Whistling Woods International alumnus Siddharth Roy has been felicitated with ‘The National Youth Award’ 2018-2019 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. The award was conferred by the Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur. Ms. Usha Sharma, Secretary (Youth Affairs), and Deirdre Boyd, UN Resident Coordinator were also present at the award ceremony. The ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Siddharth Roy was among the seven youths selected from pan-India, the only one from Maharashtra (2018-2019).
Siddharth has completed his graduation in Media Management from Whistling Woods International and is an author and a community enabler.
He has also previously received awards like – Rashtriya Gaurav Samman (2019), Promising Indian of the Year (2019), Mayor Innovation Award (2019) and the Manuscript of the Year – Lit O Fest Mumbai (2018).