List of all Important Awards and Their field (Updated list December 2019)

Following are the List of some Important Awards and their Fields which are important for the upcoming SSC & Banking exams.

Bharat Ratna award

Bharat Ratna award is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India, which has been given for extraordinary service  in the field of Science, Literature, Arts and Public Services.

Recipients of the award for 2019. 

Bhupen Hazarika : He was a playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet and film-maker widely known as Sudhakantha 

Nanaji Deshmukh : A social activist,known for his immense contributions in the field of education, health, and rural self-reliance. India’s first Saraswati Shishu Mandir was also established by him at Gorakhpur in 1950.

Pranab Mukherjee : An Indian politician who served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017.

Padma Visbhusahn award

Recipients of the award for 2019. 

Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It is a medal and a citation and is honored by the President of India. It was established on 2nd January 1954. It is behind Bharat Ratna and comes first to Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. It has been honored to provide exceptional and unique service to the nation in any area including government service.

1. Ms. Teejan Bai-Art-Vocals-Folk – Chhattisgarh 
2. Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) – Public Affairs – Djibouti
3. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik – Trade & Industry-Infrastructure – Maharashtra
4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare – Art/Acting/Theatre – Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan award

The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954,it is for the nation to recognize the specific service of a higher order

Recipients of the award for 2019. 

1. Shri John Chambers (Foreigner) – Trade & Industry-Technology – USA
2. Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa – Public Affairs – Punjab
3. Shri Pravin Gordhan  (Foreigner) – Public Affairs – South Africa
4. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati  – Trade & Industry-Food Processing – Delhi
5. Shri Darshan Lal Jain – Social Work – Haryana
6. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade – Medicine-Affordable Healthcare – Maharashtra
7. Shri Kariya Munda – Public Affairs – Jharkhand
8. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee – Art-Music-Sitar – West Bengal
9. Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair  – Art-Acting-Film  – Kerala
10. Shri S Nambi Narayan – Science & Engineering-Space – Kerala
11. Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) – Literature & Education (Journalism) – Delhi
12. Ms. Bachendri Pal  – Sports-Mountaineering –  Uttarakhand
13. Shri V K Shunglu  – Civil Service – Delhi
14. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav  – Public Affairs – BiharRead more: Peasant Revolts of Indigo, Pabna and Deccan

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Padma Shri award

Padma Shri (also Padma Shree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic Of India. This is provided to the citizens of India for the prestigious service in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including thearts, education, industry, literature, science, sports, medicine, social service and public affairs. It has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India but did contribute in various ways to India. It is awarded by the government of India every year on India’s Republic Day. 

Recipients of the award for 2019. 

1. Shri Rajeshwar Acharya – Art-Vocal-Hindustani – Uttar Pradesh
2. Shri bangaru Adigalar – Others-spiritualism – Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Illias Ali – Medicine-Surgery – Assam
4. Shri Manoj Bajpayee – Art/Acting/Films – Maharashtra
5. Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali – Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation – Assam
6. Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti – Medicine-Rabies – Himachal Pradesh
7. Shri Pritam Bhartwan – Art-Vocals-Folk – Uttarakhand
8. Shri Jyoti Bhatt – Art-Painting – Gujarat
9. Shri Dilip Chakravarty – Others-Archaeology – Delhi
10. Shri Mammen Chandy – Medicine-Hematology – West Bengal
11. Shri Swapan Chaudhuri – Art-Music-Tabla – West Bengal
12. Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan – Others-Agriculture – Haryana
13. Shri Sunil Chhetri – Sports-Football – Telangana
14. Shri Dinyar Contractor – Art-Acting-Theatre – Maharashtra
15. Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli – Social Work-Divyang Welfare – Gujarat
16. Shri Babulal Dahiya – Others-Agriculture – Madhya Pradesh
17. Shri Thanga Darlong – Art-Music-Flute – Tripura
18. Shri Prabhu Deva – Art-Dance – Karnataka
19. Ms. Rajkumari Devi – Others-Agriculture – Bihar
20. Ms. Bhagirathi Devi – Public Affairs – Bihar
21. Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon – Science & EngineeringAgriculture – Punjab
22. Ms. Harika Dronavalli – Sports-Chess – Andhra Pradesh
23. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav – Art – Dance (folk)  – Gujarat
24. Ms. Godawari Dutta – Art-Painting – Bihar
25. Shri Gautam Gambhir – Sports-Cricket – Delhi
26. Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray – Social Work-Divyang Welfare – Sikkim
27. Ms. Rohini Godbole – Science & Engineering-Nuclear – Karnataka
28. Shri Sandeep Guleria – Medicine-Surgery – Delhi
29. Shri Pratap Singh Hardia – Medicine-Ophthmology – Madhya Pradesh
30. Shri Bulu Imam – Social Work-Culture – Jharkhand
31. Ms. Friederike Irina (Foreigner) – Social Work-Animal Welfare – Germany
32. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav – Art-Dance Folk – Gujarat
33. Shri S Jaishankar – Civil Service – Delhi
34. Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal – Literature & Education – Jammu & Kashmir
35. Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan – Art-Craft-Papier Mache – Jammu & Kashmir
36. Shri K G Jayan – Art-Music-Bhakti – Kerala
37. Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner) – Science & Engineering-Technology – USA
38. Shri Sharath Kamal – Sports-Table Tennis – Tamil Nadu
39. Shri Rajani Kant – Social Work – Uttar Pradesh
40. Shri Sudam Kate – Medicine-Sickle Cell – Maharashtra
41. Shri Waman Kendre – Art-Acting-Theatre – Maharashtra
42. Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) – Art-Acting-Films – Canada
43. Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri – Art-Painting – Gujarat
44. Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo) – Medicine-Affordable Healthcare – Maharashtra

      Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo) – Medicine-Affordable Healthcare – Maharashtra

45. Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram – Sports-Archery – Manipur
46. Shri Kailash Madbaiya – Literature & Education – Madhya Pradesh
47. Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj – Social Work-Animal Welfare – Uttar Pradesh
48. Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya – Others-Agriculture – Gujarat
49. Ms. Gita Mehta (Foreigner) – Literature & Education – USA
50. Shri Shadab Mohammad – Medicine-Dentistry – Uttar Pradesh
51. Shri K K Muhammed – Others-Archaeology – Kerala
52. Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee – Medicine-Affordable Healthcare – Jharkhand
53. Shri Daitari Naik – Social Work – Odisha
54. Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan – Art-Vocals-Films – Maharashtra
55. Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) – Trade & Industry-Technology – USA
56. Nartaki Natraj – Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu
57. Shri Tsering Norboo – Medicine-Surgery – Jammu & Kashmir
58. Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey – Art-Music – Chhattisgarh
59. Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh – Others-Agriculture – Rajasthan
60. Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) – Literature & Education – USA
61. Shri Bimal Patel – Others-Architecture – Gujarat
62. Shri Hukumchand Patidar – Others-Agriculture – Rajasthan
63. Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai – Social Work-Microfinance – Tamil Nadu
64. Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) – Others-Yoga – USA
65. Ms. Kamala Pujhari – Others-Agriculture – Odisha
66. Shri Bajrang Punia – Sports-Wrestling – Haryana
67. Shri Jagat Ram – Medicine-Ophthalmology – Chandigarh
68. Shri R V Ramani – Medicine-Ophthalmology – Tamil Nadu
69. Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao – Social Work-Affordable Education – Odisha
70. Shri Anup Sah – Art-Photography – Uttarakhand
71. Ms. Milena Salvini (Foreigner) – Art-Dance-Kathakali – France
72. Shri Nagindas Sanghavi – Literature & Education-Journalism – Maharashtra
73. Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – Art-Lyrics – Telangana
74. Shri Shabbir Sayyad – Social Work-Animal Welfare – Maharashtra
75. Shri Mahesh Sharma – Social Work-Tribal Welfare – Madhya Pradesh
76. Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri – Literature & Education – Delhi
77. Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla – Literature & Education – Uttar Pradesh
78. Shri Narendra Singh – Others-Animal Husbandry – Haryana
79. Ms. Prashanti Singh  Sports-Basketball – Uttar Pradesh
80. Shri Sultan Singh  Others – Animal Husbandry – Haryana
81. Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha  Social Work-Affordable Education — Bihar
82. Shri Anandan Sivamani  Art-Music – Tamil Nadu
83. Ms. Sharada Srinivasan – Others-Archaeology – Karnataka
84. Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) – Literature & Education-Journalism – Uttar Pradesh
85. Shri Ajay Thakur – Sports-Kabaddi – Himachal Pradesh
86. Shri Rajeev Tharanath – Art-Music-Sarod – Karnataka
87. Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka – Social Work-Environment – Karnataka
88. Ms. Jamuna Tudu – Social Work-Environment – Jharkhand
89. Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi – Others-Agriculture – Uttar Pradesh
90. Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami – Medicine-Surgery – Tamil Nadu
91. Shri Ram Saran Verma – Others-Agriculture – Uttar Pradesh
92. Shri Swami Vishudhananda – Others-Spiritualism – Kerala
93. Shri Hiralal Yadav – Art-Vocals-Folk – Uttar Pradesh
94. Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli – Others-Agriculture – Andhra Pradesh 

Parama Veer Chakra award

Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest wartime gallantry award. It was introduced on 26 January, 1950. Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is conferred with Vir Chakra Award on 15th August 2019. 

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar award

It is awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for  notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and physics. 

Recipients of the award for 2019. 

1. Ganesh Nagaraju Biological Sciences 2018
2. Thomas Pucadyil Biological Sciences 2018
3. Rahul Banerjee Chemical Sciences 2018
4. Swadhin Kumar Mandal Chemical Sciences 2018
5. Amit Agrawal Engineering Sciences 2018
6. Ashwin Anil Gumaste Engineering Sciences 2018
7. Amit Kumar Mathematical Sciences 2018
8. Nitin Saxena Mathematical Sciences 2018
9. Ganesan Venkatasubramanian Medical Sciences 2018
10. Aditi Sen De Physical Sciences 2018
11. Ambarish Ghosh Physical Sciences 2018
12. Parthasarathi Chakraborty Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences 2018

Arjuna Award

The Arjuna Award was instituted by the Indian government in 1961 to identify the outstanding achievement in the national sport. The award carries a cash prize of 5,00,000, a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll 

Recipients of the award for 2019. 

Ravindra Jadeja (Cricket), Mohammed Anas Yahiya (Athletics), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Football), Sonia Lather (Boxing), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Hockey), S Bhaskaran (Bodybuilding), Ajay Thakur (Kabaddi), Anjum Moudgil (Shooting), Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (Badminton),   Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics),  Pramod Bhagat (Para sports-badminton), Harmeet Rajul Desai (Table tennis), Pooja Dhanda (Wrestling), Fouaad Mirza (Equestrian), Simran Singh Shergill (Polo), Poonam Yadav (Cricket), Swapna Burman (Athletics), Sundar Singh Gurjar (Para sports-athletics) and Gaurav Singh Gill (Motorsports).

Dr Bc Roy Award

The Medical Council of India instituted Dr. B.C. Roy National Award Fund in 1962 to perpetuate his memory. “The Fund” is registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860. The Award is of the value of Rs.1,00,000/- and a Silver Salver in categories of Statesmanship of the Highest Order in our country, Medical man-cum-Statesman, Eminent Medical Person, Eminent person in Philosophy,Eminent person in Arts.

Mumbai based eminent neurosurgeon Dr. B.K. Misra was named for prestigious Dr. B.C. Roy National award for year 2018 as Eminent Medical Person of the Year. The award was bestowed upon him by President Ram Nath Kovind on July 1, 2019 on the occasion of National Doctors Day.

Sahitya Academi Award  

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India, which is the Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters of India, annually, to the authors of outstanding work in one of about 24 major Indian languages. Sahitya Akademi announced a list of 22 winners of the Bal Sahitya Puraskar and 23 recipients of the Yuva Puraskar for 2019.

The winners of Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar awards will receive a casket containing an engraved copper plaque and a cheque of Rs 50,000.

Jnanpith award

The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary award in India.

Bestselling author and leading contemporary English writer, Amitav Ghosh, was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature in English at a ceremony at the India Habitat Centre on June 14, 2019.