Such an honor being a component of the Guinness Book of World Records entry of the 76th Republic Day cultural presentation जयति जय मम भारतम्.
My First Major Award/Honor – and in august company too! Aditya Vikram Birla, Bappi Lahiri (not in pic), Architect Prem Nath. Circa 1978
Receiving the coveted National Award for Best Voice-over/Narration from the President of India at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi..
HARISH BHIMANI-Voice Artiste-Doctorate for Voice of Samay. It was slightly bigger than a Lifetime Achievement award, as that is received from a peer institution. This Honoris Causa decoration… some put this honor actually on a higher pedestal, as Ph.D. is in pursuit of a single research thesis, whereas a Doctor of Letters is for enduring output of superior level over…
Now this is a Lifetime Achievement award, much before work lifetime is done with. Every two years, the Laxminarayan Institute of Technology (now Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University), declares all-round achievement awards from among its alumni spread around the world. An award from one’s alma mater is always more precious, personal, intimate.
Happy to share that I am the only anchor to have received an HMV Gold disc. The gold disc was presented for extraordinary album sales of an Aditya Birla administered Lata Mangeshkar- Kishore Kumar concert at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai in aid of Baba Amte’s Anandvan – in 1984. (Interesting details of the concert can be found in my book…