MUMBAI: The apex award at the Indian Telly Awards is the award for Lifetime Contribution to Indian television. The Indian Telly Awards have set up a special jury for deciding the winner of the same.
The jury will brainstorm and zero in on one personality who has made a sizable contribution to the television industry.
The special jury consists of eminent trade professionals including Reliance Entertainment chairman Amit Khanna, Madison India CMD Sam Balsara, FCB Ulka ED and Lodestar Media chief executive Shashi Sinha, promoter of Broadcast Worldwide Pvt Ltd Rathikant Basu, Leo Burnett CEO Arvind Sharma, Indiantelevision.com managing editor Thomas Abraham, Kotak Mahindra senior vice president Nandan Maluste, Asianet COO Mohan Nair, Doordarshan Mumbai station director Mukesh Sharma, Spatial Access CEO Meenakshi Madhvani, head of Zenith Media Praveen Tripathi. 
Indiantelevision.com founder and CEO Anil Wanvari will be heading the jury meet.
Last year the honour was bestowed upon NDTV president Dr Prannoy Roy. Prior to that, in 2001 the Lifetime Contribution Award went to Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra.