MUMBAI: Aaj Tak, the leading Hindi News Channel for 11 years, part of the TV Today Network bouquet, will be announcing the Aaj Tak Care Awards On June 6th, 2012 at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. Honorable Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee will be the chief guest at the awards night. Aaj Tak Care Awards will honour leading companies in corporate sector who have contributed towards inclusive and sustainable development keeping in mind the society as the focal point.

Aaj Tak Care Awards will be given in 5 different categories: Education, Empowerment, Environment, Health & Livelihood. IMRB International - a leading research agency filtered entries for participation in Aaj Tak Care Awards based on parameters like replicability, sustainability, people participation and innovativeness.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) with their experience and expertise in various sectors partnered in the second phase to further shortlist the companies. With their invaluable experience and objective approach they compared & evaluated the CSR initiatives of all entries and nominated the final 40 companies for the second phase of Aaj Tak Care Awards.

The third and last phase of the Aaj Tak Care Awards was the selection process by the jury where eminent personalities debated & arrived at the final list of winners.

The Jury for Aaj Tak Care Awards shared their valuable experience which helped us in ensuring that the awards are given to the most deserving companies for their efforts in the field of CSR the eminent Jury Members was chaired by Mr. Gurcharan Das, Chairman, Author & Management Consultant, Prof. Dipankar Gupta, Noted Sociologist was the Expert Jury Member, Mr. Arun Kapur, the Executive Director of Learn Today took the responsibility of selecting companies under the Education category. Leading social activist, Mr. Sandeep Pandey selected companies under Empowerment category. Mr. Rajender Singh, Environmentalist & Chairman, Tarun Bharat Sangh gave his views under Environment category. Dr. Ashok Seth, Chairman of Fortis Group of Hospitals (Cardiovascular Sciences & Cardiology Council) gave his opinion under Health category. Mr. Sandeep Chachra, Executive Director, Action Aid India, shortlisted companies under Livelihood category.

The eminent jury of Aaj Tak Care Awards finally nominated 12 awardees after comparing and debating the contribution made by all the entries.

Commenting on the Aaj Tak Care Awards Joy Chakraborthy, CEO, TV Today Network said, ?It is a matter of great pride for all of us to honour the real champions of corporate India who have positively impacted the society. We looked at companies who have gone beyond their corporate objectives of growth & profitability and have put a society centered approach at the centre of everything they do.?