Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023: Highlights

Here are the highlights from the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023 held in Mumbai on March 24, which celebrated India's top entrepreneurs who are using technology and unique business models to build

Mar 27, 2023, 18:30 IST3 min

<p>Forbes India Deputy Editor Ruchika Shah delivered the welcome address. She said, "Every year, FILA, as we call it, recognises whom I like to call India&rsquos most stubborn leaders.&hellipyou need leaders who refuse to give up in the eye of a storm, are willing to evolve, and even listen to the softest voice in the room."</p>

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Forbes India Deputy Editor Ruchika Shah delivered the welcome address. She said, "Every year, FILA, as we call it, recognises whom I like to call India&rsquos most stubborn leaders.&hellipyou need leaders who refuse to give up in the eye of a storm, are willing to evolve, and even listen to the softest voice in the room."

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The audience reading the edition of Forbes India on FILA at the event.

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The Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023 Lifetime Achievement was awarded to AM Naik, non-executive chairman, Larsen and Toubro (L&T). The award was presented by Rajiv J Shah (right), president, The Rockefeller Foundation, and was accepted by Naik"s wife Gita Naik and L&T"s MD & CEO SN Subrahmanyan (left).

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Rahul Sharma (right), co-founder, Zetwerk received the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023 Outstanding Startup award from Harsh Mariwala (left), founder and chairman, Marico.

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AS Lakshminarayanan (right), managing director and CEO, Tata Communications accepts the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023 for Turnaround Company from Harsh Mariwala (left), founder and chairman, Marico.

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(From left) Rajeev Thakkar, CIO and director, PPFAS MF and Saugata Bhattacharya, chief Economist, Axis Bank, go head to head in a debate moderated by Neha Bothra, Assistant Editor, Forbes India on the topic &ndash Is India insulated from the global storm brewing in markets and economy?

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Neera Nundy (centre), co-founder and partner, Dasra , moderates the panel on Unlocking India&rsquos Philanthropic Potential. The panellists include (from left) Luis Miranda, chairman & co-founder of the Indian School of Public Policy, Upasana Kamineni Konidela, vice chairperson, CSR, Apollo Hospitals, Zarina Screwvala, co-founder, Swades Foundation, and Amit Chandra, co-founder, ATE Chand

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Divya J Shekhar (right), chief sub-editor, Forbes India, discusses the importance of telling good stories with Oscar-winning producer and storyteller extraordinaire Guneet Monga (left).

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Avinash Kaul (right), CEO - Network 18 & Managing Director A+E Networks I TV18 and Divya J Shekhar (left), chief sub-editor, Forbes India, present the Forbes India Leadership Awards Icon of Excellence citation to Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga (centre).

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Punita Sinha (left), co-founder, Pacific Paradigm Advisors and Anuj Pandey (right), chief risk officer, U GRO Capital, present the Entrepreneur For the Year award to Abhay Soi (centre), chairman & managing director, Max Healthcare.

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