Awards and honours2017 – In all Competitive exams, you can expect one or two questions from Awards and Honours. In this post, we have listed the complete list of Awards and Honours 2017. (JANUARY 2017 – JUNE 2017). You can also download Awards and Honours 2017 PDF. Link available at the bottom of the post.
AWARDS AND HONOURS 2017
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NAME OF THE AWARD |
AWARD WINNER |
KEY POINTS TO NOTE |
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JANUARY 2017 |
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| Ophthalmology Hall of Fame | Dr Gullapalli N Rao | By the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) |
| National Geoscience Award for 2016 | Keshav Krishna | He is a scientist of National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) |
| Miss Universe 2016 | Iris Mittenaere | France |
| Bharatiya Jananpith Navlekhan Award 2016 | Writers Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh | Devansh for the poem ‘Akash Mein Deh’ |
| Power & Energy Persona’s Award for Individual Excellence’ | K M Singh | He is National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Chairman and Managing Director |
| US Embassy for TB awareness | Amitabh Bachchan | He is a brand ambassador for the cause. |
| ICC Cricket Hall of Fame | Arthur Morris | Former Australia cricketer |
| Silver Award for Excellence in Citizen Centric Services | Petroleum Ministry | Indian Oil, HPCL and BPCL collectively received silver Award |
| 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of Year | Cristiano Ronaldo | FIFA World Player of the Year |
| The highest civilian honour of America | Joe Biden | Vice President of America |
| Sena Medal | Lance Naik Hanamanthappa | |
| 2017 Crafoord Prize | Fred Ramsdell,
Alexander Rudensky and Shimon Sakaguchi |
To discovery of regulatory T cells, cells that can be regarded as our immune system’s security guards. |
| Italian football hall of fame | Diego Maradona | He is a Former Argentine footballer |
| UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage | Sitalpati or cool mat from the Cooch Behar district | These mats are used for sitting or to hang on doors or by windows during summer. |
| People’s Choice history Award | Ellen Degeneres | She is an Actress and comedienne |
| UN award | ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village | For taking innovative measures of ’sustainable tourism’ in the country. |
| Australian Cricket Hall of Fame | David Boon
Matthew Hayden |
2017 Allan Border Medal ceremony in Sydney. |
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FEBRUARY 2017 |
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| 2016 National Entrepreneurship Awards | Rajiv Pratap Rudy | To recognize the entrepreneurial spirit of India’s youth |
| eGov awards | Rajasthan and Telangana | CSI -Nihilent eGovernance Awards is Instituted by the Computer Society of India’s (CSI) |
| world’s most valuable brand | ||
| Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) | Alastair Cook | England Test captain |
| Hivor Tiger Award | “Sexy Durga” Malayalam film | At International Film Festival of Rotterdam |
| 2016 B C Roy Award | Dr P Raghu Ram | For ‘outstanding service in the field of socio medical relief’ for 2016. |
| BAFTA Awards 2017 | Dev Patel | Best Supporting Actor |
| Best Film at BAFTA Awards | La La Land | Britain’s main film awards |
| Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award | Shand Panesar | Scotland Yard has been awarded |
| Singapore Tata Quiz 2017 | Rohan Naidu and Shivam Bhardwaj | Tata Crucible Campus Quiz Singapore 2017. |
| Honorary Doctorate | Sandeep Singh | He is the second Indian hockey player to receive this award.
The only first player was Dileep Tirkey |
| The Brand Laureate Legendary Award | Lata Mangeshkar | To recognises world-class achievement |
| 2016 Vyas Samman | Surendra Verma | Veteran Hindi Scholar and Novelist |
| International Mercury Award 2016-17 | Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) | For the best overall presentation of its 2015-2016 annual report. |
| Best Green Award | Tata Steel’s Katamati Mine | In recognition of its environmental protection measures. |
| IBA-Banking Technology’ awards | Karnataka Bank | Best financial inclusion initiatives |
| Entrepreneur of the year’ award | Vivek Chaand Sehgal | Chairman of Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd |
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MARCH 2017 |
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| BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award | Ms Shanta Rangaswamy | The BCCI for the first time has introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award for Women |
| 2017 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award | Rihanna | She is a Singer |
| Prestigious Polly Umrigar Award | Virat Kohli | He is the first to receive the award thrice |
| Dilip Sardesai Award | R Ashwin | The first time he received this award |
| Best University of 2017 | Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) | The annual Visitor’s Award for the ‘Best University’, 2017. |
| Most Popular Tourism Destination Award | Sri Lanka | At the Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF) in China. |
| Moortidevi award | M P Veerendra Kumar | He is Eminent Malayalam author and journalist |
| Best Actress Award at the International Film Festival | Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA). |
| Saraswati Samman 2016 | Mahabaleshwar Sail | For his novel Hawthan |
| The honorary degree of Doctor of Science | Mohan Bhagwat | For his contribution to the field of veterinary sciences and social work. |
| Transgender beauty pageant | Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin | She belongs to Thailand |
| World’s richest man | Bill Gates | Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of global billionaires. |
| India’s richest person | Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani | According to the latest Forbes list. |
| world’s richest woman | L’Oréal’s Liliane Bettencourt | According to the latest Forbes list. |
| KCK International Award for excellence in print Journalism | Rajasthan Patrika | Pranab Mukherjee presented this Award |
| Kirti Chakra Award | Major Rohit Suri | For part of the surgical strikes last year |
| 2017 Abel Prize | Yves Meyer | Mathematician |
| Lifetime Achievement award | Raghu Rai | Photojournalist |
| Kala Ratan Award | Anupam Kher | Awarded by Hamid Ansari |
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APRIL 2017 |
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| US India Business Council Award | N Chandrababu Naidu | The award of ‘Transformative Chief Minister |
| A.M. Turing Award | Berners-Lee | Computing’s version of the Nobel Prize. |
| 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. | Dawit Isaak | This prestigious award in recognition of his courage, resistance and commitment to freedom of expression. |
| Asian Businesswoman of the Year | Dame Asha Khemka | An Indian-origin educationist in the UK |
| Shaurya Chakra’ award | Atu Zumvu | He is Nagaland Police |
| National Geoscience Awards 2016 | Keshav Krishna | National Geophysical Research Institute |
| Pulitzer prize | The Underground Railroad(Book) | Author Colson Whitehead |
| Honorary Canadian citizen | Malala Yousafzai | Nobel Peace laureate |
| Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 | Himachal Pradesh | For a commendable increase in food grains production. |
| Miss Congo UK 2017 | Horcelie Sinda Wa Mbongo | She has HIV-positive at the age of 11 |
| FICCI’s gender parity award | Mahavir Singh Phogat
Prathap C Reddy |
country’s first gender parity index by Ficci’s Ladies Organisation (FLO) |
| Raj Kapoor awards | Saira Banu, Jackie Shroff | Lifetime achievement award’ of Maharashtra |
| M.S. Swaminathan Award | R.R. Hanchinal | Chairperson of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority |
| Cartier Women’s Initiative award’ | Trupti Jain | Indian engineer |
| UNESCO Peace Prize | Giuseppina (Giusi) Nicolini | He is mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa |
| Krishi Karman Awards, 2015-16 | Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Tripura | For a commendable increase in food grain production in small category states |
| Golf Industry Association Awards 2017 | Aditi Ashok
SSP Chawrasia Ali Sher |
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MAY 2017 |
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| USIBC Award | Chandrababu Naidu | He is selected for the Transformative Chief Minister Award |
| National Award | Akshay Kumar | He was conferred for the movie ‘Rustom |
| Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye Medal of the Republic of Korea | Rajive Kaul | Chairman of Nicco group |
| 2016 Wisden-MCC Cricket ‘Photograph of the Year’ Award | Saqib Majeed | He is hailing from Srinagar, J&K |
| Genderless Best Actor award | Emma Watson | Best Actor category at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. |
| Fellowship Award in the UK | Sachin Tendulkar | He is India’s Cricket icon |
| New York Indian Film Festival | Konkona Sensharma | For her directorial debut “A Death in the Gunj” |
| Fellows of Royal Society | Krishna Chatterjee
Subhash Khot Yadvinder Malhi |
For their outstanding contributions to science |
| Woodrow Wilson Award | Chanda Kochhar | Award for Global Corporate Citizenship |
| Honorary life membership of MCC | V.V.S. Laxman | Former India batsman |
| 2017 Young Scientist medal | Vikram Vishal | He is IIT Bombay Asst Professor |
| INSA Young Scientist award | Aravind Kumar Rengan | Award in the Young Scientist category for 2017 |
| Annual Whitley Awards/Green Oscar | Sanjay Gubbi | For his work to protect Karnataka’s tiger corridors |
| Dan David prize | Shrinivas Kulkarni | For his contribution in the field of astronomy |
| National Geographic Bee contest | Pranay Varada | Indian-American student |
| Whitley Awards
Or Green Oscars |
Sanjay Gubbi
Purnima Barman |
For their works in the field of animal and bird conservation in India. |
| Prestigious Dan David prize | Shrinivas Kulkarni | |
| Porter Prize 2017 | Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) | |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award | Actor Priyanka Chopra | Internationally Acclaimed Actress’ category |
| Cannes Film Festival 2017 Award | “The Square” Movie | Best Film |
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JUNE 2017 |
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| APQN Quality Award 2017 | National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) | Award for International Co-operation in Quality Assurance |
| Bharat Gaurav Award | Madhur Bhandarkar | Award by NRI community of US |
| MGNREGA national award | Vizianagaram, Andra Pradesh | ─ |
| Kalinga Literary Festival | Anand Neelakantan Haraprasad Das Paramita Satpathy | Kalinga Literary Festival was conceptualized in 2013 and launched in 2014 to celebrate the Classical Language Status of Odia language |
| ICC Hall of Fame | Muttiah Muralidaran | First Sri Lankan to be honoured |
| Highest French civlian honour, the Legion d’Honneur | Soumitra Chatterjee | ─ |
| Little Miss Universe Internet 2017 | Padmalaya Nanda | She is 12 years Old |
| First honorary citizen of Manchester | Ariana Grande | To recognise the “a great many selfless acts and demonstrations of community spirit” |
| Man Booker International prize 2017 | David Grossman | Israeli author won the prize for his Novel A Horse Walks Into a Bar |
| Bhupen Hazarika Award | Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi | An eminent writer from Arunachal Pradesh |
| The US based Marconi Prize | Arun Netravali | He is an India born Scientist |
| Ministry of Environment Award for 2017 | Shrihari Chandraghatgi | Indian agricultural microbiologist |
| United Nations Public Service Award | The West Bengal Government’s Kanyashree Prakalpa | The scheme aimed at retaining girls in schools and other educational and skill development institutions and preventing child marriage. |
| Carnegie Medal 2017 | Azim Premji | He is Wipro Chairman |
| Crowned Miss India 2017 | Manushi Chhillar | Haryana girl |
| USIBC Global Leadership Awards | Adi Godrej, Andrew Liveris | Awarded by US-India Business Council |
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JULY 2017 |
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| Great Immigrants award | Adobe Chief Shantanu Narayen and former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy | For their role in helping advance the country’s society, culture and economy. |
| Indian of the year award | Preeti Shenoy | Award by the Brands Academy |
| Australia’s highest civilian award | Guruswamy Jayraman | He works as a senior accountant with Woollahra Municipal Council |
| The personality of the Year’ award | Kishore Sansi, Managing Director and CEO of Vijaya Bank | Awarded by Skoch Consultancy Services. |
| Woman of the Year at IIFA Awards 2017 IIFA Awards 2017 | Taapsee Pannu | Held in New York |
| WPC Excellence Award | Indian Oil Company | World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul |
| Most Admired Leaders | Divyanka Tripathi & Terence Lewis | In the field of entertainment by Herald Global |
| Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions in Lok Sabha | Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani | For his contributions as a parliamentarian |
| 2016 National Award for Excellence in Cost Management | V.O. Chidambaranar Port | Under the category “Transportation and Logistics”. |
| Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne | Aishwarya Rai Bachcha | For her contribution to global cinema. |
| Mahanayak Samman 2017 | Shakuntala Barua | |
| Yoshiaki Ishizawa | Ramom Magsaysay Award | For save Cambodia’s renowned Angkor Wat temple complex |
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AUGUST 2017 |
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| Bharat Gaurav – East Bengal’s highest honour | Dhanraj Pillay | He is Former India hockey captain |
| National Geographic Photographer of The Year | Sergio Tapiro Velasco | For photographing Mexico’s Colima volcano |
| Prem Nazir’ award | Actor Sharada | She is a national award winner |
| World’s Highest Paid Author by Forbes | JK Rowling | ─
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| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards | Sardar Singh (Hockey player)
Devendra Jhajharia (Paralympian) |
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| Asia Society Game Changers Award | Dev Patel | He is Indian-origin actor |
| Best Skilling India award on NACER | ASSOCHAM | |
| Indian of the Year | Debraj Shome | India Leadership Conclave |
| Title of National Champion | Sravanth Malla | 2017 South Asian Spelling Bee |
| Hindu Playwright Award 2017 | Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam | In Search of Dariya Sagar |
| Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 | N.K. Jemisin | For her work “The ObeliskGate”. |
| Green Marketer’ Award | Hindustan Unilever | Marquee Awards 2017 |
| AAAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 | Roda Mehta | |
| Environment Excellence Awards 2016-17 | National Aluminium Company (NALCO) | Appreciation Award in large mines category |
| Marconi Lifetime Award | Thomas Kailath | He is Pune -born Stanford Professor |
| Kesari Media Award | T J S George | Veteran journalist |
| Sena Medal Gallantry award | Major Mitali Madhumita | The first woman officer to receive |
| Best performance | Corporation Bank | Conferred by NABARD |
| Best performer award | Karnataka Vikas Grameen bank | Conferred by NABARD |
| 7th Dr Ambedkar award | Bappi Lahiri | ─ |
| Prestigious Agriculture Leadership Award 2017 | Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao | For his innovative services rendered to the welfare of farmers |
| Arjuna Award 2017 | Oinam Bembem Devi | Durga of Indian football |
| Miss India America 2017 | LaRoda | Los Angeles, California |
| 2017 Biju Patnaik Award | Digambar Behera. | For Scientific Excellence |
| 2017 DigitAnalysis’ award | Tata Docomo | For best Wi-Fi services in North India |
| Women Transforming India Awards 2017 | Laxmi Agarwal, Safeena Husain, Kamal Kumbhar, Subasini Mistry, Arunima Sinha, Jamuna Tudu | NITI Aayog, in partnership with MyGov and the United Nations, announces winners |
| Saraswati Samman | Mahabaleshwar Sail | Eminent Konkani writer |
| Dhyan Chand Award 2017 | Samurai Tete | Former India Women’s Hockey captain |
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SEPTEMBER 2017 |
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| Exhibitor of the Year’ Award | Ajay Bijli | Chairman and Managing Director of PVR Limited |
| Energy efficiency award | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Ltd, Hyderabad. | |
| PLuS Alliance Prize | N R Narayana Murthy | For Research Innovation, Education Innovation, Global Leadership and Global Innovation. |
| Best Make In India Wi-Fi Company” Award | DIGISOL Systems Ltd | At “My India Wi-Fi India Summit & Awards 2017”. |
| ASSOCHAM Services Excellence Awards | Gujarat International Finance-Tec City (GIFT City) | For its contribution to the growth of the International Financial Services |
| N R Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award 2017 | Eminent jurist Tahir Mahmood | To legal education and the legal profession |
| US’ Marconi Society Award 2017 | Google research scientist Ananda Theertha Suresh | ─ |
| Paul Baran Young Scholar Award (Marconi Society Young Scholar Award ) | Wenhan Dai | ─ |
| Raghunandan Industries Pvt | Krishi Pragati Awards 2017 | For an outstanding contribution made in the area of Agri Commodities. |
| Salman Khan | Global Diversity Award 2017 | Honoured for his contribution to the Indian film industry |
| Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) | Rajbhasha Keerti Award | ─ |
| ANR National Award | SS Rajamouli | For his contribution to the Telugu film industry. |
| UN peace prize | Zannah Mustapha | Award for his “crucial mediating” role |
| UN prize for a sustainable farming model | Swayam Shikshan Prayog | A Pune city-based NGO |
| Prestigious Von Hippel Award | Professor C.N.R Rao | He is the first Asian to be chosen this Award |
| ‘Best Tourism State’ national award | Madhya Pradesh | For the third consecutive year |
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OCTOBER 2017 |
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| 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine | Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young | For their work on internal biological clocks known as the circadian rhythm. |
| 2017 Chemistry Nobel award | Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson | For developing cryo-electron microscopy |
| 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics Award | Rainer Weiss Kip ThorneBarry Barish |
For decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves |
| 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature Award | Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan) | In novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world |
| 2017 Nobel Prize in Peace Award | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) (founded in Australia) | For its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons |
| 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Award | Richard H. Thaler (USA) | For contributions to behavioural economics |
| Gauri Lankesh | Anna Politkovskaya Award | The award is given in the memory of a slain Russian reporter and political activist |
| Rajesh Nath | Germany’s Highest Civilian Honour | He is Managing Director of VDMA India |
| M K Sanu | Mathrubhumi Literary Award | He is an Eminent critic, biographer and orator |
| Padma Prabha Puraskaram | Prabha Varma | He is an eminent poet, lyricist and journalist |
| 2017 Man Booker Prize | George Saunders | For his first full-length novel Lincoln in the Bardo |
| Swachh Bharat Inter-Ministerial Award | Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas | ─ |
| NASSCOM Customer Service Excellence Award 2017 | CSS Corporation | India’s premier IT industry body |
| Green platinum award | The Govardhan Eco Village | Set up by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) |
| Lata Mangeshkar Award | Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan | ─ |
| America’s Top Young Scientist | Gitanjali Rao | For her sensor that can detect lead levels in water |
| Golden Peacock Award | N Chandrababu Naidu | For Global Leadership in Public Service and Economic Transformation |
| Lifetime Achievement Award by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry | Sharmila Tagore | For her contribution to the field of cinema |
| Pramod Mahajan Smriti Award | Anupam Kher | He is Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India |
| Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award | Javed Akhtar | He is veteran writer-lyricist |
| European Union’s Sakharov Prize | Venezuela’s democratic opposition | For a peaceful transition to democracy |
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NOVEMBER 2017 |
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| 2017 Newton Award | Andrew Shennan, Shivaprasad Goudar | Both teams were awarded £200,000 or Rs 1.7 crore |
| 53rd Jnanpith Award | Krishna Sobti | She is Renowned Hindi littérateur |
| Vishnudas Bhave award | Mohan Joshi | For his contribution to theatre |
| Miss Earth 2017 | Karen Ibasco | She hails From Philippines |
| 2018 Jewish Nobel Prize | Natalie Portman | For professional achievement and commitment to Jewish values |
| Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award | Girish Karnad | ─ |
| Infosys Prize 2017 | Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Upinder Singh Bhalla, Ritabrata Munshi, Yamuna Krishnan, Lawrence Liang. | To make DNA machines to study living cells |
| National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement 2017 | Zaira Wasi | Performing Arts on the occasion of Children’s Day |
| Miss International 2017 | Kevin Lilliana | She is from Indonesia |
| Miss World 2017 | Manushi Chhillar | She is from India |
| DSC Prize for South Asian Literature | Anuk Arudpragasam | He is Sri Lankan author |
| Lifetime achievement award at IFFI | Atom Egoyan | He is a Canadian filmmaker |
| Indira Gandhi Peace Prize | Dr Manmohan Singh | Former Prime Minister Dr |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Girish Karnad | For his outstanding contribution in the field of theatre. |
| ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). | Manik Banerjee | He is also a Veteran journalist |
| 2017 Climate and Clean Air Award | Sameer Maithel | He is Founder and Director of Greentech Knowledge Solutions |
| Big Little Book Award | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | He is an Author in the Bengali language |
| NITI Aayog prize | Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) | ─ |
| Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Actor Rajkummar Rao | For his performance in “Newton |
| ‘Ozone Award’
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Anil Madhav Dave
Chandra Bhushan RS Agarwal Atul Bagai |
Policy and Implementation Leadership |
| Miss Universe 2017 | Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters | She is from South Africa |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Ruskin Bond | Conferred by Chandigarh Literary Society |
| DECEMBER 2017 | ||
| Miss Supranational 2017 | Jenny Kim | She is from South Korea |
| Children’s Peace Prize | Mohamad Al June | He is Sixteen-year-old |
| Best Asian Film award | Dangal | At the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards |
| Trans-Saharan International Film Fest award | Pihu | Held in Zagora, Morocco |
| Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman | Rabi Singh | He is an Odia poet |
| ‘Companion of Honour’ by UK royals | JK Rowling | She is Harry Potter author |
| Mother Teresa Memorial Award | Priyanka Chopra | She is an Actress |
| Mr India 2017 | Jitesh Singh Deo | He is a footballer |
| 31st Moortidevi Award | Joy Goswami | He is Bengali poet |
| National Design Award | Satheesh Reddy | Scientific Adviser |
| ‘National Gaurav Award 2017’ | Dr Gaurav Nigam | Educationist, paediatrician, founder and CEO of iCare |
| BBC Sports Personality of the Year award | Mo Farah | He is a four-time Olympic champion |
| 2017 Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award | Pranita P Sarangi | He is a professor of Biotechnology at IIT, Roorkee |
| PETA person of the year | Anushka Sharma | Bollywood superstar and vegetarian |
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