Exceptional Women Achievers Award 2014 of Maharashtra

Golden Maharashtra Development Council (GMDC) & FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) felicitated ‘Exceptional Women Achievers’ of society in a colorful ceremony on 15th March, 2014 at Y B Chavan Centre, Mumbai.

The award ceremony commenced with the Ganpati Vandana and the specially created EWA Theme song by the dance troupe from entertainment industry. The Awards were intertwined with dance performances from entertainment industry. Achievements of Award recipients were highlighted through a specially made audio-visual film made on each one of them. The function was followed by a musical evening with leading Bollywood singers Ms. Rekha Bharadwaj & Ms. Madhushree. The entire program was hosted by Ms. Nishiganda Wadh, leading Film and TV actor.

The Award ceremony was attended by more than 600 high profile dignitaries comprising Film & Television industry personalities such as Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff, Industry Leaders, and socialites.

Concept:
Growth and development of any society is measured by the status of women in the society. In this context, India is a fortunate country where women have been great achievers since the pre-independence era. Post-independence, role of women has evolved across various facets of life. Besides playing the role of a successful home maker, modern Indian women have been making their mark even in the male dominated professions such as engineering, politics, foreign diplomacy, sports, defense and many such areas. Indian women contribute more than 49% of the society and are playing a pivotal role in making India a Global Super Power.

• Welcome and Introduction of EWA Award by MC
• Inauguration of Event by Hon’ble Governor and other Dignitaries
• Ganapati Vandana
• Opening Remarks by:

Malvika Rai, National Chairperson, FICCI FLO &
Vinod Gupta, President, Golden Maharashtra Development Council

• Specially conceptualized and created Song with audio-visual on EWA Award
• First set of 6-Awards:

Second set of 5-Awards:

•  Launch of Golden Maharashtra Development Council website by Hon’ble Governor in presence of Smt. Pratibha Patil
• Dance Performance focused on Women Empowerment by Dance troupe from entertainment industry
•  Closing remarks by the MC

Musical Evening

Madhushree

Rekha Bhardwaj

Award Recipients:

Pratibha Patil:                                                                    1^ST President of India

Lata Mangeshkar:                                                            1^ST Bharat Ratna from Maharashtra

Sujata Manohar:                                                              1^ST Chief Justice of Maharashtra

Neela Satyanarayanan:                                                 1^ST Election Commissioner of Maharashtra

Meera Borwankar:                                                          1^ST Police Commissioner-Crime Br. Mumbai

Nishi Vasudeva:                                                                1^ST Head of Navratna PSU-HPCL.

Indira Hinduja:                                                                  1^ST IVF & Infertility Expert of India

Anjali Bhagwat:                                                                 1^ST ISSF Champions’ Trophy Recipient

Mandakini Amte:                                                             1^ST Ramon Magsaysay Award Recipient

Deena Mehta:                                                                   1^st Woman President of Bombay Stock Exchange

SNDT Women’s University,

Received by the Vice Chancellor of the

University Prof. Vasudha Kamath :                           1^ST First Women’s University of India

Award Presenters:

Shri K. Sankaranarayana, Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra

Ranjeet Sahani, MD & CEO, Novartis India

Mr. Barwale, Chairman, Mhyco Group

Anupam Kher, Film Actor & Director

Jackie Shroff, Film Actor & Director

Nikhil Desai, MD, Charu Jewels

Sushil Jiwrajka, FICCI Regional Chairman

Leena Mogra, Celebrity Fitness Expert

Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group

Sandeep Prakash, Western Regional Head, Amway India

Jitender Bhargava, Former ED Air India

Saurav Bhattacharya, President, Gitanjali Group

Malvika Rai, National Chairperson, FICCI FLO

Vinod Gupta, President, Golden Maharashtra Development Council

Gili Jewels

Amway India

Union Bank of India

Charu Jewels

Godrej Properties

Fiona Jewels

Titan Co Ltd