Gurgaon, September 27: Winners of the India Youth Icon Award were honoured in a glittering ceremony. Youth Icons were selected for a total of nine categories, including politics, film, art and sports.
India Youth Icon of the Year award was given to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The award received by Congress MP Priya Dutt on Rahul’s behalf.
National Conference leader and Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was honoured with India Youth Icon for politics award. Jammu Kashmir cricket association received the award as he was not present in the ceremony to receive the honour.
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai was given India Youth Global Icon Award for her popularity across the World. Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan won the India Youth Icon Award for entertainment in male category while in woman category Priyanka Chopra was honoured with it.
Deepika Padukone got India Youth Icon Award for acting and fashion. Founder of The Foundation Rahul Bose was given the award for the social justice and welfare.
India Youth Icon award for Media went to Barkha Dutt for her huge contribution to the media.
mytrip.com’s founder and CEO Sachin Bhatia got the India Youth Icon Award for technology and Abhinav Bindra won India Youth Icon Award for sport.
Satyedra Dube, Jairaman, Manjunath and Yogendra, who lost their lives for raising their voice against corruption, were remembered in the Ceremony. Their kin were honoured in the programme by social activist Nafisa Ali.
—Agencies