Great news & Interesting enough :-) but here tooo nominees ? omg !!! :-(
Thulasi Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is an awesome news for us and definitely something the nation
should be proud about..
http://www.cinemayamedia.com/IAAA/awards.htm
The Indian & American Achiever Awards (IAAA) will be presented in the
following categories to individuals and companies who have played a vital role
in enhancing the India-USA relationship:
Innovation, Science & Technology
Arts, Entertainment and Media
Multi-National Company (MNC)
Gandhi Lifetime Achievement Award
There will be two honorees in each category.one Indian and one American.
These two achievers will be individuals (and entities in the MNC category) who
have made a significant impact on the India-US relationship through their work.
AWARDS NOMINEES
INDIAN
AMERICAN
INNOVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Professor Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan
Bill Gates Abel Prize Laureate - 2007. Professor at Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences at New York University
Chairman, Microsoft
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Samuel J. Palmisano Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies
Limited
Chairman & CEO, IBM
Sam Pitroda
Jeffrey R. Immelt Chairman WorldTel Ltd., Founding Chairman of Telecom
Commission - Government of India, and Head of Knowledge Commission -
Government of India.
Chairman, General Electric
Dr Deepak Chopra, M.D.
W. James(Jim) McNerney, Jr. Chairman and co-Founder, Chopra Center
Chairman, President & CEO, Boeing
ARTS, ENTERTAIMENT AND MEDIA A R Rahman
Rupert Murdoch Music Director
CEO, News Corp Ltd
Subhash Chandra
Charles W. "Charlie" Ergen Chairman, Zee Entertainment Enterprises and
Promoter, Essel Group of Companies
Co-founder and CEO, Echostar Communications Corporation
Shah Rukh Khan
Tom Freston Film Actor
MTV Networks
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Richard Gere Sitar Maestro
Film Star
MNC
Tata Group of Industries
Citigroup Inc. Zee Telefilms Ltd
Microsoft Corporation InfoSys Technologies Limited
General Motors Wipro Technologies
New York Life Insurance Co.
GANDHI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Bill Gates Art of Living
Founder, Gates Foundation
Late Dhirubhai Ambani
Bill Clinton Founder, Reliance Industries
Former President USA
Prof Amartya Sen
Jimmy Carter Noble Prize Winner, Economics
Former President USA
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Al Gore Former Prime Minister of India
Former Vice President USA
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=767159
CineMaya Media Group to Hold Press Conference in New York City
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 6, 2007) - CineMaya Media Group, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: CNMY), the leading South Asian media, entertainment, and marketing
company servicing the Indian Diaspora will hold a Press Conference today,
September 6, 2007 at 6:00 PM at the Consulate General of India in New York City
to announce their commemorative event, The Indian and American Achiever Awards,
being held on September 13, 2007 in Washington D.C.
Supported by the US-India Business Council, this inaugural event is
celebrating the 60th Anniversary of India's Independence and recognizing
individuals and multi-national corporations (MNCs) who have contributed towards
the collective advancement and growth of the two largest democracies in the
world. CineMaya Media Group will be hosting this fantastic event at The John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
The gala event, which begins at 7:00 PM on September 13th, also features
performances by internationally acclaimed maestros of Indian music:
-- Dr. Balamurali Krishna and Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty (in a duet -
jugalbandi)
-- Pandit Birju Maharaj
-- Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
The evening is hosted by rising Bollywood star, Kunal Khemu.
The National Anthems will be performed by Penn Masala, the world's first and
premier Indian a-cappella group.
The prestigious awards are instituted to recognize individuals and companies
who have excelled in their fields, in four separate categories. There will be
two Honorees in each category, one an Indian and the other an American. The
categories are:
-- Innovation, Science & Technology
-- Arts, Entertainment and Media
-- Multi-National Company
-- Gandhi Lifetime Achievement Award
The list of Nominees is impressive as it includes great individual achievers
in their respective fields, such as President Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch,
Bill Gates, A. R. Rahman, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Shah Rukh Khan, and Dr. Deepak
Chopra, amongst other great individuals and corporations. For a complete list
of the Nominees, visit http://www.cinemayamedia.com/IAAA/awards.htm.
Commenting on the inspiration behind these awards, Sunil Hali, Chairman of
CineMaya Media Group says, "Mutual influence between India and the US is
thriving in the fields of business, technology, art and culture. Our goal is to
create a platform to recognize the contributions of both Indians and Americans,
whose collective contributions have helped create a bridge between the two
great nations, and shape a brighter future."
The Chief Guest of the event, Honorable Ambassador from India to the United
States, Ronen Sen said, "I warmly welcome the initiative taken by CineMaya
Media Group to inaugurate its Indian and American Achiever Awards, on the
special occasion of the 60th Anniversary of India's Independence. I look
forward to joining the celebration of the achievements of Indians and Americans
who excelled in their respective fields, while contributing significantly to
India - US relations, at what promises to be a memorable event, with
performances by some truly outstanding exponents of Indian music and performing
arts."
CineMaya Media Group has also instituted a Scholarship Endowment through this
event, which aims to encourage the efforts of deserving Indian-American
students who have displayed great potential in various subjects, and give them
knowledge, resources, and mentoring for advancement from the Honorees in each
category for one year. Four undergraduate students will be awarded scholarships
of $5,000 each (one per category of awards).
The panel of esteemed BOARD OF ADVISORS & JUDGES will select the Honorees in
each category of awards. The panel consists of: Hon. Ambassador Robert D.
Blackwill; Hon. Ambassador Vijay Nambiar - Chef de Cabinet, United Nations;
Congressman Frank Pallone - Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans;
Ron Somers - President, US-India Business Council; Dr. Jayaraman - Executive
Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; and Prof. Sreenath Sreenivasan - Dean of
Students, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and Co-Founder SAJA.
The principal sponsors of the event include Air France, Nationwide, DIRECTV,
and Air India. Patrons include State Bank of India, HSBC, and ICICI Securities.
For more information about The Indian & American Achiever Awards, visit
www.cinemayamedia.com/awards.
Background
The genesis of this event is a confluence of work produced by the founders of
CineMaya Media Group, who had produced The Music Festival of India in 1997 to
celebrate the 50th Anniversary of India's Independence with a once in a
lifetime concert at Carnegie Hall and a national tour with India's most
renowned classical musicians. The event was the largest such celebration
outside of India. More information may be found on the corporate website,
http://www.cinemayamedia.com/events_mfi.htm.
CineMaya Media Group also produced N-R-Eyes, a landmark millennium year
series to showcase the most successful Non-Resident Indians in the US. The
series was widely telecast on the Zee Network, and was subsequently adapted
into a coffee table book, and a syndicated series in The Indian Express North
American Edition.
ABOUT CINEMAYA MEDIA GROUP
CineMaya Media Group (PINKSHEETS: CNMY) was established in 2000, and is a
pioneer in the ethnic media landscape and entertainment in North America with
its successful vertically integrated business model encompassing Media
(publication, Television, Broadcast, Radio Broadcast and online) Entertainment
( film, television and events) and Marketing Services (advertising agency,
Creative BPO, KPO and marketing programs). The company operates through offices
in New York, New Jersey, California, Toronto, Mumbai and New Delhi.
The company has recently opened its operations in Mumbai for expansion of its
entertainment business in Film, Television and Event Production, and operations
in New Delhi for development of interactive/online services.
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