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  • BloombergUTV honours visionaries of financial sector

    Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 10

    New Delhi: BloombergUTV, India?s premier business news channel, presented the FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2012 to honour the extraordinary Financial Leaders and Visionaries of India?s Financial Sector. The Hon?ble Finance Minister, Shri. Pranab Mukherjee and a host of other dignitaries from the industry presented the awards to winners.

    The Financial Leadership Awards were bestowed on 20 corporates across Banking, Equity, Currency, Commodity, Insurance and Mutual Fund sectors. This year, BloombergUTV has instituted two new awards viz., ?Woman Leader of the Year? and ?Life Time Achievement Award? to recognise and honour the achievements and contribution of individuals from the sector.

    Deepak Lamba, Business Head ? BloombergUTV, speaking on the occasion said, ?It is an honour and privilege for BloombergUTV that Shri. Mukherjee consented to grace the Financial Leadership Awards this evening. I would like to extend hearty congratulations to all the winners. This is the second consecutive year that Shri. Mukherjee joined us to honour and recognise the visionaries and achievers of the Indian Financial Sector, which is a testimony to the fact that these Awards are held in high esteem by all the stakeholders of the Indian financial sector.?

    Mr. Deepak Parekh, Chairman ? HDFC has guided and nurtured the growth of HDFC to the conglomerate that it is today and was aptly honoured with the ?Life Time Achievement Award?. Ms. Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO ? Axis Bank was awarded the ?Woman Leader of the Year? award.

    In the Banking Category, Axis Bank bagged the ?Fastest Growing Bank? award; Bank of Baroda won the ?Best PSU Bank? award; Karur Vyasa Bank won the ?Best Private Sector Bank; and Standard Chartered Bank won the ?Best Foreign Bank? award.

    In the Insurance Category, HDFC Standard Life Insurance bagged the Life Insurer of the Year award; United India Insurance Co. Ltd. bagged the General Insurance of the Year - Public Sector and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. won the ?General Insurance of the Year - Private Sector? awards.

    In the Mutual Funds category, HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd. won the ?Best Mutual Fund ? Equity? award and Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co. Ltd. won the ?Best Mutual Fund ? Debt? award.

    In the Broking Category, Religare Commodities Ltd. was awarded the ?Best Commodity Broker?; Nirmal Bang Commodities Pvt. Ltd. won the ?Best Emerging Commodity Broker? award; Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. bagged the ?Best Equity Broker? award and SMC Global Securities Ltd. won the ?Best Currency Broker? award.

    The Jury Panel comprised of well-known and highly respected personalities from the Indian Financial sector. The jury members were Ashok Wadhwa (Group CEO - Ambit Holdings), Keki Mistry (Vice Chairman & CEO - HDFC Ltd.), Shardul Shroff (Managing Partner - Amarchand Mangaldas), Ridham Desai (MD & Co-Head - Morgan Stanley), G N Bajpai (Former Chairman ? SEBI), Dr. Janmejaya Sinha (Chairman - Asia Pacific ? BCG), Shailesh Haribhakti (Exec Chairman & Managing Partner - BDO Consulting), Amarjit Chopra (President ? ICAI), Tamal Bandopadhyay (Dy. Managing Editor ? MINT), Kaushal Aggarwal (MD - Avendus Capital), Dr. Chiragra Chakrabarty (Director - Financial Advisory, Deloitte), Karthik Srinivasan (Co-Head - Financial Sector, ICRA) and L Shivakumar (Sr. Group VP & Head - Western Region ? ICRA)

    The BloombergUTV Financial Leadership Awards were presented by MCX and powered by Sonata with ICRA as the Knowledge Partner, Taj Lands End as the Hospitality Partner and DSN as the OOH Partner. The detailed list of winners is annexed along with.

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  • Rajeev pathak wins 'The Pitch' season 2 and prize money upto Rs. 50 mn

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jan 30

    NEW DELHI : BloombergUTV, India?s premier business news channel?s business reality show THE PITCH ? SEASON 2 has been won by Bengaluru-based Rajeev Pathak, Founder and CEO of eDreams Edusoft and will be awarded funding upto Rs. 5 crore by Mumbai Angels.

    Mr. Harsh Mariwala, Chairman and Managing Director, Marico Ltd., who judged the final round, speaking on the occasion said, ?It?s been a fascinating experience to engage with the future change makers of the society. It was great to see that the business models were not only creative but also had a social value to them. India?s growth story will be strengthened by bright, young entrepreneurs like these who combine creativity, strategy and ?giving back to society? to fortify the Indian market place". Harsh Mariwala, Chairman & Managing Director, Marico Limited added on Rajeev?s business model, ?Rajeev?s business model was very innovative and he is leveraging on a social need; that of shortage of teachers, where there is a need to actually reinforce learning and making it fun. It?s a total package which was appealing".

    Rajeev Pathak, speaking on his victory said, ?It?s obviously a great feeling to win on such a huge platform, and I would take this opportunity to thank BloombergUTV for providing a platform like ?The Pitch? which encourages entrepreneurship in India. But what I am even happier about is the great friends I made on the show. Each one was a winner in his/her own right. Interacting with great business icons like Mr. Ronnie Screwvala, Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, Mr. Harsh Mariwala and all others was like a dream come true for all of us. Each round had an icon from a completely different industry and that made the task all the more difficult and challenging.

    ?Mr. Deepak Lamba, Business Head ? BloombergUTV, said, ?My heartiest congratulations to Rajeev Pathak for winning the Season 2 of THE PITCH. As India?s premier business news channel, BloombergUTV not only aims at keeping a close eye on the domestic and international business environment for its viewers but is also actively involved in showcasing the vast entrepreneurial talent hidden in different parts of the country. I am sure Rajeev will put his funding to good use and take eDreams Edusoft to greater heights.?

    Rajeev, through eDreams Edusoft, aims to improve the life of every child, globally, through studentcentric disruptive technology innovations. Rajeev?s team has built a patent pending product, ?FunToot?, an intelligent personal tutor that observes, assesses, diagnoses, interacts, encourages and helps every child depending upon the child?s multiple intelligence and other characteristics.

    THE PITCH SEASON 2 saws industry stalwarts like Ronnie Screwvala of UTV Group, R Gopalakrishnan of Tata Sons, Ajay & Sanjeev Bijli of the PVR Group, Rajiv Bajaj of Bajaj Auto, Mahesh Bhupathi of Globosport, Neeraj Roy of Hungama.com, Ranjit Yadav of Samsung India, Rahul Akerkar of Indigo chain of restaurants, Surinder Kapur of the SONA Group and Harsh Mariwala of Marico Ltd. put the contestants through some tough tasks to test their business acumen, ability to be a team player, innovative thinking, sense of fair play and mental strength. Each episode of THE PITCH was judged by one industry stalwart at the end of which one contestant was eliminated.

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