BBLF CK Prahalad Best
Business Book Award
This annual award was instituted in 2017 in memory of late management guru Professor CK Prahalad. It recognizes and rewards the most original, impactful and thought-provoking business books written by Indian authors.
Shortlist 2021
Jury
Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan
Author, Director, IIM Bangalore
Rama Bijapurkar
Author, Thought Leader on Market Strategy
Peter Yorke
Leader in Business Communications
Winners
2021
2020
2019
2018
Shortlist 2020
Jury
Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan
Author, Director, IIM Bangalore
Manish Sabharwal
Chairman, TeamLease Services
Narayan Ramachandran
Writer, social entrepreneur, columnist
Meena Raghunathan
Advisor CSR, Skills, Writer, Editor
Shortlist 2019
Jury 2019
Harish Bijoor
CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults
Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan
Author, Faculty, IIM Bangalore
K Giriprakash
Author, Senior Journalist, The Hindu Businessline
Shortlist 2018
Jury 2018
Harish Bijoor
CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults
R. Sriram
Management Consulting
Priya Chetty-Rajagopal
Founder, Multiversal Advisory
Shortlist Methodology
Process 1
The books selected are those published between January 1, 2018 to 31 Dec 2018.
We shortlisted 25 books based on reader rating and reviews
Of these the shortlisted 5 got highest average rating on Amazon, Goodreads and Flipkart for a period up to July 30, 2019 and highest number of reviews on the same platforms.
Books that are not included in the selection process
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Self help business books
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Ones that are largely a selection of case stories with limited original content
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Corporate hagiographies
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Books on macro-economics
Selection Process 2 – by the Jury
All the 5 books now have equal points when we begin the selection process
This is to eliminate biases, author’s popularity and a vast difference in marketing spend.
On a score of 1 to 5 (1 minimum – 5 maximum), the jury gives points based on each of the following three criteria. (Even decimals are used)
Criteria one – How original is the theme of the book?
Criteria two – How this book could be a game-changer, a major influencer, how inspiring is the story to its readers, how useful is the content of the book to its readers.
Criteria three - Ease of reading and style of writing
The book that gets the highest average of the scores from these criteria will be declared the winner.
This methodology has been developed by Rishabh Media Network
The award criteria/methodology will be validated by a well-known institution or a respected consultancy.
The award comprises a citation and a cash prize of Rs. One Lakh.
Acknowledgement
The BBLF team acknowledges the contribution of the following people to the process of instituting the BBLF CK Prahalad Best Business Book Award.
S Visvanathan, Former Senior Executive Director (South), Kantar IMRB, for his help in finalising the selection methodology.
Sangeeta Mansur for her sharp insights on the selection criterion.
Debarati Ghosh for painstakingly shortlisting the books under the popular criteria.
The BBLF team is grateful to the Jury for their time.