A special report by Surveshwar Sarvesh
One of the most splendid and eagerly awaited evening of the year, the “NDT Hall of Fame Awards 2017” was recently hosted in the capital by the Nav Drishti Group at the Le Grand, Peeragarhi on 5th August’2017. The key highlight of the event was the “Grand Awards Night”, ensued by the unveiling of the cover page of the newly designed ‘Nav Drishti Times- Business & Society Icons’ Magazine followed by an enthralling cultural extravaganza and a gala Dinner. Drawing a huge round of applause from all those present, the cover pages of the August and the September issue of ‘Nav Drishti Times- Business & Society Icons’ Magazine were unveiled. While the August issue showcased ‘Shahnaz Husain’ (Global Ambassador of Beauty & Wellness) on its cover page, the September issue showcased Dr SPS Oberoi (Renowned Philanthropist, also fondly referred to as Saviour Singh by his admirers the world over) on its cover page.
Graced by the city’s glitterati, the event provided an excellent networking platform for the approximate gathering of 400 esteemed guests. The accomplishments of the Awardees as well as the esteemed Associates were duly highlighted during the course of the event.
Among the prominent personalities seen at the event included the likes of Vaastu Naresh, Shammi Aggarwal from Pansari Group, Sunita Vakil, eminent social activist Sunil Gaudas, Punit Jain and Nishhu Jain.
The main sponsors of the event were Busy (Business Accounting Software GST Software partner), Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies (Gifting partner), Kashvi Jewels (Jewellery partner), Le-Grand Banquets (Venue Partner), Mahila Mandal, Punjabi Bagh (Social Women Group Associate), Capital 1 (Channel partner), Heritage Computers (IT partner), Alka Chawla (Gift Partner from Mystic Charlie), AVG Advertising (Publicity partner) and so on.
The guests were seen lauding the D.M.e Services Pvt. Ltd. for professionally conceptualizing and choreographing the entire Awards Night. Standing ovation was given to the scintillating show performed by the blind students from ‘Yoga Artist Group’ trained by the seasoned Hemant Sharma.
Another significant feature of the event was the felicitation of all the members of NavDrishti Times Newspaper.
Notable among those honoured with the ‘NDT Hall of Fame Awards 2017’ were eminent journalists Sushil Vakil, AK Tiwary, Aman Batra and Bipin Sharma. Awardees in the other categories included Sharad Aggarwal (in the field of Eyeware Retail), Dr RK Tuli (Global Pioneer of Holistic Medicine), noted social crusader Subhash Sethi, Architect Anurag Khandelwal (specialist in eco friendly wooden architecture), Shah Faisal (senior Media Marketing professional), entrepreneur Rajesh Sharma to name a few.
Neetu and Sanjay Singhal played the perfect hosts of the evening by personally attending to every guest. The guests had a rollicking time, networking with one another, and savouring mouth watering recipes prepared exclusively by the in-house Chef.