Complete Awards & Honors List May 2018

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May 2018 Awards & Honors

• Adarsh Credit - Best Co-operative Society on digital platform award
• Amitabh Bachchan - European Union Award for strengthening Europe-India cultural ties
• Anindita Anaam - Shri Jayadev Rastriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2018
• Asha Bhosle - 26th PC Chandra Puraskaar
• Bharat Biotech - National Technology Award 2018
• Bindeshwar Pathak (Founder of Sulabh International) - Nikkei Asia Prize 2018
• Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018
• Guru N Reddy - UK & Asia Inspirational Business Leaders Award 2018
• HDFC Bank - Champion Security Award 2018
  
• Jagriti Yatra - Asian Voice Charity Award 2018
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Mark Twain award for American Humor 2018
• Kamaljit Bawa - Linnean Medal (1st Indian)
• Lata Mangeshkar - Swara Mauli Award
• M T Vasudevan Nair - ONV Literary Prize 2018
• Mahendra Chaudhry - V K Krishna Menon Award
• Mimi Mondal - 1st Indian to be nominated for this year’s Hugo awards
• Nara Lokesh - Digital Leader of the Year award 2018
• Neymar - France’s player of Year 2018
• Nisha Bhalla - WEF 2018 Award
• NMDC Limited - S&P Global PLATTS Global Metals Award 2018
• Olga Tokarczuk - Man Booker International Prize 2018 (1st Author from Poland)
• Prajnesh Gunneswaran - T.K. Ramanathan award 2017-18
• Sridevi - BRICS Business Forum Leadership Award
• Subrata Bhattacharya - Bangabushan Award
• Thomas Antony - World Press Cartoon Award (Caricature) 2018
• Yuvraj Singh - Most Inspiring icon of the year for Social Welfare award
• Zubeen Garg - PETA Hero to Animals Award 

Complete list of Cannes 2018 winners

• Palme d'Or :  Hirokazu Kore-eda, Shoplifters
• Grand Prix : Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
• Director : Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War
• Actor : Marcello Fonte, Dogman
• Actress : Samal Yeslyamova, Ayka
• Jury Prize : Nadine Labaki, Capernaum
• Screenplay — TIE : Alice Rohrwacher, Happy as Lazzaro & Jafar Panahi, Nader Saeivar, Three Faces
• Special Palme d’Or : Jean-Luc Godard
• Camera d’Or : Lukas Dhont, Girl
• Short Films Palme d’Or :  Charles Williams, All These Creatures
• Short Films Special Mention :  Shujun Wei, On the Border
• Golden Eye Documentary Prize : Samouni Road
• Ecumenical Jury Prize : Nadine Labaki, Capernaum
• Ecumenical Jury Special Mention : Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
• Queer Palm : Lukas Dhont, Girl

RedInk awards for excellence in journalism Winners List

• Lifetime achievement in journalism - British journalist William Mark Tully
• Journalist of the year - Faye D’Souze (Mirror Now channel)

DRDO Awards 2016 & 2017 Winners List

• V KSaraswat - DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
• Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre - DRDO Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
• G Satheesh Reddy - Technology Leadership Award 2016
• P Sivakumar - Technology Leadership Award - 2017
• YST Raju - Scientist of the Year 2016
• S Pazhanikumar - Scientist of the Year 2017

Visitor’s Awards 2018 Winners

• Sanjay K. Jain - Development of a drug delivery system having the potential to make cancer treatment more effective and affordable
• Ashis Kumar Mukherjee – Research on molecular complexity of snake venom
• Ashwani Pareek – Development of a rice variety with potential to increase farm productivity and income of farmers
• Pramod K. Nayar – Work in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Banga Bibhushan Award 2018 Winners

• Asha Bhosle
• Prosenjit Chatterjee
• Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen (retd)
• Samaresh Majumdar

Santokbaa Humanitarian Award 2018 Winners

• Kailash Satyarthi (Nobel Laureate Child rights activist)
• A S Kiran Kumar (ISRO Chairman)

Billboard Music Awards 2018 Winners

• British singer - songwriter Ed Sheeran won 6 honours - Top Artist, Top Male Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Radio Song and Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Song Sales Artist.
• Janet Jackson won BBMA Icon Award and became first African American female artist to receive this award.
• Other Winners :
• Top New Artist - Khalid
• Top Female Artist - Taylor Swift
• Top Billboard 200 Artist - Drake
• Top Billboard 200 Album - DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar
• Top Selling Album - Reputation – Taylor Swift
• Top Selling Song - "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber

11 National Geoscience Awards 2017 Winners

• Shib Sankar Ganguli (IIT Kanpur) - Young Scientist Award 2017. Other Categories and Awards -
• Mining Technology - Samir Kumar Pal
• Basic Geosciences - Suryendu Dutta, Md Erfan Ali Monda
• Applied Geology - Girish Chandra Kothyari
• Geophysics / Applied Geophysics - Ambrish Kumar Mahajan
• Natural Hazard Investigations - Davuluri Srinagesh

CEAT Cricket Ratings awards 2018 :

• International Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli
• International Batsman of the Year - Shikhar Dhawan
• International Bowler of the Year - Trent Boult (NZ)
• T20 Bowler of the Year - Rashid Khan (Afghanistan.
• T20 Batsman of the Year - Colin Munro (NZ)
• Outstanding Innings of the Year - Harmanpreet Kaur (Indian Female Cricketer)
• U-19 Player of the Year - Shubman Gill
• Popular Choice Award - Chris Gayle (Windies)
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Farokh Engineer (India).

2018 Indian Premier League Awards Winners

• Man of the Match (Final) - Shane Watson (CSK)
• Orange Cap (Most Runs) - Kane Williamson (SRH)
• Purple Cap (Most Wickets) - Andrew Tye (KXIP)
• Emerging Player and Stylish Player - Rishabh Pant (DD)
• Perfect Catch - Trent Boult (DD)
• Super Striker - Sunil Narine (KKR)
• Valuable Player - Sunil Narine (KKR)
• Fairplay Award - Mumbai Indians

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