Coimbatore Management Association (CMA) organised National Management Day 2026 Celebrations and CMA Awards Ceremony on Friday.

A.Arun Balaji, Partner, Forensics and Integrity Services, Ernst & Young LLP took part as the Chief Guest.

Nithyanandan Devaraaj, President, CMA welcomed the gathering.

The Chief Guest, Arun Balaji delivered a speech on the topic ‘Shaping Scalable Entreprises through Governance & Business Excellence’. He then gave away the awards. Every year, CMA recognises and honours entrepreneurs and professionals who excel in their respective field.

*CMA Awardees 2026*

CMA – Roots Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Large Enterprise) was presented to K.R.Nagarajan, Founder & Chairman of Ramraj Cotton.

CMA – DJ Corporate Leader of the Year Award was presented to Lalitha Devaraj, Managing Director, Ampo Valves India Private Limited.

CMA – PSG IM Management Faculty of the Year Award was presented to Dr.B. Uma Maheswari of PSG Institute of Management.

CMA – Sandfits Punniavathi Ranganathan Award for Business Sustainability was presented to Sakthi Group. Govindh Rajkumar, Director, Sakthi Aircraft Industry Pvt Ltd received the award.

CMA – Mahendra Pumps Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Mid Corporate) was presented to Rabwin Industries Pvt Ltd. P.R. Aruchamy, Managing Director; P.Ramakrishnan and P. Balakrishnan, Directors, Rabwin Industries Pvt Ltd., received the awards.

CMA – GRG Woman Entrepreneur of the Year was presented to R. Uma Sekar, Managing Director, Avaneetha Textiles Pvt Ltd.

CMA – Quadra Startup of the Year was presented to Mugesh and Naveen, Co-Founders, Goat Robotics Private Ltd.
CMA – RVS Transform Tech Award in Business was presented to
Binu Paulose-CFO, Saravanan.R-Sr.Manager IT, Suresh Babu.K-Sr.Manager
Supply Chain, Rasi Seeds Private Ltd.

CMA-STC Best Management Researcher Award was presented to M.Suresh, Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham

CMA-Best Student Chapter Award was presented to GRG School of Management Studies. Dr. Sadhasivam, Director of GRG School of Management Studies and team received the award.

Puneet Krishnan,Hon.Secretary of CMA rendered the note of gratitude.

EY served as the Principal Sponsor of the event. KGiSL, Faso; Propel, Global Cast Solutions; Kambaa, One Plus Nine Realty; Annapoorna; Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals, Kirtilals; Inspace, Truspeq; KMCH, Indo Shell Cast; Besten, Krish Carbon, Bharath Group, SRKP, Vasanthi Foundry, Marks and Auto Diecasting Company, served as the sponsors of the event.