InterGlobe Enterprises' Rahul Bhatia wins Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011

MUMBAI: Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director, InterGlobe Enterprises, was on Thursday named as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2011. Seven other entrepreneurs received these awards across various categories at a banquet attended by over 400 business leaders in Mumbai.

Bhatia has charted a success story in aviation by creating India's biggest low-cost carrier. Bhatia won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year award in the Services category in 2010.

Over 300 nominations were received for the Entrepreneur Of the Year 2011 and the winners have been selected by a Jury panel led by R C Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki Limited. The jury also named Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC for the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the emergence of financial services in the country, as also to policy -making.

"We have always valued our association with entrepreneurs, who are the prime movers of the economy. Each of our winners this year has an extraordinary story, but apart from their size and scale, the common thread which binds them together is their intense focus on the customer. These individuals are providing a differential value proposition to customers by effectively using technology and innovation. We salute their achievements," Rajiv Memani, Country Managing Partner, Ernst & Young said.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Winners - 2011:

> Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011: Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director, InterGlobe Enterprises;
> Lifetime Achievement : Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC;
> Business Transformation: Deep Kalra, Founder & CEO, Makemytrip (India);
> Consumer Products: Dr. Anand Burman, Chairman, Dabur India
> Life Sciences and Healthcare: Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta, Founder & Chairman, Lupin;
> Manager: Natarajan Chandrasekaran, MD & CEO, Tata Consultancy Services;
> Manufacturing: Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Founder & Chairman, Samvardhana Motherson Group;
> Services: Analjit Singh, Founder & Chairman, Max India Group;
> Start-up : Dr. BS Ajaikumar, Founder & Chairman, Healthcare Global Enterprises;

Jury for the 2011 program: In addition to the Jury Chair for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2011, R.C. Bhargava, other jury members included Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank; Dalip Pathak, Warburg Pincus International; G.V. Prasad, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories; Sanjay Nayar, KKR (India); Sunil Kant Munjal, Hero Corporate Service; S Ramadorai, Tata Consultancy Services.