The 18th edition of CNBC-TV18’s India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) on Thursday recognised exceptional leaders, high achievers, and true visionaries of the Indian corporate world along with icons from the entertainment and sporting world.
Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Zarin Daruwala of Standard Chartered Bank, Dinesh Kumar Khara of State Bank of India, Sanjeev Mehta of Hindustan Unilever, Anish Shah of Mahindra Group, TV Narendran of Tata Steel, Prabha Narasimhan of Colgate, V Vaidyanathan of IDFC First Bank, Adar Poonawalla of Serum Institute of India and Rajiv Memani of EY India chose the winners after a rigorous selection process and deliberations. The jury was chaired by Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group.
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Here is the full list of winners:
- Brand Campaign of the Year | Dove’s Stop the Beauty Test campaign won the Brand Campaign of the Year award. Other nominees were Whisper, Cadbury Celebrations, Cadbury BournVita and JSW Paints
- Young Turks Start-up Of The Year | Founded by Naga Bharath Daka and Pawan Kumar Chandana, Skyroot Aerospace won the Young Turks Start-up of The Year award. The other nominees in the category were Zetwerk, Mensa Brand Technologies, BluSmart Mobility, and Phool
- The Disruptors | IdeaForge was honoured with the Disruptors Award. The company is the pioneer and the pre-eminent market leader in the Indian uncrewed aircraft systems market, with a majority market share
- Social Impact Icon | Ela Bhatt, a social impact icon and a dedicated women’s rights activist, was posthumously honoured the Social Impact Icon. Bhatt founded the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union representing self-employed female textile workers in India
- Outstanding Contribution to Brand India | NPCI-UPI’s Dilip Asbe was awarded in this category which included RRR’s Naatu Naatu, filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves, filmmaker Shaunak Sen, N Chandrasekharan of Tata Sons and fashion designer Sabyasachi as nominees
- Sports Leader of the Year | Boxing champion Nikhat Zareen was awarded the Sports Leader of the Year. The other nominees in the category were badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, track and field athlete Neeraj Chopra, hockey player Savita Punia and cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur
- Game Changer of the Year | BCCI was awarded the Game Changer of The Year. Jay Shah accepted the award along with cricketers Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami
- Entertainment Leader of The Year | Actress Alia Bhatt was honoured in this category. From playing the female lead, Isha, in Brahmastra Part One to essaying one of the most challenging roles in her career in Badrunissa, a victim of domestic violence in the film Darlings, Alia’s acting prowess has come to the fore time and again. The other nominees in the category were Kamal Hassan, Jr. NTR and Fahad Fazil
- Life Time Achievement Award | TVS Group’s Venu Srinivasan was felicitated with The Life Time Achievement Award. Conferred with the Padma Bhushan in 2020 and Padma Shri in 2010, Venu Srinivasan propelled TVS into becoming the third largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India under with market share of 14.34%
- Hall of Fame | Azim Premji was honoured with the Hall of Fame Award. The former chairman of Wipro, Premji is known for his generous donations. Ever since Azim Premji took control of Wipro, he diversified the company from producing vegetable oil to providing IT services, software solutions, and consulting services
- Outstanding Company of the Year | Infosys, India’s second-largest IT vendor with more than 340,000 staff and $16.3 billion revenue in FY22, won this award. The other nominees in the category were Hindalco, Cipla, Titan, Apollo Hospitals and Mahindra Rise
- Outstanding Business Leader of The Year | Tata Steel’s MD and CEO TV Narendra was awarded Outstanding Business Leader of The Year. The other nominees in the category were Anish Shah, Managing Director & CEO of Mahindra Group; Varun Berry, Vice Chairman and MD at Britannia Industries; Salil Parekh, CEO and MD of Infosys; Vellayan Subbiah, Managing Director at Tube Investments of India; and Dinesh Kumar Khara, Chairman of State Bank of India.
- Young Turk of The Year | OfBusiness, which operates the B2B product fulfillment platform OfBusiness and financing platform Oxyzo was awarded the Young Turk of The Year. Asish Mohapatra spearheads overall operations with a keen interest across sales, risk and collections. In a span of six years, the company has built amongst the most scaled, profitable, leveraged and engaged B2B enterprises in India. The other nominees were Ather Energy, Razorpay, Xpressbees and Porter. The founders were unable to attend the award ceremony.
- In Memoriam | The business world lost some of its most remarkable leaders in the past year and their contributions to their respective fields will be remembered for years to come. In recognition of their outstanding achievements, Cyrus Mistry, Vikram Kirloskar and Rakesh Jhunjhunwala were honoured with the ‘In Memoriam Award’ at the 18th edition of CNBC TV18’s India Business Leader Awards ceremony held on May 11, 2023.