MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) MD & CEO Punit Goenka has received the coveted Business Today ‘Best CEO' award in the Media and Entertainment category for 2016. The award was presented by the minister of law & justice and electronics & information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, India Today group chairman & editor-in-chief Aroon Purie & Wave group vice chairman Manpreet Chadha, at the BT Best CEO Awards ceremony in New Delhi.

Acknowledging the award, Goenka said, “I accept this award with pride on behalf of our visionary chairman, Dr. Subhash Chandra, and my team at ZEE, whose dedication, hard work and support have enabled the organisation to reach greater heights. We have consistently grown ahead of market, expanded our network viewership share and experienced growth of our product bouquet, both in India and internationally."

The methodology of Business Today’s Best CEO Awards focused on the operational performance of companies and their shareholders returns which was conducted by BT’s Knowledge support partner for the process PwC India. To arrive at the BT Best CEO Award winners for 2016, Business Today first used the BT500 list of Most Valuable Indian Companies as a base and then analysed three-year data, using parameters such as growth in total income, total shareholder returns and PBIT. Based on this analysis, an independent jury comprising renowned business leaders -- JM Financial Group chairman Nimesh Kampani, JP Morgan India CEO Kalpana Morparia, Khaitan & Co. senior partner Haigreve Khaitan, and Bain & Co. India chairman Sri Rajan chose the final winners.

Other recipients of the BT Best CEO Awards 2016 include Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, Tech Mahindra CEO & MD C P Gurnani, and Dabur India CEO Sunil Duggal, among other.