Prize and award winners 2013 - Complete

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L.N. Tellur won the Skoda Art Prize 2012 for Indian contemporary art.
Former Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has been chosen for the Lifetime
Achievement Award by Ernst & Young.
French highest recognition Legion of Honour was conferred to Amartya Sen by
French President Francios Hollande.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the World Sportsman of the Year Award for the 3rd time.
Malayalam poetess Sugathakumari has been chosen for the Saraswati Samman 2012
for her poetry collection ‘Manalezhuthu’.
Navneet Kaur Dhillon has been crowned Miss India 2013.
Belgian Mathematician Pierre Deligne has been chosen for the prestigious Abel Prize
in Mathematics for 2013.
Asha Bhosle was conferred the Pandit Hridaynath Lifetime Achievement Award for
her great contribution in music.
Dr. U.R. Rao has been inducted into the prestigious Satellite Hall of Fame,
Washington by the Society of Satellite Professionals International. He became the
first Indian to get such achievement.
Bollywood legent Pran was honoured with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke
award.
Famous Telugu writer Dr. Ravuri Bharadwaja has been selected for the prestigious
Jnanpith award for the year 2012.
Major Anup Joseph Manjali has been honoured with the Kirti Chakra, the second
highest peacetime gallantry award.
Ms. Aparajita Dutta of India has been conferred the prestigious Whitley Award,
which is known as the Green Oscar by the Royal Geographical Society, London.
Hon’ble President Pranab Kukherjee presented the 47th Jnanpith Award for the year
2011 to Dr. Pratibha Ray for her outstanding contributions to Indian literature.
Sharmila Tagore has been honoured with the Srimanta Shankardev Award for the
2008 at a ceremony in Guwahati, Assam.
Late Indira Goswami has been posthumously honoured with the Assam Ratna
Award.
Team India Captain M.S. Dhoni has been presented with the ICC ODI Shield by
former ICC President David Morgan in London.
Tripurai Sharma has been conferred the Sangeet Natak Academy.
Lydia Davis won the Man Booker International Prize 2013.
Hindi writers Ramdarash Mishra and Narendra Kohli won the prestigious Vyas
Samman for 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Indian journalist Vikash Jha has been presented with the 17th Indu Sharma Katha
Samman 2011 for his novel MaCluskieganj.
Indian-born sculptor Anish Kapoor has been conferred Knighthood in London.
Ms. Vandana Gandhi, founder & CEO of British Orchard Nursery has received the
Dubai Government’s coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence.
British Orchard Nursery is the only ISO-certified nursery chain of West Asia.
Western classical music conductor, Zubin Mehta has been chosen for the Tagore
Award for Cultural Harmony.

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Shalini Singh, Deputy Editor of ‘TheHindu’ has been awarded the prestigious Prem
Bhatia Award for Political Reporting 2013. Jaideep Hardikar of ‘The Telegraph’
bagged the Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in environmental reporting.
Razia Sultan, a 15-year old girl from Meerut, UP has been conferred the first United
Nations Malala Award 2013 for spreading education among the child labourers.
The founder Chairman of Delhi Metro, E. Sreedharan has been honoured with the
Lokmanya Tilak Award.
Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has been chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi
National Sadbhavna Award in 2013.
The first and only female provincial governor of Afghanistan, Habiba Sarabi became
the winner of prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award 2013
Ace shooter Ranjan Sodhi has been conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
2013.
Classical music maestro Abdul Rashid Khan and famous painter Anjali Ela Menon
have been honoured with the Delhi Government’s Lifetime Achievement Award
2013.
Famous litterateur Haraprasad Das has been conferred the Moortidevi Award 2012
for Vamsha.
Famous environmentalist and mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht has been chosen for
the prestigious Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013.
Pakistan teen activist Malala Yousafzai has been awarded with International
Children’s Peace Prize, a top Dutch children’s honour for her activism regarding
girl’s education.
Ms. Malal Yousafzai has been conferred the Anna Politkovskaya Award.
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace Disarmament and Development for 2012. She is Afrika’s first female
President.
Ms. Megan Young of Philippines has been crowned Miss World 2013.
Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan has been chosen for a prestigious US Award by the
America Abroad Media (AAM) for his TV show Satyamev Jayate.
Malala Yousufzai and social justice activist Harry Belafonte were named as joint
recipients of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013.
Pakistan’s teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has been awarded European Union’s
prestigious Sakharov Human Rights Prize.
New Zealand author Ms. Eleanor Catton won the 2013 Man Booker Prize for her
novel ‘The Luminaries’.
Father of Green Revolution in India, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan has been honoured with
the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.
Sristhi Rana of India won the Miss Asia-Pacific World 2013 crown in Seoul, South
Korea.
Ms. Maria Gabriela Isler of Venezuela has been crowned Miss Universe 2013 in
Moscow, Russia.

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Anjali Gopalan has been conferred with the highest civilian honour of France, ‘the
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’ for her work on transgender and HIV-positive
patients.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist Prof. C.N.R. Rao have been
chosen for Bharat Ratna. Tendulkar has become the first sportsperson and the
youngest recipient of the award.
Malala Yousafzai has been awarded 2013 United Nations Human Rights award.
British PM David Cameron has been presented with The Sikh Award 2013 citation
for his services to Sikh community. He is the 1st serving UK Prime Minister to visit
the Golden Temple.
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has been honoured with the Indira Gandhi
Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013.
East Timor’s first feature film, ‘Beatriz’s War’ won the Golden Peacock award for the
2013 best film in the 44th International Film Festival of India.
US whistle-blower, Edward Snowden has been awarded with Guardian’s Person of
the Year for 2013.
BCCI has conferred the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013 on
Kapil Dev.
Noted historian Bipan Chandra has been honoured with ‘Itihaas Ratna’ by the
Asiatic Society, Bihar.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named India’s best international
cricketer for 2012-13.
Gujarati-poet, Chinu Modi has been conferred the 2013 Sahitya Akademi Award for
his poetry book Khara Zaran.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has presented the Order of Merit to India’s
missile-scientist A. Sivathanu Pillai, well known for his role in BrahMos cruise
missile program. Murali Manohar Joshi has also been awarded the highest Russian
award given to foreign nationals.
58th Filmfare Award 2013 :
• Best Film – Barfi
• Best Director – Sujoy Ghosh for ‘Kahaani’
• Best male actor in leading role – Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Barfi’
• Best Female actor in leading role – Vidya Balan for ‘Kahaani’
• Best Music Director – Pritam for ‘Barfi’
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Yash Chopra
Padma Award 2013 : Total no. of Padma Award winner is 108 (Padma Vibhushan- 4,
Padma Bhushan-24, Padma Shri - 80)
• Padma Vibhushan – Raghunath Mahapatra, S. Haider Raja, Prof. Yash Pal and
Poddam Narasimha
• Padma Bhushan – Rajesh Khanna, Adi Burjor Godrej, Rahul Dravid, Merri Kom and
20 more people.

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Padma Shri – Sridevi, Ramesh Sippi, Yogeswar Dutt etc.
66th BAFTA Award Winners in 2013 :
• Best Film – Argo
• Best Director – Ben Affleck for Argo.
• Best Actor in leading role – Daniel Day Lewis for Lincoln
85th Oscar Award /Academy Award 2013 :
• Best Film – Argo
• Best Director – Ang Lee for Life of Pie
• Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis for Lincoln
• Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playback
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Best Foreign Language film - Amour
55th Annual Grammy Awards 2013 :
• Best world music album – ‘The Living Room Session Part 1’
• Song of the year – ‘We Are Young’
• Sitar Legend Pt. Ravi Shankar was posthumously awarded Lifetime Achievement
award.
60th National Film Award:
• Best Film - Paan Sing Tomar
• Best Actor – Irfan Khan for ‘Paan Sing Tomar’ and Vikran Gokhle for ‘Anumati’
• Best Director – Tigmanshu Dhulia for ‘Paan Sing Tomar’.
• Best Actress – Usha Jadhav for Marathi movie ‘Dhag’
• Best Popular film – Vicky Donor (Hindi) and Ustad Hotel (Malayalam).
14th IIFA Awards Winners:
The 14th IIFA Award Awards ceremony was held in Macau, China. The winners are• Best Film- Barfi
• Best Actor- Ranbir Kapoor for Barfi
• Best Actress- Vidya Balan for Kahaani
• Best Director- Anurag Basu for Barfi
• Best Supporting Actor- Anu Kapoor for Vicky Donor
• Best Supporting Actress- Anuskha Sharma for Jab Tak Hai Jaan
• Best Actor in a comic role- Abhishek Bachchan for Bol Bachchan
• Best Actor in a negative role- Rishi Kapoor for Agneepath
• IIFA Forever Award- Late Yash Chopra
Nobel Prize 2013 Winners:
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Peace - Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

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Literature – Alice Munro
Physics – Peter Higgs and Francois for Gold Particle or Higg-Boson.
Chemistry – Arieh Warshel, Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus for their work ‘to
carry out computerized chemical experiments in real time’
Economics – Eugene Fama, Robert Shiller and Lars Peter for their work on building
the knowledge of how the prices of an asset (stock or bond) move.
Medicine - James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof "for their
discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our
cells".
ICC Award 2013 Winners:
• Cricketer of the Year – Michael Clarke
• Test Cricketer of the Year – Michael Clarke
• ODI Cricketer of the Year – Kumar Sangakara
• Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Suzie Bates of New Zealand
• Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Cheteshwar Pujara
• T20 International Performance of the Year – Umar Gul
• T20 Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Sarah Taylor of England
• Spirit of Cricket Award – Mahela Jayawardena of Sri Lanka
• Umpire of the Year – Richard Kettleborough
• People’s Choice ICC Award – M.S. Dhoni

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Literature – Alice Munro
Physics – Peter Higgs and Francois for Gold Particle or Higg-Boson.
Chemistry – Arieh Warshel, Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus for their work ‘to
carry out computerized chemical experiments in real time’
Economics – Eugene Fama, Robert Shiller and Lars Peter for their work on building
the knowledge of how the prices of an asset (stock or bond) move.
Medicine - James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof "for their
discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our
cells".
ICC Award 2013 Winners:
• Cricketer of the Year – Michael Clarke
• Test Cricketer of the Year – Michael Clarke
• ODI Cricketer of the Year – Kumar Sangakara
• Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Suzie Bates of New Zealand
• Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Cheteshwar Pujara
• T20 International Performance of the Year – Umar Gul
• T20 Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Sarah Taylor of England
• Spirit of Cricket Award – Mahela Jayawardena of Sri Lanka
• Umpire of the Year – Richard Kettleborough
• People’s Choice ICC Award – M.S. Dhoni