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The 'CEO Of The Year' is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in scaling an enterprise, driving strategic growth, and shaping industry impact through decisive execution, long-term vision and market leadership.
Meet The Jury
Sunil Bharti Mittal
Founder & Chairman, Bharti Enterprises (JURY CHAIR)
Noel Naval Tata
Chairman, Tata Trusts
U.K. Sinha
Former Chairman, SEBI
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairperson, Biocon Group
CS Setty
Chairperson, SBI
Jayant Sinha
President, Everstone Group; Visiting Professor, LSE; Former Union Minister of Finance and Civil Aviation
Ramesh Damani
Value Investor & Member of BSE
Cyril Shroff
Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Nominees
Dr. Anish Shah
Group CEO and MD, Mahindra Group
K. N. Radhakrishnan
Director & CEO, TVS Motors
P. Venkatesalu
Managing Director & CEO, Trent – A TATA Enterprise
Inder T. Jaisinghani
Chairman & MD, Polycab India
Vinita Gupta
CEO, Lupin
Rajiv Bajaj
MD & CEO, Bajaj Auto
Hisashi Takeuchi
MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India
S. N. Subrahmanyan
Chairman & Managing Director, L&T
Capt. Jagmohan, IN (Retd.)
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
Manoj Jain
Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Limited
K. Sadashiv Murthy
Chairman & Managing Director, BHEL
Gurdeep Singh
Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC
Arun Kumar Singh
Chairman & CEO, ONGC
Eternal (Zomato)
PB Fintech (Policybazaar)
FSN E-commerce Ventures (Nykaa)
Cartrade Tech
Delhivery
Shriram Finance
BSE
ICICI Bank
Axis Bank
Cholamandalam Investment and Finance
Bajaj Finance
HDFC Bank
Punjab National Bank
Indian Bank
Union Bank Of India
Power Finance Corporation
Canara Bank
State Bank Of India
Bank Of Baroda
BSE
Transformers & Rectifiers India
MCX India
Himadri Speciality Chemical
Gallantt Ispat
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Neuland Laboratories
Sarvam
Neysa
Fractal
Qure.ai
Karya
Emergent
Meesho
Billionbrains Garage Ventures (Groww)
ICICI Prudential AMC
LG Electronics India
Lenskart Solutions
HDB Financial Services
Tata Capital
Lupin
Tech Mahindra
Godrej Consumer Products
Godrej Properties
Firstsource Solutions
Mahindra Group
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & IT
Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief Minister of Assam
Kiran & Shiv Nadar
Azim Premji
Nandan Nilekani & Rohini Nilekani
Nithin & Nikhil Kamath
Susmita Bagchi
Geetanjali Kirloskar
CMD, Kirloskar Systems Limited
Roshni Nadar Malhotra
Chairperson, HCLTech
Falguni Nayar
CEO, Nykaa
Mallika Srinivasan
CMD, TAFE
Vibha Padalkar
MD & CEO, HDFC Life
Prabha Narasimhan
MD & CEO, Colgate-Palmolive India
ONGC
Tata Electronics
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Wockhardt
Non-Voting Jury Members
Sanjeev Krishan
Chairperson, PwC in India
Rahul Kanwal
CEO & Editor-in-Chief NDTV Group
Award Categories
- Business Leader of the Year (Private Sector)
- Business Leader of the Year (Public Sector)
- AI Champion of the Year
- New Economy Leader of the Year
- Wealth Creator of the Year
- Financial Powerhouse of the Year (PSU)
- Financial Powerhouse of the Year (Non-PSU)
- IPO of the Year
- Green Champion of the Year
- Trailblazer Leader of the Year
- Philanthropist of the Year
- Business of Entertainment
- Reformer of the Year
- India’s Atmanirbharta Champion
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