ET Awards 2012: German Ambassador Steiner writes to congratulate Anshu Jain

The Global Indian of the Year award seeks to honour Indians who have set standards in excellence on a global platform and have emerged as role models for people of Indian origin world over

In June this year, Anshu Jain, 49, took over as co-CEO with Jurgen Fitschen of Deutsche Bank, and he started to make his mark immediately. He made his first speech to German politicians and shareholders, starting to speak in German before switching to English. That speech was as well-received in Germany as Anshu Jain's graceful acceptance of the ET Corporate Excellence Global Indian award for 2012.

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"It's humbling, given the excellence of the Indian diaspora, to be the recipient of this award; I have a continued commitment to India. Having been a jury member myself, I am aware of the rigour of the selection process," he told ET on being given the news.

After the award was announced, German Ambassador Steiner wrote the following message for Anshu Jain:

"Dear Anshu Jain,

With great pleasure I learned that you have been chosen as "Global Indian of the Year" 2012 by the "Economic Times".

I couldn't agree more with the decision of the jury. As Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank, you are an ambassador of Indo-German friendship and a true messenger of the German Year in India's motto "Infinite Opportunities". I hope that many more Indians will follow your example.

I had the priviledge to listen to your impressive speech on Europe at this year's Conference of German Ambassadors a few weeks ago. Your are absolutely right: These are troubled times and solving the EU debt crisis is key in order to get Europe back on track. Everbody -- political leaders as well as the business and financial community -- has to contribute to this goal.

I wish you all success at the helm of Deutsche Bank."