[The American Bazaar] Padma Lakshmi receives Boston University’s 2024 ICON Award
ICON award recognizes innovators who create new and transformative paradigms in hospitality
Indian American Emmy-nominated producer, television host, New York Times bestselling author and food connoisseur Padma Lakshmi has received the ICON Award from Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration.
Lakshmi received the annual ICON award recognizing innovators who create new and transformative paradigms in hospitality during BU’s Hospitality Leadership Summit at BU’s Computing and Data Sciences Center on April 4.
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“We are proud to recognize Padma Lakshmi with the prestigious ICON Award,” states Arun Upneja, Dean of Boston University School of Hospitality Administration. “Through her many impressive achievements, she epitomizes hospitality in the truest sense of the definition: ‘welcoming the stranger.’ Her advocacy for immigrant and women’s rights are a testament to her unwavering championing of inclusiveness, equality, and justice.”