Economic Times Awards Explained

The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence (also referred as ET Awards) are the awards conferred by The Economic Times in the field of business, corporate and government policies, economies in India. It is an annual awards, conferred in various categories. Since 2017, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (Deloitte) has been the title sponsor of the awards. The 2018 leg of the awards will be held on 22 November in Mumbai.

ET Awards 1998

• Company of the year: Infosys^[1]

ET Awards 2002

• Business Leader of the Year: Arun Shourie, Union Minister for Disinvestment^[2]
• Businesswoman of the Year: Lijjat Papad^[2]
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Jerry Rao of Mphasis BFL^[2]
• Company of the Year: Hero Honda^[2]
• Emerging Company of the Year: Balaji Telefilms^[2]
• Lifetime Achievement: M S Swaminathan, father of the Green Revolution and F C Kohli, father of Indian software^[2]
• Corporate Citizen of the Year: Aditya Vikram Birla Group^[2]

ET Awards 2004

• Businesswoman of the Year: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw^[3]

ET Awards 2006

• Businesswoman of the year: Mallika Srinivasan, Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE)^[4]
• Entrepreneur of the year: H K Mittal, Mercator Lines^[4]
• Global Indian of the year: Indra Nooyi, Pepsi^[4]
• Business Reformer of the year: P Chidambaram^[4]
• Policy Change Agent of the year: Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planning Commission^[4]
• Company of the year: Tata Consultancy Services^[4]
• Emerging company of the year: Amtek Auto^[4]
• Lifetime Achievement: N Vaghul, ICICI Bank^[4]
• Corporate Citizen of the Year: Azim Premji Foundation^[4]

ET Awards 2008

• Business Leader of the year: A M Naik, L&T
  • • Business Woman of the year: Shikha Sharma, ICICI Prudential Entrepreneur of the year: Dilip Sanghavi, Sun Pharmaceuticals Global Indian of the year: Arun Sarin, Vodafone Group
• Business Reformer of the year: Kamal Nath, Union Commerce and Industry Minister
• Policy Change Agent of the year: E Sreedharan, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Company of the year: Tata Steel
• Emerging Company of the year: Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Ashok Ganguly, former Chairman, HLL
• Corporate Citizen of the year: Dr Reddy's Foundation

ET Awards 2009

• Business Leader of the year: Anand Mahindra, Mahindra Group^[5]
• Business Woman of the year: Vinita Bali, Britannia Industries^[5]
• Entrepreneur of the year: GVK Reddy, GVK Group^[5]
• Global Indian of the year: Ram Charan, management guru and thinker^[5]
• Business Reformer of the year: Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar state^[5]
• Policy Change Agent of the year: Jean Dreze, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme^[5]
• Company of the year: Hero Honda^[5]
• Emerging Company of the year: Idea Cellular^[5]
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Keshub Mahindra, Mahindra Group^[5]
• Corporate Citizen of the year: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)^[5]

ET Awards 2010

• Business Leader of the year: Aditya Puri, HDFC Bank^[6]
• Business Woman of the year: Zia Mody, AZB Partners^[6]
• Entrepreneur of the year: Narendra Murkumbi, Renuka Sugars^[6]
• Global Indian of the year: Nitin Nohria, Dean, Harvard Business School^[6]
• Business Reformer of the year: Kapil Sibal, minister of human resources development^[6]
• Policy Change Agent of the year: Aruna Roy and Arvind Kejriwal, — the founders of Parivartan^[6]
• Company of the year: Larsen & Toubro^[6]
• Emerging Company of the year: Cadila Healthcare^[6]
• Lifetime Achievement Award: R. C. Bhargava, the non-executive chairman of Maruti Suzuki^[6]

ET Awards 2011

• Business Leader of the year: Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank^[7]
• Entrepreneur of the year: Rahul Bhatia, Indigo Airlines^[7]
• Global Indian of the year: Vikram Pandit, Citi Bank^[7]
• Policy Change Agent of the year: Nandan Nilekani^[7]
• Company of the year: Bajaj Auto^[7]
• Emerging Company of the year: Shree Renuka Sugars^[7]
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India^[7]

ET Awards 2012

• Business Leader of the year: Anil Agarwal
• Corporate Citizen of the year: Aditya Birla Group
• Entrepreneur of the year: Devi Prasad Shetty
• Global Indian of the year: Anshu Jain
• Policy Change Agent of the year: Sam Pitroda
• Company of the year: HDFC Bank
• Emerging Company of the year: Jubilant FoodWorks
• Lifetime Achievement Award: PRS Oberoi

ET Awards 2013

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr Vinayshil Gautam^[8]

ET Awards 2017

Deloitte was the title sponsor for the event, held on 28 October 2017 in Mumbai.

• ET AWARDS FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE^[9]
• The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence^[10]
• Lifetime Achievement Award: YC Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC
• Business Leader of the Year: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Bhavish Aggarawal, Co-founder & CEO, Ola Cabs
• Global Indian of the Year: Prem Watsa, Chairman & Chief Executive, Fairfax Financial Holdings
• Business Reformer & Policy Change Agent: Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs

ET Awards 2018

The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence^[10]

The 2018 leg of the awards will be held on 17 November 2018 in Mumbai. Deloitte continues to be the title sponsor of the event.

The jury for the awards met on 4 September 2018 in Mumbai. It comprised:

• Aditya Puri: Managing Director, HDFC Bank
• Nandan Nilekani: Chairman, Infosys
• Harish Manwani: Independent Director, Tata Sons
• Uday Kotak: MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank
• Ritesh Agarwal: Founder, OYO Rooms
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma: Founder, Paytm
• Kalpana Morparia: CEO, South and South East Asia, JP Morgan
• Cyril Shroff: Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

The jury members also participated in a panel discussion on the topic, "Spurring equitable growth: role of government, technology, and business". They were joined in the panel discussion by N. Venkatram, Managing Partner and CEO, Deloitte India.

2018 award winners:

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Adi Godrej: Chairman, Godrej Group
• Business Leader of the Year: Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Sumant Sinha, Chairman & MD, ReNew Power Ventures
• Global Indian: Shantanu Narayen, CEO, Adobe Systems
• Business Performer of the Year: K. Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Minister, Telangana
• Company of the Year: HDFC Bank
• Emerging Company of the Year: Page Industries
• Policy Change Agent of the Year: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
• Corporate Citizen: Hindustan Unilever

ET Awards 2019

The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence^[10]

The 2019 leg of the awards will be held on 30 November 2019 in Mumbai. Deloitte continues to be the title sponsor of the event.

The jury for the awards met on 25 September 2019 in Delhi. It comprised:

• Anu Aga
• Nandan Nilekani
• Bhavish Aggarwal: Co-founder, OLA Cabs
• Sunil Mittal: Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
• Kalpana Moraparia: Chief Executive Officer, JP Morgan India
• Pawan Munjal: Chairman, Managing Director & CEO, Hero Motocorp
• Sadhguru: Founder, Isha Foundation
• Uday Shankar: chairman and CEO, Star India
• Cyril Shroff: Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

ET Awards 2020

The Economic Times ET Rise, India’s Fastest Growing MSME 2020 Awards^[11]

• Vivifi India Finance Pvt Ltd
• Kor Energy (India) Pvt Ltd
• Epimoney Pvt Ltd
• Upcurve Business Services Pvt Ltd (udChalo)
• Star Trace Pvt Ltd
• 3M Digital Networks Pvt Ltd
• Imperative Business Ventures Pvt Ltd
• Vedehi Constructions LLP
• GEIE Solar Products India Pvt Ltd
• Sai Bio Organics

The Economic Times ET Rise, India’s Top Performing MSME 2020 Awards^[12]

• Clairvoyant India Pvt Ltd
• REConnect Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd
• Rotomag Motors And Controls Pvt Ltd
• Asian Consulting Engineers PvtLtd
• Webkul Software Pvt Ltd
• Acewin Agriteck Limited
• TO THE NEW Pvt Ltd
• Oilmax Systems Pvt Ltd
• Star Trace Pvt Ltd
• Enkebee Infratech India Pvt Ltd

ET Awards 2021

The Economic Times ET Rise, India’s Fastest Growing MSME 2021 Awards^[13]

• Campus Sutra Retail Pvt Ltd
• Dev Milk Food Pvt Ltd
• US Transworld Logistics
• White rivers Media Solutions Pvt Ltd
• Solitaire Overseas
• Panacea Infosec Pvt Ltd
• UpCurve Business Services Pvt Ltd (udChalo)
• DGS Translogistics India Pvt Ltd
• Satya Exports
• Data cipher solutions pvt ltd

See also

• List of economics awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Infosys - Technology Awards & Accolades - About Us. www.infosys.com.
2. Web site: ET Awards 2002.
3. News: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Businesswoman of the year. 17 September 2014. Economic Times. 18 October 2004.
4. Web site: TCS named company of the year, The Times of India, 11 Sep 2006. 29 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721154343/http://www.tata.co.in/company/Media/inside.aspx?artid=VvpgIy4hJqc%3D. 21 July 2011. dead.
5. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Top-10-of-India-Inc-show-guts-grace-under-pressure/articleshow/4931080.cms ET Awards 2009 winners, The Economic Times, 25 Aug 2009
6. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6703195.cms ET Awards: The top 10 of 2010, The Economic Times, 7 October 2010
7. News: The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2011: India Inc's captains display their fighting streak when world battles deepening crisis. 5 October 2011. The Economic Times.
8. Web site: Bhatia . Dr R. L. . BSCHOOLAFFAIRE . 2023-10-08 . BSCHOOLAFFAIRE.
9. Web site: The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2018 - Economic Times. The Economic Times.
10. Web site: The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2018 - Economic Times. The Economic Times.
11. Web site: Fastest growing MSMEs: Read about the Fastest growing MSMEs in India on The Economic Times.. 2021-03-31. The Economic Times.
12. Web site: Top Performing MSMEs: Read about the Top Performing MSMEs in India on The Economic Times.. live. 2021-03-31. The Economic Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20210520051740/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/top-performing-msme/msme_companies/categoryid-03.cms . 20 May 2021 .
13. News: ET Rise Top MSMEs Ranking Awards: Here are the winners . The Economic Times .