AWARDS IN MARCH 2026

* France To Confer Top Civilian Honour On Ex Indian Envoy Jawed Ashraf.

* Rite Water Solutions Wins The Environmental Solution Company Of The Year At VCCiRcle Award 2026 

* Soumya Pillai Selected As Journalist Of The Year At 10th IIMCAA Awards 

* Deepak T Nair Has Been Awarded With Haryana Vigyan Ratna Award 

* Actor Chiranjeevi Wins The Prestigious NTR NATIONAL Film Award 

*  Journalist Aditi Arora Has Awarded With The Mata Ahilyabai Holkar Award For  Journalism.

* Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Honoured With Doctor Of Science By Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth 

* Maharashtra MINISTER Meghna Sakore Bordikar To Receive International Visionary Leader Award 

* Oberoi Rajgad Palace Of Madhya Pradesh Has Been Named In World's Greatest Places Of 2026 By TIME Magazine 

* Actress Priyanka Chopra Has Named As One Of The Change Makers In Nat Geo 2026 List 

* Actor Abhishek Bachchan Has Been Awarded Icon Of Excellence At Forbes India Leadership Award 2026

BRAIN PRIZE 2026 - 

* * PROFESSOR DAVID GINTY & PROFESSOR PATRIK ERNFORS WINS THE BRAIN PRIZE 2026 

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2026 ESMOND B MARTIN ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY PRIZE - 

* DR. KRITHI K KARANTH, CEO OF CENTRE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES, FIRST ASIAN TO RECEIVED THE 2026 2026 ESMOND B MARTIN ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY PRIZE 

* K C Subramanian Became The First Indian Economist To Win Chicago Alumni Award 

* Gurucharan Das Wins The Lifetime Libertarian Award.

PRITZKER PRIZE 2026 - 

* SMILJAN RADIC OF SANTIAGO, CHILE WINS THE 2026 PRITZKER PRIZE 

JANPITH AWARDS 2026 - 

*  Tamil Poet And Lyricist Vairamuthu Has Been Named As The Recipient Of 2026 Janpith Award 

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98TH OSCAR AWARDS 2026 - 

* INDIAN ACTRESS PRIYANKA CHOPRA HOSTING THE SHOW 

* BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - Sentimental Value 

* BEST DIRECTION - Paul Thomas Anderson ( One Battle After Another) 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Amy Madigan ( For WEAPON) 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Sean Penn ( One Battle After Another ) 

* BEST ACTRESS - Jessie Buckley ( For Hamnet) 

* BEST PICTURE - One Battle After Another 

* LEAD ACTOR - Michael B Jordan ( SINNERS) 

* BEST ORIGINAL SONG - Golden ( K Pop Demon) 

* BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Mr Nobody Against Putin 

* ORIGINAL SCORE - Sinners 

* BEST DOCUMENTRY SHORTS - All The Empty Rooms 

* BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - Norway ( Sentimental Value) 

* BEST EDITING - Andy Jurgensen ( One Battle After Another) 

* BEST SOUND - F1 

* BEST SCREENPLAY - SINNERS 

* BEST ACTION SHORT LIVE - Two People Exchange Saliva 

* BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - One Battle After Another 

* BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNS - Frankenstein 

* BEST CASTING ( One Battle After Another ) 

* BEST MAKE UP & HAIRSTYLE - Frankenstein 

* BEST COSTUME DESIGN - Frankenstein 

* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Autumn Durald Arkapaw ( First Woman And Woman Of Colour To Win) 

* BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT - The Girl Who Cried Pearls 

* BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - K Pop Demon 

* BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - Avtaar: Fire And Ash 

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KENDRA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD 2026 - 

* DEVABRAT DAS ( ASSAMESE) - FOR KARHI KHELAR SADHU ( Novel) 

* PASUN BANDHOPADHYA ( BENGALI) - FOR SHRESHTA KABITA (POETRY) 

* SAHAISULI BRAHMA ( BODO) - DWNGNWI LAMA MWNSE GATHWN ( NOVEL) 

* KHAJUR SINGH THAKUR ( DOGRI) -  FOR THAKUR SATSAYALE (POETRY) 

* NAVTEJ SARNA ( ENGLISH) - FOR CRIMSON SPRING ( NOVEL) 

* YOGESH VAIDYA ( GUJARATI) - FOR BHATTKHADAKI ( POETRY) 

* MAMTA KALIA ( HINDI) - FOR JEETE JEE ALLAHABAD ( MEMOIR) 

* AMRESH NUGADONI ( KANNADA) - FOR DADA SEERISU TANDE ( SHORT STORIES) 

* ALI SHAIDA ( KASHMIRI) - FOR NAJDEVANKEY'S OT ADALAT ( POETRY) 

* HENRY MENDONCA (KONKONI) - FOR KONKANI KAVYEM: RUPANI ANI RUPAKAM (ESSAY) 

* MAHENDRA ( MAITHALI) - FOR DHATRI PAAT SAN GAAM ( MEMOIR) 

* N PRABHAKARAN ( MALAYALAM) - FOR MAAYAAAMANUSHYAR ( NOVEL) 

* HAOBAM NALINI ( MANIPPURI) - KANGLAMDRIBA EEPHUT ( SHORT STORIES) 

* RAJU BAVISKAR ( MARATHI) - KALYANILYA RESHA ( AUTOBIOGRAPHY) 

* PRAKASH BHATTARAI ( NEPALI) - FOR NEPALI PARAMPARIK SANSKRITI RA SABHYATA KO DUKUTI ( ESSAY) 

* GIRIJA KUMAR BALIYAR SINGH ( ODIA) - FOR PADAPURANA ( POETRY) 

* JINDER ( PUNJABI) - SAFETY KIT ( STORIES) 

* JITENDER KUMAR SONI ( RAJASTHANI) - FOR BHARKHAMA ( STORIES) 

* MAHAMAHOPADHYA SADHU BHADRESHDAS ( SANSKRIT) - PRASTHANACATUSATYE BRAHMAGHOSAH ( POETRY) 

* SUMITRA SOREN ( SANTALI) - FOR MID BIRNA CHENNE SAON INAG SAGAI ( SHORT STORIES) 

* BHAGWAN ATLANI ( SINDHI) - WAGHOO ( STORIES) 

* SA. TAMILSELVAN ( TAMIL) - FOR THAMIZ SIRUKATHAIYIN THADANGAL ( LITERARY CRITISIM) 

* NANDINI SIDHA REDDY ( TELUGU) - ANIMESHA ( POETRY) 

* PRITPAL SINGH BETAB ( URDU) - SAFAR JAARI HAI ( POETRY) 

* * KALINGA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (KISS) UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA HAS HONOURED RELIANCE INDUSTRY HEAD NITA AMBANI WITH KISS HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2026 FOR HER CONTRIBUTION IN LEADERSHIP AND PHILANTHROPIST 

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2026 HOLEBERG PRIZE - 

* THE 2026 HOLEBERG PRIZE AWARDED TO AUSTRALIAN - BRITISH SCHOLAR LYNDAL ROPER ( UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD) 

* HER RESEARCH IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY 

2026 NILS KLIM PRIZE - 

* 2026 NILS KLIM PRIZE AWARDED TO DANISH PSYCHOLOGIST MAJSE LIND ( FROM AALBORG UNIVERSITY) 

* FOR HER RESEARCH IN MENTAL HEALTH, PARTICULAR FOCUS ON DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLDER ADULT 

2026 PEN/HEMINGWAY PRIZE - 

* 2026 PEN/HEMINGWAY PRIZE GIVEN TO VIRGINIA EVANS 

* FOR HER NOVEL- THE CORRESPONDANT EVAN (DEBUT NOVEL) 

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* Assam IPS OFFICER Dr Partha Sarathi Samanta's Animated Film CHYIMI Wins Best Director At New York Animation Festival 

* GROWTH - India Telescope Team Of Indian Institute Of Astrophysics (IIA) And IIT Bombay Wins ASI ZUBIN KEMBHAVI Award For 2025 

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2026 A M TURING AWARD - 

* GILLES BRASSARD ( Computer Scientist) 

* CHARLES H BENNET ( Physicist) 

* BOTH RECEIVED THE 2025 A M TURING AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN THE ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION OF QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TRANSFORMING SECURE COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTING 

HALDI GHATI AWARDS 2026 - 

* India Today Group Journalist Kamlesh Singh Received The Prestigious Haldi Ghati Award 2026 

* William Dalrymple Wins The Mark Lynton History Prize 2026  ( For The GOLDEN ROAD ( 

* Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Wins The Outstanding Public Transport Digitisation Initiative Award.

*  * William Dalrymple Wins The Mark Lynton History Prize 2026  ( For The GOLDEN ROAD ( 

* * FORMER INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE & MONACO SHRI JAWED ASHRAF HONOURED WITH THE INSIGNIA OF THE COMMANDEUR de la Legion d' Honneur 

* * TATA GROUP CHAIRMAN N CHANDRASEKHRAN HONOURED WITH UNITED KINGDOM'S KBE 

* * GERD FALTING RECEIVED THE 2026 ABEL PRIZE 

* FOR INTRODUCING POWERFUL TOOL IN ARITHMETIC GEOMETRY AND RESOLVING LONG STANDING DIOPHANTINE CONJECTURE OF MORDELL AND LANG 

* * PROFESOR GAUTAM DESIRAJU, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANDI AWARDED WITH THE 14TH EWALD PRIZE 

* THE PRIZE GIVEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.

* Hyderabad Airport Wins The Best Airport Staff Award In India And South Asia 

* * CHAMELI DEVI JAIN AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDED TO FIREBRAND JOURNALIST ANNA MM VETTICAD 

*  India's Bhupathiraju 's Anmish Varma Enters Into Guinness Book World Record For Achieving The Fastest Time To Climb The 7 Volcanic Summits By A Male.

* Para Olympian Medalist Avni Lekhara Has Honoured With Prestigious ARAVALI AWARD 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Honoured With Lifetime achievement Awards In Medicine And Diabetes At MVCON 2026 

*  Journalist Nidhi Suresh Has Honoured With Kamala Mankekar Award For Journalism On Gender 2025 

*  Sukanya Shanta Journalist From The WIRE Wins Fearless Journalism Award 

2026 STOCKHOLM PRIZE 

* * 2026 STOCKHOLM WATER PRIZE GIVEN TO KAVEH MADANI ( PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES) 

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SARASWATI SAMMAN 2026 - 

* * BENGALI AUTHOR RAM KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE 2025 SARASWATI SAMMAN 

* HIS NOVEL - HARA PARBATI KATHA 

*  Nandamuri Balakrishna Honoured With Lifetime achievement Awards At IFFD 2026 

NATIONAL BOOKS CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS - 

* ARUNDHATI ROY'S MEMOIR WINS THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 

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* Shri Ramjee Awasthi, Airport Director Bhopal Airport, Has Honoured With Prestigious COAS ( Chief Of Army Staff) 

* Padmapani Bora Wins The Best Documentary Award At Bengal International Short Film festival 

* Telengana Tourism And Culture Was Honoured With Prestigious Grand Prize At International Buddhist Conference 

* Raghunath Mashelkar, Received The Laxman Rao Kirolskar National Award 

2ND JADAV PAYENG INTERNATIONAL AWARD - 

* * Anand Agarwala, An Environmentalist And Social Activist In Jorhat, Assam Received The 2nd JADAV PAYENG INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2026 

* Dr Krushnamegh Kunte Has Been Honoured With  Vasundhara Sathi Sanman By The Maharshtra Times And Maharashtra Pollution Control Board