Little Information About Awards

Little Information About Awards
1.Bharat Ratna – It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements in the arts,
literature,science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include “any field of human endeavour” The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.
2. Padma Awards – Padma Vibhushan ,Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards are for exceptional and distinguished service in
any field including service rendered by Government servants.
3. Gallantry Awards – Param Vir Chakra (PVC),Ashok Chakra, Shaurya Chakra are given for appreciating the brave and gallant
4. Nobel Prize – The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.
5. Booker Prize – Literature It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK literary award.
6. Vyas Samman – Literature Vyas Samman is awarded annually by the K.K.Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published in past 10 years.
7. Moorti Devi Award – Literature The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya
Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian
philosophy and culture.
8. Saraswati Samman – Literature The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K.Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
9. Jnanpith award – Literature The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose
or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
10. Bihari Puraskar – Literature Bihari Puraskar is a literary award
instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.
11. The Oscar/Academy Awards – Films This is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements
in the film industry.
12. Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Cinema/ Films The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s highest award in cinema. It is presented
annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
13. Arjuna Award – outstanding performance from the sports persons in sports and games. The Government has modified the format of Arjuna Award very recently and as per the revised schematic guidelines a sports person must have very good consistent performances for the previous 3 years at the international level to be considered as eligible for the Award.
14. Dronacharya Award – Eminent coaches of any particular sport
The award is named after the very famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not related with the sports persons who are still playing in the field; instead this is related to those eminent coaches of any particular sport.
15. Dhyan Chand Award – The award that is given to the veteran sports persons of India for their lifetime achievement in their
respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports and Games .
16. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sports person for his/ her achievements in India.
17. Stirling Prize – Architecture The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture.
18. Aga Khan Award – Architecture The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of
Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social
housing, community development and improvement.
19. Pritzker Prize – Architecture The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually “to honor a living architect.
20. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize – Science & Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in Indian given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics.
21. Kalinga Prize – Science The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for
exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.
22. Grammy Award – Music A Grammy Award, or Grammy, is an
accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.
23. Abel Prize – Mathematics The Abel Prize is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.
24. International Gandhi Peace Prize – This award is given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social,
economic and political revolution through non-violence and
Gandhian philosophy . The award carries Rs.10 million in cash.
25. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award – This is for Excellence in Public Administration,Academics and Management.
26. Green Star Awards – The Green Star Awards recognize those who have made extraordinary efforts to respond to environmental disasters around the world.
27. Magsaysay Award – Public Service, Leadership, Journalism, Literature,creative arts and international understanding.
28. Pulitzer Prize – The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical
composition in the United States.
29. Sahitya Akademi Award – Books in Indian Languages and English.
30. Manthan Award – It is an initiative in India to recognize the best practices in e-Content and Creativity.
31. FiFi Awards – The FiFi Awards honor the fragrance industry’s creative achievements.
32. Sangeet-Natak Akademi Award – Music, dance and Drama.
33. BAFTA Awards – Television, Films, Video Games and Animation