ICAN recognizes Moon Khan with Best Community Leader Award

From a concept to an organization to a milestone mega show, within a span of less than a year, the magical ICAN (icanaward.com) stole the hearts and minds of Indian Americans of Illinois by displaying the vibrancy of the community at Meadows Club on Saturday, in the presence of thousand-plus crowd. The program was delivered parallel to the style and precision of the Bollywood shows with all pomp and circumstance.

About 100,000 people participated in the online voting for over two dozen categories of awards.

One of the most prestigious honors was the Best Community Leader Award in which 19 people were initially nominated.

Few weeks ago, Moon Khan was shortlisted among the top 5 nominees. At the gala event, he was declared the winner of the Best Community Leader Award.

He accepted this recognition on behalf of all of those who voted for him.

According to Khan, "The kindness displayed by all of you overwhelms me."

"I accept this recognition on your behalf, on behalf of the local community, on behalf of all the nominees selected in this category, and on behalf of my wife, Shanu, and my son, Shaan, who always sacrificed their precious time to allow me to be away from home," said Khan, who ran for DuPage County Recorder in 2016 and garnered 170,000 votes.

Khan stated in a statement, "On behalf of my fans, I salute from the bottom of my heart to the entire ICAN team that include Jassi Parmar the Kapil Sharma, the Indian American community, Rita Singh, Neil Khot, Ravi Rawat, Mohan Rawat, Girish Kapur, Sanjeev Singh, Nilesh Topiwala, Bhavesh Patel, and dozens of community leaders who contributed to the success of this event."