India TV announces second edition of 'Salaam India Awards 2014'

New Delhi: India's leading news channel India TV is back with the second edition of ‘Salaam India Awards 2014'.

Following the ‘nationwide call for nominations', the 2014 edition of the coveted honours is officially underway post the jury deliberated to decide upon the distinguishing bravehearts last weekend.

This year's award jury includes India TV Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma, former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) SY Quraishi, former Army chief Gen. Deepak Kapoor, Ace shooter Col. (Retd.) Rajyavardhan S Rathore and former IPS Kiran Bedi.

The motive of this award is to salute the spirit of courage by the common man by felicitating the exceptional acts of bravery exemplified by the citizens.

Announcing the second edition of the awards, India TV MD & CEO, Ritu Dhawan said, “We are glad that we are again getting a chance to felicitate our real heroes, who simply inspire us all by their actions demonstrating selflessness & fearlessness, also the most important traits of a news source.”

“As a leader in the Hindi news genre, it is certainly a matter of both pleasure & contentment for us to felicitate those who are not only our role models but also who bring the positive balance to humanity, our society & nation,” Dhawan was quick to add.

The awards will be presented at a glittering ceremony in Hotel Taj, New Delhi on September 21.

The awards will be conferred across four categories including Bravery Awards, Gallantry Awards, Jyoti Singh Awards and Special Awards.

Officer's Choice has once again decided join hands with India TV as the presenting sponsor of the initiative along with Amrapali Group as the associate sponsor. Dainik Bhaskar & Pioneer Publicity are the media partners for the initiative.

Showtime Events, one of India's premier event management companies will be managing the event.

For more details please visit www.indiatvnews.com/salaamindia

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