India Unbound hosted "India Unbound Awards"- Excellency Awards 2018 spearheaded by Nityanand Pandey.   The event saw the presence of  Ramdas Athawale - Social Justice & Employment State Minister ; Subhas Desai- Industry Minister Maharashtra; Eknath shinde – Guardian Minister Thane;  Deepak Kesarkar – State Min. For Home (Rural) Maharashtra;  Raj K Purohit – Cabinet Minister & Chief Whip-BJP Maharashtra; Vishwanath Mahadeshwar-  Mayor of Mumabai MCGM; Arvind Sawant – MP Shiv Sena; Shri Gopal Shetty- MP BJP; Rajan Vichare – MP Thane Belapur, Shiv Sena; Shri Rahul Shewale- MP of Shiv Sena; Dr. Shrikant Shinde – MP Shiv Sena; Shri Sanjay Nirupam- President Mumbai Congress; Adv Ashish Shelar – Mumbai Pradesh President, BJP; AIATF Chief - Maninderjeet Singh Bitta (Zinda shaheed); Sanjay Kumar – Addl. Chief Secretary Housing, Maharashta State; Shri Sudhir Shrivastava – ACS Home; Satish Mathur – DGP Maharashtra. "India Unbound , improving society one project at a time".  Operating firmly outside the limelight, with an attitude that tilts more towards the can-do than the could-do; IndiaUnbound Magazine, since 11 years, has been pioneering the concept of "Change".  With their each weekly issue, India Unbound Group aims to reach out to the maximum people to spread awareness in the society and bring a change in the mindset.  Embarking on this journey  India Unbound hosted "2nd Edition of India Unbound Awards"- Excellency Awards 2018 spearheaded by Nityanand Pandey.  A brilliant and unique initiative to honour the saga of selfless work by Administrative officials, Politicians, Sports Personalities, Social Workers, Bollywood Personalities, Corporates, Journalists, Police, Municipal Corporation, MMRDA, MMRC & Traffic, Police Staff for their exemplary, services in order to encourage & support their moral & recognition in the society.  India Unbound Group deeply believes that BMC has been instrumental in spreading awareness about Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.  To take forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) introduced "Clean India Act" back in 2014.  Long work hours and tough working conditions coupled with soaring temperatures mean these men/women, Traffic Police of the law discharge their duties at the expense of maintaining order in their own lives. India Unbound Group calls it "A challenging and thankless job"  "India Unbound Awards"- Excellency Awards 2018 is an event that recognizes and salutes different working sections of India. It seeks to identify all those whose service is currently helping or has helped our nation. They bring forth those individuals whose supreme efficiency , work, ensures a clean, safe & corrupt free progressive nation. "India Unbound Awards"- Excellency Awards 2018 honours their dedication, their commitment, and their undying love for the republic of India. And the Awardees were: Meritorious Service in Administration – Shri Pravin Darade, IAS Dr Ashwini Joshi, IAS– State Excise Commissioner Manpreet Arora, Addl Commissioner, CGST, Mumbai central  For Meritorious Service in Corporate Sector – Shri Ashish Kumar Chauhan- MD & CEO- Bombay Stock Exchange Meritorious Service in Journalism & Media - Pranjali Kulkarni, Senior Reporter, Mirror Now (Times Network) Alaka Dhupkar – Editor, Sakal Group Iqbal Pervez Spl. Correspondent NDTV (entertainment) Shri Abhimanyu Shitole, Political Editor, Navbharat Times Shri Shamit Sinha, Input Head - TV9 Media Maharashtra Pvt Ltd Shri Sanjeev Gupta –MD –Global Advertisers   Meritorious Service in Politics- Dr Shrikant Eknath Shinde – Best Youth Leader  Best parliamentarian – Arvind Sawant MP Shiv Sena For Meritorious Service in Entertainment Sector Shri Aaman Trikha- Bollywood Singer, Performer Smt Salma Agha – Singer & Social worker Smt Kalpana Patowary –Sufi Singer Best Bollywood Actors -Aman Vasishth Ishita Raj Sharma Best Marathi Actors  Deepali Sayyad Milind Gawali Best Classical Dancer- Shirin Farid   Best PR of Bollywood– Shri Raju Kariya Best PR & Event  management 2018- Parul Chawla Best Vastu consultantBassant R.Rassiwasia  For Meritorious Service in Sports – Padmashri  Dhanraj Pillay – Former captain of Indian Hockey Team Sanjeeva Kumar Singh (Arjuna Award)-Archery Smt Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Arjuna Award)- Indian Archer For Meritorious Service in Hospital & Medicines – Padmashri Dr T. P. Lahane (Ophthalmologist) – World record holder in cataract surgery Dr. M.L. Saraf - Joint Replacement Surgeon For Meritorious Service in Judicial Assistance – Padmashri Shri Ujjwal Nikam Justice P. Mohandas - Acting Chairperson of Kerala state For Meritorious Service in Education Sector Mrs. Seema Saini – CEO & Principal, N.L. Dalmia Educational  For Meritorious Service in Tourism Sector Innovative Hospitality  - Sanjeev K. Agarwal, Founder Director – SSR Marine service Pvt. Ltd.  For Meritorious Service in Environmental Services Shri Anwar Ahmed IFS- Chief Conservator of Forest & Director SGNP –    For Meritorious Service in Social Field – Manish Shah - Founder of Gujarati Enrichment Organization (GEO) - Dr. Aneel  Murarka – Founder & President of Ample Mission & Samarpn trust Mrs Nandini Baburaj Panicker, Trustee- Hand Foundation works for Animal welfare·     Lifetime achievement Award- Ranjeet Best Comedian - Mukesh Gautam Best Filmmaker - Hyder Kazmi Vastu Shastra Expert - Basannt Rasiwasia Police Officials Nitin Vasantrao Thakare – Sr. Inspector, Crime Branch Thane. Ravindra Rangnath Daundkar – Sr. Inspector of Police, AHTU Thane. Ananda Bhilare – Head Constable, crime branch Thane. PN/1495 Mangesh Pandurang Mhamunkar, Kashimira Police Station, Thane Rural. WPN/1789 Vaishnavi Vinayak Yamber, Anti Trafficking Cell, Thane Rural Kashinath Ramdas Sonawane, Shahapur Police station, Thane Rural Abhijit Bhupendra Tailor, Police Sub Inspector, Local crime branch, Kashimira Unit. Thane Rural. Dhananjay Chittaranjan Pore, Asst police Inspector, Tokawade Police station, Thane Rural  Police Naik/ 356  Vinod Kisan Mhaske, Ganeshpuri Police Stn, Thane Rural Thane Traffic Sahebrao Keda Deshmukh, Police Sub – Inspector, Kashimira Traffic Branch Thane Rural- Abbas yusuf Shaikh, Head Constable, Kashimira Traffic Branch Thane Rural-  Sunita Bhausaheb Gunjal, Ladies Police Constable, Kashimira Traffic Branch, Thane Rural MCGM Gardener Sitaram Sarogade  Dayanand Patil Dattaram Dhumak Sakharam Jhore Ravindra Shinde Ganeshan Viran MCGM Sweeper Vinod pawar Aruna Puradkar  Kanti Parmar  Vasudha Jadhav  Vidya Lakhan