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  • The 2014 edition of the coveted honors is officially underway post the Jury deliberated to decide upon the distinguishing Bravehearts last weekend

    India TV annouces 2nd edition of Salaam India Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The second edition of Salaam India Awards 2014, constituted by India TV last year, is back to felicitate the exceptional acts of bravery exemplified by the common citizens of India.

     

    Following the ‘nationwide call for nominations’, the 2014 edition of the coveted honors is officially underway post the Jury deliberated to decide upon the distinguishing Bravehearts last weekend.

     

    Rajat Sharma

    This year’s Award Jury includes India TV Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Rajat Sharma, Former India CEC, Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, Former Army Chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor, Ace Shooter Col. (Retd.) Rajyavardhan S. Rathore and former IPS Dr. Kiran Bedi.

     

    In line with the guiding principle for the awards, the chosen honourees are those who are not intrinsically fearless but who could selflessly win over their fears to safeguard someone else’s interest while risking or even sacrificing their own lives, in the hour of need.

     

    Ritu Dhawan

    Announcing the second edition of the honors, India TV MD & CEO, Ritu Dhawan said, “We are glad that we are again getting a chance to felicitate our real heroes, who simply inspire us all by their actions demonstrating selflessness & fearlessness, also the most important traits of a news source.”

     

    “As a leader in the Hindi news genre, it is certainly a matter of both pleasure & contentment for us to felicitate those who are not only our role models but also who bring the positive balance to humanity, our society & nation” she added.

     

    The chosen bravehearts will be honored in a glittering ceremony on Sunday, 21st September at Hotel Taj, New Delhi. Salaam India Awards will be conferred across four categories including Bravery Awards, Gallantry Awards, Jyoti Singh Awards and Special Awards.

     

    Officer’s Choice has once again decided join hands with India TV as the presenting sponsor of the initiative along with Amrapali Group as the associate sponsor. Dainik Bhaskar & Pioneer Publicity are the media partners for the initiative. Showtime Events, one of India’s premier event management companies will be managing the event.

     

  • India TV institutes 'Officer's Choice Salaam India Awards' including awards in memory of the victim of the gruesome Delhi gangrape

    India TV honours bravehearts with Salaam India Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    India TV has instituted a bravery award in the memory of last year’s Delhi gangrape victim. This was a part of its effort to honour the bravehearts of the country with the first edition of the “Officer’s Choice Salaam India Awards” held last weekend. Other categories for Awards presented were Bravery, Gallantry & Special Awards etc.

     

    The 13 winners included Shareef Ibrahim Kutty for risking his life to save many innocent lives, Late Barun Biswas (posthumous) for his crusades against anti-social elements and eventually putting up his life for the cause he lived for, Captain Bikramjeet Singh for his exemplary display of valour during the recent Uttarakhand crises. Lakshmi for her decisive fight against the menace of acid attacks was one of the three winners of the Awards named after the gangrape victim.

     

    In his address, India TV chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma congratulated the winners and dedicated the awards as a salute to bravehearts of the nation who through their selfless and altruistic acts have kept the trust running into humanity. He also said that such deeds inculcate a spirit of courage and humanity among fellow citizens.

     

    The winners were decided on the basis of a stringent process that included call for entries, shortlisting by a high-power editorial board and final winners’ selection by a Grand Jury headed by noted jurist Ram Jethmalani. The jury included Mr Sharma, Kiran Bedi, Retired Army Chief, Gen. V.K. Singh and Retired Chief Election Commissioner Dr S Y Querashi.

     

    Amongst the powerful battery of dignitaries present included personalities like L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh, Murli Manohar Joshi, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani, Meenakshi Lekhi, Gulam Nabi Azad, Harish Rawat, Vijay Bahuguna, Shakeel Ahmed, Farooq Abdullah, Gen. VK Singh, KC Tyagi of JDU, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, Sudhindra Bhadoria, BSP and Gulshan Grover etc.

     

    Senior BJP Leader, L.K. Advani said, “I am glad that Rajatji initiated Salaam India Awards to honour the extraordinary courage displayed by ordinary citizens. As proven by the exceptional individuals here, bravery should not only be a characteristic to the defence personnel. For the cause of the great nation, that India is, individuals from every walk of life need to embody bravery and courage. This initiative by India TV is will act like a catalyst.”

     

    Union Health Minister, Gulam Nabi Azad, observed, “Unlike other awards, Salaam India Awards have the genuine potential to inspire individuals to step forward and replicate such exemplary acts of bravery. A great benchmark initiative by India TV.”

     

    Ritu Dhawan, MD and CEO, India TV stressed upon the need of such initiatives as humble but necessary steps towards a safer and cordial India.

     

  • India TV has announced Officer's Choice Salaam India Awards to recognize exemplary acts of bravery and valour

    India TV announces Salaam India awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leading news channel India TV has announced Officer’s Choice Salaam India Awards to salute the spirit of courage by the common man.

     

    The initiative will recognize exemplary acts of bravery and spirit of courage, notes a communiqué. These will be awarded to individuals who have stepped forward altruistically and with great determination to face challenges head-on, safeguarding someone else’s interest while risking their own lives, the release adds.

     

    India TV has invited nominations from all over the country. The Award will be given among four broad categories namely Bravery Awards, Gallantry Awards, Damini Awards and Special Awards. An eminent panel of jurors will select the final honorees.

     

    Ritu Dhawan

    While announcing the awards, Ritu Dhawan MD & CEO, India TV, said: “Salaam India is a humble attempt to salute our real heroes, who inspire simply by their acts of exemplary courage. As a responsible news channel, it is indeed a matter of pride for us to attempt to bring to fore light the sense of true bravery, as an inspiration for the rest of the nation.”

     

    The awards will be presented at the Taj Palace hotel in New Delhi on September 28. Officer’s Choice packaged drinking water is the title sponsor of the initiative.