NEW YORK (TIP): ITV Gold program director Ashok Vyas was honored with Bharat Gaurav Samman at an awards event at Delegates Dining Room, United Nations in New York on June 9.

The Bharat Gaurav awards are presented to people from around the world who have achieved a landmark in their profession or in community work which has benefited India. The awards have been instituted by Jaipur based organization named Sanskriti Yuva Sanstha, an NGO which works across the world profiling the rise of Indian culture through various social programs. Its president is Pt Suresh Mishra.

At the June 9 ceremony in New York, other honorees included Jain guru Lokesh Muni, TV Asia chief HR Shah, Sulabh International fame Bindeshwari Pathak, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, and socialite and philanthropist  Meera Gandhi.