Business frontmen and women prove their heavy mettle

The changes wrought by the pandemic might have been born out of necessity, but it has arguably birthed innovations and corporate responses that have shown great promise not just as a response to this crisis, but even beyond it. These are strange times we live in, but it truly is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to recalibrate businesses, and reimagine the very nature and essence of leadership.

A few selected leaders across industries have seized the gilt-edged opportunities presented by the circumstances facing us, proving their mettle and emerging as rock stars of their respective domains. For epitomising excellence, the accomplishments of these new-age leaders were celebrated and lauded as Business Icons of India 2022 in a gala event that revisited the manner in which they have defied conventions and rewritten the rule book.  

If businesses operate off a compass, always seeking to find its true north, then business leaders give it true direction, in addition to shaping the extent and degree of change needed. The leaders recognised for driving this change, and epitomising it, included

• Abhi Shah, Founder of Clutch Group, Board Director of AML RightSource, Chairman of Yuva Unstoppable
• Abhishek Chakraborty, Executive Director,DTDC Express Ltd
• Aditi Vyas, Co founder,Azafran Innovacion Ltd
• Ajay Srinivasan, Chief Executive,Aditya Birla Capital
• Amisha Vora, Owner and Joint Managing Director,Prabhudas Lilladher
• Amit Malik, CEO & Managing Director,Aviva Life Insurance Company India
• Ankit Goel, Co - Founder & MD,Space World
• Anshu Budhraja, Chief Executive Officer,Amway India
• Anuj Mathur, MD and CEO,Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance
• Arvind Mediratta, MD & CEO,Metro Cash & Carry-
• Ashish Pradhan, President ,AsiaSiegwerk -
• Atul Madan, Chief Executive Officer,Mystique Group -
• Bishan Jain,Director,Goldmedal Electricals Pvt. Ltd.
• CP Gurnani,Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer,Tech Mahindra
• Deo Shankar Tripathi, MD & CEO,Aadhar Housing Finance 
• Dr. Pawan Singh, MD & CEO,PTC India Financial Services
• Gagan Daga, Co- Founder & CEO,str8bat
• Gaurav Maheshwari, Managing Director,Signode India
• Hardayal Prasad, MD & CEO,PNB Housing Finance 
• Jairam Panch, Managing Director,Turner India 
• Kapil Jain, Director,Goldmedal Electricals ,Pvt. Ltd
• Katrina Kaif,Co-Founder,Kay Beauty
• Kishan Jain, Director,Goldmedal Electricals Pvt. Ltd
• Krishna Sudheendra, Chief Executive Officer,UST
• Lav Chaturvedi, Executive Director & CEO,Reliance Securities
• Mansi Vyas, Co founde,Azafran Innovacion Ltd -
• Marzin Shroff, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer,Eureka Forbes 
• Miriyala Ravindra Reddy,Founder-CEO,Dwaraka TMT Steel
• Monica Malhotra,Managing Director,MBD Group 
• N. Jayakumar, Managing Director,Prime Securities Ltd 
• Padmaja Reddy, Managing Director,Keertana Financial
• Pragya Kapoor, Founder and Producer,Guy In The Sky Productions
• Pushpa Bector, Executive Director,DLF Retail 
• R C Bhargava,Chairman,Maruti Suzuki India Limited 
• Rishi Kapoor, Partner & Business Head,Sapphire Connect 
• Rohini Iyer,Founder & Director,Raindrop Media 
• S. Sunil Kumar, Country President,Henkel India 
• Sandeep Bhardwaj,CEO-Retail,IIFL Securities 
• Sandhya Vasudevan, Former Managing Director,Deutsche Bank
• Sanjay Agarwal, CEO,Ambit Finvest  
• Seema Singh, CEO,Kartik Sourcing 
• Sonica Malhotra, Joint Managing Director,MBD Group
• Souraabh M Shaw, Managing Director,MAKS Group 
• Srinath Srinivasan, CEO, Oman India Joint Investment Fund
• Srividya Kannan,Director,Avaali Solutions
• Tarun Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO,mCaffeine
• Thirumal Govindraj, Senior Managing Director & Member of Executive Board, RMZ CorpRMZ Corp 
• Venkat Nekkanti, CEO,Nekkanti Sea Foods 
• Vijay Agarwal, Chairman & Managing Director,Action Construction Equipment Ltd 
• Vijay Chandok, Managing Director,ICICI Securities 

Speaking at the event, Rajesh Khubchandani, Co-Founder and CEO, Team Marksmen said, “The Business Icons of India 2022 are at the vanguard of their respective industries, and have ably steered their organisations through uncertain times, emerging stronger for the experience. We salute their indomitable spirit.”

This platform has been powered by research conducted in partnership with Allegiant Market Research, after appraising leaders on the below parameters

• Organizational performance
• Adaptability
• Crisis management
• Multi-stakeholder capitalism
• Accelerating problem-solving 
• Innovative thinking
• CEO peer network perspectives
• Employee engagement

Business Icons of India 2022 offered business leaders a one-of-a-kind platform that gave the trailblazing efforts of these leaders the stage it deserves.

About Team Marksmen

Team Marksmen’s mission is to help organizations and leaders from across sectors create impactful change that matters. 

Our work stems from a holistic understanding of every client’s personalized context, unique requirements, sector dynamics, and macroeconomic environment. This allows us to create brand solutions that resonate with audiences, and thereby help advance the practice of management.

Through an array of bespoke industry-centric knowledge platforms - using a variety of formats such as Roundtables, Summits & Conferences, Workshops, and Award Ceremonies - we help senior industry decision makers navigate through issues of critical importance and inform their world-view for better decision-making.

To know more, contact Rajesh Khuchandani at 9833019195

(Brand Desk Content)