Article Detail Name of first Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award ? Answer: G. Shankar Kurup Similar Questions : 1. Name of first speaker of Lok Sabha ? Answer: G.V. Mavlankar from 1952-1957 2. Name of first Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award ? Answer: Dr. S Radhakrishnan 3. First Indian to go into space ? Answer: Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma 4. Name of India's first woman IPS officer ? Answer: Kiran Bedi 5. Name of the First Indian Author to get the Anderson Award ? Answer: Ruskin Bond 6. Name of the first person to get Paramvir Chakra Answer: Major Somnath Sharma 7. Name of the first woman musician of India to get Bharat Ratna ? Answer: M.S. Subbulakshmi Read more from - First in India