<span style="font-weight: bold;">The seventh edition of Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards honoured the outperformers of Indian road transport sector. </span><br /><br />Change, Road Safety and Innovation were the mantras of the seventh edition of Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards held recently in New Delhi, where the who's who of Indian road transport sector gathered and various outperformers of Indian transport were honoured. <br /><br />Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards recognises and rewards various stakeholders in the trucking industry on parameters like Outperformance, Excellence, Innovation and Change Leadership, judged against the backdrop of RISE pillars - Accepting No Limits, Alternative Thinking and Driving Positive Change. The initiative, with its inclusive nature, has set for itself, very high standards.<br /><br />The Ministry of Road Transport &amp; Highways has continued to support the awards program for the fifth consecutive year. Besides higher numbers, the entries also exhibited better quality, more interesting stories and stronger pitch, giving a feeling that the Transport Excellence Awards have come of age. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Awards </span><br />Vinod Sahay presented the report card of the Awards program, reaffirming the company's commitment to continue, strengthen and make more relevant, this RISE initiative. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Saakshi Kishnani, Senior Manager, Advisory Services, Media &amp; Entertainment, E&amp;Y</span> provided the customary certification for fairness, robustness and transparency from the stage. Prominent CV financiers like ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank took away the top honours in their category.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Veejay Nakra, Chief of Sales &amp; Marketing, Auto Division</span>, talked about the inclusion of SCV and LCV category. He stressed upon important role play by the segment in emerging Indian economy through last mile distribution. Sundaram Finance was felicitated for Enablers of Social Change category. <br /><br />Speaking at the occasion, <span style="font-weight: bold;">YS Malik, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport &amp; Highways, Government of India,</span> said, 'I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations and praise the Mahindra Group for coming up with such a recognition for one of the most important sectors of the Indian economy. There is a need that we honour those who are thriving to make a change in their day to day work and this effort is in that direction.'<br /><br />On the theme of Road Safety, this year Mahindra introduced a new short story contest called, 'Come Home Papa' in collaboration with its Literature Partner, tellmeyourstory.in. Mahindra Saarthi Abhiyaan Scholarship winning daughters of truck drivers were invited to write stories on Road Safety, based on father's experiences on the road. All the stories were published online, at www.tellmeyourstory.in and the best 30 stories have been chosen for publishing in the book. Four of these girls, who were chosen by a special jury, were felicitated with their family members.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Experts debate</span><br />The seventh Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards saw a high-level panel discussion deliberation on a pertinent topic Commercial Vehicle End-of-Life Policy in India. Vivek Law, a prominent journalist and Consulting Editor, Zee Business, moderated the panel discussion. The discussion focused on the likely contours of the policy as well as the impact of such a policy on all stakeholders like commercial vehicle OEMs, government agencies, fleet owners, single truck owners, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />The other members of the panel included <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rakesh Batra, Partner, Automotive Practice, E&amp;Y;</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">YS Malik, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport &amp; Highways, Government of India</span>; <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prof G Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore; and Vinod Sahay, CEO, Mahindra Truck &amp; Bus and Construction Equipment Division, Mahindra &amp; Mahindra.</span><br /><br />The audience comprising prominent truck fleets owners, transporters and logistics company heads and professionals, commercial vehicle financiers, dealers of commercial vehicles, and senior delegates from transport sector, faculty members from IIM-Ahmedabad, and delegates from Mahindra Group and heads of various agencies and select media delegates took immense interest and relished the proceedings. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Pawan Goenka, Managing Director, Mahindra &amp; Mahindra, </span>addressed the gathering about the significant changes happening in the world economy, India, automotive industry and in CV industry, under the theme, CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT. He said, 'The best way to predict the future, is to create it.' He urged the gathering to invest in own light of knowledge initiative, within their company, community, ecosystem. He added, 'There can be nothing better than investing in sharpening the saw, to better prepare for the ever-changing forest.'&nbsp; <br /><br />In his concluding remarks, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rajan Wadhera, President - Automotive Sector and Member - Group Executive Board, Mahindra &amp; Mahindra</span>, reinforced that Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards will continue to applaud the endeavour of the unsung heroes of the industry in the years to come.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Award Winners</span><br />The seventh edition of the Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards recognised and rewarded various stakeholders and included SCV, LCV and ICV segments for various awards category. With an overall award entry 3,722 fleet owners' participation and 8,848 nominations, this initiative is getting bigger, better and more inclusive.<br /><br />Group 1: SCV &amp; LCV<br />Outperformers in Business<br />Winner: 3X Cargo Cab<br />Runner-up: SSPT Logistics<br /><br />Outperformers in Distribution<br />Winner: Inland World Logistics Pvt Ltd<br />Runner-up: SVA Logistics Pvt Ltd<br /><br />Dream Chasers<br />Winner: Vaishali Transcarriers Pvt Ltd<br />Runner-up: Coldrush Logistics Pvt Ltd<br /><br />Enablers of Social Change<br />Winner: Sundaram Finance<br /><br />Torch Bearers of Safety<br />Winner: Peenya Industrial Gases <br />Pvt Ltd<br /><br />Group 2: ICV &amp; HCV<br />Outperformers in Business <br />(Up to 100 CVS)<br />Winner: Gujarat Logistics<br />1st Runner up: Orange Cargo Carriers<br />2nd Runner up: Panther Transfreight Ltd<br />Outperformers in Business (More than 100 CVS)<br />Winner: Cargo Carriers India Ltd<br />1st Runner up: BLR Logistiks (I) Ltd<br />2nd Runner up: Ganpati Carrying Corporation Ltd<br /><br />Outperformers in Infrastructure Segment<br />Winner: Gujarat Logistics<br />Runner up: RVN Transports<br /><br />Torch Bearers of Safety <br />(ICV &amp; HCV)<br />Winner: Cargo Carriers India Ltd<br />Runner up: Sankari Roadways<br /><br />Youth Transport Personality of the Year<br />Winner: Praveen Somani, Inland World Logistics Pvt Ltd<br />Runner up: Rubal Jain, Safexpress Pvt Ltd<br /><br />Lady Transport Personality of the Year<br />Winner: Anuradha Nijhawan Anand Trans Logistics Pvt Ltd<br />Runner up: Mukta Shah, Shree Hatkeshwara Translines Pvt Ltd<br /><br />Fleet Driver Category<br />Winner: CS Elangovan, R. Gopal Transport<br />1st Runner up: Yadhava Radhakrishnan G, Dhanalakshmi Cargo Movers<br />2nd Runner up: N Dhamotharan; RKC Transports &amp; Co<br />GROUP 3: ECOSYSTEM AWARDS<br />Lifetime Achievement Award<br />Winner: Prof G Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore<br /><br />Commercial Vehicle Financier<br />Winner: ICICI Bank Ltd<br />Runner-up: HDFC Bank Ltd<br /><br />Outperformance in Integrated Logistics Services<br />Winner: NTC Logistics India Pvt Ltd<br />Runner-up: Rhenus Logistics <br />India Pvt Ltd<br /><br />Customised Application Builder<br />Winner: Sanva Motors Pvt Ltd<br />Runner-up: Sub Zero Mobile Refrigeration Solutions<br /><br />Highway Dhaba Categor<br />Winner: Sagar Dhaba<br />Runner-up: Surya Dhaba<br /><br />Mahindra Saarthi Abhiyaan 'come Home Papa' Story Writing Contesty<br />Winner: Bulbul Khan &amp; Rukhsar Khan<br />1st Runner-up: Riya Dahiya<br />2nd Runner-up: T Sivasri<br /><br />Lady Achievers<br />Shilpa; G Selvamani.<br /><br />Special Recognition Award<br />Winner: Rivigo Service Pvt Ltd<br />