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  • As NDTV celebrates its Silver Jubilee, it announced the winners of 'Indian of the Year'

    NDTV honours Indians of the Year

    By A Correspondent

     

    Celebrating its silver jubilee, NDTV announced the winners of the sixth edition of its ‘Indians of the Year’ awards at a ceremony with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as chief guest. The NDTV ‘Indian of the Year’ Awards are held annually to recognize Indians whose contributions to the country have strengthened the foundation of our society and helped build Brand India.

     

    Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj was guest of honour. Others present included chief ministers Sheila Dikshit, Omar Abdullah and Dr Mukul Sangma; External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and I&B Minister Manish Tewari.

     

    Congratulating NDTV on turning 25 this year, Prime Minister Mannohan Singh said, “The period of 25 years that NDTV has been in business is also broadly the period of economic reforms in our country. I am also very happy that NDTV has taken up many campaigns on vital issues such as education, health and environment. I hope to see many more channels put in such efforts.”

     

    The awardees are:

    1. Daughter of India – Nirbhaya

    2. Justice for the Indian woman – Justice JS Verma the JS Verma Committee, Justice Leila Seth and Gopal Subramaniam

    3. Lifestyle Achievement Awards – Late Yash Raj Chopra, Late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Dr. C Pratap Reddy, Founder Chairperson, Apollo Hospital Group

    4. Sportspersons of the year – Gagan Narang and Yogeshwar Dutt

    5. Business Leader of the year – N Chandrashekaran, Tata Consulting Services

    6. Entertainer of the year – Sridevi

    7. Entertainer of the decade – Kareena Kapoor

    8. LIC Unsung Hero – Rajni Sekhri Sibal

     

    The awards ceremony was spiced up with a performance by Farhan Akhtar.

     

  • Star India CEO Uday Shankar and the team behind Satyamev Jayate were honoured for their contribution in highlighting several social ills and generating awareness and solutions for them

    Satyamev Jayate Bags ‘Indian of The Year’ Special Achievement Award by CNN-IBN

    Left to right: Uday-Shankar-CEO-Star-India-Svati-Chakravarty-Bhatkal-and-Satyajit-Bhatkal-from-team-Satyamev-Jayate-Actor-Shabana-Azmi-at-the-CNN-IBN-Indian-of-the-Year-Award-Ceremony

     

    By A Correspondent

     

    Non-fiction television show Satyamev Jayate on Wednesday bagged the CNN-IBN Indian of The Year – Special Achievement Award 2012 for its path-breaking initiative.

     

    A release from Star India said that this accolade for Satyamev Jayate follows soon after recognition by the Government of India earlier this year. The show had been rewarded by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes in October for its efforts to create awareness against social discrimination.

     

    Satyamev Jayate won the CNN-IBN ‘Indian of The Year’ award under Special Achievement category along with Olympian Mary Kom and missile scientist Dr K C Thomas.

     

    Star India CEO Uday Shankar and the Satyamev Jayate team were honoured for their remarkable contribution in highlighting several social ills that continue to plague modern India and to help create awareness against such evils through the pioneering TV programme.

     

    “This award is extremely special to us at Star as responses from viewers were critical in deciding a winner. Satyamev Jayate was an initiative to offer a public platform to issues that concern all Indians and it’s quite humbling to see these efforts being recognized,” Mr Shankar said.

     

    Satyamev Jayate was also nominated in the most influential entertainer of the year category for its innovative use of television as a medium for social change.

     

    Satyamev Jayate was a landmark show in Indian television that set new benchmarks from the very first episode earlier this year. Star India was instrumental in helping conceive the show, which also demonstrated how TV can be an effective tool to influence social change and empower people.

     

    CNN-IBN Indian of the Year is one of the biggest and the most credible awards that are decided on the basis of votes from the general public as well as the eminent citizens of India. The award has been recognizing outstanding contributions by Indians to nation- building for the past seven years.

     

    The winners were selected through a four-tier process that began with selecting nominees in different categories by senior editors of Network18 which is ratified by a jury consisting of Padma awardees and concluded with polling by citizens from across the globe to choose their favourite Indians.

     

    Satyamev Jayate reached a third of India’s population, airing simultaneously in multiple languages. It was the most-talked about show during its 13-week run, questioning social mores, helping shape mindsets and leaving an imprint on the minds of people with compelling tales from everyday life.

     

  • CNN-IBN is all set to host Indian of the Year 2011 in New Delhi on December 16, 2011. The award recognizes and honours those Indians whose endeavours have set an example and done the country proud.

    CNN-IBN’s Indian of the Year on Friday

    By Akash Raha

     

    CNN-IBN is all set to host Indian of the Year 2011 in New Delhi on December 16, 2011. In its sixth edition, this initiative will celebrate and honour famous personalities from various walks of life. The chief guest at this occasion will be Speaker of the Lok Sabha Meira Kumar.

     

    Speaking about the event, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat, said, “CNN-IBN Indian of the Year awards have created a benchmark of excellence in choosing the most influential and deserving winners. The immense success of the award in the past has raised the bar for this initiative and we are looking forward to a great show this year as well.”

     

    These iconic Indians will be chosen from five different categories – Politics, Sports, Business, Entertainment and Public Service. The awards are chosen by a four-tier selection process which includes nominations from the Network18 editorial board, ratification by the jury, and voting by the electoral college and Indian citizens.

     

    The CNN-IBN Indian of the Year winners in the past have been:

    2010 – Nitish Kumar

    2009 – A R Rahman

    2008 – G Madhavan Nair & Team Chandrayaan

    2007 – E Sreedharan

    2006 – Dr Manmohan Singh

  • Prannoy Roy and team ably led by Barkha Dutt were in their element and handled proceedings with aplomb.

    NDTV’s Indian of the Year awarded, in style

    By Rahul Kishore

    It’s always nice to be a part of the annual NDTV Indian of the Year event and this year was no different.

    Prannoy Roy and team ably led by Barkha Dutt were in their element and handled proceedings with aplomb. That they managed to get all the awardwinners barring Narayan Murthy was proof of their leadership position in the news domain.

    Dr Roy started by a small speech which essentially targetted his own fraternity, the media.He said that the media should not be above the law and stricter rules needed to be framed to handle defamation. These laws should be framed by the judiciary and not the government.It did not find favour with his friends in media but he would still back it.

    Now onto the awards. Dev Anand at 88 and Rahul Dravid at 35 were honoured with lifetime achievement. This was followed by the World Cup winning squad, save Harbhajan and Sachin. Dhoni spoke quite well. When Gavaskar was asked what was the essential difference between the team in 1983 and this one, he said his was better looking! Brought the house down.

    The following award was presented to Pranab Mukherjee and this was followed by one to Nandan Nilenkani.The main award was ‘Indian of the Year’ and it predictably went to Anna Hazare.  Alok Kejriwal received it on his behalf as Anna was on a maun vrat. He answered questions by scribbling on a pad. The afternoon was not without its theatrics with Kejriwal doing a ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ as well as an ‘Inquilab Zindabad’.Quite dramatic!

    What the crowd waits for is Bollywood and they were not disappointed.Shankar Ehsan Loy got an award as well as the team of Zindagi na milegi dobara. Shankar managed to sing as well.Farhan in fact was quite a sport and managed to shake a leg with Barkha Dutt.

    I enjoyed it thoroughly. What were the shortcomings? Well no mention of a jury or selection process and somewhat not as glamorous as last year, but it was a classy event as only NDTV can do.On to next year…

    Rahul Kishore is Senior Vice-President, Vivaki Exchange

     

    Additional reporting by MxM India correspondent:

    NDTV announced the much awaited ‘Indian of the Year Award 2011’ in a star studded ceremony held in Delhi. Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal were declared as NDTV Indian of The Year 2011 for their exceptional contribution towards the society in the past year.

    Evergreen actor Dev Anand and Cricketer Rahul Dravid were honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards. M.S. Dhoni received the Indian Heroes Award with several of his team mates.

     

    Dr Prannoy Roy, Chaiman, NDTV in his opening address spoke about the eventful year gone by being a transformational year for the country. “The Indian media today is the most fearless around the world. As part of the media, we are proud to be country’s fourth pillar. I feel it’s imperative now to have strong and effective defamation laws in the country.” He also added “Media cannot be above the law.”

    Arvind Kejriwal on being felicitated as the Indian of the Year 2011 said, “I would like to dedicate this award to Anna Hazare and people of this country since I believe that every Indian is truly an Indian of the Year.”

    Anna Hazare also extended his gratitude by thanking NDTV on being awarded with the title of the Indian of the Year by writing a message on a paper. He wrote, “If the Government fails to pass the bill then I will be forced to launch the agitation movement again.”(Since Anna Hazare is currently on the ‘Maun Vrat’ in his village – the channel connected with him live through a videoconferencing).

    Also, receiving the Lifetime Achievement award, Rahul Dravid said ‘I am grateful to NDTV for this honour. I would like to thank all my fans for their love and support.’