People for Cattle In India (PFCI) held its very first “PFCI Annual Meet & Awards Ceremony” today (5th June, 2016) at Westin Hotels, Chennai. DR. K. Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamilnadu participated as Chief Guest and presented the awards.
The event was held as a part of celebrating 3 years of Animal Welfare by PFCI and it marks the first ever annual celebration for Animal Welfare in Southern India. Awards were presented to Vishal Krishna, Actor (Face of Animal Activism – 2015) for his active endorsement of animal causes and for taking up some serious animal welfare issues.Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Actress, (Best celebrity campaigner – 2015) for leading and trending the ‘Waterbowl Challenge’ campaign in social media which helped provide water to scores of thirsty birds.PFCI Awards for Animal Welfare 2015 nominations were broadly based on notable work in the sphere of animal protection and advocacy and the award winners were chosen by a panel of eminent jury members from PFCI.