In a glittering ceremony with emotion-packed moments and a soul-stirring musical performance, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented BusinessLine’s Changemaker of the Year award to Bharat Biotech for its stirring work during the pandemic in producing a homegrown vaccine in super quick time.

• The prodigiously talented Mithali Raj, who single-handedly put women’s cricket centre stage, was crowned the iconic changemaker of the year.
• Receiving the award, the cricketer said, “My lesson to young girls would be not to dream to be like Mithali Raj but be bigger than Mithali Raj.”

BUSINESSLINE CHANGEMAKER AWARDS

– Presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi in six categories
– Changemaker of the year: Bharat Biotech
– Iconic Changemaker of the year: Mithali Raj
– Changemaker Digital Transformation Award: DeHaat
– Changemaker Financial Transformation Award: Zerodha
– Changemaker Social Transformation Award: Ramesh Raliya
– Young Changemaker Award: Akash Singh and Prachi Shevgaonkar