India’s cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar plans to support charities and various initiatives to help the under-privileged people in the second innings of his life and he received the Fellowship Award at the 7th annual Asian Awards on may 8, 2017.
Sachin played for India for 24 years was a memorable journey and winning the world cup was icing on the cake.
Now in the second chapter of his life he plans to support charities and various initiatives to help the under-privileged people.
Providing solar lights to poor people in India was one of them, Tendulkar said. He called on the stage 8-year-old Hollywood star Sunny Pawar who had earlier won the Rising Star award for his role in the film ‘Lion’.
The ceremony, which celebrates excellence in the global Asian community, also paid tribute to Indian actor Om Puri.
The award for outstanding achievement in Cinema was posthumously conferred on Om Puri who died earlier this year at the age of 66.
India’s playback singer Adnan Sami won the Fellowship Award for ‘Outstanding achievement in Music.”
Other award recipients were Krishnan Guru-Murthy (Outstanding Achievement in Television), Ajay Banga (Business Leader of the Year), Masayoshi Son (Entrepreneur of the year).
Some others were Nisha Dutt (Social Entrepreneur of the year), Dr Jack Preger (Philanthropist of the year), Ding Punhui (Outstanding achievement in sport), Demis Hassabis (Outstanding achievement in Science and Technology) and Sir Harpal Kumar (Outstanding contribution to the community).
Sachin Tendulkar: Know More- Born: 24 April 1973 Mumbai
- Test debut (cap 187): 15 November 1989 v Pakistan
- ODI debut (cap 74): 18 December 1989 v Pakistan
- Last ODI: 18 March 2012 v Pakistan
