Awards & Accolades

KVS Manian – Change Legend Shanti Ekambaram – Change Icon

Manish Kothari - Change Champion

Uday Kotak conferred with the ‘India Business Leader of the Year’ award by CNBC-TV18 at the 16th India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) 2021

Uday Kotak ranked #4 in India Today’s The High & Mighty Power List 2020

Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020

Leading fundraisers felicitated by Hon. Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Rohit Rao received the Wockhardt Foundation’s ‘CSR Shining Star Award - Special Recognition’ on behalf of Kotak Mahindra Bank from Hon. Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Gagan Saraswat accepted the award on behalf of Kotak Mahindra Bank for exemplary support during COVID-19 from Shri Suresh Raina, Cabinet Minister, UP Government

Excellence in CSR

Business Today named Shanti Ekambaram as one of the ‘Most Powerful Women in Indian Business’ of 2020

Shanti Ekambaram recognised as one of ‘India’s Most Powerful Women in Business’ in 2020 by Fortune India

Nilesh Shah ranked #47 in India Today’s The High & Mighty Power List 2020

Jaimin Bhatt - Change Champion

Kotak Mahindra Bank recognised as the

‘Highest Fund Raising Corporate’

Recognition received Awards & Accolades

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Shekhar Bhandari - ‘CA Business Leader’ (Large Corporates - BFSI)

Shripal Shah - ‘CA CXO’ (Mid Corporates – BFSI)

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Awards 2021

Felicitated by Hon. Minister Nitin GadkariOisharya Das named one of the ‘Top 100 Women In Finance’ in 2020 by Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) in the ‘Leading’ category

CFO100 India by CFO India | Himanshu Vasa received the 2021 Roll of Honour under the category ‘Collaboration’

Sanjay Gupta recognised as ‘Banking Icon’ at CIO Powerlist 2020 by Centre of Recognition & Excellence (CORE) Media

Sanjay Gupta named ‘Information Visionary’ at the International Data Corporation (IDC) Digital Transformation Awards 2020, India

Anish Raj received the award for ‘Second Best Branch in Kerala Under New Generation Banks’ on behalf of Kotak Mahindra Bank

Vijay S. Menon received the award for ‘Third Best Bank at National Level Under New Generation’ on behalf of Kotak Mahindra Bank

12th Banking Excellence Award 2020

By State Forum of Bankers’ Clubs (Kerala)

> Kalpana Agarwal named in the ‘Top 100 General Counsel of India 2020’ by Elite Businessworld (BW) Legal World

> Elizabeth Venkataraman honoured with ‘Woman Marketing Head of the Year’ award at the Adgully Women Disruptors Awards 2021

> Elizabeth Venkataraman named one of the ‘Top 100 Women In Finance’ in 2020 by Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) in the ‘Progressing’ category

> Viral Vora recognised by International Data Group (IDG) with the CIO100 ‘Special Award for Business Transformers’ 2020

Kotak Mahindra Bank

> KRC Murty recognised by International Data Group (IDG) with the CIO100 2020 award under ‘The Progressive 100’ category

> Kulin Thaker won the ‘CXO Tech Excellence Award’ at CXO Tech Summit & Awards 2020 by Techplus Media

> CFONext100 2020 by CFO India

• Paresh Goraksha honoured under the category ‘Excellence in Finance Transformation’

• Nitin Vaidya honoured under the category ‘Excellence in Finance Transformation’

• Siddarth Gandotra honoured under the category ‘Excellence in Finance Transformation’

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Kotak Mahindra Bank

> The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2020 – Best Bank (India)

> Asiamoney Best Bank Awards 2021

• Best Domestic Bank, India

• Best Corporate and Investment Bank, India

> The Asset Triple A Treasury, Trade, SSC and Risk Management Awards 2020 – Best Payment and Collection Solution, India

> The Asian Banker Transaction Awards 2020

• Best Cash Management Bank, India

• Best Productivity, Efficiency and Automation Initiative, Application or Programme for Cash Management Services Workflow

> 32nd Council for Fair Business Practices (CFBP) Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2019 for Fair Business Practices under the category ‘Services Enterprises (Large)’

> Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority - Achievement of Targets & Contribution towards Atal Pension Yojana under Power To Persist 2020

> Great Place to Work® Institute certifies Kotak Mahindra Bank as a ‘Great Place to Work’ in 2021

> Project ‘E-Rate Reduction’ wins Finnoviti Awards 2020 by Banking Frontiers

> Campaign India Digital Crest Awards 2020 – KEYA 2.0 wins Gold under ‘Best use of digital personal assistant’ category

> 9th Asian Customer Engagement Forum and Awards (ACEF) Asian Leaders Forum and Awards 2020

• Kotak 811 #DreamsInvited campaign wins Gold under the category ‘Most Admired Brand Activation Campaign’

• KEYA 2.0 & Video KYC win Bronze under the category ‘Excellence in Customer Experience’

> ETBrandEquity Brand Disruption Awards 2021 – Kotak 811 #DreamsInvited campaign wins Bronze

> Infosys Finacle Client Innovation Awards 2020 – Runner-Up for ‘QuickCheck with e-NACH’ and ‘Digital Vendor Financing Solution’

> The Innovators 2020 by Global Finance

• C2B Platform (Cash Management)

• Digital Vendor Financing Solution with Dynamic Discounting (Trade Finance)

Kotak Wealth Management

> Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey 2021

• Best Private Bank, India

• Best for Super Affluent Clients, India

> Asiamoney Asia Private Banking Awards 2020

• Best Domestic Private Bank, India

• Best for HNW, India

> FinanceAsia Country Awards 2020 – Best Private Bank, India

> PWM/The Banker Global Private Banking Awards 2020 – Best Private Bank, India

> The Asset Triple A Private Capital Awards 2020 – Best Private Bank for HNWIs, India

> PWM Wealth Tech Awards 2020 – Best Private Bank for Digital Customer Experience, Asia

> The Asset Triple A Digital Awards 2021 – Digital Private Bank of the Year, India

> Global Finance Private Bank Awards 2021 – Excellence in Crisis: Client Services, Asia-Pacific

Kotak Prime

> Campaign India Digital Crest Awards 2020 presented Kotak Prime (in collaboration with Fulcro) with Silver under the category ‘Online Video – Short form’ (180 seconds or less) for the #KotakPrimeWithHer campaign

Kotak Securities

> CFONext100 2020 by CFO India

• Hiren Vora honoured under the category ‘Excellence in Capital Management’

• Mukul Rathi honoured under the category ‘Excellence in Capital Management’

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Kotak Investment Banking

> The Asset Triple A Country Awards 2020

• Best IPO, India

• Best rights issue, India

• Best corporate & institutional adviser, India

• Best equity adviser, India

> FinanceAsia Country Awards 2020 – Best Investment Bank, India

> FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2020 – Best of South Asia category for SBI Card’s `103.4 billion ($1.39 billion) IPO

Kotak Life Insurance

> Kirti Patil recognised as ‘RPA Icon’ at CIO Powerlist 2020 by Centre of Recognition & Excellence (CORE) Media

> Kirti Patil named one of the ‘Top 100 Women In Finance’ in 2020 by Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) in the ‘Leading’ category

> Kirti Patil honoured by International Data Group (IDG) with the CIO100 2020 award under ‘The Progressive 100’ category

> Pradeep Mahapatro received the 2021 Roll of Honour under the category ‘Risk Management/ Risk Mitigation’ at the CFO100 India by CFO India

> CFONext100 2020 by CFO India

• Vishal Dhingra honoured under the category ‘Excellence in Finance Transformation’

• Anand Daftardar honoured under the category ‘Excellence in Finance Transformation’

Kotak General Insurance

> Abhijit Dutta honoured at the CFONext100 2020 by CFO India under the category ‘Excellence in Finance Transformation’

> FICCI Insurance Industry Awards 2020 – Best Insurance Campaign for #DriveLikeALady

Kotak Mutual Fund

> Ananth Subramanian honoured as ‘Unified Communications Icon’ at CIO Powerlist 2020 by Centre of Recognition & Excellence (CORE) Media

> Ananth Subramanian recognised by International Data Group (IDG) with the CIO100 2020 award under ‘The Progressive 100’ category

> Shibani Kurian named one of the ‘Top 100 Women In Finance’ in 2020 by Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) in the ‘Progressing’ category

> Aanshi Jain named one of the ‘Top 100 Women In Finance’ in 2020 by Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) in the ‘Promising’ category

> Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards 2020

• Kotak Asset Allocator – Regular – Growth (3 Years)

• Kotak Asset Allocator – Regular – Growth (5 Years)

> Business Today-Money Today Financial Services Awards 2021

• Best Value Creator Fund (Debt) – Kotak Corporate Bond Fund

• Best Fund Manager (Debt) – Deepak Agrawal

> Exchange4media Indian Digital Marketing Awards 2020 – Mr. SIP wins ‘Best Integrated Media Campaign’

Kotak Investment Advisors

> Umesh Nair honoured at the CFONext100 2020 by CFO India under the category ‘Excellence in Tax Management’

> Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey 2021

• Best for Capital Markets and Advisory, India

• Best for Family Office Services, India

> Asiamoney Asia Private Banking Awards 2020 – Best for Investment Research

Awards & Accolades

Note: The Awards & Accolades won by entities and employees of the Kotak Mahindra Group as disclosed in this Annual Report have been awarded based on an independent assessment by the award organisers and have been selected from amongst various other contenders. Kotak Mahindra Group is not associated with the organisers in any way. The organisers are credible and legitimate entities in their field of work. Information on most of the awards and their organisers is available publicly on their respective websites. The above disclosures are to the best of our information and knowledge.

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