New Delhi, April 1, 2016: Mr. Ramashankar Pandey, Managing Director, HELLA India Lighting started his entrepreneurial journey with a profound and powerful leadership vision of “India Free from Road Deaths”. From “Entrepreneur of the Class” to the “Most Promising Entrepreneur of India”, Mr. Pandey has experienced an exceptional journey throughout.
During the course of his journey he has achieved various awards and accolades and recently, Mr. Pandey was recognized as one of the ‘Most Promising’ Entrepreneur in India at the 10th Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2016. The Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 were held at JW Marriott Aerocity, New Delhi, India.
On the occasion Mr. Pandey stated that, “I feel honored for receiving such a coveted award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 India. I feel this recognition is not just for me and my colleagues at HELLA India Lighting, but this recognition symbolizes the amazing opportunities India provides to its emerging entrepreneurs in a cohesive ecosystem.”
The APEA is often compared to the Olympics for its stringent entry criteria and highly-competitive judging parameters. Nominations to the APEA itself is by invitation, either through past or current awardees, a supporting trade association or the executive committee of Enterprise Asia. Nominees are then subjected to a series of rigorous tests, which include financial verification by an appointed audit firm and a compulsory physical site audit and interview, culminating with a confidential balloting process by an independent judging panel.
Awardees are expected to be torchbearers of entrepreneurship and business leaders in their respective countries, while adhering to strict standards of personal and business ethics.
“We can say with certainty that the recipients of the APEA are like no other. Not only do they have to prove their entrepreneurial skills and experience in one of the toughest contests in the world, they also subject themselves to a pledge to uphold the highest standards of entrepreneurship, which includes allegiance to the two founding pillars of Enterprise Asia, namely Investment in People and Responsible Entrepreneurship”, says William Ng, president of Enterprise Asia.
About Mr. Ramashankar Pandey
A Six Sigma Green Belt, born in a remote town of Madhubani, Bihar, Mr. Ramashankar Pandey is popularly known as “Entrepreneur of the Class” among his classmates at NIT Calicut. As the MD of Hella India Lighting Ltd. he has built the foundation of his Indian Aftermarket start-up from scratch. At 33 years, Mr. Pandey is the youngest professional CEO & MD of a listed German MNC in India.
Mr. Pandey has over 18 years of entrepreneurial and turnaround specialist experience in the auto component industry and has successfully brought back an ailing region of BOSCH’s Eastern India Aftermarket to National fame.
With his versatile experience, efforts and dedication he was successful in turning around a decade old loss making entity into an innovative and sustainable business model. He inspires to reduce the alarming road accidents and road deaths in India through Lighting Technology.
Mr. Pandey completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Calicut and was a University ‘Rank Holder’. He also holds a Diploma in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India and has completed the Executive General Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Mr. Pandey was a task force member with the CII in the past and was instrumental in developing Auto related vocational course for Delhi University. Presently, he is an active member of ACMA Safety & Regulatory Committee, as well as of the Consumer Affairs Committee.
He is actively engaged in fighting the menace of alarming road deaths on Indian roads, with a mission to to ultimately reduce road deaths by 10 % by the end of this decade and also to create employment opportunities for 10 million youths in his lifetime through knowledge and charity in the area of vocational education.
About APEA
Launched in 2007, the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards are the region’s most prestigious awards for outstanding entrepreneurship, continuous innovation and sustainable leadership. The Awards provide a platform for companies and governments to recognize entrepreneurial excellence, hence spurring greater innovation, fair business practices and growth in entrepreneurship. As a regional award, it groups together leading entrepreneurs as a powerful voice for entrepreneurship and serves as a by-invitation only networking powerhouse. The program has grown to encompass twelve markets all over Asia.