India TV to present Yuva Awards to youth icons

New Delhi, Jan 31: India TV has decided to give away Yuva Awards to youth icons in the fields of politics, sports, music, film, television and business. The Yuva Awards in six categories will be given away at a glittering ceremony at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi on February 18.The award winners will be decided through a stringent process involving tabulation and stratified research by a renowned international research agency, India TV viewers' votes and a high-powered jury chaired by sarod maestro Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan. Other members of the jury are: former Team India captain Kapil Dev, wellness expert Padma Shri Vandana Luthra, Prof Pushpesh Pant and Rajat Sharma, chairman and editor-in-chief of India TV.Announcing the inception of the Yuva Awards, 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.”As new youth icons emerge in a fast-changing India having a demography dominated by youths, India TV has decided to honour the nation's future by instituting the Yuva Awards for the most promising young faces of the nation. Real estate major Prateek Group is the principal sponsor and Galgotias University is the associate sponsor for this Yuva Awards event.