MUMBAI: India’s first home grown media conglomerate with presence in over 170 countries Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zee) now has bagged two prestigious legal awards in the media and entertainment category.
While an award was bestowed on the Zee legal team for the ‘Best Media and Entertainment Legal team for the year 2017-18’, company’s president (legal and regulatory) Avnindra Mohan was declared the 'Legal Icon of the Year' at the seventh annual Legal Era Awards 2018. Both the awards were recognition for Mohan and Zee chief legal counsel Viresh Dhaibar’s contributions to the legal-media interplay in general and for having led the company’s legal team to be one of the best in the industry.
The jury consisted of eminent persons from the legal fraternity like former justices of Supreme Court Deepak Verma and AK Patnaik, president of Bar Association of India Dr Lalit Bhasin, solicitor and senior partner at Crawford Bayley & Co. RA Shah and chairman and editor-in-chief of Legal Media Group AK Raizada. The selection was based on weight-age given for quantity of work, diversity, quality delivered and display of business-oriented vision. The jury also looked for clear and specific evidence of teamwork and signs of how the team has found a way to achieve excellence, professionalism and high ethical standards.
Mohan, one of the early entrants to the Subhash Chandra-founded Zee family that was still in its formative stages, was recognised for his legal works and contribution to the broadcasting sector, including dialoguing with the government to formulate India’s viewpoint at international forums on issues like the global broadcasting treaty.
In his post-award address, Mohan said: “In Zee, we do not have a 'team', we have a 'family'. The award is a formal recognition of an informally accepted fact – 'East or West, Zee family is the best'. We are extraordinary together.”
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, an apex body of chartered accountants, had earlier in January 2018 conferred on Mohan (also a CA and a management graduate) a prestigious award in the category of 'CA Distinguished Achiever-2017' for exceptional performances and achievements.
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