Oscar award winning music composer A R Rahman was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Indian State Sikkim by the Government of Sikkim on Monday 8th January 2018. 

Pawan Chamling the Chief Minister of Sikkim honoured A R Rahman at Gangtok on the onset of ‘The Red Panda Winter Carnival 2018’. State tourism minister Ugen T Gyatso expressed happiness to have A R Rahman as the brand ambassador of the state.

A R Rahman was born on 6th January 1967 in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India as A S Dileep Kumar. Allahrakha Rahman (A R Rahman) is a songwriter, music composer and music director. A R Rahman was awarded the Oscar (Academy Award) for his music in the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Other awards of A R Rahman include six National Film Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. A R Rahman also received a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award. A R Rahman was honoured with the Padma Bhushan (third highest civilian award of the Republic of India) in the year 2010. In the southern part of the country, A R Rahman is known by the nickname ‘The Mozart of Madras’ and ‘Isai Puyal’ (meaning the Musical Storm in English). A R Rahman’s first work as music composer and director was in the Tamil film Roja.

Sikkim is a northeastern state of India. Sikkim shares its borders with West Bengal in the south. Sikkim shares its international borders with Bhutan in the east, Nepal in the west. Sikkim also shares its borders with Tibet in the north and northeast. Along with 1 Rajya Sabha and 1 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency, Sikkim is of a unicameral legislature with 32 seats. Sikkim has 4 districts with Gangtok the capital being the largest city.