National Civilian Awards Bharat Ratna

• It is the highest Civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954.
• It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service / performance of the
highest order in any field of human endeavor. .
On conferment of the award, the recipient receives a certificate signed by the
President and a medallion. The award does not carry any monetary grant.
• First recipients of the Bharat Ratna were C Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan and CV Raman.
Important Facts Related to Bharat Ratna –
As of (October, 2020) this award has been bestowed upon 48 individuals,
including 16 who were awarded posthumously.
Sachin Tendulkar (awarded in 2014) is the youngest recipient while D. K Karve
(awarded in 1958) is the oldest recipient of this award.
"Mother Teresa (awarded in 1980) is the first naturalized Indian citizen to win
this award, while Indira Gandhi (awarded in 1971) is the first woman to
receive this award. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Awarded in 1987) and Nelson
Mandela (awarded in 1990) are two foreigners who won this award ..
MS Subbalakshmi (awarded in 1998) was the first musician to win this award ”
C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and CV Raman were among the
first recipients of the award. (awarded in 1954)
• 2014 Prof. C. N. R. Rao, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (1st Player
and the youngest one to get 'Bhart at Ratna’)
• 2015 Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya (Posthumous), Atal Bihari
Vajpayee
• 2019 Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumous),
Bhupen Hazarika (Posthumous)
PADMA VIBHUSHAN It is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of
India. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of
India.
It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and
comes before the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in
any field, including government service.
The first recipitants of this award were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose,
Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, V. K. Krishna
Menon in the year 1954.
• PADMA BHUSHAN It is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India,
after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma
Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India. It is awarded to recognize
distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.
• PADMA SHRI It is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India,
after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is
awarded by the Government of India. It is awarded to the citizens of India to
recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including
the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service
and Public Affairs. However, it has also been awarded to some distinguished
individuals who were not citizens of India and who did contribute in various
ways to India.
➢ one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three
categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
➢ The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, art, social
work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine,
literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is
awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for
distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service
in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every
year.
➢ These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial
functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, For the year 2023, the
President has approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards
➢ The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma
Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 2
persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous
awardees.
➢ One of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three
categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
➢ The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, art, social
work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine,
literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded
for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished
service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The
awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
➢ These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions
which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, For the year 2023, the President has
approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards
➢ The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri
Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 2 persons from
the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous awardees.
 Padma Vibhushan (6)
SN Name Field State/Country

1. Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) Others - Architecture Gujarat

2. Shri Zakir Hussain Art Maharashtra

3. Shri S M Krishna Public Affairs Karnataka

4. Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) Medicine West Bengal

5. Shri Srinivas Varadhan Science & Engineering United States of

America

6. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh

Padma Bhushan (9)
➢ One of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in
three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma
Shri.
➢ The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, art,
social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry,
medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma
Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma
Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for
distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the
occasion of Republic Day every year.
➢ These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial
functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, For the year 2023, the
President has approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards
➢ The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma
Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 2
persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous
awardees.
Padma Bhushan Awardees from Odisha It was instituted in 1954
by the Government of India. It is the third highest Civilian Award
in India. It is given for distinguished service of a high order. So
far, only three persons from Odisha have been conferred for this
award. These are Padma Bhushan Awardees from Odisha
Recipients Field Year
Shri Ramakanta Rath Literature and Education 2006
Dr. Sitakanta Mohapatra Literature and Education 2003
Shri Raghunath Mohapatra Art 2001
Padma Vibhushan Awardees from Odisha This award was
instituted in 1954 by the Government of India. It is the second
highest Civilian Award after Bharat Ratna in India. It is given
for exceptional and distinguished service. So far, only three
persons from Odisha have been conferred by this award. These
are
Padma Vibhushan Awardees of Odisha
Sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo Receives Art 2021
Shri Raghunath Mohapatra Art 2013
Dr. Sitakanta Mohapatra Literature and Education 2011
Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Art 2000
Padma Shri Awardees from Odisha It was instituted in the
year 1954 by the Government of India. It is the fourth
highest civilian award in India. Many persons from Odisha
have been conferred by this award. Some awardees are
given below:Padma Shri was conferred on five personalities
from Odisha — Shanti Devi, Purnamasi Jani, Rajat Kumar
Kar, Krishna Mohan Pathi and Nanda Prusty in 2022.
Four eminent personalities from the State have been
shortlisted for the conferment of 2023 Padma Awards.
These distinguished persons who are going to receive the
Padma Shri award are Krishna Patel, a singer; Maguni
Charan Kuanr, a puppeteer; Antaryami Mishra, a
litterateur and Pattayat Sahu, a farmer.
Krishna Patel along with Jitendriya Haripal lent
her voice to Rangabati, an epoch-making
Sambalpuri folk song. This song is still popular
among music lovers in and outside the nation.
While Haripal and Mitrabhanu Gountia, who
penned the iconic song, were conferred Padma
Shri in 2017 and 2020 respectively, its singer
Krishna Patel will receive the prestigious award
this year. The sixty five-year-old Patel has
crooned over 500 songs.
‘Rangabati’, the famous Sambalpuri folk song
which has gained popularity across the country,
has won three Padma Shri awards in a span of
five years, a feat which is the first of its kind
in India.
Eighty five-year-old Maguni Charan Kuanr
of Keonjhar district will be felicitated
with the prestigious Padma Shri for
devoting his life to preserving a dying art
like puppet dance. He has as many as 45
subjects to perform using his puppets. He
has travelled across the State to stage
his show. He was happy after hearing the
good news.
Pattayat Sahu of Nandol village under
Junagarh block is a known figure in Kalahandi
district. He has grown over 2,500 medicinal
plants in his backyard. He has been creating
awareness among the people regarding the
benefits of medicinal plants. Because of such
exemplary work, he was also featured in Prime
Minister’s Mann Ki Baat programme.
Litterateur Pandit Antaryami Mishra of
Dhenkanal district is a columnist, astrologer
and researcher, all rolled into one. While
he has been contributing to the research in
Odia language, grammar and culture for the
last five decades, he has authored 37
books. Many of his literary works have
found places in textbooks.

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National and International Awards / Honors Nobel Prize
• The Nobel Prizes are given in memory of Alfred Bernard Nobel, who died in
1896.
• It is the most coveted International award of the world given on 10th
December, the death anniversary of Alfred Bernard Nobel.
• The Nobel Prize is awarded every year to those eminent persons who have
made pioneering achievements in the fields such as Physics, Chemistry,
Medicine, Peace, Literature and Economics since 1901 apart from economics
which was first given in 1969.
• The awards can be given to a maximum of three persons in the same field at
the same time.
• The awards are presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony, except the
Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.
Nobel Awardees From India
Rabindranath Tagore Nobel Prize for Literature (1913)
CV Raman Noble Prize for Physics (1930)
Har Govind Khurana Nobel Prize for Medicine (1968)
Mother Teresa Nobel Prize for Peace (1979)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Nobel Prize for Physics (1983)
Amartya Sen Nobel Prize for Economics (1998)
V. S Naipaul Nobel Prize for Literature (2001)
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Nobel Prize for Chemistry (2009)
Kailash Satyarthi Nobel Prize for Peace (2014)
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Nobel Prize for Economics (2019)
Oscar Awards
• The academy awards, informally known as the Oscar
‘, are a set of awards given annually for excellence in
cinematic achievement.
• It is organized and overseen by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States.
It was instituted in 1929.
• The first Indian to get an Oscar was Bhanu Athaiya
for the 1982 Gandhi film.
• Till now five Indians have won an Oscar Award in
different categories.
INDIAN WINNERS
[Link] Athaiya: The first Indian to get an Oscar (as Costume
Designer) for the 1982 film 'Gandhi’.
2. Satyajit Ray: First Indian, who was awarded an Oscar for
lifetime achievements in cinema in 1992.
3. A.R. Rahman: Two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best
Original Song 'Jai ho' for 'Slumdog Millionaire' in 2009.
4. Gulzar: Best Original Song 'Jai ho' for 'Slumdog Millionaire' in
2009 along with A.R. Rahman.
5. Pookutty Resul: Best Sound Mixing for 'Slumdog Millionaire'
in 2009.
It's a historic win for India at 95 th Oscars ,2023
with 'Natu Natu' winning the Best Original Song and
The Elephant Whisperers won best documentary on
short subject.
•The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet
Monga, has won Best Documentary Short Subject at the 95th Academy Awards.
• The Elephant Whisperers is the first Indian film to win an Oscar in this category
and the third to be nominated after The House That Ananda Built and An Encounter
With Faces which competed for Best Documentary Short in 1969 and 1979
respectively.
• The Elephant Whisperers, set in the Mudumalai National Park, is the tale of an
orphaned elephant calf named Raghu in the care of Bomman and Belli, an
indigenous couple.
• The Elephant Whisperers was released on Netflix in December 2022.
Filmmaker SS Rajamouli's period action blockbuster "RRR" charted history
by becoming the first Indian track to win the Academy Award in the Best
Original Song category for "Naatu Naatu".
"Naatu Naatu" is the first song from an Indian film to earn a nomination
and win in the best original song category.
Keeravani won best original song for his joyously energetic anthem "Naatu
Naatu" from the film "RRR." The music was written by Keeravani and lyrics
by Chandrabose.
The 95th Academy Awards (Oscars Awards 2023) are finally announced and
the fans are excited to know how India fares at Oscars Awards 2023. The
Academy Awards, or Oscars Awards 2023, which were originally held in 1929,
recently celebrated their 95th anniversary. The Oscars Awards 2023 held on
March 13 IST in Los Angeles’ Dolby theatre. It was hosted by popular late night
show host Jimmy Kimmel
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at
Once)
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Actor: Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert
(Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Original Song: “Naatu Naatu” (RRR)
Oscars Awards 2023 Best Documentary Short Film: ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
Grammy Award
• This award is given for outstanding achievements in the Music
Industry by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science
(NARAS) of the United States first awarded in 1959. This award is
given in 108 categories.
• In 2015, Ricky Kej and Neela Vaswani won this award for Best new
age album and best childrens’s album respectively.
• The 64th annual Grammy Awards are being held for the first time at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena with Trevor Noah as host. The 64th GRAMMY Awards
recognizes recordings (including musical artists, compositions and albums)
released between September 01, 2020, to September 30, 2021. Jon Batiste received
the most nominations with eleven and Batiste also received the most awards with
five.
• Indian-American singer Falguni Shah, who goes by the stage name Falu, has won
the Grammy Award this year for the Best Children's Music Album for A Colourful
World.
• Ricky and The Police drummer Stewart won the Best New Age Album for 'Divine
Tides'. It was a moment of pride for the country as Indian composer Ricky Kej won
his second Grammy at the 64th Grammy Awards 2022
It was a proud moment for India at the 65th Grammy Awards
when Indian musician Ricky Kej won his third Grammy Award.
The US-born musician shared the Best Immersive Audio Album
award for 'Divine Tides'
Bharatiya Jnanpith Award
• The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the
Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust to an author for their outstanding contribution towards
literature.
• Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers who have been
writing in Indian languages, included in the 8TH Schedule to the Constitution of
India and in English.
• As of 2015, the cash prize has been revised to 11 lakh with a bronze replica of
Saraswati. G Shankara Kurup was the first recipient of the 1965
• Renowned Konkani novelist and short story writer Damodar Mauzo won the 57th
Jnanpith Award on November 7, along with Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr,
who won the 56th Jnanpith Award.
Saraswati Samman Award
• The Saraswati Samman Award is an annual award for outstanding prose or
poetry literary works in any of the 22 Indian languages ​listed in Schedule Eight of
the Constitution of India.
• The award was instituted in 1991 by the KK Birla Foundation. It consists of 10
lakhs, a citation and a plaque. The first recipient of this award was Harivansh Rai
Bachchan.
➢ Tamil writer Sivasankari has been selected for Saraswati Samman for
2022 for her book Survya Vamsam.
➢ It is a book of memoirs in Tamil language and was published in 2019.
➢ Saraswati Samman instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991 is
recognized as the most prestigious and the highest literary award in the
country.
➢ It carries an award money of 15 lakh rupees, a Citation and a Plaque.
➢ Vyas Samman 2022: Pagalkhana, a 2018 satirical novel by renowned
Hindi author Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi, has been chosen for the 32nd Vyas
Samman. Dr. Chaturvedi’s Pagalkhana (mental hospital) was chosen for the
prestigious Vyas Samman by a selection committee led by distinguished
author Prof. Ramji Tiwari.
RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARDS
Instituted in 1957 and named after Ramon Magsaysay, the late President of the
Philippines, who died in an air crash. This award is given annually on August 31.
• The awards are given in six categories:
[Link] Service,
[Link] Service,
[Link] Leadership,
[Link], Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts
[Link] and International Understanding
[Link] Leadership
They are often regarded as the Nobel Prize of Asia.
• Human rights activist Vinoba Bhave receive the Ramon Magsaysay
Award in year 1958
• Till now (October 2020) it has been awarded to 52 Indians.
Journalist Ravish Kumar is the latest recipient of this award in 2019.
Pulitzer Prize.
• It is an annual award for achievements in newspapers, magazines
and online Journalism, Literature and Musical Composition in the
United States instituted in 1917 and named after the US Publisher
Joseph Pulitzer. • It is administered by Columbia University in New
York City.
• five Indian writers had won this award. In 2020, three Indian
Photojournalists were awarded. They are: Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan
and Channi Anand
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper,
magazine, online journalism, literature and musical composition
within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in
the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper
publisher, and is administered by Columbia University.
➢ The 106th class of Pulitzer Prize winners in Journalism, Books, Drama
and Music were announced.
➢ Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who lost his life last year after a Taliban
ambush while reporting in Afghanistan has been honoured with a Pulitzer
Prize for feature photography for his coverage of the Covid situation in
India. Besides, Reuters journalists Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and
Amit Dave were also felicitated with the prestigious award.
➢ He received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of a
team of photographers, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.
Man Booker Prize.
•It is the highest literary award to authors of
British, Irish and Commonwealth countries
instituted in 1968 by the Booker Company.
• It was renamed the Man Booker Prize, as the
sponsorship has been taken over by the Man
Group, an international stockbroker..
•V. S. Naipul (In a free state); Salman Rushdie
(Midnight Children), Arundhati Roy (God of Small
Things); Kiran Desai (Inheritance of Loss) and
Aravind Adiga had won this award.
The Moorti Devi Award
The Moortidevi Award is an Indian literary award annually presented by the
Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation.
First winner: C. K. Nagaraja Rao
First awarded: 1983 (Instituted in 1961)
Last awarded: 2019
Last winner: Vishwanath Tiwari
Awarded for: Literary award in India
Reward(s): ₹4 lakh (US$5,200)
Sponsored by: Bharatiya Jnanpith