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ShareNew Delhi: India's first ever youth icon award will be held today in New Delhi. The nominees have been decided by a panel of judges like IPS officer Dr Kiran Bedi, journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, film-maker Shyam Benegal, tennis ace Leander Paes, cardiologist Dr Naresh Trehan, actor Shabana Azmi, singer Usha Uthup and chairman of Videocon industries Mr Venugopal Dhoot.
The categories are India youth icon for Entrepreneurship, Social justice and welfare, Entertainment, Technology, Politics, Media, Sports and the Arts for India youth icon of the year.
Nominee in the category of politics, Priya Dutt says it's an honour to be nominated as one of the icons. She says, "My dad (Sunil Dutt) was my biggest icon. Even now when I make decisions, I think would he have approved it. He was the only one I looked up to in my growing years," she says.
Billiards champion and nominee in the sports category, Pankaj Advani, says, "This is a great honour to be flooded with appreciation. At times I get taken aback by the response I get because I have not really dwelt upon these aspects, only continued working. So it comes as a pleasant surprise."
