'Visionary leader' award for entrepreneur GD Dhanuka

GUWAHATI: Eminent business leader, entrepreneur and philanthropist GD Dhanuka has been conferred the 'Visionary Leader in Assam and North East' for the year 2020 by TIMES Group on Saturday. The award was announced under the TIMES Stellar Brands and Icons Awards for Assam and the Northeast.

GD Dhanuka hails from the legendary business family of Dhanukas from Assam. But GD Dhanuka transformed his family business and made it more in sync with the current times and trends. He diversified and expanded into areas such as green energy, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics business. Today GRD Pharmaceuticals is one of the fastest growing pharma and cosmetics companies of Northeast India.

He is credited to have introduced the first alcohol based handrub – Handuser-C, produced from the north-eastern region and he did it way back in 2012. Needless to say, when COVID-19 outbreak happened, GRD Pharmaceuticals was leading from the front in providing with hand sanitizers in keeping with WHO specifications.

Dhanuka has another side to him. He is a philanthropist. His philanthropic initiatives include providing free ayurvedic treatment and medicines, providing free education for underprivileged girls, being a Danveer Member (Marwari Hospitals), providing shelters for animals (Shree Gauhati Gaushala). Dhanuka is also the founder member of the EO (Entrepreneurs Organisation)

He believes "India's Social and Economic Empowerment is not a one-time event, but a journey in itself" and is considered to be an epitome of the "Think Global, Act Local" ideology, a press release said.

Besides this year's TIMES award, his contributions have been recognised with numerous other awards and certificates of excellence by various organisations and partners. 

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