CRII GUILD AWARDS 2016-17 (E-COMMERCE)

Nestlé India Executive Board accepting the CRII Most Trusted Brand recognition

At a special session, the Executive Board at Nestlé India Ltd, led by CMD Suresh Narayanan (centre), received the CRII Most Trusted Brand Award from CRII Guild Members, including Abhilash Misra (Director, India and South Asia Outreach, Chicago Booth) and Anupam Kaul (Head, Institute of Quality, Confederation of Indian Industries); Nestlé India India was assessed as being amongst the top-three most-trusted consumer brands on quality in the FMCG industry in the CRII Annual National Consumer Survey; during the ceremony, Nestlé India was also inducted into the esteemed CRII Guild

Dabur India Ltd accepting the CRII Most Trusted Brand recognition

Sunil Duggal, Dabur CEO (second from right) and Byas Anand, Head Communications, Dabur India, accepting the CRII Most Trusted Brand Award, after Dabur India was assessed as being amongst the top-three most-trusted consumer brands on quality in the FMCG industry in the CRII Annual National Consumer Survey; during the ceremony, Dabur India was also inducted into the esteemed CRII Guild

Hindustan Unilever Ltd awarded and inducted into the CRII Guild

After the incorporation of HUL into the CRII Guild, Rajeev Batra, Group Head, Corporate Affairs, HUL, addressing the CRII board on behalf of HUL Chairman and Managing Director, Sanjiv Mehta, while accepting the CRII Most Trusted Brand Award; HUL was assessed as being amongst the top-three most-trusted consumer brands on quality in the FMCG industry in the CRII Annual National Consumer Survey

CRII and University of Chicago Booth School of Business sign a wide ranging MoU

After the momentous signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between CRII and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, William Kooser (Associate Dean, University of Chicago Booth School of Business) accepts the Confederation Guild testimonial on behalf of Chicago Booth

Union Ministry of MSME, Government of India, being inducted into the Confederation Guild

Honourable Union MSME Minister Sh. Kalraj Mishra (second from right) accepting the CRII Guild testimonial in the presence of (extreme right) Bharath Visweswariah, Executive Director, UChicago Center, New Delhi, India, (extreme left) Kartik Narayan, Executive Director, CRII, and Param Khanna, Executive Director, CRII

Union Ministry of HRD, Government of India, being inducted into the Confederation Guild

(Centre to right) Honourable Union HRD Minister Dr. Ram Shankar Katheria, William Kooser (Associate Dean, University of Chicago Booth School of Business) and Abhilash Misra (Director, India & South Asia Outreach, University of Chicago Booth School of Business)

Foodpanda being inducted into the Confederation Guild

Foodpanda, represented by the Foodpanda India CEO Saurabh Kochhar (center), accepting the CRII Guild testimonial, in the presence of Kartik Narayan (left), Executive Director, Confederation of Retail Industries of India

PolicyBazaar being inducted into the Confederation Guild

PolicyBazaar.com, represented by co-Founder, CFO & COO Alok Bansal (right), accepting the CRII Guild testimonial, in the presence of Rushil Khanna, Executive Director, Confederation of Retail Industries of India

FabFurnish being inducted into the Confederation Guild

Ashish Garg, co-Founder FabFurnish.com, accepting the Confederation Guild testimonial on behalf of FabFurnish.com, in the presence of Param Khanna (left), Executive Director, Confederation of Retail Industries of India

Confederation of Retail Industries of India (CRII) has announced that Policybazaar.com, FabFurnish.com and Foodpanda.in are the year 2016-17 recipients of the Confederation Guild Awards 2016-17 for the e-commerce space.

The Confederation Guild Awards are awarded annually by the Confederation of Retail Industries of India to leading corporations for outstanding achievements in their respective spheres of performance. The Confederation Guild Awards commend organisations striving towards the creation of national and global benchmarks across industries and geographies.

The year 2016-17 Confederation Guild awardees for the e-commerce space – Foodpanda.in, Policybazaar.com and FabFurnish.com – all have excelled in their respective operational areas and have created world-class experiences for the Indian consumer. Policybazaar.com has grown significantly since its inception and is now India’s largest insurance portal. FabFurnish.com has become India’s largest online home store e-tailing home furnishings, furniture, décor and kitchenware. Foodpanda.in, in a short timespan, has dramatically innovated the food ordering space in India and is now India’s largest online food ordering platform.

CRII’s Executive Director, Param Khanna, said, “Recipients of the Confederation Guild Awards become lifetime members of the CRII Guild, a power group of India’s best performing organisations, top-level policy makers, and most influential thought leaders. The CRII Guild, thus, creates some of the most powerful conversations between the government and the industry. India’s economy is at the cusp of a phenomenal transformation due to the online era; thus, the inception of leading e-commerce companies into the CRII Guild would significantly benefit both the government and the industry alike.”

The co-founder of Policybazaar.com, Alok Bansal, said, “The CRII Guild is a commendable initiative, given that it lends a powerful voice to the e-commerce industry by presenting their views to policymakers and influencers. A platform such as this extends a two-way benefit. On one hand, it brings together think tanks from every walk of the e-commerce segment and on the other, it allows policymakers to access forward-looking information and approaches as presented by the industry experts. This is important for taking this budding industry to far greater highs.”

Ashish Garg, co-founder of FabFurnish.com, said, “We feel incredibly humbled to have received the Confederation Guild Award 2016-17. It is a moment of prestige for us to be included among such remarkable brands. Our association with CRII encourages us to not only maximize our efforts to gain better results in our respective fields but also maintain the standards that keep us at par with the biggest names of the industry.”

Saurabh Kochhar, the CEO of Foodpanda.in, said, “It is exciting and at the same time celebratory to have received this influential Confederation Guild Award 2016-17 for our industry by the Confederation of Retail Industries of India. We are glad to have come on the same platform, which serves the best and the most powerful minds from ecommerce/start-up ecosystem and look forward to bringing to the forefront a positive upgradation. We wish to collectively build and innovate a strong and constructive platform for the industries and government to flourish in unison.”

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