All Cities

Season

12

Awards

Leaders of Tomorrow Awards

ET Now Leaders of Tomorrow is the longest-running television show celebrating entrepreneurship in India. Leaders of Tomorrow has highlighted inspiring stories from visionaries since 2010. Over 12 successful, illustrious seasons, Leaders of Tomorrow has leveraged its massive on-air visibility and popularity to empower, enable and energize India’s MSME Sector. As an extension to our daily show, we also host 15 city-specific mini-conclaves called "Springboards," which highlight the unique opportunities and potential of each city within India. Towards the end of each season, we host the annual Leaders of Tomorrow Awards to honour the most promising MSMEs across India.

Leaders of Tomorrow Season 12 Awards will continue to spotlight outstanding MSMEs, carry forward its rich legacy. This year, the awards are aligned with our vision to propel India’s global aspirations, embracing the theme: Powering Entrepreneurs for the Global Stage. The Leaders of Tomorrow Season 12 Awards is scheduled to take place in March 2025 as a half-day ceremony in Delhi, attended by over 200 audience members largely comprising of CXOs from large and mid-enterprises.

In the lead-up to the event, we will reach out to the MSME community to drive registrations through a Call for Entries (CFE) campaign, leveraging promotional activities and agency outreach over a month. Following this, entries will undergo a rigorous review process, in collaboration with our knowledge partner, EY, to ensure eligibility criteria are met. Eligible submissions will then be evaluated by a screening jury, with shortlisted candidates identified based on jury scores and financial analysis. These shortlisted entries will be presented to a Grand Jury, comprising 7-10 distinguished industry leaders from various sectors. The Grand Jury, convening for a day in either Delhi or Mumbai, will finalize the winners through detailed deliberation on the same day.

Season 12 Winners

Categories Name of Winners
Excellence in Agri-Tech and Allied Services

Plant Remedies

Excellence in Automobiles & Electric Vehicle

Synnova Gears And Transmissions

Excellence in Lifestyle and Consumer Products

Razzmatazz Design

Excellence in Food Processing & Packaging

Pluckk

Excellence in EdTech and Skill Development

Jeevitam Livelihood Tech Solutions

Excellence in Manufacturing

Autosys Industrial Solutions

Excellence in Family Business Leadership

Global Engineers

Excellence in IT/ITES and Electronics

Whiteklay Technologies

Excellence in Health, Wellness & Ayurveda

Vipragen Biosciences

Excellence in Digital Transformation

Enerture Technologies

Global Business Leadership Award

Microlit

Social Impact Entrepreneur of the Year

Rahul Nainani, CEO & Co-Founder, Swachh Sustainable Solutions

Entrepreneur of the Year

Rahul Mehra, Founder & CEO, AWL India

Women Entrepreneur of the Year

Ruchika Bhuwalka, Founder, Urban Monk

Excellence in Green Revolution

Prathibha Biotech

IDFC FIRST Bank Rising Star

KAMA International Organic

IDFC FIRST Bank Rising Star

Manjha Technologies

IDFC FIRST Bank Rising Star

Ayurveda House

Agenda

Grand Jury

Amit Jain

Co-Founder & CEO,CarDekho Group

Shauravi Malik

Co-Founder, Wholsum Foods (Slurrp Farm and Mille)

Anisha Singh

Founder, She Capital

Prashant Tandon

CEO & Co-Founder, Tata 1mg

Vivek Gambhir

Venture Partner, Lightspeed India

CP Gurnani

CEO & Co-Founder, AIonOS

Dr A Velumani

Creator, Thyrocare

Padmaja Ruparel

Co-Founder, IAN Group

Abhinandan Lodha

Chairman, The House of Abhinandan Lodha, HoABL Group

Sahil Malik

MD & CEO, Da Milano & Rosso Brunello

Hiroshi Nishijima

CEO, Zoomcar

Vinod Kumar Wuthoo

President, India SME Forum

Nilesh Lele

President, Chamber for Advancement of Small & Medium Businesses

Prashant Naigaonkar

Startup Mentor and SME Advisor

List of Pre-juries

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Maxime, nostrum.

Key Speakers

Anurag Singh Thakur

Former Union Minister, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal, Mines & Steel

Aman Gupta

Co-Founder & CMO, boAt Lifestyle

Ashishkumar Chauhan

MD & CEO, NSE

Akis Evangelidis

Co-Founder & India President, Nothing

Padmaja Ruparel

Co-Founder, IAN Group

Dr A Velumani

Creator, Thyrocare

Radha Kirthivasan

Head, Listing and SME, BSE

Vivek Gambhir

Venture Partner, Lightspeed India

Anisha Singh

Founder, She Capital

Bert Mueller

Founder, California Burrito

Spencer Schneier

Founder, Commenda

Programme Phases

Phase 1
Call for Entries

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Ullam, dolorum.

Phase 2
Shortlisting & Documentation

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Ullam, dolorum.

Phase 3
Jury Round for the Selection of Finalists

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Ullam, dolorum.

Phase 4
Award Ceremony

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Ullam, dolorum.