Siddeek Ahmed, Chairman and Managing Director, Eram Group, received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award. The announcement was made today, Pravasi Bharatiya Day, in the presence of President Ramnath Kovind.
Dr. Siddeek Ahmed is a business visionary, an entrepreneur par excellence and an ardent humanitarian. With over 20 years of experience in business and contractual activities, he has been consistently leading his highly diversified business conglomerate, Eram Group, from one success to the next since the mid 1980’s.
Recognised by Forbes Middle East as one of the Top 20 Indian leaders 2015 in the Arab world, Dr. Siddeek was conferred with the Honorary Doctorate by Kings University, United States, for his philanthropic activities and business excellence. Customer focused, value driven and employee friendly, he has a natural flair for directing and promoting diversified enterprises ranging from industrial services, research & development, manufacturing, trading and construction activities.
Apart from his proven ability for promoting innovative new ventures and transforming struggling enterprises into profit making institutions, he is also known for his acute sense of social commitment. He firmly believes that charity does not end in mere funding or material donations, and hence supports businesses and entrepreneurs who can make a positive impact on the lives of people, and address the needs of society at large.
Dr. Siddeek also holds several positions with various business groups, advisory boards and Government of Kerala undertakings.
Eram Group is a diversified conglomerate mainly operating in Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Travel, Food, Healthcare and Automotive sectors.
Eram Group has its global headquarters in Al Khobar (Saudi Arabia) and regional headquarters in Dubai (UAE).
Eram Group has also successfully established social enterprises in public sanitation and educational sectors, which has won global acclaim.
Group concerns such as ITL World – one of the GCC’s top travel management companies, and Eram Scientific – a world class R & D firm providing award-winning sanitation solutions, are widely recognized for their heritage of quality service and innovations. Even being a first generation family business, Eram has achieved phenomenal growth and earned an impeccable reputation, owing to its professional and customer-focused approach. Eram has created winning partnerships with globally renowned firms and has won world class clients.
Eram Group is committed to society and social causes. The group invests its resources in making the world a better place through efforts to promote education, improve health and sanitation, empower youth and women, through its own charitable ventures and in collaboration with humanitarian organisations such as the United Nations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Governments and NGOs.
