A celebration of corporate excellence

Honourable Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, other eminent speakers, jury members, winners and distinguished guests. Thank you for gracing this occasion and being with us on this special evening to commemorate corporate excellence.

The importance of these landmark awards is underlined by the presence of no less a person than the Prime Minister himself, who has made it a point to be at this forum despite the pressures on his time. We all owe a debt of gratitude to Manmohan Singh for his astute leadership in these very trying times. I personally look up to him and admire him for being truly the Complete Man which we all aspire to be.

On behalf of Raymond, I would like to congratulate the winners of The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence for demonstrating creativity, dynamism and enterprise, which has made each of them a role model. I am sure all of you will agree that we need many more such winners to take the India story forward. And to the winners of the special award for Corporate Citizen ��� all of us at Raymond salute you.

Since its inception, The Economic Times Awards have honoured the best and the brightest; these awards continue to symbolise excellence, trust, quality and leadership ��� core values that Raymond pursues in all its businesses. It is a privilege to be associated with such an appropriate and illustrious event, throughout 10 years of its journey.

My congratulations once again to the winners, and to all of you who have shared in this collective spirit of excellence, thank you.