Uday Kotak selected for special jury award by EY India

9 finalists for EOY Award named

EY India on Sunday announced nine finalists for its 27th Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY) Award, which will be announced in Mumbai on 25 February 2026, a press statement released said. The list of finalists includes Abhishek Lodha, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Lodha Developers; Deepinder Goyal, Founder, Eternal Limited; Ajay Bhardwaj, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anthem Biosciences; Gopal Vittal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bharti Airtel Ltd, among others. 

Uday Kotak, Founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, has been selected for a special jury award for his transformative contributions to the Indian banking and finance industry, EY India said. 

 

Past winners of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year India Awards include Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries (2000); Ratan Tata, Tata Group (2003); Anand Mahindra, Mahindra Group (2009); Kumar Mangalam Birla, Aditya Birla Group (2005); Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bharti Airtel (2004); Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon (2020); and Vellayan Subbiah, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company (2024). 

---

Disclosure: Entities controlled by the Kotak family have a significant holding in Business Standard Pvt Ltd