CURRENT AFFAIRS - AWARDS

Here are some Awards and Honours which are useful for APPSC Exams. 

• Pulitzer Prize 2012 - The Philadephia Inquirer
•  Maharashtra Bhushan (2011-12) - Anil Kakodkar
• Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award - S.R. Nathan (Singapore's Former Precedent)
• Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony - Pandit Ravishankar (first reciepient)
• International Jurists Award - Mulayam Singh Yadav
• Miss India World - Vanya Mishra
• Miss India Earth - Prachi Mishra
• Miss India International - Rochelle Maria Rao
• National Medal of Arts - Al Pacino
• Gunnerus Sustainability Award- Kamal Bawa
• Outstanding American by Choice Award - Vivek Wadhwa 
• Germany's Order of Merit - Sudhir Kakar
• C. K Nayudu life time achievement award 2010-11-------------Ajit Wadekar
• Chameli Devi Award - Tusha Mittal (works in Tehelka)
• 26th Indira Gandhi award-----------Mohan dharia
  Swiss ambassador Award---------------Ratan Tata
• WTA Player of the year-----------petra kvitova
• National Awards :
• Best Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’
• Best Hindi Film – I Am
• Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film ‘Deool’)
• Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
• Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)
• Best Children’s film - Chillar Party
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)
• British empire medal-------------Alastair cook
• Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work 'Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas).
•  Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book “Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna”
• Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work “Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro”
• Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work “aam ke patte”
• Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival – A.R. Rahman
• V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award - environmental filmmaker Mike Pandey
• Kalidas Samman (2009-10) - Dr. N. Rajam and Saroja Vaidyanathan
• Lata Mangeshkar Award (2011) - Rajesh Roshan
• Best Football player male (FIFA) 2011– Lional Messi ( Barcelona player)
• Best Football player female (FIFA) 2011- Homare Sawa (Japan)
• FIH player of the year----------------Jamine Dwyer , Australia
• Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation - Dalai Lama
• AIFF Player of the year 2011-------------sunil chetri
• Banker’s of the year by business standard – Rana kapoor MD of Yes bank
• Person of the year by TIME Magazine – The Protester
• Best Indian Football player AIFF 2011 – Sunil Chhetri
• National Medals of Arts and Humanities award USA (2011)- Amartya Sen
• Templeton Prize (2012)- Dalai lama
• 84th Oscar awards 2012
  • Best Film - The Artist (Directed by Thomas Langmann)
  • Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist)
  • Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)
  • Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)
• 54th Grammy awards - 2012
• Album of the Year: "21," Adele
• Record of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adele
• Song of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
• Laureus Sports Awards - 2012
• Sports man of the year - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Sports woman of the year – Vivian Cheruiyut (Kenya)
•  65th BAFTA award – 2012
•  Best film - The Artist
• Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)
• Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)
• Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist) C
• Company of the year 2011------------Bajaj Auto
• DSC Prize---------------Shehan Karunatilaka