ITV

Category: Awards

  • Dishum Awards hoist Bhojpuri flag in London, to be telecast on 27 Aug

    Dishum Awards hoist Bhojpuri flag in London, to be telecast on 27 Aug

    MUMBAI: The Dishum International Bhojpuri Film Awards 2017 has become the first-ever regional entertainment show ever to be held in London — on 30 July. Held at the iconic O2 Arena, the awards were given away at a function attended by the who’s who of Bhojpuri and Bollywood entertainment industry.

    The next edition of the Dishum IBFA Awards shall be held in Malaysia in July 2018.

    The Dishum IBFA awards will air exclusively as a three-hour extravaganza on Dishum Channel on 27 August ’17. Organised by Yashi Films, the IBFA Awards have taken a huge leap compared to the first two years of the show held in Mauritius (2015) and Dubai (2016) respectively.

    The show is being marketed with a campaign including outdoor, television and print media.

    Expressing delight at spreading Bhojpuri culture across the globe, Dishum Broadcasting director Vishal Gurnani said, “Bhojpuri is the second-largest speaking language after Hindi. Not only in India but in every corner of the world you will find Bhojpuri speaking people. ‘Dishum Channel’ is all set to enthrall viewers and transform Bhojpuri television from 15th August, 2017. The Dishum IBFA Awards is our endeavor to spread Bhojpuri Entertainment and Bhojpuri culture across the world!”

    This show had great performances by superstars like Ravi Kishan, Manoj Tiwari, Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua), Pawan Singh and by leading actresses like Madhu Sharma, Divya Desai, Pakhi Hegde, Amarapali Dubey, Sambhavana Seth, Akshara Singh, Shivika Diwan, Anjana Singh, Karishma Tanna, Rashmi Desai and Seema Singh. To facilitate the occasion and honour their emotional connect with the Bhojpuri language and the industry, Bollywood icons Govinda and Shatrughan Sinha were also present.

    Pawan Singh and Madhu Sharma won the “Best Actor” and “Best Actress” award, respectively. Dinesh Lal Yadav”(Nirahua) and Amarapali Dubey received the “Best Dishum Jodi Award” of the year award and Ravi Kishan got the “Best IBFA Critics Award.”

  • Star India, Zee & Wizcraft partner Press Club for Redink Awards

    Star India, Zee & Wizcraft partner Press Club for Redink Awards

    MUMBAI: India’s premiere Experiential Marketing and Event Management company, Wizcraft International Entertainment, has partnered with Mumbai Press Club as the official event partner five years in a row for RedInk Awards.

    Star India is the Presenting Partner for Mumbai Press Club RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2017, while Aditya Birla Group, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Zee Entertainment, Eros International, Indiabulls Housing, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, National Stock Exchange, Nanavati Hospital and JSW Steel are the Award Partners. The Hindu Group and Facebook are the media partners.

    In its 5th year of partnership with Mumbai Press Club’s Redink Awards, Wizcraft yet again creates a memorable event, right delivering the on-ground execution and management of the event.

    The RedInk Awards have been instituted to promote noble practices among journalists and encourage good quality writing, fair play and high ethical standards. Mumbai Press Club’s The RedInk Awards have been created to raise the bar of news and feature writing in India and to encourage fair play and high ethical standards in media and are the only national recognition for good journalism instituted by a professional body.

    The much-awaited Award for Excellence in Indian event in the personal calendar of journalists were presented on Wednesday evening at a glittering awards night here at NCPA with veteran journalist Vinod Dua being conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Raj Kamal Jha the Journalist of the Year Award.

    Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was the chief guest for the RedInk awards night, said that he does not buy the argument that there is a threat to the fourth estate. “Constructive journalism always has its own value and at the same time we are open to criticism,” he said, narrating his own experience since he took over as the Chief Minister. “Tolerance is in the blood of Indians…India traditionally had been a tolerant society,” he said, adding “Our democracy is very strong and it has survived turbulence in the past. The democratic system evolves and corrects itself.”

    On this occasion, Mumbai Press Club felicitated Fadnavis, who played a yeoman’s role in ensuring the passage of the state Journalist Protection Act.

    The Lifetime Achievement Award has been bestowed on Vinod Dua for his extensive and versatile contribution to journalism in different formats and subjects. He was among the country’s first psephologists, co-anchoring election analysis programs alongside Dr Prannoy Roy on Doordarshan. Dua continues to be an active journalist today as Contributing Editor of The WireHindi.com and anchors a popular news show called ‘Jan Gan Man Ki Baat’ on the digital platform.

    The RedInk Award for the ‘Journalist of the Year’ 2017 given to Raj Kamal Jha, Chief Editor of the Indian Express, for providing exemplary stewardship over the last couple of years to the newspaper; and for providing focus and restoring what it has always been known best for – investigative journalism. Jha also led from the front to make Indian Express part of an international investigative team that cracked the global money laundering scam known as ‘The Panama Papers’.

    “This award belongs to the Indian Express, the entire team,” said Raj Kamal Jha, the Chief Editor of Indian Express, who received the prestigious ‘Journalist of the year’ for the overall coverage of ”The Panama papers’. He said that receiving the award on 7 June is unique for him as on 7 June, 1996, he had joined the Indian Express. “For us what is important is a good story…and sometimes when we see a good piece from a youngster, we feel that we could not have written it that way,” he said expressing hope that good journalism has a bright future.

    Winners of Redink Awards 2017

    POLITICS
    Print – Radhakrishnan Rariyam Kandath, Frontline
    TV – Sreenivasan Jain, NDTV

    SCIENCE & INNOVATION
    Print – Nithyanand Rao & Virat Markandeya, The Wire

    TV – Aamir Rafiq Peerzada, NDTV

    HUMAN RIGHTS
    Print – Ipsita Chakravarty & Rayan Naqash, Scroll.in
    TV – Joint Winners, Abhisar Sharma, ABP News & Maya Mirchandani, NDTV

    BUSINESS
    Print – Sarika Malhotra, Business Today
    TV – Archana Shukla, CNBC TV 18

    BIG PICTURE
    Winner – Ashish Sharma, Open Magazine
    Runner Up – Kunal Pradeep Patil, Hindustan Times

    ENVIRONMENT
    Print
    Joint Winner Tushar Dhara, Sanjay Sawant, Shraddha Ghatge & Neeradh Pandaripande, First Post
    Raj Narain Mishra, Dainik Jagran
    TV – Rajesh Kumar, India News

    SPORTS
    Print – Swaroop Swaminathan, The New Indian Express
    TV – Joint Winner, Moumita Sen, India Today TV & Rajeev Mishra, India News

    HEALTH & WELLNESS
    Print – Priyanka Vora, Scroll.in
    TV – Archana Shukla, CNBC TV 18

    CRIME
    Print – Alia Allana, Fountain Ink
    TV – Atir Khan, India Today TV

    LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
    Print – Kathakali Chanda, Forbes India
    TV – Biju Pankaj, Mathrubhumi News

    SPECIAL IMPACT AWARD – Rahul Kulkarni, ABP Maza

    MUMBAI STAR REPORTER – Govind Tupe, Sakal

    JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR – Raj Kamal Jha, Indian Express

    LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT – Vinod Dua

  • IRAA nominations date extended to 10 May, regional categories

    IRAA nominations date extended to 10 May, regional categories

    MUMBAI: The Indian Recording Arts Academy (IRAA) awards today announced that the 2017 entry deadline for submitting nominations has been extended to 10 May, 2017. Spearheaded by IRAA Director Pramod Chandorkar, the nominations will be screened by an 11 member Jury comprising the best in the Music production and post-production industry. There is no voting and final authority is with Jury and their decision is binding on the nominees.

    Soundtracks and albums released between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016 are eligible for nomination. Audio files accompanying the entries can be uploaded to a Dropbox link provided on the website.

    For 2017, the IRAA has introduced several new awards and award categories that are crucial to the recording and music production industry.

    The new categories are:

    • Dubbing Engineer for Film – Hindi • Sound Editor (Effects and Ambience) – Hindi • Foley Artist – Hindi• Broadcast Mixing (Dialogue Oriented) – Hindi• Broadcast Mixing (Music Oriented) – Hindi

    With the objective of recognizing the regional music industry, this year the IRAA awards has constituted ‘Regional Awards’ to honour talent outside Mumbai. The same awards have also been earmarked for the regional music industry. These include:

    Film Song Recording & Mixing – Regional
    Sync Sound Recording – Regional Film
    Sound Designer for Feature Film – Regional
    Dubbing Engineer for Film – Regional
    Sound Editor (Effects & Ambience) – Regional
    Broadcast Mixing (Dialogue Oriented) – Regional
    Broadcast Mixing (Music Oriented) – Regional

    The winners will be announced at the IRAA award ceremony which will take place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai on 3 June, 2017, 4 pm.

  • IRAA awards include new categories, nomination deadline extended to 30 April

    MUMBAI: The Indian Recording Arts Academy (IRAA) awards has announced that the 2017 entry deadline for submitting nominations has been extended to 30 April, 2017.

    With 31 awards over five categories, the IRAA Awards celebrates and recognizes technical excellence and expertise in the field of music recording and production. Entries for the 2017 awards will be accepted through Sunday, 30 April 2017, with the winners being announced at the IRAA Awards Ceremony which will take place at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai on 3 June, 2017, 16:00 hrs onwards.

    Under the guidance of Pramod Chandorkar as the Awards Director, the 2017 IRAA Awards will be presented in the following categories:

    Audio Engineering
    Audio Post Production
    Music Production
    Recording Facility
    Education Awards

    Chandorkar has been working as a Sound Engineer since 1995. He has worked on numerous mega hit albums and films as Chief Sound Engineer. He is one of the few audio engineers who has excelled in all branches of audio ranging from Music Recording, Live Sound, Film Sound Design and Studio Design. He is also a FOH Mix engineer and the Head Technical Engineer for Sonu Nigam Live in concert and has been traveling the world for his tour for last 13 years. He has mixed live for artists like Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle.

    For 2017, the IRAA has introduced several new awards and award categories that are crucial to the recording and music production industry. With the objective of recognising the regional music industry, this year the IRAA Awards has constituted “Regional awards” in all the award categories.

    Also new to IRAA is the Audio Post Production category which includes ten new awards namely – • Dubbing Engineer for Film – Hindi • Dubbing Engineer for Film – Regional • Sound Editor (Effects & Ambience) – Hindi • Sound Editor (Effects & Ambience) – Regional • Foley Artist – Hindi • Foley Artist- Regional • Broadcast Mixing (Dialogue Oriented) – Hindi • Broadcast Mixing (Dialogue Oriented) – Regional • Broadcast Mixing (Music Oriented) – Hindi • Broadcast Mixing (Music Oriented) – Regional

    The “Recording Facility” category has also been enhanced with three new awards besides the annual Music Recording Studio award. The three new awards include ADR Studio (Dialogue & Dubbing), Foley Studio and Surround Mix Studio

    “The 11th edition IRAA Awards Director is Pramod Chandorkar. I do believe under his guidance and intense supervision, the 2017 IRAA awards will be the best ever,” said IRAA founder and chairman Anil Chopra.

    The IRAA Awards will also celebrate the best in Audio Education with two awards – Dronacharya Award for Teachers in Audio Education and Best Audio Education Programme.

    As always, the IRAA Awards also includes the coveted “Lifetime Contribution to Audio Engineering” award which aims to recognize an industry professional who during his lifetime has made contributions of outstanding artistic and technical significance in the field of Audio Engineering. This year the Jury awards also include two more prestigious awards which include the “The Mahaguru Award for Contribution in Music Education” and the award for Lifetime Contribution to Music”.

    The Mahaguru award will be presented, to an industry professional who during his lifetime, has made contributions of outstanding significance in the field of Music Education, while the Lifetime Contribution to Music will be presented, to an industry professional who during his lifetime, has made contributions of outstanding artistic and technical significance in Music.

    Awards Process

    The IRAA Awards 2017 nominations are open to Music producers and recording professionals and may be entered online; a full list of categories, award criteria and deadlines can be found at www.iraa.in

    Entries for the IRAA Awards will close on Sunday, 30 April 2017. Submissions must be accompanied by Audio files which can be submitted to a dropbox link provided on the website.

    Soundtracks released between 1 January, 2016, and 31 December, 2016, are eligible for nomination.

    The awards will be judged by IRAA’s 11-member jury panel who are all involved creatively and/or technically in the recording and music production industry. The jury will listen to the audio files submitted by the nominees and will determine the winner. There is no voting. Final authority is with the jury, and their decision is binding on the nominees.

    For further information on the IRAA Awards 2017, including sponsorship opportunities, please contact Smita Rai on srai@palmexpo.in The IRAA awards will be held on 3 June at BEC, Mumbai.

  • Diljit, Sargun & Bambukat bag Jio Filmfare awards, to be aired on MH One

    MUMBAI: The stars of the Punjabi film fraternity came together to pay an ode to the best of 2016 at the first-ever Jio Filmfare Awards Punjabi 2017, held in Mohali. The glamorous night witnessed the crème de la crème from the Punjabi film industry descending the red carpet at their fashionable best, for the biggest event of show biz. The night turned a starry affair with electrifying performances and the well deserved took home the coveted black lady. The glitzy award ceremony will be telecast on MH One Channel.

    The hilarious duo Manish Paul and Sumeir Pasricha aka Pummy Aunty played the perfect hosts for the evening as they kept the audience quaking with laughter. Simmi Chahal hosted the second half of the evening along with Arjan Bajwa and left the audience in splits with their witty quips. Singer Ammy Virk’s melodious musical act set the tempo for the night, and actress Surveen Chawla tunned the audience with her mesmerizing performance. Along with this, the exemplary superstar trio Sugandha Sharma, Kaur B and Jenny Johal put up an incredible act as well. Among the notable moments of the evening were Manish Paul and Simmi Chahal’s spectacular performance and the trio Amrit Mann, Dilprit Dhillon, Milind Gaba’s electrifying moves.

    Worldwide Media CEO Deepak Lamba said, “The Punjabi film industry is an important cog in India’s regional cinema sphere and is producing artists and films that have made a serious mark in recent times.”

    Journalist Jitesh Pillai said, “Punjabi Film industry has always been the contributor of exceptional performances to the Indian cinema.”

    A Jio spokesperson said, “Jio is bringing transformational changes in India’s digital services space to enable a Digital Life for 1.2 billion Indians. This association is consistent with Jio’s mission to celebrate the diversity and richness of Indian cinema.”

    The audience was ecstatic when Diljit Dosanjh bagged the Best Actor award for his performance in ‘Ambarsariya’. Actress Sargun Mehta was honored with the Best Actress award for her outstanding performance in ‘Love Punjab’. Rounding up, the top winners were ‘Bambukat’ which was awarded the Best Film and Pankaj Batra bagged the Best Director award.Jio Lifetime Achievement award was given to legendary Punjabi actor Yograj for his contribution to the Punjabi cinema and ‘The Living Legend award’was given to Gurudas Mann, which was presented to him by young fans.

    Title sponsor of the grandeur event was Jio, the event was powered by LYF and Naturamore. The telecast partner of the first edition of the most iconic awards was MH One, whereas the Metal Partnerwas Lumineux Uno. The radio partner was Radio Mirchi, Online Jewellery partner was Nakshatra World, multiplex partner was Orienta Cine Advertising. The Energy Partner was LMES and Orienta Cine Advertising was the multiplex partner. The Trophy Partner was The Award Gallery and Netsurf Entertainment was the Production Agency. Show Direction & Artist Management was done by Prabhjot Mahant & Manjeet Hans of Prinday and Technical Direction & Stage Management was done by On Cue Productions. Acts were Choreographed by Zenith Dance Troupe and the Script Written by Deepak Isser.

  • Pramod Chandorkar is IRAA awards director

    MUMBAI: The Indian Recording Arts Academy has announced Pramod Chandorkar as the Awards Director. Pramod has been working as a Sound Engineer since 1995. He has worked on numerous mega hit albums and films as Chief Sound Engineer. He is one of the few audio engineers who have excelled in all branches of audio ranging from Music Recording, Live Sound, Film Sound Design, Studio Design and Audio Education.

    Starting out as a musician, Pramod’s journey is marked with an association with many leading sound recording studios. Pramod has also been responsible for designing and deploying more than 30 fully operational sound recording facilities. Currently other than being the founder & director of Soundideaz Academy Pvt. Ltd. a premier institute conducting courses on Sound engineering, he also heads an impressive Audio post-production facility.

    He is also a FOH Mix engineer and the Head Technical Engineer for Sonu Nigam Live in concert and has been traveling the world for his tour for last 13 years .He has mixed live for artists like Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle.

    In the world of Film Sound design he has been active for last four years and in a short span has received four prestigious nominations for Sound Design for Films. He has received the Zee Cine Award for Best Song Recording in 2005 and also three IRRA and one Palm Live Sound Awards too.

    “I feel honoured to be appointed as the Awards Director for the prestigious IRAA. In the last 10 years IRAA has become the most prestigious award for the Audio industry,” says Chandorkar. “In a world where a technician’s contribution in recording of music and film sound has only increased multifold, IRAA has done the job of acknowledging their contribution and motivating the new generation of Audio artists. In the coming editions we will be looking forward to take these awards and recognition to the next well,” he adds.

    IRAA in its 11th consecutive edition is achieving critical attention from Indian recording engineers aspiring for recognition in their technical art in the audio studio. Pramod Chandorkar eminent sound engineer of global fame is the 2017 Award Director. In Pramod we have a very dedicated and serious savant of the recording arts having contributed immensely to the profession. IRAA is going to benefit greatly in his guidance and leadership. I believe more so nice fraternity of recording engineers will benefit in the IRAA Awards being led by Pramod,” states Anil Chopra, founder of IRAA Awards.

    “I have known Pramod since 25 years and persistence for achieving excellence is remarkable, the awards too recognize excellence in the recording arts,” he adds.

    Now in its 11th edition, IRAA Awards will continue to applaud the best in Indian music; those who exhibit the courage, and creativity to bring about a transformation in the world of music.

    Indian Recording Arts Awards (IRAA) every year honour and recognise exceptional talent in music, soundtrack recording and mixing in Indian music for albums and movies. The music awards similarly recognise innovation in music composition and tracks that define independent popular music culture.

    IRAA 2017 will be held at Bombay Exhibition Centre on 3 June and will be hosted alongside PALM Expo 2017. IRAA Awards are now accepting nominations.

    The entries for the esteemed awards can be submitted for consideration at iraa.in/register. The soundtracks and albums released between January 1- December 31, 2016 are eligible for nominations and the list of categories which include Film as well as Non-film, are available on the IRAA website – www.iraa.in. Audio files accompanying the entries can be submitted to a dropbox link provided on the website.

  • 70th British Academy Film Awards ’17 to air on Zee Studio & HD

    MUMBAI: Zee Studio, the English Entertainment movie channel, is all set to premiere the most awaited award night of the year, the 70th British Academy Film Awards 2017 on 13 February from 9pm onwards.

    British Academy Film Awards stand amongst the highest honors in the world of cinema to honor the best British and international contributions to films. What makes the awards night further special? The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton will attend the prestigious award ceremony this year.

    The awards ceremony will be hosted by the perennial actor/comedian Stephen Fry. The star studded night with attendance of Hollywood biggies will be held at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

    La La Land has the most nominations in 11 categories including the top 4 categories of best film, best actor and actress in a lead role and best director. The other films Arrival and Nocturnal Animals followed with nine nominations each.

  • Yesudas gets Padma Vibhushan; Paudwal, Kher & Kohli among Padmashri recipients

    Yesudas gets Padma Vibhushan; Paudwal, Kher & Kohli among Padmashri recipients

    NEW DELHI: Eminent singer K J Yesudas is to receive the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civilian honour, while mohan veena exponent Vishwa Mohan Bhatt bags the Padma Bhushan.

    Actors Sadhu Meher from Odisha and Ms Bharati Vishnuvardhan are among the Padmashri awardees. Renowned playback singers Anuradha Paudwal and Kailash Kher also get the Padmashri

    Renowned commentator and journalist Cho Ramaswamy has also been chosen to get the Padma Bhushan posthumously. Film analyst Bhawna Somayya of Maharashtra, and Vishnu Pandya of Gujarat, have been awarded Padma Shri for journalism.

    Cricketer Virat Kohli, gymnast Dipa Karmakar of Tripura, and wrestler Sakshi Malik of Haryana, have been chosen for Padmashri from the field of sports.

    Other sportspersons getting the Padmashri from the field of sport are: blind cricketer Shekhar Naik and Vikasa Gowda (discus throw) of Karnataka, athletes Deepa Malik of Haryana and Mariyappan Thangavelu of Kerala, P R Shreejesh of Kerala for hockey. 74 year old Meenakshi Amma got the Padmashri for her excellence in Martial Art (Kalariyatuttu of Kerala). Television entrepreneur Sanjeev Kapoor received the Padmashri for his excellence in culinary art.

    Others who have received awards in the field of music are Basanti Bisht of Uttarakhand, T K Murthy of Tamil Nadu, Laishram Birendrakumar Singh of Manipur, Krishna Ram Chaudhary of Uttar Pradesh, Jitendra Haripal of Odisha, Ms Parassala B Ponnammal of Kerala, Sukri Bommagowda of Karnataka, Mukund Nayak of Jharkhand, and Purushottam Upadhyay of Gujarat. Wareppa Naba Nil of Manipur gets the award for theatre.

    Imrat Khan from the United States gets the award for music. H R Shah (chairman and CEO of TV Asia) is another NRI from USA who has got the Padmashri for journalism.

    Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair of Kerala and Ms Aruna Mohanty of Odisha are getting the Padmashri for dance.

    These awards are conferred by the President at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma awards to 89 persons as per the list below. The list comprises seven Padma Vibhushan and an equal number Padma Bhushan and 75 Padmashri awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes five persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and six posthumous awardees.

  • Yesudas gets Padma Vibhushan; Paudwal, Kher & Kohli among Padmashri recipients

    Yesudas gets Padma Vibhushan; Paudwal, Kher & Kohli among Padmashri recipients

    NEW DELHI: Eminent singer K J Yesudas is to receive the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civilian honour, while mohan veena exponent Vishwa Mohan Bhatt bags the Padma Bhushan.

    Actors Sadhu Meher from Odisha and Ms Bharati Vishnuvardhan are among the Padmashri awardees. Renowned playback singers Anuradha Paudwal and Kailash Kher also get the Padmashri

    Renowned commentator and journalist Cho Ramaswamy has also been chosen to get the Padma Bhushan posthumously. Film analyst Bhawna Somayya of Maharashtra, and Vishnu Pandya of Gujarat, have been awarded Padma Shri for journalism.

    Cricketer Virat Kohli, gymnast Dipa Karmakar of Tripura, and wrestler Sakshi Malik of Haryana, have been chosen for Padmashri from the field of sports.

    Other sportspersons getting the Padmashri from the field of sport are: blind cricketer Shekhar Naik and Vikasa Gowda (discus throw) of Karnataka, athletes Deepa Malik of Haryana and Mariyappan Thangavelu of Kerala, P R Shreejesh of Kerala for hockey. 74 year old Meenakshi Amma got the Padmashri for her excellence in Martial Art (Kalariyatuttu of Kerala). Television entrepreneur Sanjeev Kapoor received the Padmashri for his excellence in culinary art.

    Others who have received awards in the field of music are Basanti Bisht of Uttarakhand, T K Murthy of Tamil Nadu, Laishram Birendrakumar Singh of Manipur, Krishna Ram Chaudhary of Uttar Pradesh, Jitendra Haripal of Odisha, Ms Parassala B Ponnammal of Kerala, Sukri Bommagowda of Karnataka, Mukund Nayak of Jharkhand, and Purushottam Upadhyay of Gujarat. Wareppa Naba Nil of Manipur gets the award for theatre.

    Imrat Khan from the United States gets the award for music. H R Shah (chairman and CEO of TV Asia) is another NRI from USA who has got the Padmashri for journalism.

    Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair of Kerala and Ms Aruna Mohanty of Odisha are getting the Padmashri for dance.

    These awards are conferred by the President at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma awards to 89 persons as per the list below. The list comprises seven Padma Vibhushan and an equal number Padma Bhushan and 75 Padmashri awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes five persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and six posthumous awardees.

  • FICCI Business Delegation to join FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum 2016

    FICCI Business Delegation to join FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum 2016

    NEW DELHI: Coinciding with completion of 60 years of diplomatic relations between India and Spain, the tenth edition of Global Business Forum is being held later this week in Madrid by FICCI in partnership with International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) and Spain Chamber of Commerce(SCC).

    FICCI President Harshavardhan Neotia is leading a 30-member delegation to the mneet on 24 June 2016.

    Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor Subhash Chandra Pandey would represent the Government for promoting regional linkages between India and Spain,.

    A large number of Spanish senior officials and industry leaders would also be present and share their perspective on further promoting trade and investment relations between the two countries.

    With a view to highlight the sectoral complementarity and business possibilities between the two countries, the forum shall have prominent industry and sectoral leaders to share their perspective during parallel sessions focusing on renewable energy, media and entertainment & promoting cooperation in film making, infrastructure with a special emphasis on urban transport and highways, tourism and smart cities.

    A Working Paper on “India-Spain: Synergising Economic complementarity” would also be released apart from FICCI signing a partnership agreement with SCC at the Forum.

    Before the commencement of the Global Business Forum, a tripartite agreement between FICCI, Spain Chamber of Commerce and CEOE would be signed to operationalize the Forum in presence of Mr Tulsi Tanti, Chairperson of the India Spain CEOs Forum & Chairman of Suzlon Energy Limited and Mr. Fernando Abril-Martorell, Chairman, Indra Sistemas and Spanish Co-Chair of CEOs Forum on 24 June 2016 morning. FICCI has been assigned by DIPP to extend secretariat support to the recently constituted India-Spain CEOs Forum.

    Potential areas of interest for Spanish companies in India are infrastructure (roads, airports, ports, railways), energy (renewable and non-renewable), technology in agriculture, food processing, water desalination/purification, city waste management and tourism there is a huge potential for cooperation from Spain to India. Similarly, for the Indian companies, there is a huge potential for cooperation in the areas of pharmaceuticals (generic medicines) and IT.