Eminent personalities honoured at The Tribune Lifestyle Awards

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 30

The Tribune Lifestyle Awards Punjab 2024 to honour the esteemed entrepreneurs of the region was held at Club Nirvana here today.

A total of 32 eminent personalities from different walks of life were bestowed upon the honour on the occasion where the Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains was the chief guest. The renowned persons were honoured for their contributions and achievements in their respective fields.

The title sponsor for the event was Hampton Sky Realty Limited, while the co-sponsors were Ambay Eye Hospital and DCM Group of Schools.

Amir Hussain Lone, an Indian cricketer from Bijbehara village in Jammu and Kashmir, was honoured with a special sports award for his achievement in the sport. An armless cricketer and the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir para-cricket team, Lone lost his hand at the age of eight in 1997 in his family’s sawmill.

An unorthodox player:

Despite the setback, Amir Hussain Lone began playing cricket with his legs and quickly became known for his unique and innovative style of play when he was eight years old.

In 2013, Lone’s team played in Delhi against the Kerala outfit. He made headlines for his performance, as he was able to bat by putting his bat between his neck and chin and bowl with his legs.

In 2024, he played in the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) with the master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar. In that match, Sachin wired Amir’s jersey (No. 1) with Amir’s name, and Amir wore Sachin’s jersey (No. 10) with Sachin’s name on it.

The other prominent personalities honoured on the occasion were Dr Rajinder Bansal, Dr Chan Bir Singh, Sahil Arora, Naveen Arora, Akshay Kumar Sharma, Dr HS Dhaliwal, Harmeet Singh, Dr Manbir Singh, Sunil Nanda, Seenia Sharma, Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Jaswinder Singh, Satnam Singh, Dr Luv Luthra, Aman Singla, Vijay Rama Bhupathi, Baba Anhad Raj Singh, Gagandeep Kaur, Kanwar Arora, Rajinder Singh Shooka, Anshu Kataria, Gurkirat Singh, Dr Nitin Behl and Dr Ashima Behl, Dr Rajat Bhatia, Rajnish Prashar, Gurdeep Singh, Abhijit Singh Khinda, Tanuj Garg, Tushar Malhotra, Sushma Sharma, Dr Mohit Mahajan, Kavya Arora, Dr Simmi Aggarwal and Dr Anirudh Gupta.

The Tribune Lifestyle Awards Punjab 2024 were held to honour esteemed entrepreneurs of the Punjab region. The Lifestyle Awards aimed to recognise and honour business leaders and entrepreneurs for their contributions.