MUMBAI: With the world watching corporate India’s green game, Business Today has announced the jury for the inaugural edition of BT India’s Most Sustainable Companies – Summit & Awards. The jury meet will be held on 16 May to evaluate the country's ESG front-runners ahead of the grand ceremony in June.

Chaired by State Bank of India former Chairman Rajnish Kumar, the jury features a high-calibre mix of financial, regulatory, and sustainability expertise. Among them:

1    Reserve Bank of India former ED Deepali Pant

2    CareEdge Group MD & group CEO Mehul Pandya

3    HDFC Trustee Company Ltd chairman of the Board Vimal Bhandari

4    Deutsche Bank Group MD & head of ESG – Asia Pacific Kamran Khan

5    Corporate advisor Srinath Sridharan

6    IIFM director K Ravichandran

The awards, which will be handed out on 6 June in New Delhi, will celebrate Indian companies that have hardwired environmental, social and governance values into their business models. Companies will be recognised not just for adopting ESG checklists, but for delivering measurable impact through sustainability-led growth.

Union minister for environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav, will attend the summit as Chief Guest, adding policy weight to a platform that aims to bridge business ambition with climate action.

From carbon cuts and circular economy experiments to social equity frameworks and governance overhauls, the awards will spotlight companies leading by example. Business Today’s initiative signals an urgent and necessary shift: that the age of box-ticking sustainability is over, and real accountability is now the benchmark.