LONDON: Kartar Lalwani, NRI, founder-managing
director of vitabiotics, a vitamin supplement
company, was adjudged the entrepreneur of the
year at a Gala function here last night.
His company Vitabiotics has cornered the major
share of the vitamin supplements market in Britain
and was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise
in the International Trade.
At the GG2 (Garavi Gujarat) Leadership and
Diversity Awards 2003 held at the Le Meridian
Grosvenor house hotel, Kalwani, who founded
the company in 1971 was chosen for the coveted
award for his exceptional marketing skills and
entrepreneurial flair.
The company distributes 15 brands nationally
and internationally, and five of these are Britain’s
best selling supplements. In May 2003, vitabiotics
received ‘The Queen’s Award’
- the most coveted commercial prize that can
be given to a UK business.
Baroness Valerie Amos, Britain’s Secretary
of State for Department for International Development,
who was the chief guest, won the ‘Hammer
Award’ the highest award given to an individual
for breaking through the ‘glass ceiling’.
