The CNN–News18 Indian of the Year (initially 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. The idea of the award was originated by journalists: 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[edit] Main awards[edit] 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 Abhin 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 Devi Prasad Shetty --- 2013 Stop Acid Attacks Arvind Kejriwal P. V. Sindhu[1] Rajiv Bajaj Kapil Sharma[2] ADR & Lily Thomas[3][4][5] --- 2014[6] 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 --- --- 2024 --- --- Jasprit Bumrah Sangita Reddy Lapata Ladies --- --- Special awards[edit]1. 2007
Lifetime Achievement - R K Laxman2. 2008
Lifetime Achievement - Dilip Kumar Special Awards - Tukaram Omble Special Awards - Mumbai Police Special Awards - Sheila Dikshit3. 2009
Lifetime Achievement - Pandit Ri Shankar Special Awards - Kamal Haasan Special Awards - Indian Cricket Team4. 2010
Lifetime Achievement - M. S. Swaminathan5. 2011
Lifetime Achievement - Verghese Kurien Outstanding Achievement - K J Yesudas Special Awards - Yuvraj Singh Special Awards - Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network Special Awards - Ronjan Sodhi6. 2012
Lifetime Achievement - Heroes of Rezang La, 1962 Special Awards - Aamir Khan & Team Satyamev Jayate Special Awards - MC Mary Kom Special Awards - Tessy Thomas & Team DRDO7. 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
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 Nadella8. 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 Paes10. 2017
Outstanding Achievement in Business: Adar Poonawalla Special Achievement Award: India women's national cricket team Special Achievement Award: Manushi Chhillar Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment (2017): Team Baahubali[7][8]12. 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 Wahab13. 2023
Outstanding Achievement - ISRO Youth Icon (Jury) - Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju Youth Icon (Popular) - Anirudh Richander Climate Warriors - Arun Krishnamurthy, Saalumarada Thimmakka Social Change - Ri Kannan R Special Mention - Heroes of Uttarkashi See also[edit] NDTV Indian of the Year References[edit] ^ a b c "Leander Paes and Ramakant Achrekar named CNN-IBN Indian of the Year". Yahoo News. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 4 January 2014. ^ a b "Kapil Sharma honoured with Indian of the Year award". The Times of India. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014. ^ "INDIAN OF THE YEAR 2013". CNN IBN. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. ^ "Stop Acid Attacks is Indian of the Year, Arvind Kejriwal wins for politics". IBN LIVE. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. ^ "Virat Kohli Biography". Retrieved 26 March 2022. ^ "News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates". News18. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2018. ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash. "Baahubali 3 will happen in sometime in future, producer reveals after being honoured at CNN-News18 Awards". International Business Times, India Edition. ^ "Virat Kohli named CNN-NEWS18 Indian of the Year; says, 'Would love for cricket to be Olympic sport' LIVE News, Latest Updates, Live blog, Highlights and Live coverage - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 30 November 2017.