India’s leading luxury lifestyle magazine Abraxas Lifestyle recently celebrated its 6th anniversary in collaboration with the Save the Girl Child initiative.

The extravaganza - hosted by Audi in association with Fashion Viesta - brought together fashion, art and design against the stunning backdrop of Audi’s luxury cars.

The evening began with the ceremonial lighting of the lamp - which was lit by Christine Samandari, Hemant Sud, Kazem Samandari, Raghav Chandra, Rahul Rawail, Renu Hussain, Dr.Sanjana Jon, Sanjiv Goenka and Seema Dhawan. 

An exhibition of artworks by eminent Indian artists - painters Ajay Kumar Samir, Ambbali Dutta Bhattacharya , Bipasha Sen Gupta, Chandni Chanana, Ekta Gandhi,  Sonali Chaudhari and Swaraj Das, photographer Akash Das,Ceramic artist Nishant Kumar and sculptors Sangeeta and Surinder Marwah - were on display on both levels of the Audi South showroom.

Raghav Chandra of Audi (Delhi South) and Sanjiv Goenka of Fashion Viesta felicitated the guests of honour. Power women from different fields came together for unveiling the Cover launch and promoting women empowerment by Par Anand Charitable Trust.

The Abraxas Excellence Awards 2018 were awarded to 5 eminent individuals who are at the top of their respective fields:

Arshinder Singh Chawla (Bureaucracy)

KK Modi (Industry)

Neetu Singhal (Media)

Rahul Rawail (Films)

Sanjay Singhal (Entrepreneurship)

The Abraxas Woman of   Substance 2018 were awarded to

Archana Dalmia ( Social Activist)

Christine Samandari Hakim (Entrepreneurship)

Kaushalya Reddy (Dance)

Kiran Chopra (Media)

Renu Hussain (Literature)

Dr Sanjana Jon (Philanthropy)

Seema Dhawan (Media)

Vandy Mehra (Entrepreneurship)

The first of the three fashion previews of the afternoon saw fashion designer Shantanu Singh. The second preview was Niket Mishra’s collection. The final fashion preview was by renowned international Indian fashion designer Dr Sanjana Jon.