The awards function, the first in the Business Today's Business Leaders of State (BLOS) series, also saw three power-packed panel discussions on industrial clusters, food processing industries and manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh

Brian Humphries took over as the Chief Executive Officer of IT company Cognizant in April 2019. While the company is based out of New Jersey, Humphries visits India every few months. The reason isn't hard to see - Cognizant has 2,00,000 employees in India. The country is also emerging as a large business opportunity. Business Today's Goutam Das caught up with Humphries on his most recent visit. Edited excerpts:

Much like China and other Asian giants - but unlike India - Bangladesh has achieved structural transformation with manufacturing and exports driving its growth in output (GDP) and employment

Maruti Suzuki's CSR efforts were focused on community development, road safety and skill development