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  Award presented by Anu Ranjan and Neha Dhupia to Ekta Kapoor
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  Award presented by Shashi Ranjan and Madhur Bhandarkar to Vidya Balan
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  Award presented by Ramesh Taurani and Sanjay Arora (MD- D\'decor) to Anjana Reddy
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  Award presented by Deeya Singh, Rajan Shahi and Govind Namdeo to Giaa Manek and Rashmi Sharma
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  Award presented by Sandeep Soparkar and Prachi Shah to Rama Vaidyanathan
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  Award presented by Anang Desai and Rashmi Udya Singh to Flavia Agnes
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  Award presented by Ankur Nayyar and Amit Dolawat to Agnes Kharshing
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  Award presented by Arjan Bajwa and Anushka Ranjan to Sehba Hussain
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  Award presented by Anirudh Dhoot (Director- Videocon) and Rana Kapoor (CEO and MD Yes Bank) to Juhi Chawla
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  Award presented by Avika Gor and Amit Gupta (MD Global Advertiser) to Varsha Deshpande
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  Award presented by Saroj Khan and Rajeshwari Badola to Salma Sultan
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  a Khatwani and Deepshika Nagpal to Grace Pinto
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  Award presented by Vida and Varun Badola to Bhakti and Leena Sharma
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  Tulip Joshi and Aakashdeep Sehgal to Kiran Bawa
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  Award presented by Ridhi Dogra and Sushil Sharma (Vice President, Bussiness Development- Luxury Brands) to Radha Kapoor
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  Award presented by Raquesh Vashishth and Yuvika Chaudhary to Chhaya Momaya
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  Award presented by Pooja Gor and Anil Khera (CEO- Videocon D2H) to Pria Kataria Puri
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  Award presented by Aashka Garodia and Sushma Reddy to Vishaka Mulye
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  Award presented by Zarina Wahab and Anirudh Dhoot (Director- Videocon) to Shamshad Begum

GR8! Women Awards, 2012
Year: 2012
Location: Bhavan’s Cultural Ground Andheri

- Vierendra Bhargav

A momentous initiative of GR8! Magazine, the 11th Kelvinator GR8! Women Awards, 2012 was held on 15th February ’12 at Bhavan’s Cultural Ground in Andheri. Entering the 2nd decade, this annual Event celebrates the glory of Indian Womanhood with rare razzle-dazzle and this time, too, it was done with great panache.

But above all that are the core concerns that lie behind these Awards! Over the years, these have fulfilled a huge lacuna concerning Women Achievers in the country. Today, Women are second to none and have made tremendous strides into all possible fields, but despite that their achievements have been rather frugally recognised.

There has hardly been an exclusive platform to accord recognition to the Women Achievers. This wrong has been redressed by the GR8! Women Awards!

The entire vision of awarding Women Achievers as well as the ‘beti’ movement is shared by Messrs. V N Dhoot, Pradeep Dhoot & Anirudh Dhoot, (Chairman, President and Director, respectively of the illustrious Videocon Group) and their Kelvinator has been sponsoring the ceremony for 5 years now.

Elaborating on this, Mr. Anirudh Dhoot says, "The Dhoot family is proud to be associated with the GR8! Women Awards for the 5th time in a row. It’s an honour to felicitate Women for their invaluable contribution in their respective fields. Moreover, this event is even more special since it supports the crusade against Female Foeticide called ‘beti’. I strongly believe that women are great at multitasking and balance their work and home life with equal lan. It’s an absolute privilege to salute these women and be a part of this great gathering!"

The Awards are also a platform for ‘beti’, a movement against Female Feticide. Dwelling upon it, Anu Ranjan (Editor, GR8!), stresses…"Both ‘beti’ and the ‘GR8! Women Awards’ have become synonyms of each other, today. While the Awards celebrate Female glory, ‘beti’ is a clarion call to protect the Female Foetus. And the sea of celebrities that we have had year after year has been instrumental in spreading awareness against playing havoc with the Gender-balance as created by Mother Nature by sex-selection in the womb! We have been relentless in this pursuit and would continue to be so to the last iota of our energy and effort!"

The Evening was attended by the creme-de-la-creme from all the segments of society…

Winners:

GR8! GOLDEN LAUREL - MUSIC - Shamshad Begum

GR8! SCROLL OF HONOUR - Tabassum Govil

CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE in Acting - Juhi Chawla

CINEMA – Versatility in Acting - Vidya Balan

GR8! SCROLL OF HONOUR - Salma Sultan

THE GR8! SPECIAL MENTION FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT - Ekta Kapoor

GR8! SPECIAL MENTION for Restoring Dignity to Women - Gulabi Gang

BANKING - Vishakha Mulye

JEWELLERY - Varuna D Jani

STYLE CONSULTANCY - Chhaya Momaya

BEAUTY & HEALTH CARE - Kiran Bawa

TELEVISION - Giaa Maanek & Rashmi Sharma

JOURNALISM - Anuradha Sengupta

ENTREPRENEUR - Anjana Reddy

FASHION - Pria Kataria Puri

GR8! SPECIAL MENTION - 'beti' - Varsha Deshpande

SOCIALSERVICES - Sehba Hussain

SPECIAL MENTION - SOCIAL SERVICE - Agnes Kharshiing

PERFORMING ARTS - Rama Vaidyanathan

SPORTS - Leena & Bhakti Sharma

MUSIC - Richa Sharma

YOUNG ENTERPRENEUR - Radha Kapoor

EDUCATION - Grace Pinto

SOCIAL SERVICE - LAW - WOMEN RIGHTS - Flavia Agnes