Gaja Capital Business
Book Prize 2023

2023 Winners

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The 2023 Gaja Business Book Prize Shortlist featured a diverse and compelling set of stories, showcasing the expanding pantheon of Indian business literature. Among the shortlisted books were “Capture the Dream: The Many Lives of Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair” by Bachi Karkaria, “Essentially Mira: The Extraordinary Journey Behind Forest Essentials” by Mira Kulkarni, and “The Tech Phoenix: Satyam’s 100-Day Turnaround” by T.N. Manoharan and V. Pattabhi Ram.

The Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2023 was jointly awarded to ‘Against All Odds: The IT Story of India’ and ‘Winning Middle India: The Story of India’s New-Age Entrepreneurs’ by esteemed authors Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu, Krishnan Narayanan, and T.N. Hari and Bala Srinivasa. While “Against All Odds” chronicles the trials, triumphs, and history of the Indian IT sector, “Winning Middle India” provides a detailed account of the new generation of startup founders who are catalysts for the transformation of the next 40-50 Crore Indian consumers

2023 Jury

Manish Sabharwal

Jury Chairman

Vice Chairman, Teamlease Services Limited

Imran Jafar

Executive Director, Gaja Alternative Asset Management Limited

Arindam Kumar Bhattacharya

Ex-Managing Partner, Boston Consulting Group (India)

Dr. Lakshmi Venu

Joint MD of Sundaram-Clayton Ltd

Dr. Sangita Reddy

Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited

Michael Queen

Michael is a reputed successful global investment professional, currently Chairman of the University of Surrey. He was formerly Chief Executive of 3i Group plc and served as Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association. He is also serving as the Chairman of Thames Bridge Capital, where he provides strategic advisory to alternative asset managers and corporates.

Neelkanth Mishra

Chief Economist, Head of Global Research, and member of the Board in Axis Capital

Prithvi Pal Singh Haldea

Chairman, Praxis Consulting and Information Services Private Limited

Shailesh Vishnubhai Haribhakti

Chairman of DHC (Desai Haribhakti)

Upendra Kumar Sinha

Ex-Chairman, SEBI

2023 Short List

Against All Odds: The IT Story of India

Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu and Krishnan Narayanan

Capture the Dream: The Many Lives of Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair

Bachi Karkaria

Essentially Mira: The Extraordinary Journey Behind Forest Essentials

Mira Kulkarni

The Tech Phoenix: Satyam’s 100-Day Turnaround

T.N. Manoharan & V. Pattabhi Ram

Winning Middle India: The Story of India’s New-Age Entrepreneurs

T.N. Hari and Bala Srinivasa