AWARDS IN OCTOBER 2026

* * THE 2026 RIGHT LIVELIHOOD PRIZE 

* JALILA HAIDER ( PAKISTANI LAWYER ) FOR DEFENDING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES 

* RURAL WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY 

* GEORGIAN YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION 

* TIMNIT GEBRU 

WOLF PRIZE 2026 - 

WOLF PRIZE IN PHYSICS - 

* JUN YE 

* IMMANUEL F BLOCH 

( FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WIDELY APPLICABLE ADVANCES IN THE CONTROL OF ULTRA COLD ATOMIC SYSTEM) 

* HIS WORK HELPED DEFINE MODERN FIELD OF QUANTUM SIMULATION )

WOLF PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY - 

* DAVID KENERMAN 

* SHANKAR BALASUBRAMANIAN 

* PASCAL MAYER 

( FOR DEVELOPING IMPACTFUL, LOW COST NEXT GENERATION DNA SEQUENCING METHOD FOR GENOMIC MEDICINE) 

( S BALASUBRAMANIAN & KENERMAN HAVE PIONEERED IN MASSIVELY PARALLEL SEQUENCING APPROACH THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IN A MILLION FOLD IMPROVEMENT IN SEQUENCING IN SPEED AND COST 

* WOLF PRIZE IN MATHMATICS - 

* DAVID KAZHDAN 

* JOSEPH BERNSTEIN 

( FOR FOUNDATIONAL WORK ON REPRESENTATION THEORY, AUTOMORPHIC FORMS, AND ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY , AND THEIR ROLE IN CREATING GEOMETRY REPRESENTATION THEORY) 

* KAZDHAN INTRODUCED THE KAZDHAN PROPERTY ( T) CONCEPT OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF GROUP AND FOUND APPLICATION RANGING FROM GEOMETRY TO LOGIC 

* GEORGE LUSZTIG AND DAVID TOGETHER DEVELOPED THE KAZDHAN - LUSZTIG BASIS OF POLYNOMIALS 

( FOUNDATION TO GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION THEORY AND INFLUENTIAL IN THE LANGLANDS PROGRAM) 

* WOLF PRIZE IN MEDICINE - 

* CHARLES S ZUKER 

( FOR REVOULIZING Understanding THE TASTE ) 

( ZUKER RESEARCH UNVEILED THE CELLS AND RECEPTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH OF FIVE BASIC TASTES) 

PAVEL'S MOLCANOV CLIMATE COMMUNICATION PRIZE - 

* * ROXY MATHEW KOLL RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS PAVEL S MOLCHANOV CLIMATE COMMUNICATION PRIZE 2026

* THE PRIZE GIVEN BY AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION ( AGU) FOR HIS RESEARCH ON INDIAN OCEAN WARMING 

* India Wins 4 Gold Medal & a Silver At The IOAA 2026 At Hanoi, Vietnam 

* T S Chandrasekhar, Chairman And Chief Gastroenterologist, Med India Hospital Chennai Received The 2026 ISG FP ANTIA MEMORIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Of The Indian Society Of Gastroenterologist ( ISG)

* * PROFESSOR MAHESH KAKDE WINS THE 2026 RAMANUZAN PRIZE ( FOR HIS ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY) 

* South African Jurist Of Indian Origin NAVANETHEM NAVI PILLAY Has Been Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2026 

* The Documentary Pandharpur Wari - In Footsteps Of The Saints Has Been Named India's National Winner In The Best Branded Programe Category At The Asian Academy Creative Award 2026

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2026 VIRCHOW AWARDS - 

* 2026 VIRCHOW AWARDS PRESENTED TO JEAN JACQUES MUYEMBE & PETER PIOT 

* FOR THEIR WORK ON EBOLA VIRUS & OTHER EPIDEMIC THREATS 

NOBEL PRIZE 2026 

IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE - 

* KARL DEISSEROTH 

* PETER HEGEMANN 

* GEORG NAGEL 

( FOR THE DISCOVERING CONCERNING LIGHT - GATED ION CHANNELS AND OPTOGENETICS 

* USING OPTOGENETICS RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REVEAL NEURAL CIRCUITS, GOVERNING SPECIFIC MEMORIES, Feeling AND BEHAVORIAL RELEVANT FOR NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER 

* PETER HEGEMANN & GEORG NAGEL DISCOVERED A PROTEIN - Channelrhodopsin ( In A Single Called Alga) 

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IN PHYSICS - 

* FRANCIS HALZEN 

( FOR DECISIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ICE CUBE NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY AND THE DISCOVERY OF HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS OF ASTROPHYSICAL ORIGIN 

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CHEMISTRY - 

* HENRI B KAGAN 

* KENSO SOAI 

( FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE NON - LINEAR EFFECT AND AUTOCATALYSIS IN ASYMMETRIC ORGANIC SYNTHESIS) 

IN LITERATURE - 

* CANADIAN AUTHOR ANNE CARSON WINS THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 

* NOTABLE BOOK- THE BEAUTY OF THE HUSBAND : PUBLISHED IN 2001 

FOR PEACE - 

* THE NOBEL PRIZE 2026 FOR PEACE AWARDED TO NAVANETHEM NAVI PILLAY 

* FOR HER EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 

FOR ECONOMICS - 

* THE SVERIGES RIKSBANK PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCE 2026 PRESENTED TO - 

* ROBERT E Hall 

* MICHAEL WOODFORD 

( FOR MICROECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF MACROECONOMIC STABILISATION) 

* Sunil Bharti Mittal Set To Receive The FRANCE Highest Honour - Chevalier de Ordrenational de la Legion d Honneur ( Knight Of The National Order Of The Legion Of HONOUR) 

*  Gaya ( Bihar), Nagpur, Rajasthan And Umaria ( Madhya Pradesh) Recognised As Best Performing Districts In Prime Minister Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana 

* Professor J Indu ( IIT Bombay) Conferred The National Geomatics Award 2026 Application For The Year By The Indian Society Of Geomatics ( For Her Work On RADAR) 

* Dr A M Ramiya Associates Professor, Department Of Earth and Space Science IIST Has CONFERRED With The Indian National Geospatial Award 2026 

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AWARD 2026 

* * INDIAN SOCIAL WORKER ( AHMEDABAD BASED) REEMA NANAVATY GETS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AWARD 2026 

* SHE IS PRESENTLY DIRECTOR AT THE SEWA ( SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN INDIA) 

* IN 2013 SHE HAS HONOURED WITH PADMASHRI 

* SHE ALSO RECEIVED KAMALA CHATTOPADHYAY AWARD 

JAMES HOESCHELE AsBIC Award - 

* Ankona Datta, Faculty At The Department Of The Chemical Science, Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research ( TIFR) Has Been AWARDED James Hoeschele AsBIC Award 

* AWARDED BY THE SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (SBIC) Via The Asia Pacific Conference On Bioinorganic Chemistry ( AsBIC) 

* At The 12th AsBIC Conference Jaipur, Rajasthan 

( HER Work on - Metal Ion Sensing - Develop Methods To Detect And Track The Metal Ion Inside Biological System) 

* Union Culture & Tourism Minister Gajendra Shekhawat Confers The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar To 106 Artists For 2024 & 2025 

IMU - RHIME AWARD 2026 - 

* Haryana's BPS Government Medical College ( BPSGMC) For WOMEN In Khanapur Kalan Has Win The IMU - Ron Harden Innovation In Medical Education ( IMU - RHIME ) AWARD 2026 

PADMAPRABHA LITERARY AWARD 2026 - 

* Writer R Rajashree Has Recieved The PADMAPRABHA Literary Award 2026 

* FOR HER SECOND NOVEL - AATHREYAKAM ) 

* RS 75,000 CASH AWARD 

* Maharashtra's Tribal Heritage Wins The Global Good Design Award 

* Ankita Jain Bhatia Crowned As The Mrs UAE World 2026 

 * Veteran Folk Artist Devdas Chimakode Of Bidar Taluk Has Selected For The Karnataka Janapad Academy Annual Honorary Award For 2026 

OSKAR KLEIN AWARD 2026 - 

* * BENGALURU BASED SCIENTIST ASHOKE SEN HAS RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS OSKAR KLEIN PRIZE 2026

* HE BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN PHYSICIST TO RECEIVE THE PRIZE 

* Dr Ashoke Sen Awards So Far 

* * THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS BEEN AWARDED THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S 2026 SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT 

* Indian Photographer Sitaram Raul Wins Oscar Of Wildlife Photography 

* Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, & Jammu and Kashmir Adjudged As The Top Three Among The North Indian States & UT For Contribution Under MISSION KARMYOGI 

 * Hollywood Actor Tom Cruise To Receive The AFI Lifetime achievement Award 

* Hridayesh Joshi And Shyam Meera Singh Wins The Kuldeep Nayar Journalism Award 

* Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Received The Award Of Excellence in The Excellence In Innovation And Smart Mobility Solution Category At 19th Urban Mobility India Conference 2026 

2026 PHILIP LEVERHULME PRIZE - 

* * KERALA BASED AUTHOR ( HISTORIAN) MAHMOOD KOORIA HAS RECEIVED THE 2026 PHILIP LEVERHULME PRIZE 

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2026 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE - 

* BETH LEW WILLIAMS HAS WON THE 2026 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 

* FOR JOHN DOE CHINAMAN 

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* KERALA University Honoured Honorary Doctorate To Former ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan, Actor Madhu, Notable Poet Sreekumaran Thampi, Olympic Medalist P Sreejesh 

* * UAE PRESIDENT ( CROWN PRINCE HAMDAN BIN MOHAMMED) CONFERS TOP EMIRATI AWARD FIRST CLASS OEDER OF ZAYED II OF CAPTAIN SMITH MACHCHHAR ( WHO AVOIDED HIJACK FLY DUBAI PLANE ) 

* Tanul Thakur Wins The Non Fiction Book Award For Wild Wild East At Literature Live Festival Mumbai 

ASIAN FLUID MECANICS ASSOCITION AWARD 2026 - 

* * ICTS Faculty Member Samriddhi Sankar Ray Selected For The Asian Fluid Mechanics Association ( AFMA) Award 2026 

*  Professor Sourav Pal, PROFESOR Of Chemistry At Ashoka University Awarded Chartered Chemist ( CChem) Status By The Royal Society Of Chemistry ( RSC)

 

* Prasar Bharati Wins ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award 2026