The 1999 winner will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges comprising who's who of India like SA Dave, Harsh Goenka, KV Kamath, Uday Kotak, Deepak Parekh, Parvinder Singh, Simone Tata, Tarjani Vakil to name a few. The panel headed by Keshub Mahindra will select the winner based on world-wide selection criteria such as remarkable merit of achievement, outstanding business strategy, innovation and creativity, impact of management and personal philosophy, social awareness and responsibility , interpersonal andcommunication skills and global vision.

Achal Bakeri of Symphony brand of appliances, Pradeep Kar of Microland and Raghavendra Rao of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals have been the proud recipients of this coveted award in the past representing India in the Belfast, London and New Foundland world finals respectively.

Young entrepreneurs under 40, running their own enterprise for a minimum of three years are eligible to compete in this event. They can either be nominated or nominate themselves. The last date of accepting nominations is Thursday, December 24, 1998.