Category: Important Awards

Oskar Klein Medal 2026: Professor Ashoke Sen has been awarded the Oskar Klein Medal for 2026, becoming the first Indian physicist to receive the honour. Oskar Klein Medal is a prestigious international award that recognises outstanding contributions to theoretical physics. Established in 1988, the medal honours the legacy of Swedish theoretical physicist Oskar Klein. The […]

Sakharov Prize 2026: The International Criminal Court and its officials won the EU’s 2026 Sakharov human rights prize. Sakharov Prize is European Union’s highest honour dedicated to human rights work. It was established in 1988 and inaugural prize was jointly conferred to Nelson Mandela and Anatoli Marchenko. It is named after Soviet physicist and political […]

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2026: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences) to two American economists – Robert E. Hall (Stanford University) and Michael Woodford (Columbia University). They were honoured “for microeconomic […]

2026 Nobel Peace Prize: South African jurist and human rights champion of Indian descent (Tamil Nadu), Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, was named the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. However, the historic announcement was immediately overshadowed by a major geopolitical development. Hours after the award was announced, the United States imposed sweeping economic sanctions on […]

2026 Nobel Prize in Literature: Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy honoured her for her bold and inventive writing, which combines classical traditions with new forms of modern literature. Anne Carson Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1950, she is also a classicist and translator […]