For the past few months, a special projects team, led by Associate Editor Cuckoo Paul, in collaboration with our knowledge partner Grant Thornton, has been hard at work to first build a rigourous methodology — based on quantitative and qualitative data — and then carefully vet each nomination on our long-list to arrive at a final shortlist of five nominees in each category. Last week, a distinguished panel of judges, led by K.V. Kamath, the non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank and Infosys, sat down to pick the winners in each category. I’m not about to reveal their names just yet. Over the course of the next month and a half, we’ll unveil our shortlist of nominees — and then, the stellar line-up of this year’s outstanding winners, plus all the exciting images and coverage from our big awards night.
Our attempt has been to look for two crucial variables: Scale and impact. Each of our worthy winners has achieved both, in their own distinctive way. These are also the best examples of entrepreneurial capitalism — an integral part of the Forbes DNA. Over the years, you can count on us to look for fresh contenders who exemplify this spirit and also set new benchmarks of performance.
First Published: Sep 09, 2011, 06:24
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