Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 22: French Club today presented awards to budding entrepreneurs and other personalities of Jammu who have made Jammu proud through their works.
Former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta, was chief guest on the occasion. He awarded Masterchef Ajay Siotra (Cafe Scooterwala), Urvashi Gupta (Sprinkles by Urvashi), Aarti Mahajan Dhingra (Shape ‘n’ Smile Fitness Studio), Ankush Padha (Artistic Dance & Fitness Studio), Shubham Chawla (Chawla Wall Decors) and Aanchal Talla (Dhumravarna Food and Allied Industries Private Limited) for starting new ventures and wished them best of luck for the future.
One of the entrepreneurs, Aarti Mahajan Dhingra, after receiving the award, said “Jammu’s youth have huge potential and capability. The only thing that is needed now is the realization by our young minds.”
Kavinder also presented awards to winners of FIFA World Cup contest 2018–Mridu Gupta, Inderpal Singh and Dushyant Ghai. The contest was organized by French Club.
Personalities of Jammu who were awarded by the chief guest were Arvin Tickoo (actor), Vikas Manhas (social activist), Nrityashree Deepak Dutta (classical dancer), Aaditya Bhanu (actor), Rahul Khatri (journalist), Snayam Pandoh (actor), Ashima Sharma (anchor/model), Manjot Kohli (social activist), Palvi Sharma (international karate player), Shelly Reen (yoga instructor), Juhi Singh (actor), Sam Sandhu (make up Aartist), Vidhi Jaiswal (singer), Poorva Prabha (anchor/ actor/ model) and Palakdeep Kour (model).
Guest of honour, Zorawar Singh Jamwal (chairman, Team Jammu) who was guest of honor, on the occasion, said that the young entrepreneurs have not only sustained themselves independently but have also created employment opportunities for many others.
Another guest of honour, Romi Sharma (senior theatre artist), said entrepreneurship today has become a dominant and powerful ideology and is generating employment and improving quality of life of masses of Jammu.
Sandhya Gupta, chairperson, Women Club “Meri Pehchan”, who was another guest of honor, said that French Club is doing fabulous job by exploring the French Language and boosting the youngsters.
The special guest of the function, Ankush V Salgotra (actor) and Arun Sharma (president and founder of French Club) also spoke on the occasion.