I had the privilege to observe and experience Andrew’s capability and competence to challenge, influence and shape the leadership landscape within Africa’s largest power utility. Founded in academic rigour, personal passion and fostering lasting relationships, Andrew managed to position a requisite leadership strategy and the execution of the strategy through an internal leadership institute.

The leading practices established in the leadership institute drew acclaim from internal and external audiences. These accolades can directly be attributed to Andrew’s leadership and ability to create a common purpose, holding a people centred perspective. Andrew demonstrated being masterful in not only challenging mindset and quality of thinking, but also in formulating and implementing sustainable governance systems and processes.

Personally, over the years I have been the receiver of Andrew’s deep care and humanity. Thank you for that

When I reflect on the journey travelled with Andrew I am deeply grateful for the richness of the learning we shared and the friendship we have to this day. He embodies the principles of learning and leadership in the passion he has for leaving the World but particularly Africa a better place than he finds it.  His ability to craft and diagnose the ultimate learning experience in each moment is phenomenal and as a recipient of this learning it often challenged me to my core but I have always emerged the better for it.  The exposure you gave me to Action Science and its principles still guide almost each interaction I consciously have in my professional and personal life. Thank you Andrew for the love, courage and the role you played in transforming my life.

Jothi….I am not able to figure out how to provide my testimonial…so I am putting it together here…please can you upload it. 

I am absolutely thrilled that Mohan is receiving this prestigious award as a recognition of his work in catalysing the transformation of organisations across the globe. When I first met Mohan close to 15 years ago he was putting together the core elements of what has over the years become a robust framework for effecting organisational change. In the initial years, brainstorming sessions and intensive workshops with him with him helped me and my team lay the foundations of a unique organisational culture which has over the years helped us deal with enormous challenges of business and science that were such an integral part of the journey towards building a drug discovery company. Meanwhile, I have had the singular privilege and pleasure of a ring side view to Mohan’s journey to global business prominence. A journey in which he has worked with a dazzling variety of businesses and management teams, helping them transform and achieve their full potential in incredibly dynamic and testing market environments. In a business world replete with robust methodologies, approaches, technologies and tools, Mohan brings to the table an old fashioned yet incredibly rare and precious quality - Empathy. His ability to listen sensitively and carefully, think deeply together with management and leadership teams in a context and organisation sensitive manner before delving into his deep and diverse experiences and skills to deliver sharp insights and advice are what sets him apart from many in his peer group. A long term player, Mohan is helped in no small measure by his unique ability to blend in and become a trusted part of the core group that is at the heart of any business. 

"My association with Mohan dates back several years. He was instrumental in changing the way we were conducting our everyday business. Ours was more centralized during those years and everything that went around had to somehow meet with my approval. Mohan showed me that for an organization to flourish it would have to decentralize and advised me to share responsibilities with the managers thereby enabling the company to be run in a more professional manner. This decentralization also permitted me to realign my priorities and commitments. He also brought in the culture of having a procedure for having regular review meetings of all heads of divisions and this helped a lot in keeping track of the progress of the company.

I met Mohan 15 years and it's been an incredible journey knowing him.

As anyone who know him will testify he is one of those people you always remember after you meet him.hjs energy,his focus,his straight forwardnes,has been a motivation to all of us 

When Mohan had started his involvement with Eastern ,Eastern had completed successful 30 years and was at a crucial point in its journey. In facing newer market challenges Eastern to bring in newer team members that would help in its journey.There we had  learnings in the company but none was documented and whole lot of unlearning too . and it was important for us to reach back to our roots and to understand ourselves to move forward.This was also the movement I had taken to role of chief of the company.i can honestly say that Mohan has been a friend,guide throughout this journey.Mohan always believes n the potential of people and  rallies for the cause of young leaders and made sure they were given responsibilities from which they could learn from .This gives  courage  and lease of life to the people who come in touch with him who begin challenging their boundaries.

My association with Mrityunjay goes back to the mid-90s when he used to work with a Management Development Institute in Hyderabad, India and I was with Dr. Reddy’s Lab as the Global Head of HR in the same city. He used to do assignments for us and I was always impressed with the kind of genuineness, insights and people-connect  he would always bring to his work.  Post that stint,  he joined Wipro, he conceptualized and developed a unique consortium-based program for Indian conglomerates where Dr. Reddy’s was one of the members. In fact, I also attended one of the programs along with my senior colleagues. Learning from senior colleagues of different organizations along with Professors from reputed national and international institute was certainly an enriching experience and lot of credit for this goes to Mrityunjay. I also have noticed that he seamlessly can manage complex situations and his ability to deal with different sets of stakeholders is praiseworthy. I am delighted to learn that he is being awarded this prestigious award and I think he really deserves it. Congratulations Mrityunjay! Without doubt, more accolades will come your way.