Punjab governor presides over LMA's 44th anniversary & award function

LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana Management Association (LMA) organized its 44th Anniversary and award function on Tuesday at a city hotel.
Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit was the chief guest on this occasion while several prominent personalities from different fields were also present in the program.
Shobhan Soi, general secretary, LMA in his welcome address thanked governor for sparing his valuable time to confer the Annual awards instituted by Ludhiana Management Association.The event was conducted to facilitate the blazing industrialists and entrepreneurs of Ludhiana.
VK Goyal, chairman of the Annual Awards Committee, presided over the awards function.
Governor Banwari Lal Purohit in his speech commended the work of LMA and its accomplishment over the past decades. He said it was appreciable how the LMA as a body had put in continuous efforts in establishing better environment for growth for management academics, entrepreneurs, and it’s individual members. He also congratulated the award winners on this occasion and said that their work was an inspiration for generations to come. He urged LMA members to contribute and strengthen business community and research efforts for better development.
About 300 industrialists, entrepreneurs, academicians, business men and women attended the function. Important dignitaries from the public administration offices also joined the event. The event was concluded with presidential remarks by Neeraj Jain, President LMA, a vote of thanks by Harpreet Kang, senior vice-president LMA & memento was presented to the governor by Gaurav Munjal , vice-president LMA.
List of awardees
(I) LMA – Vardhman Award for Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Gopi Kothari, MD- Kay Jay Forgings Pvt. Ltd, Ludhiana
(II) LMA – Dayanand Munjal Award for Manager of the Year 2021 Dr. Anirudh Gupta, CEO- DCM Group of Schools, Ludhiana
(III) LMA–Trident Award for Young Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Somveer S. Anand – CEO The Innovative Mission Punjab
(IV) LMA – Hari Chand Award for Corporate Citizen of the Year 2021 Rama Munjal, Founder- Arpita Cancer Society for Children, Ludhiana
(V) LMA – Sohan Lal Pahwa Award for Emerging SME of the Year 2021 Rishi Gupta, MD Kova Fasteners Pvt. Ltd, Ludhiana
(VI) LMA – Sat Paul Mittal Life Time Achievement Award of the Year 2021 Subhash Chander Ralhan, Director- SRI Tools Industries Ltd, Ludhiana