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National & International awards 2017
National & International awards 2017
| Name of the Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement Award at Dubai International Film Festival | Rekha (Veteran actress) |
| The world’s third largest startup base | India (US and UK stands in the first and second position respectively) |
| Rio Paralympics silver medalist, who honored with Rs. 4 crore cash reward by P Narendra Modi | Deepa Malik |
| German Green Talent Award | Shamik Chowdhury (Indian researcher) |
| Prestigious award for outstanding work in the field of e-governance at the ‘State of the States Conclave 2016’ | Haryana government |
| The highest-paid woman in music for 2016 in Forbes’ annual list. | Taylor Swift |
| Rashtriya Kalidas Samman by Madhya Pradesh Government | Raj Bisaria and Banshi Kaul |
| Australian of the Year Local Hero’ award 2017 | Tejinder Pal |
| La Liga’s best player for 2015-16 season | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award | Amitav Ghosh |
| Reporters without Borders (RSF)-TV5 Monde prize’ | Hadi Abdullah |
| Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance for year 2016 | Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) |
| Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award at the ATP awards | Roger Federer |
| Uttarakhand Ratna award | Harish Rawat (Uttarakhand Chief Minister) |
| Goldsmiths Prize | Mike McCormack (Solar Bones author) |
| ‘Doodle 4 Google’ 2016 contest | Anvita Prashant Telang ( fromPune ) |
| Global Citizen Award | Imtiaz Sooliman |
| Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate Award 2016 | Gulzar (Lyricist-writer) |
| World’s best airline for the 4th consecutive year | Air New Zealand |
| The oldest woman to Space | Peggy Whitson (NASA astronaut, at an age of 56 years) |
| Winner of SumitraCharat Ram Award for lifetime achievement in the field of Indian classical music. | Pt Hari Prasad Chourasia (Noted flautist) |
| Winner of the prestigious Mother Teresa International Award | Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, by the Mumbai-based NGO Harmony Foundation.) |
| ‘Artist of the Year’ at the 2016 American Music Awards (AMAs) | Ariana Grande (Singer) |
| ‘Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock’ at the 2016 American Music Awards (AMAs) | Selena Gomez |
| ‘Video of the Year’ award at the 2016 American Music Awards (AMAs) | Justin Bieber (for his track ‘Sorry’) |
| first World Sanskrit Award | Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Princess of Thailand) |
| International Maritime Organization (IMO) Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea | Captain Radhika Menon |
| International Press Freedom Award | Malini Subramaniam (Indian Journalist, for her reporting from the Naxal-infested Bastar area) |
| Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize | Akshaya Mukul (Senior journalist, for his book “Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India”) |
| Winner of 10th Asia Pacific Screen Award in Best Actor Category | Manoj Bajpayee (Bollywood actor) |
| Winner of at the prestigious UNESCO Salon Youth Video Competition 2016 | ‘Magical Piano’, a short film by the Toonz Media Group (Dr Avaneesh, Head of Development, Toonz Media Group received the award from Salon Films Chairman Fred Wang) |
| Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) ‘Distinguished Indologist’ Award | Prof. Yu Long Yu (Chinese professor) |
| Golden Peacock award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) | Iranian film “Daughter” (directed by Reza Mirkarimi) |
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