Saraswati Samman

The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any
Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian
goddess of learning and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India. The
award consists of Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a plaque. The Saraswati Samman was instituted in
1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. Candidates are selected from literary works published in
the previous ten years by a panel that included scholars and former award winners.

Winner's of Saraswati Samman

Year Winner Works

2013 Govind Mishra For his book Dhool Paudho Par published in 2008

2012 Sugathakumari For the collection of her poems, titled 'Manalezhuthu'

2011 A.A. Manavalan For Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum

2010 S. L. Bhyrappa For Mandra

2009 Surjit Paatar For Lafzan Di Dargah

2008 Lakshmi Nandan Bora For his novel Kayakalpa

2007 Naiyer Masud For his collection of short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna

(The Myna from Peacock Garden) written in Urdu

2006 Jagannath Prasad Das For his collection of poems Parikrama in Oriya

2005 K. Ayyappa Panicker For his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal in Malayalam

2004 Sunil Gangopadhyay For his novel Pratham Alo in Bengali

2003 Govind Chandra For his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi
Pande

2002 Mahesh Elkunchwar For his play Yugant in Marathi

2001 Dalip Kaur Tiwana For her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi in Punjabi
2000 Manoj Das For his novel Amruta Phala (The Nectar Fruit) in Oriya

1999 Indira Parthasarathy For her play Ramanujar in Tamil

1998 Shankha Ghosh For his anthology Gandharba Kabita Guccha in Bengali

1997 Manubhai Pancholi For his book Kurukshetra in Gujarati

1996 Shamsur Rahman For She`r-e Shor-Angez in Urdu

Faruqi

1995 Balamani Amma For poetry collection Nivedyam in Malayalam

1994 Harbhajan Singh For his book of poetry Rukh Te Rishi in Punjabi

1993 Vijay Tendulkar For his play Kanyadaan in Marathi

1992 Ramakant Rath For his poetry Sri Radha in Oriya

1991 Harivanshrai For his autobiography in four volumes in Hindi

Bachchan

Sahitya Akademi Award

The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated by the Government of India on 12 March
1954. The Government of India Resolution, which set forth the constitution of the Akademi,
described it as a national organisation to work actively for the development of Indian letters and
to set high literary standards, to foster and co-ordinate literary activities in all the Indian
languages and to promote through them all the cultural unity of the country. Though set up by the
Government, the Akademi functions as an autonomous organisation. It was registered as a
society on 7 January 1956, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi Award prizes to the most
outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by
the Akademy. The award amount, which was Rs.5,000 since inception, had been enhanced to
Rs.10,000 from 1983, Rs.25,000 from 1988, Rs.40,000 from 2001, Rs.50,000 from 2003 and is
now Rs.1,00,000 from 2009. The first Awards were given in 1955.
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2013
Language Author

Bengali Subodh Sarkar

Bodo Anil Bora

Dogri Sitaram Sapolia

English Temsula Ao

Hindi Mridula Garg

Kannada C. N. Ramachandran

Kashmiri Mohi-ud-Din Reshi

Konkani Tukaram Rama Shet

Maithili Sureshwar Jha

Malayalam M. N. Paloor

Manipuri Makhonmani Mongsaba

Marathi Satish Kalasekar

Nepali Man Bahadur Pradhan

Odia Bijoy Mishra

Punjabi Manmohan

Rajasthani Ambika Dutt

Sanktrit Radhakant Thakur

Santali Arjun Chanran Hembram

Sindhi Namdev Tarachandani

Tamil R. N. Joe D'Curz

Telugu Katyayani Vidmahe

Urdu Javed Akhtar

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Padma Awards

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three
categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are
given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and
engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; 'Padma Bhushan' for
distinguished service of high order and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished service in any field. The
awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

List of recipients in 2014

Padma Vibhushan
Name Discipline

Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar Science and Enginee

Shri B.K.S. Iyengar Others-Yoga

Padma Bhushan
Name Discipline

Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh Art - Painting

Begum Parveen Sultana Art - Classical Singing

Shri T.H. Vinayakram Art - Ghatam Artist

Shri Kamala Haasan Art-Cinema

Justice Dalveer Bhandari Public Affairs

Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram Science and Engineering

Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi Science and Engineering

Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa Science and Engineering

Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami Science and Engineering

Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma Science and Engineering

Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil Science and Engineering

Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya Literature and Education

Ms. Anita Desai Literature and Education

Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker Literature and Education

Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar Literature and Education

Shri Ruskin Bond Literature and Education

Shri Pullela Gopichand Sports - Badminton

Shri Leander Paes Sports - Tennis

Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul Civil Service

Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma Public Affairs

Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna Science and Engineering

Prof. Anisuzzaman Literature and Education

Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph Literature and Education

Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph Literature and Education

Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler Medicine - Neonatology

Padma Shri
Name Discipline

Shri Mohammad Ali Baig Art - Theatre

Ms. Nayana Apte Joshi Art

Shri Musafir Ram Bhardwaj Art - Instrumental Music - Pauna Manjha

Ms. Sabitri Chatterjee Art - Film

Prof. Biman Bihari Das Art - Sculptor

Shri Sunil Das Art - Painting

Smt. Elam Endira Devi Art - Manipuri Dance

Shri Vijay Ghate Art - Instrumental Music - Tabla

Smt Rani Karnaa Art - Kathak

Shri Bansi Kaul Art - Theatre

Ustad Moinuddin Khan Art - Instrumental Music - Sarangi Player

Ms. Geeta Mahalik Art - Odishi Dance

Shri Paresh Maity Art - Painting

Shri Ram Mohan Art - Film Animation

Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik Art - Sand Artist

Shri Paresh Rawal Art - Cinema and Theatre

Shri Wendell Augustine Rodricks Art - Fashion Designing

Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama Art Mohini Attam

Shri Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma Art - Performing Art

Shri Santosh Sivan Art - Film

Ms. Supriya Devi Art-Bengali Cinema

Ms. Sooni Taraporevala Art- Script Writing

Ms. Vidya Balan Art-Cinema

Smt. Durga Jain Social Work

Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu Social Work

Dr. Brahm Dutt Social Work

Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami Social Work

Shri J.L. Kaul Social Work

Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani Social Work

Shri Tashi Tondup Public Affairs

Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah Public Affairs

Shri Sekhar Basu Science and Engineering

Shri Madhavan Chandradathan Science and Engineering

Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta Science and Engineering

Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover Science and Engineering

Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis Science and Engineering

Shri Ramkrishna V. Hosur Science and Engineering

Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida Science and Engineering

Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara Satyanarayana Science and Engineering

Prasad

Shri Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin Science and Engineering

Dr. Brahma Singh Science and Engineering

Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh Science and Engineering

Dr. Govindan Sundararajan Science and Engineering

Ramaswamy R. Iyer Science and Engineering

Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh Science and Engineering

Shri Ravi Kumar Narra Trade and Industry

Shri Rajesh Saraiya Trade and Industry

Ms. Mallika Srinivasan Trade and Industry

Shri Pratap Govindrao Pawar Trade and Industry

Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya Medicine - Dermatology

Dr. Balram Bhargava Medicine - Cardiology

Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty Medicine - Health &Hygiene

Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande Medicine - Oncology

Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal Medicine - Chest Disease

Prof. Amod Gupta Medicine - Opthalmology

Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra Medicine

Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob Medicine - Vascular Surgery

Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi Medicine - Endocrinology

Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah Medicine - Unani Medicine

Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane Medicine - ENT Surgeory

Dr. Lalit Kumar Medicine - oncology

Dr. Mohan Mishra Medicine

Dr. M. Subhadra Nair Medicine - Gyneacology

Dr. Ashok Panagariya Medicine - Neurology

Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey Medicine - Surgery

Dr. Sunil Pradhan Medicine - Neurology

Dr. Ashok Rajgopal Medicine - Orthopaedics

Dr. Kamini A. Rao Medicine - Reproductive Medicine

Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah Medicine - Surgery

Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya Medicine

Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma Medicine - Dental Science

Dr. J.S. Titiyal Medicine- Opthalmology

Dr. Nitish Naik Medicine- Cardiology

Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya Medicine- Gastroentrology

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover Medicine-Oncology

Dr. Naheed Abidi Literature and Education

Prof. Ashok Chakradhar Literature and Education

Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra Literature and Education

Shri Keki N. Daruwalla Literature and Education

Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi Literature and Education

Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch Literature and Education

Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai Literature and Education

Smt. Manorama Jafa Literature and Education

Prof. Rehana Khatoon Literature and Education

Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei Literature and Education

Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri Literature and Education

Prof. Dinesh Singh Literature and Education

Dr. (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla Literature and Education

Ms. Anjum Chopra Sports - Cricket

Ms. Sunil Dabas Sports - Kabbadi

Shri Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu Sports - Mountaineering

Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal Sports - Squash

Shri H. Boniface Prabhu Sports - Wheelchair Tennis

Shri Yuvraj Singh Sports - Cricket

Smt. Mamta Sodha Sports - Mountaineering

Ms Parveen Talha Civil Service

Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar Social Work

Shri Ashok Kumar Mago Trade and Industry

Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee Medicine-Oncology

Dr. Vamsi Mootha Medicine - Biomedical Research

Dr. Sengaku Mayeda Literature and Education

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Navlekhan Award

A writers genius blossoms best in the natural climate of his mother tongue. The medium of
language has, thus, a regional character. In effect, however, the production of a literary
masterpiece becomes a national achievement and an international asset.

Although a writer because of an inner urge and a number of factors contribute to the creation of a
literary masterpiece, social recognition and expression of national indebtedness reassure him that
he is widely read, respected and loved. National awards and presentation of purses are tokens of
such recognition.

In India, though there are a number of regional and national awards for best literary productions
in Indian languages severally, there are hardly any awards for young authors writing in Hindi. It
was to fulfill this objective that Navlekhan Award was instituted.

Moortidevi Award

This Award carries the memory of Moortidevi, mother of Late Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain,
founder of Bharatiya Jnanpith. This Award is presented for a contemplative or intellectual
work, which underlines and expresses Indian philosophy and cultural heritage based on wider
ideals and human values. It is conferred on the litterateur who is alive.

The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari presented the "26th Moorti Devi Award"
to Shri Haraprasad Das, one of the most influential contemporary poet and thinker in Odia
Literature at a function organized by Bharatiya Jnanpith on 4th February 2014. The award
consists of a Citation and a cash prize of Rs 4 Lakhs.
Booker Prize

The prize was originally sponsored by a food distribution company called Booker-McConnell,
and quickly became known as "The Booker" for short. The name stuck, even after Booker-
McConnell's sponsorship ended. The current sponsor is investment company Man - and so, Man
Booker Prize.First awarded in 1969, The Man Booker Prize is an annual award given to the best
original full-length novel in English, as decided by a panel of judges. It is only open to citizens
of the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe. However, every two years since 2005, the Booker
Prize also gives out an International award to a worthy author not eligible for the Booker Prize,
based on their entire body of work. The prize was won this year by American author Philip Roth.

Bharatiya Gyanpith Awards (Jnanpith Award)

On 22nd May, 1961, the fiftieth birthday of Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, the founder of the Bharatiya
Jnanpith, members of his family thought that some unique scheme, commanding national
prestige and of international standard, should be started in literary or cultural field. Consequently,
when on 16th September, 1961, the Board of Trustees was considering matters relating to the
'Rashtrabharati Granthamala', which brings out Hindi translations of outstanding works of other
Indian languages, Smt. Rama Jain, the Founder President of the Jnanpith, queried whether it was
possible to select the best book out of the publications in Indian languages for a big award.

A discussion on the question was initiated by Smt. Rama Jain herself when she invited some of
the leading litterateurs at her residence in Calcutta on 22nd November, 1961. Kaka Kalelkar,
Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan', Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', Jainendra Kumar, Jagdish Chandra Mathur,
Prabhakar Machwe, Akshaya Kumar Jain and Lakshmi Chandra Jain discussed various aspects
of the idea. Two days later, a primary plan was presented by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain to Dr.
Rajendra Prasad, the President of India, who liked the idea greatly and promised to help in its
implementation.

Winners of Gyanpith Awards

Year Name Works

2012 Ravuri Bharadhwaja For his notable contribution to Tel

2011 Pratibha Ray Yajnaseni

2010 Chandrashekhara Kambara For his contributions to Kannada l

2009 Amar Kant For his contribution in Hindi litera

2009 Sri Lal Sukla For his contribution in Hindi litera

2008 Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar' For his contribution in Urdu literat

2007 O. N. V. Kurup For his contributions to Malayalam

2006 Ravindra Kelekar For his contribution in Konkani lit

2006 Satya Vrat Shastri For his contribution in Sanskrit lite

2005 Kunwar Narayan For overall contribution in Hindi li

2004 Rehman Rahi Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Si

2003 Vinda Karandikar For his contributions to Marathi lit

2002 D. Jayakanthan For his contribution in Tamil litera

2001 Rajendra Shah For his contribution in Gujarati lite

2000 Indira Goswami For writing about the subalterns an

1999 Nirmal Verma For his contributioni n Hindi litera

1999 Gurdial Singh For his contribution in Punjabi lite

1998 Girish Karnad For his contributions to Kannada l

1997 Ali Sardar Jafri For his contribution in Urdu literat

1996 Mahasweta Devi Hajar Churashir Maa

1995 M. T. Vasudevan Nair For his contributions to Malayalam

1994 U. R. Ananthamurthy For his contributions to Kannada l

1993 Sitakant Mahapatra For outstanding contribution to the

1992 Naresh Mehta For his contribution in Hindi litera

1991 Subhas Mukhopadhyay Padatik (The Foot Soldier)

1990 V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi

1989 Qurratulain Hyder Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar

1988 C. Narayana Reddy Viswambhara

1987 Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) For his contributions to Marathi lit

1986 Sachidananda Routray For his contribution in Oriya litera

1985 Pannalal Patel Maanavi Ni Bhavaai

1984 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Kayar (Coir)

1983 Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Chikkaveera Rajendra (Life and st

1982 Mahadevi Varma Yama

1981 Amrita Pritam Kagaj te Canvas

1980 S. K. Pottekkatt Oru Desathinte Katha (Story of a L

1979 Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya Mrityunjay (Immortal)

1978 Sachchidananda Vatsyayan Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar (How

1977 K. Shivaram Karanth Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajji

1976 Ashapurna Devi Pratham Pratisruti

1975 P. V. Akilan Chitttrappavai

1974 Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar Yayati

1973 Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre Nakutanti(Four Strings)

1973 Gopinath Mohanty Matimatal

1972 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Urvashi

1971 Bishnu Dey Smriti Satta Bhavishyat

1970 Viswanatha Satyanarayana Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu (A res

1969 Firaq Gorakhpuri Gul-e-Naghma

1968 Sumitranandan Pant Chidambara

1967 Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu) Sri Ramayana Darshanam

1967 Umashankar Joshi Nishitha

1966 Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay Ganadevta

1965 G. Sankara Kurup Odakkuzhal (Flute)

Bharat Ratna Award

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian honour, given for exceptional service towards advancement
of Art, Literature and Science, Sports and in recognition of Public Service of the highest order.
The provision of Bharat Ratna was introduced in 1954.

The original specifications for the award called for a circular gold medal, 35 mm in diameter,
with the sun and the Hindi legend "Bharat Ratna" above and a floral wreath below. The reverse
was to carry the state emblem and motto. It was to be worn around the neck from a white ribbon.
This design was altered after a year.

The first ever Indian to receive this award was the famous scientist, Chandrasekhara Venkata
Raman. Since then, many dignitaries, each a whiz in varied aspects of their career has received
this coveted award.

List of recipients
Name Awarde
d

Sachin Tendulkar 2014 Cricketer

C. N. R. Rao 2014 Scientist

Bhimsen Joshi 2009 Hindustani classical singer

Bismillah Khan 2001 Hindustani classical shehnai player

Lata Mangeshkar 2001 Playback singer

Gopinath Bordoloi 1999 Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Assam

Amartya Sen 1999 Economist from Kolkata and a Noble laureate

Ravi Shankar 1999 Sitar player from Calcutta

Jayaprakash Narayan 1998 Posthumous, independence activist and politician

Chidambaram 1998 Independence activist, Minister of Agriculture

Subramaniam

M. S. Subbulakshmi 1998 Carnatic classical singer

Aruna Asaf Ali 1997 Posthumous, independence activist

Gulzarilal Nanda 1997 Independence activist, interim Prime Minister

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 1997 Aeronautical Engineer,11th President of India

Satyajit Ray 1992 Bengali Filmmaker

J. R. D. Tata 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist

Abul Kalam Azad 1992 Posthumous, independence activist, first Minister of Education

Morarji Desai 1991 Independence activist, fourth Prime Minister

Vallabhbhai Patel 1991 Posthumous, independence activist, first Home Minister,Was responsibl

Rajiv Gandhi 1991 Posthumous, Sixth Prime Minister.

Nelson Mandela 1990 Second non-citizen and non-Indian recipient, Leader of the Anti-Aparth

B. R. Ambedkar 1990 Posthumous, Chief architect of the Indian Constitution,Crusader against

M. G. Ramachandran 1988 Posthumous, film actor, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987 First non-citizen, independence activist

Vinoba Bhave 1983 Posthumous, social reformer, independence activist

Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1980 Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata and No

K. Kamaraj 1976 Posthumous, independence activist, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State

V. V. Giri 1975 Trade unionist and fourth President

Indira Gandhi 1971 Third Prime Minister,The First Woman Prime Minister of India(1966-19

Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 Posthumous, independence activist, second Prime Minister

Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar

Zakir Hussain 1963 Independence activist, Scholar, third President

Rajendra Prasad 1962 Independence activist, jurist, first President

Purushottam Das Tandon 1961 Independence activist, educator

Bidhan Chandra Roy 1961 Physician, Chief Minister of West Bengal

Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958 Educator, social reformer

Govind Ballabh Pant 1957 Independence activist, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister

Jawaharlal Nehru 1955 Independence activist, author, first Prime Minister

Mokshagundam 1955 Civil engineer, Diwan of Mysore

Visvesvarayya

Bhagwan Das 1955 Independence activist, author, Founder of Kashi Vidya Peeth

Radhakrishnan 1954 Philosopher, India's First Vice President (1952-1962), and India's Secon

C. V. Raman 1954 Physicist from Madras and a Nobel laureate

C Rajagopalachari 1954 Independence activist, last and the only Indian Governor-General of Ind

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