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20 award categories cover 'Automobiles-2 wheelers', 'Automobiles-4 wheelers',
'Banking', 'Building and Construction- Real Estate', 'Building and Construction-
Infrastructure', 'Business state of the year', 'Consumer Durables (white goods)',
'FMCG- Foods', 'FMCG- Personal Healthcare', 'Insurance- life', 'Insurance- Non
Life', 'IT- Hardware', 'IT- Software', 'Mutual Funds', 'Mutual Funds', 'Pharmaceuticals',
'Retail', 'Telecom' and 'Travel and Tourism'. This
apart, three individual nominated categories have also been short listed which
include 'Business leader of the year', 'Global Indian of the year' and 'Viewers
choice Award for inspiring India,' states an official release. Jury
for the 'NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards' includes board of directors of
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Amit Mitra, director Thermax's Board of
Directors Anu Aga, chairman Emeritus, Infosys N.R. Narayana Murthy, Suman Dubey
chief representative in India for Dow Jones and Co , president NASSCOM Kiran Karnik,
chairman of IDFC Private Equity Company Limited Dr. Vijay Kelkar, NDTV's chairman
Dr. Prannoy Roy.
NDTV Media CEO Raj Nayak said, "Within the last one year, the NDTV Profit
Business Leadership Awards have emerged as a credible and distinguished platform
for recognizing entrepreneurial and business excellence. These awards support
NDTV Profit's tribute to the Indian economy. They are added testimony to NDTV
Profit's unwavering commitment and vision towards business excellence. Achieving
this milestone has been possible because of the support extended by our presenting
sponsors Allianz and our Associate Sponsors Puravankara Projects Ltd., Cushman
and Wakefield, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd., KSK Energy Ventures Ltd. and Palm
Singapore Pte Ltd. I would also like to thank our Business Process Associates,
Grant Thornton." |