Anil Agarwal, executive chairman of the London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources (pictured), is the Ernst &Young (E&Y) Entrepreneur of the Year. Agarwal will now represent India at the E&Y World Entreprenuer of the Year Award in Monte Carlo, Monaco in May 2009.

Also Read   News Now Paper Specials - Sensex makes remarkable recovery, regains 17K - Shubhalakshmi Panse takes charge as Vijaya Bank ED - S C Kalia takes over as Union Bank ED - PNB may acquire majority stake in Kazakh bank - Maoist hindering land acquisition for Tata steel project: Raman More     Also Read   News Now Paper Specials - Defence offsets rise to Rs 8,000 crore - Govt may allow private sector investment in education - India Inc takes swap route to beat FCCB redemption blues - GVK eyes controlling stake in B'lore airport - Capex spending slows in Q2 More   Also Read   News Now Paper Specials   - Q3 FY09 Results: Earnings Season - Saving Satyam: Govt gets into action - India-Pakistan Tensions: Fallout of Mumbai Terror Attack - Your Money: Where to invest - Market Crash: Global worries weigh - Time Out: Books, fashion, food, travel, sports, health...  More

Eight other entreprenuers also received awards in various categories at a glittering function held here today.The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to PRS Oberoi, chairman and chief executive of the Oberoi group.

The 10th edition of the E&Y awards in India was decided by a six-member jury headed by KV Kamath, managing director and chief executive of ICICI Bank.

AM Naik, chairman and managing director, Larsen and Toubro, won the Manager Entrepreneur award and Arvind Rao, CEO and co-founder of OnMobile Global was the Start-up Entrepreneur of the Year.

The other Entreprenuer Award winners in various categories were Jaiprakash Gaur, founder chairman of Jaypee Group (infrastructure and construction), Gautam Thapar, chairman and CEO of Avantha Group (manufacturing), Rohinton Screwvala, CEO of UTV Software Communications (services), Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO and MD and Hitesh Oberoi, director and COO of Info Edge (business transformation), and P Namperumalsamy, chairman of Aravind Eye Care Systems (health care and life sciences).

“All the winners are outstanding individuals who have built exceptional enterprises. They have challenged existing business models, created markets where none existed, led innovation and also built global scale and structure,” said Rajiv Memani, country managing partner of E&Y.

The past recipients of the E&Y awards include Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani, N R Narayana Murthy, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Sunil Mittal, Brijmohan Lall Munjal, B Ramalinga Raju and Tulsi Tanti.

Other Stories      - Sensex makes remarkable recovery, regains 17K - S C Kalia takes over as Union Bank ED - PNB may acquire majority stake in Kazakh bank - Maoist hindering land acquisition for Tata steel project: Raman - Koda says he will report to ED only after Jharkhand polls More

Read Business news in  Advertisements   Get financial advisory and solutions for your projects   Holidays starting at a delightful EMI of Rs 3481   Switch on and say hello to Monday morning !   Your dream home can now be a reality.   Visit Fortis for a preventive health check-up & get a 20% discount.   Follow the ups and downs of your investments. Try our new Portfolio Tracker   Kolkata Dock \ Freight contract for the British Gurkhas Nepal   Find how Midsize Businesses use ERP to gain competitive advantage   Trading in Forex is now as easy as 1-2-3   Discover an economical and cost effective way to market your products and services   Giftwithlove.com: Same day delivery of Flowers and Cakes to India   Download the E-book on the Future of Business Intelligence   Learn Best Practices for improving customer satisfaction   Know your customers better... download the free e-book on CRM