India TV announces Yuva Awards

As the baton passes from the old to the new and as the new icons emerge, the future belongs more & more to the Youth of a nation. In a first such initiative, India TV announces to honour India’s future by instituting honours for most promising young faces of the nation through the first “Yuva Awards”.

Positioned as an aspirational salute to those yuva icons, who have shown exemplary leadership & extraordinary excellence in respective fields with achievements much bigger than their age. The awards will be given away in six categories: Politics, Sports, Music, Film, Television and Business.

The honorees for the inaugural annual property by India TV will be decided through a stringent process. This involves the tabulation & stratified research by a renowned international research agency, India TV viewers’ votes and the diligent deliberations by the Jury.

The high powered jury will be chaired by Sarod Maestro Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan. The panel comprises of personalities like Sporting legend Kapil Dev, Padma Shree Vandana Luthra and Prof. Pushpesh Pant. Noted Media personality and the Chairman & Editor in Chief of India TV, Rajat Sharma will also be part of the Jury.

Announcing the inception of the Honors, Ritu Dhawan MD & CEO India TV said, “Yuva awards is a humble attempt to inspire iconic potential of Young Indians who will take our nation to newer heights. These youth icons will be those who have already displayed enormous potential and made it big at their young age.  They have created benchmarks in their respective fields and brought pride to our nation.”

The winners of the awards will announced at a glittering awards ceremony at the Taj Palace, New Delhi on the 18th of February and the show will be telecasted live on India TV. The awards have Real Estate major Prateek Group as Principle Sponsor & Galgotias University as associate.