The 'Sports Performance of the Year' award was given to para-athlete and motivation speaker Suvarna Raj as well as the Indian women's cricket team.
Also, actor Sunny Deol was awarded the 'Entertainer of the Year' award. Sunny Deol has made a strong comeback with 'Gadar 2', the remake of the 2001 film Gadar. During the program, Sunny Deol hugged the heroes of Silkyara Tunnel Rescue.
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Through these awards, those people were honored who dared to step out of the box and defined what it means to be 'a true Indian'.
Union Minister Smriti Irani, Hardeep Puri, Ashwini Vaishnav, tennis star Sania Mirza, actor Sunny Deol, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal were also present in the program.
Full list of winners:
Health Leader of the Year:
Dr. Yazdi Italia, Padmashree Awardee
– Former Honorary Director, Go-NGO Sickle Cell Anemia Control Programme, Government of Gujarat
Business Leader of the Year:
N Chandrasekaran, Chairperson, Tata Sons
Kritivasan, CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, received the award on his behalf.
Entrepreneur of the Year:
Deepinder Goyal
-CEO and Founder, Zomato
Innovator of the Year:
Piyush Bansal
– Founder, Lenskart
Indian First Award:
Amitabh Kant
– India's G20 Sherpa
Best Performing Small State Award:
Pramod Sawant
– Chief Minister of Goa
Entertainer of the Year:
sunny deol
Sports Performance of the Year:
– Indian women's cricket team
(Representation: Shafali Verma, Shriyanka Patil, Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav)
Suvarna Raj
– Para-athlete and motivation speaker
India's Heroes:
Silkyara Saviors
Actor of the Year:
Vikrant Massey
Director of the Year
Eataly
Climate Influencer of the Year:
Prajakta Koli
– UNDP Youth Climate Champion
Science Icon of the Year:
M Srikanth, Mission Director, Chandrayaan-3 and Mission Director, Aditya L1
Dr. P Veeramuthuvel, Project Director, Chandrayaan-3
K Kalpana, Associate Project Director, Chandrayaan-3
Nigar Shaji, Project Director, Aditya L1
Social Impact Influencer of the Year:
Kusha Kapila
– Actress, Influencer
The Life in India Award:
Gadge Meenakshi
– Sarpanch, Mukhara Village, Telangana
Indian of the Year:
women of india
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