The seventh version of businessline Changemaker Awards shall be held on Friday.

The chief visitor for the occasion, to be held in Mumbai, is Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.

A complete of 1,807 nominations had been obtained throughout 5 classes — Changemaker of the Year, Young Changemaker, Changemaker – Digital Transformation, Changemaker – Social Transformation, and Changemaker — Financial Transformation.

For the sixth class, Iconic Changemaker, nominees had been chosen by the businessline crew and information companions, Deloitte and Ashoka Innovators for the Public, after an intensive dialogue.

In addition, businessline’s Chairperson’s Award goes to an entity that’s carrying on exemplary work in schooling.

The nominees had been vetted by the businessline’s validation associate, Niiti Consulting.

The winners in every class had been chosen by an eminent jury at a gathering held in Chennai. The jury this yr was chaired by D. Subbarao, former Governor of RBI.

The different jury members had been Harish Bhat, former Brand Custodian, Tata Sons; A. Balasubramanian, MD & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund AMC; Lakshmi Venu, Vice-Chairman, TAFE; N.S. Nappinai, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court; Chetna Gala Sinha, Chairperson, Mann Deshi Mahila Bank; and J. Radhakrishnan, Chairman & MD, Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation.

The occasion might be watched stay by scanning the QR code or on: https://thbl.information/BLCM2025LS

Published – September 25, 2025 04:40 am IST