Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) in different categories. As of 2021, 13 Indians have been nominated and eight have won Oscars including in the scientific and technical category.

At the 30th Academy Awards, Mehboob Khan's 1957 Hindi-language film Mother India was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. It was nominated alongside four other films and lost to the Italian film Nights of Cabiria (1957) by one vote.In 1982, The National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producing Richard Attenborough's biographical film Gandhi.^[4][5] At the 55th Academy Awards, Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes. Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Score for the same film.As of 2022, apart from Mother India, only two Indian films have been nominated for the Oscars—Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001).

In 1992, legendary Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray was bestowed with an Honorary Academy Award, becoming the only Indian to date to receive the honour.^[8] Resul Pookutty and A. R. Rahman won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Score respectively for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman also shared the Best Original Song Award with lyricist Gulzar for the song "Jai Ho". Rahman is the only Indian to win more than one Academy Award.^[10] Several Indians and Indian Americans have received the Oscars in the technical category like Rahul Thakkar, Cottalango Leon and Vikas Sathaye.

Honorary awards

Year	Recipient	Note

Competitive awards[edit]

Competitive awards

Year	Nominee(s)/recipient(s)	Film	Category	Result
1958 (30th)	Mother India	Mother India	Best Foreign Language Film	Nominated
1961 (33rd)	Ismail Merchant	The Creation of Woman	Best Short Subject (Live Action)	Nominated
1969 (41st)	Fali Bilimoria	The House That Ananda Built	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Nominated
1978 (50th)	Ishu Patel	Bead Game	Best Animated Short Film	Nominated
1979 (51st)	K. K. Kapil	An Encounter with Faces	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Nominated
1983 (55th)	Bhanu Athaiya	Gandhi	Best Costume Design	Won
	Ravi Shankar		Best Original Score	Nominated
1987 (59th)	Ismail Merchant	A Room with a View	Best Picture	Nominated
1989 (61st)	Salaam Bombay!	Salaam Bombay!	Best Foreign Language Film	Nominated
1993 (65th)	Ismail Merchant	Howards End	Best Picture	Nominated
1994 (66th)		The Remains of the Day		Nominated
2002 (74th)	Lagaan	Lagaan	Best Foreign Language Film	Nominated
2005 (77th)	Ashvin Kumar	Little Terrorist	Best Short Subject (Live Action)	Nominated
2009 (81st)	Resul Pookutty	Slumdog Millionaire	Best Sound Mixing	Won
	Gulzar (Lyrics)		Best Original Song (For "Jai Ho")	Won
	A. R. Rahman (Music)			Won
			Best Original Score	Won
			Best Original Song (For "O… Saya")	Nominated
2011 (83rd)		127 Hours	Best Original Score	Nominated
			Best Original Song (For "If I Rise")	Nominated
2013 (85th)	Bombay Jayashri (Lyrics)	Life of Pi	Best Original Song (For "Pi's Lullaby ")	Nominated
2019 (91st)	Guneet Monga	Period. End of Sentence.	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Won
2022 (94th)	Rintu Thomas Sushmit Ghosh	Writing with Fire	Best Documentary Feature	Nominated
2023 (95th)	Shaunak Sen Aman Mann	All That Breathes	Best Documentary Feature	Nominated	]
	Kartiki Gonsalves Guneet Monga	The Elephant Whisperers	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Won
	M.M. Keeravani (Music) Chandrabose (Lyrics)	RRR	Best Original Song (For "Naatu Naatu")	Won