The agenda of the conference on “Individual Achievements & Nation Building” was to honour men & women from varied fields such as Industrial Trade, Education, Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, Social Work, Philanthropy, Creative Arts, Service, Astrology, Media and Performing Arts et el with the AIAC Awards for Excellence in their chosen vocation. The 97th edition of the Achievers’ Summit and Awards was inaugurated by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti. Other Guests of Honour included Film and Television Actor Surendra Pal Singh (Guru Dronacharya of ‘Mahabharat’ fame), Surreal Big B Shashikant Pedwal, Lions Club Delhi Veg Charter President Dr. Gaurav Gupta, Prima Group Chairman Lion Subhash Jindal, Managing Director of Mirachem Industries Dr. Aneel Kashi Murarka, BJP Youth Spokesperson Vinay Chaudhary and MS Nizami Brothers Mohsin and Salman. Prominent amongst the awardees were News Anchors Apurva Shree (of India News), Poornima Mishra (of TV9 Bharatvarsh) Nida Ahmad (of News India 24×7), Amrita Chaurasia (of Sansad TV), Priya Sinha (of Zee MP Chhattisgarh), Priyanka Sharma (of The New Indian), Anupma Jha (of News 18), Shubham Tripathi (of News Nation), Ghanshyam Upadhyay (of Doordarshan), Atul Agrawal and Anchal Yadav (of Hindi Khabar),  Programme Director of Doordarshan Neerja Gupta and PR Expert Ankit Nagpal. Abhishek Bachchan, the Executive Director of AIAC said, “THE AIAC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE instituted in the year 1989 by the All India Achievers Conference are a nationally appreciated recognition that comes rarely and to a few who have worked hard to achieve and excel in their chosen field of activity to become role models worthy of emulation by others. It symbolizes the spirit of outstanding ‘achievement’ and ‘excellence’ in one go”.