SRINAGAR: Harmony Cultural Foundation, New Delhi, announces its 9th Edition of Harmony India Awards 2023 for the first time in Kashmir.
The award ceremony scheduled to be held on Sunday at Tagore Hall, Srinagar will be presided over by the Jammu and Kashmir LG, Manoj Sinha, along with a distinguished gathering including Padma Shri Awardee and Founder SBSSD, Jitender Singh Shunty, Waqf Board Chairperson Darakshan Andrabi, Mayor of Srinagar Junaid A Mattoo, and others.
A total of 20 awardees chosen by the jury from various fields of fine art, performing art, culture, cinema & TV, sports, literature, administration and social services, journalism, entrepreneurship, and others who have excelled in their respective fields, brought glory to the success of Jammu & Kashmir, and immensely contributed to the growth and development of our nation.
The awards will be presented under various categories as follows: Lifetime Achievement to Pran Kishore Kaul; Shreshth Samaan to Farooq Nazki, Zameer Ashai, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Masood Hussain, Bhushan Parimoo; Women Achievers Award to Nirupama Kotru; Community Icon Award to Ravinder Pandita and Rohit Bhat; Pt. Bhajan Sopori Smriti Samman to Abdul Rashid Hafiz; Harmony India Special Award to Dr Pawan Suri and Ms Rehmat Rattan.
The State Icon Award will be presented to Gulzar Ganaie, Ayash Arif, Munir Ahmed Mir, Dr Satish Vimal, Amin Bhat, Zeenat Zeeshan Fazil, and the Yuva Puraskar to Sadia Tariq and Wajahat Rather.
The program will also feature a musical performance by an emerging young group, Harmonies Choir of J&K, the young generation of Kashmiri singers, who previously performed in 2021 at the inaugural ceremony of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in Ahmedabad, in front of PM Modi, and recently in the Vitasta series festivals.
A short documentary on Padma Shri Pandit Bhajan Sopori will also be screened as a tribute to the legend. (KNS)
