Friday,
September
07,
2007
After
two
successful
years
of
honoring
women
for
outstanding
contributions
in
their
field
of
work,
Zee
TV
is
back
with
Zee
Astitva
Awards
2007
to
uncover
the
woman
achievers.
The
Jury
for
Dabur
Vatika
Zee
Astitva
Awards
this
year
comprised
of
some
very
eminent
personalities
like
Ms.
Rajshree
Birla,
Ms
Simone
Tata,
Ms.
Priya
Dutt,
Ms.
Chanda
Kochhar
(ICICI
Bank),
Ms.
Sangita
Jindal,
Ms.
Sathya
Saran,
Ms.
Pheroza
Godrej
and
Ms.
Shreyasi
Goenka.
The
one
aspect
that
differentiated
Zee
Astitva
Awards
from
other
awards
was
the
“Stellar
Achievement
Award" which
aimed
to
felicitate
the
'everyday"
women
who
have
made
a
mark
and
contributed
to
society
in
their
own
small
way.
The
award
this
year
went
to
Smt.
Jaya
Row
from
Mumbai
for
her
study
and
research
of
Vedanta,
Ms.
N.Rupa
from
Chennai,
for
being
the
only
female
race
Jockey
in
India,
and
Ms.
Suniti
Yadav
from
Raipur,
Chattisgarh
for
her
contribution
in
protecting
the
environment
hand
in
hand
with
future
development.
In
a
glitzy
ceremony
in
Mumbai,
women
who
had
made
their
mark
in
different
walks
of
life
were
felicitated.
The
life
time
achievement
award
went
to
Kiran
Bedi,I.P.S,
Ms.
Lalita
Gupte,
Head
ICICI
and
Ms.
Leila
Seth,
Ex
chief
justice
of
India.
Corporate
India,
Bollywood
Stars
and
Telly
World
came
together
for
this
unique
award
ceremony.
Dignitaries
like
Kumar
Mangalam
Birla,
Prahlad
kakkar,
Alyque
and
Rael
Padamsee,
Neeta
Ambani,
Sanjay
Khan
and
family,
Pradeep
Guha,
Julius
Rebiero,
Justice
Y.V.
Chandrachur
among
the
others
were
present
in
support
of
the
Astitva
women.
Ronit
Roy
and
Roshini
Chopra
played
perfect
host
of
the
evening.
The
show
also
saw
some
scintillating
performances
by
the
Urmila
Matondakar,
the
sexy
Shilpa
Shetty
and
the
dashing
Zayed
khan
who
paid
a
tribute
to
woman.
A
special
telecast
of
these
awards
will
take
place
exclusively
on
Zee
TV
on
9th
September,
8
pm
onwards.