Awards of 2024 – 2025
| No | Awards | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jnanpith Award | 2023: Rambhadracharya (Sanskrit) & Gulzar (Urdu) 2024: Vinod Kumar Shukla (Hindi) |
| 2 | Sangita Kalanidhi Award | 2024: TM Krishna 2025: Violinist R.K. Shriramkumar |
| 3 | Stockholm Water Prize | 2024: Taikan Oki (Japan) 2025: Hydrologist Günter Blöschl (Austria) |
| 4 | Maharashtra Bhushan Award | 2023: Ashok Saraf 2024: Sculptor Ram Sutar |
| 5 | Saraswati Samman | Mahamohpadhyay Sadhu Bhadreshdas for his book Swaminarayana Siddhanta Sudha in Sanskrit |
| 6 | Pritzker Architecture Prize | 2024: Riken Yamamoto (Japan) 2025: China’s Liu Jiakun |
| 7 | Gangadhar National Award for Poetry | 2023: Anis Uz Zaman (Assamese poet) 2024: Prativa Satpathy (Odia poet) |
| 8 | Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (Overseas Indian Award) | 2025: Link (to be updated)** |
| 9 | Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award | 2024: Phillip Noyce 2025: Aparna Sen |
| 10 | Gates-Cambridge Impact Prize | 2025: Professor Urbasi Sinha |
| 11 | Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award | 2024: Javed Akhtar 2025: Sai Paranjpye |
| 12 | Maharaja Hari Singh Award | 2024 – 2025: Manoj Sinha |
| 13 | Ramsar Award for ‘Wetland Wise Use’ | 2025: Jayshree Vencatesan (India) (the first Indian to receive this award) |
| 14 | Abel Prize | 2025: Masaki Kashiwara 2024: Michel Talagrand (French Mathematician) |
| 15 | TIME’s Women of the Year | 2025: Indian Biologist Purnima Devi Barman (one among) |
| 16 | Dadasaheb Phalke Award | 2021: Waheeda Rehman 2022: Mithun Chakraborty |
| 17 | Sahitya Akademi Award (Tamil) | 2023: Rajasekaran (Neervazhi Paduvum) 2024: A R Venkatachalapathy (Tirunelveeli Ezucciyum Vaa. Vuu.ci. Yum 1908) |
| 18 | Collins Dictionary Word of the Year | 2023: “AI” 2024: “Brat” |
| 19 | Booker Prize | 2023: Paul Lynch (for his novel, Prophet Song) 2024: Samantha Harvey (British Author for her Novel “Orbital”) |
| 20 | Indira Gandhi Peace Price | 2023: Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abu Awwad 2024: Michelle Bachelet |
| 21 | Pfizer Award | Professor Projit Bihari Mukharji** |
| 22 | Ekalabya Puraskar | Pratyasa Ray |
| 23 | Golden Prestige Award | Vinod Bachchan** |
| 24 | Ramon Magsaysay Award | 2024: Hayao Miyazaki |
| 25 | Dilip Bose Lifetime Achievement Award | 2024: Nar Singh, Rohini Lokhande |
| 26 | Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award | 2025: Tariq Khatri 2024: Vinod Ganatra |
| 27 | V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award | 2024: Subbaiah Nallamuthu |
| 28 | Vishwa Hindi Samman | 2024: Dr. Usha Thakur 2023: Dr. Mridul Kirti |
| 29 | K Saraswathi Amma Award | Inaugural Award (2024): P Geetha |
| 30 | International Booker Prize | 2024: Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany) 2023: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria) |
| 31 | Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award | 2024: Amitabh Bachchan; 2023: Asha Bhosle |
| 32 | Aryabhata Award | 2024: Dr. Pavuluri Subba rao 2021: Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy |
| 33 | World Press Photo of the Year | 2024: Mohammed Salem 2025: Samar Abu Elouf |
| 34 | Goldman Environmental Prize** | 2024: Alok Shukla (India), Murrawah Maroochy Johnson (Australia), Teresa Vicente (Spain) |
| 35 | Sangita Kalanidhi Award | 2025: Violinist R.K. Shriramkumar 2024: Vocalist T.M. Krishna |
| 36 | Vyas Samman Award | 2023 (33rd Vyas Samman): Awarded to Pushpa Bharati for her 2016 memoir Yaadein, Yaadein!… Aur Yaadein. 2024 (34th Vyas Samman): Awarded to Suryabala for her 2018 novel Kaun Des Ko Vasi: Venu Ki Diary. |
| 37 | UNEP Champion of the Earth** | 2024: Madhav Gadgil (Indian ecologist) ….. to be updated |
| 38 | Time Magazine’s Person of the Year | 2023: Taylor Swift 2024: Donald Trump |
| 39 | JC Daniel Award | 2022: T. V. Chandran 2023: Shaji N. Karun |
| 40 | Rohini Nayyar Prize | 2023: Dinanath Rajput, Chattisgarh 2024: Anil Pradhan, Odisha, |
| 41 | Gallantry Awards | – 93 personnel Forces and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) Kirti Chakra (2), Shaurya Chakra (14), Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry) – 1; Sena Medals (Gallantry): 66 recipients, Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry): 2 recipients; Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry): 8 recipients. |
| 42 | Padma Awards 2025 | Padma Vibhushan (7 Awardees); Padma Bhushan (19 Awardees) Padma Shri (113 Awardees) |
| 43 | SKOCH Award 2024 | The Nagaland Forest Management Project |
| 44 | Best Tableau Award at the Republic Day Parade | The tableau of Uttar Pradesh, with the theme ‘Mahakumbh 2025 – Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas’ |
| 45 | National Dhanwantari Ayurveda Award 2025 | Vaidya Tara Chand Sharma, Vaidya Maya Ram Uniyal, and Vaidya Sameer Govind Jamadagin |
| 46 | The Presidential Medal of Freedom (US Highest Civilian Award) | Lionel Messi (Soccer Player from Argentina) |
| 47 | ACM A.M. Turing Award | 2024: Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton 2023: Avi Wigderson |
| 48 | Uttar Pradesh Anmol Ratna Award | Nikhil Singhal |
| 49 | Ugadi Award | MyNaa Swamy |
| 50 | Fred Darrington Sand Art Award | Sudharshan Patnaik |
| 51 | Gold Mercury Prize 2025 | Tenzin Gyatso |
| 52 | National Maritime Varuna Award | Rajesh Unni |
| 53 | Verchol Dalit Literary Award 2025 | P Sivakami |
| 54 | 2025 Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma Award | Achyuta Samanta |
Important Awards related to Sports
| No | Sport Awards | Award Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024 | Harmanpreet (Hockey); Manu Bhakar (Shooting); Gukesh D (Chess); Praveen Kumar (Para-atheletics) |
| 2 | Best Javelin Athelete 2024 | Neeraj Chopra |
| 3 | TIME Magazine’s Athelete of the Year 2024 | Caitlin Clark |
| 4 | ICC Cricketer of the Year 2024 | Men’s: Jasprit Bumrah (India) Women’s: Amelia Kerr (New Zealand) |
| 5 | ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2024 | Men’s: Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) Women’s: Smriti Mandhana (India) |
| 6 | ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year 2024 | Men’s: Arshdeep Singh (India) Women’s: Amelia Kerr (New Zealand) |
| 7 | Hockey India Awards 2024 | Men’s: Harmanpreet Singh Women’s: Savita Punia |
| 8 | WTA Player of the Year | 2024: Aryna Sabalenka |
| 9 | Ballon d’Or | Men’s: Rodri Women’s: Aitana Bonmati |
| 10 | FIFA Football Awards 2024 | Men’s: Vinicius Jr Women’s: Aitana Bonmati GoalKeeper Men’s: Emiliano Martinez GoalKeeper Women’s: Alyssa Naeher |
| 11 | All India Football Federation (AIFF) Awards | M: Lallianzuala Chhangte (2023–24) W: Indumathi Kathiresan (2023–24) |
| 12 | Laureus World Sports Awards | 2025 Sportsman: Mondo Duplantis (Sweden, Pole Vault) 2025 Sportswoman: Simone Biles (USA, Gymnastics) |
| 13 | 2024 Wisden World | Smriti Mandhana |
| First Indian to win a Medal in Asian Esports Games | Pawan Kampelli |
👑 Beauty Pageant Titles & Winners (2024–2025)
| No | Awards | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss India USA | 2023: Rijul Maini 2024: Caitlin Sandra Neil |
| 2 | Mrs. India USA | 2023: Sneha Nambiar 2024: Sanskriti Sharma |
| 3 | Miss Teen India USA | 2023: Saloni Rammohan 2024: Arshita Kathpalia |
| 4 | Miss India Worldwide | 2024: Dhruvi Patel |
| 5 | Miss Charm | 2024: Shivangi Desai |
| 6 | Femina Miss World | 2024: Nikita Porwal |
| 7 | Miss Universe | 2024: Victoria Kjaer Theilvig (Denmark) |
| 8 | Miss Universe India | 2024: Rhea Singha |
| 9 | Mrs World | 2024: Viktoria Horshkova (Dominican) 2025: Tshego Gaelae (South Africa) (First Black Woman) |
| 10 | Mrs Globe International Title | Anuradha Garg |