National and International Awards 2017 PDF

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National and international awards 2017 PDF
National and international awards 2017 PDF

National and International Awards 2017 PDF gives you the list of important national (Indian) and international awards in different fields and the person who obtained these awards.

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National and International Awards 2017:

Nobel Peace Prize:

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature since March 1901. It has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.

Nobel Prizes 2016

# Field Winner(s) Contribution
1. Physics David J. Thouless,

F.Duncan M. Haldane,

J.Michael Kosterlitz

Theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter
2. Chemistry Jean-Pierre Sauvage,

Sir J. Fraser Stoddart,

Bernard L. Feringa

The design and synthesis of molecular machines
3. Physiology or Medicine Yoshinori Ohsumi Discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy
4. Literature Bob Dylan Created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition
5. Peace Prize Juan Manuel Santos Efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end

 

In addition to the above five awards, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 is awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom “for their contributions to contract theory”.

Note: The 2017 Nobel Prizes will be announced in the first week of October 2017.

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Oscar Awards:

The Academy Awards now known officially as The Oscars is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the “Academy Award of Merit”, which has become commonly known by its nickname “Oscar”. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS.

# Awards Winner(s) Movie
1. Best Actor Casey Affleck Manchester
by the Sea
2. Best Actress Emma Stone La La Land
3. Best Director Damien Chazelle La La Land
4. Best Picture Adele Romanski,
Dede Gardner,
and Jeremy
Moonlight
5. Best Supporting
Actor
Mahershala Ali Moonlight
6. Best Supporting
Actress
Viola Davis Fences
7. Best Original
Screen Play
Kenneth Lonergan Manchester
by the Sea
8. Best Adapted
Screenplay
Barry Jenkins &
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Moonlight
9. Best Animated
Feature Film
Byron Howard,
Rich Moore, &
Clark Spencer
Zootopia
10. Best Documentary
Feature
Ezra Edelman &
Caroline Waterlow
O.J: Made in America
11. Best Documentary
Short Subject
Orlando Von Einsiedal
& Joanna Natasegara
The White Helmets
12. Best Live Action
Short Film
Kristof Deak &
Anna Udvardy
Sing
13. Best Live Animated
Short Film
Alan Barillaro &
Marc Sondheimer
Piper
14. Best Original
Score
Justin Hurwitz La La Land
15. Best Original Song Music By – Justin Hurwitz

Lyric By – Benj Pasek
& Justin Paul

City of Stars
from La La Land
16. Best Sound
Editing
Sylvain Bellemare Arrival
17. Best Sound

Mixing

Kalvin O’Connell,
Andy Wright,
Robert Mackenzie
& Peter Grace
Hacksaw Ridge
18. Best production
Design
David Wasco &
Sandy Reynolds Wasco
La La Land
19. Best
Cinematography
Linus Sandgren La La Land
20. Best Makeup
& Hairstyling
Alessandro Bertolazzi,
Giorgio Gregorini &
Christopher Nelson
Suicide Squad
21. Best Costume
Design
Colleen Atwood Fantastic Beasts
and Where to
Find Them
22. Best Film
Editing
John Gilbert Hacksaw Ridge
23. Best Visual
Effects
Robert Legato,
Adam Valdez,
Andrew R. Jones
& Dan Lemmon
The Jungle Book
24. Best Live Action
Short Film
Kristof Deak &
Anna Udvardy
Sing

 

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National Film Awards:

The National Film Awards was established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.

Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public.

The 64th National Film Awards is to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2017.

# Award Awardee(s)
1. Best Popular Film

Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu)
2. Best stunt choreography Peter Hein
3. Best Children’s Film Dhanak (Hindi)
4. Best Direction Rajesh (Ventilator)
5. Best Film on social issue Pink (Hindi)
6. Best Actor Akhay Kumar (Rustom)
7. Best Actress Surabhi Lakshmi

(Minnaminungu-Malayalam)

8. Best Supporting Actress Zaira Wasim (Dangal)
9. Best Child Artist Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam),

Saj (Noor Islam),

Manohara (Railway Children)

10. Best Male Playback Singer Sundara Iyer (Joker)
11. Best Female Playback Singer Iman Chakraborty (Thume jaake)
12. Best Screenplay (original) Syam Pushkaran (Maheshinte Prathikaram)
13. Best Screenplay (adapted) Sanjay Krishnaji patel (Dashakriya)
14. Best Editing Rameshwar (Ventilator)
15. Sound designer Jayadevan (Kaadu Pookunna Neram)
16. Best production design 24
17. Best Costume Designer Sachin (Marathi film)
18. Best Environmental film including agriculture The Tiger who crossed the line
19. Best Make-up Artist MK Ramakrishna
20. Best Music Direction Babu Padmanabha (Kannada Lama)
21. Special Mention Kadvi Hawa Mukthi bhava (Hindi)
22. Special Jury award Mohanlal for Pulimurugan, Janatha Garage and Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol
23. Special Mention Hero- A.Hussain (Mukti Bhawan)
Heroine- Sonam kapoor (Neerja)
24. Best Film Friendly state Jharkhand

 

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Best feature films in regional languages

# Movie Language
1. Madipur Tulu
2. Joker Tamil
3. Wrongside Raju Gujarati
4. Pelli Chupulu Telugu
5. Dashakriya Marathi
6. Bisarjan Bengali
7. Maheshinte Prathikaram Malayalam
8. Ke Sara Sara Konkini
9. Reservation Kannada
10. Neerja Hindi

 

Bharat Ratna Award:

  • The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
  • Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred “in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order”, in the arts, literature, science, and public services, any field of human endeavor.
  • The recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister to the President, with a maximum of three nominees being awarded per year.
  • Recipients receive a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a peepal-leaf–shaped medallion; there is no monetary grant associated with the award.
  • The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were politician C. Rajagopalachari, philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and scientist C. V. Raman, who were honoured in 1954.
  • Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Pakistan) and Nelson Mandela (South Africa) are the only two non-indian citizens to have received the Bharat Ratna Award. Mother Teresa born in Skopje (now the capital of the Republic of Macedonia) and she got Indian Citizenship.
  • On 24 December 2014, the Indian government announced the award to independence activist Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (After that no one has been awarded Bharat Ratna)

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Padma Vibhushan:

  • The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, preceded by Bharat Ratna and followed by Padma Bhushan.
  • Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for “exceptional and distinguished service”. The award criteria include “service in any field including service rendered by Government servants” including doctors and scientists, but excludes those working with the public sector undertakings.
  • On 25 January 2017, the award was conferred upon seven recipients; Murli Manohar Joshi, Sharad Pawar, Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Jaggi Vasudev, K. J. Yesudas and posthumously on Sunder Lal Patwa and P. A. Sangma.

 

Padma Bhushan:

  • The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.
  • Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for “distinguished service of a high order”.The award criteria include “service in any field including service rendered by Government servants” including doctors and scientists, but excludes those working with the public sector undertakings.

 

2017 Padma Bhushan Winners:

# Recipient Field State
1. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Arts Rajasthan
2. Deviprasad Dwivedi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
3. Ratnasundarsuri Spirituality & Social issues Gujarat
4. Niranjanananda Saraswati Yoga Bihar
5. Cho Ramaswamy Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
6. Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Literature & Education Thailand
7. Tehemton Erach Udwadia Medicine Maharashtra
8. Cho Ramaswamy Literature & Education Tamil Nadu

 

Padmashree:

Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Awarded by the Government of India, it is announced every year on India’s Republic Day.

Arjuna Award:

The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. Instituted in 1961, the award carries a cash prize of ₹ 500,000, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll.

2017 Arjuna Award Winners

# Sport Winner
1. Archery Jyothi Surekha Vennam
2. Badminton No one was awarded in 2017
# Sport Winner
3.

 

Athletics Khushbir Kaur
Arokia Rajiv
4. Athletics(Para Athlete) Mariyappan Thangavelu
Varun Bhati
5. Basketball Prashanti Singh
6. Boxing Devendro Laishram
7. Cricket Cheteshwar Pujara (Men)
Harmanpreet Kaur (Women)
8. Football OinamBembemDevi (Women)
9. Golf SSP Chawrasia
10. Hockey S.V.Sunil
11. Kabaddi Jasvir Singh
12. Lawn Tennis Saketh Myneni
13. Shooting PN Prakash
14. Table Tennis Anthony Amalraj
15. Wrestling Satyawart Kadian

 

National Bravery Award:

The National Bravery Awards are a set of awards given annually to about 25 Indian children for “meritorious acts of bravery against all odds.” The awards are given by the Government of India and the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW). The award was instituted in 1952.

In 2016 Government of India awarded Bharat Award to Tarah Peju (Posthumous) for saving her friends from drowning, but failed to manage herself and Bapu Gaidhani Award to Tushar Verma for Risking his life to rescue elderly neighbor couple with their three cows and two bulls when the house began to burn. (2017 yet to be announced)

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Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)

The Ashoka Chakra is India’s highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.

Hangpan Dada is the posthumosly awarded Ashoka award for 2016 year.

 

Param Vir Chakra:

The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India’s highest military decoration awarded for the displaying distinguished acts of valor during wartime. The name of the award translates as the “Wheel of the Ultimate Brave”. PVC is equivalent to the Medal of Honor in the United States and the Victoria Cross in the United Kingdom.

 

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna:

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games is the highest sporting honour of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The recipient(s) is/are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and is honoured for their “spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports over a period of four years” at international level.

Devendra Jhajharia (Indian Paralympic javelin thrower) and Sardara Singh (Hockey Player) are the recipients of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2017.

Sahitya Akademi Award:

The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages.The plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi was designed by the Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray.

Nasira Sharma won Sahitya Akademi Award for Parijat (Hindi) for the year  2016.

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Dronacharya Award:

The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Recipients are selected by a committee constituted by the Ministry and are honoured to have done “outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and enabled sportspersons to excel in international events” over a period of four years.

2017 Dronacharya Award Winners

Name Sport
R.Gandhi Athletics
Heera Nand Kataria Kabaddi
G.S.S.V.Prasad Badminton
Brij Bhushan Mohanty Boxing
P.A.Raphel Hockey
Sanjoy Chakraverthy Shooting
RoshanLal Wrestling

 

 

Filmfare Awards:

The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest film events in India. The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. They were initially referred to as the Clare Awards or The Clares after Clare Mendonca, the editor of The Times of India. A dual voting system was developed in 1956. Under this system, in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel appointed by Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted on by both the public and a committee of experts.

Vir Chakra:

Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of bravery in the battlefield. It replaced the British Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).

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Gandhi Peace Prize:

The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is awarded annually by the Government of India.

As a tribute to the ideals espoused by Gandhi, the Government of India launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi. This is an annual award given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods.

Last awardee(s) is ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).

 

Police Medal (India):

The Police Medal is a decoration awarded to members of law enforcement in India. Established 1 March 1951, the medal was created to replace the Indian Police Medal. The medal is awarded for either gallantry or distinguished service, with the gallantry version of the medal being accorded a higher precedence. The medal is awarded annually on Republic Day and Independence Day.

Indira Gandhi Prize:

The Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organisations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order.

Last awardee(s) is United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2015).

Tagore Award:

The Tagore Award is an award given in commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) for cultural harmony. Established in 2011 by Government of India, it is given for outstanding achievement in fostering harmony and universalism and values of cultural harmony especially in conflict or extreme situations through innovative systems/strategies and which have an enduring and transformational impact.

Last awardee(s) is Zubin Mehta, Western classical conductor in 2013

International Indian Film Academy Awards:

The International Indian Film Academy Awards (also known as the IIFA Awards) are a set of awards presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world.

Saraswati Samman Award:

The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian goddess of learning and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India.

The Winner of Saraswati Samman award 2016 is Mahabaleshwar Sail for his “Hawthan”(Novel) in Konkani Language. (2017 yet to be announced)

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The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991. To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi language and have been published in the past 10 years.

2017- Rishabh Jain for his autobiography ‘aadhe adhure’ , 18 year old boy youngest recipient of VYAS SAMMAN, honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

Jnanpith Award

The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their “outstanding contribution towards literature”. Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English,[a] with no posthumous conferral.

In 2016 Shankha Ghosh received Jnanpith Award for his literart work in Bengali. (2017 yet to be announced)

 

Moortidevi Award

The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.

In 2016, MP Veerendrakumar received for his Hymavathabhoovil in Malayalam. (2017 yet to be announced)

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