Real Heroes Award

The Real Heroes Award
Awarded for	Humanitarian Work
Country	India
Presented by	Reliance Industries CNN-IBN
First awarded	2008
Official website	Real Heores Award
Television/Radio coverage
Network	CNN-IBN, IBN-7, IBN-Lokmat

Real Heroes Award, is a social initiative by CNN-IBN in collaboration with Reliance Industries, instituted in 2008 to honour ordinary Indians for their remarkable contribution to the society. The objective of recognizing and appreciating the ordinary citizens who have sacrificed their life magnanimously towards shaping a better society. This annual felicitation ceremony set off its first edition in the year of 2008 awards 24 unsung heroes from diverse fields across the country.

Jury

Judged by a panel of the IBN 18 Editorial Board the selection process involves thorough checking of cited events, persons and places, in order to ensure that only deserving individuals are given the awards.

Slogan

Ordinary People Extraordinary Service

Categories

Honoring the unsung heroes every year, the award acknowledges the exemplary service of reformers in diverse fields including:

• Women Empowerment
• Youth
• Social Welfare
• Health& Disability
• Education& Children
• Sports
• Environment
• A Life Time Achievement Award is also given to an distinguished who has dedicated his/her life towards the betterment of the society

2008 Edition

Winners

• Women & Child Welfare

1. Sunitha Krishnan - helps trafficked women and girls find shelter.
2. Swapan Mukherjee - Runs a home for destitute children
3. K.P.Thomas - Mentor to Anju Bobby George.
4. Rajpal Singh - International shooter helps villagers aim for Olympics
5. Nishtha Desai - Runs an NGO 'CRG' in Goa to save children from becoming victims of paedophilia

• Wildlife Conservation

1. Dharanidhar Boro - Forest Ranger of Kaziranga National Park is fighting against poachers to save the rhinos

• Sports

1. Mary Kom - A champion boxer, started a training academy in Manipur
2. Bhagawan Nagargoje - An ex-Army man, he trains village kids to become national-level marathon runners.

• Social Welfare

1. N Krishnan
2. Sharad Sharma
3. Haneef Lakdawala

• Education

1. Reny George
2. Sonam Wangchuk
3. Abhayanand & Anand Kumar
4. Armene Modi

• HealthCare

1. D Ashish
2. Dr. Subroto Das

• Environment

1. Ahmed Khan
2. Jai Prakash Dabral
3. Chewang Norphel

• Rural Development

1. Dr. Prabhakar
2. Dr. Anil Joshi
3. Deep Joshi
4. Sushma Iyengar - Started Kutch Mahila Vikas Sanghtan to help women become skilled entrepreneurs

2009 Edition

Winners

• Women & Child Welfare

1. Dr. Rouf M. Malik
2. Anson Thomas
3. Anshu Gupta

• Social Welfare

1. Hemant Patel
2. Nisheeth Mehta
3. Mohamed Sharif

• HealthCare

1. Subhashini Mistry
2. K. Sujatha
3. Mr. & Mrs. K. Raghuram

• Education

1. Hajabba
2. Late Zaputou Angami
3. Anjina Rajagopal
4. Armene Modi

• Environment

1. Vikas Chandra Guddu Baba
2. Shamjibhai J. Antala
3. K.M. Chinnappa

• Rural Development

1. Deepak Saha
2. Rangaswamy Elango

• Youth

1. Babar Ali
2. Jalpana Paul
3. Ashok Rathod

• Sports

1. Karsanbhai Patel
2. Davinder Singh

2010 Edition

Winners

• Women Welfare

1. Ram Snehi
2. P Gopinath
3. Biro Bala Rabha

• Social Welfare

1. T. Raja
2. Sujatha Bhat & Kalpana Mallya
3. Hirbaiben Ibrahimbhai Lobi
4. Sister Mariola
5. Chandrashekhar Sankurathri

• Health & Disability

1. Mohd Iqbal
2. Dr Joyce Siromoni
3. Uma Preman
4. Sruti Mohapatra
5. Ramesh Babu Kushwah

• Youth

1. Ishita Khanna
2. Naseema Khatoon
3. Vijaylaxmi Sharma

• Education & Children

1. Kantha Singh
2. Irfana Ismail Mujawar
3. Dubhil Vechanbhai Movasiyabhai
4. Vimla Kaul

• Sports

1. Tarnash Tarpan
2. Aata Odanaata
3. Mritunjay Tiwari
4. Merzaban Patel

2011 Edition

Winners

• Women Welfare

1. Binalakshmi Nepram
2. Chandralekha
3. Ajeet Singh
4. Grace Nirmala
5. Amirbi Sikander Sheikh

• Social Welfare

1. Gyanesh Pandey
2. Dr. Regi M. George and Dr. Lalitha Regi
3. Bezwada Wilson

• Health & Disability

1. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
2. Dr. Maqbool Mir
3. Dr. Pullara Bhanumathi
4. Swagat Thorat

• Youth

1. Bina Kalindi
2. Faith Gonsalves
3. Rajesh Bhat Subraya
4. Nilesh Gaonkar

• Education & Children

1. Uttam Teron
2. Prakash Kaur
3. Sandeep Manohar Desai

• Sports

1. Nanda Kishore Patnaik
2. Dineshbhai F.DU.Bhil

• Environment

1. Anil Joshi
2. M. Yoganathan
3. Deviram Gurjar

• Life Time Achievement Award

1. Abhay and Rani Bang

2012 Edition

The 5th edition of Real Heroes Ceremony awarded 24 unsung heroes who have revolutionized the society as a dynamic leader. It is not only the heroes that that have been honored but also the causes that they have been trying to reform which generally go unnoticed. Be it starting a Chakde movement or rendering dignity in death, these real heroes have made a difference in the lives of millions and sown seeds that will give rise to a better future.

Winners

The concept of the fifth edition was changed to zone-wise. The country was divided into four zones and then the awards were distributed to the candidates.

• West Zone

1. Mittal Patel
2. Bharat Patel
3. Vijay Barse
4. Girish Mahadev Kulkarni
5. Sindhutai Sakpal
6. Irfan Ahmed

• East Zone

1. Bertha G Darkar
2. Pabitra Rabha
3. R K Viswajit Singh
4. Keepu Tsering Lepcha
5. Baghambar Pattanaik
6. Jaya Devi

• North Zone

1. Tabassum, Tarannum, And Rubina
2. Navin Gulia
3. Tsewang Dorjey
4. Virendra Sam Singh
5. Yogeshwar Kumar
6. Jo Mcgowan Chopra & Manju Singhania

• South Zone

1. P Shanthakumar
2. Sheeba Ammer
3. C K Ganguly & Mary Vattamattam
4. Rasiya Bhanu
5. Karibeeran Parameswaran and P Choodamani
6. Kousalya Periasamy

• Life-Time Achievement Award

• Shobhana Ranade

Images

• Honouring the Real Heroes.jpg
• Winners of Real Hero Awards 2012.jpg

External links

• Official site
• Real Heroes