Inside IIB Awards 2021 – Everything that happened at the Awards Night

The Event started with the traditional “Lighting of the lamp” ceremony and this was followed the amazing musical session which was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience, The Musician took song requests and kept the adults engaged and the kids on their feet. 

Here we can see the kids and audience having a good time with the singer. 

Special October Edition of the Magazine was unveiled by our very own Editor–in-Chief Srinivas T, Dr. V G Kiran Kumar, Revathi Kamath, Jogesh Deuri, M S Raghavendra, Gourish Akki, Gangadhar Mallappa and Dr. Shruthi Gowda along with noted Rotarians. Dr. Shruthi Gowda is on the cover of our Special October Edition, where she introduces her new venture Akanksha Jewellery. 

The awards ceremony was started off by awarding a “Guru” Dr. Krupakar Narayanswami was awarded as the “IIB Best School Teacher and Social Activist – 2021”. Vidwan Guruprasad N.H was awarded as ”IIB Best Sanskrit Scholar -2021” and followed by Dr. C B Shashidhar being awarded as the “IIB Best Educationist Of The Year – 2021”. Dr. Jogesh Deuri who joined us all the way from Assam was awarded as “IIB Best Sericulture Promoter in Assam – 2021”

Ganesh Hegde of Globe Tech Fortune Industries Pvt Ltd - Peenya,  Bengaluru, managed to bag the “IIB Best Machine Components Manufacturer – 2021” and his brother Narayan Hegde was awarded as the “IIB Best Technical Professional – 2021’’

Amrut Sridhar Hiranya of Dog Guru was awarded as “IIB India's Only Dog Behaviourist”. Dr. C Srinivas Raju of C Manjunath and Brothers – Peenya, were awarded as “IIB Best Metal Sculptors – 2021”. NC Dhanya Kumar of Cee Pee Tech - Bommsandra, took home the award as the “IIB Promising Entrepreneur – 2021”. 

“IIB Best Woman Entreprenuer – 2021” was awarded to Asha N R of Asha Chemicals. 

“IIB Best Fabricator – 2021” was awarded to Thimmappa SK and Shanmukha SK of Sri Lakshmi Profile - Peenya, Bengaluru.  Raj P Ahuja of Bangalore Industrial Oils was awarded as “IIB Best Industrial Oil Supplier – 2021”. Bhaskar BR of Print O Tex Rolls took away the “IIB Best Automation Innovator – 2021”. HC Sundar of Sree Mahadeshwara Fabrications was awarded as “IIB Best Stainless Steel Fabricators”.

“IIB Best Builders and Constructors – 2021” was awarded to Lokanatha Babu J of Eshwara Developers.  “IIB Best Pre Fabricated Engineers -2021” was awarded to Rtn. Arun Kumar J of VAV Associates - Champion PreFab. HV Raja of Bhaskara Group of Company Pvt Ltd was awarded as “IIB Best Customised Lift Manufaturer – 2021”.

Manohar Iyer of Saptham Cold Pressed oils was awarded as “IIB Best Cold Pressed Oil Manufactureres”,  K Nagaraj from Amruth Organic Fertilisers was awarded as “IIB Best Organic Fertiliser Manufacturer -2021”, HanumanthGoud GH of Gokul Organics was awarded as “IIB Best Organic Farming Exporter – 2021”, Revathi Kamath of Calyx Landscaping and Organic Farming was awarded as “ IIB Best Environmentalist & Landscaper – 2021”, “IIB Best Agri Tech Innovater & Machine Manufacturer-2021” was won by  Nagasamudra Prakash of SGM Technologies and Yelneer Katte & Team managed to win “IIB Best Natural Coconut Shakes – 2021”.

Dr. Vunnam Hari Babu, IRS was awarded as “IIB Best Administrator and Social Worker – 2021”, “IIB Best Innovative Aerospace Entreprenuer – 2021” was taken away by Sridhar Chintha of Ferra Aerospace, “IIB Best IT Entreprenuer – 2021” was awarded to Basaveswarlu Boyapati of Now Apps Technologies and  Praveen Kumar Dadala of AWOT Global Logistics India was awarded as “IIB Best Corporate Mentor  - 2021”, “IIB Best Automation Innovator – 2021” was awarded to Mr. S S Mangond of Koodal Engineers

And to encourage young entrepreneurs, IIB recognized  young entreprenuers, Abhilash K of Amruth Organic Fertilizers and  Sharth Hegde of Globe Tech Fortune Industries were awarded as “IIB Emerging Entrepreneur -2021”

Dr. Amma Rathnamma, Dr. Sathyavathi Basavaraj PMJF, Dr. Karuna Veerakempaiah PMJF, Dr. Renuka Prasad, Girish Kumar Naidu, Salma Taj, John M Peter were recognized and honored as “IIB Best Social Entrepreneur -2021”. 

M S Raghavendra of Media Masters was awarded as “IIB Best Youtuber of Karnataka -2021” and Gaurish Akki was awarded as “IIB Best Anchor & Youtuber of Karnataka -2021” 

The event wouldn’t have been successful without the supervision of Dr. V G Kiran Kumar who was a proactive host along being the Guest of Honor; He was gracious enough to speak about almost every award winner. 

Ganesh Hegde’s speech about “Good to Great” was marvelous and his concept of 4 pillars of business was simple yet effective. 

Revathi Kamath’s speech about the importance of treating kids with respect and the importance of protecting a child’s mind and mental health was an eye opener to many audience members. Mrs. Kamath also gave a glimpse of her new upcoming book, which is all about how she managed to raise two boys to become billionaires.