Round Table India’s Pride of Tamil Nadu an award ceremony that celebrates Pride Personalities of Tamil Nadu
SPR Group sponsored Round Table India’s Pride of Tamil Nadu Awards powered by Kamachi TMT held at Chennai on 19th Sunday evening. It is an initiative to identify, recognize and celebrate talents from Tamilnadu in various fields. Personalities across fields were awarded with a title “PRIDE OF TAMIL NADU 2017” – recognition for all the hardships and challenges that went into carving themselves, and also inspiring the next generation not only to be successful but also make Tamil Nadu PROUD.
This initiative is unique, fair and regarded as the most prestigious award of Tamil Nadu. The Awards were presented under the categories of Agriculture, Art & Culture, Entertainment (Actor and Technician), Food & Beverages, Administrative Services, Journalism, Literature, Healthcare, NGOs, Retail, SME, Education, Sports & Start-ups
Round Table India will contribute 100% of the funds raised from the Pride of TamilNadu towards construction of classrooms for underprivileged Children. Team Madras South Round Table 39, a part of Round Table India will identify the schools that need assistance to improve their infrastructure or the schools who require assistance to improve their standards.
Awards presented in Inspiration and Emerging Categories :
In each category two kinds of Awardees was presented
1. Inspirational/Achiever award (Jury selection): Award to personalities who are already leading or achieved in their specific field and also being a role model to many aspiring personalities
2. Emerging Award (Nomination + Jury + Public Voting): This award was presented to emerging personalities for their achievements and contribution in their own field and has a progressive growth towards big achievements.
Response from the Public :
More than 800 + nominations have been received from various parts of Tamil Nadu and Jury has short listed top-3 emerging personalities for public voting. More than 47000 people voted through website and FB . Finalists of emerging categories were selected based on percentage of voting amongst nominations.
Friends of Farmers – Support for Farmers:
Actor Vishal has launched new network platform for farmers of Tamil Nadu with an objective of connecting Donors/Supporters to support livelihood of farmers with financial support like monthly financial aid support and compensation for deserving farmers.
Satyabhama University and Anbu Foundation has announced monthly financial support of INR 3000 to more than 10 farmers and also free education for needy farmer’s children.
List of Inspiration and Emerging Awardees:
Emerging & Inspiring Category – Final as of 16.03.2017
Category
Inspirational Personalities
Designation / Organisation
Emerging Personalities
Designation / Organisation
Administrative
Tmt P. Amudha, IAS
Secretary to Govt
Labour & Employment Department
Dr.K.Vijayakarthikeyan, I.A.S.
Commissioner – Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation –
Agriculture
Mr. Karthikeya Sivasenapathty
Managing Trustee -Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation
Art & Culture
Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam
Founder – BIFAC
Mr. Anil Srinivasan
Pianist-Emerged Icon
Education
Mr. K. Sridharan
Chancellor, Kalasalingam University
Dr. Kannan Gireesh
Founder & CEO
Live Life Education Private Limited
Entertainment
Mr. Siva Karthikeyan
Mr. Anirudh Ravichander
Actor
Music Director
Karthik Naren
Shakthisree Gopalan
Director
Singer
F & B
Mr. K.T.Srinivasa Raja
Managing Director, A2B
Mr. D. Nagasamy (aka) Sathish
Manging Director
Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant
Healthcare
Mr. Ravi Pachamoothoo
Chairman, SIMS Hospital
Dr. P.R. Ashwin Vijay
Founder – Strength India Movement
Journalism
Mr. Madhan
Journalist
Hariharan
Deputy Editor – Republic TV
Literature
Mr. S. Ramakrishnan
Writer
Ms.Nandini Krishnan
Author
Retail
Mr. Nalli Kuppusamy
Founder – Nalli Silks
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Nachiar & Mr. Mani Chinnaswamy
Founders – Ethicus
Sports
Mr. Baskaran
Hockey player / Former Indian Coach
Ms. Dharshini
Skating
NGO
Mr.Sunderasan
Founder – Grama Udhayam
Mr. Sujith Kumar
Managing Trustee – Maatram Foundation
SME
Mr.K.R. Nagaraj
M.D – Ramraj Cotton
Mr. Sivakumar Kuppusamy
CEO : Adpay-AEROVOYCE
Start-up
Girish Mathrubootham
Founder & CEO
Freshdesk
Ms.Kripa Dharmaraj
Founder – MC’s Lunchbox
Jury Choice – Female
Science & Technology
Ms. N. Valarmathi
Scientist – ISRO
Jury Choice – Male
Information Technology
Mr. Arun Jain
Founder – Polaris Consulting
Life Time Achievement
Mrs.Shanthi Duraisamy &
Mr. P.C.Duraisamy
Founder & M.D – Sakthi Masala
Jury Members of PRIDE OF TAMIL NADU 2017
· Dr. Mariazeena Johnson – Pro-Chancellor, Satyabhama University
· Dr. Santhosh Babu, I.A.S – Chairman and Managing Director at Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation, & OSD, CM’s Special Cell
· Ms. Hema Rukmani – CEO, Thenandal Films
· Ms. Latha Rajan , Co-founder Ma Foi Group of Companies
· Mr.Nawabzada Mohammed Asif Ali, Heir Apparent and Dewan to the Prince of Arcot
· Ms. Nirmala Lakshman – Journalist and Director -The Hindu Group of Publications
· Ms. Simran, Renowed Actress
· Mr. V.Chandrasekaar – Creative Leader in Media & Entertainment Business.(Consultant)
· Mr.Hitesh P Kawad, Managing Director, SPR Group.
This event was strategically co-organized by Brand Avatar – Branding and Event Management company which is known for their creating event properties like Celebrity Badminton League, Fashion Premier Week etc.