2024–2025 Major Awards & Honors – A Comprehensive Overview
2024–2025 Major Awards & Honors – A Comprehensive Overview
Indian National Awards
- 59th Jnanpith Award (2024): Vinod Kumar Shukla (Hindi)
- Padma Awards 2025: 139 recipients announced
- Bharat Ratna (2024): 5 individuals honored including L.K. Advani, M.S. Swaminathan, and more
- Grammy Award 2025: Chandrika Tandon wins in Best New Age category for “Triveni”
- Oscar 2025: “Anora” wins Best Film
Literary & Cultural Awards
- Vyas Samman 2024: Suryabala for her novel “Koun Des Ko Vasi: Venu Ki Diary”
- Saraswati Samman 2023: Prabha Varma (Malayalam poet) for “Sattvikam”
- Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar 2023: Shishendu Mukhopadhyay
- Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey for “Orbital”
- International Booker Prize 2024: Jenny Erpenbeck for “Kairos”
Sports Awards
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna 2024: Manu Bhaker, Gukesh D, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar
- FIFA Best Men’s Player 2024: Vinícius Júnior (Brazil)
- Ballon d’Or 2024: Rodri (Spain)
- ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024: Arshdeep Singh (India)
- FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2024: Harmanpreet Singh (Men’s Player of the Year)
Science & Technology Awards
- Shaw Prize 2024 (Astronomy): Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
- SAstra Ramanujan Prize 2024: Alexander Dunn
- Goldman Environmental Prize 2024: Alok Shukla (India)
- IAF World Space Award: S. Somanath (ISRO Chief)
- Science Ratna Award 2024: Govindarajan Padmanabhan
Environmental & Humanitarian Awards
- UN Champions of the Earth 2024: Madhav Gadgil (Lifetime Achievement)
- Nelson Mandela Prize 2024: NIMHANS (Bangalore)
- Green Oscar (Whitley Gold Award 2024): Purnima Devi Barman (Assam)
- Ramon Magsaysay Award 2024: Hayao Miyazaki (Japan), Karma Ura (Bhutan), and others
Entertainment & Beauty Pageants
- Mrs World 2025: Tshego Gale (South Africa)
- Miss Universe India Worldwide 2024: Dhruvi Patel (USA)
- Miss Universe 2024: Victoria Kjær Theilvig (Denmark)
- Miss World 2024: Kristýna Píšková (Czech Republic)
- Miss Universe India 2024: Rhea Singha (Gujarat)
Other Notable Awards
- Swachh Survekshan 2024: Indore declared cleanest city in India
- Subhas Chandra Bose Award 2025: INCOIS (Hyderabad)
- Best Feature Film at 70th National Film Awards: “Aattam”
- Life Time Achievement Award at IFFI 2024: Phillip Noyce (Australia)
- Golden Peacock Award at IFFI 2024: “Toxic”
