AWARDS

•  1. “Emirates Woman Award” - Vandana Gandhi for excelling and providing innovation in preschool education and leadership, strategy, community service.

•  2. 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 – UIDAI :The International Data Group (IDG) Computerworld Honours Program, Computerworld Honors Laureate has honored Government of India initiative UIDAI with 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 under the category ‘Economic Development’.

•  3. 2013 Indian Business Leader of the Year” award: Sanjeev Goenka

•  4. Yellow Oscar’ award - Indian short film ‘High Power’. This film (made in 2012) is based on the project- affected people of Tarapur Atomic Power Station. Pradeep Indulkar is the producer-director of this film accepted the award

• 5. Wernher von Braun Memorial Award: APJ Abdul Kalam: The honour is given to recognise excellence in management and leadership in a space-related project

• . 6. Indian-American Sathwik Karnik Wins National Geographic Bee Contest

•  7. Indian-American Arvind Mahankali wins Spelling Bee for sixth straight year

•  8. Nasscom award - Sentinel, developed by MindHelix Technosol Pvt. Ltd., and iFollow, from Aucupa Innovative Solutions, were among the winners of Nasscom's first all-India App Fame Contest to search for mobile tools to aid personal safety of women and to help deal with emergencies.

•  9. ‘Indian Healthcare Visionary of the Decade’ award - Dr Mukesh Hariawala (Healthcare Economist) for unveiling a unique and novel customized universal health insurance model ‘Womb to Tomb’, concept. 

• 10. IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Kevin Barry, for his debut novel, City of Bohane

•  11. Venezuela journalism prize - Huga Chavez (posthumously) 

• 12. Walter Scott Prize 2013: Tan Twan Eng (Malaysian author) for his Novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’ 

• 13. Manappuram award - Vinod Rai (Former CAG), under the category of civil servant achieving excellence in public administration. Award was given by Manappuram Finance Limited (MFL).

•  14. NTR National Literary Award (2013) - Manoj Das (Oriya writer)

• 15. Man Booker International Prize(2013) - Lydia Davis

• 16. United Nation's Public Service Award (2013) : Oommen Chandy (Chief Minister of Kerala) for his Mass Contact Programme 

• 17. Asian Award: Anupam Kher, for his performances in movies like “Silver Linings Playbook“, “Bride & Prejudice“, and “Bend it Like Beckham“.

• 18. 2013 Pulitzer Prize - Adam Johnson for fiction for his novel “The Orphan Master’s Son

• 19. Vyas Samman (2011) - Professor Ramdarash Mishra

•       3. Vyas Samman (2012) - Dr Narendra Kohli “Na bhooto na bhavishyati”

• 20. Bihari Puraskar (2012) – Hariram Meena for his hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer

• 21. Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Carole King (US singer-songwriter)

• 22. Jnanpith Award - 2011 - Pratibha Ray

• 23. Jnanpith Award – 2012 - Ravuri Bharadwaja

• 24. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2012– Pran Krishan Sikand

• 25. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 – Saumitra Chatterjee.

• 26. Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards 2013 - Yash Chopra and Rajesh Khanna

• 27. Phalke Ratna Award - Asha Bhosle

• 28. Abel Prize 2013- Pierre Deligne (Belgian Mathematician)

• 29. Pulitzer Prize 2013 - The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes

• 30. Saraswati Samman (2013) – Sugathakumari, ( the Malayalam poetess for the poetry collection ‘Manalezhuthu’, which means The Writing on the Sand in English

•  31. Saraswati Samman (2012,) – Rohit Gautam for Bang Bhoomi (conferred by K. K. Birla Foundation)

• 32. Moorti Devi Award (2012) – Gopichand Narang

• 33. UNA-USA's Global Leadership Award called (Champion for Global Change Award) - Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai

• 34. Lata Mangeshkar Samman (2013): Singer Hariharan

• 35. Asom Ratna Award for the year (2012): Indira Goswami (posthumously)

• 36. Srimanta Shankardeva Award (2008): Sharmila Tagore

• 37. ISRO Young Scientist Award (2013): Jenita Mary Nongkynrih for her urban information system project in the North East.

• 38. RedInk Lifetime Achievement Award (2013) - N. Ram(Former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu) and Kuldip Nayar (veteran author-journalist-activist)

•  39. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011- Ella Bhatt (Founder of Sewa)

•  40. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (president of Liberia)

•  41. National e-Governance award - Madhya Pradesh for 2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' aimed towards the disabled and the aged.

• 42. Doctorate of Civil Law – President Pranab Mukherjee was conferred an honary degree of Doctorate of Civil Law by the University of Mauritius

•  43. Jammu and Kashmir won FE India’s Best Bank Award 2012-13.

•  44. Satellite Hall of Fame - U. R. Rao: Top Indian space scientist has been inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame t in Washington DC by the Society of Satellite Professionals International, in the US

• . 45. 'International Refiner of the Year' 2013 - Reliance Industries