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{{short description|Indian annual award}}
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{{Infobox award
| name        = '''CNN–News18 Indian of the Year'''
| current_awards =
| awarded_for = An Honour That Embodies Greatness
| presenter   = [[CNN-News18]]
| country     = [[India]]
| year        = 2006
| website     = [http://www.indianoftheyear.com indianoftheyear.com]
}}
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|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 ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Person
!Politics
!Sports
!Business
!Entertainment
!Public Service
![[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|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]] || [[Chandrayaan-1|Team Chandrayaan]]|| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| 2009 || [[A. R. Rahman]]||[[Rahul Gandhi]] || [[Saina Nehwal]] || [[Satyam accounting scandal#New CEO and special advisors|Satyam Revival Team]]|| [[A. R. Rahman]] || [[Pratham]]|| ---
|-
| 2010 ||[[Nitish Kumar]] ||[[Nitish Kumar]] || [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|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]]<ref name="Sports13" /> || [[Rajiv Bajaj]] || [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]<ref name="Ent13">{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-22/news-interviews/45473423_1_comedy-nights-kapil-sharma-deepika-padukone | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226215931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-22/news-interviews/45473423_1_comedy-nights-kapil-sharma-deepika-padukone | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 December 2013 | title=Kapil Sharma honoured with Indian of the Year award | date=22 December 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref> || [[Association for Democratic Reforms|ADR]] & [[Lily Thomas (lawyer)|Lily Thomas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianoftheyear.com/winners-2013.php|title=INDIAN OF THE YEAR 2013|publisher=CNN IBN|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108205753/http://www.indianoftheyear.com/winners-2013.php|archive-date=2014-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stop-acid-attacks-is-indian-of-the-year-arvind-kejriwal-wins-for-politics/440784-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222085343/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stop-acid-attacks-is-indian-of-the-year-arvind-kejriwal-wins-for-politics/440784-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 December 2013|title=Stop Acid Attacks is Indian of the Year, Arvind Kejriwal wins for politics|publisher=IBN LIVE|date=21 December 2013}}</ref> || ---
|-
| 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/list-of-winners-of-indian-of-the-year-2014/534516-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319195050/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/list-of-winners-of-indian-of-the-year-2014/534516-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2015|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates|website=News18|accessdate=24 May 2018}}</ref> || [[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 ===
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]] & [[Satyamev Jayate (TV series)|Team Satyamev Jayate]]
* Special Awards - [[MC Mary Kom]]
* Special Awards - [[Tessy Thomas]] & Team [[DRDO]]
7. 2013
* Outstanding Achievement - [[Leander Paes]]<ref name="Sports13">{{cite web | url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/leander-paes-ramakant-achrekar-named-085454750.html | title=Leander Paes and Ramakant Achrekar named CNN-IBN Indian of the Year | publisher=[[Yahoo|Yahoo News]] | date=22 December 2013 | accessdate=4 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204233/http://in.news.yahoo.com/leander-paes-ramakant-achrekar-named-085454750.html | archive-date=2014-01-04 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2013 Outstanding Achievement - [[Ramakant Achrekar]]<ref name=Sports13/>
* Special Awards - Team [[ITBP]] and [[National Disaster Response Force|NDRF]]
* Special Awards - [[Deepika Padukone]]<ref name=Ent13/>
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, Sr.|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): [[Baahubali 2: The Conclusion|Team Baahubali]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/baahubali-3-will-happen-sometime-future-producer-reveals-after-being-honoured-cnn-news18-awards-751488|title=Baahubali 3 will happen in sometime in future, producer reveals after being honoured at CNN-News18 Awards|last=Upadhyaya|first=Prakash|work=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/cnn-news18-indian-of-the-year-live-team-baahubali-pv-sindhu-activist-afroze-shah-among-nominees-4235653.html|title=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|website=www.firstpost.com|date=30 November 2017 }}</ref>
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==
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