Canada India Foundation ("CIF") Chanchlani Global Indian Award

The CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award is an Indian non-governmental diasporic award. It was established in 2008 by the Canada India Foundation to recognize excellence and celebrate achievement in the Global Indian Diaspora. The award is presented to a recipient who has demonstrated global leadership, vision and professional excellence, which has made all people of Indian origin extremely proud of the India heritage. The award is presented annually. The award is in the form of a trophy accompanied with donations of $50, 000.00 to approved charities in the name of the award recipient. The awards principal sponsor is Toronto based businessman Vasu Chanchlani.[1]

Award Recipients

2014 - Narayana Murthy, Co-founder and former Chairman, Infosys

2012 - Deepak Chopra [2]

One of the world’s leading thinkers on human empowerment and has been heralded as one of the Top 100 Heroes & Icons of the Century by Time Magazine.

2010 - Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group
Chairman of Tata Sons and therefore, Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. The award was conferred in Vancouver in presence of Canadian Minister Jason Kenney and UN Under-Secretary General Shashi Tharoor among other distinguished guests. [3]

2009 - Tulsi Tanti, Founder & CEO, Suzlon
Popularly known as "Wind man of India" Tulsi Tanti was selected for the award for his outstanding contributions to promote non-conventional sources of energy. The award will be conferred in presence of Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.[4]

2008 - Sam Pitroda, Chairman, India's National Knowledge Commission
Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and former Indian president Dr. Abdul Kalam presented the inaugural "CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award" to Sam Pitroda, along with a prize of $50,000 to be directed to charity. Mr. Pitroda was selected as the recipient of the "Global Indian Award" for his role as Chairman of the Knowledge Commission in India, his innovations as the holder of over 100 patents, and for his immense contribution to revolutionizing India's telecommunications industry. [5][6][7]

Notes

  1. ↑ PTI (2008-04-19). "Canada calls for stronger economic ties with India". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  2. ↑ "Deepak Chopra To Receive "CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award"". Canada India Foundation.
  3. ↑ The Economic The Hindu (2010-05-17). "Ratan Tata Honoured". Chennai, India: The Hindu.
  4. ↑ The Economic Times (2009-04-02). ""Wind man of India" to receive Global India award". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  5. ↑ Gurmukh Singh, Indo-Asian News Service (2008-03-13). "Global Indian award for Sam Pitroda". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  6. ↑ The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper (2008-04-18). "Prime Minister urges stronger trade relations with India". Prime Minister of Canada. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  7. ↑ His Excellency Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (2008-04-18). "Address at the Canada India Foundation, First Annual Gala, Toronto, Canada". Former President of India. Retrieved 2008-05-03.

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