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