Ambassador Anil Wadhwa Former Ministry of External Affairs Government of India Author, Australia Economic Strategy Report 2020
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Ambassador Anil Wadhwa Former Ministry of External Affairs Government of India Author, Australia Economic Strategy Report 2020
Ambassador Anil Wadhwa Former Ministry of External Affairs Government of India Author, Australia Economic Strategy Report 2020
IABCA in 2014
IABCA AWARD - WINNERS 2024
On behalf of the IABCA Advisory and our Jury, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to the Winners and Finalists of the 2024 IABCA Awards. With a network of 1,700 alumni across both nations, the IABCA platform serves as a catalyst for new business investments while fostering cultural diplomacy and bilateral growth through the efforts of individuals, organizations, and businesses. Please click here for gala images.
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Community Services Excellence Award - Organisation 2024
Afea Care Services
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Community Services Excellence Award - Individual 2024
Asha Bhat OAM
CEO
Southern Aboriginal Corporation
Business Woman of the Year 2024
Shivani Gopal
CEO
Elladex
Australia India Impact Award - Individual 2024
Sarah Todd
CEO
Antares Restaurant & Beach Club
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Lifetime Achievement Award 2024
Camilla Franks
CAMILLA
Business Leader of the Year 2024
Prabha Nandagopal
Founder
Elevate Consulting Partners
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Managing Director of the Year 2024
Aman Madan
MD
Neo Health (OTC) Pty Ltd
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Young Professional of the Year 2024
Aamir Qutub
CEO
Enterprise Monkey
Excellence in Innovation 2024
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KnG Healthcare
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Excellence in Partnerships 2024
Asian Smart Cities Research Innovation Network (ASCRIN)
Australia India Impact Award - Organisation 2024
NAB Innovation Centre India
Australia India Science, Research & Development Award 2024
NEW EARS Team
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Excellence in Trade and Investment
2024
Australian Macadamias Pty Ltd.
SME of the Year 2024
Zone IT Solutions
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IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2023
On behalf of the IABCA Advisory and our Jury, we congratulate Winners and Finalists of the IABCA Awards platform. With 1700 Alumni across the two nations, the IABCA platform is an avenue for stimulating new business investment while steadily engaging in cultural diplomacy and bilateral growth through people, organisations and businesses.
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Community Services Excellence Award - Project 2023
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
goIT Girls Work Experience Program
Business Woman of the Year 2023
Priyanka Berani
Healthy Smiles Dental Group
Australia India Impact Award - Individual 2023
Vinod Daniel
India Vision Institute
Lifetime Achievement Award 2023
Ms Harinder Sidhu
High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand
Former High Commissioner from Australia to India
Business Leader of the Year 2023
Jay Hira
Cyber Transformation
Young Professional of the Year 2023
Khushaal Vyas
Western Sydney University
Managing Director of the Year 2023
Dr. Raj Khillan
Director-Western Specialist Centre President & Founder Healthcare Awareness Society of Australia
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Australia India Impact Award - Organisation 2023
KAS Group Asia (KGA)
Australia India Science, Research & Development Award 2023
Dr Sonu Bhaskar
Director
Global Health Neurology Lab
Excellence in Innovation 2023
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The Avolution
Excellence in Partnerships 2023
Australian Council for Educational Research (India)
Excellence in Trade and Investment
2023
Flavourtech Pty Ltd
SME of The Year 2023
​Coral Healthcare Pty Ltd
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2022
On behalf of the IABCA Advisory and our Jury, we congratulate Winners and Finalists of the 2022 IABCA across our 14 categories.
IABCA is humbled to have such a diverse engagement of leaders and businesses from across the two nations on the platform and privileged to share journey's of growth, success and resilience.
Lifetime Achievement Award 2022
Anil Wadhwa
Former Secretary Ministry of External Affairs
Government of India
Author Australia Economic Strategy Report 2020
Young Professional of the Year 2022
Rishi Kher
Co-Founder and CEO
Holy Sanity
Business Leader of the Year 2022
Shailendra Kumar
Global AI Thought Leader & Practitioner
Author of Amazon Bestseller
“Making Money Out of Data”
Managing Director of the Year 2022
Mayank Manish
Founder and Executive Director
OpEzee
Community Services Excellence Award - Individual 2022
Professor Manjula O’Connor
Psychiatrist
Clinical Hon Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
Community Services Excellence Award - Organisation 2022
REACH for Training (REACH)
Businesswoman of the Year 2022
Elaine Starkey
CEO
Global Study Partners
Australia India Impact Award - Individual 2022
Dr Meenakshi Arora
Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Australia India Impact Award - Organisation 2022
Sannam S4 Group
Australia India Science, Research & Development Award 2022
Dr Pamela Humphreys
Director
Macquarie University College
SME of The Year 2022
AirPhysio
Excellence in Partnerships 2022
Link Group
Micro Business of the Year 2022
Connect2MyDoctor
Excellence in Trade and Investment
2022
Dr Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan
NITI Aayog
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2021
On behalf of the IABCA Advisory and our Jury, we congratulate Winners of the 2021 IABCA across our 18 categories.
IABCA is humbled to have such a diverse engagement of leaders and businesses from across the two nations on the platform and privileged to share journey's of growth, success and resilience.
Young Professional of the Year 2021
Jehan Kanga
Ag Clean and Deep Tech Lead
Former KPMG Australia
Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
Ashok Jacob
Executive Chairman
Ellerston Capital
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Community Services Excellence Award - Individual 2021
Vidhu Sharma
Ayurveda for Wellness Centre
Businesswoman of the Year 2021
Dr. Tanya Unni
Director
Amtan Medical Services
Tourism, Hospitality and Catering Award Year 2021
Delhi 'O' Delhi
Excellence in Innovation Award 2021
iOmniscient
Australia India Science, Research & Development Award 2021
Professor Asha Rao
RMIT University
Micro Business of the Year 2021
Chai Walli Pty Ltd
Australia India Impact Award - Organisation 2021
State Bank of India Australia
Australia India Impact Award - Individual 2021
Shaun Star
Centre for India and Australia Studies
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Young Community Achiever of the Year 2021
Elvis Martin
National Youth Chairperson
Australian Red Cross
Community Services Excellence Award -
Organisation 2021
India Vision Institute
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Business Leader of the Year - Male 2021
Abbas Kudrati
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor
Microsoft
Business Leader of the Year - Female 2021
Sadhana Smiles
CEO
REIP
Spirit of Sport Award 2021
Simon Taufel
Integrity Values Leadership Pty Ltd/ International Cricket Council
Australian Exporter or Service Provider of the Year 2021
The George Institute for Global Health
Small Business of the Year 2021
Scribble Ink
SME of the Year 2021
Pharmako Biotechnologies Pty Ltd
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2019
IABCA are proud to remain connected with the diverse cohort of leaders through our expansive Alumni network that has organically grown over eight years. IABCA continually engages with these 1400 business professionals, and community leaders, many of whom we promote as positive ambassadors of the India-Australia relationship.
Below are previous IABCA winners who remain an key part of our alumni group:
Community Services ExcellenceAward -
Individual 2019
Margaret Hepworth
The Gandhi Experiment
Young Community Achiever of the Year 2019
Tarang Chawla
Not One More Niki
Young Professional of the Year 2019
Natasha Jha Bhaskar
Newland Global Group
Lifetime Achievement Award 2019
Jane Den Hollander AO
Former Deakin University
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Business Woman of the Year 2019
Elena Norman
Hockey India
Professional of the Year 2019
Detective Sonali Deshpande
Victoria Police
Business Leader of the Year 2019
Ashok Mysore
Infosys Limited
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Spirit of Sport Award 2019
Melanie Jones OAM
Fox Sports in Australia and Star Sports in India
Australia India Science, Research & Development Award 2019
Professor Neena Mitter
University of Queensland
Community Services Excellence
Award - Organisation 2019
Australia India Youth Dialogue
Tourism, Hospitality and Catering Award 2019
Travel Crafters
Excellence in Innovation 2019
Get to Sleep Easy
SME of the Year 2019
Medsurge Healthcare
Small Business of the Year 2019
Western Specialist Centre
Australian Exporter of the Year 2019
Mack Valves
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2018
Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor Arun Sharma
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Queensland University of Technology
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Intercultural Innovator Award
Brett Lee
Young Professional of the Year
Shivali Nayak
Senior Content Producer
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Young Community Achiever
Reena Augustine
CEO
Red Carpet Functions
Community Services Excellence Award
Southern Aboriginal Corporation (SAC)
Business Woman of the Year
Dr. Vanita Sharma
Vibe Ayurveda
Business Leader of the Year
Ravneet Pawha
Deakin University
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Professional of the Year
Professor Rajiv Khanna AO - QIMR Berghofer
Medical Research Institute
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Tour operator of the Year
Safir Tours Pty Ltd
Excellence in Innovation
Mobiconnect by Mobiddiction
Spirit of Sport Award
Jason Jaskirat Singh Sangha
Cricket NSW
Micro Business of the year
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GR Phones
Small Business of the year
Advent Consulting Engineers
SME of the Year
Fortuna Advisory Group
Australian Exporter of the Year
TAHPI PTY LIMITED
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2017
Lifetime Achievement of the Year
Neville Roach AO
Chairman Emeritus, AIBC
Young Professional of the Year
Mandeep Sodhi
Former Co-Founder and CEO
HashChing
Young Community Achiever
Jennifer Star
Founding Director
Tara.Ed
Community Services Excellence Award
Eye Play Sport
Business Woman of the Year
Celina Lazarus
Co-Founder and Director
First Crop Coffee and Maillard Atelier
Business Leader of the Year
Charlton D'Silva
CEO
Publishers Internationalé
Business Leader of the Year
Dr. Dimity Dornan AO
Executive Director and Founder
Hear and Say
Travel Agency or Tour Operator of the Year
TOTAL HOLIDAY OPTIONS - Australia
Indian Restaurant of the Year
Roshni Indian Restaurant
Spirit of Sport Award
Molina Asthana
Founder and Executive Director
Multicultural Women in Sport
Australian Exporter of the Year
Novotech CRO
Indian Investment in the Australian Market
Riverina Oils and BioEnergy Pty Ltd
Small Business of the Year
KOCO
SME of the Year
iOmniscient Pty Ltd
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2016
IABCA Lifetime Achievement Award
Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor, The
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University of Queensland
Young Community Achiever of the Year
Pritika Desai, Founder and Project
Leader ShoutOut!
Young Professional of the Year
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Deepti Sachdeva, Content strategist
Be-better People
Community Services Excellence Award
Dr Khimji Vaghjiani, Founding President
Swaminarayan Mandir
Business Woman of the Year 2016
Uppma Virdi, Founder
Chai Walli
Professional of the Year
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Tamanna Monem, International Business
Development Specialist, Queensland
Business leader of the Year
Deepak Nangia, Chief Customer Officer &
Corporate Vice President, Capgemini
Australian Exporter of the Year
Total Alliance Health Projects International
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(TAHPI)
Spirit of Sport Award
Shubhika Dubey, Student, Meriden School,
Sydney
Tour Operator of the Year
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Total Holiday Options
Indian Restaurant of the Year
Saffrron
Small Business of the Year
REACH For Training
SME of the Year
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Nanda\Hobbs Contemporary
Micro Business of the Year
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BDS Autocare
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2015
Lifetime Achievement of the Year
DD Saxena, Managing Director, ROBE
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Young Community Achiever of the Year
Navdeep Parschisa
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Community Association of the Year
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Sindhi Association of Victoria (SAV)
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Community Services Excellence Award
Deepak-Raj Gupta
Travel Agency/ Tour Operator of the Year
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Beacon Holidays
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Young Professional of the Year
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Navneesh Garg
Business Leader of the Year
Vivek Bhatia, CEO, QBE Insurance
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Indian Restaurant of the Year
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Aki’s Indian
Professional of the Year
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Dr Pradnya Dugal, Founding Partner, Synergy
Radiology
IABCA ALUMNI - WINNERS 2014
IABCA Lifetime Achievement Award
Manjit Gujral
Young Community Achiever of the Year
Mohit Tolani
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Community Arts and Culture Award
Kumud Merani
Community Association of the Year
United Indian Associations Inc
Educational Institution of the Year
S P Jain School of Global Management
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Indian Restaurant of the Year
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Urban Tadka
Technology Solutions Provider of the Year
GovReports
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Travel Agency of the Year
Gaura Travel
