- Eminent journalist R. Jagannathan conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award
- Veteran Editor, Late Mr. Kewal Varma conferred with Hall of Fame
- Over 1,200 nominations received in 2015
New Delhi, 3rd June, 2016: Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism was conducted for the 4th year in succession at a glittering function at the Shangri- la’s Eros in New Delhi on June 2, 2016.
- Jagannathan was conferred with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award and Veteran Editor, the special Hall Of Fame Award was conferred posthumously to Late Mr. Kewal Varma at the 4th Edition of the Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism by the Chief guest, Hon. Minister of State for Finance, Government of India, Shri Jayant Sinha in the presence of Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital Limited).
Winners and Runner Ups in various categories are:
- Economic Policy – Winner : Mridula Chari, Runner Up -: Mihir S. Sharma
- Financial Markets –Winners : Anand Adhikari & Mahesh Nayak, Runner Up -: Sachin Mampatta & Rajesh Bhayani
- Financial Institutions – Winners: Jash Kriplani & Jitendra Kumar Gupta, Runner Up: Raghu Mohan
- Sectoral Issues – Winner: Rajshekhar, Runner Up : Anurag Kotoky
The event was attended by distinguished personalities from various walks of life including Ministers, bureaucrats and corporate chieftains from the public and private sector who applauded the winners.
A compendium of Top 100 articles was distributed as a special booklet to the audience.
Mr. Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Shriram Capital Ltd., said, “The winners of Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2015 represent the brightest and the best thought leaders in the media fraternity. In the 4th year, the Awards have stimulated a transformation inspiring members of the fourth estate to deliver more insightful and incisive articles. Our Corporate Social Responsibility initiative presents financial journalists in a different spotlight making them icons within the fraternity and amongst decision-makers and influencers. It is an honour to have a glittering array of distinguished personalities including Hon. Union Minister Shri Jayant Sinha as Chief Guest felicitating the award-winning journalists at this grand finale.”
Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai played an important and independent role in the selection process by scrutinizing the nominations and making them available for the Jury Members for their consideration.
The distinguished panel of independent jury members comprised Mr. Gopal Srinivasan (Chairman & Managing Director – TVS Capital Ltd.); Mr. Srinivasan K. Swamy (Chairman & Managing Director, R. K. Swamy BBDO); Ms. Ashu Suyash (MD & CEO, CRISIL); Mr. Adit Jain (Chairman, IMA Asia), Mr. Swaminathan S. Aiyar, Consulting Editor of Economic Times and Mr. T. N. Ninan (Chairman, Business Standard).
About Shriram Capital Ltd.
Shriram Capital Limited (SCL) is the overarching holding company for the Financial Services and Insurance entities of the Shriram Group, created with the primary objective of optimizing the synergies across the Group’s entities. Established in 1974, Shriram Group is one of the most respected Groups in India with a predominant presence in financial services. Shriram Capital Limited (SCL) is the overarching holding arm of all the financial services entities of the group. Currently its financial service businesses include commercial vehicle (CV) financing, retail financing, chit fund, equipment financing, mortgages, life insurance, general insurance, stock broking, distribution of financial products and wealth advisory services. The Group manages assets of over US$ 13 billion. The Group has been promoting Financial Inclusion of low income families and small businesses. SCL and its operating entities, have an overall customer base in excess of 10.2 million, more than 42,000 employees across 2,400 offices.
About Sanlam Group
Sanlam Group established in 1918, is a financial services group based in South Africa. The Sanlam Group conducts its business through Sanlam Limited, the corporate head office and four business clusters. Sanlam provides financial solutions to Individuals and Institutional clients in the form of individual, group and short-term insurance, personal financial services such as estate planning, trusts, home and personal loans, savings and linked products, investment, asset management, property asset management, stock broking, risk management and capital market activities. Sanlam operates throughout South Africa, and has business interests elsewhere in Africa, Europe, India, Malaysia, USA, and Australia.
SSA1- Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha being felicitated by Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital) at the Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2015 grand finale
ssa 2 – Eminent journalist R. Jagannathan conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award by Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha, Hon. Union Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa3 – L to R – Ms. Mridula Chari from Scroll.in (Winner – Economic Policy), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa4 – L to R – Mr. Mihir Sharma from Business Standard (Runner up – Economic Policy), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa5 – L to R – Mr. Mahesh Nayak from Business Today (Winner-Financial Market), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha, Mr. Anand Adhikari from Business Today (Winner-Financial Market) and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa6 – L to R – Mr. Rajesh Bhayani from Business Standard (Runner Up-Financial Market), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital). The other Runner Up Mr. Sachin Mampatta was not present
ssa7 – L to R – Mr. Jitendra Kumar Gupta from Outlook Business (Winner – Financial Institutions), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha, Mr. Jash Kriplani from Outlook Business (Winner – Financial Institutions) and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa8 – L to R – Mr. Raghu Mohan from Business World (Runner up – Financial Institutions), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa9 – L to R – Mr. M. Rajshekhar from Scroll.in (Winner – Sectoral issues), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa10 – L to R – Mr. Anurag Kotoky from Bloomberg News (Runner Up – Sectoral issues), Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa11 – L to R – Son and wife of late Mr. Kewal Varma who was conferred posthumously with the special Hall Of Fame Award receive the award from Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa12 – Winners of the Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2015 with Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha, Hon. Union Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu and Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital)
ssa14 – Mr. T. N. Ninan (Chairman, Business Standard and jury member) at the Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2015 grand finale
ssa15 – Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha at the Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2015 grand finale
ssa16 – Hon. Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayant Sinha, Hon. Union Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu being felicitated by Mr. Ajay Piramal (Chairman, Shriram Capital) at the Shriram Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism 2015 grand finale
