News18 Tamil Nadu hosts third edition of Magudam Awards

News18 Tamil Nadu hosts third edition of Magudam Awards

Magudam Awards is a platform to celebrate glory of achievement and excellence

Magudam Awards

MUMBAI: News18 Tamil Nadu organised the 3rd edition of flagship initiative the 'Magudam Awards 2019’. Magudam meaning “crown” in Tamil, is an awards platform for celebrating glory of achievement and excellence.

Thereby the awards is a unique platform to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the field of Sports, Business, Arts & Literature, Entertainment, Social Service and Science & Technology. These individuals and organisations have worked relentlessly to create a difference in society and their outstanding success stories have made the state of Tamil Nadu proud.  

The award distinguishes itself by celebrating not only exemplary individuals and their achievements but also the ideas that have inspired the state and impacted our lives. The awards adhere to a transparent and robust selection procedure that includes the News18 Editorial Board drawing up a list of nominees, further leading to the final selection of winners by a Jury comprising a select group of distinguished personalities.

Juries of  'Magudam Awards 2019’ were singer Sudha Ragunathan; state minister D. Jayakumar,  Economist J Jeyaranjan;. Actress Gautami;   Orator & Director Karu Palaniappan;   Tata AIA Ex- CEO & MD Suresh Mahalingam;  Director Vasanthabalan; and Writter & Lyrisist Yugabharathi.
 
Special guests at the event were Governor of Telangana Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan;  Actor Mamooty;  Actor  Kamal Hassan; Ramraj Cotton MD Nagarajan;  Actor Kushboo Sundar;   Actor Vijay sethupathi;  Actor Aiswariya Rajesh;  Actress Gowthami and IPS A K Viswanathan.