| Mr Mukesh Ambani,
Reliance Industries Ltd. wins the Global Indian Award - Mr Ratan Tata, Tata
Group, wins the Business Leader Award - Mr Nandan Nilekani, Infosys wins
the Inspiring India Viewers Choice Award New Delhi, July 29, 2006---NDTV
Profit, India’s leading business channel announced the launch of its first
‘NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards’ in New Delhi. The 'awards that
saw India’s best business leaders under one roof were presented by Honb’le
Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh across fourteen different categories at a special
award ceremony at Taj Palace in New Delhi. Starting this year,
the ‘NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards’ will honour business excellence
and are aimed at recognizing companies that have shown exceptional ability across
industries and have nurtured excellence. Extensive research was
carried over a period of five months to determine the nominees and the winners
under the guidance of the jury that comprised of eminent personalities like Dr
Amit Mitra, Ms Anu Aga, Dr Bimal Jalan, Mr Narayana Murthy, Mr Suman Dubey and
Dr Prannoy Roy. Synovate, as market research partner and Ernst & Young as
knowledge/audit partner were appointed by NDTV for these awards. The presenting
sponsor was Allianz and the associate sponsors were Hyundai Sonata Embera, Cushman
Wakefield, Forbes Group and Hindustan Times. Mr Mukesh Ambani was
presented with the Global Indian Leader award by the Honb’le Prime Minister
Dr Manmohan Singh. Mr Ratan Tata was presented the Business Leader Award. The
Business Leader was given to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership
skills and has shown substantial contribution to her organization and the Indian
Economy. Awards winners in 14 different verticals were Jet Airways
in Aviation, ICICI Bank in Banking, Nokia India in Consumer Durables, Hindustan
Levers Limited in FMCG, Larsen & Toubro in Infrastructure, Life Insurance
Corporation of India in Insurance Companies, Hewlett & Packard in IT Hardware,
Infosys in IT Software, Fed Ex in Shipping & Logistics, Kotak in Mutual Fund,
ONGC in Oil & Gas, Westside in Retail, Bharti Airtel in Telecom and Kerala
Tourism in Travel & Tourism respectively. Announcing the launch
of NDTV Profit Business Excellence Awards, Vikram Chandra-CEO, NDTV Convergence,
said, “I would like to congratulate Mr Mukesh Ambani for the Global Indian
Award, Mr Ratan Tata for the special Business Leadership Award, Mr Nandan Nilekani
for the Inspiring India Viewers Choice Award and all other award winners across
different verticals. We have instituted ‘NDTV Profit Business Leadership
Awards’ to look at the bigger picture while paying attention to finer details
and in-depth analysis. These awards will focus on companies that have added value
for its consumers, investors and the industry on the whole. On behalf of NDTV,
I thank everyone for their full support and cooperation to help us develop and
present the Business Excellence Awards.” “Through the
‘NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards’ we aim at creating a new benchmark
and a platform for recognizing excellence in business. Alongwith, with our partners,
Synovate and Ernst & Young we developed a methodology to ensure authentic
survey and audit process to provide fair results. I would like to thank Allianz
our presenting sponsor and all our associate sponsors. In coming years ‘NDTV
Profit Business Leadership Awards’ will continue to add more innovation and
expand in scope. ” added, Raj Nayak- CEO, NDTV Media Ltd. About
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