Mumbai:Mr. Madhav Acharya received this prestigious award from the hands of Union Minister for Corporate Affairs, Mr. Salman Khurshid, at a well-attended function held in Mumbai on October 27th, 2010. This is India’s most distinguished award for excellence in the financial field and presents to the world, stellar individuals driving India to its rightful place in the global economy.

The winners of this defining award were selected through a robust and comprehensive judging process, based on a combination of criteria. The nominees were evaluated by an extremely discerning panel comprising eminent personalities from the Banking and Engineering Industries namely Mr. Deepak Parekh – Chairman HDFC (who was also the Chairman of the Jury), Mr. YM Deosthalee – CFO – L&T, Ms Shikha Sharma – MD & CEO – Axis Bank, Mr. Bharat Doshi – Executive Director – Mahindra & Mahindra and Mr. Uday Kotak – Executive Vice Chairman & MD – Kotak Mahindra Bank.

It is believed that over the last decade, India’s CFO community has evolved from ensuring the outstanding success of their organizations to taking India Global. They have managed India’s aspirations with such precision that they are now the nation’s global ambassadors! It is with this intent that CNBC TV 18 has instituted this award, which is in its 5th year, to recognize their contribution to Brand India and salute their spirit of achievement.