Few names of the awardees were:
- Mr. Shridhar P. Joshi, Head, Customer Service, TATA Motors Ltd.,
- Mr. R.K. Gupta, CMD, Wepcos (A Govt. of India Enterprise)
- Shri Anand Khetan Chairman & Managing Director – NARAYAN Group
- Mr. Ashish S. Kulkarni, CEO, Big Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd., and few others.