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JUN

092013

ANOKHI MEDIA Founder & CEO : Raj GirnReceives The Female Entrepreneur Of The

Year Award!BY ANOKHI ADMIN

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Indo- Canadian Chamber of Commerce honours Raj Girn, Founder &CEO ANOKHI MEDIA with the Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award

"My role as a mother is my single greatest and most empowered of all of my avatars as a woman," says R

"Once I started seeing that half empty glass as half full, I garnered strength from the very fact that I am a

woman, and South Asian woman, and founded ANOKHI ten years ago - a South Asian media brand for

women!"

The Indo- Canadian Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards and Gala night took place amidst achievers an

game changers of Indo-Canadian Society in Toronto yesterday. This premier social and business event w

theme this year was - Partnering Economic Growth - A Time To Soar, hosted more than a thousand lite o

Canada including Federal and provincial leaders, leading business entrepreneurs, professional and others

Past galas have hosted leading Canadian keynote speakers including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, form

Prime Minister Paul Martin and former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. This year the Honourable John Ba

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Honourable Kathleen Wynn , Premier of Ontario felicitated the event as th

chief guest and key-note speaker.

"One of the most memorable moments I experienced as the President of the Indo-Canada Chamber of

Commerce (ICCC) was to shake hands with Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, in the presence

Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada." said, Naval Bajaj, President, Indo Canada Chamber Of

Commerce.

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Annual awards were given to the 'The Best of the Best' of the Indo- Canadian community in 11 categories

ncluding Humanitarian of the Year.Female Entrepreneur of the Year Raj GirnMale Entrepreneur the Year Sujay ShahFemale Professional Award Sadhna JoshiMale Professional Award Raj Kothari

Young Achiever of the Year Bilaal Rajan & Sapna ShahTechnology Achievement of the

Year Nilesh BansalCorporate Executive of the Year Deepak Chopra

Humanitarian of the Year Chandrasekhar SankurathiLifetime / OutstandingAchievement Jagannath WaniPresident's Award Stewart Beck

Member of the YearWomen Entrepreneurs and

Professional Committee

Founded in 2002, Anokhi Media is North America's longest running pop cultural, lifestyle, multi media bra

for and about the global South Asian community.

Raj's 10- year enterprise with Anokhi Media has contributed to the growth of Canada's economy through

employment generation, mentorship and internship opportunities. The company's revenues have grown

over 280% since its inception.