3 days Rex Conclive hosts Global Awards for Social Justice &Citizen Action
The
7th Annual Rex -KARMAVEER PURASKAAR to mark National Citizen Action
Day
New Delhi 26th November 2012: 3 days Rex Conclive- the one its kind simple and austere platform aiming at
enabling partnerships between grassroots community, industry workers and people
from media, government, businesses and citizens at large to generate ideas for
action that can make a difference in our world and bring about a change for the greater good of humanity hosted 7th
Annual REX KARMAVEER PURASKAAR to mark the Citizen Day ie 26th NOVEMBER. Instituted
by the people sector along with various partners, citizens from all sectors,
and media supporters, the prestigious award is an annual function that
recognizes and encourages citizens to address social issues and BE THE CHANGE in the society.
The 7th REX Karmaveer Puraskaar awardees
include Dr Swaroop Rawal- main stream sctress, Michael Norton & Nida Shams- Global Citizen,
Mrs. M.C.Mary Kom, Mr.Kuldeep Singh Bisht- Sportsperson
4 Change, Hansal Mehta- Filmmaker on contemporary Issues, Shalu Jindal and inderneel Hariharan -artist for change. Karan Pau, chairman of APJ Surendra Group-corporate citizen for change., DR S Y Quereshi &
Gen Vinod Sehgal and Chhavi Rajawat -government citizen for change, and Master Arvindh Natrajan, kids for change etc etc.
The people sector instituted these awards to recognize real life unsung
heroes who believe it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness and
have walked that extra mile to BE THE CHANGE and practice true democracy
by fighting for social justice and practicing the power of ONE as
citizens for change. This year we celebrate the sixth year of instituting the CtrlS-KARMAVEER PURASKAAR and the awards, like every year, shall be
given the 26th day of November, the National Social Justice and Citizen Action
Day.
The awardees of REX
KARMAVEER PURASKAAR are caring
and concerned citizens who have gone beyond business as usual to lead the
change with an 'I CAN DO' attitude by taking stands and speaking out
against social wrongs. These awardees are dubbed as the Noble Laureates and the
mission of the awards is to celebrate and inspire individual citizen action for
social justice. The idea is to nominate and select
citizens from all the sectors, who have contributed to social justice
& citizen action by going beyond business as usual, and thus have been the
change that they want to see in the world. These
coveted awards are given only to individual citizens and not to any
organisation or company.
Elaborating the vision behind REX, Jeroninio Almeida founder
& curator of REX and iCONGO said, “I am overwhelmed by the large number of volunteers who
have been contributing towards the society and are determined to 'Be the Change'
for the betterment of the world we live in. This prestigious award is a step to
honour the exemplary actions by people from our own surrounding who have gone
beyond their comfort zones for social justice through citizen action. We really
need the awareness in our citizens so that together, we all become the emissary
of a change.
The 3 days knowledge
forum witnesses several eminent speakers including Mary Mangte Kom, India’s Olympic winning champion, Mark Parkinson, Internationally
renowned educationist, Josy Paul, Chairman – BBDO, Vijay Mehta, global Philanthropist, author and Peace
Ambassador, Swaroop Rawal Actor and Social Activist, Arjun Sajnani, Movie Director and
renowned theatre personality &
playwright, Dr David Dror, international
Fashion designer Alecca Carrano,
global
philanthropist & author Michael
Norton, Ajeet Bajaj- an adventurer & explorer, the first Indian to
have completed the much-acclaimed Polar Trilogy comprising, skiing to the North
Pole, to the South Pole and across the Greenland Ice, Aubrey Aloysius, Arvindh Natarajan -fifteen years old, NRI from
California teaches children in primary schools in his native place in Tamil
Nadu, Carmen Miranda etc enlighten
the audiences and shared the ideas which has changed the life of millions. and several other
globally eminent speakers and alternative performers (music, stand –up comics,
sufi artistes like Rekha Surya, Lorraine Aloysius, Olavo Rodriques, Arka
Mukopahyaya, Saqlain Nizami and others)
One of this year’s awardees,
Dr Swaroop Rawal, said, “I am glad to have been awarded the coveted
Karmaveer Puraskaar. However, I would like to share this among all the citizens
of our country who have done even single deed of selfless service. I do not
need the award, but a lot of people in our society need our help. I ask you all
to pledge at this moment to do at least one selfless work every day and you'll
see the world changing for yourself. It is a moment however, which has left me
feel humble and motivated to contribute more to the society.For further media
information kindly contact
Meenakshi @ 9958807057/
Ruchi @9891078423--
Regards,
Pawan Kumar
Sr. Executive
Regional Public Relations
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