Ques: Which entrepreneur was awarded recently with Entrepreneur for the Year award in ‘Forbes Leadership Awards- 2015’?
(a) Uday Kotak
(b) CP Gurnani
(c) Uday Shankar
(d) Samit Ghosh
Ans: a
Relatede facts:
- September 30, 2015 ‘Forbes India Leadership Awards- 2015’ was distributed at Grand hyatt, Mumbai.
- Following people was awarded this year in different category-
- Entrepreneur for the year 2015- Uday Kotak (Executive vice chairman & MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank)
- Best CEO – Private sector- CP Gurnani (CEO & MD, Tech Mahindra Ltd)
- Best CEO – Public sector- Arundhati Bhattacharya (Chairman, State Bank of India)
- Best CEO – MNC- Uday Shankar (CEO, Star India Pvt. Ltd)
- Outstanding Startup- OLA
- Conscious Capitalist for the Year- Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) and Godrej Consumer Products – (Joint Winner)
- NextGen Entrepreneur- Siddhartha Lal (MD & CEO, Eicher Motors Ltd)
- Entrepreneur with Social Impact- Samit Ghosh (CEO & MD, Ujjivan Financial Services Private Limited)
- Lifetime Achievement- RC Bhargava (- Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd)
- Important to know that Forbes India Leadership Awards were awarded for the first time in 2011.
- Forbes India Leadership Awards seeks to honour, includes individuals and organisations who have achieved success through their vision, foresight, and business ethics.
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