--- title: "Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?" description: "Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?" author: "Bhavin Singh" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39600/name-the-oscar-winning-music-director-who-was-appointed-by-the-government-of-sikkim-as-the-brand-ambassador-of-the-state category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State? [Name](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100691/name-a-famous-tennis-tournament-played-on-grass) the Oscar winning [music](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/323661/master-your-music-with-these-free-desktop-mp3-and-audio-apps) director who was appointed by the [Government](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1911/upi-transaction-would-cost-zero-service-charges-clarifies-government) of Sikkim as the [brand](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13090/icon-the-identity-of-your-brand) [ambassador](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52022/who-has-named-as-goodwill-ambassador-of-street-child-cricket-world-cup-2019) of the State? \ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya ![Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8792f7dd-ebaa-46d8-a5a5-df2261955a6e/images/0873c191-4547-4fbb-b3a6-44fefbcc60a3.jpg) **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**. ![Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8792f7dd-ebaa-46d8-a5a5-df2261955a6e/images/f141a90a-6990-4708-bb49-1b35c7863a93.jpg) **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. ![Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8792f7dd-ebaa-46d8-a5a5-df2261955a6e/images/57eeaf2a-73b9-45a1-bb42-0a1057f2eef2.jpg) 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**. ![Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8792f7dd-ebaa-46d8-a5a5-df2261955a6e/images/2682fe9e-6c3d-467a-98e1-53d853d05103.jpg) 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. ![Name the Oscar winning music director who was appointed by the Government of Sikkim as the brand ambassador of the State?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/8792f7dd-ebaa-46d8-a5a5-df2261955a6e/images/7f72371f-cb5e-475b-ba40-c7175026cfb7.jpg)\ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39600/name-the-oscar-winning-music-director-who-was-appointed-by-the-government-of-sikkim-as-the-brand-ambassador-of-the-state Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.