Forbes India Leadership Awards 2025: An evening celebrating excellence in India

Celebrating excellence in leadership, innovation, and impact--Forbes India Leadership Awards 2025 honours visionaries redefining the future. Witness the trailblazers such as Rajesh Jejurikar of M&M, S

Mar 04, 2025, 12:37 IST6 min

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Panel Discussion - "India’s growth story in a volatile global environment". The session was moderated by Neha Bothra, Associate Editor, Forbes India and it featured voices of KVS Manian, MD & CEO, Federal Bank, Rajesh Jejurikar, ED & CEO, Mahindra Auto & Farm sector, and Madan Sabnavis, Chief Economist, Bank of Baroda

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(L-R)Amit Chandra, Chairman - India, Bain Capital and FILA jury member, V Balasubramanian, co-founder and COO, Bugworks Anand Anandkumar, CEO and MD of Bugworks Santanu Dutta, co-founder, Bugworks and Rishi Das, co-founder, Indiqube. Forbes India Leadership Awards’ Emerging Innovators category recognises entrepreneurs who have taken on hard problems in deep tech. This year, the award goes

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(L-R) Amit Chandra, Chairman - India, Bain Capital and FILA jury member Ritesh Arora and Nakul Aggarwal, co-founders of BrowserStack, and Rishi Das, co-founder, Indiqube.Forbes India Leadership Award for Outstanding Startup honours a company that has carved a niche within a decade, showcasing strong funding, steady growth, profitability, and a winning business model. This year the winners

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(L-R) Ashish Agarwal, MD & Country head, Jefferies India, Ajay Singh, Chairman and MD, SpiceJet, and FILA jury chair and founder of Marico Harsh Mariwala.The FILA Icon of Excellence Award honours individuals who have not only achieved extraordinary success in their field but have also set new benchmarks of dedication, versatility, and influence. Ajay Singh of SpiceJet is someone who doesn

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(L-R) Ashish Agarwal, MD & Country head, Jefferies India, Katrina Kaif, actor and founder of Kay Beauty, and FILA jury chair and founder of Marico Harsh Mariwala.Next FILA Icon of Excellence Award honoured Katrina Kaif who has made incredible contribution to cinema with films such as "Jab Tak Hain Jaan" and "Merry Christmas" and is inspiring others with her entrepreneurial journey of buil

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Katrina Kaif, actor and founder of Kay Beauty, was in conversation with Forbes India"s Naini Thaker to discuss what it takes to build a brand from ground up. "If you are going to start a business, you need to have something important to say," she said.

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(L-R)Dream 11 founder Harsh Jain, Arpit Agarwal of Blume Ventures, Rahul Yadav and Mohit Yadav, co-founders of Minimalist.The Forbes India Leadership Award for Promising Startup goes to Minimalist, a homegrown, science-backed skincare brand, that has revolutionised beauty with transparency, efficacy, and ingredient-driven formulations.

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MTR Foods CEO Sunay Bhasin (L) and his team recieve the Forbes India Leadership Award for Regional Goliath from Arpit Agarwal of Blume Ventures and Dream11 founder Harsh Jain.This award honours a family-led business that is giving pan-India players a run for their money in their region. These companies have for long challenged established pan-India players, and some of them are showing si

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(L-R) Ajay Singh, MD and Chairman of SpiceJet, Rekha Koita, Director and co-founder, Koita Foundation and Vivek Gambhir, Venture Partner, Lightspeed India.Forbes India Leadership Award for Grassroots Philanthropists goes to Koita Foundation for leveraging technology to enhance outcomes in the healthcare space, and helping non-profits to scale up.

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(L-R) Amrit Om Nayak, co-founder, Indra Water Ajay Singh, Chairman and MD, SpiceJet Krunal Patel, co-founder, Indra Water and Vivek Gambhir, Venture Partner, Lightspeed India.Forbes India Leadership Award for Climate Warrior goes to Indra Water for redefining waste water management with cutting-edge technology by helping industries and hotels treat and recycle their water and securing fre

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