Awards

RAJYAOTSAVA AWARDS- by Karnataka govt- awarded to Arun Yogiraj- sculptor of Ram Lalla Idol

3rd ROHINI NAYYAR PRIZE- Anil Pradhan, social worker from Odisha- for contributions in rural development

5th KULDEEP NAYYAR MEMORIAL JOURNALISM AWARD- Urmilesh

UN- Shanghai Global Award for Sustainable Development- Thiruvananthapuram- India’s first city

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2023- Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abbu Awwad (org Roots)

FILMS
55th International Film Festival of India
in Goa
Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award- Australian film maker Phillips Noyce
Gold Peacock Award for Best Film: Toxic

BEST FILM TITLE- The Fable- Manoj Bajpapyee’s- 38th Leeds International Film Festival in UK

FTTI’s student film SUNFLOWERS WERE THE FIRST ONE TO KNOW- qualified for Oscars 2025- by Chidanand S Nayak

52nd International Emmy Award- Vir Das- 1st Indian to host
BEST DRAMA SERIES: Drops of God

BOOKS
2024 BOOKER PRIZE for Fiction- Samantha Harvey for Orbitals- England

JCB Prize for Literature 2024- Upmanyu Chaterjee for Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize- Ashok Gopal for his biography A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of BR Ambedkar

2024 Pfizer Award: Brown Skins, White Coats: Race Science in India 1920-66 by Projit Bihari Mukherjee

PM MODI’s Awards
Order of Excellence of Guyana- PM Modi

GLOBAL PEACE AWARD- PM Modi- promoting India-USA minority Welfare

Dominica to award highest national honor to PM Modi- contributions during Pandemic

Grand Commander of the Oder of Niger- Nigeria’s 2nd highest national award