Dilip Shanghvi

Executive Chairman | Sun Pharmaceuticals
Jury Member
Dilip Shanghvi

Dilip Shanghvi is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited. He is also the Chairman of Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd., which is engaged in R&D of new innovative drugs and delivery technologies.

A first-generation entrepreneur, Mr. Shanghvi has won numerous awards and recognitions, including Forbes’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2014), Economic Times’ Business Leader of the Year (2014), CNN IBN’s Indian of the Year (Business) (2011), Business India’s Businessman of the Year (2011), EY Entrepreneur of the Year India award (2010), Economic Times’ Entrepreneur of the Year (2008), Business Standard’s CEO of the Year (2008), and CNBC TV 18’s First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year (2007). He was also awarded with the Padma Shri in 2016 for his distinguished contribution to the Indian Trade & Industry.

Mr. Shanghvi has played a vital role in the globalisation of the Indian pharmaceutical industry and continues to inspire generations of entrepreneurs in their journey of success.