Harsh C. Mariwala, chairman of Marico, was on Thursday named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020. He will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award on June 10.
Prathap Chandra Reddy, founder and executive chairman, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Awards were also announced for eight other categories. These include Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO, Think & Learn Pvt Ltd (BYJU’S), for business transformation; Peyush Bansal, founder and CEO, Lenskart Solutions Pvt Ltd, in the start-up category; Deepak Mehta, chairman and managing director, Deepak Nitrite Ltd, in manufacturing; Dinesh Agarwal, chief executive officer and managing director, IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd, in services.

The other winners are Sushil Kumar Agarwal, MD and CEO, Aavas Financiers Ltd, in financial services; Darshan Patel, chairman and managing director, Vini Cosmetics Pvt Ltd, in consumer products and retail; Ameera Shah, managing director, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, in life sciences and healthcare; and Suresh Narayanan, chairman and managing director, Nestle India Ltd, in the entrepreneurial CEO category.

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, delivered the keynote address at the virtual awards ceremony.

The winners were selected by a nine-member independent jury panel led by Uday Kotak.