October 21, 2011 will be a red letter day for us. A galaxy of India’s best known entrepreneurs and CEOs will vie for the first Forbes India Leadership Awards that evening at The Trident in Mumbai. We’ve instituted these distinctive annual awards to recognise transformational leadership across the entire entrepreneurial firmament, from start-ups, mid-sized firms to the more mature organisations of global scale. We’ve also picked a few categories that reflect our magazine’s charter: The most outstanding global champions, multinational CEOs, conscious capitalists, social entrepreneurs and women leaders. And then there are two more prestigious categories: Life-time achievement and the flagship award, The Forbes India Entrepreneur for the Year. You’ll find a clear delineation of all the 11 categories that make up this year’s awards on page 30.
(This story appears in the 23 September, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)