Sunil Mittal bags E&Y entrepreneur of the year award
By Our Corporate Bureau | 02 Nov 2004
New Delhi: Sunil Mittal of Bharti Enterprises has been chosen the 'Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year 2004'.
Mittal will now represent India at the 'Ernst & Young world entrepreneur of the year' awards ceremony to be held in Monte Carlo, Monaco in May 2005. Winners were also selected for awards in several categories, based on attributes such as entrepreneurial spirit, financial performance, strategic direction, global impact, innovation, personal integrity and influence.
While Rahul Bajaj of Bajaj Auto bagged the `lifetime achievement award' for providing strong leadership to Bajaj Auto to make it a world-class two-wheeler manufacturer, Ashish Dhawan, founder and senior managing director, of ChrysCapital was chosen as 'start-up entrepreneur of the year.
Habil F Khorakiwala of Wockhardt was named winner in the `healthcare and life sciences' category.
In the `information, communication and entertainment (ICE)' category, the award winner was Kalanidhi Maran of Sun TV, while the winner in the `services' category was Ramdas M. Pai of the Manipal Education & Medical group.
The `manager entrepreneur of the year' award was bagged by the ONGC chairman and managing director, Subir Raha, while the award in the `Manufacturing' category went to Narottam Sekhsaria of Gujarat Ambuja Cement.
