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The Economic Times has been conducting awards acrosssegments from the past few years. Be it the ET Young LeadersAward, ET B-School Leaders Awards or ET orporate E!cellenceAwards, Economic Times has been celebrating achie"ements

across all age groups.#ecently, ET concluded the $%&' edition of orporate E!cellenceAwards (udged by an esteemed (ury panel which Economic Timescall the )ET *ntelligence +roup ET*+. /arameters were set byET*+ for shortlisting candidates e.g. ompanies with an a"eragemar0et capitali1ation of o"er #s &%,%%% crore and re"enues ofo"er #s ',%%% crore were considered and ran0ed on theparameters of net sales, net pro2t, mar0et cap and #oE, shareprice return etc-Below are the 3inners of ET orporate E!cellence Awards $%&' with

their brief pro2les 4Company of the Year Hindustan Unilever5industan 6nile"er 56L sells more products in *ndia than itsglobal ri"als /rocter 7 +amble, 8estle, olgate, +S9 onsumerand #ec0itt Benc0iser put together.

Yet, in an en"ironment where the countrys consumer productssector e!panded at the slowest pace in a decade, 56L grew &%per cent in $%&:-&', at almost double the rate of the o"erallmar0et.

Economic Times Company of the Year Award 5industan 6nile"er, one of the countrys biggest

multinationals, won the ompany of the Year award, with thediscussion swinging between it, Lupin and A!is Ban0.

But the (ury 2nally settled for 56L, choosing its si1e,

consistent trac0 record, strong go"ernance processes and itsability to soldier on with a strong array of brands in a toughmar0et.

Business Leader of the Year Uday KotaLast year, 6day 9ota0 not only succeeded in con"incing the #B*that amalgamation of two healthy ban0s also ma0es sense butalso spearheaded the successful ac;uisition of the

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The Entrepreneur of the Year award went to 9unal Bahl, the co-founder of online mar0etplace Snapdeal.ET made sure that, Bha"ish Aggarwal, the cofounder of >la alongwith 9unal Bhal, was 0ept out of decision for this category. Bahl

had demonstrated remar0able maturity, got top talent for thecompany and recently raised money at a "aluation of

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Corporate Citi*en of the Year 'nfosys+'nfosys !cience ,oundation - 'nfosys ,oundation.

Two entities, *nfosys Science Coundation and *nfosys Coundation,6SA are dri"ing the S# acti"ities of *nfosys into an esoteric yet

critical realm rarely e!plored by corporates D science andmaths. The company had steered its S# initiati"es through the*nfosys Coundation with its focus on traditional issues andchallenges.)olicy Chan#e A#ent of the Year Amita&h KantAmitabh 9ant, the man who pilots 0ey initiati"es to attractin"estment, recei"ed the ET Award for /olicy hange Agent as arecognition of the brand e;uity created for *ndia. Amitabh hasbeen the force behind 0ey initiati"es of the go"ernment D be it)a0e in *ndia, )Ease of oing Business, C* reforms or

simpli2cation of defense licensing.

Economic Times Awards $%&' F omplete List

Economic Times )olicy Chan#e A#ent Award /012

epartment of *ndustrial /olicy and /romotion *//

Secretary Amitabh 9ant honoured with G /olicy hange AgentAwardG.

3ho is Amita&h Kant4

9ant, who has /rime inister 8arendra odi as his follower

on Twitter, has been the force behind 0ey initiati"es of thego"ernment D be it )a0e in *ndia, )Ease of oing Business,C* reforms or simpli2cation of defence licensing.

Economic Times !tartup Award /012

>la bags Startup of The Year award .

Since the inception ' years ago, >la ha"e grown by leaps

and bounds and are now present in o"er &%% cities, impactingthe mobility of millions e"ery day.

Economic Times Top 'nnovator Award /012

This award goes to +rey>range.

Being a startup is one of the toughest things to do and being

a hardware startup brings another set of challenges.

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Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year award /012

9unal Bahl has been conferred with the Entrepreneur of the

Year award.

*n $%%H, the 6S iti1enship and *mmigration Ser"ices

re(ected the "isa application of a 3harton graduate to stay onin that country and start a business, a decision that forced theyoung man to return home and start a business in *ndia instead.

That business is now called Snapdeal and the entrepreneur

is 9unal Bahl.Economic Times Business Leader of the year Award56

6day 9ota0, of 9ota0 ahindra Ban0 won the Business

Leader of the Year Award.Economic Times Business "eformer Award56

/iyush +oyal wins Business #eformer Award 3hen /iyush +oyal too0 charge of power, coal and

renewable energy in the 8arendra odi go"ernment, theyouthful and energetic minister of state was handling a "erycomple!, reform-resistant and scandal prone domain that wasdi"ided between three cabinet ministers in the past.

An alleged #s &.I la0h crore coal scam, stranded thermal

power plants, acute coal scarcity and mounting losses of stateutilities were some of the problems he inherited.

The challenges are ineJciency of distribution companiesKcontinuing the pace of coal auctions, achie"ing the ambitioustarget of &,H',%%% megawatts of renewable energy capacityand litigation following the auctions.

+oyal is a tough tas0master who sits with his team while

they burn the midnight by oil.

A bureaucrat recalled how they prepared the coal ordinance

in three sleepless nights.Economic Times )erformance E7cellence Award56

8a"aratna /S6 8ational Aluminium ompany Limited8AL> has been selected for the prestigious )/erformanceE!cellence Award F $%&:, instituted by the *ndian *nstitution of*ndustrial Engineering ***E.

Attributing the success to the concerted eorts of 8AL>

ollecti"e, hand said that 8AL>s business e!cellence isbased on companys producti"ity, pro2tability and credibility.

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Economic Times %lo&al 'ndian Award56

Softban0 E> 8i0esh Arora easily won the +lobal *ndian

award, edging out the two other contenders D /rem =atsa andSundar /ichai D who were considered by the (ury.

Cor Arora, $%&' has been a stellar year. The *ndia-borne!ecuti"e was appointed president of Mapanese telecom giantSoftBan0 in Mune, and it was hinted he could succeed its iconicfounder asayoshi Son.

Arora went to the 6S for an BA course.

5e was a telecom analyst at /utnam *n"estments , a startup

founder, and a top e!ecuti"e at T-obile before (oining +ooglein $%%:.

That year, +oogle went public. Arora, who started at +oogle

as president of sales for the European region, rose to becomeits chief business oJcer.

5e was one of the highest paid e!ecuti"es there.

Economic Times Corporate Citi*en Award56

*nfosys wal0s away with orporate iti1en Award.

Two entities, *nfosys Science Coundationand *nfosys

Coundation, 6SA, both of recent "intage, are dri"ing theorporate Social #esponsibility S# acti"ities of *nfosys intoan esoteric yet critical realm rarely e!plored by corporates D

science and maths. The company had steered its S# initiati"es through

the *nfosys Coundation with its focus on traditional issues andchallenges.

They continue to remain on the S# radar, but whats

gal"anising *nfosys is the new thrust on e"angelising scienceand maths across educational, social and professionalhierarchies, across geographies.

The ET Awards (ury was impressed with the );uality of its

eort, coupled with the scale. *n $%&:-&', *nfosys spent #s $:? crore, or around $ per cent

of its pro2t

The multifaceted approach is clearly catalysing an

ecosystem in o"erhauling the understanding, teaching andresearch in these sub(ects.

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Economic Times Emer#in# Company of the Year Award56

Eicher otors, led by Siddhartha Lal, was the top Emerging

ompany of the year.

>ne (ury member noted that Eicher was an old company that

had Nre-emergedG, pointing to the diJcult transformation itwent through when it shed its tractor business.

NThe worlds largest company Apple is also dependent on

one product,G this person remar0ed, and the rest of the (uryagreed.

Economic Times Company of the Year Award

5industan 6nile"er, one of the countrys biggest

multinationals, won the ompany of the Year award, with thediscussion swinging between it, Lupin and A!is Ban0.

But the (ury 2nally settled for 56L, choosing its si1e,consistent trac0 record, strong go"ernance processes and itsability to soldier on with a strong array of brands in a toughmar0et