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Ekta Kapoor is E&Ys Start-up Entrepreneur Of The Year
Balaji Telefilms’ creative director Ekta Kapoor’s must be finding it difficult finding cupboard space going by the number of awards she has been collecting. Kapoor added another to the list when she was awarded the Ernst & Young (E&Y) Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) award for 2001 at a high-profile ceremony in Mumbai yesterday which had minister for information and broadcasting Sushma Swaraj and a host of industrialists and government officials in attendance.
Kapoor is the first woman entrepreneur to receive the coveted E&Y Startup Entrepreneur Of The Year award in India.
The main award of the night – Entrepreneur Of The Year – went to the promoter-chairman of Hero Honda, Brijmohan Lall Munjal. Yogesh Deveshwar, chairman of tobacco major ITC, won the Manager Entrepreneur Of The Year.
Jamshed J Irani, former managing director of Tata Steel, received a lifetime achievement award, while the four industry-category awards went to Suresh Krishna of Sundaram Fasteners (manufacturing), Prathap C Reddy of Apollo Hospitals (services), Jerry Rao of Mphasis BFL (information technology, communications and entertainment) and Anji Reddy of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (healthcare and life sciences).
The recipients were selected by a six-member jury, headed by Rahul Bajaj, chairman two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto.
The Ernst & Young EOY Programme was first established in the United States in 1986 and is now conducted in over 20 countries. The awards came to India in 1999.
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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.
