Thought leaders and the glitterati gathered to raise a toast to those who’ve defined success on the business scene this year. The occasion was the first Forbes India Leadership Awards
Veerappa Moily, India's Minister of Corporate Affairs, promised his ministry's continued support to the corporate honchos gathered at the awards event
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Timothy Forbes, Chairman, Forbes Digital, shared his views on the purpose and role of business success
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Veerappa Moily, Minister of Corporate Affairs presented Outstanding Start up award to Rahul Bhatia of Indigo Airlines. The company CEO Aditya Ghosh received it on his behalf
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Veerappa Moily presents NextGen Entrepreneur for the year award to V. G. Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day
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Veerappa Moily presents the award for Entrepreneur with Social Impact award to Manish Sabharwal of Teamlease Services
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Veerappa Moily presents Best CEO-Public sector award to B.P. Rao, CMD of BHEL
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Rajiv Bajaj gets the award for Best CEO-Private sector.
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The Best CEO-Multinational company award was given to Shanker Annaswamy, MD of IBM India
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Conscious Capitalist for the year award was presented to Kaushik Chatterjee CEO Tata Steel for his company
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Britannia CEO Vinita Bali received the Woman Leader for the Year Forbes India Leadership Award
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N.R. Naryana Murthy received the Lifetime Achievement award, his wife Sudha Murthy accepted the award on his behalf
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Shahrukh Khan received a special commendation for his contribution to the Media & Entertainment industry
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Award winners Rajiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj Auto, actor Shahrukh Khan and Vinita Bali, CEO, Britannia, at the Forbes India Leadership Awards event
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Actor Shahrukh Khan proud to receive his Special Plaque
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(L to R) V. G. Siddhartha founder of Coffe Day Holdings, Shanker Annaswamy MD of IBM and Vinita Bali, CEO Britannia during the Forbes India Leadership Award in Mumbai on October 21, 2011
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(L to R) Rajiv Bajaj with former SEBI chairman M. Damodaran
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(L to R) Sudha Murthy and V. G. Siddhartha, founder of Coffe Day Holdings
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(L to R) Timothy Forbes, Chairman, Forbes Digital, Veerappa Moily, India's Minister of Corporate Affairs, Ragahv Bahl, Founder and Editor of Network18 and Abhishek Lodha, Managing Director, Lodha Group