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2017 Awards(Jan)
January
Name of the Awards Name of the Persons
Power & Energy Persons Award
Shri K M Singh
at the 10th ENERTIA Awards 2016
Bharatiya JananpithNavlekhan award 2016 Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh
Nishan-e-Imtiaz by Pakistan Pakistans Army chief Qamar Bajwa
Best Performing Power Distribution Utility in
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL)
Power Sector
4th Yash Chopra Memorial Award Shah Rukh Khan
`Technical Oscar by the Academy of Motion Parag Havaldar
Pictures and Sciences
La La Land Wins Record 7 Awards
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were honored as best
74th Golden Globe Awards
actor and actress while Damien Chazelle was
awarded best director
Honoured by the US Embassy for TB Awareness Amitabh Bachchan
Best FIFA Football Awards 2016
The Best FIFA Mens Player Award Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Best FIFA Womens Player Award Carli Lloyd.
The Best FIFA Mens Coach Award Claudio Ranieri.
The Best FIFA Womens Coach Award Silvia Neid.
The FIFA Pusks Award 2016 Mohd Faiz Subri.
The FIFA Fair Play Award Atletico National.
The FIFA Fan Award Dortmund fans and Liverpool fans.
The FIFA lifetime achievement award Falcao.
The FIFA FIFPro World11 Neuer, Dani Alves, Pique, Ramos, Marcelo, Modric,
Kroos, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Ronaldo.
UNWTO Award for Innovation in the category of ISKCONs Govardhan eco village
Non-Governmental Organisations(NGO)
Highest US civilian honour Vice President of US Joe Biden
2017 Crafoord Prize Fred Ramsdell , Alexander Rudensky from US and
Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan
Young Travel Photographer Of The Year (TPOTY) Darpan Basak & Ankit Kumar
award 2016
62nd Filmfare Award 2017
Best Film Dangal
Best Director Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal
Best Actor (Male) Aamir Khan for Dangal
Best Actor (Female) Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film Manoj Bajpayee for Taandav.
Best Male Debut Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab.
Best Female Debut Ritika Singh for Saala Khadoos.
Best Director Debut Ashwini Iyer Tiwari for Nil Battey Sannata
Best Film Peoples Choice Khamakha
Best Short Film (Fiction) Chutney
Best Short Film (Non-fiction) Matitali Kusti
Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film Tisca Chopra for Chutney.

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Best Dialogue Ritesh Shah for Pink.

Best Screenplay Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre Dhillon for Kapoor &
Sons
Best Story Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre Dhillon for Kapoor &
Sons
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) Rishi Kapoor for Kapoor & Sons.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) Shabana Azmi for Neerja.
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award Shatrughan Sinha.
Best Music Director Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
Best Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya-Channa Mereya,Ae Dil Hai
Mushkil
Best Male Playback Singer Arijit Singh for the song Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Female Playback Singer Neha Bhasin for Jag Ghoomeya from Sultan
Best Visual Effects Red Chillies for Fan
Best Editing Monisha Baldawa for Neerja
Best Costume Payal Saluja for Udta Punjab
Best Action Shyam Kaushal for Dangal
Best Background Score Sameer Uddin for Kapoor & Sons
Best Choreography Adil Shaikh for Kar Gayi Chull from Kapoor &
Sons
RD Burman Award for New Music Talent Amit Mishra for Bulleya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Cinematography Mitesh Mirchandani for Neerja
Filmfare Critics Award
Best Film Neerja
Best Actor (Male) Manoj Bajpayee (Aligarh) and Shahid Kapoor (Udta
Punjab)
Best Actor (Female) Sonam Kapoor for Neerja
Award Winner
Best Film Dangal
Best Director Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal
Best Actor (Male) Aamir Khan for Dangal
Best Actor (Female) Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
The Hindu Prize 2016 Kiran Doshi for Jinnah Often Came to Our House
UNESCOs Intangible Cultural Heritage Kolkatas Sitalpati
2016 TS Eliot Prize British Poet Jacob Polley
for Jackself
2016 National Bravery Awards 25 Children including 12 Girls
Bharat Award Winners: Late Km. Tarh Peeju
Geeta Chopra Award Winners Tejasweeta Pradhan and Shivani Gond
Sanjay Chopra Award Winners Master Sumit Mamgain
Bapu Gaidhani Award Winners Late Km. Roluahpuii, Late Km. H
Lalhriatpuii, Master Tushar Verma
Peoples Choice Award Priyanka Chopra for TV Series Quantico
Best feature film award at international Borrego Himachali dialect Saanjh directed by Ajay Saklani
Springs Film Festival held in California, US
Australias highest civilian award Purushottam Sawrikar
Makhan Singh Khangure
Vijay Kumar
2016 National Geoscience Award Dr. A Keshav Krishna
Sena Medal Major Sandeep Kumar, Captain Manik
Sharma and Naik Arvind Singh Chauhan.
Golden Peacock Award for CSR in Aviation Sector Delhi International Airport Ltd.(DIAL)
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First Hugo Chavez Peace Prize by Venezuela Russias President Vladimir Putin

Honoured by Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Reliance Foundation Founder and Chairperson Nita
Met) Ambani
NTPC award 2015-16 Damodar Valley Corporation
Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards 2016
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Ms. Roluahpuii (Posthumous) Mizoram
Shri Shishir Kumar Yadavannavr (Posthumous) Karnataka
Shri Vadmitra Choudhary, (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh
Shri Rakesh Kumar CN (Posthumous) Karnataka
Shri Suresh NB (Posthumous) Kerala
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Shri Mrigesh Narayan Barua Assam
Dr. C. Gopakumar (Posthumous) Kerala
Shri Govind Laxman Tupe Maharashtra
Shri Churchill Mizoram
Smt. Roluahpuii Mizoram
Shri Bir Bajrangbali Pandey West Bengal
Master Maurice Yengkhom Manipur
Master Shivansh Singh (Posthumous) Uttar Pradesh
Jeevan Raksha Padak
Shri Yashwant Kumar Pisda Chhattisgarh
Shri Dara Singh Haryana
Shri Dinesh Kumar Himachal Pradesh
Shri Ratheeshan Nambolan Kerala
Master Anandhakrishnan A Kerala
Master Akhil K. Shibu Kerala
Shri Tejesh Brijlal Sonawane Maharashtra
Shri Manoj Sudhakarrao Barahate Maharashtra
Shri Isac Lalrinchhana Mizoram
Shri Lalmohan Mohanta Odisha
Kum. Nazia Uttar Pradesh
Shri Pankaj Kumar Pandey Tamil Nadu
Shri Anoop Mishra Uttar Pradesh
Shri Kapil Kumar Shishodia Uttar Pradesh
Shri Neelkant Ramesh Harikantra Maharashtra
Shri Manohar Mahato West Bengal
Shri Balen Rajbongshi West Bengal
Shri Dharmendra Kumar Yadav West Bengal
Master Kamlesh Pradhan Chhattisgarh
Kum. Angelica Tynsong Meghalaya
Master Sai Krishna Akhil Kilambi Telangana
Shri Tshewana Thinlay Lachungpa Sikkim
Shri Altaf Ahmed Khan Jammu & Kashmir
Ophthalmology Hall of Fame Dr.Gullapalli N Rao
Best Marching Contingent in Services Category at Madras Engineer Group
the Republic Day Parade 2017
Miss Universe 2017 Iris Mittenaere of France

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Padma Awards 2017

PADMA VIBHUSHAN
Shri K J Yesudas Art-Music Kerala
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Others-Spiritualism Tamil Nadu
Shri Sharad Pawar Public Affairs Maharashtra
Shri Murli Manohar Joshi Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao Science & Engineering Karnataka
Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh
Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) Public Affairs Meghalaya
PADMA BHUSHAN
Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Art-Music Rajasthan
Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
Shri Tehemton Udwadia Medicine Maharashtra
Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj Others-Spiritualism Gujarat
Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati Yoga Bihar
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Literature & Education Thailand
(Foreigner)
Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
Journalism
PADMA SHRI
Smt. Basanti Bisht Art-Music Uttarakhand
Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair Art-Dance Kerala
Smt. Aruna Mohanty Art-Dance Odisha
Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Art-Cinema Karnataka
Shri Sadhu Meher Art-Cinema Odisha
Shri T K Murthy Art-Music Tamil Nadu
Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh Art-Music Manipur
Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music Uttar Pradesh
Smt. Baoa Devi Art-Painting Bihar
Shri Tilak Gitai Art-Painting Rajasthan
Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao Art-Sculpture Telangana
Shri Jitendra Haripal Art-Music Odisha
Shri Kailash Kher Art-Music Maharashtra
Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal Art-Music Kerala
Smt. Sukri Bommagowda Art-Music Karnataka
Shri Mukund Nayak Art-Music Jharkhand
Shri Purushottam Upadhyay Art-Music Gujarat
Smt. Anuradha Paudwal Art-Music Maharashtra
Shri Wareppa Naba Nil Art-Theatre Manipur
Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary Civil Service Telangana
Shri T.K. Viswanathan Civil Service Haryana
Shri Kanwal Sibal Civil Service Delhi
Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla Literature & Education Sikkim
Smt. Eli Ahmed Literature & Education Assam
Dr. Narendra Kohli Literature & Education Delhi
Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah Literature & Education Karnataka
Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri Literature & Education Kerala
Shri Kashi Nath Pandita Literature & Education Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry Literature & Education Delhi
Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
Shri Michel Danino Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
Shri Punam Suri Literature & Education Delhi
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Shri VG Patel Literature & Education Gujarat

Smt. V Koteswaramma Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
Shri Balbir Dutt Literature & Education Jharkhand
Journalism
Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & Education Maharashtra
Journalism
Shri Vishnu Pandya Literature & Education Gujarat
Journalism
Dr. Subroto Das Medicine Gujarat
Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav Medicine Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed Medicine Telangana
Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole Medicine Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel Medicine Gujarat
Prof. Harkishan Singh Medicine Chandigarh
Dr. Mukut Minz Medicine Medicine Chandigarh
Shri Arun Kumar Sharma Others-Archaeology Chhattisgarh
Shri Sanjeev Kapoor Others-Culinary Maharashtra
Smt. Meenakshi Amma Others-Martial Art Kerala
Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel Others-Agriculture Gujarat
Shri Chandrakant Pithawa Science & Engineering Telangana
Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Science & Engineering West Bengal
Shri Chintakindi Mallesham Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami Science & Engineering Assam
Shri Daripalli Ramaiah Social Work Telangana
Shri Girish Bhardwaj Social Work Karnataka
Shri Karimul Hak Social Work West Bengal
Shri Bipin Ganatra Social Work West Bengal
Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide Social Work Tamil Nadu
Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Social Work Maharashtra
Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal Social Work Punjab
Shri Virat Kohli Sports-Cricket Delhi
Shri Shekar Naik Sports-Cricket Karnataka
Shri Vikasa Gowda Sports-Discus Throw Karnataka
Smt. Deepa Malik Sports-Athletics Haryana
Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu Sports-Athletics Tamil Nadu
Smt. Dipa Karmakar Sports-Gymnastics Tripura
Shri P R Shreejesh Sports-Hockey Kerala
Smt. Sakshi Malik Sports-Wrestling Haryana
Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu Trade & Industry Telangana
Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) Art-Music USA
Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) Literature & Education USA
Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) Literature & USA
EducationJournalism
Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu
Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) Others-Archaeology West Bengal
Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) Social Work Maharashtra
Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) Social Work Nepal

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