The venue, Rabindra Natya Mandir

The audience gathers at the venue

Tina Ambani with chief guest, actor Hema Malini

Veteran actor and host of the event Farida Jalal

Tina Ambani welcomes the gathering

Dr Alan Davis Alapatt receives the first award of the evening for having offered free polio immunisation to more than 20,000 children

Mukesh Anand receives the award for changing the lives of wounded soldiers and polio victims

Meenakshi Balasubramanian is felicitated for paving a better future for differently abled people

Dr Ganesh Devy receives the award for preserving the culture and language of tribal villagers

Socialite and author Shobhaa De with husband Dilip De

Actor Jaya Bachchan caught in a mirthful moment with music composer Anu Malik

Act 1 of Bharat Dabholkar’s superhit play The Best of Bottoms Up

Dr A C Shah, Chairman of SKNL Group, the presenting sponsor of the event

Asa Dutta receives the award for empowering underprivileged women in Assam

Dr Sister Jude receives the award for healing thousands of lives in a small village in Uttar Pradesh

Member of the jury and Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India, S Sridhar

Pradeep Kshetrapal receives the award for setting up a special school for differently abled children

Anupam Mishra revives traditional methods of water harvesting in rural India

Playwright and actor Bharat Dabholkar performs Act 2 of the The Best of Bottoms Up

Packed seats and aisles!

The eminent jury who selected the winners

A special dance performance by silvers from the Harmony Interactive Centre

Playwright and actor Bharat Dabholkar

Member of the jury, artist Manu Parekh

Sindhutai Sapakal receives the award for setting up an orphanage that takes care of 1,000 children

Music composer Anu Malik

The grand finale—an electric performance by music composer Anu Malik

Team Harmony with the winners

A silver in the audience shakes a leg to Malik’s tunes

Dinner after the event