Category : Golden Peacock Global Award for Outstanding Leadership in Promoting Intergovernmental Relations and Social Inclusiveness - 2022

Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon

Hon. Minister of State for South Asia, Middle East and UN at Foreign,
Commonwealth & Development Office & PM’s Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Govt. of UK

Tariq Mahmood Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon is a British-Pakistani businessman and a Conservative life peer. He joined the Conservative Party in 1994. In 2002, he was elected a Councillor in Wimbledon. From 2008 to 2010, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party. On 13 January 2011, he was made a life peer, and was created Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. He formally joined the House of Lords on 17 January. In 2014, he was promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at DCLG. After the 2015 general election, he was appointed jointly as Minister for Skills and Aviation Security at the Department for Transport and Minister for Countering Extremism at the Home Office. In 2016, he was appointed Minister for Aviation, International Trade and Europe at the Department for Transport. After the 2017 general election, he was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibilities to the Commonwealth, the United Nations, and the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and later South Asia, and then South and Central Asia. He also gained ministerial responsibilities for North Africa in February 2022.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Outstanding Leadership on Social Empowerment and Building Resilient Communities

Ritu Prakash Chhabria

Co-founder Managing Trustee - Mukul Madhav Foundation, Board Member, Finolex Industries Ltd.

Ritu Prakash Chhabria is the Founder member and Managing Trustee of the Mukul Madhav Foundation (MMF).

Working ceaselessly with MMF over the past 23 years to transform the way charity is done in India, she has constantly worked to support the under-served with dignity and not dole outs. Personally involved in impacting numerous lives and livelihoods through initiatives in education, healthcare, self-employment, women empowerment, sanitation, water conservation and every other genuine need that remains unfulfilled, and comes to her attention. Supporting and furthering the under-served across geographies, ages, gender, occupations, and religions. Her every action is powered by a deep spirituality, and her active practice of meditation and gratitude. With a Masters in International Relations, she majored in Economics from Richmond College, London, with a minor in Marketing. This has held her in good stead when liaising with local government bodies, benevolent corporates and international collaborators.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Social & Cultural Leadership

(Ms.) Shallu Jindal

Chairperson, JSPL Foundation, & Director on the Board, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., India

Ms. Shallu Jindal is a highly accomplished lady. Currently, she is Chairperson, JSPL Foundation, India.

She has been honoured with several national awards, most prominent being the Women Achiever Award, Rajeev Gandhi Excellence Award and Indira Priyadarshini Award for her outstanding achievements in the field of Indian classical dance (Kuchipudi) and her contribution in the field of arts & crafts, education and community welfare.

Amongst the recent prestigious awards conferred upon her include the th ‘Artist of the Year Award’ during the 11 Asiad Literature Festival by the Bharat Nirman Foundation and the ‘Aekalavya Award – 2019’, in Sngapore for her contribution in the field of ‘Indian Classical Dance’.

Ms. Jindal has compiled books like Tiranga and Freedom. She has authored her first book for children titled “India: An Alphabet Ride”. Ms. Jindal was Chairperson of National Bal Bhavan from 2014-2019, and is the Founder President of Young FICCI Ladies Organisation (YFLO). For creating world-wide awareness about Cancer, she has successfully scaled the highest summit in Africa – Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

As the Chairperson of JSPL Foundation, she has promoted more than 9000 micro enterprises, generating sustainable livelihood options for 30,000 poor families and indirect employment for another 50,000. Ms. Jindal commands respect from more than 1.9 million families, for JSPL Foundation’s inclusive health, education and other ‘Quality Of Life’ programmes. Under her leadership, JSPL Foundation has won several national and international awards like FICCI Award on Women Empowerment, NGO Box CSR Impact Award, India CSR Award and Mahatma CSR Award in the recent past.

She has opened the Jindal Art Institute, with the aim of spreading the rich artistic heritage of India across the world.

For her exemplary leadership in implementation of Holistic Sustainable Social Development Programmes, Ms. Jindal has been recently conferred with CMO Asia Best Social Entrepreneur Award in Singapore and the Mahatma Gandhi Award for Best CSR Leadership by CSR Liveweek, USA.

Her motto in life is: “Whatever we do, our time on earth should be meaningful”. It is truly a global message.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Social and Cultural Leadership

(Ms.) Sangita Jindal

Chairperson – JSW Foundation

As Chairperson of the JSW Foundation, Mrs. Sangita Jindal strategizes and oversees social development projects within the JSW Group.

The programs at the JSW Foundation span across a wide range of interventions and focus on the holistic development of the girl child. From providing Skill Development opportunities, to empowering woman across India, through health, education and livelihood oriented programs. JSW Foundation also works with the Government of India to devise strategies & programs to eliminate malnutrition in India.

A philanthropist who believes in the transformatory powers of art, Sangita set up The Jindal Arts Centre (1992) at National Center for Performing Art, Mumbai, India which became a hub of interdisciplinary arts activity. She also publishes Art India Magazine which has been a chronicler of record of the Indian Art scene for over two decades.

Her efforts to preserve heritage for future generations led to extensive restoration work at the Hampi temple complex in the southern Indian state of Karnataka & The Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The Hampi Foundation was conferred the UNESCO-Asia Pacific Award for Merit for Cultural Heritage Conservation for the work at the Chandramauleshwar Temple.

Sangita is an Eisenhower Fellow and is on the Board of Trustees of the World Monuments Fund & an Advisor on the Khoj Board. She has been inducted as a key member of Tate International Council as well as UN Women Business Sector Advisory Council (BSAC).

Today the work that Sangita oversees at the JSW Foundation, runs across 9 states in India, and has touched over a million lives.

Category : Global Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business and Social Leadership

H.E. Dr. Shaikha Ali Salem Al Maskari

Chairperson, Al Maskari Holding, UAE

Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha AI Maskari started her career with her family Group, Tricon Energy Operations and established the well known AI Maskari Holding (AMH) in 2008. A brilliant scholar, she earned her BA atthe University of London and PhD at Indiana University, U.S.A.

She founded the Global Institutes of Paramedic Justice & Technology and Rescue Academy, for Corporate Social Responsibility, both have trained hundreds of UAE personnel in advanced police sciences, emergency medical services. In 1993, she set up her family charity, United Mercy Foundation, which sponsors orphans and orphanages and provides food, medical, and emergency relief in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

She was recognized by Forbes Middle East (2015) amongst the 100 Most Powerful Arab Business Women, by the Federation of GCC Chambers of Commerce & Industry with “Award For Excellence In Leadership”; by Enterprise Asia the “2016 AsiaPacific Woman Entrepreneur of the Year”; for “Making outstanding contribution to enhancing Australia-UAE Relations”; by Global Thinkers Forum: “Excellence In Business 2014”; and the King of Sweden has bestowed upon Her Excellency the ‘Order of the Polar Star’, 1″t Class.

She serves on several Boards of non-profit organizations like Arab International Women’s Forum (AIWF), Women For Sustainable Growth (W4SG), International Cooperation Platform (lCP), Enterprise Asia, and Advisory Board member of Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF).

Category : Golden Peacock Global Award for Leadership in Economic Transformation

H.E. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori

Cabinet Member & Hon’ble Minister of Economy, Govt. of UAE

His Excellency Sultan bin Saeed AI Mansoori is Minister of Economy in the UAE for over a decade. He has outstanding academic achievements; holding a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management Systems from Arizona State University – USA, and a Diploma in Computer System Analysis from the Institute of Computer Technology, Los Angeles, California – USA.

He has earlier served as Vice President of Dubai Islamic Bank, Chairman of Aman (Dubai Islamic Insurance Company), Minister of Transport and Communications and Sector Development. He had the unique distinction of being a Member of Supreme Council of GCC, and is a foremost intellectual of not only UAE, butthe entire Middle East.

He is a multi-faceted personality. He is presently the Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Consumer Protection and Economic Cooperation Committee, Chairman of the National Committee for the Follow-up Program of Investment Climate, and Chairman of The UAE SME and industrial Coordination Council. He is on the Board of Directors of the Securities, Commodities and Insurance Authority, and also Chairman of the Federal Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of The Emirates Authority For Standardization & Metrology and Human Resources Council. He is a Member of the ‘National Committee on Population CompOSition’, and of ‘Committee on Finance and Economy’.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Business Leadership

Glenn Saldanha

Chairman & MD, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, India

As the Chairman and MD of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., he oversees the entire operations of the organization.

In 1998, he gave up a promising career in the US and return to India with a vision to create something unique. He joined Glenmark and took over the operations as the CEO. During his tenure, Glenmark has transformed into a truly global research-led organization with a revenue in excess of Rs 9,000 crore (USD 1.4 billion) and offices in more than 50 countries worldwide. Glenmark’s branded generics presence is spread across five regions viz. Asia (including India), Europe, Africa, Latin America and RCIS. Glenmark has also established itself among the Top 15 generics companies in the US and has built a sizeable API business in a short period. At present, over 70% of Glenmark’s total turnover comes from its overseas operations.

During his tenure the biggest achievement for Glenmark has been its ability to discover best-in-class or first-in-class molecules for global development and unmet medical needs, thus positioning Glenmark as a leader in drug discovery. Glenmark has managed to strike seven licensing deals in innovative R&D with big pharmaceutical companies. His vision is to discover and develop India’s first innovative drug for the entire world.

A highly qualified professional, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Mumbai University and an MBA from Leonard Stern School of Business, New York University. Prior to Glenmark, he has worked with some top pharma companies such as Eli Lily, USA and PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA.

His pioneering contribution was recognised nationally as the ‘EY Entrepreneur of the Year, 2017′ in Life Sciences & Healthcare category. In 2014, he was conferred with the Best CEO: Pharma & Healthcare (mid-sized companies’)’ by Business Today. He was among the ranking of ‘Top 50 CEOs in India’ by Entrepreneur Magazine. He was also conferred with the ‘Swiss Ambassador’s Award for Exceptional Innovation’ – Embassy of Switzerland in 2012, and was among the Top 30 Youth Icons of India’ (2012) by an Indian national daily.

Category : Golden Peacock Global Award for Lifetime Achievement in Corporate Governance

Prof. (Judge) Mervyn E. King SC

Chairman, King Committee on Corporate Governance & former Judge, Supreme Court of South Africa

Prof. Mervyn King, a distinguished Bar-at-Law, visiting Professor at Rhodes, Supreme Court Judge& LLD has chaired/ been a director of several companies listed on the JSE. He is internationally famous as the Chairman of the King Committee on Corporate Governance. Besides, he is President of the Advertising Standards Authority, first Vice-President of the Institute of Directors, South Africa, and a member of the Securities Regulation Panel, which oversees all mergers and acquisitions. He is Chairman of Partnership for Transparency Africa, a celebritythroughoutthe Continent.

He is a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris for nine years & Chairman, international Integrated Reporting Council, London. He is associated with several prestigious organisations – Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance, the World Bankandthe United Nations.

He started hisCSR mission even before the concept was born. In 1981,he became Chairman of Operation Hunger, to feed rural ch i Id ren, for eight yea rs. After wh ich, he has become Honora ry Life President.

In 1992, he drafted the Corporate Governance Guidelines, known as the King Committee. Its report was regarded as being ahead of its time in adopting an integrated approach to the business life of companies, embracing stakeholders & shareholders. The Committee subsequently drafted the Insider Trading Act. He is the President of the Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance, mandated to establish paradigms for corporate governance in the Commonwealth.

After the Enron and World Com debacles, he was quoted in the US Congress and his views adopted by the New York Stock Exchange, incorporated into the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He was appointed Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Governance and Oversight, which produced a Governance Code for the United Nations. Prof. King has spoken on legal and corporate governance issues in 60 countries. He has authored five books on Governance; his book, The Auditor. Quo Vadis is a best-seller.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business Leadership

The Rt. Hon. Lord Swraj Paul of Marylebone, PC

Founder & Chairman, The Caparo Group Plc, UK

Lord Paul was born in Punjab in 1931. A scholar of repute, he was educated at Doaba College, Jalandhar and F C College, Lahore. Later, he obtained his MechE degree in mechanical engineering from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States. In 1966, he relocated to the United Kingdom and founded Natural Gas Tubes in Huntingdon, UK.

Starting with one steel unit at Natural Gas Tubes, Lord Paul went on to build and acquire several more units. This led to his founding the Caparo Group in 1978, a leading UK-based manufacturer of steel and high value engineering products. The Group today is into property and leisure business, and currently employs over 7,000 people in America, UK, India, and the Middle East.

He was made a member of the House of Lords in 1996 with the title Baron Paul of Marylebone. He has the distinction of being the first person of Indian origin to hold the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.

He was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council in 2009. A great educationist, he served as Chancellor of University of West London, The University of Westminster and Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton, where he is the longest serving University Chancellor in UK. He is also a member of the President’s Cabinet for Chapman University in Orange, California.

Lord Paul takes an active interest in international relations. The UK government appointed him as an Ambassador for British business, and a member of the Foreign Policy Centre Advisory Council & the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. He was a member of Panel 2000, an appointment by the British Prime Minister to re-brand U.K.

He founded the Indo-British Association in 1975 to promote better understanding between the people of both countries. He was a Trustee of the Festival of India in the U.K. in 1982. He was Member of the Corporation of The Hall of Arts and Sciences (Royal Albert Hall). President of UK British Steel Producers association and a member of the Asia House International Advisory Council.

Category : Golden Peacock Innovative Leadership Award for Philanthropy & Social Change

Mr. Vineet Nayar

Founder Chairman, Sampark Foundation & Former Chief Executive Officer, HCL Technologies

Mr. Vineet Nayar is the Founder Chairman of Sampark Foundation and former CEO of HCL Technologies and author of the highly acclaimed management book “Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down” (Harvard Business Press, June 2010) which has sold more than 100,000 copies.

Today, Sampark Foundation is transforming learning outcomes of 7 million children studying in 76,000 schools in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand; making it one of the world’s largest primary school transformation initiatives by a Foundation. Forbes in its ‘Heroes of Philanthropy List 2016’ has cited Vineet for this ‘Innovation led large scale social change’. He was recently featured as a ‘Global Thinker 2016’, by a Foreign Policy magazine.

He is a radical thinker who steered HCLT’s transformation from $0.7 billion in 2005 to a $4.7 billion Global Technology Services Company with over 85,000 employees across 32 countries. This radical transformation led Fortune to recognize HCL as “the world’s most modern management” while BusinessWeek named HCLT as “one of the world’s most influential companies”; which led HCL’s innovative management practices to be taught as a case study at both the Harvard Business School and London Business School.

He was also chosen by Fortune Magazine for its first ever, global “Executive Dream Team” 2012 which has been described as an “all-star leadership”. He has featured in the elite “Thinkers 50 List”, a definitive listing of the world’s top 50 business thinkers. He received praise from the late C.K. Prahalad, Tom Peters, Gary Hamel and Ram Charan.

He joined HCL in 1985 after earning his MBA from XLRI. In 1993, Vineet founded Comnet and helped it grow into a $1.4 billion dominant leader in Technology Management Services. In 2005, Vineet became President of HCL Technologies and served as the company’s CEO from 2007 till January 2013.

He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the McKinsey Leadership Institute and Fortune 1000 companies. He is also the Founding member of Brookings India and has been a Juror of Harvard Business Review’s prestigious McKinsey Prize. He serves Gender Parity Program as well as a Community Partner of the Forum of Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum and has been a “Mentor” (Co-Chair) of WEF’s 2011 AMNC Conference.

Category : Golden Peacock Global Award for Leadership in Public Service & UK-India Economic Relations

The Rt. Hon. Priti Patel MP

Cabinet Minister & the Secretary of State for International Development, Government of UK

The Rt. Hon. Priti Patel MP was elected as the first Member of Parliament for the Witham Constituency in 2010, and then in 2015. She was educated at a comprehensive school in Watford, & went on to study economics at Keele University before completing her postgraduate studies at the University of Essex. In 2014, she was appointed as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. In 2015, she was appointed the Minister for Employment, Work and Pensions. In 2016, she was appointed as Secretary of State for International Development.

She is an elected member of the Conservative Party Board. In 2013, she was appointed by the Prime Minister to the Conservative Party Policy Board, and in 2013, was appointed as the first – ever Prime Minister’s UK India Diaspora Champion. She has served as Chair of the APPG for Small Shops, Co-Chair of the APPG for Victims and Witnesses of Crime, and Vice-Chair of the Indo-British APPG.

She is particularly interested in business, investment and trade. Her business acumen was formed around her own experience in business, assisting her parents who ran a number of small businesses East of England, & to her career in corporate communications for international companies.

She has initiated a number of local campaigns aimed at tackling diverse issues including: literacy in schools, improvement in local infrastructure and tackling youth unemployment. She regularly supports local charities.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Leadership in Public Service & Economic Transformation

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State, India

Mr. Nara Chandrababu Naidu is an Indian Statesman who has been the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2014. Previously also he served as Chief Minister from 1994 to 2004, and as the Leader of Opposition from 2004 to 2014. He is currently the National President of Telugu Desam Party.

He has won a number of Awards, including IT Indian of the Millennium from India Today, Business Person of the Year by The Economic Times, South Asian of the Year from Time magazine and membership in the World Economic Forum’s Dream Cabinet. He chaired the National IT Panel under the NDA government and was described as one of the “hidden seven” working wonders around the world.

At 28, he was the youngest Assembly member and minister. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, before the formation of the new Indian State of Telangana.

He was longest-serving opposition leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. He was voted IT ‘Indian of the Millennium’ in a poll by India Today and 20:20 Media. He was named “SOUTH ASIAN OF THE YEAR” by the TIME Magazine, USA. He has been described as one of the Hidden Seven working wonders around the world, by Profit, a monthly magazine published by Oracle Corporation, US. He was named Business Person of the Year by Economic Times, & was called the “CEO of Andhra Pradesh”.

The Pune-based organisation, Bharatiya Chatra Sansad, in partnership with MIT School of Governance, has honoured him with “Aadarsh Mukhyamantri Puraskar” (Model CM Award) in 2016.

He was named ‘Transformative Chief Minister Award’ in May 2017 by USIBC.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Leadership in Economic Transformation

Amitabh Kant, IAS

Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India

Amitabh Kant is presently CEO, National Institution for Transforming India (NITI). He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 batch). He is the author of Branding India-An Incredible Story. He has been a key driver of several international award winning campaigns, i.e. the “Make in India”, Startup India, “Incredible India” and God’s Own Country”. These initiatives have positioned India and Kerala as leading manufacturing, travel & tourism destinations.

In his capacity as Secretary (Industries) Govt. of India, he initiated the Ease of Doing Business initiative and ranking of States on defined parameters. It is a pioneering effort in India.

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Business & Social Inclusiveness

HE Dr. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

Group Chairman, Al Habtoor Group

Dr. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor is a prominent and highly respected citizen of the United Arab Emirates. A self-made man, he is Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group – one of the most successful conglomerates in the entire Middle – East. He is known not only for his many business achievements but also his extensive knowledge of international political affairs his philanthropic activities. He is also Chairman of Dubai National Insurance and Reinsurance Company.

He has served with distinction as:

• Member of the Federal National Council
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Chairman of the Commercial Bank of Dubai
• Member of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• The only non-US member of The World Board of Governors of the American United Services Organisation (USO).

He has been very well – recognized as:

• Recipient of ‘The Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary’.
• Al Arabiya English News ‘Columnist of the Year’ for outstanding contribution in bridging the communication gap between the Arab world and the West.
• UAE Red Crescent Shield of Honour in recognition for humanitarian contributions.
• The ‘HH Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Al-Khalifa Award for Volunteer Work’ in Bahrain.
• The first-ever recipient of the ‘Golden Friends of India Award’ from the Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC) in recognition of Al Habtoor’s commitment to Indian UAE trade.
• His book ‘Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor : The Autobiography’ was awarded ‘Best International Book on Business and Economics’ at the Sharjah International Book Fair, 2013
• The Shield of Merit Award from The United Nations.
• Outstanding Business Leadership Award from the All-Party Group on Entrepreneurship and the British Institute of Technology and E commerce at the World High Tech Forum in London.
• World Forum Award from the British Parliament, for efforts to build bridges between the Arab World and the West (2007)
• Businessman of the Year Award at the 2007 Arabian Business Achievement Awards in Abu Dhabi (2007)
• Grand Ambassador of Eminence award from the American Biographical Institute, in recognition of his professional achievements and social contribution to the UAE (2004)
• Al Habtoor is a great asset to the UAE as one of its greatest sons and a global personality.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Business Leadership

HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Group Chairman & CEO, DP World

H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem is Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs & Free Trade Zone Corporation. He is one of UAE’s leading industrialists, a true pioneer.

His rare expertise and visionary leadership spearheaded the rapid expansion of Dubai’s infrastructure, including ports and free trade zones, contributing significantly to the United Arab Emirates emerging as the hub of industry & commerce not only in UAE but the entire Middle-East. He is also a leader in developing the infrastructure supporting Dubai’s phenomenal tourism industry.

His major achievements include leading ‘marine terminal operator’ DP World’s expansion internationally, including the purchase of the P&O group for US$7 billion in 2006. It propelled DP World as one of the largest global port operators and trade enablers in the world, with 78 marine and inland terminals in six continents. He has emerged as a global player now. He did the rapid development of the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) into an unrivalled business park of more than 7300 companies.

He established and nurtured Nakheel, a real estate and tourism property development firm that has created many iconic Dubai projects including The Palm, the world’s largest man made island.

He established Istithmar World, a major investment house focusing on private equity with a portfolio of investments in diverse sectors across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East including retail, financial services, industry, tourism and hospitality and healthcare. He is a highly qualified professional, a graduate in Economics from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.

A leader of global vision, he has done UAE proud and securely placed it on a global map. He is fully qualified to now enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Ethical Leadership

Adi Godrej

Chairman, Godrej Group

Shri. Godrej is Chairman of Godrej Group, over a 100 year-old family conglomerate, with operations in India and several other countries.

He is Chairman of the Board of the Indian School of Business, and Past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He has been a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the MIT Sloan School of Management and a member of the Wharton Asian Executive Board, USA.

A distinguished industrialist, he is a recipient of several awards and recognitions, including the Rajiv Gandhi Award, The American India Foundation (AIF) Leadership in Philanthropy Award, the Entrepreneur of the Year for the Asia Pacific, AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, Bombay Management Association-Management Man of the Year Award, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year, the Asian Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year 2013, the All India Management Association-Business Leader of the Year 2015 and the Clinton Global Citizen Award 2016 for his leadership role in the private sector.

He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, USA.

He is an outstanding Indian public figure of international repute who was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2012.

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Social Service

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak

Founder, Sulabh International Social Service Organization

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, the Founder of Sulabh International is widely recognized not only in India but also abroad for dedicating his life to build a nationwide sanitation movement spanning over four decades. It has made a critical difference in the lives of millions of severely disadvantaged poor who cannot afford individual toilets, and those who worked as manual scavengers and faced untold discrimination in the society.

Dr. Pathak has been inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. He is a practising Gandhian, and is intrinsically aligned with the purposes and principles of the United Nations. In the last 46 years, he has worked tirelessly for Human Rights of manual scavengers who clean dry latrines, come from the lowest stratum of India’s caste-based system and are mostly women. His work aims at rehabilitating manual scavengers by providing alternative employment through skill development.

Dr. Pathak believes that a social system that is not inclusive and discriminates must be changed. He runs nation-wide sanitation campaigns, highlighting the plight of manual scavengers as well as women and children.

He pioneered the concept of public toilets in India in 1970. The two-pit flush toilet, that he invented has been installed in over 1.5 million households in India alone. The Government has built another 54 million toilets based on his design. It has been recognized by the UNDP as a Global Best Practice that could be an effective instrument for achieving Millennium Development Goals for providing sanitation to more than 2 billion people across the world. The BBC serial, ‘Horizon’ has called it one of the five unique inventions in the world that has a direct bearing on humanity.

Today he is being awarded by IOD with Lifetime Achievement for exemplary leadership and service to the humanity.

He is the real pioneer of ‘Swachh Bharat’ not only in India but globally.

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Leadership

Dr. B. R. Shetty

Executive Vice-Chairman & CEO, NMC Healthcare and UAE Exchange, UAE

Dr. B. R. Shetty is a pioneer in the private Healthcare industry of the UAE. He is the founder of NMC Healthcare (in 1975), as the largest private healthcare provider in UAE, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Over the last four decades, NMC has grown to over 40 facilities across 5 countries, treating over 11,000 patients a day.

Dr. Shetty also ventured into distribution business with ‘NMC Trading’ in 1976 as the largest distributors in the UAE, being the exclusive marketer of iconic brands such as Nestle, Unilever, Nivea, Pfizer, Siemens, Samsung, Henkel, Abbott, 3M, and among many others across the verticals of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumable sand equipment, personal care, food and beverage, household care, veterinary, education and stationery products.

Dr. Shetty is also the Chairman of UAE Exchange, the market leader in money remittance services across the world. UAE Exchange has over 800 branches in more than 30 countries, around the world and was responsible for over 12% of all inward remittances into India, last year.

In 1999, UAE Exchange launched Xpress Money, a global money transfer brand with presence in more than 150 countries, and over 200,000 locations around the world. In 2014, Dr. Shetty acquired Travelex, the leading foreign exchange specialist worldwide with 1,500 stores and over 1,300 ATMs in 27 countries.

Apart from healthcare, distribution and financial services, Dr. Shetty has founded Neopharma, Abu Dhabi’s premier pharmaceutical manufacturing facility with branded generics and partner manufacturing for Pfizer, Merck Serono, Abbot and Biocon. He also owns Royal Catering, one of Abu Dhabi’s largest catering companies, and runs schools educating over 25,000 students across Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Dr. Shetty is passionate about serving the community, and, has been a leading philanthropist. He is recipient of the Order of Abu Dhabi; the highest civilian award bestowed, by the Government of Abu Dhabi and the Padmashri Award, bestowed by the Government of India. In addition, Dr. B. R. Shetty is the Chairman of the Indian Business and Professional Group (IBPG), and the Vice President of Swiss Business Council, Abu Dhabi.

Category : Golden Peacock Global Award for Leadership in Public Service

H.E. Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim

Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police and Public Security, Dubai, UAE

Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan is the Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police and Public Security, Dubai, UAE. He started his career as a police officer in Dubai Police, then held the position of Manager of Administrative and Financial Affairs. In 1979, he was appointed as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, then took over as Commander-in-Chief in 1980. It is a record.

He holds a Diploma in Police Science from the Royal Police Academy of Jordan. He specializes in the field of Criminal Investigation, and has attended numerous courses on skill development.

Under his command, Dubai Police has achieved several distinctions. Lt. Gen. Khalfan established “Police Operations Room”, which is ranked as one of the best in the world. He also founded the criminal lab; forensic medicine section; land, sea & air rescue teams; Dubai Police Academy; Total Quality Department; Dubai e-TQM College; and Research & Studies Centre which has transformed into a centre for quick decision – making.

He founded and now heads the Juvenile Welfare Association in Dubai. In addition, he is also Chairman of Emirates Talent Association and President of Guardians Council- Dubai Educational Zone. He is a multi – faceted personality. He has chaired UAE Athletics Union, Emirates Snooker Association. He was a member of Dubai Development Board and member of the Emirate’s Municipal Council.

Lt. Gen. Khalfan is an intellectual. He has written a number of books on police action.

He has received several national and international awards and badges of honour.

Truly, he is an exceptional leader.

Category : Golden Peacock Entrepreneurial Leadership Award

Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan

Founder, Amity University & Chairman, AKC Group of Companies

An eminent educationist, entrepreneur and a visionary, he is known as an icon in the field of education. After M Sc (Chemistry) in 1963, Dr. Chauhan pursued Research in Chemical Engineering & Plastic Technology, becoming Head of Reasearch & Development at Daetwyer, Europe

In 1973 He established a diversified Industrial AKC Group of Companies with over 6,000 Germans working in the Group, and with a turnover of over US $ 1.6 Billion. Dr. Chauhan attained the status of the Most Successful Non-Resident Indian in Continental Europe. In 1986, Dr. Chauhan established Non-Profit and Philanthropic“ Ritnand Balved Education Foundation”, to provide world-class education through Amity Universities & Institutions worldwide. Today, he has an integrated network of five universities, more than 150 institutions, 17 schools and pre-schools and 10 international campuses across 8 nations, with over 1,00,000 students, pursuing 250 programmes. Amity has earned the reputation, as one of the best private Education Groups in India, and across the world.

Because of innovative & creative approach, He has contributed to various research breakthroughs in the areas of biotechnology, nano-technology, microbial technology, environmental toxicology, virology & immunology and other cutting edge technologies. He is the first to start M. Tech in Nano-technology courses in the country. Through his initiative and inspiring leadership, more than 325 patents have been filed in the last few years, from Amity Universities Research Centres. He is also developing young entrepreneurs through his Centre for Industrialization of the Research Products”, The Incubation Centres, & Directorate of innovation and Technology Transfer.

Several prestigious national and international honours have been bestowed upon Dr. Chauhan, including Businessman of the Year Award in 1992, Doctorate of Education by University of East London, UK, and by University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. He was felicitated by the Bar Council of India, at its Golden Jubilee function in 2013.

He is an “Institution Builder”, who nurtures talent with his unique character and vision.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Social Leadership

Dr. Shiv Nadar (Roshni Nadar received on behalf of her father)

Founder & Chairman – HCL, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Dr. Shiv Nadar was born in Tamil Nadu, in an India awakening to its first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru’s “Tryst with Destiny”. He is scholastically-gifted. He was part of the elite DCM management trainee system. In 1976, eight young men left DCM to create HCL with a compelling vision – that the microprocessor would change the world.

He made HCL an engine of invention. Under his leadership, HCL revolutionized Indian technology and product innovation, with many world firsts to its credit – the first 8-bit microprocessor-based computer, the first Relational Database Management System, client- server architecture in 1984, world’s first fine-grained multi-processor UNIX installation. A pioneer in Remote Infrastructure Management, HCL was instrumental in implementing and managing the infrastructure backbone of one of India’s tallest financial institutions – the National Stock Exchange. HCL played a key role in supporting India’s telecom revolution through the creation of the largest mobile distribution network with Nokia. HCL Technologies is currently a top IT services company and a global leader in Engineering & R&D Services.

He has created several valuable Joint Ventures and alliances with Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Perot Systems, Deutsche Bank and Toshiba, to emerge as a global technology enterprise. In the last three decades, HCL has evolved into a $6.5-billion global enterprise with over 95,000 professionals from 102 diverse nationalities, who operate from 70 countries.

After playing a key role in putting India on the global technology map, HCL has diversified into HCL Healthcare, aspiring to be the nation’s leading healthcare company by providing innovative medical services, products and training to meet the growing demand for quality healthcare.

In 1994, he established the philanthropic Shiv Nadar Foundation and created its first initiative in Chennai, the SSN Institutions, a top ranked engineering college. Today the Foundation is a significant driver of social change and transformational education through its landmark institutions spanning from schools to universities. VidyaGyan, an innovation in school education, reaches out to the ‘top of the bottom of the pyramid’ and creates leaders from across a cross- section of the society. The Shiv Nadar University has been identified as India’s first Ivy League institution.

In recognition of his pioneering role in business and philanthropy in India and across the globe, he has received several honours, notable being the Padma Bhushan from the President of India, the BNP Paribas Grand Prize for Individual Philanthropy, the AIMA Managing India Corporate Citizen Award and the ICSI Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in Corporate Governance.

Category : Golden Peacock Women Entrepreneurial Leadership Award

Ms. Shahnaz Husain

CMD, Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies

Ms. Shahnaz Husain is the pioneer of organic beauty care in India and has achieved unprecedented international acclaim for her practical application of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of herbal healing. Her deep study of Ayurveda, the Indian holistic system of herbal healing could offer the ideal answers to protective, preventive and even corrective cosmetic care. Today, she heads the largest organization of its kind in the world, with a chain of over 400 franchises worldwide, as well as Ayurvedic formulations for skin, hair, body and health care. Currently, the Shahnaz Husain Group operates in more than 100 countries worldwide.

She trained for ten years in cosmetic therapy and cosmetology, at Helena Rubinstein, Swarzkopf, Christine Valmy, Lancome and Lean of Copenhagen, adopting the principle of “Care and Cure”. She has evolved nearly 375 formulations for general beauty care, treatment of skin and scalp disorders, health and fitness. She has recently launched some revolutionary products, which include the 24 Carat Gold Range, Pearl Cream and Mask, Oxygen Cream, Diamond Collection, Plant Stem Cells, the Platinum Range, the revolutionary Telomere DNA Defence and Black Diamond ranges.

Her contribution towards woman empowerment is noteworthy. She encourages ordinary housewives to open salons in their own homes, training them in beauty and health care. She has also written a beauty book, which has been put in Braille.

She has received several prestigious international Awards including the “Outstanding Ayurvedic Innovation Award” at the House of Commons, the “Woman of the Year” Asian Achievers Award as well as the prestigious Olympia Award for “Outstanding Contribution in Ayurveda and Plant Cosmetics” at the Olympia Show in London.

She became the first woman to receive the World’s Greatest Woman Entrepreneur Award from Success magazine. Her other international Awards include the Arch of Europe International Gold Star in Madrid, the Quality Excellence Award in Geneva, Cannes and London, Golden America Award in New York, the Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur Award in London, Woman of the Millenium Award in USA, and the WQC International Star Award in Paris and Leonardo da Vinci Diamond Award by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge. She was also honoured with the prestigious “Most Admired Beauty Personality – Retail Category Award” from the Images Group, as well as the “Asia’s Leading Woman in Business”Award from WIL Forum Asia, in Malaysia, and the Outstanding Ayurvedic Innovation Award from the China Chamber of Commerce.

She was honoured with the Padma Shree Award by the Government of India. Recently, she achieved the dual honour of speaking at the House of Lords and House of Commons. One of her highest achievements was to be invited to the U.S. President Obama’s Summit of Entrepreneurs in Washington in 2010.

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Leadership

Mr. P. N. C. Menon

Chairman Emeritus, Sobha Developers Limited

Mr. P. N. C. Menon is the Founder Chairman of Sobha Group of companies. A first generation entrepreneur, he began his professional career by setting up an interior decoration firm in Oman in 1976. Soon, he demonstrated his perfection in Quality and succeeded against stiff international competition. His business empire expanded to the U.A.E., Bahrain and Qatar.

Quickly sensing the potential in the Indian real estate market in need of Quality construction, he founded Sobha Developers in 1995. The company built its foundation on international standards. His clients today include some of the reputed corporate houses like Infosys, WI PRO, HCl, DELL, BOSCH, Taj Hotels, ITC etc. His projects signify a new era – where quality meets consistency, technology meets aesthetics and passion meets perfection. “let the drive for perfection start from within”- is his abiding Motto.

Quality is paramount to Sobha Developers. It is one of the few real estate companies in India accredited with ISO: 9001, ISO: 14001 and OHSAS: 18001 certification.

Sobha has recently launched a joint venture project with the reputed Meydan Group to build Mohammed bin Rashid City in Dubai. The project will be built over 1 ,100 acres and feature a 350,000 square metres water park, the largest crystal lagoon in the world.

He is a self – effacing philanthropist, with a deep-felt commitment to social responsibility. The social initiatives of Sobha are channelized through Sri Kurumba Trust, focusing on economically backward panchayats in Kerala. The beneficiaries are around 2500 ‘below poverty line’ families. Some of the key social projects are (a) Sobha Hermitage, a unique home for senior citizens, (b) Sobha Health Care, a primary health centre, (c) The Sobha Academy, an exclusive educational institution for the underprivileged children, (d) Sobha Icon, another educational initiative and (e) Sobha ocational Training Centre which trains to develop skilled tradesmen from the economically weaker sections.

He was nominated to the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council of Overseas Indians. He was awarded the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Puraskar by the President. In 2013, he was bestowed the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by NDTV Profit.

Category : Golden Peacock Entrepreneurship Award

Subaskaran Allirajah

Executive Chairman, Lycamobile

Mr. Allirajah, Chairman has inspired his team to activate Lycamobile’s biggest market launch to date; introducing the service to the USA with the offer to bring an unparalleled level of cost and quality of service to American consumers. Set to double the business revenue next year, Lycamobile (USA) launched in 2013 in the US’s first full MVNO, operational in 17 states with plans to expand it to 25 states shortly. Recently, he was invited to Boston, Massachusetts to deliver a Keynote Speech at a Conference for senior industry executives in Telecommunications. This trip proved the catalyst in establishing a dialogue with the mobile network operators in the USA, and the introduction of the Lycamobile proposition in the US market.

Over the following two years, Mr. Allirajah and his team have done a deal with T-Mobile USA. He has established a novel auditing procedure to study American consumers, in serving an international call network. He has analyzed a total of 66 million immigrants and expatriates in the US market who were still being served primarily by the prepaid phone card market, as a solution to connect to their friends and families back home.

In 2012, Mr. Allirajah commissioned two state-of-the-art data centres in New York; as well as a call centre base in Mexico and over 30 offices across the country. It was a total investment of £10 million. He is planning to hire an extra 2000 staff to be employed to add to Lycamobile’s current core team of 500. His market is the Hispanic community who collectively hold $1.2 trillion purchasing power in the US. He has targeted them with a £35 million marketing and media plan running across TV, press, radio, outdoor, events and online.

Category : Golden Peacock Business Leadership Award

Analjit Singh

Founder & Chairman MAX India

Founder & Chairman, MAX India Ltd. receiving Golden Peacock Award for Business Leadership 2012 from The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Govt.UK.

Mr. Singh is the Founder of Max India, Max New York Life Insurance, Max Healthcare Institute and Max Health Insurance.Today, Max India is a corporate icon and service-oriented business – Life Insurance, a Joint Venture with a Fortune 100 company – Healthcare and Health Insurance and Clinical Research.

Today, Max Group’s annual turnover is INR 80 billion, with a customer base touching 5 million. It has over 500 offices across India, with strength of about 54,000.He has been awarded one of India’s highest civilian honours, the ‘Padma Bhushan’, by the President of India. Mr. Singh is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Joint Indo-US CEOs Forum, and Chairman of Vodafone India, India’s second largest mobile telephony services. He is a Director in several Indian icons – Dabur India, Tata Global Beverages, Hero MotorCorp and Sofina, Belgium. He is enhancing India’s academic standards. He is on the Board of Governors, Indian School of Business (ISB), Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology, Chairman, the Doon School, a leading public school in India. He is associated with the National University of Law.

Mr. Singh is a pioneer of CSR in India through Max India Foundation (MIF), his Social Service arm.

MIF is providing improved access to quality healthcare for underprivileged children and women. A well-known diplomat, he is the Consul General (Honorary) of the Republic of San Marino.Senator Hillary Clinton has lauded his efforts in forging several successful Joint Ventures and promoting Indo-US ties.

He is an alumnus of Doon School & the Graduate School of Management, Boston, US. In his case, ‘Max’ is short form of ‘Maximum Achiever’.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Women Leadership in Public Service

The Rt. Hon. Baroness Verma

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy, Climate Change, UK

The Rt. Hon. Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy, Climate Change, UK receiving Golden Peacock Award for Women Leadership in Public Service 2012 from The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Govt.UK

Baroness Verma was born in Punjab, India, moving to the UK with her parents as a child. She attended local schools and university in Leicester for psychology and business. She was a very bright and popular student just as she is a bright and popular leader today in UK.

India’s loss is UK’s gain. A highly successful entrepreneur, Lady Verma started her first business at the age of 19 in high fashion, supplying high street multiples. In 2000, she changed her business to the social service sector and went into auxiliary care. Her Social Service achievements are widely talked about in India today.

Though she may have joined the Conservative Party in 1999, but she is most modern in outlook. In 2006, she was raised to the peerage as Baroness Verma of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire. She was Opposition Whip from 2006-2010 and then Government Whip following the 2010 General Election.

Prior to becoming Parliamentary under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in September 2012, Baroness Verma was Spokesperson for Cabinet Office, International Development, Women and Equality and Business Innovation and Skills. She was a brilliant spokesperson because she is a very articulate leader, as you all must have noticed today.

In her country of birth, two ladies are today recognized as the two most effective “Men” to have served the British Cabinet with distinction. One is, of course, Baroness Thatcher. The other is, of course, you have guessed it right – Baroness Verma.

Category : Golden Peacock Business Leadership Award

M. G. George Muthoot

Chairman, Muthoot Group

M.G. George Muthoot, Chairman, Muthoot Group receiving the award from Hon. Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs.

Shri M.G. George Muthoot is the 3rd generation Chairman of Muthoot Group and all its 16 Divisions since 1993. Under his leadership the business conglomerate with varied interests in sectors such as plantations, media, healthcare, power generation, etc. have grown exponentially.

Sh. Muthoot made it a point for Muthoot Group to respond to the respond to the needs of the society that it works in and give back to the community to the community. The Group itself is bound by the guiding priciples of honesty, sincerity, confidence and service and is constantly evolving with innovative and progressive products and services.

Sh. M.G. George Muthoot is a prominent National Executive Committee Member of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), Chairman of FICCI – Kerala State Council; Chairman of a Government ITI Pallickathodu, Kottayam, Kerala; Chairman of the Central Travancore Development Committee. Moreover Sh. Muthoot is the member of the Managing Committee, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church for over 32 years, and presently he is the Almaya Trustee.

Sh. M.G. George Muthoot is a prominent and active member of various social Organizations and Associations including Delhi Malayalee Association, Kerala Club, Rotary Club, Delhi Orthodox Diocesan Development Committees. Sh. M.G. George Muthoot’s outstanding contribution in business, religion and social field have been widely recognized. He received a number of awards and honors in recognition to his community service, among which we can mention: Life Time Achievement Award, Delhi Panchvada Trust, 2011, Asian Businessman of the Year 2011, awarded in British Parliament, H.H. Baselious Marthoma Mathews 1st Award, 2010. In 2011 he was acknowledged by Forbes Asia as the 50th Richest Man in India.

Sh. M.G. George Muthoot with his visionary zeal and holistic approach towards running a corporation is a role model for other business leaders.

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Educational and Healthcare Services

Dr. Ramdas M.Pai

President & Chancellor, Manipal University

Dr. Ramdas M.Pai is the President and Chancellor of Manipal University and the president of Manipal Education and medical group. He is a medical graduate, and postgraduate in Hospital Administration from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. His commitment to excellence, vision and organizing ability, as well as perseverance and dedicated work played a decisive role in developing various institutions of education and health

Dr. ramdas Pai vision statement is a global leadership in human development, excellence in education and healthcare, which should be achieved by action in accordance with the rules of integrity, transparency, quality, team work, execution with passion and human touch. Under his inspiration and dynamic leadership, the Manipal Group of educational and healthcare institutions is poised to further expansion and diversification.

The crowning glory for Dr. Ramdas M. Pai in his efforts to build centers of excellence was getting the Deemed University status in 1993. Dr. Pai is a strong advocate of Public-Private partnership in higher education and healthcare and has been articulating a vision for the future of India in which higher education, which builds up the nation’s Intellectual capital, plays a vital role with the government transforming into a facilitator and catalyst rather than a mere regulator promoting the cause of higher education, improving access and upgrading standards.

Dr. R.M. Pai’s contribution to education has been recognized nationally and internationally. He received a number of awards and honors in recognition to his community service, among which we can mention: Intellectuals Honor – The great Son of the Soil award by All India Conference for Intellectuals in 1997; Award in Philanthropy by Bunts’ Sangha, Bombay, 1992; Award by World Konkani Convention, 1995; Chanakya Award 2008 – National awards for achievers by Public Relations Council of India.

Category : Golden Peacock Women Business Leadership Award

Vinita Bali

MD & CEO, Britannia Industries Ltd.

Vinita Bali, Managing Director & CEO, Britannia Industries Limited receiving the award from Hon. Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minster for Corporate Affairs.

Ms. Vinita Bali has been the Managing Director and CEO of Britannia Industries Limited, Chairperson of Britannia Nutrition Foundation, Director of Piramal Glass Limited, Additional Director of the Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Limited, Additional Director of Bombay Burmah Trading Cop. Ltd., as well as Non Executive Director of Titan Industries Ltd..

Ms. Bali holds an B.A. degree in Economics from Delhi University, an MBA degree from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies of Bombay University. She also pursued postgraduate studies in Business and Economics at Michigan State University on a scholarship from Rotary International.

Before she joined Britannia Industries Ltd., Ms. Vinita Bali has spent over 16 years overseas in a variety of marketing, sales and general management positions with eminent multinationals, companies like Voltas, Cadbury India, Coca-Cola and Zyman Group.

The secret of Vinita Bali’s success lies in a strong belief in creating sustainable models of corporate responsibility, as well as in trying and testing, without any fear to re-focus the energy of the company. Undoubtedly she is a person whose passion’s are not limited to meeting deadlines or taking on boardroom battles.

Ms. Bali is highly involved in works of Britannia Nutrition Foundation, whose approach is to not only prevent malnutrition in India, but also create a platform for all the disparate agencies that deal with nutrition to understand each other, and to dimensionalise the problem and, hopefully, lead to some concerted action.

A transformational leader, Ms. Bali has won several awards and accolades for her business acumen and leadership. In 2009 she was named Business Woman of the Year by The Economic Times and ranked 18th among the world’s top 50 business women by The Financial Times. She also featured among the 33 women who have done India proud.

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award

Mrs. Rajashree Birla

Chairperson of the FICCI – Aditya Birla CSR Centre for Excellence

From Left to Right: Dr Madhav Mehra , Founder President World Council For Corporate Governance, Mrs Rajashree Birla of Aditya Birla Group ,and Dr Ola Ullsten, Chairman, World Council for Corporate Governance and former Prime Minister of Sweden Presenting the Golden Peacock Life Time Achievement Award for Community Development – 2010 to Mrs Rajashree Birla.

Mrs. Rajashree Birla is an exemplar in the area of community initiatives and rural development. A role model, Mrs. Birla spearheads the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, the Group’s apex body responsible for development projects. She is the Director on the Board of all majorAditya Birla Group of Companies in India and globally.

In recognition of the work done by Mrs. Birla in the area of CSR, several accolades have been conferred upon. Among these are Rajiv Gandhi Award for Eminence in Social Field, 2009″; “The Economic Times Corporate Citizen 2001-2002 Award”; “Polio Eradication Champion” Award by the President of India.

Category : Golden Peacock Business Leadership Award

Dr. Daniel Vasella

Chairman, Novartis AG

(Alexandre Jetzer, Director on Board, Novartis AG receiving (on behalf of Dr. Daniel Vasella, MD. Chairman, NOVARTIS AG) the Golden Peacock Business Leadership Award)

Daniel Vasella, is MD. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Novartis AG, since April 1989. Since its founding, He has led Novartis through dynamic growth to rank among the world’s most successful healthcare companies, with a focused portfolio, including pharmaceuticals, vaccines and diagnostics, generics and consumer health. He has also strengthened the research capacity of Novartis in leading technologies by creating the Novartis Institute for Bio Medical Research, Novartis Institute for Tropical Disease.

Program for the breakthrough cancer drug Gleevec/Glivec, the supply of the novel malaria treatement Coartem below cost the World Health Organization. Novartis was one of the first multinational companies to sign the UN Global compact initiative.

A readership survey of the Financial Times selected Dr. Vasella as the most influential European businessman of the past quarter century.

Category : Golden Peacock Corporate Leadership Award

Ravi Kant

Vice Chairman, Tata Motors Ltd.

Mr. Ravi Kant is the Vice-Chairman of Tata Motors, India’s largest automobile manufacturing company. Ravi Kant served as Managing Director of Tata Motors Ltd as also the Chief Executive Officer at Jaguar Land Rover of Tata Motors Ltd during its most challenging times. Mr Kant achieved two most transformational feats – the manufacture of Nano and the coveted buy out of Jaguar Land Rover.

He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a Master in Science from the University of Aston, Birmingham, UK & conferred with an Honorary D.Sc. by the Aston University, in Birmingham. He is an Honorary Industrial Professor at the University of Warwick, UK and was awarded the BMAManagement Man of the Year Award 2008-09.

He is on the Governing Board of Value Columbia Centre on Sustainable International Investment & National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Mr Kant is also the Chairman of IIM, Rothak and is the Past President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. Prior to joining the Company, he served Philips India Limited, LMLLimited, Kinetic Engineering Limited and Hawkins Cookers.

Category : Golden Peacock Business Leadership Award

A. M. Naik

Chairman, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Shri A M Naik, Chairman, Larsen & Toubro receiving the ‘Golden Peacock Life Time Achievement Award for Business Leadership’ for the year 2010.

Shri A. M. Naik is the Chairman of Larsen & Toubro, a company he joined in 1965 which has actually grown with him from a medium size Indian enterprise, Today L&T is transformed into a global conglomerate.

L&T is recognized as one of world’s most admired engineering companies. He is a structural engineer with a difference. He has restructured L&T, aimed at enhancing shareholder value. His emphasis on HR and quality as the twin engines of growth have yieled significant results.

He is a true revolutionary. He spearheaded the move to de-merge L&T’s cement business. Shri Naik’s twin agenda of ethical value & triple bottom line approach has an unbeatable record.

He has earlier been awarded Padma Bhushan, by the President of India Leader of the year Award from Economic times, E&Y Entrepreneur Award, and JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award from the All India Management Association.

Category : Golden Peacock Award for Technology Leadership

Ashok Soota

Executive Chairman, MindTree Limited

Ashok Soota, Executive Chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies Limited, is widely recognized as one of the pioneering leaders of the Indian IT industry. He has led both companies where he was founding Chairman to successful IPOs. He has been the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force for IT and was on the Advisory Council for the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva. He is a recipient of multiple awards for IT Person of the year (Dataquest and Elcina) and Lifetime Achievement (Financial Express, Dataquest and Chiratae Ventures, earlier IDG). In April 2022, Ashok announced the creation of Happiest Health, a knowledge enterprise focusing on health & wellness.

Category : Golden Peacock Women Business Leadership Award

Vinita Singhania

Managing Director, JK Lakshmi Cement Limited

Shrimati Vinita Singhania is a businesswoman and industrialist with over 4 decades of experience in the cement industry. She has used her experience to effect efficiency improvements at JK Lakshmi and heads the CSR Committee. She has been named 'Woman of the Year' by Uday India, 'Construction Woman of the year 2016' by Construction Times and 'Most Powerful Woman of the Year'. She has been conferred with Ladies FICCI FLO awards of excellence 2022 for excellence in Entrepreneurship and Best Family Business award led by Women by Money Control Pro (Network 18).

Category : Golden Peacock Lifetime Achievement Award for Social & Environmental Leadership

Kisan Baburao "Anna" Hazare

Indian Social Activist

Kisan Baburao "Anna" Hazare is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in public life. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1992 for his efforts in establishing Ralegan Siddhi, a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India. In 2011, he started a hunger strike to pressure the Indian government to enact a stringent anti-corruption law, The Lokpal Bill, 2011. He has faced criticism for his authoritarian views on justice, including death as punishment for corrupt public officials and his alleged support for forced vasectomies as a method of family planning.