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  • BT Mindrush 2025 honours top CEOs and business icons in Mumbai

    BT Mindrush 2025 honours top CEOs and business icons in Mumbai

    MUMBAI: India’s top executives and business pioneers gathered at BT Mindrush 2025 on 22 March in Mumbai, where Business Today unveiled its prestigious India’s Best CEOs Awards 2025. The event honoured remarkable figures shaping the corporate landscape while offering insights into strategies for navigating global economic shifts.

    Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, was named Business Icon of the Year, while minister of external affairs S. Jaishankar, received the Impact Icon of the Year award. The Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Marico Ltd. chairman Harsh Mariwala and Thermax former chairperson Anu Aga for their enduring contributions.

    Among the other honourees, Narayana health chairman Devi Prasad Shetty was recognised as the Most Trusted Leader, while Eternal founder & CEO Deepinder Goyal received the Resilient CEO award. Tata Power CEO & MD Praveer Sinha was honoured as the Green Growth Visionary, and Physics Wallah founder & CEO Alakh Pandey earned the Startup of the Year title. Sun Pharma CMD Dilip Shanghvi was acknowledged for Services Vanguard, whereas TVS Motor MD Sudarshan Venu won for Manufacturing & Retail Excellence. MOFSL group MD & CEO Motilal Oswal was named among The Wealth Makers, while Mankind Pharma chairman Ramesh Juneja was recognised as The Deal Maker. Interglobe Aviation CEO Pieter Elbers was awarded the Glocal CEO title, and Jindal Stainless MD Abhyuday Jindal was honoured as an Urban Visionary. Solar Industries MD & CEO Manish Satyanarayan Nuwal was named among the Pillars of Progress, while KPIT Technologies’ Kishor Patil and Persistent Systems’ Sandeep Kalra received Tech Titans awards. Additionally, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders former CMD Sanjeev Singhal was recognised as the Bharat PSU Icon.

    The theme, Vucanomics 2025: Thriving in Turmoil – Turning Global Disruptions into Growth, steered discussions on leveraging technology and capital to transform uncertainties into opportunities.

    Birla, said, “Each overseas acquisition must be driven by clear strategic rationale securing raw materials, strengthening value chain resilience, or accessing higher-margin markets with lower volatility.” He added, “India is firmly on course to achieve developed-country status by 2047.”

    Union minister Nitin Gadkari, the event’s chief guest, announced that a national tolling policy would be introduced before 1 April, ensuring “reasonable concessions to commuters” and unveiling 36 new green express highways. Jaishankar, awarded Impact Icon of the Year, highlighted India’s balanced approach in global diplomacy, remarking, “From Russia and Ukraine to Israel and Iran and from the BRICS to the QUAD India engages across divides with the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.’”

    Financial markets and policy stability were also key discussion points. Motilal Oswal urged cautious optimism in equities, while SEBI chair Tuhin Kanta Pandey assured, “Taxation has been rationalised; let’s not unsettle that certainty.” NSE MD Ashish Chauhan noted a shift in market dynamics, saying, “Domestic investors are increasingly becoming a stabilising force even as foreign flows ebb and flow.”

    The event culminated in the unveiling of Business Today’s special annual issue, honouring India’s finest executives. The issue was launched by Union ministers Gadkari and Jaishankar, Birla, and India Today group chairman Aroon Purie.

    With 18 eminent speakers across 13 sessions, BT Mindrush 2025 hosted over 200 CXOs from corporate India. The event was supported by Pwc (Presenting Partner), Diageo (Celebration Partner), Polymatech (Semiconductor Partner), Becquer Solar Studio (New Energy Partner), Logitech (Collaboration Partner), GAIL (Energy Partner), Sofitel Mumbai BKC (Hospitality Partner), and Laqshya Media Group and Omark Media Around Life (Outdoor Partners).

  • Narayana Health unveils new brand identity

    Narayana Health unveils new brand identity

    Mumbai: Narayana Health – one of India’s largest healthcare providers, has unveiled its new logo and announced a comprehensive rebranding exercise across all its healthcare facilities. This transformation encompasses its network of super-specialty hospitals, heart centres and primary care facilities, signifying Narayana Health’s unwavering commitment to building a healthier India.

    Unveiling the new brand identity, Narayana Health founder, chairman and executive director Devi Prasad Shetty said, “For the past two decades, we have consistently delivered high-quality healthcare services to all. In this extraordinary journey, we have brought several innovations in the healthcare delivery model, making quality healthcare accessible to the people we serve. Today marks a significant transformation in our journey, where we are integrating all aspects of Narayana Health into a singular cohesive identity with One Name, One Heart, and One Mission”.

    The new logo incorporates three beating hearts seamlessly & reinforces ‘healthcare with a heart’ into the Group’s visual identity. It reinforces Narayana Health’s commitment to serve people whole-heartedly and provide healthcare with empathy & compassion. The fresh brand logo, with updated fonts and a colour palette of red and blue, symbolises Narayana Health’s foundation as a cardiac care provider while looking ahead to newer horizons.

    “Our evolution is more than changing logos. Our mission is to deliver integrated care, wherein we take full responsibility for every aspect of our patients’ healthcare needs, from prevention to treatment. With our imminent entry into the health insurance sector and our investment in healthcare services closer to patients’ homes, this identity arrives at a pivotal juncture in our journey” said Narayana Health group CEO & managing director Emmanuel Rupert.

    With the brand transformation exercise, ‘Narayana’ will serve as the universal nomenclature, ensuring consistent messaging across all healthcare verticals. Clinics will be called Narayana Clinic, Labs to be named Narayana Lab and similarly pharmacies to be called Narayana Pharma. All hospitals across the country will adopt the standardized name Narayana Health.