Best SMEs to get 'Leaders of Tomorrow' award

NEW DELHI, INDIA: The 'ET NOW-IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards 2011' for the enthusiastic Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will be held in Mumbai on 28th November, 2011.

Infosys chairman emeritus N R Narayana Murthy will be the chief guest at the event.

Appreciating their persistent efforts and courage, the Grand award Jury led by chairman Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, met with potential 'Leaders of Tomorrow' candidates in the final jury round held at the DoubleTree by Hilton in New Delhi.

The candidates, who were shortlisted during the pre-jury rounds in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore recently, gathered to have a rendezvous with the final jury members.

In their quest to attract the eye-balls and appreciation of the eminent jury members for their hardships, the selected entrepreneurs presented their best credentials in their one-on-one meetings with the respective jury members.

Applauding the entrepreneurs for reaching this stage of the Awards, Dinesh Agarwal, founder and CEO, IndiaMART.com, said, “We thank the distinguished and esteemed jury members for having pooled in their efforts to select the best of SMEs from the shortlisted contenders. We have now reached at that nerve-chilling stage where these winners will soon be announced in the award ceremony in Mumbai where Mr. Narayana Murthy's presence will take this initiative to a next level.”