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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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Mihir Bhatt appointed as chief content officer at News18 Studios
The media veteran brings two decades of experience across television, digital and radio to one of India’s biggest broadcast networks, Disney+ Hotstar, Discovery+
NEW DELHI: Network18 has a new strategist in the building. Mihir Bhatt, one of Indian media’s more versatile operators, has joined News18 Studios as chief content officer, stepping into a role that will see him shape content strategy, build multi-platform properties and drive brand partnerships across the network.
Bhatt brings more than two decades of experience spanning television, digital and radio, with a track record of doing something rare in Indian media: combining editorial ambition with hard commercial results. At Times Network, where he served as managing editor and chief business officer of Times Influence, he built one of the industry’s more respected content studios, launching marquee properties such as the India Economic Conclave, the Times Now Summit and Leaders of Tomorrow. He also pushed the network into premium OTT territory through tie-ups with Disney+ Hotstar and Discovery+.
His resume stretches well beyond the studio. Bhatt has led Global Investor Summits for multiple state governments, worked alongside the World Economic Forum and played a pivotal role in launching the Indian Pickleball League. Earlier, as editor of Zee Business, he pioneered investor education initiatives that are still cited as industry benchmarks.
At News18 Studios, Bhatt will report to chief executive S Shivakumar and will oversee the studios execution vertical alongside revenue verticals covering emerging markets and campaigns. Sidharth Saini, Hemanth Kumar and Nimar Sarkaria will work under him.
Rahul Joshi, managing director and editor-in-chief of Network18 Group, made the announcement in an internal communication. “Mihir’s ability to build enduring brands, foster strategic partnerships and navigate a rapidly evolving media landscape will be instrumental as we continue to strengthen our position and explore new avenues of growth in the Studios business,” Joshi said.
In a media industry lurching between disruption and reinvention, Network18 has bet on a man who has spent two decades thriving in exactly that chaos. Whether he can do it again, at greater scale, is the question worth watching.
