Saturday, March 21, 2009

India Abroad Person of the Year

And the India Abroad Person of the Year award goes to - Mr. Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post American World. The award is given by the weekly newspaper India Abroadowned by Rediff since 2001. This award is given to recognised names in various fields since 2002. Previous winners of this awards were:

2007 Mira Nayar

  • Film maker
  • Born in Rourkela, Orissa on 15th October 1957
  • Famous movies: Salaam Bombay, Kamasutra-A Tale of Love, Monsoon Wedding, Namesake etc.

2006 Indira Nooyi,

  • CEO, Pepsico since August 2006
  • Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 28th October 1955

2005 Bobby Jindal

  • Born on 10th June 1971 in Loouisiana
  • Member of the U.S. House of Representative

2004 Mohini Bhardwaj

  • Retired Gymnast
  • Born on 29th September 1978 in Philadelphia

2003 Sonal Shah

  • American Economist
  • Born on 20th May 1968 in Mumbai

2002 Swati Dandekar

  • Born 6th March 1981 at Nagpur, Maharashtra
  • Iowa State Senator

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