BUSINESS visionaries who helped shape commerce across the East–West Corridor took the spotlight on December 4 when the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GTCIC) hosted its annual awards ceremony at the National Racquet Centre, Tacarigua.

Each award reflected decades of achievement and the chamber’s recognition of how these individuals, through entrepreneurship, advocacy, public service and community work, influenced business activity from Tunapuna to national and export markets.

This year’s honourees included some of the most influential names in entrepreneurship and administration: early unifiers such as Harish Udharamaney and Chandricka “Chanka” Seeterram; national industry leaders including Dr Desmond Ali and Ajay Khandelwal; transformative past presidents such as Peter Kanhai, Dr Derek Outridge, Maralyne Dookeran, Melissa Senhouse and David Edwards; and innovators like Kiran Maharaj and Maria Mohammed-Maharaj, whose work continues to impact national and regional development.