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, as Mohit Nirula, COO, The Oberoi Group, 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.