Sachin, Shah Rukh out as Anil Ambani is MTV’s Youth Icon

Move on Shah Rukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar. The new youth icon is here. Or more precisely the MTV Youth Icon of the Year, voted by young Indians across the country: Anil Ambani, vice-chairman and managing director Reliance Industries Ltd and chairman, BSES Ltd! For being the person who has most influenced the youth in the last calendar year, Anil Ambani, who was nominated in the Business category, emerged winner from a star-studded line-up. The other nominees were: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Science & Academics), A. B. Vajpayee (Politics), Maneka Gandhi (Social Welfare), Sachin Tendulkar (Sports), Shah Rukh Khan (Films) and Smriti Malhotra (Television). Said Ambani: “I cherish being voted as the MTV Youth Icon of the Year as it has come from the youth of India. They are the future of our nation and give me the strength to carry forward the vision of my late father, Dhirubhai Ambani — of making India a successful, super reliant power house”.

MTV Networks India managing director Alex Kuruvilla said, “by choosing Anil Ambani as the MTV Youth Icon of the Year, the Indian youth have clearly indicated that they admire a person who can compete with the best and win, Anil Ambani is symbolic of the young Indian’s aspiration—a young, dynamic, successful entrepreneur”.