Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has won the ‘Global Indian of the Year’ award. She  was honored at Non-Resident Indian of the Year award function held in Mumbai e on  April 11.  The actress, 42, dedicated the award to her daughter, Aaradhya. She said she is  very passionate about making it more than a perceived beauty pageant.  It  was the opportunity to represent an Indian woman on the international platform. She is happy to have been chosen to be a feature film artist and a career woman.  Besides Bachchan, noted tennis player Sania Mirza was also honored at the NRI of the Year Awards 2016. Altogether, 17 individuals were given the awards under different categories like entrepreneur, professional, academics, arts and culture, philanthropy, special jury award, global icon of the year and India’s global icon award. The NRI of the Year Awards recognize outstanding achievements of the Indian diaspora globally.