Rubaru Mister India

Rubaru Mr. India
Formation	2004
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Mumbai
Location	India;
Membership	Mister International; Mister Global; Mister Model Worldwide; Mister Grand International; Mister Tourism World; Mister National Universe; Mister Friendship International; Caballero Universal; Mister Model International; Mister Pacific Universe; Mister Fashion Model
Official language	Hindi, English
Managing Director	Pankaj Kharbanda
President	Sandeep Kumar
Parent organisation	Rubaru Talent Promoting Group
Website	rubarugroup.in/rubaru-group-mr-india-audition

Mr India or Rubaru Mr. India is a national beauty pageant for men in India. The pageant was created by Rubaru Group in the year 2004. It is responsible for sending India’s representatives to international pageants – Caballero Universal, Mister Global, Mister Model International, Mister Model Worldwide, Mister Grand International, Mister Tourism World, Mister International, Mister National Universe, Mister Friendship International, Mister Pacific Universe and Mister Fashion Model.^[1] The pageant stands as India's most ancient surviving national male competition and presently holds the title for the largest national male pageant globally. It was founded by the president of Rubaru Group, Sandeep Kumar in the Indian state of Haryana, and Pankaj Kharbanda is the vice president of the pageant.^[2]

History[edit]

Rubaru Mr. India pageant was created in 2004, however it started sending India’s representatives to international pageants from 2014. Pratik Virk became the first Rubaru Mr. India winner to go to an international pageant. He represented India at Mister Model International 2014 competition held in Dominican Republic and was adjudged fourth runner-up. The following years, Rubaru Mr. India pageant acquired franchise rights of other international pageants in India. In 2016, Prateek Baid represented India at Mister Global 2016 contest held in Thailand and won Best Model award.^[3]

International victories and achievements[edit]

The Rubaru Mr. India organization has produced 4 international pageant winners and several runners-up. In 2016, Mohit Singh became the first Rubaru Mr. India titleholder to win an international competition. He won the title of Mister United Continents 2016 in the Philippines. The following year, in 2017, Dr. Pankaj Ahlawat became the first candidate to the win the Mister National Universe title in Thailand. In 2019, Ashwani Neeraj travelled to Brazil as India's representative to the Mister Grand International competition. He later became the first Asian candidate to win the Mister Grand International title.^[4] In 2023, Rubaru Mr. India winner, Neil Aryan Thakur from Bihar created history by becoming the first Asian candidate to the Mister Pacific Universe title in Peru. In the same year, Jason Dylan Bretfelean secured the title of Mister Global 2023 in Thailand, making history as the first Indian to achieve this prestigious honor. In addition to this, Rubaru Mr. India has produced multiple international runners-up.

Rubaru Mister India titleholders[edit]

Year	Winners	Runners-Up	Ref.
2023	Rubaru Mr. India International Shashwat Dwivedi. Rubaru Mr. India Global Jason Dylan Bretfelean Rubaru Mr. India Caballero Universal Anish Jain Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World Mukesh Ravi Rubaru Mr. India National Universe Tachang Phassang Rubaru Mr. India Heritage International Sukhbir Ashat Rubaru Mr. India Grand International Tushar Kapoor Rubaru Mr. India Universe International Badal Bist Rubaru Mr. India Glam International Vyasan A. Rubaru Mr. India Friendship International Daksh Chaudhary Rubaru Mr. India Model International Reshab Chetri Rubaru Mr. India Asia-Pacific Abhishek Mane	Rubaru Mr. India Brand Ambassador Lummi Shangchiri Rubaru Mr. India North Rupendra Swarnkar Rubaru Mr. India East Aryman Raj Rubaru Mr. India West Chetan Jajani Rubaru Mr. India South Siddhartha Gunti Rubaru Mr. India North East Revan Pradhan
2022	Rubaru Mr. India Global Chena Ram Choudhary Rubaru Mr. India Model International Gokul Ganesan Rubaru Mr. India Grand International Kunzang Topgay Bhutia Rubaru Mr. India Universal Kramik Yadav Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World Mithun Debbarma Rubaru Mr. India Worldwide Neil Aryan Rubaru Mr. India Intercontinental M Sai Sri Harsha Rubaru Mr. India National Universe Biswajit Roy Rubaru Mr. India Asia Pacific Shubham Kotharkar Rubaru Mr. India Youth Icon Banner Lanamai James	Rubaru Mr. India Brand Ambassador Tinkesh Kaushik Vineet Sharma Rubaru Mr. India North 𝖦undeep 𝖲ingh Rubaru Mr. India East Bimersh Rasaily Rubaru Mr. India West Nehal Patil Rubaru Mr. India South Loganand Rubaru Mr. India North East Minjom Padu
2020-21	Rubaru Mr. India Global Tseteej Shiwakoty Rubaru Mr. India Intercontinental Bharat Bhushan Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World Shouryaditya Singh Rubaru Mr. India Worldwide Ankit Sharma Rubaru Mr. India Grand International Paras Arora Rubaru Mr. India United Continents Songashim Rungsung Rubaru Mr. India Model International Armaan Hakim Rubaru Mr. India Asia Pacific Gopinath Ravi Rubaru Mr. India Universal Sangarsh Shet Verenka	Rubaru Mr. India Brand Ambassador Tumken Sora Gulfam Ahmed	^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
2019^[11]	Rubaru Mr India Global Rishabh Chaudhary Rubaru Mr. Indian Model Worldwide Yogesh Sharma Rubaru Mr. India National Universe Sahil Arora Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World Lakshya Singh Rubaru Mr. India Star Universe Sagar Amale		^[12] ^[13] ^[14] ^[15]
2018	Rubaru Mr. India International Balaji Murugadoss Rubaru Mr. India Mister Eco International Ashwani Neeraj Rubaru Mr. India Mister Model International Dalton D'Souza Rubaru Mr. India Mister National Universe Farhan Qureshi Rubaru Mr. India Mister United Continents Pradeep Kharera Rubaru Mr. India Mister Tourism World Zulfi Aziz SK	1st runner-up Dilip Patel 2nd runner-up Kamlesh Solanki 3rd runner-up Gaurav Sharma	^[16]
2017	Rubaru Mr. India International Darasing Khurana Rubaru Mr. India Global Srikant Dwivedi Rubaru Mr. India Universal Ambassador Rohit Jakhar Rubaru Mr. India Model International Mohit Sharma Rubaru Mister United Continent India Mitendra Singh Rubaru Mr. India Tourism World Kunal Arora Rubaru Mr. India National Universe Dr. Pankaj Ahalwat Rubaru Mr. India Grand International Debojit Bhattacharya Rubaru Mr. India Top International Model Rohit Choudhary		^[17] ^[18]
2016	Rubaru Mr. India International Mudit Malhotra Rubaru Mr. India Global Prateek Baid Rubaru Mr. India United Continents Mohit Singh Rubaru Mr. India Model International Anurag Fageriya Rubaru Mr. India Universal Ambassador Parmeet Wahi Rubaru Mr India Tourism World Sanju Ray Rubaru Mr India Man of the year Abhishek Shah		^[19]
2015	Rubaru Mr. India Model International Phany Padaraju Rubaru Mr. India Global Sandeep Sehrawat Rubaru Mr. India Worldwide Sandeep Chhikara Rubaru Mr. India Universal Ambassador Jagjeet Singh Rubaru Mr. India United Continents Dheeraj Sharma Rubaru Mr. India Pancontinental Ashish Malhan
2014	Rubaru Mr. India Pratik Virk

Representatives to major beauty pageants[edit]

Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as Runner-up
Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Ended as special awards winner

Mister International[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Shashwat Dwivedi	Telangana	Top 5	Smart Guy
2018	Balaji Murugadoss	Tamil Nadu	Non-Finalist
2017	Darasing Khurana	Maharashtra	Non-Finalist
2016	Mudit Malhotra	New Delhi	Top 9

Mister Global[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Jason Dylan Bretfelean	Telangana	Mister Global 2023	Mister Body Perfect
2022	Chena Ram Choudhary	Rajasthan	Top 15	Highest Scorer in Preliminary Segment
2021	Tseteej Shiwakoty^[20]^[21]	Sikkim	Top 17	Most Inspirational Person - Winner
2019	Rishabh Kumar	New Delhi	Non-Finalist
2017	Srikant Dwivedi	Uttar Pradesh	Top 10
2016	Prateek Baid	Rajasthan	Top 15	Best Model
2015	Sandeep Sehrawat	Maharashtra	Non-Finalist

Mister Model International[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2021	Armaan Hakim	Maharashtra	3rd Runner-up	Best Internet Model - Winner Best Headshot - Top 3
2019	Aditya Bhadoria	New Delhi	Non-Finalist
2018	Mohit Sharma	Karnataka	Non-Finalist	Best Model Asia Pacific
2016	Anurag Fageriya	Rajasthan	Top 16
2015	Phany Padaraju	Maharashtra	1st Runner-up
2014	Pratik Virk	Punjab, India	4th Runner-up

Mister Tourism World[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Mukesh Ravi	Tamil Nadu	Did not compete
2022	Mithun Debbarma	Tripura	Top 17
2021	Shouryaditya Singh	Jharkhand	2nd Runner-up	Mister Popularity - Winner Best Speaker - Runner-up
2020	Lakshya Singh	Madhya Pradesh	Non-Finalist
2017	Kunal Arora	New Delhi	Non-Finalist
2016	Sanju Ray	Assam	Non-Finalist

Mister National Universe[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Biswajit Roy	West Bengal	Non-Finalist
2022	Bharat Bhushan	New Delhi	Mister National Earth
2019	Sahil Arora	Gujarat	Non-Finalist
2018	Farhan Qureshi	Madhya Pradesh	Top 5
2017	Pankaj Ahalwat	New Delhi	Mister National Universe 2017	People’s Choice Award So Cool Guy

Mister Pacific Universe[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Neil Aryan Thakur	Bihar	Mister Pacific Universe 2023	Mister Fitness

Mister Heritage International[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Banner Lanamai James	Manipur	1st Runner-up	Best in Runway Best in Resort Wear Best in Formal Wear Mister Elegance

Mister Glam International[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Vyasan A Nair	Kerala	3rd Runner-up	Mister Popular Mister Super Model Pageantry King

Mister Planet Universe[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Abhishek Mane	Mumbai	2nd Runner-up	Mister Planet Asia 2023 Best Typical Costume Mister Planet Copper World

Caballero Universal[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2022	Kramik Yadav	Gujarat	2nd Runner-up	Mister Elegance

Mister Friendship International[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Daksh Chaudhary	New Delhi	3rd Runner-up	Mister Popular
2022	Songashim Rungsung	Manipur	2nd Runner-up	Best Personality

Mister Grand International[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2023	Tushar Kapoor	Jammu and Kashmir	Did not compete
2022	Nehal Patil	Goa	Top 18
2019	Ashwani Neeraj	New Delhi	Mister Grand International 2019	Best National Costume
2017	Debojit Bhattacharya	Assam	Non-Finalist

Mister Landscapes International[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2019	Dilip Patel	Maharashtra	Non-Finalist

Mister Model Worldwide[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2019	Yogesh Sharma	Rajasthan	Non-Finalist	Mister Model Worldwide Asia Best Runway Model
2018	Suraj Dahiya	New Delhi	2nd Runner-up	Mister Perfect Body - Winner Best National Costume - 2nd Runner-up

The Mister[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2019	Mohit Sharma	Karnataka	Top 10

Mister United Continents[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2018	Pardeep Kharera	Haryana	Non-Finalist	Best in Swimwear - Finalist
2017	Mitendra Singh	Madhya Pradesh	1st Runner-up	Mister Photogenic Mister Online Popularity
2016	Mohit Singh	Haryana	Mister United Continents 2016	Mister Online Popularity
2015	Dheeraj Sharma	Haryana	4th Runner-up	Best in Barong

Mister Universal Ambassador[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2017	Rohit Jakhar	Haryana	4th Runner-up	Top Model People's Choice Award World Speech Competition
2016	Parmeet Wahi	New Delhi	Non-Finalist
2015	Jagjeet Singh	Punjab, India	3rd Runner-up	Best in Swimwear

Top International Model of the World[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2017	Rohit Choudhary	New Delhi	2nd Runner-up	Best Catwalk Model

Man of the Year[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2016	Abhishek Shah	New Delhi	Finalist	Mister Manly

Mister Worldwide[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2015	Sandeep Chhikara	New Delhi	2nd Runner-up

Mister Pancontinental[edit]

Year	Delegate	State / Territory	Placement	Special Awards
2015	Ashish Malhan	New Delhi	2nd Runner-up

References[edit]

^ Singh, Gagan. "How Rubaru Mr. India became the nation's most celebrated pageant for men". www.newsfrenzy.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ "An Achiever with an Unusual Story – Pankaj Kharbanda". in.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India returns with an all-new season". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ "10 photos that prove Ashwani Neeraj is one of the sexiest Mr. India winners of all time". Misterology. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Singh, Gagan (2021-05-17). "Bharat Bhushan is Rubaru Mr. India Intercontinental 2020-21". Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Admin, C. C. N. (11 April 2021). "Rubaru Mr. India Asia Pacific 2020-2021 Title Won By Gopinath Ravi from TamilNadu". Chennai City News. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Singh, Gagan (2021-06-09). "Shouryaditya Singh to represent India at Mister Tourism World 2021 championship". GrehIndia. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Dhungel, Pankaj (2021-04-10). "Sikkim youth Tseteej Shiwakoty is new Mr India". EastMojo. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Singh, Gagan (2021-05-17). "Paras Arora is Rubaru Mr. India Grand International 2020-21". Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Today, North East (2021-04-13). "Manipur's Songashim Rungsung Wins Rubaru Mr India United Continents". Northeast Today. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Singh, Gagan (2019-07-19). "Know more about the current winners of Rubaru Mr India contest". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
^ Singh, Gagan (2020-10-05). "Rishabh Chaudhary, Mr. Delhi 2017 and Rubaru Mr. India 2019". GrehIndia. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ Subramanian, Anupama (2018-05-26). "'Mr International' Balaji Murugadoss debuts in Tamil films". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ Singh, Gagan. "Rubaru Mr. India, Sahil Arora to represent India at Mister National Universe 2019 pageant". www.newsfrenzy.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ "Sagar Amale from Maharashtra won Rubaru Mr West India 2019". Misterology. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
^ "Presenting Rubaru Mister India 2018 winners!". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
^ "Rubaru Mr India 2017, Srikant Dwivedi to represent India at Mister Global 2017 contest in Thailand". Misterology. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ Simeon (2017-03-13). "Assam boy, Debojit Bhattacharya wins Rubaru Mister India Grand International 2017!". Indian and World Pageant. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ "Prateek Baid wins the best model award at Mister Global 2016 - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Femina Miss India. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India culminates in Goa". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
^ Release, ANI Press. "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India culminates in Goa". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

External links[edit]

Rubar Mister India on Instagram

[:0-1] Singh, Gagan. "How Rubaru Mr. India became the nation's most celebrated pageant for men". www.newsfrenzy.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[2] "An Achiever with an Unusual Story – Pankaj Kharbanda". in.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[3] "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India returns with an all-new season". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[4] "10 photos that prove Ashwani Neeraj is one of the sexiest Mr. India winners of all time". Misterology. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[5] Singh, Gagan (2021-05-17). "Bharat Bhushan is Rubaru Mr. India Intercontinental 2020-21". Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[6] Admin, C. C. N. (11 April 2021). "Rubaru Mr. India Asia Pacific 2020-2021 Title Won By Gopinath Ravi from TamilNadu". Chennai City News. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[7] Singh, Gagan (2021-06-09). "Shouryaditya Singh to represent India at Mister Tourism World 2021 championship". GrehIndia. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[8] Dhungel, Pankaj (2021-04-10). "Sikkim youth Tseteej Shiwakoty is new Mr India". EastMojo. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[9] Singh, Gagan (2021-05-17). "Paras Arora is Rubaru Mr. India Grand International 2020-21". Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[10] Today, North East (2021-04-13). "Manipur's Songashim Rungsung Wins Rubaru Mr India United Continents". Northeast Today. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[11] Singh, Gagan (2019-07-19). "Know more about the current winners of Rubaru Mr India contest". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

[12] Singh, Gagan (2020-10-05). "Rishabh Chaudhary, Mr. Delhi 2017 and Rubaru Mr. India 2019". GrehIndia. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[13] Subramanian, Anupama (2018-05-26). "'Mr International' Balaji Murugadoss debuts in Tamil films". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[14] Singh, Gagan. "Rubaru Mr. India, Sahil Arora to represent India at Mister National Universe 2019 pageant". www.newsfrenzy.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[15] "Sagar Amale from Maharashtra won Rubaru Mr West India 2019". Misterology. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

[16] "Presenting Rubaru Mister India 2018 winners!". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

[17] "Rubaru Mr India 2017, Srikant Dwivedi to represent India at Mister Global 2017 contest in Thailand". Misterology. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[18] Simeon (2017-03-13). "Assam boy, Debojit Bhattacharya wins Rubaru Mister India Grand International 2017!". Indian and World Pageant. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[19] "Prateek Baid wins the best model award at Mister Global 2016 - Beauty Pageants - Indiatimes". Femina Miss India. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[20] "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India culminates in Goa". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

[21] Release, ANI Press. "India's biggest men's pageant - Rubaru Mr. India culminates in Goa". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

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