India’s first reality television show to empower the entrepreneurial youth, ended on Thursday, December 18th 2014 with Mukund BS of Sriram Eco Raksha Services Private Limited being declared India’s second Masterpreneur. Masterpreneur India’ was conceptualized two years ago to be a path-breaking initiative in identifying, recognizing and helping strong companies and their tough minded leaders. These companies, it is hoped, will someday turn out to be successful and world class organizations, and create immense social and economic value - by generating new employment, delivering high quality products and services to discerning customers and managing business operations effectively and profitably.
In Masterpreneur Season-2, Six finalists were judged on two tasks by the distinguished jury comprising of Sunjay Kapur Managing Director - Sona Group; Keki Mistry, Vice Chairman & CEO HDFC; Ms. Chitra Ramakrishna, MD & CEO NS; RehanYar Khan, Founder Orios Venture partners; Noshir Colah, Operations Partner, Aavishkar; PR Ganapathy, President, Villgro and Sanjay Pugalia, Editor in Chief CNBC AWAAZ. The common theme amongst all the participants this year revolved around their belief of believing in themselves and achieving what they dream of. The season also witnessed some very innovative and creative concepts from the contestants such as: Team building through cooking; a multipurpose food-processing machine; a digital media business; a manufacturer of drones and an entrepreneur who turns products that people want to scrap into a dream come true for young kids!