CNN-News18 Indian of the Year
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CNN-News18 Indian of the Year | |
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Description | An Honour That Embodies Greatness |
Country | India |
Presented by | CNN-News18 |
First awarded | 2006 |
Website | indianoftheyear.com |
The CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (originally CNN-IBN Indian of the Year) is an award presented annually to various Indians for their work in their respective fields by the Indian media house CNN-News18. The awards are presented in various categories of Politics, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Public Service and Global Indian. It is the brainchild of world-renowned journalists Padmashri Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose.
In addition to the traditional award categories of Politics, Business, Sports, Entertainment, Public Service and Global Indian, a new category, that of a ‘CNN-IBN Indian of the Year - Popular Choice’ was introduced in the ninth edition, where one awardee was chosen from the 35 nominees across categories basis the votes received from public through Facebook.
Winners
Special awards
1. 2007 Lifetime Achievement - R K Laxman Cartoonist
2. 2008 Lifetime Achievement - Dilip Kumar Actor
- Special Awards - Tukaram Omble Extraordinary service to the nation.
- Special Awards - Mumbai Police Extraordinary service to the nation.
- Special Awards - Sheila Dikshit
3. 2009 Lifetime Achievement - Pandit Ravi Shankar
- Special Awards - Kamal Haasan Completing 50 years in cinema 2009
- Special Awards - Indian Cricket Team Test cricket to break on through to the number one spot for the first time ever.
4. 2010 Lifetime Achievement - M. S. Swaminathan
5. 2011 Lifetime Achievement - Verghese Kurien
- Outstanding Achievement - K J Yesudas
- Special Awards - Yuvraj Singh
- Special Awards - Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network
- Special Awards - Ronjan Sodhi
6. 2013 Lifetime Achievement - Heroes of Rezang La, 1962
- Special Awards - Aamir Khan & Team Satyamev Jayate
- Special Awards - MC Mary Kom
- Special Awards - Tessy Thomas & Team DRDO
7. 2013 Outstanding Achievement - Leander Paes[1]
- 2013 Outstanding Achievement - Ramakant Achrekar[1]
- Special Awards - Team ITBP and NDRF
- Special Awards - Deepika Padukone[2]
8. 2014 Winners
- CNN-IBN Indian of the Year: Narendra Modi
- Lifetime Achievement Award: ISRO team
- Outstanding Achievement Award: Azim Premji, Kailash Satyarthi
- Special Achievement Award: Kangana Ranaut
- Popular Choice Award: Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, P Vijayan
- Sports: Jitu Rai
- Business: N Chandrasekaran
- Entertainment: Chetan Bhagat
- Public Service: Tongam Rina
- Politics: Arun Jaitley
- Global Indian: Satya Nadella
8. 2015 Winners
- CNN-News18 Indian of the Year: People of Chennai
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Balbir Singh Dosanjh
- Outstanding Achievement Award: Dr.Bindeshwar Pathak, United Technologies (Make in India)
- Special Achievement Award: Kangana Ranaut, Ranveer Singh
- Sports: Sania Mirza
- Business: Bandhan Bank
- Entertainment: SS Rajamouli
- Public Service: People of Chennai
- Special Jury Award: Leander Paes
References
- ^ a b c "Leander Paes and Ramakant Achrekar named CNN-IBN Indian of the Year". Yahoo News. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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(help) - ^ a b "Kapil Sharma honoured with Indian of the Year award". Times of India. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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(help) - ^ "INDIAN OF THE YEAR 2013". CNN IBN.
- ^ "Stop Acid Attacks is Indian of the Year, Arvind Kejriwal wins for politics". IBN LIVE. 21 December 2013.
- ^ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/list-of-winners-of-indian-of-the-year-2014/534516-3.html