Nominations declared for 2nd Edition of the Sahara India Sports Awards

Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan will grace the occasion

Stars from Indian Sports, Bollywood glitterati, Businessmen and Celebrities will attend the Award Ceremony

Mumbai, October 29, 2010: ‘SAHARA INDIA SPORTS AWARDS’ the biggest and the most comprehensive sporting awards extravaganza in India, today declared the list of nominations for this year’s awards. The nominees are short listed by 400 members of Sports Journalist Federation of India (SJFI) from across the nation through secret ballets. The final awardees will be selected by the eminent jury of 14 sporting legends led by Sunil Gavaskar and will be felicitated in the grand award Ceremony tomorrow evening, i.e. 30th October, 2010
The Nominations of Sahara India Sports Awards 2010 are:
Best Young Achievers (Male) – Sushil Kumar Prannoy (Badminton), Virdhawal Khade (Swimming), Ravi Dixit (Squash), S. P. Sethuraman (Chess), Asher Noria (Shooting), Vikas Krishan (Boxing)
Best young Achiever (Female) – Dipika Pallikal (Squash), Gayathri Govindaraj (Athletics), Soumya Swaminathan (Chess)
Team of the Year – India Cricket Team, Indian Davis Cup Team (Tennis), Indian Women’s Hockey Team, India ‘A’ Chess Team (Men)
Sports Woman of the Year – Mary Kom (Boxing), Saina Nehwal (Badminton), Tejaswini Sawant (Shooting)
Sports man of the Year – Vijender Singh (Boxing), Vishwanathan Anand (Chess), Sushil Kumar (Wrestling), Gagan Narang (Shooting), Arjun Atwal (Golf)
Cricketer of the Year (Male) – Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina
Cricketer of the year (Female) – Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Gouhar Sultana
Outstanding Performance of the year – Suranjoy Singh (Boxing), Achanta Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis), Pankaj Advani (Billiards and Snooker), Om Prakash Singh (Shot Putt), Tintu Luka (Athletics), Chinnaswami Muniyappa (Golf)
Coach of the Year – P. T. Usha (Athletics), P. Gopichand (Badminton), Yashvir Singh (Wrestling), Anoop Kumar (Boxing)
Memorable Moment of the year – M.C. Mary Kom (winning the Fifth world boxing title at Bridgetown, Barbados), Saina Nehwal (winning 3 titles in 3 weeks at the India grand Prix, the Singapore Open and the Indonesian Open), Vishwanathan Anand (successfully defended his title at the World Chess Championship that is being held since 2001), Tejaswini Sawant (winning the rifle prone shooting event at the world championship in Munich).

Jury for the Sahara India Sports Awards who will select the Awardees from the nominations

1. Mr. Sunil Gavaskar, (Cricket), Chairman of the Jury
2. Dhanraj Pillai (Hockey)
3. Pullela Gopichand (Badminton)
4. Michael Ferreira (Billiards)
5. Sandeep Patil (Cricket)
6. Ashwini Nachappa (Athletics)
7. Kamlesh Mehta (Table Tennis)
8. I.M. Vijayan (Football)
9. Anjali Bhagwat (Shooting)
10. Nandan Bal (Tennis)
11. Praveen Thipsay (Chess)
12. Vikramjit Singh (Golf)
13. Kartar Singh (Wrestling)
14. Dingko Singh (Boxing

Abhijit Sarkar, Director-Communications, Sahara India Pariwar said on the occasion “The nominations for the Sahara India Sports Awards with the help of SJFI, involved 400 sports journalists from across India and took more than a month to complete the entire process. By standards, the process is the most extensive and brings the rich insight of the experienced sports journalists from across the nation suggesting the nominations. With this process, the eminent jury of the sporting legends from various fields led by Mr. Sunil Gavaskar gets a most comprehensive nomination choice to select the awardees”.
In keeping with the very dynamic nature of sport and the performances of Indian sportspersons, a few Special Awards have been introduced this year to recognize the outstanding performance of Indian sportsperson at the Commonwealth Games, the largest sporting event held in India that spurred our sportspersons into pushing themselves into garnering glory for the nation does not go unrewarded or unrecognized. Under the Special Awards there are following categories - Outstanding Performance at Commonwealth Games (Male) and Outstanding Performance at Commonwealth Games (Female).
The Sahara India Sports Awards also have two special categories - the Legend Honour and the Unsung Hero Awards. The Legend Honour is given to the sportsperson who has excelled in his field to a degree that his feat and contribution to the sport deserves the place of a legend. The Unsung Hero Award, every year honors those sportsmen whose achievements and feats have slipped into oblivion with time and require recognition and support.
The selection has been tabulated by Ernst & Young who is auditing and monitoring the entire selection process.

Sahara Hospital Collaborates with Roentgen Oncologic Solutions to set-up high end Radiation Oncology Center

Already offering Medical and Surgical Oncology, Sahara Hospital with the state-of-the-art Radiation Oncology Center will become the first total Cancer Care Center in the region

Lucknow, October 27, 2010: Sahara Hospital, the multi-disciplinary, super-speciality, Tertiary Care hospital, today, signed a Joint Collaboration Agreement with M/s Roentgen Oncologic Solutions to set up a state-of-the-art Radiation Oncology Center at the Hospital. Sahara Hospital’s Cancer Department which already has Medical and Surgical Oncology speciality, with the set up of the Radiation Oncology Center, will be able to provide a cost effective and complete range of treatments to Cancer patients at Lucknow for which they had to travel to cities like Mumbai or Delhi. ‘Sahara – Roentgen Radiation Oncology Center’, as the center will be called, will provide a complete array of latest radiation treatments to cancer patients including, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (SRT), CT Simulation, Digital Portal Imaging and HDR Brachytherapy.
The center aims to provide the most comprehensive and advanced radiation oncology care to cancer patients by specially trained radiation oncologists that are skilled in a wide range of standard and emerging treatments and at the same time will ensure that quality and personalised care is given every patient. The experience of the medical team comprising of the trained specialists, will blend with the latest technology, resulting in better outcome for the patients.
The latest range of equipment at the Sahara – Roentgen Radiation Oncology Center together with the techniques adopted by specialists to treat tumors with pinpoint accuracy, will eliminate most of the side effects that accompany radiation treatment, thereby, ensuring that tumors get the most effective dose while healthy tissues and organs are spared. The equipment that will be installed in the center will include a dual energy linear accelerator that yields treatment times that are shorter, making the overall experience of the patient more comfortable and relaxed. The precision will allow the specialists to spare healthy tissues, to an extent that was unimaginable only a few years ago. In addition, high dose rate brachytherapy shall provide conformal radiotherapy for gynecological cancers, and cancers of breast, esophagus, bronchus, nasopharynx, etc.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. H.P. Kumar, Director – Medical Health, Sahara Hospital, said, “With the upcoming Sahara – Roentgen Radiation Oncology Center and the already operational Medical & Surgical Oncology Department, Sahara Hospital is all set to become a first full-fledged and complete Cancer Treatment Hospital in the region, apart from Delhi and Mumbai”. He further added, “Sahara Hospital, with its world class mix of advance technology and experienced faculty, is becoming a life-saving destination for many critical cases. A 100 bedded critical care system with ample number of ventilators and all the Intensive Care monitoring systems, staffed by intensivists, trauma trained nursing staff and technicians which are available 24 X 7, epitomizes our motto of ;Curing through Care’ in true action and spirit”.

2nd Edition of the Coveted Sahara India Sports Awards announced

One-of-its-kind multi disciplines Sports Award function will be held on 30th October 2010 in Mumbai
Sports Journalist Federation of India (SJFI) nominated the Sporting talent of the year for the Awards while 14 sporting legends comprising of the jury led by Sunil Gavaskar will select awardees.

Lucknow, October 23, 2010: Sahara India Pariwar, a major business conglomerate and the prime promoter & patron of sports in India, after the resounding success last year announces ‘SAHARA INDIA SPORTS AWARDS’ for 2010. The comprehensive Awards under different categories will felicitate the achievement and efforts of Indian sportspersons in their respective fields and will also provide recognition to the upcoming young talents. The Awards will also recognize the contribution of Coaches, sports officials and administrators. A total of 16 awards, under 15 different categories, will be presented in a gala awards ceremony on 30th October 2010.

AWARD CATEGORIES

• Best Young Achiever (Male)
• Best Young Achiever (Female)
• Memorable moment of the year
• Team of the Year
• Sportsman of the Year
• Sportswoman of the Year
• Cricketer of the Year (Male)
• Cricketer of the Year (Female)
• Outstanding Performance of the Year
• Breakthrough Performance of the Year
• Coach of the year
• Outstanding Performance at CWG (Male)
• Outstanding Performance at CWG (Female)
• Unsung Hero (2)
• Legendary Honor

“This year we are taking the Sahara India Sports Awards to new heights. While there will be more categories for awards this year, the entertainment quotient will also be at its peak with the presence of stars of sports, business & entertainment and performances by Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, many top actor, and actresses along with various sportspersons of India” informed Mr. Abhijit Sarkar, Director - Communications, Sahara India Pariwar. He further said “The awards are ingrained in Sahara’s belief of transcending the thought of promoting and recognizing sports and sportsmen in proportion to the popularity of the game, towards developing a single, comprehensive platform which can bring all sports and sportsmen together and honour stars and promising talent. Led by our deep rooted commitment towards promoting sports and encouraging the youngsters towards sports, we are prepared to make these Awards a most sought after recognition of Indian Sportspersons”.
Jury for the Sahara Indian Sports Award

1. Mr. Sunil Gavaskar, (Cricket), Chairman of the Jury
2. Dhanraj Pillai (Hockey)
3. Pullela Gopichand (Badminton)
4. Michael Ferreira (Billiards)
5. Sandeep Patil (Cricket)
6. Ashwini Nachappa (Athletics)
7. Kamlesh Mehta (Table Tennis)
8. I.M. Vijayan (Football)
9. Anjali Bhagwat (Shooting)
10. Nandan Bal (Tennis)
11. Praveen Thipsay (Chess)
12. Vikramjit Singh (Golf)
13. Kartar Singh (Wrestling)
14. Dingko Singh (Boxing)

Sahara India Pariwar has developed the Awards, with an intention to bring together all sports, including those which are very popular and also those which are not so popular, together on a common platform to recognize and honour the achievements of Indian sportspersons who have taken the pride of the nation to the highest level and kept the tricolor flying high. These awards will also provide a forum for encouragement to young sporting talents and motivate them to bring laurels to the nation and sports.
The awardees of this coveted trophy are selected through an extensive 2 tier selection process, under which at first level, the 400 members of Sports Journalist Federation of India (SJFI) from across the nation, nominated sportspersons from different sections of sports in different categories.
From the short listed names drawn by through the SJFI nominations, the final awardees under respective will be selected by a 14 person sports jury constituting of living legends from different sports discipline like Cricket, Billiards, Tennis, Golf, Squash, Hockey, Athletics, Boxing, Badminton, Football, Chess, Table Tennis etc. The jury panel will be led by cricketing legend Mr. Sunil Gavaskar as the Chairman of the jury. The entire selection process will be audited and monitored by Ernst & Young.
Mr. Sunil Gavaskar, The cricket legend and Chairman of the awards jury, on launch of the Sahara Indian Sports award said, “Sahara Indian Sports Award is a forum that gets multidisciplinary sportspersons under one roof. It’s a forum to salute the spirit of sportsmanship and cheer fellow sportsmen. It is a great initiative by Sahara India to come up with ‘Sahara Indian Sports Award’ to honour the finest sportsmen & sportswomen of our country.”