Sanmarg organized the second edition of the prestigious Sanmarg Business Awards, 2022 to honor business leaders of Bengal.

The Jury for the Sanmarg Business Awards, 2022 were Mrs.Priti A Sureka (Director, Emami Ltd.), Mr.RajiveKaul(Chairman, Nicco Engineering Services Ltd.), Mr.Sanjay Budhia (MD, PATTON Group) & Mr.Utsav Parekh (Director, SMIFS Caital Services Ltd.).

There were two types of Sanmarg Business Awards: Excellence Awards and Distinguished Awards. The winners of the Excellence Awards were picked from among the applications of the business houses. Moore Singhi, the knowledge partner, screened the entries. Shortlisted applications were presented to the jury for final consideration. The Distinguished Awards are direct awards given to pioneers/leaders for their great contributions in their fields, as determined by a panel.

A startup drive was started this year called “Naveen Soch Ki Khoj,” in which startups could apply. Out of 100 submissions, venture partner, Mumbai Angels Network, selected seven firms for further consideration. The judges interviewed these 7 startups, resulting in the selection of the three startups who would give their presentation on stage during the event. The final winner for the Sanmarg Naveen Soch Award was decided based on their pitch and questioning from Nandani Manisinghka (Co-founder and CEO of Mumbai Angels Network), Vivek Gupta (Chairman, Sanmarg group), and Vipul Bhandari(Chairman & Managing Director, Supertron Electronics Pvt. Ltd.).

Award Winners:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: J P Chowdhary, Chairman of Titagarh Wagons Ltd.
• Business Leader of the year Award: Abhijit Roy, MD, and CEO, Berger Paints India Ltd.
• Outstanding Entrepreneur of the year Award: Ameve Sharma, Co-founder at Kapiva Ayurveda
• Bharat Abhiman Award: Sanat Kumar Nandy, Founder of Bhadreswar Group

Congratulations to the winners!!

Priyanka Dutta