List of major international awards from around the world

 Here is a list of major international awards that you need to know about:

Nobel Prize

• This is the most prestigious award in the world. It was set-up in 1900 under the will of Alfred Bernhard Nobel.
• The Nobel Prizes are presented annually on December 10, the death anniversary of the founder.
• It is given in the fields of Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine (from 1901) and Economics (from 1969).

Grammy Awards

• It is awarded for the outstanding achievements in the music industry by the National Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences, America.
• It was started in 1959.
• Pandit Ravi Shankar has received the Grammy Award three times.

• Pulitzer Prize

• This international award was instituted in 1917 and named after US publisher Joseph Pulitzer.
• It is conferred annually in the United States for the accomplishments in journalism, literature and music.

• Magsaysay Awards

• This major award was instituted in 1957.
• It was named after Ramon Magsaysay, the former President of Philippines.
• The award is given annually on August 31, the birth anniversary of Magsaysay, for outstanding contributions in public service, community leadership, journalism, literature and creative arts and international understanding.
• It is given every year to individuals or organisations in Asia who manifest the same selfless service and transformative influence that ruled the life of the late and beloved Filipino leader.
• Magsaysay Award winners will each receive a certificate, a medallion bearing the likeness of the late President, and a cash prize.

• Man Booker Prize

  • This major international award was instituted in 1968.
  • It is the highest literary award of the world, set-up by the Booker Company and the British Pulishers Association along the lines of the Pulitzer Prize of USA.

  
  

  Right Livelihood Award

  • The Right Livelihood Award was established in 1980.
  • This major international award is also referred as ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’.
  • It is given to persons to honour those “working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today.”

  
  

  Oscar Awards

  • This major international award was instituted in 1929.
  • These awards are conferred annually by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, USA, in recognition of outstanding contribution in the various fields of film making.
  • The Indian films nominated for Oscars are Mother India (1957), Salaam Bombay (1988), Lagaan (2001)
  • Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian to win an Oscar Award in 1982 for costume design in Gandhi Movie.

  UN Human Rights Award

• This international award was instituted in 1966.
• It is given every five years for individual contributions to the establishment of human rights.