Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar Honored Stalwarts At The 6th Manav Rachna Excellence Awards

Next 25 years are going to be of India’s youth and our economic progress, expansion, and leadership of innovation will be driven by the youth," said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State - Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, during Manav Rachna Excellence Awards (MREA) 2022 event.

The sixth edition of Manav Rachna Excellence Awards (MREA) 2022 was held at a glittering ceremony graced by Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State - Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, GOI at the campus of Manav Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI) today.  

Manav Rachna Excellence Awards, organised annually were instituted in April 2017 to carry forward the rich legacy of its visionary Founder Dr. O P Bhalla who worked ceaselessly to promote excellence in education.  

MREA 2022 were bestowed across twelve genres to the stalwarts and achievers for their exceptional and path-breaking vision by Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the presence of Dr. Prashant Bhalla - President, MREI; Dr. Amit Bhalla - Vice President, MREI; Dr. Sanjay Srivastava - MD, MREI and VC MRIIRS; Dr. N C Wadhwa - DG, MREI; Lt. General Dr. R.K. Anand, DG, MRIIRS; Dr. I.K. Bhat, VC, MRU; H K Batra, Chairman, Perfect Breads; and veterans from the industry.  

Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, MD, MREI and VC, MRIIRS gave an overview of Manav Rachna Excellence Awards 2022. He expressed his delight over the fulfillment of the dream of our Founder Visionary, and said that these awards are a testimony to our Founder’s dream and every year, new categories are being added to it.

Congratulating the awardees, Dr. Prashant Bhalla said, “Manav Rachna has forever celebrated such great champions and we salute their humility and distinction every year, with the aid of the prestigious Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards were designated to applaud the impeccable achievers from various professional domains who have brought about revolutionary transformations in their respective fields and made a prominent mark in the contemporary cosmos.”

Expressing his delight to bestow the prestigious MREA upon awardees, Rajeev Chandrasekhar Jee said, “After the National Education Policy 2022, the entire focus is now on the students getting not just knowledge in terms of sciences, social sciences, curriculum and education but also getting aptitude and skills; vocational education and skills are integrated into curriculum. And this will help us succeed in our mission to uplift our youth in the global arena”.

The stalwarts who were honored on this prestigious platform are revered figures:

Corporate & Industry Award: Shiv Shivakumar, Group Exec. President- Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Aditya Birla Group

Sports Icon Award: Rani Rampal, Indian Field Hockey Player

People Builder Award: K S Bakshi,Group Head- HR, InterGlobe Enterprises

Young Leader Award: Chaitanya Peddi, Co-Founder & Product Head at Darwinbox  

Young Leader Award: Rohit Chennamaneni, Co- Founder at Darwinbox      

Nation Building Award: Ajay Pandey, Ex MD & Group CEO, Gift City

Award for Outstanding Contribution in Cultural Arena: Dr. Sachidanand Joshi,Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts (IGNCA), Ministry of Culture

Faridabad Industry Icon Award: Navdeep Chawla, Chairman, MD & Founder, Psychotropics India Ltd

Dr Pritam Singh Award for Academic Excellence: Prof. Avinash Chandra Pandey, Director, Inter- University Accelerator Centre, An Autonomous Research Centre of UGC

Change Maestro Award: Amit Malik, CEO & MD, Aviva Life Insurance Company India Ltd.

Lifetime Achievement Award: S.V. Nathan, Partner & Chief Talent Officer- Deloitte India

Outstanding Scientist Award: Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) & Secretary, Department of Defence, R&D

Technology Transformation Award: Dr. Vinnie Jauhari, Learning and Skills Lead, Microsoft India