BW Businessworld hosted its 7th Edition of Young Entrepreneur's Summit (YEA), an interactive and insightful platform endeavouring to generate interesting debates on issues related to the Indian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. The summit was followed by Young Entrepreneur Awards, an annual event conceptualised by the publication to recognize India's Blazing Young Entrepreneurs 2021, where start-ups who transformed the Indian ecosystem will be identified, acknowledged and celebrated.
In 2021 organizations submitted the nominations of CEO’S & Founders and Co-Founder under a category within 0-7 years of experience. Applications received were then proceeded to a multi-tier screening process.
More than 120 nominations were received, out of which more than 70 shortlisted entrepreneurs were called to present their case to the jury board that comprised a panel of industry experts. The winner's list included 36 entrepreneurs. The awards were preceded by a day-long summit, where industry leaders tabled growth triggers, digital transformation and technology and innovations that assist young entrepreneurs today in their everyday decision making and in charting long term plans.
Young Entrepreneur Award 2021 Winners | ||
Name | Designation | Organisation |
Divij Bajaj | CEO | Power Gummies |
Nikhil Aggarwal | CEO | Grip Invest Advisors |
Angad Rajain | Global Head-IFM & Chief Strategy Officer | Tenon Facility Management India |
Rishabh Goel | Co-founder & CEO | Credgenics |
Gaurav Khatri | Co-Founder | Noise |
Rohit Paranjpe | CEO & Co-Founder | SugarBox |
Saahil Goel | Co-Founder and CEO | Shiprocket |
Varun Chaudhary | Managing Director | CG Corp Global |
Vinayak Shrivastav | CEO | Toch.ai |
Pranit P Shilimkar | Founder | Fitnesstalks |
Aakash Vaghela | Founder | AV Organics LLP / Evocus |
Prabhdeep Singh | Founder and CEO | StanPlus Technologies |
Dr Karthik Narayan R | Managing Director | Athulya Assisted Living |
Dr. Akshay V Singhal | CEO & Founder | Log 9 Materials |
Sairaj Dhond | Founder & CEO | Wakao Foods |
Vamsi Krishna Gaddam | Founder & CEO | Atumobile |
Rahul Nainani | Co-Founder & CEO | Re-Circle |
Ashutosh | Co-Founder & CTO | Bikayi |
Rohan Nayak | Co-Founder & CEO | Pocketfm |
Anant Bengani | Director and Co-Founder | Zell Education |
Ankit Garg | CEO & Co-Founder | Wakefit.co |
Kabir Siddiq | CEO & Founder | SleepyCat |
Pranav Saxena | Co-Founder | The WorldGrad |
Upasna Dash | Founder & CEO | Jajabor Brand Consultancy |
Sunaina Harjai | Director | Hats Off Accessories |
Sargam Dhawan Bhayana | Director | Tressmart Marketing |
Pankaj Sunwar | Entrepreneur | Amway |
Sushant Gaur | CEO | Adeera Pack |
Amrita Gaddam | Founder & CEO | The Tribe Concepts |
Pratik Gupta | Co-Founder | zoomedia |
Bhavna Suresh | Co-Founder & CEO | 10club |
Naivedya Agarwal | Co-Founder | Runaya |
Pulkit Khurana | Co-Founder | Battery Smart |
Ujjwal Jain | Founder & CEO | WealthDesk |
Ram Shriram | Founder & CEO | Mahagram |
Ashutosh Kumar | CEO & Co-Founder | Testbook |
The panel evaluated these entrepreneurs on parameters such as key milestones of the company, the market opportunity, the financial performance and the entrepreneurial journey highlights. Following the screening process, a team of experts evaluated the eligible nominations on parameters such as business idea and model, long term potential, social impact, leadership team, the role of the entrepreneur and growth, to arrive at a shortlist.
The Jury Board was led by Jury Chair Sudhir Sethi, Founder & Chairman, Chiratae Venture India Advisor. In addition, the Jury Panel comprised eminent industry names such as Sandeep Naik, Managing Director, Head of India and Asia Pacific General Atlantic; Prashant Prakash, Partner, Accel Partners; Anup Jain, Managing Partner, Orion Venture; Sanjeev Aggarwal, Founder & Senior Managing Director, Helion; Preeti Vyar, Chairwomen & Chief Creative Officer at Vyas Giannetti Creative; Anupriya Acharya, Chief Executive Officer, South Asia, Publicis Groupe; Rajesh Srivastava, Chairman & Managing Director, Rabo Equity Advisors.
At the YEA summit there were three prominent industry leaders such as Manoj Kohli, Country Head, SoftBank India; Sudhir Sethi, Founder & Chairman, Chiratae Ventures and Beerud Sheth, CEO &Co-Founder, GupShup. More than 30+ high profile experts joined on the day to celebrate India’s nascent start-up ecosystem.