Important Awards ( 2011-12 )

Here are the list of some important awards:

1. £1.1 million Templeton Prize by Templeton Foundation of USA – Dalai Lama for his contribution to “affirming life’s spiritual dimension.”

2. Power Line Award 2012 in the best performing nuclear power station category - Kaiga generating Station (KGS) units 1 and 2 (Karnataka)

3. Honorary degree by New York University's Polytechnic Institute - Sam Pitroda (Chairman of National        Knowledge commission and advisor to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh)

4. West Bengal's highest award Banga Bibhusan - Actor Suchitra Sen

5. Maharashtra Bhushan Award (2011-12) - Anil Kakodkar

6. National Awards Winners for 2012

• Best Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’
• Best Hindi Film – I Am
• Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film ‘Deool’)
• Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
• Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)
• Salman Khan’s Chillar Party team won 3 National awards including Best Children’s film
• Vidya Balan bagged the Best Actress award for her superlative performance in ‘The Dirty Picture’

7. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Bengali actor)

8. Saraswati Samman (2011) - Dr AA Manavalan (Tamil) for his work ‘Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum' (Ramakatha and Ramayanas).

9. Moorti Devi Award (2011) - Dr Gulab Kothari for his book “Mein Hi Radha, Mein Hi Krishna”

10. Bihari Puraskar (2011) - Rajasthani poet Dr Arjundeo Charan for his work “Ghar To Ek Naam Hai Bharose Ro”

11. Vyas Samman (2011) - Hindi writer Ramdarash mishra for his work “aam ke patte”

12. Life time achievement award at 8th Dubai International film festival – A.R. Rahman

13. V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award - environmental filmmaker Mike Pandey

14. Best Friend of American Worker - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao

15. Kalidas Samman (2009-10) - Dr. N. Rajam and Saroja Vaidyanathan

16. Lata Mangeshkar Award (2011) by the Madhya Pradesh government - Rajesh Roshan

17. National Medals of Arts and Humanities award USA (2011)- Amartya Sen

18. Templeton Prize (2012)- Dalai lama

19. 54th Grammy award - 2012

• Album of the Year: "21," Adele
• Record of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adele
• Song of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep" Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
• British singer Adele got 6 Grammy award

20. Laureus award in sports - 2012

a. Sports man of the year - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

b. Sports woman of the year – Vivian Cheruiyut (Kenya)

21. 65th BAFTA award – 2012

• Best film - The Artist
• Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)
• Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)
• Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist)
• Film The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius got 6 awards
• 84th Oscar awards 2012
• Best Picture - The Artist (Directed by Thomas Langmann)
• Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius (Film - The Artist)
• Best Actor - Jean Dujardin (Film - The Artist)
• Best Actress - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady)
• The Artist and Hugo both movie got 5 awards

23. 69th Golden Globe award – 2012

• Best Film in Drama - The Descendants and In Comedy or Musical - The Artist
• Best Actor in Drama - George Clooney (Film -The Descendants) and in Comedy or Musical - Jean DuJardin (Film - The Artist)
• Best Actress in Drama - Meryl Streep (Film - The Iron Lady) and in Comedy or Musical - Michelle Williams (Film - My Week With Marilyn)

24. Best Football player male (FIFA) 2011– Lional Messi (Barcelona player)

25. Best Football player female (FIFA) 2011- Homare Sawa (Japan)

26. Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation - Dalai Lama

27. Banker’s of the year by business standard – Rana kapoor MD of Yes bank

28. Person of the year by TIME Magazine – The Protester

29. Best Indian Football player AIFF 2011 – Sunil Chhetri