Ashok Hinduja Felicitated With ABLF GLOBAL ASIAN AWARD at the UAE Government Backed Asian Business Leadership Forum

The theme for the awards this year was 'Leadership Legacies: Honouring the past. Shaping the future'

Mumbai, Maharashtra, October 9, 2018: Mr.Ashok Hinduja, Chairman, Hinduja Group of Companies, India was felicitated with the ‘ABLF GLOBAL ASIAN AWARD’. The UAE Government backed Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) made its 11th anniversary this year.

Mr.Ashok Hinduja, Chairman, Hinduja Group of Companies, India was felicitated with the ‘ABLF GLOBAL ASIAN AWARD’. The UAE Government backed Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) made its 11th anniversary this year. At this special edition of ABLF Mr. Ashok Hinduja’s contribution in the economic revolution of India through his game changing ventures in the sectors of Finance & Banking, Transport, Energy, Information Technology and Media & Communication along with his philanthropic undertakings were given due recognition at the ABLF Awards.

Mr. H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance, UAE said, at the award ceremony , “Each year’s ceremony has had a theme but none so appropriate as this year’s theme—'Leadership Legacies: Honoring the Past and Shaping the Future.' The leadership legacy that the United Arab Emirates has been honouring this year is that of our nation’s founder, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan... I have come to favour Sheikh Zayed’s active support of (and I quote his words) 'tolerance, compassion, and dialogue.' Those words convey the spirit that he infused in our nation… We are all indebted to the UAE Ministry of Economy for their generous and reliable support of ABLF. Our thanks goes to Malini Menon and her colleagues at IEDEA for shaping this splendid opportunity to exchange ideas and to honor outstanding achievements of 17 phenomenal men and women. They are perfect representatives of the even larger group of leaders who are propelling private and public enterprises to great successes in the countries of Asia and its neighbors."

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Ashok Hinduja, Chairman, Hinduja Group of Companies, India said, "I sincerely thank the ABLF Grand Jury for this Award felicitation. The entire Hinduja Group is deserving of this Award, as we have, as one strong family achieved great successes."

The Awards night hosted an exclusive audience of over 250 of Asia’s finest leaders and witnessed the felicitation of 15 visionary and innovative stalwarts. The event was graced by the presence of over 4 Federal Ministers from the UAE Government, members of Royalty and some of the nation’s top business leaders.
About Hinduja Group

The Hinduja Group is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. This year Hinduja Brothers have taken the third spot in Forbes' list of richest Indians, with a net worth of $15.2 billion, up from $14.8 billion last year in 2015. Today, the Hinduja Group has become one of the largest diversified groups in the world spanning all the continents. The Group employs over 70,000 people and has offices in many key cities of the world and all the major cities in India. In 2015 at The Asian Awards, the Hinduja brothers were honored with the Business Leader of the Year Award.

The Hinduja Group caters into various business sectors like automotive, oil and gas, banking and finance, IT and BPO, power, media, real estate, healthcare, project development and trading. The four siblings – Srichand, Gopichand, Prakash, and Ashok – control multinational empire Hinduja Group.

The company was founded in 1914 by Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja. Initially operating in Mumbai, India, he set up the company's first international operation in Iran in 1919. The headquarters of the group moved to Iran where it remained until 1979, when the Islamic Revolution forced it to move to Europe.

(Business Wire India)