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which recognises leaders who have built electricity to over 4.1 million customers in
organisations that have had a significant Gujarat and two other states. Torrent Gas
impact on their industry. announced plans to invest $1.3 billion over
This award, though special, adds to the five years to build compressed natural gas
long list of honours that he has received stations.
over the decades. The 64-year-old company (Torrent
While he led the IT revolution in India, Pharma) was founded by his late father
he is and will always remain a simple man, Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta, who was a
and one of the most respected visionary salesman for Swiss pharma giant Sandoz.
voices in Indian business and industry. The year 2024 was indeed a clincher for
In recent times, he has stressed that Dr Mehta who was bestowed as —Lokmat
“India must reclaim its prominence in Maharashtrian of the Year, in the ‘Business
scientific innovation. History tells us that & Industry’ category.
India was a leading nation leveraging
the power of ideas in mathematics, 13 Aroon Purie, 80, Media Baron
astronomy, engineering, medicine, and After a rather
surgery from the Vedic times” Further, he serendipitous start in
added: “Global academic history shows print journalism with
that good governance, academic freedom, India Today, Purie has
meritocracy, encouragement, respect, been the rock behind
admiration, and sufficient government the success of the group,
funding are essential for restoring India’s setting standards in print, television and
former glory.” internet journalism, besides leading many
A philanthropist who focuses on solutions transformations in Indian news media over
for the betterment of society, he is in the past 50 years.
no small way aided by his wife, Sudha This has deservedly accrued him the
Murthy, who is equally responsible, not Managing India Award for Lifetime
just for the success of Infosys, additionally Contribution to Media at the 50th AIMA
for single-handedly evangelising the National Management Convention in 2023.
company’s commitment to corporate social Still very relevant and on top of the latest
responsibility. happenings, he is a constant source of
encouragement to his staff, he makes sure
12 Sudhir Mehta, 70, Industrialist that no stone is left unturned and every
Sudhir Mehta is detail accounted for whilst reporting.
chairman emeritus Purie’s exacting standards are still
of the $2.7 billion exacting. At his welcome address at the
(revenue) Torrent Group 21st IndiaToday Conclave included a call to
comprising Torrent action for an “India Movement”:
Pharma, Torrent Power “We are on the way to become the 3rd
and Torrent Gas. largest economy in the world in terms of
In 2024, Torrent Pharmaceuticals had our GDP. But becoming an economic giant
a revenue of 83.7 billion Indian rupees is not an end by itself. We have to become a
($1 billion). Torrent Power distributes Great Nation. We cannot rise economically
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