In a glittering ceremony with emotion-packed moments and a soul-stirring musical performance, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented BusinessLine’s Changemaker of the Year award to Bharat Biotech for its stirring work during the pandemic in producing a homegrown vaccine in a super quick time.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated BusinessLine for its reportage.
Here is a glimpse of the BL Changemaker Awards 2022.
Photos: Bijoy Ghosh, Kamal Narang
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S Vaidhyasubramaniam, Vice-Chancellor, Sastra University during the fireside Chat on the New Education Policy at BL Changemaker Awards 2022.
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Suchitra Ella Joint Managing director of Bharat Biotech with the BL Changemaker of the year award
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Malini Parthasarathy, Chairperson of The Hindu Group Publishing addresses the gathering at the BL Changemaker Awards 2022.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman present the BL Changemaker young changemaker award to Akash Singh who bagged the award for his new start-up Energinee Innovations which is into making statues, figurines and artefacts from waste, particularly from temple ash
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents scientist Ramesh Raliya with the BL Changermaker award for Social Transformation
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman being felicitated by Malini Parthasarathy, Chairperson, THG Ltd, and Raghuvir Srinivasan, Editor, BusinessLine
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman present the Iconic changemaker award to cricketer Mithali Raj.
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