LMA confers awards on six eminent persons

Ludhiana, September 3, 2014: The 36th Annual Day Function of Ludhiana Management Association(LMA) was held today where six eminent persons were conferred with LMA Awards. Balramji Dass Tandon, Governor of Chhattishgarh was the Chief Guest at this function. LMA-Vardhman award for entrepreneur of the year 2013 was given to Arvind Dham, Chairman Amtek Group. Son of Arvind Dham received the award on this behalf. Prem Kumar Gupta, General Secretary, DMC managing Committee received LMA Dayanand award for manager of the year 2013.   Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-founder & CEO, Olacabs, ANI Technology Private Limited, Bangalore bagged the LMA-Trident award for young innovative entrepreneur of the year 2013. Bhavish also delivered the keynote address on the topic "Future of Ground Transport".
Rakesh Bharti Mittal, from Bharti Group was awarded LMA- Hari Chand award for corporate citizen of the year, 2013. Dr. Baldeep Singh of Deep Hospital Ludhiana bagged emerging SME of the year, 2013.  LMA-Sat Paul Mittal life time achievement award was given to Vijay Kumar Chopra of Punjab Kesari Group.
Sachit Jain, President of LMA welcomed the guests and shared brief history of LMA. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the purpose of LMA is to spread management education and to develop professionalism in different organisations. V. K. Goyal, past president conducted the award ceremony on behalf of LMA.

PROFILES:
LMA - Vardhman Award For Entrepreneur of The Year - 2013
ARVIND DHAM
Arvind Dham heads Amtek group of companies. An architecture graduate from Panjab University, Dham is a self-made industrialist.  He started manufacturing  auto component and founded Amtek Auto. He got his chance in 1987 when Suzuki selected him as one of the vendors for Maruti. Amtek grew with Maruti.
Dham has led the Amtek Group very effectively since its inception and has seen the Group grow at a phenomenal rate. His current efforts towards Globalization have been very successful. The various initiatives of Dham have created wealth for shareholders and he has been consistently voted as one of the top value creators in the country. He has acquired several firms both at home and abroad. With an aggregate sales turnover of US$ 1.40 billion, he has led the Amtek  Group and got it the recognition of being regarded as one of the fastest growing enterprises in India.
Today Amtek is a premier group of automotive manufacturing companies reputed globally with a multi-location presence in India, Germany and the United Kingdom. The various group undertakings are engaged in the manufacture of a wide variety of automotive components
Under his leadership, Amtek Auto Limited received the “Economic Times Emerging Company of the Year 2005-06 “from the honourable Prime Minister of India. He has been a recipient of “Udyog Patra” award from the Government of India for his outstanding contribution to industry in India. He is highly regarded in the global business circles for his values & ethics.  
He also supports a number of charitable institutions in the country. He is known to be a supporter of the traditional Indian family life and likes to devote a time with his family.
Once a state-level cricketer — he represented Punjab as a school boy and played with the likes of Kapil — his only athletic excursions these days are his morning walks with his wife. He has no regrets he didn't pursue his quest for the India cap. The self-confessed workaholic Dham considers Carlos Ghosn of Nissan his idol and a source of inspiration.
Ludhiana Management Association feels honoured to confer the ‘Varadhman  Award for Entrepreneur of the Year – 2013’ on Arvind Dham.

LMA -Daya Nand Munjal Award for Manager of the year 2013

PREM GUPTA
Prem Gupta is a versatile industrialist, having keen business interests in textile industry and health. His booming business has  annual turnover of more than Rs. 800 crore.
Besides being a successful business man, he has great love for social service and derives immense pleasure in serving people. He has contributed much tor the society in the field of health and education.  As  Hony. Gen. Secretary, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (D.M.C.& H), Ludhiana since 2004, he has played a great role in the growth of this institution. He aims at  providing best health services to the people of Ludhiana. His  commitment, vision, planning & execution he has transformed the institution into a big hospital. From a turnover of Rs  60 crore in 2004-05, the hospital has  increased its turnover to 500 crore  in the year 2013-14. It is now ranked among the top 10 multi specialty hospitals in India. A world class Cancer Care Institute on the lines of DMC Heart Institute is in the offing. With his passion and dedication for excellence, he wants  to take the DMC&H, among the league of the top hospitals of the world.  
Gupta has contributed immensely to the field of education too. He is President  & Chairman, Shanti Tara College & Trust since its inception in 1994 and Fellow of  Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot. Man of few words and a great listener, he firmly believes in result oriented approach.
Ludhiana Management Association takes pride in bestowing on Prem Gupta ‘Daya Nand Munjal Award for Manager of the Year- 2013.’

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LMA -Trident Award for Young Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year- 2013
BHAVISH AGGARWAL
Bhavish Aggarwal is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer(CEO)  at Olacabs- a cab rental service. He started Olacabs in December 2010, along with Ankit Bhati, a fellow IIT Bombay with an aim to change the way people travel by revolutionizing the personal transportation industry. The idea was to provide a service using modern technology to connect the people with transport operators, making it a win- win situation for both. What started as a Mumbai-centric plan soon became a pan-India company.
Bhavish Aggarwal belongs to the young breed of ‘start uppers’ who form the face of Indian entrepreneurship eco-system. Having graduated from IIT Bombay in 2008, Bhavish worked for Microsoft for a couple of years before calling it quits and starting up Olacabs.
Bhavish  desired to be an entrepreneur and has displayed true spirit of successful entrepreneur. He left his job with Microsoft Research to start his venture.  In just four years, Bhavish, 28, has a winning run with Olacabs. His company today has about 800 employees and is valued at more than 1000 crore.  Today, Olacab is India’s largest cab network. It brings cab drivers and customers on a single platform making transportation hassle free for everyone.  By not owning a single cab, the company fosters entrepreneurship at the driver level by enabling him to own the car and grow his business.  At present, there are over 11,000 cabs associated with Olacabs across Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi NCR, Chennai, Pune, Goa, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and the number is ever growing.
Aggarwal  was featured as one of Hindustan Times’ 30 Achievers under 30 as well as in the Forbes India list of 30 under 30 businessmen. Olacabs was recognized as the ‘Best Startup of the Year’ at the India Digital Awards- 2013 by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). He is winner of the Billionth Award South Asia- 2013 for mobile innovation as well as the Pitch Top 50 Indian Brands- 2014. He was the youngest to get the Young Alumnus Award by IIT Mumbai.
Ludhiana Management Association feels proud in honouring Bhavish Aggarwal  with ‘Trident Award for Young Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year- 2013.’
 
LMA - Sohan Lal Pahwa Award for Emerging SME of the year 2013
DR. BALDEEP SINGH
Dr. Baldeep Singh is the founder of Deep Hospital- a landmark tertiary care health destination, one of its kind in Ludhiana city. Started about 30 years ago, this hospital has the state-of-the-art technology in all its departments. The technology advantage is complemented by human resource excellence providing sophisticated and specialized medical care at affordable cost.  With a team of dedicated doctors, the hospital provides world-class medical care at an affordable price to its customers.
Throughout his academic career, Dr Baldeep had been a brilliant student and  a University topper. He came to  Ludhiana in 1984 after completing his MD  in Pediatrics & took a job as Consultant Pediatrician in Kapoor Hospital. His urge to grow’ soon forced him to leave the job and start his own clinic. With his meager resources, he started a small Pediatric Clinic in rental building comprising of 2 rooms. Over the years, the small clinic grew into 150 bedded hospital which can boast of good infrastructure and good faculty with almost all the specialties.
While steadily making growth, Dr Baldeep has always kept in focus two things - customer care and human resource. With a mission to provide world class health services at affordable price, he has made untiring efforts to invest heavily in his infrastructure and manpower. He has taken extra pains  to build a good team of dedicated doctors.
Today, Deep Hospital is well known in Punjab and the nearby states like Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh & Chandigarh. Hospital has been offering most modern treatment facilities required through a specialized team of Surgeons & Physicians in their field. Due to its meritorious services to the humanity it has earned the name and fame in its own right and is also providing the best care in gastroenterology, ortho, kidney,  paediatrics, gynaecology and other allied fields.  Two years ago, Dr. Baldeep started another hospital ‘Ludhiana Mediways’ a 100 bedded super specialty hospital which primarily caters to cancer, cardiac & trauma patients.
For his remarkable success, Ludhiana Management Association takes pride in bestowing on Dr Baldeep Singh ‘Sohan Lal Pahwa Award for Emerging SME of the Year- 2013’.
LMA -Sat Paul Mittal Life Time Achievement Award for the Year 2013
VIJAY KUMAR CHOPRA
Vijay Kumar Chopra is Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Hind Samachar Group of Newspapers since 1984. The   newspapers   have  won   numerous  national   awards  for    excellence in printing  from  the  Govt. of  India  and  All  India  Federation of Master Printers, including the    Award  for best printing at  the  5th World Print Congress, 1993.
Born on 31st January, 1932 at Lyallpur ( now in Pakistan), he had his graduation from D.A.V. College, Jalandhar in 1955. Thereafter he took advanced training in printing technology at Leipzig (Germany) and newspaper management training from Thompson Foundation United Kingdom
Chopra has made invaluable contributions to the journalism world as well as to the society. He is  a father like figure when it comes to journalism and social service. He is one of the most respected  and committed journalists in the country. Not only he has documented history with his pen but he created history in 1974 by running his  rotary  press  with   a tractor  to print the newspaper, when  power supply  to his press was denied for political reasons, during emergency. He was determined not to miss the publication of his paper even for one day. He is a proficient  entrepreneur who brought his organization to the top fighting the stiff competition. He always wanted to be a leader in his category and all his awards and achievements are the outcome of his this quality. With the three beliefs of technology up gradation, team building and strong value system have made him stand out and shine all his life.
When it comes to serving the society, he puts all his heart and soul into it. He gathers money from people and use it ideally for the amelioration of the society. As administrator   of   'Shaheed Parivar Fund'  for    providing    help  to  the dependents of terrorists victims, he has collected and distributed Rs.11.19 crore. He has always  been on the forefront to the help the underprivileged and sufferers during national calamities. He has raised and distributed relief funds from time to time. In addition, to help the displaced/migrants of the border areas of Jammu & Kashmir he has sent 372 truckloads of rations and other articles to different areas in J&K.    
A widely traveled man, Chopra  has won several prestigious national awards which include; ‘TAMAR PATRA’   by   the Govt. of India  for  contributions during the national independence movement.; ‘Padam Shri’ (1990);FIE Award (1990) ;  Munshi Prem Chand Award (1991) for fearless and impartial journalism; Saraswati Award (1994); Punjab Ratan Award ;  and Amity Media Excellence Award. His name has been    included  in   the  Limca  Book  of  Records  1997 as  the  writer of  the longest travelogue.
Ludhiana Management Association takes pride in bestowing ‘Sat Paul Mittal Life Time Achievement Award for the Year 2013’ on Vijay Kumar Chopra for his devotion and dedicated social service  to shape a better society.?
LMA -Hari Chand Award for Corporate Citizen of the Year 2013
RAKESH BHARTI MITTAL
Rakesh Bharti Mittal is the Vice-Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s leading business group.  He is the co- chairperson of Bharti Foundation- the philanthropic wing of Bharti Enterprises which was established in 2000 with a vision "To help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential". Bharti Foundation was chosen as the “Corporate Citizen of the Year” at the Economic Times Awards 2010.
Mittal  firmly believes that a responsible corporate has a duty to give back to the society in which it operates. A passionate advocate of right to good education, he is force behind Bharti Foundation which is  running The Satya Bharti School Program, considered one of the largest end-to-end rural education initiatives in India. The program delivers quality education, free of cost to underprivileged children in rural India with a focus on the girl child. It is committed to develop the students into self-reliant individuals with a deep sense of social commitment. The students play the role of change agents in their villages by raising their voice against societal issues of concern. They address social problems by interacting closely with their surroundings and usher in a positive change that involves their teachers, parents and the village community.
Bharti Foundation is also taking the learning and best practices from the Satya Bharti Schools to the Government schools for improving the overall quality of schooling experience for students. The program is partnering Government schools and working along with its leadership and teachers to support them in their journey towards excellence. This partnership is greatly helping the Government schools to enhance the quality of education through need-based interventions along with ensuring optimal utilization of Government resources
To further satisfy his zeal to bring improvements in education sector,  Mr Mittal is on boards of several educational institutions. He has served on the Advisory Council of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Delhi, and as a member of the Board of Governors of Thapar University. He is currently on the Governing Body of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He was the Chairman of CII National Council on Agriculture (2009 – 2013) and has also served as the Chairman of several national committees of CII. He devotes his time to several charitable institutions in India.
Mittal has been awarded the Honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree by Newcastle University, UK. He also serves as Honorary Consul for Republic of Sierra Leone in India.  
Ludhiana Management Association takes great pleasure in awarding ‘Hari Chand Award for Corporate Citizen of the -Year 2013’  to Rakesh Bharti Mittal.