IBLA 2026: Meet the winners of this year’s CNBC

Top leaders across business, sports, and entertainment were awarded at the 21st Editiom of CNBC-TV18's India Business Leaders Awards (IBLA) 2026 on Saturday, March 14. From honouring advertising legend Piyush Pandey to paralympic athlete Simran Sharma, and business giant Kumar Mangalam Birla, take a look at the IBLA 2026 awardees here:

Kumar Mangalam Birla - Entrepreneur of the Decade: The veteran business leader was awarded as the entrepreneur of the decade at IBLA 2026.

Simran Sharma - Special & Para-Sports Leader of the Year: The paralympic athlete was awarded for her achievements in the area of sports. While accepting the award, Sharma thanked her husband, and said that she is now aiming for the Asian Games.

Piyush Pandey - Hall of Fame: The advertising legend was inducted into CNBC-TV18's IBLA Hall of Fame posthumously. Pandey's siblings Ila Arun (sister) and Prasoon Pandey (brother) accepted the award on his behalf. "Everyone felt that he was his buddy," Prasoon said while remembering his the ad-veteran.

TT Jagannathan - Hall of Fame: Chairman Emeritus of TTK Prestige was inducted in the Hall of Fame. Venkatesh Vijayaraghavan, MD & CEO, TTK Prestige, and TT Mukund (son) accepted the award on the leader's behalf.

Smart Joules - Outstanding Contribution to Climate Consciousness: Arjun P Gupta, Founder & CEO of Smart Joules accepted the award. "We saved about 250,000 tonnes CO2 profitability for ourselves and our clients," he said.

Rishab Shetty - Entertainment Leader of the Year: The Actor and Kantara movie Director was awarded the entertainment leader of the year.

Suryakumar Yadav - Sports Leader of the Year: The captain of Indian Cricket Team (T20) was received the sports leader of the year award for his achievements and leading India to the T20 World Cup win.

Gautam Gambhir received the Excellence in Sports award. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal gave the award to the Head Coach of India Cricket Team.

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