Silicon Valley-based The Indus Business owners (TiE) has conferred the World Entrepreneur of the Yr Award- Company Transformation on Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman Aditya Birla Group.

Mr. Birla is the very first Indian industrialist to receive the award. He was conferred with this award at a ceremony in Dubai for his “extraordinary leadership of a globally diversified conglomerate in the course of the unparalleled period of world wide turmoil induced by the pandemic.”

Mr. Birla joins the checklist of international entrepreneurs to receive the award this yr which involved Elon Musk (Global Entrepreneur of the Calendar year – Immigrant Entrepreneur), Jeff Bezos (Worldwide Entrepreneur of the Yr – To start with Generation) and Satya Nadella (World Entrepreneur of the Year – Entrepreneurial CEO).

The awardees have been picked by an unbiased jury chaired by venture capitalist Tim Draper, founder, Draper University.

“It is an honour to obtain this prestigious award in a yr that has been marked by such unprecedented improve. The Aditya Birla Team stands out for its pace of exercise, selection of companies and breadth of its geographical presence,” Mr. Birla said.

“The pandemic brought to the fore the inherent resilience and agility of the team that enabled our enterprises to reboot and renew. I obtain this award on behalf of 1,40,000 colleagues from in excess of 100 nationalities,” he added.

Praveen Tailam, chair, TiE Global Board of Trustees claimed, “These awards are meant to accept the enablers of the worldwide ecosystem. These are the persons who are offering options for prosperity creation, task generation and the inspiration to our up coming era of enablers.”