Season 11

About Leaders of Tomorrow Awards

Leaders of Tomorrow in its 11th Season is heralding & championing entrepreneurs of a New India who are advancing the country’s growth trajectory. The theme for our show this season is ‘Ideas for a New India’ and the aim is to identify, celebrate and elevate businesses and trends that are changing the entrepreneurial landscape of the country. The annual LoT Awards will decode the resilience and passion of small business enterprises and the awards are a culmination of trailblazers and disruptors who share their insights towards making India a future ready entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Innovate to Elevate

The theme "Innovate to Elevate" celebrates the spirit of innovation and growth within India’s MSME sector. With a focus on pushing boundaries and exploring new horizons, the annual Leaders of Tomorrow Season 11 Awards will highlight how innovation is the driving force behind the elevation of these enterprises, highlighting their creativity, adaptability and progress. From groundbreaking products to ingenious strategies, we will decode the power of innovation to transform and uplift MSMEs, ultimately contributing to India's economic growth story.

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With a legacy spanning over 10 years, Leaders of Tomorrow is India’s longest running TV show dedicated to the growth of MSME, SME, Startups and Entrepreneurs. The sector is the backbone of our burgeoning economy and is at the forefront of heralding a New India. As we usher in the new era, entrepreneurship needs to be aligned with paradigm shifts to be truly groundbreaking and Season 11 seeks to empower entrepreneurs for the future.

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Springboards

The Leaders of Tomorrow Season 11 ‘Springboard’ is a thought leadership conclave that will provide a space for inclusive dialogue with some of India’s brightest minds in attendance. With an eye on setting the context for what lies next in the country’s entrepreneurial landscape, Springboard will have Policymakers, Industrialists, Economists & Entrepreneurs driving the agenda centered around India’s Growth Engines- it’s SMEs and MSMEs.
In line with our ‘Ideas for New India’ theme for S11, Springboard is a clarion call that will empower and put the onus on entrepreneurs to take action and seize opportunities that will be laid out by the experts gracing us at the event.

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Leaders of Tomorrow in its 10th Season looked to equip entrepreneurs with the tools to be New-Age Entrepreneurs ready to take on whatever the future has in store! The LOT Awards is culminating this driving mission by drawing from its long heritage of enabling the small business ecosystem and empowering them to rise to the next level. With the theme defined as Empowering India's Next Decade of Entrepreneurship, the focus will be on being cognizant of key trends, the defining challenges, and the opportunities of the future for upcoming enterprises. LOT Conclave and Awards will bring to fore the exemplary small business enterprises who are adapting to the new-age and getting ready to thrive in this defining decade for the nation. In addition, we will be engaging leading lights from India’s Entrepreneurship & Business Ecosystem to shed light on the path ahead in this rapidly evolving space.

DATE: 7th December 2022 | CITY: MUMBAI

Piruz Khambatta

MD, Rasna

DISHA SINGH

Founder & CEO, Zouk

ZAIN KHWAJA

Managing Director, US Pizza

SAURABH GARG

Entrepreneur, Founder & CBO - NoBroker.Com

ANAND KUMAR BAJAJ

Founder, MD & CEO, PayNearby

TARUN SHARMA

Co-Founder & CEO, mCaffeine

SWATI BHARGAVA Co-Founder, CashKaro & EarnKaro

RAJESH YABAJI

Co-Founder & CEO, BlackBuck

AYUSHI GUDWANI

CEO & Founder, FS Life

VISHAL KAMAT

CEO, Kamat Group Of Hotels

SAMIR DESAI

President, BU Biologics, Zydus Life

ALLEN MACHADO

CEO, Niraamaya Business Group

ROLAND LANDERS CEO, All India Gaming Federation

SAMEER SATPATHY

Chief Executive, Personal Care Products Business, ITC

ISHA GOYAL

Chief Executive Officer, STIC Travel Group

SURAJ SAHARAN

Co-Founder, Delhivery

Agenda

Venue: Taj Land’s End, Band Stand, BJ Road, Bandra West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400050

Date: Dec 7, 2022

Theme: 'Empowering India's Next Decade of Entrepreneurship'

Audience registrations from 4:00-5:00 pm

TIME	AGENDA
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm	INTRODUCTION TO AWARDS & CONCLAVE
5:15 pm - 5:20 pm	WELCOME ADDRESS MK ANAND CEO, & Managing Director, Times Network
5:20 pm – 5:40 pm	WELCOME ADDRESS V VAIDYANATHAN, MD & CEO, IDFC First Bank (TBC)
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm	KEYNOTE ADDRESS DEVENDRA FADNAVIS, DEPUTY CM, MAHARASHTRA (TBC)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm	FIRESIDE GAUTAM HARI SINGHANIA Chairman & Managing Director, Raymond Moderated by: Times Network
6:20 pm - 6:50 pm	PANEL DISCUSSION THEME: FROM AMBITION TO ACTION SAURABH GARG, Founder & CBO - NoBroker.com UPASANA TAKU, Co-Founder, MobiKwik PRASHANT PITTI, Co-Founder, EaseMyTrip AANAN KHURMA, Cofounder & CEO , Wellversed Moderated by: Times Network
6:50 pm - 7:10 pm	FIRESIDE RITESH AGARWAL, CEO, OYO Rooms
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm	Randi Zuckerberg, Founder, Zuckerberg Media Zev Seigl, Co-Founder, Starbucks Moderated by: MIHIR BHATT, Managing Editor, Times Network & Business Head, Times Influence
7:25 pm – 8:00 pm	Awards Ceremony begins ((INTRO)), LOT AWARDS AV, METHODOLOGY+ PROCESS AV Awards to be given by: V VAIDYANATHAN, MD & CEO, IDFC First Bank MK ANAND, CEO & Managing Director, Times Network MIHIR BHATT, Managing Editor, Times Network & Business Head, Times Influence Vijay Nirani, Founder & Managing Director, TruAlt Bioenergy UPASANA TAKU, Co-Founder, MobiKwik PRASHANT PITTI, Co-Founder, EaseMyTrip SAURABH GARG, Entrepreneur, Founder & CBO - NoBroker.com, VISHAL KAMAT, CEO, Kamat Group Of Hotels ANAND KUMAR BAJAJ, Founder, MD & CEO, PayNearby ROLAND LANDERS, CEO, All India Gaming Federation DISHA SINGH, Founder & CEO, Zouk SAMIR DESAI, President, BU Biologics, Zydus Life ZAIN KHWAJA, Managing Director, US Pizza ALLEN MACHADO, CEO, Niraamaya Business Group ISHA GOYAL, Chief Executive Officer, STIC Travel Group
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Entertainment Act
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm	Youth Icon of the year awards 2022 YUVRAJ SINGH, International Cricketer, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist \| Investor: Wellversed Vote of thanks
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm	Group photo with winners
8:20 pm onwards	Networking dinner

DEVENDRA FADNAVIS

HON'BLE DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER, MAHARASHTRA

V VAIDYANATHAN

MD & CEO, IDFC FIRST BANK

GAUTAM HARI SINGHANIA

CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR, RAYMOND LTD

RITESH AGARWAL

CEO, OYO ROOMS

VIJAY NIRANI

FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRUALT BIOENERGY

YUVRAJ SINGH

INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER, ENTREPRENEUR & PHILANTHROPIST | INVESTOR: WELLVERSED

SHRADDHA KAPOOR ACTOR & EMERGING INVESTOR

PRASHANT PITTI

CO-FOUNDER, EASEMYTRIP

AANAN KHURMA

CO-FOUNDER & CEO, WELLVERSED

SAURABH GARG

FOUNDER & CBO - NOBROKER.COM

VISHAL KAMAT

CEO, KAMAT GROUP OF HOTELS

ANAND KUMAR BAJAJ

FOUNDER, MD & CEO, PAYNEARBY

ROLAND LANDERS

CEO, All India Gaming Federation

DISHA SINGH

FOUNDER & CEO, ZOUK

SAMIR DESAI

PRESIDENT, BU BIOLOGICS, ZYDUS LIFE

ZAIN KHWAJA

MANAGING DIRECTOR, US PIZZA

ALLEN MACHADO

CEO, NIRAAMAYA BUSINESS GROUP

ISHA GOYAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, STIC TRAVEL GROUP

MSME

Sr. No.	Category	Name of the Organisation
1	Agriculture and farming	Ajinkya Chemtech Pvt Ltd
2	Automobiles & OEM	Kalyani Polymers
3	Education	Godiscover Interactions LLP
4	Electrical & Electronics	Hydrotec Solutions Pvt Ltd
5	Packaged foods and beverages	Kamaths Ourtimes Ice creams Private Limited - Naturals
6	Personal care & Hygiene products	Navitae
7	Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare	ZenHeal Wellness Private Limited
8	Service Delivery & Facility Management	Copylove Communications LLP
9	Technology - IT/ITES & telecommunication	Queppelin Technology Solutions Private Limited
10	Travel & Hospitality	Cheftalk Food And Hospitality Services Pvt.Ltd
11	Travel & Hospitality	Cheftalk Food And Hospitality Services Pvt.Ltd

Startups

Sr. No.	Category	Name of the Organisation
1	Clothing, Apparel & Lifestyle	Eternalia Creative & Merchandising Pvt Ltd
2	Consumer tech & E-commerce	Harivara Global Service Pvt Ltd
3	EdTech & Skill development	SCHOLARLAB INNOVATIONS LLP
4	Energy & Environment	GreenJams Buildtech Pvt Ltd
5	Enterprise tech	CElcius Logistics Solutions Pvt Ltd
6	Fintech	PumPumPum (Dream Road Technologies Private Limted)
7	Food tech	Otipy internet pvt limited
8	Health & Wellness	ECOSTP Technologies P Ltd
9	Health Tech	LS Devices Private Limited
10	Logistic & Service delivery	Zypp Electric (BYCYSHARE TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED)

Youth Icon of the year

Yuvraj Singh

Emerging Investor of the Year

Shraddha Kapoor

Women Entrepreneur

Sr. No.	Category	Name of the Organisation
1	Personal care & Hygiene products	Navitae

Entrepreneur of the year

Sr. No.	Category	Name of the Organisation
MSME
1	Technology - IT/ITES & telecommunication	Queppelin Technology Solutions Private Limited
Start-up
1	Health & Wellness	ECOSTP Technologies P Ltd

Hyderabad

Chandigarh

Delhi

Bangalore

Pune

Kolkata

Chennai

Lucknow

Ahmedabad

Jaipur

Nagpur

Mumbai

Season 9

Awards
Townhalls

About
Jury
Speakers
Winners
Photos

LoT Awards & Conclave celebrates India's most enterprising MSME, SME, Startups and Entrepreneurs for their leadership, innovation and uniqueness. Visionaries, gurus, policymakers, business icons, domain experts, next-gen entrepreneurs and disruptors converge at the Conclave to discuss the best path ahead for the ecosystem.

NAINA LAL KIDWAI

Former Country Head, HSBC

NIKHIL KAMATH

Co-Founder & CIO True Beacon & Zerodha

ANAND DESHPANDE

Chairman, Persistent Systems

PAWAN GOENKA

Former MD, Mahindra & Mahindra

VINATI SARAF MUTREJA

MD, Vinati Organics

VINEET AGARWAL

President, ASSOCHAM, MD, TCI

AJAY THAKUR Head, SME & Startup, BSE.

K GANESH

Serial Entrepreneur, Investor Partner, Growthstory.In

NISHANT ARYA

Vice Chairman JBM Group

Agenda

Date: September 17th2021

TIME	AGENDA
4:00 pm– 5:00 pm	REGISTRATIONS
5:00 pm- 5:15 pm	INTRODUCTION TO AWARDS & CONCLAVE
5:15 pm- 5:30 pm	WELCOME ADDRESS MD & CEO, TIMES NETWORK, MK Anand
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm	WELCOME ADDRESS MD & CEO, IDFC FIRST BANK, V VAIDYANATHAN
6: 00 pm - 6: 30 pm	PANEL DISCUSSION THEME: UNLEASHING INDIA’S ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT Former Country Head, HSBC India, NAINA LAL KIDWAI, MD & CEO, BSE, ASHISH CHAUHAN Moderated by: Sunanda Jayaseelan
6:30 pm -7: 00 pm	Theme for Fireside Chat :SURVIVE. REVIVE. THRIVE Principal Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India, SANJEEV SANYAL Moderated by: Mihir Bhatt
7: 00 pm- 7:45 pm	Awards Ceremony LOT AWARDS AV, METHODOLOGY+ PROCESS AV
7:45 pm- 8:30 pm	LOT RED CARPET THEME: MANAGING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, DISRUPTION & INNOVATION Co-Creator, Skype, JONAS KJELLBERG
8:30 pm onwards	Networking dinner

SANJEEV SANYAL

PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC ADVISER, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, GOVT OF INDIA

V VAIDYANATHAN

MD & CEO, IDFC FIRST BANK

ASHISH CHAUHAN

MD & CEO, BSE

NAINA LAL KIDWAI

FORMER COUNTRY HEAD, HSBC INDIA

JONAS KJELLBERG

CO-CREATOR, SKYPE

MSME

Sr. No.	Category	Name of the Organisation
1	Personal Care & Hygiene Product MSME of the Year	Schevaran Laboratories Private Limited
2	Automobiles & OEM MSME of the Year	Oilmax Systems Private Limited
3	Clothing & Apparel MSME of the Year	SpaceMax Indoor Solutions Private Limited
4	Electrical & Electronics MSME of the Year	Keetronics (India) Private Limited
5	Service Delivery and Facility MSME of the Year	HotFut Sports Infrastructure Private Limited
6	Packaged Foods and Beverages MSME of the Year	eFresh Agribusiness Solutions Private Limited
7	Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare MSME of the Year	Ostrich Mobility Instruments Private Limited
8	Technology IT/ITES & Telecommunications MSME of the Year	Ixsight Technologies Private Limited
9	MSME Entrepreneur of the Year	Keetronics (India) Private Limited

Startups

Sr. No.	Category	Name of the Organisation
1	Health & Wellness StartUp of the Year	Health Wheels Private Limited
2	Consumer E-commerce StartUp of the Year	Aurify Systems Private Limited
3	EdTech & Skill Development StartUp of the Year	Kachhua Solutions Private Limited
4	Energy & Environment StartUp of the Year	EF Polymer Private Limited
5	Energy & Environment StartUp of the Year	Hydrotec Solutions Private Limited
6	FinTech StartUp of the Year	RDL Technologies Private Limited
7	Service Delivery StartUp of the Year	Bigmint Technologies Private Limited
8	Gaming StartUp of the Year	AbracaDabra Software Solutions Private Limited
9	FoodTech StartUp of the Year	Naturup Food & Beverages Private Limited
10	StartUp Entrepreneur of the Year	EF Polymer Private Limited

Ahmedabad

Chandigarh

Indore

Hyderabad

New Delhi

Bengaluru

Jaipur

Pune

Mumbai

Kolkata

Lucknow

Season 8

Awards
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About
Jury
Winners
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Leaders of Tomorrow eAwards concluded with a glittering ceremony recognizing and rewarding the most promising entrepreneurs pan India. The Leaders of Tomorrow culminated in a thrilling finale wherein the best SMEs of the year battled it out before a highly distinguished jury of industry luminaries.

Season 8 of Leaders of Tomorrow, we endeavoured to create a virtual yet equally grand platform that celebrated the country’s most groundbreaking SMEs & startups and their success stories. An eminent jury, consisting of some of India Inc’s most respected business tycoons evaluated hundreds of entries from across the country to arrive at the final list of winners, all of whom received the highly prestigious Leaders of Tomorrow’s Season 8 eAward on 13th September 2020.

PRAMOD MENON

Group CFO, RPG Group

ROHIT KAPOOR

CEO ,OYO India & South Asia

BHAVIK RATHOD

Founder & CEO, Kyt

ANUPAM PAHUJA

MD, PayPal India

PC MUSTHAFA

Co-Founder And CEO, ID Fresh Food

RITU MEHROTRA

Country Manager, India, Sri Lanka & Maldives

SHREYAS SRINIVASAN Founder & CEO, Paytm Insider

AVANI DAVDA

Former CEO And MD Of Nature’s Basket

AMEVE SHARMA

Founder, Kapiva

Sr. No.	Industry Category	Winner Post Evaluation
1	Clothing, Textile & Accessories SME of the Year	NMK Textile Mills India Private Limited
2	Food & Agricultural Processing SME of the Year	Pasupati Aquatics Private Limited
3	Pharma & Healthcare & Diagnostics SME of the Year	Biophore India Pharmaceuticals Private Limited
4	Logistics, Cargo & Courier SME of the Year	Sequel Logistics Private Limited
5	Machinery, Electricals & Electronics SME of the Year	Oilmax Systems Private. Limited
6	IT/ITES & Tech SME of the Year	HRH Next Contact Centre Services
7	Auto OEM Manufacturer SME of the Year	Bharat Balancing Weightss & Co
8	Travel, Tourism & Hospitality SME of the Year	Campus Students Communities Private Limited
9	LoT 'Best Manufacturer SME of the Year'	Bharat Parenterals Limited
10	Ballantine's Golf Retreat presents ‘Undaunted SME Entrepreneur of the Year’	Mr. Sharad Jobanputra - Sequel Logistics Private Limited
11	LoT 'Innovative SME of the Year'	Ercon Composites
12	Travel, Tourism & Hospitality StartUp of the Year	Your-Space
13	Logistics, Cargo & Courier StartUp of the Year	iThink Logistics
14	Food and Foodtech StartUp of the Year	I Support Farming Private Limited
15	IT/ITeS/ E-Commerce StartUp of the Year	RDL Technologies Private Limited
16	Ballantine's Golf Retreat presents 'Undaunted Startup Entrepreneur of the Year'	Vijayakumar Mani Promoter & Co-Founder, I Support Farming
17	Social Game Changer of the Year	Ummeed Child Development Center
18	LoT 'Woman Entrepreneur of the Year'	Vibha Krishnamurthy - Ummeed Child Development Center

Ahmedabad

Season 7

Awards
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About
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The Leaders of Tomorrow Awards & Conclave is India’s most definitive platform to recognise and reward the country’s most innovate entrepreneurs across sectors. Season 7 awards saw a thrilling finale where the best SMEs of the year battled it out in front of a special jury comprising of some of the industry’s most recognised stalwarts.

The Leaders of Tomorrow Awards is the biggest celebration of SME’s on any platform. This night is dedicated to highlighting SME winners across multiple categories. The Awards are the culmination of a month-long process where SME’s pan India apply to be crowned for their excellence across industries and business practices.

The Awards ceremony in the past has been attended by top industrialists, policy makers and SMEs of the country including Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, Infosys Founder N. R. Narayana Murthy & Former Minister for Commerce and Industries Anand Sharma and Sunil Mittal, Chairman & Group CEO, Bharti Group and KV Kamath, President, BRICS Bank have been the Chief Guest in Awards 2010, 2011 2012 and 2013 respectively.

Agenda

A large number of high profile dignitaries from the administration, corporate, relevant SME & industry bodies will deliberate in a day long event to guide, inspire and recognise the next crop of Small Business Entrepreneurs.

Location: 25th September, 2018 Taj Land Ends, Mumbai.

9:00 am	Registration
10:00 am – 11:35 am	Welcome Address: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW Inaugural Address: Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog Special Address: V. Vaidyanathan, Founder & Chairman, Capital First Keynote Address: ‘RIGHT TO WIN’by Harsh Mariwala, Founder & Chairman, Marico India Moderated Q&A
11:35 am – 12:30 pm	SME to SENSEX: Ashish Chauhan, MD & CEO, BSE Nilesh Shah ,MD, Kotak Asset Management Kailash Kulkarni, CEO, L&T Mutual Fund Rajesh Nuwal, Founder & MD, IndiaNivesh Group Session Moderator: Mihir Bhatt, Chief Editor, TIMES INFLUENCE
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm	CMO PANEL : SMART MARKETING Partha Sinha, VC & MD, Mccan Worldwide S Swaminathan, Co-Founder & CEO, Hansa Equity Vivek Bhargava, CEO, Dan Performance Group Sam Subramaniam, CEO, Brand Capital Arun Iyer, Chairman & CCO, Lowe Lintas Session Moderator : Ajay Kakar, CMO, Aditya Birla Capital
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm	NETWORKING LUNCH
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm	THE DIGITAL FRONT: R Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice Chairman, Cognizant India Pradeep Parameswaran, President, Uber India & SA Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM Session Moderator : Sunanda Jayaseelan, Editor – Leaders of Tomorrow, Times Influence, ET NOW
2:45 pm – 3:05 pm	Master Opportunity & Make it Big: 4 Crucial Lessons Richard Rothman, Author
3:05 pm – 4:00 pm	Local to Global: Vijay Karia, Chairman MD, Ravin group Piruz Khambatta, Chairman MD, Rasna Pvt Ltd Prabodh Thakker, Chairman, Global Insurance Brokers Vinod Kumar, President, India SME Forum Session Moderator : Sunanda Jayaseelan, Editor – Leaders of Tomorrow, Times Influence, ET NOW
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	LOT HALL OF FAME : Ambareesh Murthy, COO , Pepperfry Jayant Jha,Co-founder & CEO, Yaantra Nitin Saluja,Founder & CEO, Chaayos
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	SESSION BREAK RESUME FOR THE AWRADS at 6:00 pm
6:00 pm	Registration
6:30 pm – 7:10 pm	Welcome Address:‘RISE WITH INDIA’by MK Anand, MD & CEO, Times Network Special Address: ‘DREAM BIG’ by Madhusudan Kela, Market Veteran & Founder MK Ventures Moderated Q&A
7:10 pm – 7:35 pm	Awards Presentation
7:35 pm – 8:20 pm	BATTLE OF THE YEAR for the ‘SME OF THE YEAR’ (LIVE CONTEST) Special Jury Suresh Narayanan, Chairman & CEO, Nestle India Limited Pradeep Parameswaran, President, Uber India & SA Sam Subramaniam, CEO, Brand Capital Debrati Sen, MD, 3M India & Sri Lanka Saurabh Srivastava, Co-founder & Chairman, Indian Angel Network Madhusudan Kela, Market Veteran & Founder MK Ventures MK Anand, MD & CEO, Times Network
8:20 pm – 8:35 pm	Disruptors Citations Presentation
8:35 pm – 8:50 pm	Announcement of ‘SME of the Year’ Photo op with all Winners
8:50 pm	Networking Cocktail and Dinner