2012 ET ZW Awards : Jury Member Profiles

Dec 20, 2012
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A popular automotive television show anchor, a former National Rally Champion, marketing maestros from the industry, former MD and CEO of Fiat India and our very own in house experts all came together for this special event to form a powerhouse of automobile expertise and industry experience that finally helped us pick the best cars and bikes this year. Here's a look at their personal credentials

Rajeev Kapoor

Former Fiat India MD and CEO, Rajeev brought in a deep perspective into our judging process with years of experience in building cars. He may have retired, but he's even more the petrolhead now than he has ever been!

Sudhir Sharma

Auto enthusiast and Founder & Creative Chairman of INDI Design, one of the country ' s leading brand, design and innovation consultancies that has made its mark globally, Sudhir brought a fresh perspective to the judging process.

Avik Chattopadhyay

Avik has been a stable figure in the ET ZigWheels Awards Jury for a few years now and his insight is near inseparable. Having been the Chief of Marketing at Peugeot's India operations, this man sure knows his cars and bikes.

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Adil Jal Darukhanawala

The driving force behind ZigWheels, Adil was as enthusiastic and bubbly as he always is, and apart from evaluating the numerous contenders as Jury Chair, he even had to step in and break the tie twice when deciding segment winners - it was that close!

Siddharth Patankar

An unmissable face on Indian Television, Siddharth has been the driving force behind NDTV's Car & Bike Show for years now. Aside from being a fun guy to hang out with, his hunger for everything automotive was extremely appreciated.

Hardeep Bawa

Apollo Tyres has always been a strong partner to the ET ZigWheels Awards and offering his experience with the jury process was Divisional Head – Marketing Communication, Hardeep Bawa who got deep into the details of every contender.

Harish Samtani

If you really want to know how a car drives, hand it over to a rally driver! That’s exactly what we did and this former Indian National Rally Champion sure had a thing or two to show to the youngsters on the team!

Dilip Desai - ZigWheels Road Test Editor

Apart from the external Jury members, key personnel from our ZigWheels Editorial team, Chief Road Test Editor, Dilip Desai, Assistant Editor Muntaser Mirkar, Chief Content Developer Vikram Gour, Principal Correspondent Varad More and Senior Correspondents Priyadarshan Bawikar and Abhishek Nigam were also part of the panel.

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