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Important Awards and Honours 2023 January
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in January and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
Debbie Hockley Medal | To honour the outstanding female cricketer (recently introduced by New Zealand) |
Inclusive Finance India Awards 2022 | ESAF Small Finance Bank |
Subhash Chandra Bose Disaster Management Award 2023 | Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Lunglei Fire Station (LFS) Mizoram |
Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar | A total of 11 children got this award |
Number one police station ranking 2022 | Aska police station, Ganjam district, Odisha |
The most distinguished scientist of the year 2022 | R Vishnu Prasad |
Bahrain’s ISA Award 2021-22 (top civilian award of Bahrain) | Nepalese ophthalmologist Dr. Sanduk Ruit |
Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award | Dr. Prabha Atre |
Golden Kailasha award | Naanera a Rajasthani film directed by Deepankar Prakash |
Best Sustainable Greenfield Airport Award | Goa Manohar International Airport |
Miss Universe 2022 | R’Bonney Gabriel from the USA |
Federal Bank Literary Award 2023 | K Venu |
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023 | Thiru Kumar Nadesan |
Best Original Song Awards at Golden Globes | SS Rajamouli’s film RRR won Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu |
UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 | Odisha |
Best Police Unit Award 2021 | Jalna district police and Nagpur city police |
Assam’s highest civilian award ‘AssamBaibhav’ | Dr Tapan Saikia |
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Important Awards and Honours 2023 February
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in February and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
Best Adventure Tourism Destination award | Jammu and Kashmir |
Sangeet natak Akademi Award 2019 | Prem Kumar Mallick |
Best film at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival | The Kashmir Files |
Marconi Prize 2023 | Hari Balakrishnan |
Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2022 | Indian industrialist Sajjan Jindal |
National Geographic’s ‘pictures of the year’ | Karthik Subramaniam |
Jnanappana Award 2023 | Poet V Madhusoodanan Nair |
Best Actor award at the 76th BAFTA Awards | Austin Butler |
Swaraj Trophy | Kollam district |
UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast | Angela Merkel |
Kerala’s Akbar Kakkattil award | Writer Subhash Chandran’s novel Samudrashila |
Prestigious President’s Colour Award | Haryana Police |
Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award | Journalist A.B.K. Prasad |
Lifetime Achievement Honour in the UK | Former PM Manmohan Singh |
FIH President’s Award 2023 | V Karthikeyan Pandian |
Important Awards and Honours 2023 March
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in March and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Naveen Jindal |
Children’s Champion Award | Tapoban, an NGO based in Pathsala, Assam |
Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 | Kashmir’s Aliya Mir |
SAARC literary award | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
Kerala’s highest civilian honour- “Kerala Jyothi” | M T Vasudevan Nair |
2023 Abel Prize | Luis Caffarelli |
2022 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award | Nepali cricketer Asif Sheikh |
Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO) | Indian Industrialist Shri Ratan Tata |
Saraswati Samman 2022 | Renowned Tamil Writer Sivasankari |
Governor of the Year” for 2023 by Central Banking | RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das |
Vyas Samman 2022 | Gyan Chaturvedi |
International Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2023 | Indian Ministry of Tourism and Government of India |
Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023 | Sir David Chipperfield |
Lifetime Achievement National Photography Award | Ms Sipra Das |
Central Board Of Irrigation And Power (CBIP) Award 2022 | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) |
BBC Indian Sportswoman of The Year for 2022 | Mirabai Chanu |
The cleanest airport in the Asia Pacific region by international grouping ACI | Delhi International Airport/ Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) |
2023 PEN/Nabokov Lifetime Achievement Award | Writer Vinod Kumar Shukla |
BS Banker of the Year 2022 | managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank-Sashidhar Jagdishan |
GSMA Government Leadership Award 2023 | India |
Important Awards and Honours 2023 April
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in April and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
Immigrant Achievement Award | Neeli Bendapudi |
Global Gold Award | Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) |
Order of the White Eagle | Volodymyr Zelensky |
Young Urologist of the Year Award | Dr. Nitya Abraham |
International Prize in Statistics | Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao |
Best Production/Process Development award | Bharat Biotech |
Maratha Udyog Ratna award | Nilesh Bhagwan Sambre |
Business Leader of the Decade Award | Kumar Mangalam Birla |
Femina Miss India World 2023 | Nandini Gupta |
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award | Raj Subramaniam |
Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023 | Utsa Patnaik |
Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award | Asha Bhosle |
Order of Merit | Angela Merkel |
Excellence in Public Administration-2022 | PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan |
Santokbaa Humanitarian Award | Sonam Wangchuk |
Lifetime Achievement Award | Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti |
Ramon Magsaysay Award | Dalai Lama |
Order of Australia | Ratan Tata |
Goldman Environmental Prize | Alessandra Korap |
Latin Women of the Year | Shakira |
Important Awards and Honours 2023 May
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in May and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Fellowship | Meera Syal |
Shatabdi Purush (Man of the Century) | Socialist Pandit Ramkishan |
2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize | Three Imprisoned Iranian women journalists: Niloofar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges Mohammadi |
Highest-paid athlete in the world in 2023 | Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) |
2023 Leipzig Book Award | Russian Poet Maria Stepanova |
Carol Shields Prize | South Asian American Author Fatimah Asghar |
Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award | Yogi Adityanath, CM of Uttar Pradesh |
Laureus World Sportsman Of The Year 2023 | Lionel Messi, Argentine professional footballer |
2023 Pulitzer Prize | Associated Press (AP), an American not-for-profit news agency |
First ASI GovindSwarup Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 | Professor Jayant Vishnu Narlikar |
2023 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize | Nigerian writer Arinze Ifeakandu |
Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation | Pakistani-Canadian Author Musharraf Ali Farooqi |
Highest French Civilian Honour- “Chevalier de la Légiond’Honneur“ | N Chandrasekaran, Tata Sons Chairman |
Best Long Documentary Award” | “Gauri,” a documentary based on journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh |
International Booker Prize 2023 | Bulgarian Writer GeorgiGospodinov and translator Angela Rodel |
Important Awards and Honours 2023 June
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in June and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star | President Droupadi Murmu |
UNESCO Michel Batisse Award 2023 | Jagdish S Bakan |
2023 Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize | Author Paterson Joseph |
Governor of the Year” at the Central Banking Awards 2023 in London | RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das |
Elizabeth Longford Prize 2023 | The Book: Historian and writer Ramchandra Guha’s book Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom |
Athi Uttam’ by the National Accreditation Board of Education and Training (NABET) | Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI) |
45th European Essay Prize for ‘Azadi’ | Writer Arundhati Roy |
Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 | Gita Press, Gorakhpur |
German Peace Prize 2023 | Author Salman Rushdie |
Kothapalli Jayashankar Award instituted by Bharat Jagruthi | Eminent poet Acharya N. Gopi |
Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) | Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) |
Guinness World Record Award certificate | Portuguese football player, Cristiano Ronaldo |
‘Order of the Nile,’ Egypt’s highest honour, by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023 | Indian writer, Priya A S |
1st Kala Kranti Lifetime Achievement Award | Padma Shri Pandit Purna Das Baul |
Important Awards and Honours July 2023
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in July and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) Award 2023 | NLC India Limited (NLCIL) |
The Rising Star Award 2023 | Coal India Limited (CIL) |
Insurer Innovation Award 2023 | Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance |
Elephant Family Environmental Award | Filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves |
Great Immigrants 2023 | Ajay Banga, Padma Shri awardee and the President of the World Bank |
PEN Pinter Prize 2023 | British Children’s Writer Michael Rosen |
Global Indian Icon of 2023 | boxer Mary Kom |
UNESCO Asia Pacific Award 2022 | Mumbai’s 169 yr old Byculla Railway Station |
National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement | Professor (Dr.) Om Narain Bhargava |
National Young Geoscientist Award 2022 | Dr. Amiya Kumar Samal |
“Best Engagement” Award for Procurement through GeM Portal | Ministry of Coal under the “Best Engagement” category |
SKOCH Award under “State of Governance India 2047” in Gold Category | The UMEED Programme of Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM) |
UK Prime Minister’s (PM) Points of Light Award | Moksha Roy [7-year-old Indian-origin girl from Hertfordshire, the United Kingdom] |
Advanced Environmental Solutions Award | Thalappil Pradeep, professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) |
Chevalier (Knight) de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) awards by France | ArunaSairam (Padma Shri) and Shashank Subramanyam (Carnatic vocalist) |
Global Education Mentor (GEM) Award 2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award | ANI Chairman Prem Prakash |
Important Awards and Honours 2023 August
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in August and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
The Grand Cross of the Order of Honour | Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
National Smart City Award 2022 | Indore |
ET Leadership Excellence Awards | Parmeet Singh Sood |
Miss Earth India 2023 | Priyan Sain |
Harward University’s coveted George Ledlie Prize 2023 | Indian-American economist Raj Chetty |
Gold Award | National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) |
Lifetime Achievement Award RICS ((Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)) | Subhash Runwal |
Global Leader Award 2023 | Jayesh Saini |
Best Performing State Award 2023 | Tamil Nadu |
Diversity in Cinema Award at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) | Actor Mrunal Thakur |
Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2023 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
Global Visionary Entrepreneur Award | Deepak Shenoy |
SVAMITVA Scheme Of Ministry Of Panchayati Raj | National Award For E-Governance 2023 |
Maharashtra govt.’s ‘Udyog Ratna’ award | Eminent industrialist Ratan Tata |
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 | Shankari Chandran (Sri Lankan-origin Australian writer) |
Rising Global Superstar of Indian Cinema award | Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan |
Important Awards and Honours 2023 September
All the important Awards and Honours 2023 given in September and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
65th Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2023 | Ravi Kannan (India) |
National Awards for e-Governance 2023 (Category-1) | The National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) team of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) won the Gold Award |
National Awards for e-Governance 2023 (Category-2) | SVAMITVA Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj won the Gold Award |
World Innovation Award at BRICS | Telangana’s 1st woman Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) Shanta Thoutam |
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Rated ‘A+’ in Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023 | RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das |
Green Railway Station Certification’ with Highest Platinum Rating | Vijayawada Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh(AP) |
France’s Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) | Indian Fashion Designer Rahul Mishra |
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 2022 | 12 scientists |
53rd Dada Saheb Phalke Award | 53rd Dada Saheb Phalke Award Waheeda Rehman (53rd recipient) |
Norman E. Borlaug Award | Agri Scientist Swati Nayak (3rd Indian to receive the award) |
Best Tourism Village of India 2023 | Kiriteshwari village (Murshidabad, West Bengal) and Biswanath Ghat also known as Gupta Kashi (Sonitpur, Assam) |
‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar’ in the ‘A’ category 2022-23. | Power Finance Corporation (PFC) |
World Federation for Medical Education Recognition Status for 10 Years | The National Medical Commission (NMC) of India |
2023 Ig Nobel Prizes | Anoop Rajappan (India) Along with other scientists from China, Malaysia, USA (In the ‘Mechanical Engineering‘ category) |
2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize | Mathematician Ruixiang Zhang (Assistant Professor at the University of California) |
Miss Universe Pakistan 2023 | Erica Robin (a model from Karachi, Pakistan) |
Lifetime Achievement Award-Academia | Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice Chancellor, Professor Najma Akhtar |
Dr AM Gokhale Award | Renowned ophthalmologist Brig Sanjay Kumar Mishra of the Indian Army’ |
Safety Innovation Award 2023 | RITES (Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited) Limited |
Miss International India 2023 | Chartered Accountant Praveena Anjana (Udaipur, Rajasthan) |
Dr V G Patel Memorial Award 2023 | Mumbai Professor Satyajit Majumdar, dean of the School of Management and Labour Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) |
Important Awards and Honours 2023 October 2023
All the important awards and honours 2023 were given in October and the names of their winners are given in the following table.
Awards | Winner |
2023 Ballon d’Or recipients | Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati |
2023 USISPF Global Leadership Award | Nita Ambani, Founder and Chair of Reliance Foundation |
White House National Medal of Science | Ashok Gadgil and Subra Suresh |
Award For Global Leadership | Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud |
Best tourism villages announced by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) | Gujarat’s Dhordo |
2023 Sakharov Prize | Jina Mahsa Amini and the Iranian “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement |
5th National Awards 2023 | Renowned playback singer Shreya Ghoshal |
Best Tourism Village of India 2023 | Nawanpind Sardaran Village In Punjab |
Only Indian PSU To Feature In Forbes “World’s Best Employers 2023” List | NTPC Limited |
Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award | Renowned Hollywood actor Michael Douglas |
Saraswati Samman’ in 2022 | Tamil writer Sivasankari |
Best Innovation in Refinery Award For 2022-23 | Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) |
Dutch Spinoza Prize | Professor Dr. Joyeeta Gupta |
Bal Sahitya Puraskar In Manipuri Language | Manipuri writer, Dilip Nongmaithem |
Global Indian Award by the Canada India Foundation (CIF) | Sudha Murty (The renowned author, philanthropist, and wife of Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy) |
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