In the second stint of the Times Now NRI of the Year Awards partnered by the Global Indian International School, actor Shah Rukh Khan was awarded with the title of “The Global Indian Icon” on 10 April 2015 in Mumbai.

The awards function that was attended by distinguished NRIs from over 12 countries saw the presence of eminent people including heads of international businesses, CEOs, businessmen and the winners of the Femina Miss India 2015 pageant. Also present at the event were Usha Uthup, Tisca Chopra, Jackky Bhagnani and Isha Koppikar among others. The coveted awards won by 16 individuals under seven different categories received nominations from North America, UK, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

GIIS students cheer for Nagamani Teja who won the award for his achievements in academics in the students@aps@ category

Five students were selected from GIIS in Singapore to attend the event and interact with the award winners. Besides, SRK, the Special Jury Award winner was Indian-American Executive, Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft.

"The 21 million Indian Diaspora now have a reputed and robust recognition platform to showcase their extraordinary contributions to the 1.2 billion strong Indian community. The commendation conferred by the @aps@NRI of the Year Award@aps@ to these outstanding individuals with remarkable achievements, is a befitting honour. As an international school where excellence is in the DNA, GIIS is proud to be a co-founding partner of the @aps@NRI of the Year Award@aps@ with Times Now,” said Mr Atul Temurnikar, Chairman Global Schools Foundation.

The award categories covered the Indian Diaspora worldwide and included Entrepreneur, Professional, Academics, Art & Culture, Philanthropy, Special Jury Award and India@aps@s Global Icon Award. GIIS East Coast Campus student, Vallamkonda Nagamani Teja (Asia Pacific) won the award for his achievements in academics in the students’ category. The other award winners honoured for their role in academics and winning the Special Jury Awards were, Kehkashan Maushum Basu (Middle East) and Sarthak Sinha (North America).

Winners in the Professional category included Anju Jaswal (Asia Pacific), Dr. Rahavan Seetharaman (Middle East), Subhash Chandra Basu (North America) and Gaurav Atreja (UK). The others included Bharat Kumar Jayantilal from Middle East, Dr Asha Seth from North America and Manjit Singh Nijjar from UK (for Philanthropy). In the Art and Culture section, Tripti Mukherjee (North America) clinched the top honour. Those who emerged as Best Entrepreneurs were Harindarpal Singh Banga (Asia Pacific), Arun Agarwal (North America) and Dr Ravi Pillai (Middle East).

The awards were presented by Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank, Bollywood Stars and jury members. On this occasion, cartoonist Sudhir Dhar released a commemorative art of an NRI. The evening saw a dazzling performance by Usha Uthup and was hosted by Tisca Chopra.

News Links:

• http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-declared-global-icon-of-the-year/
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Shah-Rukh-Khan-honoured-at-Times-Now-ICICI-Bank-NRI-of-the-Year-Awards-in-Mumbai/articleshow/46958813.cm

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