MUMBAI: The real estate baron from Mumbai Rajan Bandelkar of the Raunak Group had over the weekend attended the Paris Appreciation Awards 2017. Bandelkar was bestowed with the 'Emerging Indian Realty Icon' of the Year Award.

The singing sensation, Swati Sharma, also bagged the 'Best Bollywood Singing Talent Award' -- an initiative of the World News Network, which unfolded on top of the iconic Eiffel Tower.

World News Network MD Satish Reddy said that Robby Wells, the U.S. Democratic Party's Presidential candidate for the year 2020, was the guest of honour.

Personalities who were felicitated were Pradeep Sharma, French and European and other fashion designers such as Verone Creatrice of Image de Soie Paris, Sofi Bokhara from London, Turakhia brothers, Naresh Kantilal Zaveri, the diamond magnate from Antwerp.

Swati, the classical singer from India, sang her popular numbers to rounds of applause.