Veteran film actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha has been selected as one of the winners of prestigious Champions of Change Award 2020. He has been chosen as one of the awardees by a constitutional jury headed by K.G. Balakrishnan, Former CJI and Former Chairman, NHRC.

Sinha has been a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He is currently a member of Congress Party. Besides he has a very successful film career also. He has also received numerous accolades for his acting.

Shatrughan Sinha graduated from Patna Science College in Bihar and has a Diploma in Acting from FTII, Pune. Currently there's a scholarship being awarded in his name in the institute to Diploma students.

He has been selected as one of the awardees because of his massive contribution to the Hindi film industry and his substantial body of work in politics. He was a member of Lok Sabha (2009–2014, 2014–2019) from Patna Sahib. On 6 April 2019, Sinha became a member of the Indian National Congress Party.

Champions of Change is an Indian award, for promoting Gandhian values, (Swachata), community service and social development (in Aspirational district in india), selected by constitutional jury members headed by K.G. Balakrishnan, Former Chief Justice of India and Former Chairman NHRC. It is given annually in four categories, and usually presented by the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister of India or a leading figure. Mr. Nandan Jha is the founder and head of Champions of Change Award.

The inaugural Champions of Change Award was held in 2018 and it was distributed by the Vice-President of India M.Venkaiah Naidu at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The second edition was held in 2019 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi and awards were given by the then President of India, Sh. Pranab Mukherjee. Jharkhand CM Sh. Hemant Soren and Dy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia were among the recipients of awards.