India’s Best CEOs 2025 awards: Moments for the Album
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A Warm Welcome to the Chief Guest
(From left) Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, being welcomed to the India’s Best CEOs event by Sourav Majumdar, Editor-in-Chief, Fortune India, and Ashutosh Kumar, Deputy Editor & Delhi Bureau Chief, Fortune India.
All Smiles
Union Minister Piyush Goyal shares a laugh with Shashwat Goenka, Vice Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; and Shivika Goenka, Director-luxury and education, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group.
When Three is Company
(From left) Satish Pai, MD, Hindalco Industries, and winner in the Mining & Metals (Above ₹1 lakh crore) category; K.C. Jhanwar, MD, Ultratech Cement, and winner in the Cement category; and Chaitanya Desai, brother of Kushal N. Desai, Chairman & MD, APAR Industries, and winner in the Capital Goods category, catch up at the event.
Coffee and Conversations
Shashwat Goenka, Vice Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, discusses a point with Preeti Sahni, CEO, Open & Fortune India.
We Picked the Winners!
Prashant Jain, Founder & Chief Investment Officer, 3P Investment Managers; and Devina Mehra, Founder, Chairperson, & MD, First Global—who were part of the high-powered jury that decided on the winners—at the India’s Best CEOs event in Mumbai.
We’re All Ears
C.K. Venkataraman, MD, Titan Company, and winner in the Retail & Consumer category; and Rajesh Jejurikar, ED & CEO, Auto and farm sectors, M&M, and joint winner in the Auto (Passenger Vehicles/Four-wheelers) category, listen in rapt attention during one of the sessions.
An Evening of Insights
Prashant Jain discusses a point with Sanjiv Puri (right), Chairman & MD, ITC Ltd, and winner in the FMCG (above ₹25,000 crore) category, while Prasan Firodia (centre), MD, Force Motors, and winner in the Auto (Commercial vehicles) category, looks on.
Bonhomie on Display
Union Minister Piyush Goyal hugs Dilip Shanghvi, Founder & Executive Chairman, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, and the winner in the Large by income category.
Proud to be Honoured
(From left) Abhishek Lodha, MD & CEO, Lodha Developers, and winner in the Real Estate category; his mother Manju Lodha; Union Minister Piyush Goyal; S.N. Subrahmanyan, Chairman & MD, Larsen & Toubro, and winner in the Super Large by income category; and his wife Meena Subrahmanyan.