The Apollo CV Awards 2021 jury. Clockwise from left: Bhushan Mhapralkar, Editor, CV Magazine; VG Ramakrishnan, Managing Partner, Avanteum Advisors LLP; Shyam Maller, Former Executive Vice President - Sales & Marketing, and Aftermarket, VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd.; Girish Mirchandani, Editor, Transtopics; Kaushik Madhavan, Vice President - Mobility, Frost & Sullivan, and Ruchir Mathur, Product Marketing Manager – M&HCV (Trucks and Buses), APMEA, Apollo Tyres.
The 12th edition of Apollo-CV Awards (2021) was streamed on Youtube on the evening of April 10, 2021, turning yet another leaf in the life of an event that has come to be the mark a humble tribute to the CV industry and its many stakeholders, including dealers and transporters. Turning virtual against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic for the first time ever, the event accompanied a learning process for many those associated with it. Held amid conditions involving ‘work from home’ and ‘digital ways of working’, the awards was graced by Darrel Huntsman, CEO, Frost & Sullivan, as the keynote speaker. Turning virtual post much deliberation with those from the CV industry as well as those that linked to it, the logistics sector included, the 12th edition did not include panel discussion in its itinerary. Ensuring that all those involved observed the stipulated guidelines of social distancing, mask wearing and sanitizing whenever the need for a field presence arose, the awards began with the nomination call in February 2021. This was unlike every year prior, when the nominations call was announced in October of the year of consideration. The pandemic environment postpaid to the delay, creating challenges in terms of manpower, communications and more.
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