(Current Affairs) Awards and Prizes | February: 2015
Awards and Prizes
- List of Awards & Honors 2014
- Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2014
- 61st National Film Awards Winners List
- List of 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners
- Film Fare Awards 2014 Winners List
- Complete List of 71st Golden Globe Awards Winners 2014
- Oscar Awards 2014 winners List
- Padma Awards Winners List for the year 2014
- List of Nobel Prize Winners 2014
List of Awards & Honors 2014
- Amitabh Bachchan - India’s Global Icon of the Year
- Amul (Milk Product Brand) - High Performance Brand Award 2013
- Anand Kumar - Ramanujan Mathematics Award 2014
- Chandi Prasad Bhatt - Gandhi Peace Prize (2013)
- Cristiano Ronaldo - world’s best soccer player for the 2012/2013 season (FIFA)
- Gabriela Isler – Miss Universe 2013
- Govind Mishra - Sarawasti Samman (2013)
- Gulzar - Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013
- Jeev Milkha Singh - Asian Tour‘s Player of the Decade
- Jhumpa Lahiri - Baileys Prize 2014(Shortlisted)
- Koyal Rana - Miss India 2014
- Laxmi (an acid attack victim) - International Women of Courage Award, US
- Malala Yousafzai - Children’s Nobel Prize (Nominated)
- Meb Keflezighi - First US male athlete to win the Boston Marathon
- Meera Chandrasekhar - Robert Foster Cherry Award for Teaching 2014
- MS Dhoni - UK’s 2014 Asian Award
- Nadine Angerer - Best women’s football player in the world (2013)
- Pope Francis - Time Person of the year 2013
- Pranab Mukherjee - Award of Honor from Rotary International
- Prof C N R Rao - Bharat Ratna
- Rajesh Gopakumar - 23rd G D Birla Award for scientific research (2013)
- Ratan Tata - Knight Grand Cross
- Richard Quest - UNWTO Award for Lifetime Achievement 2013
- Sachin Tendulkar - Bharat Ratna
- Sankha Ghosh - Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2013)
- Shigeru Ban - Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
- Shubhranshu Choudhary - Digital activism award
- Sikkim - National Tourism Award
- Sourav Ganguly - Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree by BESUp
- TCS - Top Employer in Euro
- Vishwanath Tripathi - Vyas Samman Awards (2013)
- Yushi (Taiwanese poet) - Thiruvalluvar award
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2014
- Ms. Senator Lisa Maria Sin
- Kurian Varghese - Leading
- Vasdev Chanchlani - Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Canada
- Ramakrishna Mission - Fiji
- Bikas Chandra Sanyal - Renowned educationist in France
- Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh - Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India in The Netherlands
- Sasindran Muthuvel - First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua New Guinea
- Shihabudeen Vava Kunju - Contributor to welfare of Indian community in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Ms. Ela Gandhi - Contributions in promoting ties between India and cause of freedom in South Africa South Africa, and the
- Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil Parambath - Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting better understanding of India in UAE
- Shailesh Lakhman Vara - First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party in UK
- Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai - Contributions in field of scienc relations between India and USA
- Dr. Renu Khator - one of the first persons of Indian origin to head, and fostering closer a higher system and a research university in America. President and Chancellor of The University of Houston.
61st National Film Awards Winners List
- Best Film (Hindi) : Jolly LLB
- Best Actress : Geetanjali Thapa (Liar’s Dice, Hindi)
- Best Actor : Raj Kumar (Shahid, Hindi) & Suraj Venjaramoodu (Perariyathavar, Malyalam)
- Supporting Actor (Female) : Aida Elkashef, Ship of Theseus and Amruta Subash, Astu
- Best Direction : Hansal Mehta for Shahid (Hindi)
- Special Mention : Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai for ‘Yellow’ (Marathi)
- Special Effects : Jal idiya Udh
- Short Fiction (Non Feature) : Mandrake! Mandrake! (Hindi)
- Non Feature Film on Social Issues : Gulabi Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhandi)
- Environmental Film including Agriculture : Foresting Life (Hindi, Assamese)
- Non Feature Film : Rangbhoomi (Hindi)
- Best Book on Cinema : Cinema Ga Cinema (Telgu) by Nandagopal
- Sound Design : Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Madras Cafe
- Choreography : Ganesh Aacharya, Havan Karenge (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
- Special Jury Award : Yellow (Marathi) & Miss Lovely (Hindi)
- Best Children’s Film : Kaphal (Hindi)
- Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation : Perariyathavar (Malyalam)
- Best Film on Social Issues : Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)
- Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration : Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)
- Best Popular Film providing wholesome Entertainment : Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)
- Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director : Fandry (Marathi)
- Best Feature Film : Ship of Theseus
- Playback Singer : Bela Shinde Khura Khura
- Best Feature Films in Local Languages (in alphabetical order) :
- Best Feature Film in Assamese : ‘Ajeyo’
- Best Feature Film in Bengali : ‘Bakitar Byaktigoto’
- Best Feature Film in English : ‘The Coffin Maker’
- Best Feature Film in Hindi : ‘Jolly LLB’
- Best Feature Film in Kannada : ‘December 1’
- Best Feature Film in Konkani : ‘Baga Beach’
- Best Feature Film in Malayalam: ‘North 24 Kaatham’
- Best Feature Film in Marathi : ‘Acha Divaz Mazha’
- Best Feature Film in Tamil : ‘Thanga
- Best Feature Film in Telugu : ‘Naa Bangaru Talli ‘