72nd year & 9th edition for NBT Utsav 2022 was decorated with personalities of cinema, arts, health, education and business

Chief Guests -Chief Minister The Honourable Sh .Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister, The Honourable Sh.Devendra Fadnavis

Celebrities in attendance for the felicitation were -Padma Bhushan Shabana Azmi , Raveena Tandon , Siddharth Malhotra , Janhvi Kapoor , Rakul Preet Singh ,Shilpa Shetty ,Mrunal Thakur, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Rohit Saraf, etc

Felicitations -Amit Trivedi ,Paras Nath ,Padamshri Dr.Soma Gosh etc Yog Guru Hansa Yogendra ,Nirja Birla ,Mayank Gandhi ,Feroza Godrej, Chirag Shetty ,Dr.Atul Goyal, Deepshikha Ware etc. 

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Another golden chapter was added in the form of celebration in the glorious history of 72 years of your favorite newspaper Navbharat Times. It has been a part of your daily routine for the last seven decades. Your favorite newspaper has been supplying the daily dose of news, at the same time it has never given up on social concern. 
This year also witnessed the achievements of celebrities in the form of celebrations. This time also NBT Utsav saw the presence of well-known personalities. 
Growing year after year, NBT didn't miss a single opportunity to rejoice and celebrate. Be it your Teej-festivals or anniversaries, NBT has stood by you every time.

The festival has been such a grand and artistic program of NBT, where the achievements of celebrities associated with various fields like cinema, art, culture, health, education, social service, business, politics have been honored for the last decade. . In the past too, the presence of shining stars of their respective regions have added to the festivities. 

Amitabh Bachchan, Asha Parekh, Vidya Balan, Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn, Irrfan Khan, Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt, Sushant Singh Rajput, Varun Dhawan, Bhumi Pednekar, Vicky Kaushal, Pankaj the presence of stalwarts like Tripathi or the gems of music like Kailash Kher, Sukhwinder Singh, Jubin Nautiyal, Ronu Majumdar, Rakesh Chaurasia, the work and achievements of capable personalities have been appreciated on the festival stage every year. 

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In this celebration, not only cinema but also the personalities of other fields have been given respect. Be it social worker like Afroz Shah, Amala Ruia, Rajshree Birla or Nadia Chauhan of Parle company from business field, Ananya Birla of Aditya Birla Group or Doctor Pankaj Chaturvedi from medical field or Smriti Mandana from sports world, NBT festival brings happiness and happiness in life. Believes in incorporating hope