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Celebrating Visionary Leadership and Transformative Success
Fortune India’s Best CEOs honours the most outstanding leaders who have steered their organisations through change, uncertainty, and opportunity — redefining what leadership means in today’s dynamic business landscape.
The event brings together India’s most powerful business minds, industry visionaries, and change-makers to celebrate excellence in leadership across sectors. Each honouree is recognised not only for financial performance but for driving innovation, building resilient organisations, and inspiring purpose-driven growth.
Date: 17 November 2025
Venue: Trident , Nariman Point , Mumbai
Time : 05 PM Onwards
CHIEF GUESTÂ
Piyush Goyal
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
THE JURY
Sanjiv Goenka
Chairman - RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
Zia Mody
Co-Founder & Managing Partner - AZB & Partners
Dinesh Kanabar
CEO - Dhruva Adivsors LLP
KVS Manian
MD & CEO - Federal Bank
Devina Mehra
Founder,Chairperson & Managing Director - First Global
Prashant Jain
Founder & Chief Investment Officer - 3P Investment Managers
AGENDA
From navigating global headwinds to seizing opportunities in a dynamic economy, India’s best CEOs stand at the helm of transformation. This year’s India’s Best CEOs honours the visionaries driving resilience, strategy, and growth steering organisations toward excellence while shaping the future of Indian enterprise.
Editor-in-Chief's Address
6:00 PM
Panel Discussion 1 - The Future of IT Companies in the Age of GEN AI
6:05 PM
Fireside Chat 1 - Disrupting Bollywood
6:25 PM
Fireside Chat 2 - U.P.'s Growing Prowess
6:40 PM
Panel Discussion 2 - Valuing the CEO Multiple
6:55 PM
Fireside Chat 3 - Building a Future-Ready Conglomerate
7:10 PM
Panel Discussion 3 - Leadership in Turbulent Times
7:25 PM
Fireside Chat 4 - The India Transformation Story
7:45 PM
Special Address - Shashwat Goenka
8:00 PM
Fireside Chat 5 - Fireside with Piyush Goyal
8:05 PM
Awards Ceremony
8:25 PM
Networking & Dinner
8:45 PM
Lifetime Achievement Award
K. V. Kamath
Best of the Best Award
Mukesh Ambani
Chairman & MD, Reliance Industries Ltd
WINNERS
Nirmal Kumar Minda
Executive Chairman, Uno Minda
Sudarshan Venu
Chairman & MD, TVS Motor Company
Prasan Firodia
MD, Force Motors
Anish Shah
MD & CEO, Mahindra Group
Rajesh Jejurikar
ED & CEO, Auto and farm sectors, M&M
Debadatta Chand
MD & CEO, Bank of Baroda
Nidhu Saxena
MD & CEO, Bank of Maharashtra
Ramaswamy Narayanan
Former CEO, GIC
Rajeev Jain
Vice Chairman & MD, Bajaj Finance
Kushal N. Desai
Chairman & MD, APAR Industries
K.C. Jhanwar
MD, Ultratech Cement
Madhukar B. Parekh
Chairman, Pidilite Industries
Inder T. Jaisinghani
Chairman & MD, Polycab India
Deepinder Goyal
MD & CEO, Eternal
Sanjiv Puri
Chairman & MD, ITC
Varun Jaipuria
Promoter, Executive Vice Chairman & Whole-time Director, Varun Beverages
C. Vijayakumar
CEO & MD, HCL Technologies
Anand Deshpande
Founder, Chairman & MD, Persistent Systems
Sandeep Kalra
CEO, Persistent Systems
Satish Pai
MD, Hindalco Industries
Arun Misra
CEO & Whole-time Director, Hindustan Zinc
G. Krishnakumar
Former Chairman & MD, BPCL
Aman Mehta
MD, Torrent Pharmaceuticals
Abhishek Lodha
MD & CEO, Lodha Developers
C.K. Venkataraman
MD, Titan Company
S.N. Subrahmanyan
Chairman & MD, Larsen & Toubro
Dilip Shanghvi
Founder & Executive Chairman, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
Sunil Vachani
Executive Chairman, Dixon Technologies (India)
P. Venkatesalu
MD, Trent
Dr Prathap C. Reddy
Founder-chairman, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise
Puneet Chhatwal
MD & CEO, IHCL
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