Driving transformation in the CV industry: highlights from the milestone 15th Apollo CV awards 2024
The much-awaited milestone 15th Apollo CV Awards 2024 had the bigwigs of the commercial vehicle industry gather in Mumbai on March 28, 2024. The prestigious awards are curated by Commercial Vehicle Magazine of Next Gen Publishing Pvt. Ltd. (A Shapoorji Pallonji Group Company) with the long-standing partner of 15 years — Apollo Tyres Ltd backing it. The award ceremony was supported by Avanteum Advisors LLP and MarketsandMarkets as the Technical Partners, Mazars in India as the audit partner, and Metric Global as the research and data analytic company with Mirror Now as the telecast partner. The 2024 edition marked the business end of Financial Year 2024 (FY24) with an air of nostalgia that had stalwarts and key stakeholders of the CV industry (including Dealerships, Body Builders, Fleet Operators and Dealerships, among others) reminiscing about the editions gone by, their memorable wins over the past decade and a half as they walked past the ‘Legacy Wall’.
In a grand reveal, the Mahindra Bolero MaXX Pik-up HD and the Force Urbania bagged the coveted ‘CV of the Year’ title. Girish Wagh, Executive Director at Tata Motors Ltd., bagged the ‘CV Man of the Year’. VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. emerged as the ‘CV Maker of the Year’. The journey the industry embarked on together, and the milestones achieved as a whole by the Industry were front and centre!
New CV business models on the horizon
Keynote speaker Kevin Kelly, Director — MarketsandMarkets from the United Kingdom, an experienced strategy and business growth consultant with a primary automotive focus is well regarded for his contributions at Nissan Technical Centre, Europe, Frost & Sullivan, and Switch Mobility. On his first visit to India, he took the industry
Read more on economictimes.indiatimes.com
