Recipients of The Hindu World of Girls 2024 awards together with the chief visitor Justice Anita Sumanth, (foruth from proper) Madras Excessive Courtroom and Nirmala Lakshman, (seventh from proper) Chairperson of The Hindu Group in Chennai on Friday.
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From trailblazing leaders and activists to groundbreaking artists and entrepreneurs, a number of ladies had been honoured at The Hindu World of Girls 2024 in Chennai on Friday.
Nirmala Lakshman, chairperson of The Hindu Group of Publishing Personal Restricted, mentioned, “On this journey of celebration and reflection, allow us to not overlook the numerous ladies who paved the way in which, breaking obstacles and difficult conference to create a extra inclusive and equitable world for generations to come back.”
“I wish to level out that whereas gender equality is vital, so is fairness, which signifies that whereas equality is the cornerstone of each society, fairness ensures that everybody reaches and will get the identical end result. And it’s vital that it’s out there to all ladies, as fairness is a vital facet to equality,” Ms. Lakshman mentioned, including that every one organisations, corporates, and NGOs should degree as much as meet the vital wants of girls to make sure that fairness and equality are delivered.
Justice Anita Sumanth of Madras Excessive Courtroom mentioned, “All function fashions as we speak have nice energy, and with that comes nice duty. What we actually have fun as we speak is their unwavering grit, tenacity and most significantly, their intention to offer again to society.”
She added that there are a lot of with expertise, expertise and experience however few obtain oneness of their artwork or their calling. There are a number of individuals who look past and use that have to learn others, she mentioned.
Veteran actor and Bharatanatyam exponent Vyjayanthimala Bali was introduced with The Hindu Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ms. Bali, upon receiving the award, mentioned, “It provides me immense pleasure to obtain the lifetime achievement award from The Hindu Group. I obtain the award with pleasure and humility.”
The Hindu Excellence in Music Award went to carnatic musician Bombay Jayashri. “It’s a humbling second to be amongst extraordinary ladies. I wish to dedicate this award to my Amma and I’m right here as we speak due to her,” Ms. Jayashri mentioned.
Whereas The Hindu Excellence in Leisure Award was introduced to actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu (who couldn’t be current), motivational speaker Bharathy Baskar obtained The Hindu Excellence in Artwork & Tradition Award.
Para athlete Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla, who obtained The Hindu Achievement in Surpassing Incapacity Award, and R. Roja, who ensures dignified burials to deserted corpses, was honoured with The Hindu Contribution to Society Award.
Rifle shooter and Olympian Elavenil Valarivan was given The Hindu Excellence in Sports activities Award and transwoman Okay. Prithika Yashini obtained The Hindu Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion Champion Award.
Gynaecologists Kamala Selvaraj and Priya Selvaraj of GG Hospital obtained The Hindu Generational Satisfaction Award; ISRO scientist Nigar Shaji obtained The Hindu Excellence in Training, Science, and Know-how Award.
Girls’s Collective, a non-profit organisation, obtained The Hindu Excellence in Agriculture & Rural Improvement Award. Sheelu Francis of Girls’s Collective mentioned that they’ve been striving to empower ladies throughout the State.
“We’ve got been concentrating on establishing ourselves as ladies farmers and attempting to do local weather resilient agriculture,” she mentioned.
Whereas P. Poorna Chandrika, professor, Institute of Psychological Well being obtained The Hindu Excellence in Well being & Hygiene Award, Saranya Ponvannan, actor and founding father of Designing College of Style Know-how, obtained The Hindu Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award.
The Hindu World of Girls 2024 was introduced by GRT Jewellers, and co-presented by Hatsun Curd in affiliation with SRM Institute of Science & Know-how and Naga. The occasion was powered by Aqua Group & RKG Ghee. The realty accomplice was Gsquare, luxurious accomplice was DA Milano Italia, telecast accomplice was Puthuyugam TV, information TV accomplice was Puthiya Thalaimurai, and the reward accomplice was Lifespice.
