India's best performers from the stone industry awarded at STONA 2023

Top performers felicitated at #STONA2023 with awards for various categories.

Lifetime achievement awards, the best quarries, the top stone machinery and tool manufacturers, the finest exports oriented companies and leading architects and students.

LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

1. Shri Munavar Basha - M/s Evershine Group of Companies, Karnataka
2. Shri S Muthurajan - M/s GTP Granites Limited, Salem, Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Jitendrabhai D Trivedi - M/s DK Trivedi & Sons, Ambaji, Gujarat

FIGSI-FIMI-MODEL GRANITE QUARRY AWARD - 2021-22

1. M/s Sree Raghavendra Enterprises - Karnataka
2. M/s. Shri Balaji Minerals - Rajasthan
3. M/s Haveli Marble Private Limited - Rajasthan
4. M/s F 4 Stone - Karnataka
5. M/s Karam Marble - Gujarat
6. M/s KDM & Suppliers - Rajasthan

EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD - 2021-22 - for Exporter in Granite and Marble

1. M/s Aro Granite Industries Limited, Hosur, Tamil Nadu
2. M/s Paradigm Granite Private Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka

EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD - 2021-22 - for Exporter in Other Natural Stones

1. M/s Stone Age Private Limited, Jaipur, Rajasthan
2. M/s Malbros Marbles &Granites Industries - New Delhi

BEST INDIAN GRANITE MACHINERY MANUFACTURER AWARD

1. M/s Shri Bhagwati Machine Pvt Limited, Ajmer, Rajasthan
2. M/s SDP Machines, Ajmer, Rajasthan
3. M/s Orient Engineering Works, Jaipur, Rajasthan

ARCHITECTS AWARD FOR USE OF NATURAL STONES IN THEIR PROJECTS FOR THE YEAR 2021-22

1. Mr Samir Raut, M/s Studio Eight Twenty-three, Mumbai Maharashtra

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) AWARD FOR 2021-23

1. M/s Aro Charitable Trust, Hosur, Tamil Nadu

MOMENTOS TO THE SPONSORS

The Mementos to sponsors were given by Shri Rajiv Arora, Chairman, Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation Limited.

1. M/s SDP Machines, Ajmer, Rajasthan- Platinum Sponsor
2. M/s Karm Machine Tools (P) Ltd, Ajmer, Rajasthan-Gold Sponsor
3. M/s Aro Granite Industries Ltd, Hosur, Tamil Nadu- Silver Sponsor
4. M/s PRP Exports, Madurai Tamil Nadu -Silver Sponsor
5. M/s Internaational Stones India Private Ltd, Hosur, Tamil Nadu- Silver Sponsor
6. M/s Diacore Tools Private Limited, Bengaluru Karnataka – Silver Sponsor
7. M/s Madhusudan Marbles Private Limited, Bengaluru Karnataka-Silver Sponsor
8. M/s Vinayak Diamond Tools, Jaipur, Rajasthan- Silver Sponsor
9. M/s Shuru Stones LLP, Jaipur, Rajasthan- Silver Sponsor
10. M/s Petrelplus Inc, Mumbai, Maharashtra- Silver Sponsor

Other sponsors

1. M/s Ugama Enterprises, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka
2. M/s Maheshwari Rocks India Private Limited, Bengaluru Karnataka

Meritorious students award (Geology)

It is a tradition in STONA to award Meritorious students who were pursued Master’s degree in Geology. For the year 2020-21, the Awards were presented by Sri. R Sekar, Immediate Past President – FIGSI to the students from various universities.

Geology Students (Awardees)

1. Mr. Thulsimani K, Annamalai University
2. Mr. Namala Pavan, Andhra University
3. Mr. Saurajit Saha, Presidency University
4. Ms. Krishna Priya, VK Kerala University
5. Mr. Akash H, Kuvempu University
6. Ms. Swastika Kanjilal, Jadavpur University
7. Mr. Subhendu Pramanik, Kolkata University