Hindustan Group of Institutions Awards 50 eminent personalities for their contributions to society as part of Golden Jubilee Celebrations
- Awards Ceremony held to recognise individual contributions to society -
Chennai, 30th July 2017: Hindustan Group of Institutions, one of the eminent institutions in the forefront of providing quality higher education in the country has recognised 50 eminent personalities across various fields for their contribution to the betterment of the society.
This has been instituted through an awards ceremony that recognized eminent personalities in the presence of Prof. K.V Thomas, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Former Minister of Food & Civil Supplies, Govt. of India and Honble Justice, Dr P. Jothimani, Judicial Member, Green Board of India.
As part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations the group had instituted the Awards in the Name of its Founder, Late. ‘Dr. KCG Verghese Excellence Awards,’ who's founding vision of 'Making every man a Success & no man a failure', has steered the group to its current position of providing quality education to students from diverse backgrounds from across India and Abroad.
Dr. Elizabeth Verghese, Chairperson, Hindustan Group of Institutions, said, "It's a great honour for us to have institute these awards in the name of our Founder, Late. Dr. KCG Verghese, whose vision has raised our institutions to such great heights. With the view of commemorating our Founders Vision and on the occasion of 50th Anniversary of the group, we are pleased to recognise and honour 50 eminent personalities who’s contribution to the society has made a difference in all our lives.
The Group had recognized peoples contributions across various categories such as, Life Time Achievement, Research, Academics, Corporate, Women, Sports, Youth & Community.
| HGI AWARDS NIGHT - ACCEPTED LIST | |
| S.No | Name of the Nominee |
| RESEARCH EXCELLENCE | |
| 1 | Dr. G. Giridhar Deputy Director General / Head (SRRA), Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India |
| 2 | Dr. Indrani Karunasagar Professor & Head Director UNESCO CENTRE for Marine Biotechnology |
| 3 | Dr. M. S. Rajadurai President, CEO & Head of Research and Development, Sharda Motor Industries Ltd. |
| 4 | Dr. S. K.Satheesh Chairman, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 5 | Mr. V. P. Premkumar Director-Marketing & Operations, NELCAST (Newton – Bhabha Funded Project) |
| ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE | |
| 1 | Dr. Ganesh Rajagopalan Vice President Sukra Helitek and Professor Iowa State University USA |
| 2 | Prof. J. Philip President Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Bangalore |
| 3 | Dr. V. Sivasubramanian Director, Phycospectrum Environmental Research Centre (PERC) |
| CORPORATE EXCELLENCE | |
| 1 | Mr. Anand Sudarshan Founder & Director of Sylvant Advisors Pvt. Ltd. Chairman, Littlemore Innovation Labs Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2 | Mr Anand Sundaresan Vice Chairman and MD - Schwing Stetter (India) |
| 3 | Mr. Akkineni Ramesh Prasad MD, LV Prasad Film & TV Academy |
| 4 | Mr. Akinori Urakawa President & CEO YASKAWA India Private Limited |
| 5 | Mr. Kim Hyung Tae Consulate of South Korea in Chennai India |
| 6 | Dr R K Malhotra President, SAE India |
| 7 | Mr. H R Mohan Vice-Chairman, IEEE Madras Section |
| 8 | Ar. C.N. Raghavendran Managing Director C.R. Narayana Rao(Consultants) Private Limited Chennai |
| 9 | Er. M. Rajamani Chief Engineer, Highways Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu |
| 10 | Mr Ramesh.K.B.Menon Director - HR and Lead, Director - Diversified Business Group,Murugappa Group |
| 11 | Ms. Shobha Mishra Ghosh Asst. Secretary General at FICCI, New Delhi |
| 12 | Mr. Srinivasan Dwarakanath CEO Airbus India New Delhi |
| 13 | Mr Thomas Verghese Simon Vice-President – HR, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai |
| 14 | Vinod T. Simon Chairman, Governing Council, Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) Executive Director Simmco Rubber & Plastic (P) Ltd. |
| WOMEN ACHIEVERS | |
| 1 | Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya Chair-Managing Director, State Bank of India |
| 2 | Ms. Chanda Kochhar MD & CEO, ICICI Bank |
| 3 | Dr. K. R. Maalathi Founder CEO,Auuro Educational Services |
| 4 | Ms. Rekha Rangarajan Director, Data Patterns India Limited |
| 5 | Ms. Zai Whitaker Director, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust/ Centre for Herpetology |
| SPORTS EXCELLENCE | |
| 1 | Ms. Anju Bobby George Won Bronze medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris She was presented the Arjuna Award in 2002 |
| 2 | Mr. Kishore Futnani Secretary, South India Equestrian Federation |
| YOUTH ICON AWARD | |
| 1 | Ms. Aishwarya Manivannan Freelance Designer, Artist, Winner of Educator Design Excellence Award and Academic Excellence Award |
| 2 | Ar. Ajay Kora Mani Owner,Ajay Kora Mani Architects |
| 3 | Mr. Girish Mathrubootham Founder & CEO at Freshworks Inc. (formerly Freshdesk) |
| 4 | Mr. Karthick Naren Film Director |
| 5 | Mr. Rifath Shaarook Lead Scientist, Space Kidz Program Tanishq Dwivedi, Yagna Sai, Mohammed Abdul Kashif AeroSpace Final Year, Hidustan University |
| 6 | Dr. Sanjay Cherian Vice President, Frontier Lifeline Hospital & Dr. K.M. Cherian Heart Foundation |
| 7 | Mr. Sujith Kumar HR Business Leader, Infosys Ltd, Chennai,President, National HRD Network Chennai Chapter,Founder, Maatram Foundation |
| 8 | Mr. Vadlamudi Srinivas Murali Mohan Founder & CEO, Indian Artists Computer Graphics Visual Effects Supervisor, Indian Film Industry |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENCE | |
| 1 | Mr. Joseph Kottoran Regional Director,Y's Men International |
| 2 | Mr. Rabi Panigrahi Past Area President,Y's Men International |
| Life Time Achievement | |
| S.No | List of the Awardee |
| 1 | Dr. Arun Kumar Bhaduri Distinguished Scientist & Director Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research(IGCAR) Chennai |
| 2 | Dr. P. Sivakumar Distinguished Scientist & Director, Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE) Chennai |
| 3 | Dr. S.Gomathinayagam Former Director General National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) Chennai |
| 4 | Prof. Ved Prakash Former Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India Noida |
| 5 | Prof. Dr. N. M Samuel Project Director, International Health Group (IHG), India Chennai |
| 6 | Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Founder , Former- CEO and Managing Director BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited Chennai |
