IABCA reveals names of 2020 finalists

The India Australia Business and Community Awards (IABCA), which is supported by Global NSW, announced its list of global IABCA finalists on November 6, 2020. This year, the IABCA received an immensely high level of engagement with greater than 300 entries across seventeen distinct award categories. The panel of experts had to indulge in a significant degree of extensive analysis covering eight weeks in deliberating over the pool of entries and eventually arriving at the list of finalists from among the high calibre and diversely skilled entrants.

Among the seventeen award categories, one of the most prominent ones is the IABCA Young Professional of the year which recognises outstanding achievements of a young professional in middle or senior management who has built a successful career and is under 35 years of age. The finalists include AayushiKhillan, a board member of Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority; AkashAhluwalia, Managing Director, Jenny Craig Australia and New Zealand; AkshayaBorkar, co-founder, The Art and Craft Gallery; DilpreetKaur, founder, South Asian Today; Jehan Kanga, Ag Clean and Deep Tech Lead, KPMG Australia; Dr. Karan Sinha, consultant psychiatrist, Vital Psychiatry Clinic; KarthikumarKrishnakanth, WA State Director, Baiada; KirandasSivadasan, Director and Founder, BRIKS Technologies;

Dr. Partha Narayan Mishra, Geotechnical Engineer, KlohnCrippen Berger; Dr. Saba Nabi, Secretary and Board Member, Multicultural Council of WaggaWagga; Sri Harsha Reddy Mangammola, Director, VR Brothers Pty Ltd; and SrikarMaddi, Director of Partnerships, Kolossus Digital.

Mannu Kala, General Manager, Medlab Pathology; Abbas Kudrati, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft Asia’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Group; Daman Shrivastav, Lecturer, Box Hill Institute; GunasekarDoraiswamy, Co-Founder and Technical Director, Intergy Consulting Australia; Hitesh Mohanlal, Owner, MediSuccess; Professor MuktiKanta Mishra, President, Centurion University of Technology and Management; NavneeshGarg, Chief Executive Officer, Adactin Group Pty Ltd; Dr. Raj Khillan, Director, Western Specialist Centre; RohitPathak, Associate Vice President, Infosys; and ShubhneetTyagi, CEO, Australian Institute of Engineering are among the finalists of the IABCA Business Leader or Professional of the Year (Male) category which acknowledges outstanding achievements of a business leader, professional or researcher in middle or senior management who has built a successful career and is over 35 years of age.

Winners will be announced at the National IABCA Gala on19th March 2021at the International Convention Centre, Sydney.

Mannu Kala,General Manager, Medlab Pathology