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
Main awards Ceremony YearPersonPoliticsSportsBusinessEntertainmentPublic ServiceGlobal Indian 1st 2006 Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh Jeev Milkha Singh Ratan Tata Rajkumar Hirani Arvind Kejriwal Indra Nooyi 2nd 2007 E. SreedharanP. Chidambaram Viswanathan Anand O. P. Bhatt Shimit Amin and Jaideep Sahni E. Sreedharan Arun Sarin 3rd 2008 ChandrayaanNitish Kumar Abhinav Bindra Aditya Puri Aamir Khan Team Chandrayaan A. R. Rahman 4th 2009 A. R. RahmanRahul Gandhi Saina Nehwal Satyam Revival Team A. R. Rahman Pratham --- 5th 2010 Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar Sushil Kumar Kumar Mangalam Birla S. Shankar Ladakh Ecological Development Group & Seeds India --- 6th 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 --- 7th 2012 Viswanathan AnandManohar Parrikar Viswanathan Anand Yusuf Hamied Irrfan Khan Devi Prasad Shetty --- 8th 2013 Stop Acid Attack Arvind Kejriwal P. V. Sindhu Rajiv Bajaj Kapil Sharma ADR & Lily Thomas --- 9th 2014 Narendra Modi Arun Jaitley Jitu Rai N. Chandrasekaran Chetan Bhagat Tongam Rina Satya Nadella 10th 2015 People of Chennai --- Sania Mirza Bandhan Bank S. S. Rajamouli People of Chennai ---11th 2017Virat KohliKidambi SrikanthAcharya BalkrishnaRaj Kumar RaoAfroz Shah —— 2018–2021 Not held 12th 2022Neeraj ChopraYogi AdityanathNeeraj Chopra---Allu Arjun------ 13th 2023Shah Rukh Khan Narendra ModiNeeraj ChopraDinesh Kumar KharaMani Ratnam --- --- 14th 2024Kartik Aryan ---Jasprit Bumrah Sangita Reddy Lapata Ladies Adhik Kadam --- 15th 2025Harmanpreet KaurSuruchi PhogatBaba KalyaniArijit Singh Chef Vijay Kumar
Special awards 1. 2007
Lifetime Achievement - R K Laxman
2. 2008
Lifetime Achievement - Dilip Kumar
Special Awards - Tukaram Omble Special Awards - Mumbai Police Special Awards - Sheila Dikshit 3. 2009
Lifetime Achievement - Pandit Ravi Shankar
Special Awards - Kamal Haasan Special Awards - Indian Cricket Team 4. 2010
Lifetime Achievement - M. S. Swaminathan
5. 2011
Lifetime Achievement - Verghese Kurien
Outstanding Achievement - K J Yesudas Special Awards - Yuvraj Singh Special Awards - Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network Special Awards - Ronjan Sodhi 6. 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 DRDO 7. 2013
Outstanding Achievement - Leander Paes 2013 Outstanding Achievement - Ramakant Achrekar Special Awards - Team ITBP and NDRF Special Awards - Deepika Padukone 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 Nadella 8. 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 10. 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 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 Wahab 13. 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
See also
NDTV Indian of the Year
References