India
is
full
of
musical
talents
and
the
talented
musicians
from
the
country
have
been
honored
with
different
musical
awards
overseas.
Surprisingly,
India
did
not
have
its
own
awards
function
for
music
until
recently.
However,
now
the
native
talents
will
be
appreciated
here
as
India
gets
its
first
Music
Awards
event.
The
Indian
Music
Academy
(IMA)
has
teamed
up
with
Reliance
Broadcast
Network
Ltd
to
develop
awards,
which
will
celebrate
all
music
genres.
The
'Big
IMA
Awards
2010" was
announced
at
an
event,
which
consisted
of
panelists
like
Jagjit
Singh,
Shivkumar
Sharma
and
Merchant
brothers
Salim
and
Sulaiman
among
others.
Shivkumar
Sharma
said,
“Till
today,
we
do
not
have
any
exclusive
music
awards
to
honor
the
musicians
in
the
country
although
we
have
many
other
awards.
This
award
is
aimed
to
encourage
our
music
industry."
Salim
Merchant
stated,
“In
our
country,
the
musicians
are
not
getting
their
due
honor
and
dignity.
But,
this
will
change
with
this
award
event.
This
should
have
been
done
a
long
time
ago,
but
it
is
better
late
than
never."
The
stalwarts
and
respected
musicians
of
Indian
music
industry
will
comprise
the
jury,
which
will
select
the
nominees
for
these
awards.
IMA
co-founder
Durga
Jasraj
added,
“The
responsible
jury
will
make
sure
that
the
BIG
Indian
music
academy
awards
come
out
as
the
most
respected
recognition
of
world
class
quality
music."
The
awards
will
be
presented
in
January
2011.
It
aims
to
recognize
music
talent
of
all
the
genres
of
Indian
music
and
includes
Bollywood,
Hindustani,
Carnatic,
pop,
folk,
sufi,
ghazal,
jazz
etc.