FILA 2023: Time to celebrate founders and CEOs who have made a difference
Now in it's 12th edition, the Forbes India Leadership Awards shines a light on the best in leadership, innovation, creating wealth and giving it too, writes Brian Carvalho
Leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and wealth are the four engines that drive the storytelling at Forbes India. Those engines keep purring through the year to generate an eclectic mix of long-form stories, shorter incisive takes, thought leadership pieces, blogs, podcasts and videos. And once a year it’s time for those engines to fire up and celebrate on-ground the founders and CEOs who have made a difference. It’s time for the Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA).
Now in its 12th edition, the Forbes India team has attempted to be consistent with the original vision of shining the spotlight on the best leaders, founders and innovators. Award categories like Outstanding Startup, Best CEO and Entrepreneur of the Year—selected by a crack jury headed by jury chair Harsh Mariwala—are thus par for the course.
Yet, every year we make changes to reflect the rapidly changing times or to capture facets of significant businesses that tend to often get short shrift in the mainstream deluge.
Consider, for instance, the Regional Goliath award category that considers solid local brands that are leaders in their own rights—and now bursting with ambition to go pan-India as well as international. Our shortlist for this award had an assortment of brands in sectors from dairy and poultry to cement and footwear; they originate from various outposts of the country, from Rajkot in Gujarat to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya; and they all have size, scale and profitability. The winner is perhaps an unlikely name for most Forbes India readers but wait till you read about their unique journey and ambition. Turn to ‘Cementing Its Position’.
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March 28, 23 11:33:27 AM IST