SBI PO Mains 2017 Special - Highlights of Important Awards & Honours (From 1st Feb to 25th May 2017)

SBI PO Mains 2017 Special - Highlights of Important Awards & Honours (From 1st Feb to 25th May 2017):

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SBI PO Mains Special -Highlights of Important Awards & Honours (From 1st Feb to 25th May 2017)

Topped in Financial Times Global MBA Ranking of the best 100 programmes for 2017 worldwide.	The Indian School of Business in Hyderabad
Indian-Origin Sculptor who honoured with $1 mn Israeli's Genesis prize	Anish Kapoor (for his commitment to Jewish values)
first Indian film to win the Hivor Tiger Award at International Film Festival of Rotterdam	'Sexy Durga' (by Malayalam filmmaker Sanal Sasidharan)
Honoured with the ambassadorial role by football governing body FIFA	Diego Maradona ( Former Argentine player)
Indian Musician who Grammy's Best World Music Album award	Sandeep Das (Indian Tabla player Sandeep Das won the Best World Music Album award for 'Sing Me Home' at the Grammys 2017)
Singer to win five awards including Album Of The Year for '25' at the 59th Grammy Awards	Singer Adele
Honoured as the Best Supporting Actor at this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards	Dev Patel - British Actor (for his role in the film 'Lion')
Winners of Laureus Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year awards	American gymnast Simone Biles and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt
Indian Hockey Player to receive honorary doctorate	Sandeep Singh (He is the second hockey player in the country to receive an honorary doctorate, Dilip Tirkey is the first person to receive this honour)
Winner of the 2017's Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award from Scotland Yard	Shand Panesar
honoured with 'Legendary Award ' 2017 by Brand Laureate	Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar
89th Academy Awards Oscar Award 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)
US India Business Council Award	N Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister selected for the award of ‘Transformative Chief Minister’ and he would be receiving the award at the second annual West Coast Summit to be held in Menlo Park, California on May 8)
Winner of Best Actor Award in 64th National Film Awards	Akshay Kumar (for Hindi Movie Rustom)
Winner of Best actress Award in 64th National Film Awards	Surabhi C M (for her role in Malayalam film Minnaminungu-The Firefly)
UN Messenger of Peace	Malala Yousafzai (UN Secretary General António Guterres has selected Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace, the highest honour bestowed by the UN chief on a global citizen)
Received honorary Canadian citizenship	Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai (She is the sixth person to receive honorary Canadian citizenship)
FICCI's gender parity award	Mahavir Singh Phogat (Father of wrestler Geeta Phogat)
Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Award 2017	Professor A V Narasimha Murthy (Eminent historian, The award was presented to Murthy by D V Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation)
Honoured with prestigious Raj Kapoor awards of the Maharashtra Government	Veteran actress Saira Banu and actor Jackie Shroff
Sahitya Akademi Award 2016 for translation of Mathorubhagan in English	Aniruddhan Vasudevan
First female MBBS doctor from Indore presented with Padma Shri Award	Dr. Bhakti Yadav (The 91-year-old gynaecologist)
Winner of the second edition of the Golf Industry Association (GIA) Awards 2017	Golfers Aditi Ashok, S.S.P Chawrasia and Ali Sher
P C Chandra Puraskaar 2017	Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Goldman Environmental Prize	Prafulla Samantra (Social activist, honoured for his “historic 12-year legal battle that affirmed the indigenous Dongria Kondh’s land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a massive, open-pit aluminum ore mine.”)
won the best film honour at the Hong Kong International Film Festival	Bollywood film "Newton" (Directed by- Amit Masurkar)
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2016	Kasinathuni Viswanath (Renowned filmmaker and actor)
Honoured with the 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award	Aamir Khan (for his film Dangal)
Ghantasala national award	Vani Jairam (the versatile playback singer in the South Indian film industry, The award is instituted by the Ghantasala National Art Academy in Andhra Pradesh)
Miss Teen Universe 2017	India’s Srishti Kaur
Honoured with the 52nd Jnanpith Award	Sankha Ghosh (eminent Bengali poet and literary critic)
1st Indian city to win Pierre L'Enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017	Bhubaneswar
Honoured at the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards with the ceremony's first-ever Icon award	Britney Spears
2017 Avvaiyar Award	Padma Venkataraman (a social worker and daughter for former Indian President)
Winner of Hero of the League 2016-17 Award	Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC striker)
Smart Village award by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)	Govardhan Eco Village set up by the ISKCON
The first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service	Pawan Kumar Chamling (Sikkim Chief Minister)
National Science Academy (INSA) medal in the Young Scientist category for 2017	Aravind Kumar Rengan (Assistant Professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology – Hyderabad)
Whitley Awardspopularly known as the 'Green Oscars'	Dr Purnima Devi Barman, Sanjay Gubbi
Mark Twain Prize 2017 for American humour	David Letterman (Letterman became the 20th humorist to receive the prize)
Dan David prize	Shrinivas Kulkarni (in the field of astronomy)
National Geographic Bee competition 2017	Pranay Varada (he gets USD 50000 in scholarship and other prizes)
UK Humanitarian Award	Jacqueline Fernandez (She has been working with the charity 'Habitat for Humanity for last five years)
'The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) 2017'	Prashant Ranganathan (Ranganathan received the award in the Environmental Engineering category for his project ‘Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos using native bacteria’)
2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
2017 WWF International President’s Award	Rohan Chakravarty (Indian wildlife and environment cartoonist)
West Bengal's Highest Civilian Banga Samman award	Soumitra Chatterjee and Y.C. Deveshwar
Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship	R Vaishali (The Championship is conducted in Chengdu, China)
two best performance awards from Ministry of Shipping	Cochin Port Trust (The awards have been received by P Raveendran (Chairman) and A V Ramana (Deputy Chairman) Cochin Port Trust)
International Cricketer of the Year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2017.	Ravichandran Ashwin (He is the fastest Indian bowler to reach the 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 wicket mark in Test cricket.)
Young player of the year award	Shubhman Gill
Porter Prize 2017	ITC Ltd and EDII (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India)
Dag Hammarskjold Medal	Rifleman Brijesh Thapa and Ravi Kumar (They received on the Ocassion of International Day of UN Peacekeepers which was observed on 24 May, 2017.)