Snapshots: Forbes India Leadership Awards 2012

By: Forbes India Photo Team

Published:
30/09/2012 12:00 AM

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Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, and wife Neerja vote for one of the speakers through the iPad app

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Vinod Ramnani, MD of Opto Circuits, receives the award for Next gen Entrepreneur for the Year

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MK Hamied receives the award on behalf of brother Dr YK Hamied, chairman and MD, Cipla, who was named Conscious Capitalist for the Year

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Manish Khera, CEO, Fino, receives the award for Outstanding Start-up. Khera said that despite having 50 million customers and 30,000 agents, Fino is still considered a start-up because of the size of the market in India

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William Bissell, MD, Fabindia, receives the award for Entrepreneur with Social Impact. Fabindia, with 167 outlets across the country, has been the source of livelihood for 22,000 artisans, and has managed to maintain a bottomline that is three times the industry average

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MD Mallya, chairman and MD, Bank of Baroda, receives the award for Best CEO-Public Sector

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Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, McKinsey & Co, India, was one of the speakers of the evening. He spoke about the quality of humility, which has become increasingly rare in current times, and which was one of the hallmarks of the best leaders of the past

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N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD, TCS, receives the award for Best CEO-Private Sector

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Karl Slym, CEO, Tata Motors, was one of the speakers of the evening. He lobbed five questions at the audience, to highlight how even the best minds in history were sometimes wrong about some of the best innovations ever

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Nitin Paranjpe, CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever, received the award for the Best CEO-Multinational. He took the opportunity to thank his parents and wife for their continued support and guidance through the years

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Mallika Srinivasan, CEO, TAFE, receives the award for Woman Leader for the Year. She hoped Forbes India and others would make more efforts to encourage women in their fields and create a working environment better suited for them

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Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Indrajit Gupta (Forbes India editor), and KV Kamath (chairman, Infosys, and non-executive chairman, ICICI Bank) discuss the attributes that a leader should embody, in an informal chat during the award ceremony

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Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev said a leader is one who does not seek to be a leader, but becomes so simply because of his qualities. The leader should strive to improve these qualities, rather than concentrate on being a leader

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Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Indrajit Gupta (Forbes India editor), and KV Kamath (chairman, Infosys, and non-executive chairman, ICICI Bank) unveil the special issue of Forbes India

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Kumar Mangalam Birla receives the award for Entrepreneur for the Year. He dedicated the award to members of his team who braved the uncertainty and upheaval of the revolution in Egypt last year

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E Sreedharan was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication and work spanning several decades. The Metro Man, who said he had often faced resistance from politicians during his service, has provided stellar examples of how government projects can be completed with efficiency, integrity and transparency

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Award winners and jury members gather on stage for the final time before the conclusion of the ceremony

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