The India Youth Icon Awards, 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 the society, was held recently in Gurgaon.
Youth Icons were selected from a total of nine categories, including Politics, Technology Entertainment, Art, Social Justice and Welfare, Media, Business and Sports. These iconic achievers were honoured with the ”I award”. The ”I” symbolizing Individual, Inspiration, Icon & India.
Following is the list of the winners:
India Youth Icon award for Entertainment:
Actor Hrithik Roshan in Male category
Actress Priyanka Chopra in Female category
India Youth Icon in Entrepreneurship:
Ajay Bijli, Chairman & Managing Director, PVR Cinemas Ltd.
India Youth Icon for Sports:
Abhinav Bindra – Shooting
Special Awards:
Global Face of the Year – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
ICON of the Year – Rahul Gandhi
Fashion Icon of the year – Deepika Padukone
Community icon of the year – Pukar & Community
India Youth Icon for the Arts:
Chetan Bhagat Author
India Youth Icon for Media:
Barkha Dutt, Group Editor, English News Channel NDTV
India Youth Icon for Social Justice and Welfare:
Rahul Bose, Founder, The Foundation.
India Youth Icon for Politics:
Omar Abdullah
India Youth Icon for Technology:
Sachin Bhatia, Founder & CEO, Makemytrip.com
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