Pune’s Finest: A Salute To City’s Heroes At Iconic Punekar Event - Pune Mirror

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Awardees will include legendary individuals and organisations from civil society and the Armed Forces

Through the Iconic  Punekar event, Pune Times Mirror, in association with the Southern Command, will recognise and felicitate celebrated individuals and organizations. VTP Group presents powered by Punit Balan Group in association with PNG Group, the Iconic Punekar event is scheduled at the Rajendra Sinhji Institute (RSI) club of the Southern Command, punctually from 10 am to 12 noon, on June 28. It is proposed to be held to felicitate eminent citizens from all walks of life, who have risen against all odds, scaled up to the pinnacle, contributing immensely to enhance the development and image of the city, which has not only left an everlasting impact on the national and international landscape, but also brought immense glory to Pune.

The city of Pune towers tall for its cultural and historical significance; it is one of the very few cities that exemplify the best of education, industrial, and infrastructural development and cultural heritage, besides being a launchpad for new-age businesses and entrepreneurs.

The awardees

Awards will be presented to those eminent personalities for their relentless efforts, massive contributions and unparalleled achievements across multiple domains like social work, sports, education, business, automobile industry, medical fraternity, construction, amongst many other streams. The award ceremony would also feature armed forces personnel who have distinguished themselves meritoriously with valour and fortitude in the line-of-duty in their unflinching service to protect the honour and integrity of the nation.

Bringing them together

The focus of the programme is to create a blend between the citizens of Pune and the Armed Forces, both of whom have always featured on opposite sides of the spectrum as the protector and the protected. There are a significant number of citizens who have witnessed the civilian facet of the city and have not been given the opportunity to view the rich culture of the Armed Forces. This event will give that exposure to both domains and it will get indelibly ingrained in the minds of every  Punekar.

In appreciation

Pune Times Mirror is honoured to recognize and felicitate such celebrated individuals and organizations because they are Iconic and their triumphs are inspirational and have added to the city’s glorious present and promising future, through the Iconic Punekar programme.

Further, Pune Times Mirror deeply appreciates the extraordinary strides Iconic Punekars have taken to put the city not only on the national stage but also propelled its image on the world map. This event is but a gesture of thankfulness on behalf of all citizens for their incomparable contributions to society.

From top-rung business leaders to medical practitioners, educationists, professional artists, and technology disruptors – Iconic Punekars is all about true-to-life tales of individuals from the city whose work has created an everlasting impact. This event is for presenting such stories to the audience and congratulate these venerated citizens.

Attendees would include a distinguished audience of industrialists, educationists, doctors, builders, politicians, professionals, film stars, and renowned personalities. Chief Guest GOC-in-C Southern Army Commander Lt Gen Ajai Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, will felicitate the distinguished awardees.

Speaking to Pune Times Mirror and welcoming the innovative award presentation ceremony, which is a first of its kind, the Southern Army Commander Lt Gen Singh, said, “The Southern Command is the oldest and largest command of the Indian Army. It was established on April 1, 1917. It’s the seventh largest army in the world. We have a seamless connect and association with Pune and except for a brief period of one year when the HQ got shifted to Bengaluru, the SC, since its inception, has been based and stationed in Pune.”

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