ecostp technologies p ltd was awarded startup entrepreneur of the year and queppelin technology solutions private limited was awarded msme entrepreneur of the year yuvraj singh was named as the youth icon award of the year and shraddha kapoor was recognised as the emerging investor of the year celebrating the success stories of indias most innovative and resilient msmes and startups et now indias leading english business news channel hosted the 10th season of leaders of tomorrow awards in mumbai marking a decade in empowering the transformation of the indian entrepreneurial ecosystem leaders of tomorrow awards season 10 themed empowering indias next decade of entrepreneurship was engaged with the purpose to enable entrepreneurs to adopt newage business models to futureproof their businesses in this dynamic ecosystem an annual national event dedicated to uncovering and recognizing the most promising entrepreneurs leaders of tomorrow awards this year showcased upcoming and enterprising small businesses across 23 categories shortlisted through an exhaustive panindia screening process and duly evaluated by an esteemed panel of jury the selection process involved benchmarking across a range of quantitative and qualitative parameters such as business model risk management strategy impact reach promoter background and technology impact disruption a melting pot of enterprising visionaries startup gurus business icons domain experts nextgen entrepreneurs and disruptors the event witnessed a distinguished lineup of speakers including mr mangal prabhat lodha minister of skill development entrepreneurship of maharashtra v vaidyanathan md ceo idfc first bank raymond ritesh agarwal ceo oyo rooms legendary cricketer startup entrepreneur yuvraj singh prashant pitti cofounder easemytrip shraddha kapoor actor emerging investor among others delivering the welcome address mk anand md ceo times network said for over a decade leaders of tomorrow indias largest entrepreneurship platform has enabled and empowered the spirit of indian smes msmes and startups while we all are taking pride in the vast human resource that is available to india we also plan to create the right leadership that can ease us into a promising tomorrow the will to win and the vision to spot new opportunities are not going to be inbuilt in all we have to ingrain them into the minds and characters of those with the potential to lead the winners of et now leaders of tomorrow will be that exclusive community that is ever ready to charter a new course with clarity and capability mangal prabhat lodha minister of skill development entrepreneurship of maharashtra appreciated et now for organising such a stellar award show i am glad to be a part of such a beautiful event that boasts of such great minds who have been big contributors in the betterment of mumbai and the country i have also been a businessman so i understand the need for skill in the sector the percentage of skilled workers in india is very low when compared to other developed countries when shri narendra modiji became the prime minister in 2014 for the first time he started the