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Coverage and interviews
- ANI News · 2026 Dr. Yogesh Lakhani, CMD of Bright Outdoor Media, Felicitated at SME Governance Summit 2026 Felicitated by Shri Uday Samant, Cabinet Minister for Industries and Marathi Language, Government of Maharashtra, at the BSE International Convention Hall, Mumbai. News report
- Business Standard · 2023 Bright Outdoor Media Unveils a Spectrum of Innovative Programs and Partnerships during 5th Bright Awards Night in Mumbai Coverage of the fifth edition of the company’s annual industry awards, held in Mumbai in September 2023. Press release
- The Wire · PTI From Local Struggles to Global Stages: The Inspirational Journey of Dr. Yogesh Lakhani A full-length profile covering his childhood, the Malad station billboard, the Manikchand–Filmfare association, his honorary doctorates and his philanthropy. Profile
- Society Achievers From Billboards To The Red Carpet: Yogesh Lakhani’s Rise With Bright Outdoor Media An interview containing his statements on the future of out-of-home media, on taking the company public, and on the 78th Cannes Film Festival. Interview
- Exhibition Showcase Interview with Mr. Yogesh Lakhani, CMD — Bright Outdoor Media Pvt. Ltd. The most detailed published account of the early career: the 1980 start, the 1990 office, the railway sites, roughly 200 hoardings by 1995 and the national campaigns that followed. Interview
- Bollywood Hungama Against All Odds: A glimpse at Dr. Yogesh Lakhani’s purpose-driven journey from adversity to achievement A birthday feature covering the honorary doctorates, the charitable initiatives and the decision to redirect celebration budgets to institutions in need. Feature
- Bollyy · 2021 “I Shun all Kinds of Vices Because I want to Lead the way for a Bright Way” A birthday interview and the source of several of the quotations used on the Leadership page, including his statements on effort, money and abstinence. Interview
- The Statesman Yogesh Lakhani of Bright Outdoor Media Reveals His Philanthropic Side National daily coverage of his charitable work. News report
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Complete Cinema · 2020 Cover feature: “No. 1 in OOH Media” Cover of the weekly journal of the film industry, 14 March 2020, featuring Yogesh Lakhani for Bright Outdoor Media. Print edition; no public online archive. Print cover
A media owner who ended up in front of the camera.
He is a media owner by trade and, increasingly, a subject of media in his own right. The distinction matters for a page like this one: a great deal of what circulates online about him originates in press releases issued by or on behalf of the company. Where that is the case, the entries above say so.
Independent reporting, interviews conducted by journalists, and the company’s own disclosures are labelled separately, so that a reader can judge each on its own terms.
Honours that can be named and dated.
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Honorary doctorate — Sorbonne University, France
Conferred in recognition of his work in business management.
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Honorary doctorate — Royal American University, USA
Conferred in recognition of his commitment to social service.
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award — best OOH company
Received by Bright Outdoor Media, as described by him in his interview with Exhibition Showcase.
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Zee ETC Bollywood Business Awards, 2012
Photographed receiving the award; the event branding is visible in the image on the About page.
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World Book of Records
Included in the World Book of Records (UK) as CMD of Bright Outdoor Media, Mumbai.
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SME Governance Summit 2026 felicitation
Felicitated by the Government of Maharashtra’s Cabinet Minister for Industries at the BSE International Convention Hall, Mumbai, August 2026.
On the number of awards
Several published profiles credit him with more than ten thousand awards, citations and felicitations across his career. That figure is reported rather than independently verified, and it is repeated here as reporting, not as fact. The six honours listed above are those that can be individually named, dated or photographed.
Corporate disclosures are published at brightoutdoor.com; a filmography-style listing appears on IMDb; and the record entry is at World Book of Records.