List of Important Awards and Honors- March 2017 | GK Updates

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List of Important Awards and Honors- March 2017 | GK Updates:

Dear Readers, List of Awards and Honors that conferred in the month of March 2017 was given here. Candidates those who are preparing for upcoming competitive exams 2017 can use these GK materials.

Awards and Honors in March 2017

Honoured with 2017 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award	Singer Rihanna
First to named as India's Best International cricketer for the 3rd time by the BCCI	Virat Kohli (Kohli had won the award earlier in 2011-12 and 2014-15)
Winner of Polly Umrigar award for the best international cricketer	Virat Kohli
Winner of Dilip Sardesai award	Ravichandran Ashwin
Winner of Best Actor award in Zee Cine Awards 2017	Amitabh Bachchan (for the movie 'Pink')
Winner of Best Actoress award in Zee Cine Awards 2017	Alia Bhatt (for her role in 'Udta Punjab')
World Economic Forum honoured 5 Indian’s by listing in WEF’s 100 Young Global Leaders list	Paytm Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Blippar app's Founder Ambarish Mitra, journalist Hindol Sengupta, Swaniti Initiative's Rwitwika Bhattacharya and The Tamara Coorg hospitality's Shruti Shibulal
Ranked 26th on the list of Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders Of The World	Arundhati Bhattacharya (Chairman of SBI and the first-ever woman to do so) The list has been topped by President of Baseball Operations at Chicago Cubs Theo Epstein
Ranked 28th on the list of Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders Of The World	Raj Panjabi (founder and CEO of Last Mile Health)
Honoured with Kala Ratan Award by the President	Anupam Kher (Bollywood Actor)
Named in the world's 30 Best CEOs published by American financial magazine Barron's.	Aditya Puri (HDFC Bank's Managing Director)
Received honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army by country's President Bidhya Devi Bhandari	Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat
Honoured with “Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy” from former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev for being named the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year	Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin
Honoured with Nobel Prize for Literature	Bob Dylan (Music icon)
Conferred with the Padma Shri Award by President Pranab Mukherjee	Virat Kohli (Indian cricket captain)
Winner of the Asian Player of the Year Award 2016 by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF).	S V Sunil (played a vital role in India's successful outing at the FIH Champions Trophy in London)
Winner of the Asian Promising Player of the Year Award 2016	Harmanpreet Singh (won the award in the junior men's category)