MTV Youth Icon of the Year

MTV Youth Icon of the year is an annual award presented by MTV India, a TV channel. It was first presented in 2003. It is determined by popular votes.

Recipients

The proud recipients of the awards are:

2003 : Anil Ambani (Indian Industrialist) ^[1]
2004 : Rahul Dravid (Indian Cricketer)^[1]
2005 : Shahrukh Khan (Indian Actor) )^[1]^[2]
2006 : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Indian Cricketer)^[1]
2007 : Orkut (A community website by Google)^[1]
2008 : Award was given to eight persons.

Ankit Fadia (Computer security expert, ethical hacker, helped in 9/11 investigations)^[3]
Sarath Babu (BITS-Pilani and IIM-A passout, Food King catering business)^[3]
Rahul Mishra (Designer from Malhousie(Himachal Pradesh))^[3]
MC Mary Kom (Boxing, recipient of Padma Shri and Arjun Award)^[3]
Ishita Khanna (Entrepreneur, Founder and Director of Ecosphere)^[3]
Nitish Mishra (Minister of state for disaster management, Bihar, India)^[3]^[4]
Blaaze (Singer)^[3]
Mangesh Hadawale (Director of Marathi film 'Tingya')^[3]

2009 : Shahid Kapoor (Indian Actor).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e {{Past MTV Youth Icons}}
^ {{Shah Rukh Khan MTV Youth Icon for 2005}}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h {{Mid-Day interviews MTV Youth Icons of 2008}}
^ {{Nitish Mishra's details}}