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A pioneer in India’s news television, NDTV marked its 25 years of credible, dedicated and path breaking news broadcasting on December 14 by acknowledging 25 Greatest Global Indian Living Legends for their outstanding contribution in association with Tata Consultancy Services, one of the world’s top technology firms. For the first time ever, the Nation witnessed the coming together of twenty five Indian Living Legends on the centre stage. The legends were acknowledged and felicitated by the Honourable President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at an awards ceremony held by NDTV at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
NDTV’s 25 Greatest Global Living Indian Legends
| Amitabh Bachchan | Ela Bhatt | Leander Paes | Ratan Tata | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
| Anish Kapur | Fali Nariman | MS Swaminathan | Sachin Tendulkar | Vikram Seth |
| Amartya Sen | Indira Nooyi | Mukesh Ambani | Dr SS Badrinath | Waheeda Rehman |
| A R Rahman | Hari Prasad Chaursia | N R Narayanmurthy | S H Raza | Y K Hamied |
| CNR Rao | Kapi Dev | Rajinikanth | Shahrukh Khan | Zubin Mehta |
Presenting the awards, President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, said, “It’s indeed a pleasure for me to be amidst you this evening and to be associated with recognizing these 25 great Indians. While going through their introduction and some of their comments I found out that one striking commonality in all of them that each and every one of them believes in hard work, honesty, commitment to the job, idea to which they furnish.
Source: NDTV
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