Lead India
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Lead India is a television initiative launched on India's 60th Independence Day by The Times of India
Group in search of a new bold leader for India. Hosted by Anupam Kher
, the program airs on STAR One
every Saturday at 8:00 PM IST
. Citizens of India aged between 25 and 45 can participate in the three-stage contest whose result will be a winner who will be a worthy contender for participating in India's next assembly elections, besides bagging a seat on the leadership and politics course at Harvard University, and a corpus of Rs 50 lakh for pursuing a public-welfare project of choice.
Lead India is the sequel to the newspaper's earlier India Poised initiative launched in January 2007. While India Poised celebrated India's recent successes and its growing importance on the global radar, it also conducted a critical assessment of sectors where India failed to deliver. Public governance was on top of this list. Lead India, therefore, addresses that concern by offering the most deserving a shot at active politics while cutting short the regular long-winded, and often extremely frustrating, path up the political ladder. It is a hunt to identify new leaders for a new India, men and women with the vision and ability to empower India with the kind of political leadership that is so conspicuous by its absence.
A program with a similar name was also launched, much before The Times of India's Lead India campaign, by Dr. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India, in the early 2000s.http://www.leadindia2020.org/
In episode telecasted on December 22, 2007, Kumaramangalam Birla and Akshay Kumar
joined the jury as celebrity judges. Saumya Mishra has left the contest due to personal reasons, hence only 7 contestants are left.
On 9 February 2008, the results were announced. R.K Mishra (Bangalore) won the contest against Devang Nanavati (Ahmedabad) with more number of votes and a sharp lead of 6-1 from the Jury of 7 judges. He was crowned as Lead India "Mahanayak" from Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, the former president of India
.
Apart from it "Lead India Video Contest" was also held. And the winners were declared as Jyotsna Khatry, Ashwani Thakur
http://www.ashwanithakur.com, Achin jain as 1st, 2nd, 3rd respectively. Awards declared at http://lead.timesofindia.com/live.asp. Videos made by them can be watched on YouTube.
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
Group in search of a new bold leader for India. Hosted by Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
, the program airs on STAR One
STAR One
STAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...
every Saturday at 8:00 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...
. Citizens of India aged between 25 and 45 can participate in the three-stage contest whose result will be a winner who will be a worthy contender for participating in India's next assembly elections, besides bagging a seat on the leadership and politics course at Harvard University, and a corpus of Rs 50 lakh for pursuing a public-welfare project of choice.
Lead India is the sequel to the newspaper's earlier India Poised initiative launched in January 2007. While India Poised celebrated India's recent successes and its growing importance on the global radar, it also conducted a critical assessment of sectors where India failed to deliver. Public governance was on top of this list. Lead India, therefore, addresses that concern by offering the most deserving a shot at active politics while cutting short the regular long-winded, and often extremely frustrating, path up the political ladder. It is a hunt to identify new leaders for a new India, men and women with the vision and ability to empower India with the kind of political leadership that is so conspicuous by its absence.
A program with a similar name was also launched, much before The Times of India's Lead India campaign, by Dr. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India, in the early 2000s.http://www.leadindia2020.org/
In episode telecasted on December 22, 2007, Kumaramangalam Birla and Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
joined the jury as celebrity judges. Saumya Mishra has left the contest due to personal reasons, hence only 7 contestants are left.
Finalists
Since December 8, 2007 eight Lead India finalists are competing to decide the ultimate national winner:- Saumya Mishrahttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_Soumya_Mishra.asp - Hyderabad
- Sanjiv Kaurahttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_Sanjiv_Kaura.asp - DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
- Dipayan Deyhttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_Dipayan_Dey.asp - KolkataKolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
- Ujjawal Banerjeehttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_Ujjwal_Banerjee.asp - MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
- Ranjit Gadgilhttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_Ranjit_Gadgil.asp - PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
- Devang Nanavatihttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_Devang_Nanavati.asp - AhmedabadAhmedabadAhmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
(Runner up) - R.K. Mishrahttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_R_K_Misra.asp - BangaloreBangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
(Winner) - Abha Singhhttp://lead.timesofindia.com/profile_Abha_Singh.asp - LucknowLucknowLucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
On 9 February 2008, the results were announced. R.K Mishra (Bangalore) won the contest against Devang Nanavati (Ahmedabad) with more number of votes and a sharp lead of 6-1 from the Jury of 7 judges. He was crowned as Lead India "Mahanayak" from Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, the former president of India
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
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Apart from it "Lead India Video Contest" was also held. And the winners were declared as Jyotsna Khatry, Ashwani Thakur
Ashwani Thakur
Ashwani Thakur is an Indian filmmaker. He is also a music composer. His films have earned him recognition at various national and international film festivals....
http://www.ashwanithakur.com, Achin jain as 1st, 2nd, 3rd respectively. Awards declared at http://lead.timesofindia.com/live.asp. Videos made by them can be watched on YouTube.
Timings
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and CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, it airs on STAR OneSTAR OneSTAR One is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi entertainment based in Mumbai. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai,...
every Saturday at 8:00 PM ET and 9:00 PM PTPacific Time ZoneThe Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7.In the United States...
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