Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan To Be Awarded For His Philanthropic Work 

Amaravati: Telugu film star and Jana Sena Party founder K Pawan Kalyan has been chosen for the Indo- European Business Forum's Excellence Award this year in recognition of his commendable work in various fields.

The 46-year-old has been given the award in recognition of his commendable work "as an actor, politician, philanthropic and social work". The award will be presented to him during the Global Business Meet-2017 at the House of Lords in London On November 17.

Theme of the meet will be `Invest in New India', according to IEBF leader Sunil Kumar Gupta. He met Kalyan on Monday and announced the award and also invited him to be the guest of honour at the event.

IEBF, an independent non-profit organisation in the UK, has appreciated Kalyan's espousal of the cause of chromic kidney patients in Uddanam of Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra. The actor's role as brand ambassador for handlooms and `Jeevan Daan', an organ donation programme, have also been appreciated, according to a letter from IEBF. — (PTI)