Nisha Dutt, Chief Executive Officer of Hyderabad-based Intellecap has been honoured with the “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” award at The 7th Asian Awards in London.
She is the first Indian woman leader to have been conferred with this recognition. This award has been presented to her for leading Intellecap to become a globally known enterprise that focuses on social capital, and impacts the under served communities.
The Asian Awards function held recently is an annual awards ceremony, was founded by businessman and philanthropist Paul Sagoo through his Lemon Group Company. The awards is presented in 14 categories. Earlier winners from India include Ratan Tata, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and singers Asha Bhosle and Zayn Malik to name a few. In the Social Entrepreneur category, personalities such as Professor Muhammad Yunus, Masa Kogure and Vikram Patel have been honored over the years.
As CEO, Nisha guides the global positioning of Intellecap business. Her key contribution has been integrating technology with challenges of healthcare, financial services, incubation and conceptualising programmes such as Innovations Labs and Credit-tree, according to a press release.