2025 Award Recipients
Stephen Harper
22nd Prime Minister of Canada
Pavi Binning
Deputy Chairman, Wittington Investments
Raj Viswanathan
Group Head & CFO, Scotiabank
Raj Kothari
Centre Street Enterprises
Shivani Gupta
Crown Group of Hotels
Anju Virmani
Corporate Director
Anand Karat
President & CEO, Vretta
Norton Kothari
Chairman, Kothari Group
Navin Chandaria & Family
Conros Corporation
2024 Award Recipients
Vikash Sharma
President & CEO, ICICI Bank Canada
Nina Tangri
Associate Minister of Small Business, Govt. of Ontario
Naresh Raghubeer
Managing Partner, Sandstone Group, Ottawa
Pradeep Sood
Chair man Xact Group Founding Director Highbury Canco Corporation
Shalini Sheth
COO, US Operations, Surati Sweet Mart, Toronto
Jay Khosla
Sr. Asst. Deputy Minister Privy Council Office
Nitin Kawale
President and CEO of Kawale and Company. Past President and CEO of Cis co Systems Canada Past President, Enteprise Business Unit, Rogers Communication.
Sudheer Paladugu
President & COO Marcan Pharma, Ottawa
Vikas Gautam
CEO - Global Offshore Business Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd
Jeff Lal
President, Jenco Canada, Brampton
Paul Thoppil
Canada’s Indo-Pacific Trade Representative
Devika Penekelapati
Founding Partner Borders Law Firm
Amit Kumar Sharma
Head-Americas,
VFS Global
Dr. Ananth Seshan
Chairman, 5G Technologies, Ottawa
Ravi Jain
Jain Immigration L aw
Sameer Sharma
President
Crown Group of Hotels
Previous Gala Award Recipients
2019, 2022, 2023
Ray Gupta
Chairman & CEO Sunray Group of Hotels
David Agnew
President Seneca College
Praveen Varshney
Varshney Capital
Hon. Ranj Pillai
Deputy Premier Yukon
Anil Arora
Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada
Bob Dhillion
Mainstreet Equity Corp
Goldy Hyder
President & CEO Business Council of Canada
Dr. Pradeep Merchant
Site Chief, Division of Neonatology Ottawa Hospital
Harshvendra Soin
Chief Global People Officer, Tech Mahindra
Ravi Balchandani
Executive Director, Alternate Solutions Group, CIBC Captial Markets
Joseph S. Savier
President & CEO
State Bank of India Canada
Michael McCabe
Resident Director
North America, Tata Sons
Prashant Srivastava
Director, Business Development
Seneca College
Roseann O’ Reilly Runte
President & CEO
Canada Foundation
for Innovation
Hon. Prasad Panda
Minister of Infrastructure
Govt. of Alberta
Dr. V.I. Lucky Lakshmanan
Process Research ORTECH
(Order of Canada)
Dr. Mohit Bhandari
Chair, Dept. of Surgery
McMaster University
Usha George
Academic Director, Toronto
Metropolitan Centre for
Immigration & Settlement,
Toronto Metropolitan University
Vijay Sappani
CEO Ela Capital
Cuckoo Kochar
DCR/Phoenix Homes
Hema Bhatt
Vice President
Natu Oil
Sandeep Gupta
Aarti Group of Companies
Vinod Ramachandran
Vice President & General Manager Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Canada
Anu Srivastava
Founder & CEO
ARRA Arts
Jag Badwal
Ontario Agent General in USA
Raman Dua
Founder & CEO
Save Max Real Estate
Reetu Gupta
Eastons Group of Hotels
Lata Pada
Founder & Artistic Director
Sampradaya Dance Creations
Surjit Babra
Chairman
SkyLink Capital Corporation
Victor Thomas
President & CEO
Canada India Business Council
Vipul Patel
Vice President
Sun Pharma
Surpreet Warna
Chief Operating Officer
HSBC Bank Canada
Sam McDadi
Sam McDadi Real Estate
Dr. Suneet Singh Tuli
CEO
Datawind
Dr. Terry Papneja
Aim for Seva
Suresh Madan
Entrepreneur/Investor
Kamal Bhardwaj
Lotus Funeral & Cremation Centre
Atul Aggarwal
Marcan Pharmaceuticals
Meenu Sikand
Assistant Deputy Minister, AODD,
Ministry of Seniors & Accessibility
Govt. of Ontario
Gary Comerford
President
CMC Global
Anand Aggarwal
Manor Park Group of Companies
Anita Dalakoti
Dalakoti Financial & Insurance Services
Raj Narula
Inca Synergies
Haren Sheth
CEO
Surati Sweet Mart
Rahul Singh
Founder & Executive Director
Global Medic
Rahul Bhardwaj
OM Financial
Indira Khurana
President & CEO
Laser Cosmetics &
Pain Treatment Clinics
Akhil Tyagi
Manager - Europe & Americas
Govt. of Ontario
Rajiv Bhatnagar
Director
Technology Risk Management &
Cyber Security,
TD Bank Group
Kuldeep Sharma
Chairman & CEO
Crown Group of Hotels
Sandip Chaudhury
Head of International & Customer
Growth, Wealth & Personal
Banking,
HSBC Bank Canada
Sunil Tulsiani
Founder
Private Investment Club
Kundan Joshi
CEO
TheAppLabb
Shiv Bhasker
President
Overseas Friends of
India Canada
Upasana Sharma
CEO
Investor Quotient Canada
Pawan Gupta
President
Camyork Apartments
Prem Bhatia
President
PB Holdings
Tazim Lal
Thank You India
Vijay Thomas
CEO
Tangentia
Arun Srivastava
President & CEO
Paystation
Haresh Mehta
President & CEO
Eximcan Canada
Murari Lal Thapliyal
Thapliyal & Rai Law Firm
Sandeep Dhupar
Managing Partner
Jeevan Niwas Retirement Village
Jatinder Banwait
J & M Group & One Place
Kanwar Dhanjal
CEO
Just Instruments
Kelly Ahuja
President & CEO
Versa Networks
Pankaj Agarwal
Managing Partner
Agarwal Holdings
Rajesh Khurana
CEO
Mortgage Diligent &
Zivasa Realty
Rakesh Joshi
Joshi Law Office
Raman Agarwal
President & CEO
Akran Group
Ajay Shah
President
OM Hotel & Resort
Anil Sharma
Akal Insurance Brokers
Aravind Arasavilli
Director
Eficens Canada
Anil Shah
President,
Ni-Met Metals