On March 9, 2024, at Trident BKC in Mumbai, the much-anticipated BT MindRush 2024 will take place. Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas Mr Hardeep Singh Puri will be presenting awards to the winners of the BT-PwC India’s Best CEO ranking.
The initiative is modelled after Business Today’s Best CEOs issue, an annual compilation of elite executives from a range of industries who are demonstrating leadership in the face of difficult circumstances and shifting geopolitical landscapes. At the function, Chief Guest Hardeep Singh Puri will introduce the special issue.
Additionally, the Minister will present over 20 winners from various sectors and categories with awards. Three categories are included in the list: Super Large (total income of Rs 1 lakh crore or more); Mid-sized (Rs 10,000-50,000 crore); and Emerging (Rs 1,000-10,000 crore). These categories span a variety of industries, including transportation and logistics, clean energy, automobiles, consumer goods, BFSI, infrastructure and capital goods, and travel. Both public and private sector businesses are represented on the list.
Among the honours that will be presented on Saturday night are Impact Leader of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Business Icon of the Year.
Amitabh Kant, the G20 Sherpa for India, along with prominent figures from the corporate sector, including Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, Uday Kotak, the Founder & Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Preetha Reddy, the Executive Vice Chairperson of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, and Sanjiv Puri, the CMD of ITC Ltd, will discuss important issues that are currently influencing the conversation in India Inc.
Kotak will speak on “Building the Financial Institution of the Future,” and Mittal will speak on “Leadership Talk: How to Turn Vision into Reality.” Sanjiv Puri will speak on “Made in India: Building Sustainable Global Brands from India,” and Reddy will address “Reimagining Healthcare for a Healthier Bharat.” Amitabh Kant, the G20 Sherpa from India, led a session on “Investing in the India Decade,” which is among the other noteworthy ones.
The Union Minister will speak in a session titled “Expanding Horizons, Scaling New Heights.”
India Inc.’s Competitive Edge: How Resilience Fuels Growth will be the topic of discussion with top brass including Manoj Raghavan, CEO & MD, Tata Elxsi; Kushal N. Desai, CMD, APAR Industries; Sailesh C. Mehta, CMD, Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation; and Patanjali G. Keswani, CMD, Lemon Tree Hotels.
In 2013, BT MindRush was launched. The occasion has since made a name for itself as one of the most sought-after occasions on the Indian business calendar. The BT-PwC India’s Best CEOs ranking was used to determine the winners. The top 500 most valuable companies in the nation were evaluated by market capitalization for growth in sales, profits, EBITDA, and total shareholder returns using a rigorous methodology. The names of the top three CEOs in each group, both overall and by industry, were presented to the jury after more strict filters were applied, and they were then chosen as the ultimate winners.
Rajat Dhawan, Senior Managing Partner, McKinsey & Co. in India, Ramnath Krishnan, MD, ICRA, R.M. Vishakha, MD & CEO, IndiaFirst Life Insurance, and Amit Tandon, Founder & MD, Institutional Investor Advisory Services made up this year’s jury, which was chaired by Uday Kotak, Founder & Chairman, Kotak Mahindra Bank.
