Sunil Mittal conferred Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award

NEW DELHI: Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises, today received the 10th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award.

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil conferred the award on Mittal at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhawan today.

The award is conferred on an individual for his/her contribution in the fields of public administration, academics and management by the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi (LBSIM).

Receiving the honour Mittal said, "I am privileged to receive this award that has been instituted in the honour of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, an epitome of ethics, transparency and efficiency in public life."