The CNN–News18 Indian of the Year (initially CNN–IBN Indian of the Year) is an annual award given by the Indian media house CNN-News18 to recognize outstanding Indians in their respective fields. The awards are presented across various categories including Sports, Business, Politics, Entertainment, Public Service, and Global Indian. The concept for the award was created by journalists Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose.
In addition to the traditional award categories of Business, Sports, Politics, Public Service Entertainment, 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 selected from 35 nominees across categories basis the votes received from public through Facebook.
List Of Winners of the CNN–News18 Indian of the Year Awards:
| Year | Person | Politics | Sports | Business | Entertainment | Public Service | Global Indian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Manmohan Singh | Manmohan Singh | Jeev Milkha Singh | Ratan Tata | Rajkumar Hirani | Arvind Kejriwal | Indra Nooyi |
| 2007 | E. Sreedharan | P. Chidambaram | Viswanathan Anand | O. P. Bhatt | Shimit Amin and Jaideep Sahni | E Sreedharan | Arun Sarin |
| 2008 | Chandrayaan | Nitish Kumar | Abhinav Bindra | Aditya Puri | Aamir Khan | Team Chandrayaan | A. R. Rahman |
| 2009 | A R Rahman | Rahul Gandhi | Saina Nehwal | Satyam Revival Team | A. R. Rahman | Pratham | — |
| 2010 | Nitish Kumar | Nitish Kumar | Sushil Kumar | Kumar Mangalam Birla | S. Shankar | Ladakh Ecological Development Group & Seeds India | — |
| 2011 | Anna Hazare | Mamata Banerjee | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Dilip Shanghvi | Amitabh Bachchan and team KBC | Binalakshmi Nepram, Founder of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network | — |
| 2012 | Viswanathan Anand | Manohar Parrikar | Viswanathan Anand | Yusuf Hamied | Irrfan Khan | Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty | — |
| 2013 | Stop Acid Attacks | Arvind Kejriwal | P. V. Sindhu | Rajiv Bajaj | Kapil Sharma | ADR & Lily Thomas | — |
| 2014 | Narendra Modi | Arun Jaitley | Jitu Rai | N Chandrasekaran | Chetan Bhagat | Tongam Rina | Satya Nadella |
| 2015 | People of Chennai | — | Sania Mirza | Bandhan Bank | S. S. Rajamouli | People of Chennai | — |
| 2017 | Virat Kohli | — | Kidambi Srikanth | Acharya Balkrishna | Raj Kumar Rao | Afroz Shah | — |
| 2022 | Neeraj Chopra | Yogi Adityanath | Neeraj Chopra | — | Allu Arjun | — | — |
| 2023 | Shah Rukh Khan | Narendra Modi | Neeraj Chopra | Dinesh Kumar Khara | Mani Ratnam | — | — |
Special Awards Winners
2007
- Lifetime Achievement: R K Laxman
2008
- Lifetime Achievement: Dilip Kumar
- Special Awards: Tukaram Omble, Mumbai Police, Sheila Dikshit
2009
- Lifetime Achievement: Pandit Ravi Shankar
- Special Awards: Kamal Haasan, Indian Cricket Team
2010
- Lifetime Achievement: M. S. Swaminathan
2011
- Lifetime Achievement: Verghese Kurien
- Outstanding Achievement: K J Yesudas
- Special Awards: Yuvraj Singh, Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network, Ronjan Sodhi
2012
- Lifetime Achievement: Heroes of Rezang La, 1962
- Special Awards: Aamir Khan & Team Satyamev Jayate, MC Mary Kom, Tessy Thomas & Team DRDO
2013
- Outstanding Achievement: Leander Paes, Ramakant Achrekar
- Special Awards: Team ITBP and NDRF, Deepika Padukone
2014
- 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
- Public Service: Tongam Rina
- Politics: Arun Jaitley
- Global Indian: Satya Nadella
2015
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Balbir Singh Dosanjh
- Outstanding Achievement Award: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, United Technologies (Make in India)
- Special Achievement Award: Kangana Ranaut, Ranveer Singh
- Public Service: People of Chennai
- Special Jury Award: Leander Paes
2017
- Outstanding Achievement in Business: Adar Poonawalla
- Special Achievement Award: India women’s national cricket team, Manushi Chhillar
- Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment: Team Baahubali
2022
- Outstanding Achievement: Sania Mirza, Ranveer Singh
- Special Achievement: Sonu Sood
- Climate Warrior: M. Yoganathan
- Social Change: Shankare Gowda
- Start-ups: Zoho Corporation
- Special Mention: Kulsum Shadab Wahab
2023
- Outstanding Achievement: ISRO
- Youth Icon (Jury): Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju
- Youth Icon (Popular): Anirudh Ravichander
- Climate Warriors: Arun Krishnamurthy, Saalumarada Thimmakka
- Social Change: Ravi Kannan R
- Special Mention: Heroes of Uttarkashi
Conclusion
The CNN–News18 Indian of the Year Awards celebrates outstanding achievements across various fields recognizing individuals and groups who have made significant contributions to the Indian society. This prestigious event honors excellence and inspires future generations to strive for greatness.
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