The 36-year-old Indian Cement Review has been the business bible for the industry for decades. And the Awards are an integral part of the publication’s standing. This year, the success story repeated itself. From putting together an eminent jury panel and a stringent screening process to handing over the trophies to the esteemed winners, it was an inspiring journey all along for the 6th Indian Cement Review Awards 2023. ICR presents to you glimpses from the evening of celebrations.

The 6th Indian Cement Review Awards 2023 were held along with the 8th Indian Cement Review Conference and the 13th Cement Expo at Sheraton Hotel, Hyderabad on the 24th of February, 2023. The process of evaluation of participating companies started two months prior to the awards when the ICR jury panel was given the mandate of analysing the performances of various cement manufacturers during 2021-22.
The jury panel for the 6th Indian Cement Review Awards 2023 included:

• Ashok Kumar Dembla, President & Managing Director, Humboldt Wedag India
• Rajesh Pathak, Managing Director, Schenck Process India
• Dheepan Ramalingam, Managing Director, Ringfeeder Power Transmission
• Dr B N Mohapatra, Director General, NCB
• Rajeev Toshniwal, Managing Director, Toshniwal Industries
• Ganesh Jirkuntwar, Head Manufacturing, Dalmia Cement
• Rajnish Kapur, Chief Operating Officer, J.K Cement
• Ashwini Pahuja, Former Chief Sustainability Officer, Dalmia Cement (Bharat)
• Vivek Bhatia, Managing Director, Thyssenkrupp Industries

The awards were given away by Pratap Padode, Founder & President, FIRST Construction Council, invited Sumit Bannerjee, Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board, Indian Cement Review, as the hostess for the evening announced each winning company’s name and its attributes.
KC Jhanwar, Managing Director, UltraTech, was bestowed with the Man of the Year 2022-23 Award. Although he was unable to join the event personally, his heartfelt acceptance speech was delivered to the audience. His stellar journey and achievements in the Indian cement industry continue to inspire business leaders across the country.

As the winners gathered on the stage for a picture-perfect moment with their trophies in hand, the evening progressed towards cocktails and dinner, bringing the curtains down on a highly engaging and successful day with the stalwarts of the Indian cement industry.

Large Category (Turnover over Rs 5,000 cr)
Fastest Growing Cement Companies
Ranking Company Name Designation
1 Ultratech Maccha Rao National Sales Head
2 JK Cement Kedar M Shahagadkar Vice President , Cluster Head
3 JK Lakshmi Cement Naveen Kumar Sharma Whole Time Director
3 Dalmia Bharat Mukesh Kumar Sinha Unit Head – Kadapa

Medium Category (Turnover between Rs 2,000 cr and Rs 5,000 cr )
Fastest Growing Cement Companies

1 JSW Cement Nilesh Narwekar CEO
2 Star Cement Surender Kumar Jain AVP- Commercial & Administration

Small Category (Turnover under Rs 2,000 cr )
Fastest Growing Cement Companies

1 Udaipur Cement Works Naveen Kumar Sharma Whole Time Director
2 Shree Digvijay Cement K K Rajeev Nambiar CEO, Managing Director

Presenting Partner
ExxonMobil Lubricants Private Limited
Gold Sponsor
JK Cement Limited
PhillipCapital India Pvt Ltd
Silver Sponsor
LiuGong India Pvt Ltd
Associate Sponsor
Humboldt Wedag India Pvt Ltd
Presentation Partners
Martin Engineering Company
India Pvt. Ltd.
Beumer India Pvt Ltd
Ecodea Projects & Control Private Limited
Logo Sponsor
Stotz Gears Private Limited

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Truly honoured and humbled at receiving this award from the Indian Cement Review! After looking at the jury members, it is truly humbling that they recognised the effort and the growth. Mr Patode spoke about the methodology used to determine the winners and he mentioned the six-year window. I remember how big we were six years ago – from a 6.2 or 6.3 MT capacity to currently around 21 MT has been quite a journey for us. I would give the entire credit for this to my team who have put in all the hard work. It hasn’t been that easy. But we have learnt a lot, loved the journey and we look forward to having a more aggressive growth path going ahead.”

It’s a very exciting moment for us; it’s exciting to see this category. In this industry, the focus is always on the biggies. This award brings the focus to companies like us who have a high appetite in terms of sustainability, growth and profitability. The excitement at winning the award is great!

Thank you to the jury for choosing Dalmia in the large category. Dalmia family is truly cherishing this moment. Kudos to Dalmia family for achieving this goal! Dalmia team on an excellent journey of sustainably making cement, and we are partnering the progress of new India. This journey will go on and on with new heights and new achievements.”

It feels really great to get this award. This award acknowledges the fact that the able leadership and guidance of our managing director, Raghavji Singhania, and our CEO, Madhavji Singhania. The guidance and mentorship that they provide fuels a lot of good things in the team that has been building over the years. This award really shows that the leadership team is driving the business in a consistent way. It feels really nice to be here as apart from the cement companies all the key stakeholders of the industry are all here. To be rewarded amongst them feels really nice!