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Videocon India Youth Icon Awards

Videocon India Youth Icon Awards 2009

Media September 27, 2009 by Nishitha

Last evening Rahul Gandhi and Aishwarya Rai, along with others, were honored as the Youth Icons during the inaugural Videocon India Youth Icon Awards in a grand evening hosted by Wizcraft International Entertainment 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 winners of the first Videocon India Youth Icon Awards are; Priyanka Chopra (Entertainment Icon of the year, female), Hrithik Roshan (Entertainment Icon of the year, male), Abhinav Bindra (Sports), Sachin Bhatia (Technology), Chetan Bhagat (Arts), Ajay Bijli (Entrepreneurship, Private), Barkha Dutt (Media), Rahul Bose (Social Justice) and Omar Abdullah (Politics).

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 recognized 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. Manjunath. Their families were called on stage and recognized by Nafisa Ali with a Shawl.

Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat

During the program 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.

Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra

On this occasion, talking about Videocon’s association with the Videocon India Youth Icon Awards (VIYIA), Mr. Pradeep Dhoot, President, Videocon Industries Ltd, said, Videocon as a brand today believes in change, we look forward to being a part of any form of change that is refreshing, entertaining and progressing.

VIYIA is a platform that acknowledges the drivers of change, “The Youth Leaders and Motivators of today,” who are greatly responsible for all the positive transformations around us.

Videocon India Youth Icon Awards is a platform to identify and honor 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.

Abhinav Bindra
Abhinav Bindra

On introducing this unique awards property, Mr. Sabbas Joseph, Director, Wizcraft International, shared, We believe that the Youth will take us forward into the next century. Their Icons must be those with determination, courage, and aspiration. Instituting the Videocon India Youth Icon Awards is a step in that direction. It’s an endeavor to identify and honor such commendable Individuals.

Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai
Deepika Padukon, Madhur Bhandarkar
Deepika Padukon, Madhur Bhandarkar
Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza
Hussain and Mini Mathur
Hussain and Mini Mathur
Sayali Bhagat
Sayali Bhagat
Barkha Dutt
Barkha Dutt
Ajay Bilji
Ajay Bilji
Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose
Priyanka Chopra, Venugopal Dhoot, Priya Dutt
Priyanka Chopra, Venugopal Dhoot, Priya Dutt
Manish Malhotra, Deepika Padukon
Manish Malhotra, Deepika Padukon
Manish Malhotra Fashion Show
Manish Malhotra Fashion Show
Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan
Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza
Deepika Padukon
Deepika Padukone
Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai
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  1. Profile picture for vijayrajvijayraj says

    September 29, 2009 at 10:54 am

    awesome..
    Videocon has done a great a comeback..

    good luck :)

    i want to learn photography tricks to take such a glamorous snaps

    can someone teach me how to take such gorgeous shots of events… i want to learn event photography…

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