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Shabana Azmi is a critically and commercially successful actress who began her career during the 1970s. Her decision to star in unconventional, yet highly praised films, has led to the media and film scholars referring to her as the ‘Queen of Parallel Cinema.’ In addition, renowned Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray once referred to Mrs Azmi as “India’s finest dramatic actress.”
She has starred in memorable films such as Ankur (1974); The Chess Players (1978); Arth (1982); Masoom (1983) and Fire (1996). Mrs Azmi has won countless Filmfare and National Film Awards for her impressive body of work. In addition, she has successfully utilized her position within the Indian film industry to undertake a range of charity and humanitarian work.
These include her support towards those suffering from HIV/AIDs in India; her advocacy against religious communalism; her work with Mijwan Welfare Society; as well as her public outcry towards the rape and mistreatment of women in India. Mrs Azmi is the recipient of the Padma Bhushan (India’s third highest civilian award) from the Government of India.
Javed Akhtar is one of the most successful writers to have ever surfaced from the Hindi film industry; which is commonly referred to as ‘Bollywood.’ Today, he is considered to be a renowned Hindi-Urdu lyricist and poet. However, he also worked as a screenplay writer during the 1970s and 80s with Salim Khan.
Together, they formed the iconic pairing Salim-Javed and produced a range of eloquent screenplays for Hindi films. These include Seeta Aur Geeta (1972); Zanjeer (1973); Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) Deewaar (1975); Sholay (1975) and Don (1978).
He has won numerous awards during the course of his career and is the recipient of the Padma Bhushan (India’s third highest civilian award) from the Government of India.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a world renowned humanitarian leader, spiritual teacher and ambassador of peace. He has constantly emphasised the need for reinforcing human values and recognising humanity as the greatest identity. Fostering interfaith harmony and calling for multi-cultural education as the remedy for fanaticism are significant parts of his efforts to achieve sustainable peace. His work has touched the lives of millions of people around the world, going beyond the barriers of race, nationality and religion with the message of a “One-World Family”; that inner and outer peace are possible; and that a stress-free, violence-free society can be created through service and the reawakening of human values.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a world renowned humanitarian leader, spiritual teacher and ambassador of peace. He has constantly emphasised the need for reinforcing human values and recognising humanity as the greatest identity. Fostering interfaith harmony and calling for multi-cultural education as the remedy for fanaticism are significant parts of his efforts to achieve sustainable peace. His work has touched the lives of millions of people around the world, going beyond the barriers of race, nationality and religion with the message of a “One-World Family”; that inner and outer peace are possible; and that a stress-free, violence-free society can be created through service and the reawakening of human values.
Youth Icon Award of the National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK is the second highest honour that can be bestowed onto a non-member by the Union. Through their contributions, the individual will have acted as an inspiration to youngsters as a beacon of success in their field. The individual will be under 35 years of age at the point of the award being conferred upon them.
Our Youth Icon Award was presented to Indian musician Arijit Singh in 2014.
The UK India Youth Awards is an annual event that recognises and celebrates the work of Indian origin students, student societies and youth leaders. The awards are aimed at identifying inspiring young people who have brought significant impact on people and society, thereby contributing to the UK-India relationship. It offers formal recognition and accreditation for young people’s achievements. There are two sections – student societies section where we recognise the best on a range of criteria within our network of affiliate campus societies all over the UK, and young achievers section where we inspiring youngsters who have made long-lasting contributions to their fields, setting an example for others to follow.
The UK-India Youth Awards were launched by the
Rt Hon Baroness Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Mr Virendra Sharma MP
Deputy High Commissioner of India to the UK HE Mr Dinesh Patnaik
Rt Hon Lord Swaraj Paul
Rt Hon Lord Navnit Dholakia OBE
The Lord Rana MBE
The Lord Desai
The Baroness Verma
The Lord Gadhia
Dr Rami Ranger CBE, Chairman, SunMark Ltd
Mr Bimlendra Jha, CEO, Tata Steel UK
Mr Selva Pankaj, Founder and CEO of Regent Group
Mr Richard Heald, Group CEO, UK India Business Council