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Aishwarya
Rai awarded as a Youth Icon 26 September 2009
Rahul
Gandhi and Aishwarya Rai were among those honoured
as the 'Youth Icons' during inaugural Videocon
India Youth Icon Awards held at the at Hotel Leela
Kempinski, Gurgaon. A salutation to the undying
spirit of the human endeavor to continuously excel,
the awards aim to recognize & reward individual
excellence and exemplary achievement in the genres
of Business, Sports, Entertainment, Media, Social
Welfare and Justice, Technology, The Arts, Politics
and Entertainment, culminating with the Icon of
The Year Award.
The
Videocon India Youth Icon Awards is a platform
to identify and honour young Indians who can be
emulated for their varied contribution and exemplary
merit across various fields, having made a positive
imprint on our society. They are young achievers
and can serve as icons for the youth of our country.
The
winners of first Videocon India Youth Icon
Awards are;
Priyanka Chopra
(Entertainment Icon of the year – female)
Hrithik Roshan (Entertainment
Icon of the year – male)
There were four other
awards also given out; Global Face of the Year - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,
Icon of the Year - Rahul Gandhi, Fashion Icon of the year - Deepika
Padukone and Community icon of the year - PUKAR & Community.
Apart from these awards certain others were recognised for their
crusade against corruption in the system. These were Late Jayram,
Late Sh. Kameshwar Yadav, Late Yogendra Pandey, Late Satyendra Dubey,
Late B.S. Manjunathan. Their families were called on stage and recognised
by Nafisa Ali with a Shawl.
During the programme
actress Dia Mirza and singer Mohit Chauhan entertained the guests,
the fashion show by renowned designer Manish Malhotra was another
attraction of the evening. On this occasion Shabana Azmi, Aishwarya
Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Abhinav Bindra, Rahul Bose,
Barkha Dutt, Ajay Bijli, Chetan Bhagat, Sachin Bhatia, R. Madhavan,
Irrfan Khan, Siyali Bhagat, Usha Uthup, Madhur Bhandarkar, Ajay
Jadeja, Nafisa Ali, Priya Dutt, Pradeep Dhoot, Sabbas Joseph and
many others were present. Hussain & Mini Mathur were the comperes.
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