TiE-Boston, held its annual black-tie gala which was attended by its founding charter members, past presidents and over 250 guests, bestowed its highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, to entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr. Amar Sawhney, who has founded numerous companies and is credited with creating thousands of jobs and over millions in value for shareholders.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Amar Sawhney
TiE-Boston, which was founded in 1997 as TiE-Atlantic, is TiE Global’s second oldest and second largest chapter,
The other awardees in various categories were:
Digital Health
Leader: Yvonne Hao, PillPack
Rising Star: Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Iora Health
Business to Business Solutions
Leader: Kris Canekeratne, Virtusa
Rising Star: Stefania Mallett, ezCater
e-Commerce and B2C Solutions
Leader: Niraj Shah, Wayfair
Rising Star: Aman Narang, Toast
Robotics and Automation
Leader: Karl Iagnemma, nuTonomy
Rising Star: Raghav Gupta, Humatics
Innovation and Achievement in Venture Capital
Darshana Zaveri, Catalyst Health Ventures
Katie Rae, The Engine
TiE Charter Member Achievement Award
Ravi Ika, RxAdvance
Venkat Maroju, SourceTrace Systems
Malay Kundu, StopLift
Ram Krishnan, VidScale
Nilanjana Bhowmick announced the set-up of the TiE Boston Foundation to support and grow the activities of THe Young Entrepreneur (TyE) program with an initial endowment of $500K with nearly $350K already raised. Entertainment for the evening was provided by Avanti Nagral and her band from Harvard University and Berklee School of Music.
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