BL Changemakers: The event in pictures

Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu at the BL Changemaker Awards event. Photo: Kamal Narang

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Minister Arun Jaitley release the BL Changemaker Award special edition during the second edition of BL Changemakers event. BusinessLine editor R Srinivasan is also seen. Photo: Kamal Narang

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh receives a special momento from K Venugopal, founder editor of the Hindu BusinessLine in New Delhi. Photo: Kamal Narang

Kush and Arjun Pandey (right) winners of the Young Changemaker award. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh

Winner of Digital Transformation: eNAM. Prasanta Kumar Swain, Joint Secretary- Marketing, Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh

Kalinga Institute of Social Science emerged winner of the Social Transformation award. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh

Anju Verma, winner of the Young Changemaker award, addresses the gathering. Photo: Kamal Narang

Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Group GovernmentAffairs Officer, Tata Sons; Kamal Arora, Senior Director, India Govt - Business; Dell Technologies; Rajen Vagadia, Country-Head, Qualcomm; N Venkatram from Deloitte India, with Business Line editor Raghavan Srinivasan during a panel discussion at the BL Changemaker Awards ceremony. Photo: Kamal Narang

Winners (left to right) Anjali Gopalan, Keshav Suri, Akkai Padmashali (petitioners of Section 377), Prasanta Kumar Swain (for eNAM); Achyuta Samanta (founder, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences); Dr Manmohan Singh (Chief Guest), Finance Minister Arun jaitley receiving award on behalf of GST Council, Saroj (from Safai Karmachari Andolan, on behalf of Bezwada Wilson, brothers Kush and Arjun Pandey (Young changemakers), and Anju Verma (Young changemaker) along with BusinessLine editor Raghavan Srinivasan. Photo: Kamal Narang

It was housefull at the BL Changemaker Awards event that was held at the Leela Palace, New Delhi. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh

Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu interacts with K Venugopal, director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd during the event. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh

Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley greets the chief guest of the day Dr Manmohan Singh while receiving Changemenaker of the year award on behalf of GST Council. Photo: Kamal Narang

Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley receives the Changemaker of the year award on behalf of GST Council from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Photo: Kamal Narang

(From left) Keshav Suri, executive director of The LaLit Suri Hospitality Group, Akkai Padmashali, a transgender activist and Anjali Gopalan, Activist receive awards on behalf of the petitioners of Section 377. The flagship award Changemaker of the Year was bagged by them. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh

Young Changemaker awardee Anju Verma. Photo: Bijoy Ghosh