Actis, Nexus and ChrysCapital's Dhawan win at AVCJ India awards - Update
Ashish Dhawan, the founder and senior managing director of ChrysCapital Investment Advisors who is transitioning out of his role to devote more time to philanthropy, won the AVCJ Special Achievement Award at the AVCJ Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Awards in Mumbai on Thursday. Top prizes were also awarded to Actis, for Deal of the Year and Firm of the Year, and Nexus Venture Partners' Sandeep Singhal for Private Equity Professional of the Year.
Dhawan used his keynote address earlier the same day at the AVCJ India Forum to look back at the evolution of ChrysCapital and forward to how he expects private equity to develop in India. He recalled...
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