As a mark of respect, to the memory of Sir M Visvesvaraya, FKCCI is instituted an Annual Award since 1999 to recognize people who have made outstanding contribution to the economic and social development of Karnataka.
Sir M Visvesvaraya’s Birthday on the 15th of September is observed as Founder’s Day and on this day FKCCI confers Sir M Visveswaraiah Memorial Award by honoring an eminent Industrialists / Business personalities from Karnataka for his / her lifetime contributions in the Industry, Trade & Services.
So far, 20 eminent personalities were conferred Sir M V Award. The Awardee are selected by a Jury Panel which includes the President, FKCCI, Office Bearers, Members and eminent Invitees.
So far, eminent personalities such as Mr N R Narayana Murthy, Mr Azim H Premji, Mrs. Kiran Majumdar Shah, Dr Devi Shetty, Mr. Sajjan Jindal, Mr Nandan Nilikani and Dr B R Shetty among others have in conferred the Sir M V Award.
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 1999 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri N R Narayana Murthy , CEO , Infosys Ltd., for the year 1999
President : D R Srikantaiah
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2000 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri Azim H Premji, Chairman , Wipro Ltd., for the year 2000
President : Shri Tallam Venkatesh
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2001 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr. Vijay mallya , Chairman ,UB Group, for the Year 2001
President: Shri K Ramaswamy
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2002 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr.kiran Mazumdhar – Shaw, Founder , Chairman & Managing Director , BIOCON,For the Year 2002
President : Shri M Sathyanarayana Swamy
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2003 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr. Devi prasad Shetty, founder & Chairman , Narayana Health , for the Year 2003
President : Shri K N Jayalingappa
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2004 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri R N Shetty , Chairman , RNS Group ,
for the Year 2004
President : Shri Manandi N Suresh
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2005 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri D.K. Adikeshavulu Naidu , Chairman , Vydehi Institute Of Medical Sciences , for the Year 2005
President: Shri S Babu
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2006 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Capt ,G P Gopinath, Chairman , Air Deccan Cargo , for the Year 2006
President : Shri R C Purchit
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2007 at Hotel Taj West End , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri Vijay Sankeshwar, Chairman & managing Director , VRL Group, for the Year 2007
President : Shri S S Patil
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2008 at Hotel Taj West End , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri G Mallikarjun Rao , chairman & Managing Director , GMR Group , for the Year 2008
President: Shri D Muralidhar
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2009 at Hotel Taj West End , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri Sajjan Jindal, Chairman & Managing Director , JSW Steel , for the Year 2009
President : Shri J Crasta
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2010 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri Nandal Nilekani ,chairman ,UIAD for the Year 2010
President : Shri N S Srinivasa Murthy
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2011 at Banquet Hall , Vidhanasourhda , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr.Veerendra Heggade , Dharmadhikarigalu ,Shri Kshetra Dharmastala for the Year 2011
President : Shri J R Bangera
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2012 at Hotel Lalit Ashok , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Sri Sri Sri ravi Shankar Guruji , Founder , Art of Living ., for the Year 2012
prsident:Shri K Shiva shanmugan
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2013 at Banquet Hall , Vidhanasourhda , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Padma Bhushana ,Karnataka Ratna Dr.Rajkumar , (posthumous), for the Year 2013
President: shri R Shivakumar
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2014 at Hotel Taj West End , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr.Baba alayni ,chairman & Managing director , Bharat forge , For the Year 2014
presidnt : Shri s Sampatharaman
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2015 at Hotel Ritz Carlton , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri Irfan Razak ,Chairman & Managing Director , Prestige group , for the Year 2015
President : Shri Tallam R Dwarkanath
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2016 at Hotel Taj West End , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr.M K Panduranga Shetty ,President , Rashtriya Shikshana Samithi trust for the Year 2016
president: Shri M C Dinesh
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2017 at Sir M V Auditorium , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Shri Bharat Goenka , Co-Founder & Managing director , Tally Solutions pvt, Ltd, for the Year 2017
president : Shri K ravi
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2018 at Sir M V Auditorium ,FKCCI , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr , B R Shetty , founder & chairman , NMC healthcare , UAE , for the
Year 2018-19
President : Sudhakar S Shetty
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 15th September 2019 at Sir M V Auditorium ,FKCCI , Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr. S .V.S. Subramanya Gupta, Director , Advaith hundai ,for the
year 2019-2020
President: Shri C R Janardhana
FKCCI founder’s Day Celebration on 18th August 2021 at Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha Bengaluru
Bharat Ratna Sir M V Memorial Award Conferred to
Dr. M.R. Jayaram , Chairman, MS Ramaiah Group of Institutions, for the Year 2020-21
president : Shri Perikal M Sundar