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Honour for Mira Nair

(Left) Pepsi Co CEO Indra Nooyi with producer/director Mira Nair in New York on Friday. (Right) Writer Salman Rushdie with Prof. Padma Desai and Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati after presenting them the India-Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award. - PHOTOS: PTI

New York: India-born internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair has been honoured with the “Person of the Year” award by the India Abroad newspaper in recognition of her work.

The award was presented on Friday evening to Ms. Nair by PespiCo CEO Indra Nooyi at at Gotham Hall here.

In her acceptance speech, Ms. Nair, paid tributes to her mother and all those women who had been a source of inspiration to her.

Economist Padma Desai and husband Jagdish Bhagwati, distinguished professors at Columbia University, received the India Abroad Lifetime Achievement Award. — PTI

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