Bollywood
superstar Aamir Khan has been honoured with a prestigious US award in
recognition of his successful effort to create debate on India's pressing
social problems through his popular TV show "Satyamev Jayate".
Khan, 47, was presented
with the Inaugural America Abroad Media Award along with Oscar-winning director
Kathryn Bigelow and the International Centre on Non-violent Conflict (ICNC) at
a function here Monday night.
Douglas
B Wilson former Assistant Secretary of Defence for Public Affairs honours
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan at America Abroad Media's 2013 Inaugural Awards Gala
Dinner in Washington on Monday.
In
glittering event held at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington the America
Abroad Media (AAM) group feted Aamir Khan along with Oscar-winning director
Kathryn Bigelow and 2013 Nobel Prize nominee the International Centre on
Nonviolent Conflict.
All
three winners of AAM’s inaugural awards were commended for work that
exemplified “the power of media to inform, educate and empower citizens about
the critical, social, and public policy issues of our time.”
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