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Awards (Jan-Feb) 2016

Name of the Award

January
Name of the Person

eASIA award 2015

DAVA project
2015 Sangita Kalanidhi Award
Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Limca Book of Records
Delhi Police (cash heist case)
National Payments Excellence Awards 2015
Corporation Bank
Flipkart
Website of the Year India 2015
2015 Costa Novel Prize
Costa First Novel Award
Andrew Michael Hurley
Costa Novel Award
Kate Atkinson
Costa Poetry Award
Don Paterson
Costa Children Book Award
Frances Hardinge
Costa Biography Award
Andrea Wulf
2015 US Bestseller List
Harper Lees (Go Set a Watchman)
Pentagon award
US drone operators
Peoples Choice Award
Priyanka Chopra
Central Banker of the Year Award 2016
Raghuram Rajan
India Philanthropy List 2015
Azim Premji
H K Devsare Baalsahitya award
Balkrishna Garg
Entrepreneur of the Year
Kunal Bahl(Snapdeal)
PMs trophy
Tata Steel
Best in the country
Mangaluru Airport
Golden Globe Awards 2016
Picture
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
The Revenant
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)
The Martian
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Brie Larson
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or
Matt Damon
Comedy)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or
Jennifer Lawrence
Comedy)
Best Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Television
Best Series (Drama)
Mr. Robot
Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama)
Jon Hamm
Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama)
Taraji P. Henson
Best Series (Musical or Comedy)
Mozart in the Jungle
Best Actor in a Television Series (Musical or
Gael Garcia Bernal
Comedy)
Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or
Rachel Bloom
Comedy)
Best Miniseries
Wolf Hall
Best Actor in a Miniseries
Oscar Isaac
Best Actress in a Miniseries
Lady Gaga
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Cecil B DeMille Award
2016 FIFA Ballon dOr award
Guiness Book
National Award on e-Governance
Most generous graduate of Yale B-School
Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award

Washington
Lionel Messi
Kullu folk dance Nati
Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)
Indra Nooyi
David Beckham

Neerja Bhanot Award

International Woolmark Prize

Subhashini Vasanth
Suket Dhir
Amazing Indians Awards 2016
Incredible Innovators
Chintakindi Mallesham
Young Indians, Big Achievements
Damini Sen
Young Indians, Big Achievements
Malavath Poorna
Ordinary Indians, Extraordinary Achievements
Murugan S
Energising India
Mathews K Mathew
Indian at Heart
Timothy
Global Indians
Yashraj Khaitan
Grassroots Soldier
Late Kallen Pokkudan
Grassroots soldier
Popatrao Pawar
Educators of India
Ruma Roka
Stree Shakthi
Sunita Aralikar
Unstoppable Indians
S Ramakrishnan
Lorenzo Natali Media Prize
Ankita Anand
Guinness Book of World Records
Amritsar
Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Anuradha Roy
61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2015
Best Film
Bajirao Mastani
Best Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Ranveer Singh
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Deepika Padukone
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Anil Kapoor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Priyanka Chopra
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Arijit Singh
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal
Best Costume
Anju Modi and MaximaBasu
Best Choreography
Pt Birju Maharaj
Prof MV Pylee Award
Dr Jancy James
The Hindu Prize, 2015
Easterine Kire
9th Annual Cinema Eye Honours
The Look of Silence
National Bravery Awards 2015
25 Childrens
Gov Award new Category
Most Film Friendly State/UT
2nd most followed Indian on Twitter
PM Modi
National Award for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals 2015-16
Innovation in Polymeric Material
Industry
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Ester Industries Ltd
Academic and R&D Institution
IIT Guwahati
Innovation in Polymeric Products
Industry
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Innovation of Polymer processing Machinery & Equipments
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Industry
Kabra Extrusiontechnik Ltd
Academic and R&D Institution
IIT Madras
Innovation in Polymer waste Management & recycling technology and green polymeric material &
products
Industry
Supreme Industries Ltd
Academic and R&D Institution
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
Polymers in Agriculture & Water Conservation
Mr. S Dinesh Kumar & Mr. MJ Giridharan
Polymers in Public Health Care
Industry
Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Research in the field of Polymer Science & Technology
Industry
Reliance R&D Centre
Academic and R&D Institution
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Guinness Book of World Records
Adeles Hello - one billion views
Padma Awards 2016
Rajinikanth
Actor
Ramoji Rao
Media baron
Girija Devi
Classical vocalist
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Spiritual guru
V K Aatre
Former DRDO chief
Avinash Dixit
IndianAmerican economist
Jagmohan
Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor
Yamini Krishnamurthi
Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer
Dr V Shanta
Cancer specialist and chairperson of Adyar Cancer
Institute
Padma Bhushan awardees
Anupam Kher
Actor
Udit Narayan
Singer
Hafeez Contractor
Architect
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
Industrialist
Vinod Rai
Former CAG
Sania Mirza
Tennis Star
Ram Sutar
Indian sculptor
Saina Nehwal
Badminton star
Late Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Spiritual leader
Swami Tejomayananda
Spiritual leaders
Heisnam Kanhailal
Theatre personality
R C Bhargava
Maruti Suzuki chairman
Indu Jain
Chairperson of Bennett, Coleman & Co
Robert Blackwill
Former US Ambassador to India
Barjinder Singh Hamdard
Ex-parliamentarian, editor of Punjabi Newspaper
Prof N S Ramanuja Tatacharya
Sanskrit Scholar
Prof D Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
Venkata Rama Rao Alla
Drug technology
Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2015
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Ullas Unnikrishnan (Posthumous)
Kerela
Munna alias Ramdars Sisodiya(Posthumous)
Madhya Pradesh
Ankit Kumar Mishra (Posthumous)
Uttar Pradesh
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Shivakumar R.
Karnataka
Laldinpuia
Mizoram
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Shaitan Singh (Posthumous)
Jitendra Kumar Soni
Shourya Veer Singh (Posthumous)
Riya Chaudhary (Posthumous)
Monika alias Manisha (Posthumous)
Gaurav Kumar Bharti (Posthumous)
Ravindra Pal Singh (Posthumous)

Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Gallantry Awards 2016
Ashok Chakra
Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami
Shaurya Chakra
1. Colonel Santosh Yashwant Mahadik
(Posthumous)
2. Sepoy Dharma Ram (Posthumous)
3. Major Praphul Kumar Bhardwaj
4. Lieutenant Harjinder Singh
5. Naik Kheem Singh Mehra
6. Major Anurag Kumar
7. Major Sandip Yadav
8. Naik Satish Kumar
Order of Australia
Sajeev Koshy
Russian Order of Friendship
Ramayah Shanmuga Sundar
Jananpiths Navlekhan Award
Amlendu Tiwari & Om Nagar
2015 Prince Mahidol Award
Morton Mower, Michael Marmot
K Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2015
Nitish Kumar
Honored by ISSF
Abhinav Singh Bindra
Amnesty International Human Rights Award 2016
Henri Tiphagne
V Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award
Naresh Bedi
William E Colby award
Midnights Furies Nisid Hajari
Allan Border Medal 2016
One Day International Player of the Year
Glenn Maxwell
Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year
Alex Ross
State Player of the Year
Adam Voges
Womens International Cricketer of the Year
Ellyse Perry
(Belinda Clark Award)
2016 Yash Chopra Memorial Award
Actress Rekha

February

Name of the Award

Name of the Person

Forbes 30 under 30 Asia

Sania Mirza, Virat Kohli, Saina Nehwal, Arunima

Sinha,Chaitanya Tamhane
Shraddha Kapoor, Raghav Verma, Mehul
Agrawal Kanika Tekriwal, Ritesh Agarwal
Avinash Chander
NALCO
Yes Bank
Alphabet Inc
Kanu Behl

Aryabhata Award
EEPC Star Performer Award
Green Bond Award
worlds most valuable company
Best First Foreign Film Award French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC)
First chancellors award
Kerala University
Golden Conch Award
Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Best Debut Film of a Far From Home
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director
Animation category
Best short fiction film
Best student film
Bhimsen Joshi Award
CMs innovation award
Award for innovation in XBRL reporting

Chhaya
Agli Baar
Going Home
Maestro Pandit Ram Narayan
Keralas She-Taxi
RBI
UNESCO Medals
Professor Isamu Akasaki
Japan
Professor Lei Jiang
China
Professor Philippe Pernod
France
Professor Nicholas Kotov
USA
Academician Gennady Krasnikov
Russia
Professor Igor Ashurbeyli
Russia
Doctor Mikhail Dubina
Russia
Doctor Natalya Mikhaylova
Russia
IFPI Best-Selling Artist of 2015
Adele
Most Push-Ups in Minute Worls record
KJ Joseph
EY Entrepreneur Award
Lupins CEO and MD - Vinita Gupta,
Nilesh Gupta
Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year award
Anirban Lahiri
La Liga player of the month award
Lionel Messi
Pride of Kerala award
Vidya Balan
2016 BAFTA Awards
Academy Fellowship
Sidney Poitier
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Angels The Costumiers
EE Rising Star Award
John Boyega
Best Film
The Revenant
Best Documentary
Amy
Best Animated Film
Inside Out
Best Short Film
Operator
Best Film Not in the English Language
Wild Tales Argentina
Best Director
Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Brie Larson
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mark Rylance
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kate Winslet
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Outstanding British Film
Brooklyn
Best Original Music
The Hateful Eight
Best Sound
The Revenant Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek,
Martin Hernndez, Frank A. Montano, Jon Taylor,
and Randy Thom
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road Jenny Beavan
Best Makeup and Hair
Mad Max: Fury Road Damian Martin and Lesley
Vanderwalt
Best Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road Margaret Sixel
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or
Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) and Rupert Lloyd
Producer
(Producer) Theeb
Golden Beaver Award
Nagaland is changing. But
58th Grammy awards 2016
General
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Record of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best New Artist

Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)

1989 (Taylor Swift)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge)
Meghan Trainor
POP
Best Solo Performance
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Best Duo/Group Performance
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars)
Best Traditional Vocal Album
The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
Best Vocal Album
1989
Dance/Electronic
Best Dance Recording
Where Are U Now (Skrillex and Diplo with Justin
Bieber)
Best Dance/Electronic Album
krillex and Diplo Present Jack U (Skrillex and Diplo)
Rock
Best Rock Performance
Dont Wanna Fight (Alabama Shakes)
Best Metal Performance
Cirice
Best Rock Song
Dont Wanna Fight
Best Rock Album
Drones
R&B
Best R&B Performance
Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) The Weeknd
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Little Ghetto Boy (Lalah Hathaway)
Best R&B Song
Really Love
Best R&B Album
Black Messiah
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Beauty Behind the Madness
Rap
Best Rap Performance
Alright (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
These Walls (Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna
Wise & Thundercat)
Best Rap Song
Alright
Best Rap Album
To Pimp a Butterfly
Others
Best World Music Album
Sings
Best Childrens Album
Home
Best Comedy Album
Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Musical Theater Album
Hamilton
Best Music Video
Bad Blood
Best Music Film
Amy
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Sylva
Swachh Sarvekshan-2016
Best performer in North Zone and Best in Citizen
Chandigarh, Chandigarh
feedback category
Best performer in behavior change communication Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
Best performer among Smart Cities and Best in
New Delhi Municipal Corporation, New Delhi
Service Level Status
Best Performer in South Zone and Best in
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Independent Observation
Best Performer in West Zone
Surat, Gujarat
Best performer in door-to-door collection and
Rajkot, Gujarat
transportation of Solid waste and sweeping
Best performer in North-East and Best performer
Gangtok, Sikkim
among capitals
Best performer among satellite cities
Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra
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Best Performer among mega cities
Top mover in North Zone (improved the rank by
maximum number)
Top mover in West Zone
Top mover in South Zone
Top mover in East Zone
Top mover in North-East
Israel Prize
Honoured In US for His Charity Work
2016 Yash Chopra Memorial Award
Guinness Book of World Records
Raksha Mantris Trophy for Best Service Hospital
IBA Banking Technology Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour, Frances highest
honour
PECASE Honour

World Press Photo of 2015

Limca Book of Records
Global Teacher Award
Berlin International Film
Festival - Crystal Bear award

Greater Mumbai
Allahabad,
Uttar Pradesh
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Visakhapatnam, Pradesh Andhra
Odisha
Imphal , Manipur
Professor David Shulman
Ishaan Patel
Actress Rekha
Sameer Anjaan - 3,524 songs
Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata
Karnataka Bank Ltd
Manish Arora
Vikram Shyam ,Milind Kulkarni ,Kiran
Musunuru ,Shwetak Patel, Rahul Mangharam,Sachin
Patel
Warren Richardson
Tendulkars autobiography -Playing It My Way
Robin Chaurasia (Top 10)
Malayalam film Ottaal

India Sports Awards 2015

Best company promoting sports (public sector)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
Best company promoting sports (private sector)
YES Bank Pvt Ltd.
Best professional services company
Technology Frontiers (India) Pvt Ltd.
Best NGO promoting sports
STAIRS
Best sports start-up
HotFut Sports Infrastructure Pvt Ltd
Best national sports federation
Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India
Sportsperson of the year
Lalita Babar (Athletics)
Breakthrough sportsperson of the year
Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
Coach or support staff of the year
Kuldeep Handoo (Wushu)
Lifetime achievement award
Balbir Singh
Best state
Gujarat
Remi Award at WorldFest
Kanavu Variyam
Guinness World Records
India Gates 550kg rice bag
Global CSR Award
GVK Biosciences
Germanys prestigious Cross of the Order of
Goverdhan Mehta
Merit
Nobel Prize nomination
Afghanistans National Cyclist team
Dinanath Mangeshkar Prize 2016
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Ranveer Singh
Indias greenest School
Father Agnel School Greater Noida
Queens Valley School Delhi.
Government senior Secondary School Shimla
100 most powerful Indians 2016 (IE 100).
1.PM Narendra Modi
2.Amit Shah (50)
3.Mohan Bhagwat (64)
4.Arun Jaitley (62)
TripAdvisor:Asias Travellers Choice Award
1.Ngapali beach(Myanmar)
Winning Beaches.
2.Nacpan Beach(Philippines)
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Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Direction
Best Original Song
Best Original Score
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Live Action Short Film
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short
Best Supporting Actor
Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Short
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Film Editing
Best Cinematography
Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Best Adapted Screenplay
First Asian to get Global Reel Award

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3.Kata Noi(Thailand)
Oscar Awards 2016
Spotlight
Leonardo DiCaprio
Brie Larson
Alejandro G Inarritu for The Revenant
Writings on the Wall from Spectrex
Ennio Morricine for The Hateful Eight
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
for Stutterer
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees for Amy
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for A Girl In the River:
The Price of Forgiveness
Mark Rylance
Pete Doctor and Jonas Rivera for Inside Out
Gabriel Osorio Pato Escala for Bear Story
Andrew Whiteburst, Paul Norris, Mark
Ardington andAra Bennett for Ex Machina
Chris Jenkins, Greg Rudloff and Ben Osmo for
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mark Mangini and David White for Mad Max: Fury
Road
Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian
Martinfor Mad Max: Fury Road
Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson for Mad Max:
Fury Road
Jenny Beavan for Mad Max Fury Road
Alicia Vikander
The Big Short for Charles Randolph and Adam
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