MTV Youth Icon of the Year

MTV India's Youth Icon of the year is an annual award presented by MTV India, a TV channel. It was first presented in 2003. It is determined by popular votes.

Recipients
The recipients of the awards are:


 * 2003 : Anil Ambani (Indian Industrialist)
 * 2004 : Rahul Dravid (Indian Cricketer)
 * 2005 : Shahrukh Khan (Indian Actor) )
 * 2006 : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Indian Cricketer)
 * 2007 : Orkut (A community website by Google)
 * 2008 : Award was given to eight persons
 * Sarathbabu (BITS-Pilani and IIM-A passout, Food King catering business)
 * Rahul Mishra (Fashion designer from Dalhousie (Himachal Pradesh))
 * MC Mary Kom (Boxing, recipient of Padma Shri and Arjun Award)
 * Ishita Khanna (Entrepreneur, Founder and Director of Ecosphere)
 * Nitish Mishra (Minister of state for disaster management, Bihar, India)
 * Blaaze (Singer)
 * Mangesh Hadawale (Director of Marathi film 'Tingya')