(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 ‘

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