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Bangalore,
18 December 2004. Aravind Melligeri, President QuEST,
along with 19 other Indo-Americans was conferred with 'Young
Achiever Award - 2004'. He was awarded the ‘Young Achiever
Award’ by the Indo American Society for his contribution to
business in India and America.
The Indo-American Society (IAS), an institution that works
towards building Educational and Socio-Cultural relations
between India and the United States of America, presented
awards to the winners of the 5th Annual 'Young Achiever
Awards' at a star studded awards ceremony held at The Hilton
Towers in Mumbai on December 18, 2004.
This year, the Indo American Society's Young Achiever Awards
2004 felicitated 20 individuals based in India and the USA,
who have achieved excellence in different disciplines namely
Business, Social Service, Performing Arts, Music, Television
and Journalism. The awards conferred for the 5th year in
succession, recognizes extraordinary achievement amongst
India's young talent in their respective domains.
The Chief Guest at this year's Young Achiever Awards
ceremony was Mr. Robert O. Blake, Deputy Chief of Mission,
US Embassy, New Delhi, who was accompanied by US Consul
General, Mr. Angus Simmons and Mr. Subhash Ghai, who was the
Guest of Honour for the evening.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Dr Arun Vakil, Chairman -
Programmes, Indo-American Society said, "The Young Achievers
Awards is a platform to felicitate Indian talent for their
outstanding achievements in various disciplines. It has
always been our endeavor at Indo-American Society to
appreciate and publicly recognize India's young achievers
while promoting greater understanding among Indian and
American citizens through series of social and cultural
programs".
The nominations received by IAS were selected by a
high-powered Panel of Judges that included the US Consul
General Angus Simmons, Mr. Dominic Price, MD & Senior
Country Officer of J P Morgan, Mr. H. F. Khorakiwala, CMD of
Wockhardt Ltd., Past Young Achiever Awardee Mr. Amit Jatia,
Director of McDonalds and Past Young Achiever Awardee Mr.
Prasoon Joshi, Regional Creative Director - South-East Asia
of McCann Erickson India.
About Young Achiever Awards
The Young Achiever Awards which are the brain-child of
energetic Programme Chairman Dr. Arun C. Vakil were created
by IAS to felicitate Indians under the age of 35, who have
achieved excellence in various fields. Indo-American Society
has so far awarded 111 stalwarts, which include the likes of
journalist Daniel Pearl (posthumous), directors Ashutosh
Gowarikar and Karan Johar, grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand,
actress Madhuri Dixit, actors Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik
Roshan, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and Hital Meswani,
Olympian Anjali Bhagwat, Cricketer Virendra Sehwag among
others. An important criteria for selection is that the
nominee should have an Indo-American connection. |
