Director General’s WHO award:

1. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India; 

South-East Asia Region WHO WNTD awardees: 

1. Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Health Association, Indore, India;
2. State Tobacco Control Cell, Uttar Pradesh, India;
3. Muhammadiyah Central Board, Jakarta, Indonesia;
4. Digital Broadcast Initiative Equal Access (DBIEA), Kathmandu, Nepal;
5. Dr Palitha Abeykoon, Former Chairman, National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol, Colombo, Sri Lanka; and
6. The Nurses’ Association of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Srinagarindra, Bangkok, Thailand 

Regional Director’s Special Recognition awardees: 

1. Professor Pratima Murthy, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, India;
2. Dr B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India;
3. Mr Fuad Baradja, National Committee on Tobacco Control, Jakarta, Indonesia;
4. Dr Araya Thongphiew, Medical Doctor, Paolophaholyothin Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand;
5. Dr Shridhar Dwivedi, Professor & Senior Cardiologist, National Heart Institute, New Delhi, India; and
6. Professor Sohel Reza Choudhury, National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh.