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Winners of ET Awards for Corporate Excellence:

1. Business leader of the year - Anand Mahindra

The poster boy of post-reforms India M&M boss Anand Mahindra dares to dream the impossible. Mr Mahindra surprised many by announcing his intention to build an Indian version of

Embraer the Brazilian maker of aeroplanes, and crank out nearly 500 planes in the next five years.

2. Company of the year- Hero Honda

3. Global Indian of the year- Ram Charan: >Charan has built a reputation as a one-man CEO consulting industry.

4. Business Reformer of the year - Nitish Kumar > It's been over four years since Nitish Kumar took charge of Bihar.Bihar have became the fastest developing state in India even leaving behind Gujarat.

5. Corporate Citizen of the year – TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute.

>Established itself as a leading global think-tank on all issues related to sustainable development and acquired a new name.

6. Policy change agent of the year - Jean Dreze : Major role in designing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).

7. Lifetime Achievement Award - Keshub Mahindra : Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

8. Entrepreneur of the year - GV Krishna Reddy .( GVK Group's) : He won his first construction contract when he was barely 22 and more than five decades later, his infrastructure flagship has an asset base of over $5.24 billion.

9. Emerging Company of the year - Idea Cellular.

10. Businesswoman of the Year - Vinita Bali.