Vishwajit feted with Real Heroes Award
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 31 2012:
Physical trainer RK Viswajit of Khoyathong Polem Leikai received the prestigious Real Heroes award in the category Health and Disability for this year during a glittering function at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai on March 24 .
The award which carried a memento and Rs 5 lakhs was handed over to him by none other than cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar in the presence of Nita Ambani, chairperson Reliance Foundation and Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief of IBN 18 Network.
In its official website, Real Heroes which is an initiative of CNN-IBN and Reliance Foundation, described Viswajit, one of the 24 recipients in its fifth edition, as an individual waging a war against addiction through body building in a state which is a deadly cocktail of isolation, violence and drugs.
He has reformed addicts through a combination of workout, meditation and campaigning, it added.
His next target is the rural areas where he plans to set up gyms.