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Business Today names jury for 14th India’s best CEOs Awards
MUMBAI: Business Today has announced a formidable jury for the 14th edition of the BT India’s Best CEOs Awards, its flagship recognition of corporate leadership across India Inc. The jury will convene on Friday, January 9, 2026, to deliberate on the country’s most compelling leadership stories.
At a time when markets are applauding prudence as much as bold ambition, this year’s awards sharpen their focus on what truly endures. Profitable growth, resilient execution and smart use of capital take centre stage. After all, profit is not merely a metric. It is influence, flexibility and the fuel for long-term relevance.
Leading the jury is Harsh Mariwala, chairman of Marico Ltd, whose entrepreneurial journey and institution-building credentials have made him one of Indian business’s most respected voices.
Joining him is a line-up of senior leaders representing finance, consulting, consumer goods and capital markets. The jury includes Kaku Nakhate, chair, India at BofA Securities; Sanjeev Krishan, chairperson of PwC in India; Vibha Padalkar, MD and CEO of HDFC Life Insurance; Abhijit Roy, MD and CEO of Berger Paints India; Amish Mehta, MD and CEO of CRISIL; Shanti Ekambaram, former deputy MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank; and Sanjiv Mehta, executive chairman at L Catterton.
PwC India will serve as the knowledge partner, supporting the evaluation process alongside the senior editorial team at Business Today.
The BT India’s Best CEOs Awards assess leaders on a wide range of parameters including financial performance, strategic clarity, shareholder returns, mergers and acquisitions, global expansion and successful turnarounds. Eligible companies are drawn from the BT 500, Business Today’s definitive list of India’s most profitable enterprises, reinforcing the awards’ belief that sustained value creation begins with consistent earnings.
Alongside the core categories, the awards also honour exceptional individuals through special recognitions such as Business Icon of the Year and Lifetime Achievement.
The winners will be unveiled at a gala ceremony in Mumbai on Friday, March 27, 2026, bringing the 14th edition of the BT India’s Best CEOs Awards to a fitting close.
As the countdown begins, the spotlight is firmly on leaders who prove, year after year, that strong profits remain the clearest signal of strategy, stamina and success.
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
