Anand Mahindra is NDTV Business Leader of the Year 2012

The 7th Edition of the awards brought together the best business minds and top bureaucrats of the country

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | April 10, 2013

The NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2012 were held to honour the country's crème de la crème of the corporate world, whose relentless pursuit of excellence has fuelled India's journey to the forefront of the world's economy. The 7th Edition of the awards brought together the best business minds and top bureaucrats of the country.

Anand Mahindra, Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra was acknowledged as the NDTV Business Leader of the Year and presented the Award by Chief Guest Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.

On receiving the Award, Mahindra said, “Running away is never a successful strategy. You cannot simply run away abroad because you have a fear of the environment here. Time and again countries like South Korea & Japan have proven that you grow strong globally when you have a strong base in India.”

Other eminent awardees were:

·         Deepak Parekh & Keshub Mahindra received Lifetime Achievement Awards

·         N Chandrasekaran won the Business Visionary Award

·         Mallika Srinivasan was the Business Thought Leader

·         Most Inspiring Business Leader went to Kumar Mangalam Birla

·         Samsung received the Dynamic Innovator of the Year Award

·         Corporate Social Responsibility Awards went to Jubilant & TCS

·         Wipro received the Award for Inclusion & Diversty

·         John Abraham was declared Creative Entrepreneur of the Year

Winner of the Transformation Leader Award, Chanda Kochhar said, “In front of foreign and private banks, Public Sector Banking has picked up a lot. Transformation is not done through one big step, it requires small steps to acquire it.”

Extensive research was carried out to determine the nominees and the winners under the guidance of leading names from the industry and business world on the jury, including Shanti Ekambaram, President, Corporate & Investment Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank; T N Ninan, Editor & Publisher, Business Standard; Dorab R Sopariwala, Editorial Advisor, NDTV; Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager & Country Head, HSBC India; Kalpana Morparia, CEO, J P Morgan India; Dr Tarun Das, Former Chief Mentor, CII, Dr. Prannoy Roy, Executive Co-Chairperson, New Delhi Television Ltd; and Aunindyo Chakravarty, Senior Managing Editor, NDTV Profit.

NDTV partnered with Supertech as their Presenting Sponsor; Associate Partners were Monnet, Sensodyne, Xerox and Rodeo Drive; Innovation Partner was3M; the Construction Solutions Partner was JCB; Driven by Toyota Camry; Hospitality Partner was Hyatt Regency with Knowledge Partners Deloitte, BCF and Sattva for the Awards this year.

The winners of the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2012 are:

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