Awards and Recognition


Year Award
2009 FDI magazine honoured Narendra Modi the Asian Winner of the 'FDI Personality of the Year'award.
2014 On Forbes magazine's list of the 'World's Most Powerful People' , he ranked at 15.
2014 He was awarded Indian of the Year by CNN-IBN news network.
2015 Time Magazine released '30 most influential people on the internet'list and he was named as the second most-followed politician on Twitter and Facebook.
2015 Modi was ranked the 13th-Most-Influential Person in the World by Bloomberg Markets Magazine.
2015 He was ranked fifth on Fortune Magazine's first annual list of the "World's Greatest Leaders".
2016 A wax statue of Modi was unveiled at Madame Tussaud Wax Museum in London.
2016 He was conferred with the Amir Amanullah Khan Award, the highest civilian honour of Afghanistan.
2016 Modi was conferred with the Saudi Arabia's highest civilian honour 'King Abdulaziz Sash' by King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
2017 The Gallup International Association (GIA) conducted a poll and ranked Modi as third top leader of the world.
2018 He is the third most followed head of the state on Twitter and the topmost followed world leader on Facebook and Instagram.
2018 He ranked 9th in Forbes World's Most Powerful People list
2018 Narendra Modi received UN's highest environmental award, the 'Champions of the Earth' for policy leadership by “pioneering works in championing” the International Solar Alliance and “new areas of levels of cooperation on environmental action”.
2019 The first Philip Kotler presidential Award is also received by Narendra Modi
2019 UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Al Nahyan has conferred on Indian PM Narendra Modi, the Zayed Medal, the highest decoration awarded to kings, presidents and heads of the states. He received the honour in appreciation of his efforts in maintaining strategic ties with UAE.