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List of Important Awards and Honours 2020
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| S. No. | Award | Awardee |
| 1. | Dr Dinesh Katre | Emmett Leahy Award 2020 |
| 2. | Paul Zacharia | Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2020 |
| 3. | Hariharan | JC Daniel Award for lifetime contribution to Malayalam Cinema |
| 4. | S Hareesh | JCB Prize in Literature for 2020 |
| 5. | Azim Premji | Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020 |
| 6. | Ruskin Bond | Tata Literature Live Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 |
| 7. | Dr K S Subramanian | Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Golden Jubilee |
| 8. | Sadat Rahman | International Children’s Peace Prize 2020 |
| 9. | Douglas Stuart | 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction |
| 10. | Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank | Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 11. | Naseeruddin Shah | 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Puraskar |
| 12. | Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik | 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskar |
| 13. | Dr Bish Agrawal | 2020 AESC (Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants) lifetime Achievement Award 2020 |
| 14. | Sanjay Singh | ‘2020 Gandhi Award’ |
| 15. | Ratan Tata | IACC (Indo-American Chamber of Commerce) lifetime and Global Excellence Award |
| 16. | Ales Bialiatsli (Belarus), Nasrin Sotoudeh (Iran), Bryan Stevenson (US) and Lottie Cunningham Wren (Nicaragua) | Right Livelihood Award 2020 |
| 17. | Nityanand Nayak (Odia Poet) | Sarala Puraskar |
| 18. | Bank of Ghana | Central Bank of the Year Award 2020 |
| 19. | Mark Carney | Governor of the year at Central Bank of the Year Award 2020 |
| 20. | Aishwarya Sridhar | 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award |
| 21. | Seema Gupta | 17th annual Stevie Award for Women in Business |
| 22. | Dr Jajini Varghese | ‘Outstanding Young Person of the World 2020’ |
| 23. | Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) of India | 2020 UN Global Climate Action Award |
| 24. | Dr Satish Mishra | ‘Dr. Tulsi Das Chugh Award 2020’ by National Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 25. | Late Actor Om Puri | Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 at 3rd India International Film Festival of Boston |
| 26. | Chef Vikas Khanna | ‘Pride of India’, a special award at 3rd India International Film Festival of Boston |
| 27. | Nobel Prize in Peace 2020 | World Food Programme (WFP) |
| 28. | Sarala Puraskar | Odia poet, Nityanand Nayak |
| 29. | Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 | American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”. |
| 30. | Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 | Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”. |
| 31. | Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 | Roger Penrose for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. The other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy. |
| 32. | The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) lifetime achievement Award | Ratan Tata |
| 33. | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 | Harvey J. Alter(America), Charles M. Rice (America) and Michael Houghton (Britain) for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. |
| 34. | Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Grand Title Winner 2020 for Marketing | Kerala Tourism’s ‘Human by Nature Print Campaign’ |
| 35. | Right Livelihood Award 2020 | The four activists Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Nasrin Sotoudeh of Iran, Bryan Stevenson of the United States(US) and Lottie Cunningham Wren of Nicaragua. |
| 36. | ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ Awards at National Award for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’ | Hyderabad International Airport or GMR led Rajiv Gandhi International Airport |
| 37. | ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ award by Confederation of Indian industry and Godrej Green Business Centre | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Vizag Steel Plant) |
| 38. | Lifetime Achievement Awards by Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2020 | Aditya Puri |
| 39. | Asia Game Changer Award 2020 | Chef Vikas Khanna |
| 40. | 2020 Dayton Literacy Peace Prize’s Lifetime Achievement | Margaret Atwood |
| 41. | Ig Noble Prize 2020 for Medical Education | Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
| 42. | All India Football Federations Men’s Footballer of the Year 2019-20 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Goalkeeper) |
| 43. | All India Football Federations Women’s Footballer of the Year 2019-20 | Sanju Yadav (Midfielder) |
| 44. | Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar Award 2020-21 | Usha Mangeshkar |
| 45. | SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award | Sonu Sood |
| 46. | Asian College of Journalism’s (ACJ) Award 2019 | Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh |
| 47. | ‘Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2019 | Wing Commander Gajanand Yadava |
| 48. | Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020 | Army Sports Institute, Pune |
| 49. | International Booker Prize 2020 for her debut novel ‘The Discomfort of Evening’ | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld |
| 50. | National Award to Teachers 2020 | Sudha Painuli |
| 51. | First Gold Medal for India in Mental Calculations World Cup (MCWC) | Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda |
| 52. | P C Mahalanobis Lifetime Achievement Award | C Rangarajan |
| 53. | Carnegie Corporation of New York’s 2020 list of ‘Great Immigrants’ | Siddhartha Mukherjee and Raj Chetty |
| 54. | 2020 Diana Award | Freya Thakral |
| 55. | Overall Winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize | Kritika Pandey |
| 56. | Virtual Race Across America (VRAAM) 2020 | Lt Col Bharat Pannu |
| 57. | Natvarya Prabhakar Panshikar Award | Ratnakar Matkari |
| 58. | EU Green Building Award 2020 | International Olympic Committee |
| 59. | CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019 | NTPC Ltd |
| 60. | 2020 Dada Saheb Phalke Award | Kezang D Thongdok |
| 61. | ‘Development Marketplace Award 2020:Innovations to Address Gender-Based Violence’ | Institute for Human Development (IHD) |
| 62. | Von Karman Award 2020 by International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) | K Sivan |
| 63. | Mohun Bagan Ratna Award | Hockey Player Gurubux Singh and Cricketer Palash Nandi |
| 64. | Elites Excellence Award 2020 | Chhattisgarh CM Darpan website and mobile app |
| 65. | US-India Business Council (USIBC) Global Leadership Award 2020 | N Chandrasekaran and Jim Taiclet |
| 66. | ‘Infra Business Leader of the year 2020 award by Rail Infra and Mobility Digital Award (RIMBDA)’ | Ved Prakash Dudeja |
| 67. | Global Humanitarian Award 2020 | Sachin Awasthi |
| 68. | CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) International Press Freedom Award 2020 | Shahidul Alam (Bangladesh), Mohammad Mosaed (Iran), Dapo Olorunyomi (Nigeria) and Svetlana Prokopyeva (Russia) |
| 69. | 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Tribute Actor Award | Kate Winslet |
| 70. | Nelson Mandella Prize 2020 | Guinean doctor Morissana Kouyate and Marianna Vardinoyannis from Greece |
| 71. | ‘Legend of Animation’ | Arnab Chaudhuri |
| 72. | Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity | Greta Thunberg |
| 73. | President’s Award for Nurse in Singapore | Kala Naryanasamy |
| 74. | Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating | Aditya |
| 75. | Premier League Golden Boot Football Award | Jamie Vardy |
| 76. | ‘Karamveer Chakra Award’ | Sunil YDV SS |
| 77. | EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 | Kiran Mazumdar Shaw |
| 78. | Richard Dawkins Award 2020 | Javed Akhtar |
| 79. | ‘NASA Distinguished Service Medal’ | Renjith Kumar |
| 80. | Medal of the order of Australia (OAM) | Shobha Sekhar |
| 81. | World Food Prize 2020 | Rattan Lal |
| 82. | QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 in the category of Seafood challenge | Chef Angad Singh Rana |
| 83. | QualityNZ Culinary Cup 2020 in the category of Mutton/lamb challenge | Chef Vaibhav Bhargava |
| 84. | German Book Trade for 2020 Peace Prize | Amrtya Sen |
| 85. | Lifetime Achievement Award of Vithabai Naryangaokar | Gulabbai Sangamnerkar |
| 86. | 20th Annual BET Awards 2020 | Popstar Beyonce |
| 87. | Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 | Kritika Pandey |
| 88. | Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award | Deccan Development Society |
| 89. | e-Panchayat Puraskar-2020 | Himachal Pradesh |
| 90. | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Prof. Shobhana Narasimhan |
| 91. | Naming NASA’s 1st Mars Helicopter | Vaneeza Rupani |
| 92. | Russia’s 1st Satellite to Monitor Arctic Climate | Arktika-M |
| 93. | Young Career Award in Nano Science and Technology for the year 2020 | Saurabh Lodha |
| 94. | 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography | Indian journalist Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand |
| 95. | Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020 | Joseph J Landsberg, Richard H Waring, and Nicholas C Coops |
| 96. | Startup India Animal Husbandry Grand Challenge Awards | White Gold Technologies LLP, Mumbai |
| 97. | SKYTRAX Award 2020 in the category of Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia | Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore |
| 98. | SKYTRAX Award 2020 in the category of World’s Best Airport | Changi Airport of Singapore |
| 99. | Best airport staff in India and Central Asia category | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai |
| 100. | Fed Cup Heart Award for Aisa/Oceania Zone | Sania Mirza |
| 101. | VMware 2020 Regional Partner of the Year Award for the Services Excellence category | Anunta |
| 102. | Vice Admiral G.M. Hiranandani Memorial Rolling Trophy for the year 2020 | Lieutenant Commander Akshay Kumar |
| 103. | UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2019 | Suman Gawani |
| 104. | NYIPLA “Inventor of the Year award” for the year 2020 | Rajiv Joshi |
| 105. | Christophe Merieux Prize | Quarraisha Abdool Karim |
| 106. | ‘Hero to Animals Award’ by PETA India | Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik |
| 107. | Chinese Virtual Grand Prix Championship | Charles Leclerc |
| 108. | Inclusion in The Medicine Maker Power List 20 For 2020 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw |
| 109. | William E. Colby Award 2020 | Adam Higginbotham |
| 110. | 13th edition of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2020 | Novelist Abdelouahab Aissaoui |
| 111. | Wisden’s Leading Cricketer 2020 Men | England All-rounder Ben Stokes |
| 112. | Wisden’s Leading Cricketer 2020 Women | Ellyse Perry of Australia |
| 113. | Edison Award | Tata Power for campaign ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’ |
| 114. | Forbes billionaires list “The Richest in 2020” | Jeff Bezos |
| 115. | 128th Commonwealth Points of Light Award winner | Jadav Payeng |
| 116. | MS Swaminathan Award | V Praveen Rao |
| 117. | Chameli Devi Jain Award | Arfa Sherwani & Rohini Mohan |
| 118. | Hemingway Award 2020 | Novelist Ruchika Tomar |
| 119. | IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 | Zoya Akhtar |
| 120. | 2019 Road Safety Media Fellowship Award | Prachi Salve, Pradeep Dwivedi |
| 121. | Moghai Ojah Award | Paramananda Majumder |
| 122. | Ugandas Highest Civilian Award | Rajesh Chaplot |
| 123. | National Award | DRDO |
| 124. | 1st Position for the Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana | Madhya Pradesh |
| 125. | 1st Men’s section Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament 2020 | Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre (LSRC) Red |
| 126. | 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of the Year | Lalremsiami |
| 127. | SERB Women Excellence Award-2020 | Dr Niti Kumar |
| 128. | 34th Cannes Open | D Gukesh |
| 129. | ‘Central Banker of the Year 2020’ for the Asia-Pacific region | Shaktikanta Das |
| 130. | 1st Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award | Vinod Kumar Shukla |
| 131. | Lifetime Achievement Award by International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) | Pullela Gopichand |
| 132. | Dan David Prize 2020 | Gita Sen |
| 133. | Miss Diva Universe 2020 | Adline Castelino |
| 134. | National e-Governance Award | RailMadad |
| 135. | Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award | Lewis Hamilton and Footballer Lionel Messi |
| 136. | Mystic Kalinga Literary Award | Manoj das |
| 137. | French honour for Theatre Artiste | Sanjana Kapoor |
| 138. | National Award for Implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana | South Salmara Mankachar of Assam |
| 139 | Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 | Jadav Payeng |
| 140. | ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence’ | Dr M S Swaminathan |
| 141. | ‘Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service’ | Dr Gutta Muniratnam |
| 142. | Polly Umrigar Award | Jasprit Bumrah |
| 143. | ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ Award | Rani Rampal |
| 144. | Global Bihar Excellence Award 2019 | Piyush Jaiswal |
| 145. | Miss Teen International 2019 | Aayushi Dholakia |
| 146. | Global Child Prodigy Award 2020 | Indian girl Sucheta Satish & Indian Yoga Boy Ishwar Sharma |
| 147. | Costa Children’s Award 2019 | Jasbinder Bilan |
| 148. | 29th Saraswati Samman | Vasdev Mohi |
| 149. | “Merck Young Scientist Award 2019” | Sakya Singha Sen |
| 150. | Cisco Youth Leadership Award 2019 | Priya Prakash |
| 151. | Kerala National Media Award | N. Ram |
| 152. | ‘Harit Ratna Award 2019’ | Dr N Kumar |
| 153. | 1st Prize at the Republic Day Parade, 2020 | Tableaux of Assam |
| 154. | Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Calcutta University | Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee |
| 155. | 2020 Tyler Prize | Pavan Sukhdev |
| 156. | Padma Shri award from Telangana | Farmer Chinthala Venkat Reddy |
| 157. | 2020 Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar Award | Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre (DMMC) |
| 158. | Plastic Waste Management Award 2020 | Assam’s Dibrugarh district |