On 4 August, 2023 ET Prime Women Leadership Awards 2023 held in Mumbai. 19 Women leaders were awarded for their achievements. The award ceremony has done in three phases: Nomination, Evaluation and Felicitation. The awrds were distributed in to 16 categories.
The awards programmes recognises outstanding female leadership in business, entrepreneurship, governance, services, innovation, social advocacy, and charity. The ETPWLA program's fourth edition winners were chosen from a pool of 76 profiles over 16 award categories.
To determine the final list of winners, the shortlisted nominees were subjected to a rigorous evaluation by a jury of nine members, following an initial selection process by ET's editorial team and the knowledge partner accord based on several factors such as financial due diligence, achievements, and innovative contributions to their respective fields.
The ETPrime Women Leadership accolades was launched in 2019. The ETPrime Women Leadership accolades are India's most prestigious accolades, bestowed upon existing and future female leaders who embody the spirit of entrepreneurship, creativity, and brilliance. The awards were established under the auspices of ETPrime, ET.com's newest offering that aims to bolster the authority of mid-to-senior level corporate executives while keeping them ahead of the curve through insightful business stories.
The awards, which honour the values of leadership and accomplishment, have established a standard of success for women in business and continue to encourage a million others to step up and take the baton of excellence.
Winners:
1. Soma Mondal (Member, PESB & Former Chairperson, SAIL) Category: CEO of the Year
2. Shyamala Gopinath (Former Chairperson, HDFC Bank & Former Deputy Governor, RBI) Category: Lifetime Achievement Award
3. Revathi Advaithi (Chief Executive Officer, Flex) Category: Global Indian of the Year
4. Ashwini Bhide, IAS (Additional Municipal Commissioner, BMC and Managing Director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation) Category: Woman Leader of the Year - Governance
5. Vinati Saraf Mutreja (MD & CEO, Vinati Organics Ltd.) Category: Business Leader of the Year
6. Hina Nagarajan (Managing Director and CEO, Diageo India) Category: CEO of the Year
7. Dr. Tessy Thomas (Former Director General, Aeronautical Systems, DRDO) Category: Woman Pioneer of the Year
8. Geetika Mehta (Managing Director, Hershey India) Category: DEI Ally of the Year
9. Dr. Anjlee Prakash (Founder and Chairperson, Learning Links Foundation) Category: Beyond Business Leader of the Year
10. Charu Sinha, IPS (IGP - Southern Sector, CRPF) Category: Woman Leader of the Year - Services
11. Sanjukta Parasor, IPS (DIG, NIA) Category: Woman Leader of the Year - Services
12. Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh (Indian Air Force) Category: Woman Leader of the Year - Services
13. Jayashree Satagopan (President Corporate & CFO, Coromandel International Limited) Category: Finance Leader of the Year
14. Parminder Chopra (Director (Finance) & CMD (Addl. Charge), Power Finance Corporation Ltd) Category: Finance Leader of the Year
15. Pratibha Priyadarshini (Vice President, Human Resources, Shell India) Category: HR Leader of the Year
16. Varij Pujara (Chief Distribution Officer, Aditya Birla Health Insurance) Category: Sales Leader of the Year
17. Ranjani Krishnaswami (General Manager, Tanishq Marketing, Titan Company Limited) Category: Marketing Leader of the Year
18. Priya Kanduri (CTO, SVP – Cyber Security Services, Happiest Minds Technologies Limited) Category: Technology Leader of the Year
19. Kusum Sharma (SCM & Digital Transformation, Mercedes Benz R&D India Pvt. Ltd) Category: Operations Leader of the Year
Objective
Honour the qualities of leadership and success among mid-to-senior-level female corporate executives. The first-of-its-kind initiative honours emerging women leaders of India Inc. as well as women business leaders who have impacted the industry and are ahead of the curve.
Vision
Empowering women to be vocal about their objectives and to assert themselves for opportunities that will catapult them to positions of leadership. The winners will set a standard of success for women in business and inspire a million others to take up the torch of excellence and leadership.
