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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prizes are awarded according to the will of Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a renowned Swedish chemist and engineer who passed away in 1896. He is known for discovering nitroglycerine and its application in the creation of dynamite. Nobel Prizes are awarded annually in six categories: Peace, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Economics. The first five categories were established in 1901, while the Nobel Prize in Economics was introduced in 1968.
The organizations responsible for awarding the prizes are as follows: 

• The Swedish Academy awards the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for awarding the prizes in Physics and Chemistry, while the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden awards the prize in Medicine (Physiology).
• The Bank of Sweden awards the prize in Economics.
• The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.

Each Nobel Prize laureate receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary award, which varies depending on the annual income of the Nobel Foundation. In 2014, the prize amount was set at 8.0 million Swedish Krona (SEK).
The Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm each year during a ceremony held on December 10th, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. A Nobel Prize can be awarded to a maximum of three individuals in the same category at one time. The Nobel Prizes were not awarded between 1940 and 1942 due to World War II.

Indian Nobel Laureates

Important Facts related with Nobel Prize

Person Refused Nobel Prize

Posthumous Winners

Award to American Presidents 

Winners of Nobel Prize More than Once 

Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners

 Nobel Peace Prize Winning Organization

Oscar Awards or Academy Awards

• Awarded for: Excellence in cinematic achievements
• Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Country: United States
• First awarded: 16th May, 1929
• Oscar Statuette: Officially named "The Academy Award of Merit"
• Indian Films Nominated for Oscars:
  1. Mother India (1957)
  2. Salaam Bombay! (1988)
  3. Lagaan (2001)
• Ceremony Timing: The Oscar awards are presented annually in February at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
• First Indian Winner: Bhanu Athaiya won in 1982 for Best Costume Design in the film Gandhi.

Grammy Awards

• Awarded for: Outstanding achievements in the music industry
• Presented by: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
• Country: United States
• First awarded: 1959
• Indian Grammy Winners:
  • Pandit Ravi Shankar (1967, 1972)
  • Zakir Hussain (1992 and 2009)
  • Vikku Vinayakram (1991)
  • Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (1993)
  • AR Rahman (2009)
  • Ricky Kej and Neela Vaswani (2015)

Golden Globe Awards

• Awarded for: Excellence in film and television
• Presented by: Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• Country: United States
• First awarded: 1944
• Notable Indian Winner: AR Rahman is the first Indian to win a Golden Globe Award.

Pulitzer Prize

• Awarded for: Excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition
• Presented by: Columbia University
• Country: United States
• First awarded: 1917
• Indian Pulitzer Prize Winners:
  • Gobind Behari Lal (1937, for Reporting)
  • Jhumpa Lahiri (2000, for her book Interpreter of Maladies)
  • Geeta Anand (2003, for Journalism)
  • Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee (2011, for The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer)
  • Vijay Seshadri (2014, for Poetry)
  • Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand (2020, for Photography)

Man Booker Prize

• Awarded for: Best full-length English novel
• Presented by: Man Group
• Country: Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, and Zimbabwe
• First awarded: 1968
• Indian Man Booker Prize Winners:
  • Arundhati Roy (1997, for The God of Small Things)
  • Kiran Desai (2006, for The Inheritance of Loss)
  • Aravind Adiga (2008, for The White Tiger)

Man Booker International Prize

• Awarded for: Best English fiction (or available translation into English)
• Presented by: Man Group
• Country: United Kingdom
• First awarded: 2005
• Details: The award is worth £50,000 and can be won only once. It recognizes the best English fiction or a translation into English.
• Notable Winners:
  • Ismail Kadare (2005, inaugural winner)
  • David Diop and Anna Moschovakis (2021)
  • Geetanjali Shree (2022, for Tomb of Sand, translated by Daisy Rockwell)

Women's Prize for Fiction (formerly Orange Prize for Fiction)

• Awarded for: Best full-length novel written in English by a woman of any nationality
• Presented by: Orange, a telecommunications company
• Country: United Kingdom
• First awarded: 1996
• Prize Details: The winner receives $30,000 and a bronze sculpture called the 'Bessie,' created by artist Glizel Niven, who is the sister of actor and writer David Niven

Ramon Magsaysay Award

• Awarded for: Outstanding contributions in six categories including government service, public service, and other fields (awarded to Asian individuals)
• Presented by: Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation
• Country: Philippines
• First awarded: 1957

Indians Winning Ramon Magsaysay Award 

World Food Prize

• Established by: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug in 1986
• Purpose: Recognizes contributions in all areas related to global food supply
• First Award: Given to Professor M.S. Swaminathan (India) in 1987

Notable Winners:

• Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram (Indian-Origin American) in 2014
• Rattan Lal (Indian-American soil scientist) in 2020

The Right Livelihood Award