List of Famous International

Awards, World Famous

Awards in Literature,
Science, Films etc
There are a number of famous international awards which are
conferred by various organizations in different categories such as
Films and Television, Science and Technology, Literature,
Journalism, Peace etc. Highest degree and internationally most
popular award in category of Arts, Science, Peace is Nobel Prize
while Academy awards are considered as the most important and
internationally famous award in category of Films and Movies. The
list explains the details of all such awards and their associated
categories

Famous International Awards in Literature

Man Booker Prize
Established 1969
Presented by Man Group
This award is generally known as Booker Prize. It is conferred to
the authors of original English novels which are published in
United Kingdom. This award is presented by Man Group which is
an Alternative Investment Management business group founded
by James Man in 1783. This award carries great international
importance. The award carries a cash prize of 20,000. Originally
the citizens of countries belonging to Commonwealth group,
Ireland and Zimbabwe were considered eligible to this award but
later its eligibility was widened to any English language novel.
International PEN Awards
Established 1921
Presented by PEN International
PEN International is a NGO (Non-Government Organization)
formed by the group of writers worldwide. It was established in
year 1921 in London. PEN originally stands for Poets, Essayists
and Novelists but now the definition has changed to any form of
literature. It also holds the honour of Worlds oldest International
Literature Organization. The role of the Pen is to promote and
encourage the enrichment of Literature works around the world.
There are various awards conferred by PEN International which
are PEN Award for poetry, PEN Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to
write Award, PEN Bellwether Prize, PEN Lifetime achievement
Award etc.

David Cohen Award

Established 1993
Presented by John S Cohen Foundation and Arts
Council England.
It is one the world famous literature awards which is bestowed to
British or Irish citizens. The categories include Best writer, Best
novelist, Best poet, Best essayist etc. This award is presented for
English literature only. The first recipient of this award in year
1993 was V S Naipaul.

Famous International Awards in Journalism,

Government and Public Service
Pulitzer Awards
Established 1917
Presented by Columbia University
This award was named after US Publisher Joseph Pulitzer ( 1847 to
1911). It is conferred annually in United States for
accomplishments in Journalism, literature and music. It is
managed by Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University. The
award comes with a cash of US $ 10,000 and a certificate. The
Public services category winner in addition also receives Gold
Medal. There are total 21 categories under which this award is
conferred. Some of these categories are Public Services,
Breaking News Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Explanatory
Reporting, Beat Reporting, International Reporting, Feature
Writing, Commentary, Criticism, Editorial Writing etc.

Ramon Magsaysay Award

Established 1957
 Presented by Philippines
This famous international award was instituted in 1957 and
named after president of Philippines Ramon Magsaysay. Ramon
Magsaysay died in air crash in 1957. He became worlds
renowned figure in decades of 50s for his land reforms
programme to diffuse communist insurgency. This award is given
annually on 31 Aug which is also the birth anniversary of
Magsaysay. This award is conferred for outstanding contribution in
Public Service, Community leadership, Journalism, Literature,
International Understanding and Creative Arts. It is equivalent to
Nobel Prize in Asia. It may be conferred to not only the individuals
but also to the organizations inside or outside Asia who have
worked for the betterment and good cause of Asia.

List of Indian Winners of Ramon

Magsaysay Award
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The table below represents the details of all Indian Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award.
This award is conferred in various categories including government and Public Service,
Literature, Journalism etc. This award is very prestigious and holds the rank equivalent to
Nobel Awards in Asia.

Some Important Facts about Indian Winners of Ramon

Magsaysay Award
Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian to win this prestigious award.
 The only person from Political background who won this award Arvind Kejriwal
Famous government officials who won this award under Government Service
category C D Deshmukh, Kiran Bedi, T N Sheshan and J M Lyngdoh. C D
Deshmukh was the first Indian Bureaucrat who won this award.
Famous Indian Musicians and vocalist who won Ramon Magsaysay award are
Pandit Ravishankar and M S Subbalakshmi.
First Indian woman who won Ramon Magsaysay award Mother Teresa.
First Indian who won Ramon Magsaysay award for Journalism Amitabh
Chowdhury.
First India who won this award for community leadership Acharya Vinoba
Bhave.
First indian who won this award for Public Service Jaya Prakash Narayan

Indian Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award

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Year Name Category

1958 Acharya Vinoba Bhave Community Leadership

1959 C D Deshmukh Government Service

1961 Amitabh Chowdhury Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1962 Mother Teresa International Understanding

1963 Dara N Khurody, Tribhuvandas K Patel Community Leadership

and Dr Verghese Kurien

1965 Jaya Prakash Narayan Public Service

1966 Kamladevi Chattopadhyay Community Leadership

1967 Satyajit Ray Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1971 M S Kamaladevi Community Leadership

Year Name Category
1974 M S Subbalakshmi Public Service

1975 B G Verghese Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1976 Sambhu Mitra Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1977 Ela R Bhatt Community Leadership

1979 Rajnikant S Arole and Mabelle R Arole Community Leadership

1981 Gourkishore Ghosh Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1982 Arun Shourie, Manibhai Phimbai Desai Journalism, Public Service

1984 R K Laxman Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1985 Muralidhar Devidas Amte Public Service

1989 Lakshmi Chand Jain Public Service

1991 K V Subbanna Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1992 Pandit Ravi Shankar Journalism, Literature, Creative

communication arts

1993 Dr Danoo Coyaji Public Service

1994 Kiran Bedi Government Service

1996 T N Sheshan, Panduranga Athavale Government Service, Community

Leadership

1997 M S Mehta, Mahasweta Devi Public Service, Literature,

Journalism

2000 Aruna Roy, Literature, Journalism, Creative

Arts

2000 Jockin Arputham International Understanding

2001 Rajendra Singh Community Leadership

2002 Sandeep Pandey Emergent Leadership

2003 Shantha Sinha, James Michael Lyngdoh Community Leadership,

Government Service

2004 Lakshminarayan Ramdas Peace and International

Understanding

2005 V Shanta Public Service

2006 Arvind Kejriwal Emergent Leadership

 Year Name Category
2007 P Sainath Journalism, Literature

2008 Dr Prakash Amte and Dr Mandaini Amte Community Service

2009 Deep Joshi Community Service

2011 Nileema Mishra Emergent Leadership

2012 Kulendei Francis Community Service

Famous International Award in Films, Movies

& Music Category

Academy Awards (Oscar Awards)

Established 1929
Presented by Academy of motion Pictures, Arts and
Sciences
The Academy awards are also known as Oscar awards. This holds
the reputation of most prestigious awards in world cinema. The
first person to win this award was Emil Jannings who won this in
Best Actor category. The award ceremony is hosted in US. This
award is conferred in 24 different categories. The main
important categories include Best Picture, Best Director, Best
lead actor, Best actor (supporting), Best lead actress, Best actress
(supporting), Best animated film, Best cinematography, Best
costume, Best foreign language film, Best original score, Best
original song, Best editing, Best writing etc. The trophy consists of
gold plated britania metal representing a knight
mounted on black metallic foundation.

Golden Globe Awards

Established 1943
Presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association
This famous international award is bestowed for outstanding
performances in Films and Television. On the similar lines of
Oscars it is also hosted by United States and considered one of
the most prestigious awards. There are 15 different categories in
films and 11 different categories in Televisions. The important
categories in films are Best Motion Picture, Best director, Best
actor, Best Actress, Best screenplay, Best original score, Best
original song, Best foreign language film etc. The important
categories in Televisions are Best drama series, Best comedy
series, Best actor in drama series, Best actor in comedy series,
Best actress in drama series, Best actress in comedy series etc.
Meryl Strip has won 8 Golden Globe awards in acting category
and is considered the record holder of maximum individual wins.

Golden Lion Award (Venice Films Festival)

Established 1949
Presented by Venice Film Festival
Golden Lion is one of the most prestigious international awards
conferred at Venice Film Festival. This prize was started in year
1949 and is considered the most important awards in Films,
movies and entertainment industry throughout the world. This
award is hosted by Italy and except the two times (1969 and
1979) this awards has been conferred regularly each year. Satyajit
Ray was the first Indian to win this international prestigious award
for his Bengali film Aparajito. Mira Nair was the second Indian to
win this famous award for her film Monsoon Wedding. She is also
only one of the four women directors who have won this award so
far.

Golden Palm Award : Cannes Film Festival

Established 1939
Presented by Festival International du Film de Cannes
This award ceremony is the top most film award ceremony of
Europe and considered as one of the best in international arena.
Golden Palm award (Palm dr) is the best and most prestigious
among all awards conferred at Cannes Film Festival. The
important categories/awards at Cannes film festival are Golden
Palm, Grand Prize of Festival (Grand Prix), Jury Prize, Best short
film, Best actor, Best actress, Best director, Best screenplay. The
first Indian to win this award was Chetan Anand who directed the
film Lowly City. He got this award in year 1946.
Golden Bear Award
Established 1951
Presented by Berlin Film Festival
Golden Bear is the the most prestigious awards conferred at
Berlin Film Festival, Germany. The only Indian Film to win this
award in 1973 was Distant Thunder (Bengali Title Ashoni Sonket)
directed by Satyajit Ray.
Grammy Awards
Established 1959
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and
Sciences
It is yet another internationally famous award which is being
hosted from year 1959 by United States. This award is also called
as Gramophone Awards. This award is given in Music field. There
are many categories out which main 4 categories are Album of
year, Record of year, Song of the year, Best new artist. Georg
Solti is the person with maximum Grammy wins (total 38 wins).

Famous International Awards in Science

Nobel Prize
Established 1901
Presented by Sweden and Norway (Swedish Academy,
Norwegian Nobel Committee)
This award is the most prestigious and reputed in the related field
of Science, Medicines, Economics and Peace. This award
was started and first conferred in year 1901. It is named after
Swedish Engineer and scientist Alfred Nobel who was chemical
engineer by profession. The will of this scientist Alfred Nobel was
used as the money for presenting prize initially. Nobel
Foundation which was a private organisation used to manage the
finances related to this award as per the will of Alfred Nobel. The
Prize is presented and award ceremony hosting being done by
Norway and Sweden combined. Norway presents only the Peace
Prize while remaining other awards of different categories are
presented by Sweden. This is awarded annually on Dec 10 for
outstanding works in fields of i) Physics, ii) Chemistry, iii)
Physiology and Medicine, iv) Literature, v) Peace and vi)
Economics.
Wilhelm Rontgen was the first person to receive this
award in Physics category for the discovery of X-Rays in
year 1901.
Indian Noble Prize Winners List
Nobel Prize is awarded combinedly by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Swedish
Academy, Norwegian Committee and Karolinska Institutet. Nobel prize is awarded to
individuals and organisations for exemplary achievements in field of Physics, Chemistry,
Literature, Physiology or Medicine and Peace. Karolinska Instituter awards Nobel prize for
Physiology/Medicine while Norwegian Nobel committee decides the prize for Peace.
Remaining of the prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Economics are given by Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences. The category for Economics was added to the list in year 1968. These
awards were established by will of Alfred Nobel in year 1895. Cash money associated with
the Nobel Prize nearly 8 Million Swedish Krona (1.2 Million US Dollars). Prize money is
decided every year which varies.

A number of Indian nationals have been conferred with the internationally prestigious Nobel
Prize in different disciplines. The list explains all Indian Nobel Prize Winners in increasing
order of the year of receipt.

First Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Rabindranath Tagore

Year : 1913
Discipline : Literature
Rabindranath Tagore who is also called as Gurudev is one of the Indias most distinguished
and respected person for his literature works. He was also the first ever Indian to win this
coveted award. He was also the first non-European to win Nobel Prize in Literature.
Rabindranath Tagore got this award for his lyrics collection Gitanjali. He was a great author
and educationist who founded Vishwabharti University (Shantiniketan , Bolepur) using the
money he received from prize. His famous poems include Sonar Tari, Purabi, The Cycle of
the Spring, The Evening Songs and The Morning Songs. His famous novels include
 Gora, Raja aur Rani, Muktdhara, Raj Rishi, Ghare Baire, Nauka Dubi, Kabuliwallah, Chitra,
Chokher Bali, Kshudhit Pashan. The British Government awarded him with title Sir which
he returned in 1919 in protest against Jallianwala massacre.
Second Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Chandrasekhara

Venkata Raman
Year : 1930
Discipline : Physics
C V Raman was born in Tiruchirapalli of Madras Presidency of British India in 1888. C V
Raman was the first Indian scientist to win the Nobel Prize for his study of scattering of Light
known as Raman Effect. This theory describes change in frequency of light passing through
a transparent medium. He was the first Indian and Asian to win this coveted prize in Physics.
He won many internationally famous awards including Knight Bachelor (1929), Hughes
Medal (1930), Bharat Ratna (1954) and Lenin Peace Prize (1957). He died at 82 years of age
in Bangalore in 1970.
Third Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Hargobind Khorana

Year : 1968
Discipline : Medicine
Hargobind Khorana was born in British India in 1922 at Kabirwala, Punjab (now in Pakistan).
He became naturalized American citizen in 1966. He was Indian American biologist who
researched on order of nucleotides in nucleic acid. He was awarded Nobel prize for
laboratory synthesis of a yeast gene for the first time. He studied from Punjab University and
later from University of Liverpool.
Fourth Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Mother Teresa

Year : 1979
Discipline : Peace
Mother Teresa was born in Skopje (Macedonia) in 1910 with Albanian family origin. Her
original name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. She came to India in 1929 at the age of 19 and
became an Indian citizen and spent rest of her life in India. She established the Missionaries
of Charity and won the Nobel Prize for her missionary services. She was also
awarded Bharat Ratna in 1980, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for international understanding in
1969, Ramon Magsaysay award in 1962, Templeton Foundation Award in 1973. For her, life
was a mission to serve the suffering humanity.
Fifth Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Subrahmanyam

Chandrasekhar
Year : 1983
Discipline : Physics
He was born in Pre-Independent India in 1910 in Lahore City which is now in Pakistan. He
was Indian-American Astrophysicist who studies on various topics including Dwarf Stars,
Stellar Dynamics, Quantum Theory etc. He studied from Presidency College, Madras and
then completed his Doctorate from Trinity College, Cambridge. He was awarded for his work
in physics on Chandrasekhar Limit which determines the minimum mass of a dying star that
enables it to survive. He won many famous national and international awards including
Adams Prize in 1948, Copley Award in 1984, National Medal of Science in 1966, Royal Medal
in 1962 and Padma Vibhushan in 1968.
Sixth Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Amartya Sen

Year : 1998
Discipline : Economics
Amartya Sen was born in year 1933 in British India at Manikganj (now in Bangladesh). He got
his education from Presidency College of Kolkata and his Doctorate from Trinity College,
Cambridge. He was awarded Nobel for his analysis in Welfare Economics wherein Bengal
Famine formed the basis. He is presently working as Professor of Economics and Philosophy
at Harvard University.

Seventh Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Venkatraman

Ramakrishnan
Year : 2009
Discipline : Chemistry
Venkatraman Rama Krishnan was born in year 1952 at Chidambaram, Cuddalore district of
Tamil Nadu. His pet name is Venki Ramakrishnan. He is Indian-born but resides in UK and has
citizenship of both US and UK. He is well known Structural Biologist and was awarded Noble
prize for his work on Structure and Function of Ribosome, Macro Molecular crystallography.
He has won several other famous awards including Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2007,
Padma Vibhushan in 2010, Knight Bachelor in 2012.
Eighth Indian Nobel Prize Winner : Kailash Satyarthi

Year 2014
Discipline : Peace
Kailash Satyarthi was born on 11 Jan 1954 at Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh. His original name
was Kailas Sharma. He is Electrical Engineer by profession and social activist by occupation.
He is popular socialist who is well known for his struggle against the suppression of children
and young people. He is also known as strong advocate for Childrens Education and Activist
against Child Labor. He has won numerous national and international awards including
Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award (1995), Alfonso Comin International Award (2008),
Medal of Italian Senate (2007), Defenders of Democracy Award (2009).

Kalinga Award
Established 1952
Presented by UNESCO, Government of India
This famous award was founded in year 1952 by initiative of Biju
Patnaik who was also the founder of Kalinga Foundation Trust in
Odisha. The award was initially started by donation from Biju
Patnaik towards this trust. This award is presented by UNESCO for
popularisation and propagation of Science. The awardee should
have worked for betterment of life of common people by the use
of Science and Technology. The award carries a cash prize of
20,000 US Dollars along with Albert Einstein silver medal. In the
odd years, this award is presented by UNESCO during World
Science Day celebrations while in even years government of India
bestows this award. Louis de Broglie of France was the first winner
of this award in year 1952.
Some other important World Science Awards

Award Details
The Awarded by Royal society, London for outstanding
Copley contributions in field of Science.
Medal
Kyoto Japan's highest global award given in fields of Advanced
Prize Technology (Electronics, Biotechnology, Material
Science, Information Science), Basic Sciences, Arts,
Philosophy
Dan David Anually presented by Dan David Foundation, Israel for
Prize outstanding contribution in field of Science, Technology
and Social welfare.
Albert This award is given by "World Cultural Council", Mexico
Einstein for scientific & technological research and development.
World
Award of
Science
Wolf Prize Awarded by Wolf Foundation, Israel for outstanding
achievements in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics,
Medicine, Physics and Arts.
Kavli Prize Presented by Kavli Foundation and Norwegian Academy
of Science and Letters, Norway for outstanding research
work in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience.
Japan Awarded by Japan Prize Foundation, Japan for originala
Prize and outstanding achievements in Science and
Technolgy.
 Award Details
Franklin Awarded by Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, U.S. In areas
Institute of Chemistry, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth
Awards and Environmental Science, Life Science, Mechanical
Engineering, Physics.
Famous international Awards for Peace,
Humanity, Social Welfare
UN Human Rights Awards
Established 1966
Presented by UN
This famous award is given every 5 years for individual
contribution to the establishment of human rights. This award was
first presented in 1968. This award is given on World Human
Rights Day i.e. on 10th Dec. In 2013 this award was conferred
to Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan who was shot by Talibani militant
in her pursuit of attending school. This award is conferred to both
individuals and organizations for working in the field of Human
Rights. The only Indian so far to win this prestigious award is Baba
Amte in year 1988. Some other eminent international
personalities who won this award include Martin Luther King
(1978), Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela (1988), Ganesh Man
singh of Nepal (1993), Jimmy Carter (1998) and Benazir Bhutto
(2008).
Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize
Established 1995
Presented by Government of India
This award was instituted by Government of India in year 1995 to
mark the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This award
carries 10 Million Indian Rupees (Rs 1 Crore) which is the biggest
sum among all popular international awards. This award is
conferred to either an individual or an organization who has given
important contribution in propagating the ideas of Gandhi ji
including peace, non-violence, social harmony, welfare of citizens
and other works related to betterment of humanity. The first
awardee in year 1995 was Julius Nyrere who was a politician from
Tanzania. The recent-most awardee (year 2014) is ISRO. Baba
Amte, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu are the other eminent
awardees of this prize. Ramkrishna Mission, Grameen Bank and
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan are some of the important organizations
who won this coveted prize.