This document provides information on several prominent Indian business leaders: Dhirubhai Ambani founded Reliance Industries Limited in 1966 and built it into a major Indian conglomerate before passing leadership to his sons Mukesh and Anil in 1985. Some of his many honors include being named "Man of the Century" by Chemtech Foundation. Verghese Kurien is known as the "Father of the White Revolution" for establishing the dairy development cooperative model in India. He founded the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation and National Dairy Development Board. He has received numerous honors for his work including the Ramon Magsaysay Award. Kiran Mazumdar-Sh

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2. PROJECT TOPIC
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4. •Dhirubhai started off as a small time worker with Arab
merchants in the 1950.
•He was the head of Reliance Group Of Industries set up in
1966.
•He moved to Mumbai in 1958 to start his own business in
spices.
•He has 2 sons- Mukesh and Anil.
•In 1985 after a heart attack handed over the Reliance
empire to his sons.
•After his death, Dhirubhai’s sons parted ways and formed
two different companies under Reliance.
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5. •Started "Majin" in partnership with Champaklal Damani.
•Reliance Textiles
•Reliance Industries limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani
•Reliance industries limited headed by Mukesh Ambani
•Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance ADAG)
headed by Anil Ambani.
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DATE AWARDS
Oct 2011 Awarded posthumously the 'ABLF Global Asian Award' at the
Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards.
Nov 2000 Conferred "Man of the Century" award by Chemtech
Foundation and Chemical Engineering World in recognition of
his outstanding contribution to the growth and development
of the chemical industry in India
2000, 1998 and
1996
Featured among "Power 50 - the most powerful people in Asia"
by Asia week magazine.
June 1998 "Dean's Medal" by The Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, for setting an outstanding example of
leadership.
August 2001 Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence for Lifetime
Achievement.
------ Named the "Man of 20th Century" by the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
2000 The Times of India voted him "Greatest Creator of Wealth in
the Centuries".

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• Graduated in Physics in 1940
and B.E. (Mech).
• Joined the Tata Steel
Technical Institute,
Jamshedpur & graduated in
1946.
• Built the dairy development
cooperative model into one
of the largest and most
successful institutions in
India.
• Plays a key role in many
other organizations.
• Was the architect of
operation flood.
• The founder of the Gujarat Co-
operative Milk Marketing
Federation (GCMMF) & the
National Dairy Development
Board (NDDB).
• Chairman of the Institute of
Rural Management, Anand's
(IRMA) Board of Governors in
India.
• Chairman of the Viksit Bharat
Foundation.
• AMUL "factory"

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DATE AWARD
1991 Doctor of Science.
1991 Distinguished Alumni Award.
1989 World Food Prize
1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award
1965 Padma Shri
1965 Doctor of Science
1966 Padma Bhushan
1986 Wateler Peace Prize Award
1986 Krishi Ratna Award
DATE AWARD
2012 Gangadharan Memorial Award
2011 Life Time Achievement Award
2010 Doctor of Science (Honoris
Causa)
2007 Karmaveer Puraskaar
2007 Godfrey Phillips National
Bravery Award
2006 Doctor of Science
2002 Lokmanya Tilak award
1999 Padma Vibhushan

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11. • Worked as a trainee brewer in
Carlton and United Breweries,
Melbourne and as a trainee master at
Barrett Brothers and Burs ton,
Australia.
• Also worked as a technical consultant
at Jupiter Breweries Limited,
Calcutta and as a technical manager
at Standard Maltings Corporation,
Baroda between 1975 and 1977.
• Started Biocon in 1978
• A member of the board of governors
of the prestigious Indian School of
Business and Indian Institute of
Technology Hyderabad.
•Biocon in 1978
•Syngene (1994)
•Clinigene (2000)
•The Biocon Foundation
(2004)
•Biocon Cell for
Innovation Management
as part of Center for
Leadership Innovation
and Change.
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DATE AWARD
2009 Nikkei Asia Prize
2009 Express Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit Award
2004 Economic Times ‘Businesswoman of the Year’
2002 Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award
2002 ‘Technology Pioneer’
2002 The Indian Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award.
2002 Karnataka Rajyotsava Award
2006 Indian Business Leadership Award
2006 Eminent Businessperson of the Year Award
2005 Corporate Leadership Award

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14. •The Founder, Managing
Director & CEO of YES BANK
•A Professional entrepreneur
since 2003.
•Born and brought up in New
Delhi.
•Earned Bachelor’s degree (in
Economics Honours') from the
University of Delhi (1977)
•Obtained MBA degree from
Rutgers’ University in New
Jersey, U.S.A. (1980).
•YES BANK 2003
•Rabo bank
International
1998
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