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Dr E Sreedharan bags Zee Business Pinnacle Lifetime Achievement Award 2006
MUMBAI: The first Zee Business Pinnacle Awards, instituted by Zee Business, has announced its first recipients amidst the blitz of corporate glitterati of the country.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation MD Dr E Sreedharan, MD was presented the ‘ZeeBusiness Pinnacle Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contributions to growth and development of the transportation system in the capital city.
Jaipal Reddy, Minister of Urban Development, attended the award presentation ceremony as the Guest of Honour to share the illustrious moment of the real estate industry.
The ceremnoy was attended by personalities including S K Mitter, CEO, LIC Housing Finance, Ashwani Kumar, minister of State for Industries, Sahib Singh Verma, senior BJP leader and Vaidyanathan V country head ICICI Retail.
The Pinnacle Awards were given out in 19 categories from the Construction, Building and Allied industries in Real Estate. It acknowledged talents for their contribution in Technical, Creative and Individual achievements. The highlights of the award ceremonies were the announcement of Zee Buisness Pinnacle Lifetime Achievement Award conferred on Dr E. Sreedharan, MD, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Pinnacle Paint Award to Asian Paints, Pinnacle Steel Awards to Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), and Pinnacle Bank to HDFC Bank, informs an official release.
The details of the winners are listed below:
Technical Awards
Pinnacle Cement ’06
J.K Lakshmi
Pinnacle Paint ’06
Asian Paints
Pinnacle Plywood ’06
Green Ply
Pinnacle Steel ’06
Steel Authority Of India Limited
Pinnacle Tiles ’06
H&R Johnson
Pinnacle Bank-Home Loans ’06
HDFC Bank
Pinnacle Sanitary Ware ’06
Parryware
Pinnacle Electrical ’06 (Cables and switches)
Havells
Pinnacle Marble ’06
R.K Marble
Creative Awards
Heritage Buildings ’06
Taj Colaba
Pinnacle Awards Commercial building ‘06
Inorbit Mall
Pinnacle Residential Building ‘ 06
K.Raheja Group
Pinnacle Promotion – Print ’06
Omaxe Group
Pinnacle Promotion-TV ’06
Green Ply
Pinnacle Special Jury Award
Godrej Property for Planet Godrej
Pinnacle Corporate Building
ICICI Corporate Building Bandra Kurla
Individual Awards
Pinnacle Architect ’06
Sonali Bhagwati Spazzio
Pinnacle Interior Designer ‘06
Sanjay Wadhwa, Director SWBI Architects
Pinnacle Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr E. Sreedharan, MD, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Speaking on the occasion, Zee News Ltd director Laxmi Goel said, “We are thrilled to have this opportunity to honor individuals and organisations who best reflect their commitment towards the development and growth of the real estate sector in India. We have received an overwhelming response from all participating corporate houses and professionals. The fact that we have received much more entries than what we had expected is a testimony to the fact that these awards were long overdue”
Goel further added, “We are very pleased to put-together a mix of national and internally acclaimed professionals to select the true winner in each of our award categories. We are really thankful to all our jury members for accepting our request and we are confident that through our full proof judging structure we would come out with the list of most deserving candidates in their respective domain”.
The Jury: Laxmi Goel, Director News Group, Zee News Ltd, Vahid Mehrinfar, executive Principal & Chief Brand Architech, Vahid Associated, Dubai, Jeffery West, Director, DTZ’s Indian Project Management Services, Subir K. Saha, Director, School of Planning & Architecture, Dr. Darlie Koshy, Executive Director, National Institute of Design, Ranu Das, CEO, Fairwood Consultants for the Technical Awards. The jury for the Creative Awards included Ankur Shrivastava, Managing Director, DTZ India, Anurag Batra, anagind Director & Editor-in-Chief, exchange4media Group, Shashi Sinha, Executive Director, Lodestar Universal, Ravi Deshpande, Chief Creative Officer, Contract, Ravi Kiran, CEO, South East Asia, Starcom, Mukesh Gupta, Managing Director, Graphis ads.
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Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
