Excellence in Business Leadership

Seema Vaidya Modi Managing Director, Heinz India Ms Seema Vaidya Modi, MD Heinz India is a veteran of many brand battles, with her insight and strategic positioning followed by clutter-busting advertising, she has repeatedly demonstrated unbeatable marketing and entrepreneurial skills. In her current capacity, she has infused a new vitality in all of Heinz brands with new strategies and complete brand makeover, all of which is reflected in increased revenues since her taking charge in 2012. Her work has always reflected sagacity, vision and sustainability – quintessence of great leadership

Excellence in Entrepreneurship

Parshuram S. Jadhav (Bapusaheb) Chairman & Managing Director, Saroj Group of Companies Bapusaheb Jadhav's journey is the quintessential rags-to-riches story. Having begun working early in life, actually as a laborer, he has risen up in life to head a group with an annual turnover rivaling some of our corporate houses. His company – Saroj Iron Industries is a foundry manufacturing iron castings for engine cylinder heads and has global automotive leaders among its customers.

Ravi Pandit, Chairman & CEO (of KPIT Technologies Ltd., Pune.) Mr Kishor Patil Co-Founder & CEO (of KPIT Technologies Ltd., Pune.) Mr Ravi Pandit is CA and Cost & Works Accountants who co-founded their venture KPIT Technologies in Pune, India. Mr Pandit has demonstrated dynamism and financial insights to steer KPIT to global success, while Mr Patil being an innovator with a sharp entrepreneurial instinct has shown astuteness in establishing overseas operations, maneuvering profitable integrations and effecting strategic mergers and acquisitions across 6 continents. Today, the company has operational presence in 16 countries.

Excellence in Innovation

Sanjay Gaikwad B.E. (Chem), MBA Managing Director Valuable Group Technopreneur Mr Sanjay Gaikwad, founder and MD, Valuable Group of Companies has been a game changer for the entertainment industry. His digital media distribution business UFO Moviez has virtually eliminated the problem of piracy.

Emerging Excellence

Nirmala Girish Kandalgaonkar Chairperson, Vivam SWM Pvt. Ltd. As the founder and chairperson of Vivam SWM, Mrs Nirmala Kandalgaokar has helped India reduce its carbon footprint through effective solutions in solid waste management. Vivam develops vermicomposting and biogas plants for installation in schools, residential complexes, government offices, industries and farms.

Maxell Social Entrepreneurship

Pradeep Lokhande Founder, Rural Relations Mr Pradeep Lokhande has more than redefined the role of an entrepreneur. He has established an effective 2-way communication between India's rural society and those who wish to reach it for commercial, academic or development purposes. In the process, he has also brought positive transformation with sustainable measures like Gyan-Key - a free library in village schools.

Maxell Special Recognition

Maharashtra Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (MCED), Aurangabad MCED is a fountainhead of entrepreneurial talent, the chief engine behind Maharashtra's industrial growth and excellence. Since 1988, it has proven that idea is true capital and has created approx. 1mn. entrepreneurs by empowering them with requisite training, skills and know-how.

Maxell Life Time Achievement Award

Dr. Ashok Joshi President Ceramantec Inc, US. Dr Ashok Joshi is a technopreneur, investor, philanthropist and one of our brightest minds in technology. He has over 100 issued US patents to his credit and is currently the President of Ceramantec Inc.US. His body of work includes founding six technology companies in the US, 3 of which he sold and in 3 he continues to be a stakeholder. He is also engaged actively in many charitable, educational and societal development endeavors, both in his home town Utah as well as in India.