| Abdus Salam Award | Science and Technology Award of the Third World Academy of Sciences based in Italy. Indian Physicist Prof. MGK Menon has been given this award named after late Pakistani Nobel Laureate. |
| Academy (Oscar) Awards | Academy awards are popularly known as Oscar Awards, given for excellence in the field of World Cinema. |
| Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal | Poland's Prestigious award. |
| Amnesty International Global Award | For Human Rights Journalism. Mr. Palgami Sainath was presented this award for his article in The Hindu A Dalit Goes to Court, on life of a Dalit. |
| Body Shop Human Rights Award | A Human Rights Award, an NGO form Dindigul, Andhra Pradesh got this prize in year 2000 for its work in the field of eradication of industrial child labour. |
| Booker Prize | Literary Award, awarded annually for the best full length novel in the British Commonwealth of Nations. Booker Prize Winners |
| Commonwealth Writer's Prize | For Literature. Australian novelist Peter Carey won the prize for " The True History of the Kelly Gang". |
| Friendship Medal | Award given by China, The country's top award for a foreigner. An Indian Wheat Scientist Mr. Sanjaya Rajaram was presented this award for his contribution to Beging's Agriculture sector. |
| Gandhi International Peace Award | For peace efforts. |
| Grammy Awards | Music award for best record, best song of the year, best performance, best male and female singer, best album etc. |
| Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development | Instituted by Govt. of India in memory of Indira Gandhi to foster creative cooperation among nations, usher in new international economic order and enrich the human spirit. |
| Jamnalal Bajaj Award | Awarded for best contribution in constructive work, promoting Gandhian values, science and technology for development in rural areas. |
| Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International Understanding | For promotion of international understanding, goodwill and friendship among the people of the world. |
| Jesse Owens Award | Awarded to amateur athletes for their best performance. |
| Kalinga Prize | Presented by Kalinga Foundation Trust, the award is given annually to a person or persons in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the popularisation of science and technology. |
| Nobel Prize | Highest award in the world presented by The Swedish Academy in the various fields including Peace, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Literature. |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom | USA's highest civilian honour. |
| Pulitzer Prize | For best Literary Work. |
| Ramon Magsaysay Award | Award for community leadership, Emergent Leadership. |
| Sitara-e-Imtiaz | Pakistan's highest civilian award. |
| U-Thant Peace prize | Awarded annually to leading environmentalists and recognises the work of these individuals at the global level. |
| UNESCO's Literacy Prize | Noma Literacy Prize- for activities towards national integration, conservation of environment, promotion of women's equality, producing teaching-learning materials, training establishing autonomous bodies, creating educational awareness and raising demand for quality and quantity of primary education; Malcolm Adiseshiah International Literacy Prize - learning opportunities for those who seek knowledge but cannot attend literacy classes; International Reading Association Literacy Award - for family literacy program; The King Sejong Literacy Prize - for Adult literacy and training, and for educating women. |
| Wolf Prize | Israel's highest prize equivalent to Nobel Prize of Israel. |
| World Tulsi Award | The award is given by the Florida International University of America and World Association of Vedic Studies, Miami, for contribution in promoting the humanitarian messages of the great poet Tulsidas. |