IF IT WAS ABOUT ANYTHING, IT WAS ABOUT team-work. And, the rigours to which the group was willing to put itself through.
Stalwarts of the industry, editor of the magazine and the marketing head subjecting themselves to a gruelling day-long brainstorming just to take a grip of the processes followed in getting the nominations, parameters set and the road ahead leading up to the award ceremony.
Bestowing the impeccable prestige and status to the awards was the standard-setting efforts taken by the jury that met for deliberation in this virtual meeting. The jury consisted of the industry role-models and thought-leaders with illustrious careers in their fields.
The esteemed members of the jury present were Amol Nagar, Director Manufacturing Operations, Global Sourcing and Supply Chain, GE Aviation India Business; Jagdish Ramaswamy, President and CDO, Hindalco Ltd; Krishnan Sadagopan, Senior Vice President, Engine Development, Ashok Leyland Ltd; academician Dr. Manoj Kumar Soni, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani; Mohammad Athar, Partner, Economic and Infrastructure Development, PwC; Partha Ghosh, Director Projects, Kalyani Steels Ltd; and the indomitable Rajesh Nath, MD, VDMA India with his long association with Manufacturing Today Awards.
Nath, an eight-time veteran as the jury member for the Manufacturing Today Awards, said “Through my eight years of association with Manufacturing Today, I have seen the jury only getting bigger and the awards getting better every year.”
THE NOMINATIONS
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