William Bissell, MD, Fabindia, receives the award for Entrepreneur with Social Impact. Fabindia, with 167 outlets across the country, has been the source of livelihood for 22,000 artisans, and has managed to maintain a bottomline that is three times the industry average Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
MD Mallya, chairman and MD, Bank of Baroda, receives the award for Best CEO-Public Sector Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, McKinsey & Co, India, was one of the speakers of the evening. He spoke about the quality of humility, which has become increasingly rare in current times, and which was one of the hallmarks of the best leaders of the past Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD, TCS, receives the award for Best CEO-Private Sector Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
Karl Slym, CEO, Tata Motors, was one of the speakers of the evening. He lobbed five questions at the audience, to highlight how even the best minds in history were sometimes wrong about some of the best innovations ever Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
Nitin Paranjpe, CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever, received the award for the Best CEO-Multinational. He took the opportunity to thank his parents and wife for their continued support and guidance through the years Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
Mallika Srinivasan, CEO, TAFE, receives the award for Woman Leader for the Year. She hoped Forbes India and others would make more efforts to encourage women in their fields and create a working environment better suited for them Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Indrajit Gupta (Forbes India editor), and KV Kamath (chairman, Infosys, and non-executive chairman, ICICI Bank) discuss the attributes that a leader should embody, in an informal chat during the award ceremony Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev said a leader is one who does not seek to be a leader, but becomes so simply because of his qualities. The leader should strive to improve these qualities, rather than concentrate on being a leader Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Indrajit Gupta (Forbes India editor), and KV Kamath (chairman, Infosys, and non-executive chairman, ICICI Bank) unveil the special issue of Forbes India Image by Manoj Patil for Forbes India
