FILA 2015: Raising a toast to leadership

The fifth Forbes India Leaderhip Awards was an evening to remember for India Inc leaders

Published: Oct 1, 2015

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Adi Godrej, chairman of the Godrej Group (extreme left) receives the Conscious Capitalist for the Year award, on behalf of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd from Noshir Kaka, MD, Mckinsey India (2nd left), Anil Uniyal, CEO, Forbes India, CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bajaar and Kiran Kothekar, director, Vector Consulting Group (extreme right)

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RS Sodhi, MD, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (the owner of brand Amul) speaks about what makes his company a conscious capitalist. GCMMF shared the Conscious Capitalist of the Year award with Godrej Consumer Products

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Samit Ghosh, MD and CEO of Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd receives the Entrepreneur with Social Impact award from Noshir Kaka

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Noshir Kaka, MD, McKinsey India, delivers a note on how India can hasten economic growth by leveraging technology

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Ajay Shah, one of the architects of the new Indian Financial Code, says laws governing the Indian financial system are archaic and must be overhauled

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Samit Ghosh, MD and CEO of Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd, explains how a microfinance institution can transform into a Small Financial Bank without aping existing commercial banks

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Uday Shankar, CEO of Star India Pvt Ltd (extreme left) receives the Best CEO–MNC award from Sanjay Nayar, CEO of KKR India (2nd left), Sourav Majumdar, editor, Forbes India (2nd right) and Sanjay Pugalia, editor-in-chief of CNBC Awaaz

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CP Gurnani (extreme left), MD and CEO of Tech Mahindra Ltd receives the award for Best CEO – Private Sector from Sanjay Nayar, Sourav Majumdar and Sanjay Pugalia

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Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairman of State Bank of India won the Best CEO–Public Sector award

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Cyril Shroff, managing partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Manish Sabharwal, chairman of TeamLease Services face off in a debate on Big bang reforms v/s incremental reforms

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Arundhati Bhattacharya poses a question to Manish Sabharwal (not in the picture) on whether incremental reforms can generate the high level of employment that India needs

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S Sandilya, chairman of Eicher Motors (extreme left) accepts the Next Gen Entrepreneur award on behalf of Siddhartha Lal, MD and CEO, Eicher Motors from Harsh Mariwala, chairman of Marico Ltd and the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2015 jury chair (centre); and R Jagannathan, editor-in-chief, Forbes India

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RC Bhargava, chairman of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award for his contribution to the growth of India’s largest carmaker

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Uday Kotak, executive vice chairman and MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd (extreme left) was bestowed with the Entrepreneur for the Year award. He founded the bank in 2003 and led it to become India’s fourth largest private sector bank. With the acquisition of ING Vysya Bank, Kotak is taking the financial institution to the next level

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Menaka Doshi, executive editor of CNBC TV18 discusses the future of the Indian banking system in a chat with Uday Kotak and Arundhati Bhattacharya

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Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Enterprises (left) exchanges pleasantries with Ranjit Shahani, vice chairman and MD of Novartis India and Sanjay Pugalia

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Ranjit Shahani, Adi Godrej and RC Bhargava get together for an informal chat at the venue

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Leaders of India Inc in attendance at The Forbes India Leadership Awards 2015

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Uday Kotak unveils the special Forbes India issue that chronicles the journey of the award winners and extrapolates lessons in leadership from their life stories