Courtesy:
Glamsham
Monday,
July
30,
2007
After
having
received
an
honorary
doctorate
from
Leeds
Metropolitan
University
in
the
United
Kingdom,
Dr
Shilpa
Shetty
will
receive
the
'Rajiv
Gandhi
National
Quality
Award'
at
a
grand
ceremony
to
be
held
on
August
12,
2007,
at
National
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts
(NCPA),
Mumbai,
informed
the
actresses'
spokesperson
and
publicist
Dale
Bhagwagar.
Prime
Minister
Dr.
Manmohan
Singh,
leader
of
Congress
party
Ms
Sonia
Gandhi,
Union
Minister
of
External
Affairs
Mr
Pranab
Mukherjee,
and
Chief
Minister
of
Maharashtra
Mr
Vilasrao
Deshmukh
are
expected
to
grace
the
occasion.
"To
be
a
worldwide
achiever
at
such
a
young
age;
bestowed
with
flattering
accolades,
is
a
matter
of
utmost
prestige
for
Shilpa.
She
is
extremely
grateful
to
be
chosen
for
this
honour," said
Bhagwagar.
Earlier
recipients
of
the
'Rajiv
Gandhi
National
Quality
Award'
include
eminent
personalities
like
Mukesh
Ambani,
Kumar
Mangalam
Birla,
Adi
Godrej,
Anand
Mahindra,
Sunil
Mittal,
Kiran
Mazumdar
Shaw,
Sant
Singh
Chatwal,
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Tarun
Tejpal,
Rajdeep
Sardesai,
Sania
Mirza
and
Sachin
Tendulkar.
The
'Rajiv
Gandhi
National
Quality
Award'
was
instituted
by
the
Bureau
of
Indian
Standards
in
1991
with
the
approval
of
the
Government
of
India,
with
a
view
to
encouraging
Indian
manufacturing
and
service
organizations
to
strive
for
excellence
and
giving
special
recognition
to
those
who
are
considered
to
be
the
leaders
of
quality
movement
in
India.
The
award
has
been
named
after
our
Late
Prime
Minister
Mr.
Rajiv
Gandhi,
recognizing
the
new
thrust
he
had
given
to
the
quality
movement
in
India
so
that
India
could
move
into
21st
Century
with
pride.
The
award
has
been
designed
in
line
with
similar
awards
in
other
developed
countries,
like
'Malcolm
Baldrige
National
Quality
Award'
in
USA,
'Deming
Prize'
in
Japan
and
the
'European
Quality
Award'.