Awards

Yashodhara Katkar from Essel Infraprojects Ltd was honoured with the Damani Sahitya Puraskar, for her book of short stories in Marathi, titled Third Person.

Zee Telugu's 3D magnum opus TV serial - Mayavi has won the jury's special award at the Seoul Drama Awards 2007.

Kidzee has been awarded the Best Franchisor Award in the pre-school category, for the fourth consecutive year, by Franchising India Holding Ltd. The award was given at a grand ceremony in New Delhi on December 12, 2007. The Award was received by Arun Khetan, CEO, Zee Interactive Systems Ltd (ZILS).

'Wo Saath Din', a documentary by Zee News has won the 'Best Documentary' award at the indiantelevision.com's Indian Television Academy Awards on November 24, 2007.

The Franchising & Licensing Association, Singapore, has nominated Kidzcare as the International Franchisor of the Year at the award ceremony in Singapore. This is an honour for Kidzcare as the recognition comes within a short span of its launch.

The dishtv stall that was set up at the IAC exhibition has received the best exhibitor award in the interactive stall category. The award was presented by the ISRO's chairman Dr G. Madhavan Nair.

Zee News Limited been honoured with the Amity Media Excellence Award for being the one of the best and most admired media organisations.

Zee News senior special correspondent Priti Sompura has won the 'The Best Journalist Award' instituted by Hira Manek Organisation for her story on housewives in the prostitution business.

Ashish Kaul, Head of Corporate Brand Development, Essel Group, was honoured by the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad, for his outstanding contribution to society. The felicitation ceremony was organised by Pir Panchal, a social service organisation that works towards various humanitarian causes, social values and customs.

Pan India Paryatan Ltd (PIPL), which runs the twin parks EsselWorld and Water Kingdom, has won the Bombay Chamber Civic Award in the category of Beautification towards undertaking exemplary initiatives in the area of environment preservation and enhancement.