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19 noted personalities to be honoured with Gaurav Samman at Pravasi Haryana Divas

Chandigarh, Jan 9 (UNI) As many as 19 noted personalities of Haryanvi origin would be honoured with ‘Gaurav Samman’ at the two-day ‘Pravasi Haryana Divas-2017’ beginning from tomorrow at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurugram.
Stating this here today, an official spokesman said that the awards would be conferred on January 11 upon noted singer Sonu Nigam and Ritu Sheoran and Vikas Sheoran from Melbourne (Australia) and actor Randeep Hooda in Art and Culture category; in the Entertainment and Tourism category those who would be awarded included Principal Engineer, Global Foundries, New York (USA) Lalit Shokeen, in the Social Service category former Fiji Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Chaudhry, Essel Group of Companies Chairman Subhash Chandra, Balinder Singh Kundu, Touch International Inc, USA, in the Health and Education category, Consultant Paediatrician, United Kingdom, Rajeev Gupta, in Trade and Industry Ashok Kumar Mago, Founding Chairman, US-INDIA Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Texas, USA, Vandana Luthra, Founder, VLCC HEALTH CARE LTD, Gurugram and Sandeep Chauhan, Managing Director and CEO, Singapore would also be honoured.
Special Achievement Award would be conferred posthumously upon astronaut Kalpana Chawla, to be received by her father B L Chawla and in health and education, Founder, Patanjali Ayurveda, Uttarakhand, Baba Ram Dev, in entertainment and tourism, Founder and CEO-OYO Rooms Ritesh Agarwal, in Health and Education category, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Om Parkash Dhankher, in IT, Engineering and Services, Founder, Vice-Chairman, and CTO, Juniper Networks Inc, USA, Pradeep Sindhu, Global CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, New York, United States, Punit Renjen and Founding Managing Director, Indo US Capital LLC, USA Vinod Dham.
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