The USK Foundation will award celebrated actor Dharmendra with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
The USK Foundation Director, Usha Kakade, also announced the names of the personalities to be awarded with the Urja Award for their commendable contribution to various fields which include the veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, popular writer Chetan Bhagat, musician Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, business woman Anuradha Desai, actress Raveena Tandon, Ajinkya Firodiya of Kinetic engineering, young entrepreneur Ananya Birla, tennis player Prarthana Thombare and Dr Vishwajeet Kadam in the field of education. Also, martyr Saurabh Farate will be posthumously honored with the Bravery Award in his memory reports Indian Express.
