🟢 IMPORTANT AWARDS 2023
🔷Awards for Literature:
1. 32nd Vyas Samman 2022 – Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi for his 2018 satirical novel “Pagalkhana”
2. Saraswati Samman 2022 – Sivasankari for her book “Survya Vamsam”
3. 57th Jnanpith Award – Damodar Mauzo (Goan writer)
4. Mathrubhumi Book of The Year Award 2023 – Dr. Peggy Mohan for her book “Wanderers, Kings and Merchants”
5. International Booker Prize 2023 – Georgi Gospodinov for “Time Shelter”
6. Golden Book Award 2023 – Rakhi Kapoor for her book “Now You Breathe”
7. 2023 PEN/Nabokov Award – Vinod Kumar Shukla
8. SAARC Literature Award 2023 – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
9. Leipzig Book Prize 2023 – Maria Stepanova for Poetry “Madchen ohne Kleider”
10. German Peace Prize 2023 – Salman Rushdie
11. The PEN Pinter Prize 2023 – Michael Rosen
🔷National Awards:
1. AssamBaibhav Award – Dr. Tapan Saikia
2. FSSAI 5-star “Eat Right Station” Certification – The Varanasi Cantt railway station
3. Green Railway Station Certification (Platinum Rating) – Visakhapatnam railway
4. Best Police Unit Awards (Maharashtra) 2021 – Jalna district police and Nagpur city Station police
5. India’s number 1 Police station – Aska police station (Odisha)
6. Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2022 – Dr. Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
7. National Geographic’s ‘Photo of the Year’ contest 2023 – Karthik Subramaniam
8. The President’s Colour Award – Haryana Police
9. Pritzker Architecture Prize 2023 – Sir David Chipperfield
10. Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 – Aliya Mir
11. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Prabha Atre
12. AIMA’s “Business Leader of the Decade” Award – Kumar Mangalam Birla
13. 11 Children have been selected for PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023.
14. Orissa wins World Habitat Award 2023 for its JAGA Mission.
15. National Water Award 2022 – Chandigarh
16. Central Banking Awards 2023 “Governor of the Year 2023” – Shaktikanta Das
17. Business Standard “Banker of the Year” 2022 – Sashidhar Jagdishan (MD & CEO of HDFC Bank)
18. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 – Gita Press, Gorakhpur
19. Lokmanya Tilak Award – Prime Minister Narendra Modi
