Bharat Asmita National Awards-2022 conferred on, Mani Ratnam, Sankar Mahadevan, Dr Krishna Ella, Gaurav Gogoi,
Bharat Asmita National Awards-2022 conferred on, Mani Ratnam, Sankar Mahadevan, Dr Krishna Ella, Gaurav Gogoi, Prof. Kavil Ramchandran and Shereen Bhan
The felicitation ceremony will take place online on February 3. This is the 18th Annual Edition of the awards which is being organised by MIT World Peace University, Pune.
Pune, January 29, 2022: The 18th Bharat Asmita National Awards were conferred by MIT World Peace Uni ver sity, Pune, Bharat Asmita Foundation and MIT School of Government, Pune. The award felicitation ceremony wi ll take place online on February 3, 2022.
“The awards will be given to Shereen Bhan, noted Journalist, anchor and managing editor, CNBC-TV18, Mani Rat nam, Indian film director, Shankar Mahadevan – Padma Shri, acclaimed music composer and singer Prof. Kavil Ramachandran, Professor of Entrepreneurship (Practice) and Senior Advisor Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, Indian School of Business, Dr Krishna Ella – Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Biotech International Limited, Gaurav Gogoi, Deputy Leader, Indian National Congress, Lok Sabha Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (INC, Kaliabor, Assam),” said Rahul V Karad – Executive President, MIT World Peace Uni versity.
It will be the 18th year where MIT group will be honouring personalities who have contributed prominently to the country and are pride of mother India. The award was conceptualized by Rahul V. Karad to honour these personalities to inspire the youth and take forward their legacy.
The award consists of a citation of honour, memento and cash reward of Rs. One lakh twenty-five thousand ea ch. The awardees will be honored by the Members of the Bharat Asmita Awards Selection Committee led by its Chairman Dr Raghunath Mashelkar – World famous Senior Scientist, Dr Vijay Bhatkar – World Famous Com put er Scientist and Chancellor of Nalanda University, Dr Vishwanath D Karad – UNSECO Chair Holder, Founder Pre sident, MIT World Peace University, Shri. Shyam Benegal – Acclaimed Film Director and Scre enwriter, Shri. Nad ir Godrej – Managing Director, Godrej Industries and Chairman, Godrej Agrovet, Smt. Ritu Prakash Chhabria – Co-founder & Managing Trustee, Mukul Madhav Foundation and Rahul V Karad – Executive President, MIT World Peace University.
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The list of awardees are as follows
Best teacher in management: Prof. Kavil Ramachandran
Best use of mass media/NGO: Shereen Bhan
Best use of Acting/ Direction: Mani Ratnam
Best use of Lyrics/ Music/Singing: Sankar Mahadevan
Best use of Science and Technology through innovation: Dr Krishna Ella
Best young exponent of parliamentary practices: Gaurav Gogoi
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Best use of mass media (Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta)/NGO: Shereen Bhan
Shereen Bhan is a Noted Indian Business Journalist and is currently working as the Managing Editor and Anchor at CNBC-TV18 News Channel. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of Television Broadcast, tracking corporate, policy news and events that defined the business landscape in India. Shereen Bhan was named a ‘You ng Global Leader’ by the World Economic Forum.
Best use of Acting/ Direction (Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta): Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam along with Bollywood has a rich contribution to the Tamil film industry, he is known for his multil evel skills may it be music, visuals or characterization. Ratnam has won six National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, six Filmfare Awards in South, and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film.
Best use of Lyrics/ Music/Singing (Bharat Asmita Jana Jagaran Shreshta): Sankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan is one of the most acclaimed musicians in the Indian film industry. People remember Shank ar Mahadevan for Breathless, an entire song sung in one breath. Shankar Mahadevan has been felicitated with several prestigious awards, like the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Maa from Taare Zameen Par, Lata Mangeshkar Award by Government of Andhra Pradesh and Padma Shri Award for his contributions to Film Music under the category Arts.
Best use of Science and technology through innovation (Bharat Asmita Vigyaan – Tantragyaan Shreshtha): Dr Krishna Ella
Dr. Ella ensured that Bharat Biotech successfully delivered COVAXIN™, India’s 1st indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 while continuing work on 2 other novel COVID-19 vaccine candidates. It is also the only company fr om the developing world to have carried out over 90 clinical trials in more than 7,00,000 volunteers in over 20 countries.
The best young exponent of parliamentary practices (Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta): Gaurav Gogoi
Gaurav Gogoi is a young leader from the state of Assam in North-East India presently serving his second term as a Member of Parliament. On the Party front, he serves as the in-charge of West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Isl ands, Manipur and Sikkim from All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Member of Congress Working Committee (CWC).
Best teacher in management (Bharat Asmita Acharya Shreshta): Prof. Kavil Ramachandran
Prof. Kavil Ramachandran is widely known for his academic and institution-building initiatives on entrepreneur ship and family business fronts and until recently served as the Executive Director of the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise at the Indian School of Business. He has been a Professor of Family Business, Ent repreneurship and Strategy and has 36 years of combined experience as an academic at the ISB and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
