifetime Achievement for Excellence in Journalism | Prannoy Roy | He is the Executive Co-Chairman of NDTV |
| Journalist of the Year | Sreenivasan Jain | For his Truth versus Hype |
| Impact Editor of the Year | Arnab Goswami | For his The News Hour show |
| Japan’s highest civilian award | CNR Rao | Given for his huge contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science co-operation |
| Man Booker International Prize 2015 | Laszlo Krasznahorkai of Hungary | He is the sixth recipient to win this eminent award |
| World’s best airport | Indira Gandhi International Airport | Given under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum |
| UNESCO press freedom prize | Syrian journalist and rights activist Mazen Darwish | He has been jailed by the regime for more than three years |
| PEN Award for freedom of expression | Charlie Hebdo | Charlie Hebdo – Famous satirical magazine of France |
| Whitley Award or Green Oscar Award | Pramod Patil | Given for his work on the conservation of the Great Indian Bustard |
| 2015 United Nations Public Service Award | Nadia District in West Bengal | Given for improving delivery of public services |
| UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching | Dr. Sivanadane Mandjiny | He is Indian-American Professor in US |
| National Geographic Bee Championship | Karan Menon of New Jersey | The Championship held at Washington, D.C. |
| Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award | Karan Jerath | Given for his device that shuts down the undersea oil spills in a speedy manner |
| Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award | Anurradha Prasad | She is the editor-in-chief of News-24 Channel |
| Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year | Harkeert Singh Saini | He is an Indian-American policeman and the award was given by Houston Police department |
| Most Reputed Company in India | Aditya Birla Group | Based on Nielsen’s Corporate Image Monitor (CIM) 2014-15 survey |
| England Men’s Cricketer of the year | Joe Root | Given by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) |
| England Women’s Cricketer of the year | Charlotte Edwards | Given by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) |
| England Development Programme Cricketer of the Year award | Saqib Mahmood | He is Lancashire’s right-arm seamer |
| Disability Cricketer of the Year | Luke Sugg | He belongs to England’s Visually Impaired team |
| Indians – Radcliffe Fellowship | Shivani Agarwal and Maharaja Pandit | The Fellowship is given by Harward University for 50 scholars every year |
| United Nation’s Dag Hammarskjold Medal | Lance Naik Nand Ram &Raju Joseph | A total of 126 police, military and civilian personnel were awarded the UN medal |
| Oxford University Award | Gurnimrat ‘Nimmy’ Sidhu | Sidhu is currently the head of science at Oaks Park High School in north-east London. |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Filmmaker and writer Subhash Ghai | Presented at the 16th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) |
| Indians in Forbes’ World’s 100 most Powerful Women | 1. SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya2. ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar3. Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw4. HT Media Chair Shobhana Bhartia | Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the list. |
| US spelling bee competition | Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam | The winners will each receive over USD 37,000 in cash and prizes |
| Bangladesh Liberation War award | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Given for his outstanding support for the country’s independence from Pakistan in 1971 |
| Norway’s The Bjornson Prize for freedom of expression | Edward Snowden | The Bjornson Prize is named after a Norwegian Nobel literature laureate |
| King and Queen of Social Media | Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra | Given by a leading Bollywood digital portal. |
| South African Cricketer of the Year | AB De Villiers | He won the award for a second consecutive time |
| Professor Honoris Causa Award | President Pranab Mukherjee | Given by the Belarus State University at a ceremony in Belarus |
| Lifetime achievement award in UAE | R Seetharaman | He is the CEO of Doha Bank |
| Asian Athletics Association (AAA) President’s award | Suresh Kalmadi | Awarded for his contribution towards the development of athletics in the continent |
| Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction | Ali Smith | The Award was given for her novel “How to be Both” |
| Space Pioneer Award | ISRO | Given for ISRO’s Mangalyaan |
| ICC Cricket Hall of Fame | Wesley Hall | 80th player in the World to be inducted in Hall of fame |
| Pride of Community Award | Vivek Murthy | He is the present Surgeon General in US |
| Ludovic Trarieux Prize | Saudi Arabian Lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khai. | He has campaigned for reforms via his organization called Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia. |
| Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire | SA Hasan | He was the Former UK-based Managing Director of Tata Limited |
| Japan’s Fukuoka Prize 2015 | Ramachandra Guha | Given for his contribution to academia, arts and culture throughout Asia |
| Best Welfare Organization of the Year 2015 Award | National Union of Seafarers of India | Given by the United Kingdom-based International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network. |
| Best Test Player of 21st Century | Sachin Tendulkar | Based on online poll conducted by Cricket Australia’s website |
| Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | It is Columbia’s Highest Civilian Award |
