List of Important Awards and Honors- October 2016:
Dear Readers, List of Awards and Honors that received in the month of October 2016 was given here. Candidates those who are preparing for upcoming IBPS PO/RRB/Clerk and all competitive exams can use these GK materials.
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Winner of beauty pageant Mrs India Earth 2016
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Prineet Grewal
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Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (Knight in the National Order of Merit)
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Prajna Chowta (Film-maker and elephant researcher)
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Winner of Lemelson-MIT Prize
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Ramesh Raskar (founder of the Camera Culture research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and associate professor of Media Arts and Sciences)
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John F. Richards Prize
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Nayanjot Lahiri (Professor of History at the Ashoka University, for her book Ashoka in Ancient India)
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Prestigious 2016 Sustainable Development Leadership Award
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Pawan Chamling (the Chief Minister of Sikkim)
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Winner of 'Outstanding Celebrity Woman of the Year' award
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bolly wood actor won this award during the 7th Outlook Business Outstanding Women Awards by Outlook Business magazine)
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Winner of IBC award and Trophy for excellence
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Chandigarh International Airports Limited (CHIAL) (a Joint Venture Company of Airports Authority of India and States of Punjab and Haryana)
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Winner of 'Actor of the Millennium' in BBC poll
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Amitabh Bachchan (Bolly wood actor)
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Winner of prestigious award by the Ugandan government for promoting human values through his literature
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Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (Former Uttarakhand chief minister)
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Selected for the 28th Jimmy George Foundation Award-2016 for best sports person of Kerala.
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P R Sreejesh (Indian Hockey team captain)
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Winner of V Krishnamurthy Award for excellence by the Hyderabad-based Centre for Organisation Development
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R. A. Mashelka (former Director-General of CSIR)
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Winner of prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award
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Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad (an Indian scientist with the Department of Packaging)
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'Woman of the Year' by Billboard
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Madonna (American singer-songwriter for "her creative vision, relentless innovation, and dedication to philanthropic causes")
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The Trendsetter Award 2016 by ET Panache, a supplement of The Economic Times
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Sonam Kapoor (Actress, The award recognises the efforts of entrepreneurs, innovators, newsmakers and athletes whose stories "inspire millions and whose services transform lives" )
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Mathrubhumi Literary award
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C Radhakrishnan (Eminent writer in recognition of his contribution to the field of literature)
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The 2016 Seven Star Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards at Marbella in Spain
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Maharajas’ Express
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Winner of Chaplin Award
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Robert De Niro (American actor, awarded by Film Society of Lincoln Center)
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prestigious APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award
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Roshan Sori (A 13-year-old Chhattisgarh boy, Award for suggesting an idea for a software to immediately register a vote given through an electronic voting machine)
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'2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year'
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Tim Laman (American photographer, for his image 'Entwined Lives')
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International Prize in Statistics
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Sir David Cox (Noted British statistician)
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“Special Award for Excellence in MSME lending”
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State Bank of Patiala (for its performance in lending to the MSME sector during the year 2013-14 & 2014-15)
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Winner of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer Award 2016 by the BBC and Natural History Museum in London
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Nayan Khanolkar
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Winner of Lifetime Achievement award from The Sports Journalists' Association of Mumbai
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Sunil Gavaskar (former cricketer)
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Winner of National Award for 'Ishaqzaade'
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Parineeti Chopra ( She won a Special Mention for her 2012 film 'Ishaqzaade' at the 60th National Film Awards)
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2016 European Golden Boy Award
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Renato Sanches
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World Bank’s Award of Excellence
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Almatti dam (one of the largest reservoirs in Karnataka, chosen for best utilisation of funds for renovation to enhance the strength of the dam)
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2016 Man Booker Prize
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Paul Beatty
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Winner of Mark Twain Prize for American Humour
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Bill Murray (Comedian)
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Winner of 2016 Sakharov Prize
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Nadia MuradBasee and LamiyaAji Bashar (Yazidi women)
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