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25
Years of Excellence
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Events Organised
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Awards Categories
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Global Participants
About The Forum
The Indian Achievers’ Forum (IAF) is an apex body, established in the year 2000, and is driven by a full-fledged advisory board that consists of senior leaders, prominent bureaucrats, famous journalists, renowned corporate CEOs, industry experts, consultants and subject matter specialists to make India proud at the national and international level.
We bring professionals and social entrepreneurs together through conferences, seminars, social events, networking sessions, knowledge sharing programmes, exhibitions, and other initiatives that promote social entrepreneurship. In the past two decades, we have organized more than 200 such programmes in India and abroad where more than a lakh participants took part. Our website www.iafindia.com, draws good traffic of approx. 2 lacs hits globally every
month. We also publish two prominent magazines CSR TIMES & Achievers’ World.
The Dignitaries
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Govt. of India
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Testimonials
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The Achievers
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Ms. Lakshmi Durga Panguluri
Achiever’s Success Story Ms. Lakshmi Durga Panguluri: A Visionary Leader in AI and Data Science Lakshmi Durga Panguluri’s journey began with a strong academic foundation. She earned a Master of Science in Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods from a reputed U.S. university, graduating with a stellar GPA of 3.85 and
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Ms. Lakshmi Durga Panguluri
Achiever’s Success Story Ms. Lakshmi Durga Panguluri: A Visionary Leader in AI and Data Science
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Ms. Heena Dhawan
Achiever’s Success Story With over 13 years of experience, she leads initiatives in data engineering
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Mr. Yeswanth Surampudi
Achiever’s Success Story How Mr. Yeswanth Surampudi’s Expertise in Big Data and Cloud Technologies Drives
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Mr. Vaibhav Rastogi
Achiever’s Success Story Mr. Vaibhav Rastogi’s ability to tackle complex challenges, innovate, and contribute to
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Mr. Umesh Kumar Sharma
Achiever’s Success Story Mr. Umesh Kumar Sharma, Specialist Leader at Deloitte Consulting Introducing the visionary
IAF Awards Categories
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Indian Achievers’ Forum aims to recognize outstanding achievements by groups and individuals that directly or indirectly impact the socio-economic welfare of India.
Indian Achievers’ Awards are bestowed upon for outstanding achievements under the following Award Titles:
IAF International Summits
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Success Stories Of Achievers
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Mr. Tanay Shah
Achiever’s Success Story Trailblazing Digital Product Manager Shaping the Future Tanay Shah an industry luminary with a remarkable history of achievements in digital product management, embodies a relentless commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer-centricity. With an extensive portfolio spanning both B2C and B2B domains, his profound understanding of user needs and a fervent drive to deliver seamless experiences sets him apart. As the Senior Product Manager at Amazon, Tanay spearheads the groundbreaking
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Indian Start-Up Entrepreneurs
Started: 2008 Valuation: Rs. 9,900 cr. “People have started trading cows and buffaloes on our
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International Achievers’ Award Winner, USA
A philanthropist and humanitarian, Prem Bhandari is Chairman of the US chapter of the Jaipur
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Indian Start-Up Entrepreneurs
Started: 2010 Valuation: Rs. 2,500 cr. “One of my desires is to be in the
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International Achievers’ Award Winner, USA
Pradip Kothari (Peter to his friends) is a successful businessman and social worker-cum-community activist based
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President Congratulates Sindhu for Great Achievement
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated Ms. P. V. Sindhu for winning a Silver
About Indian Achievers' Forum
Our primary goal is to promote industries and to ensure that government and society as a whole, understand both the needs of industry and its contribution to the nation’s well-being.
For this, we work
- To identify and strengthen industry’s role in the economic development of the country.
- To act as a catalyst in bringing about the growth and development of Indian Industry.
- To reinforce industry’s commitment to society.
- To create awareness and support industry’s efforts on quality, environment and consumer protection.
- To identify and address the special needs of the small sector.