MTV Youth Icon of the Year

MTV India's Youth Icon of the year is an annual award presented by MTV India, a TV channel. It was first presented in 2003. It is determined by popular votes.

Recipients

The recipients of the awards are:

• 2003 : Anil Ambani (Indian Industrialist) ^[1]
• 2004 : Rahul Dravid (Indian Cricketer)^[1]
• 2005 : Shahrukh Khan (Indian Actor) )^[1][2]
• 2006 : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Indian Cricketer)^[1][3]
• 2007 : Orkut (A community website by Google)^[1]
• 2008 : Award was given to eight persons

1. Sarathbabu (BITS-Pilani and IIM-A passout, Food King catering business)^[4]
2. Rahul Mishra (Fashion designer from Dalhousie (Himachal Pradesh))^[4]
3. MC Mary Kom (Boxing, recipient of Padma Shri and Arjun Award)^[4]
4. Ishita Khanna (Entrepreneur, Founder and Director of Ecosphere)^[4]
5. Nitish Mishra (Minister of state for disaster management, Bihar, India)^[4][5]
6. Blaaze (Singer)^[4]
7. Mangesh Hadawale (Director of Marathi film 'Tingya')^[4]

References

1. youthicon.in.com/PastIcons.php Past MTV Youth Icons Archived 2013-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Shah Rukh Khan MTV Youth Icon for 2005". Archived from the original on 19 July 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
3. "Dhoni voted MTV youth icon 2006". 23 June 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
4. Mid-Day interviews MTV Youth Icons of 2008
5. "Nitish Mishra's details". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2009.