India's Most Awarded SME

National Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship presented by the then President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil. Viral Desai was the first Surat based entrepreneur to win this award.

Make In India Emerging Entrepreneurs Award

Best Industry Award (Quality & Environmental Protection) by the Government of Gujarat (Presented by the then Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi). Zenitex became the 1st industry in Surat and the only textile industry to win this award.

National Energy Conservation Award

National Energy Conservation Award by Ministry of Power, Government of India [Presented by Home Minister (Ex-Minister of Power) Shri Sushilkumar Shinde].

No other textile industry except Zenitex was considered for this prestigious award, not even in the 2nd place neither for the Certificate of Merit. Zenitex was awarded the 1st Prize in Textiles and Mr. Viral Desai was the youngest entrepreneur to receive this honour in the Energy Conservation Sector by the GoI against many Large Scale Public Limited Companies.

Best Industry of Gujarat Award

National Energy Conservation Award by Ministry of Power, Government of India (Presented by The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee in presence of Union Minister of Power Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia).

Zenitex.creates a new record by winning this prestigious award in the 1st position for second consecutive year. Mr. Viral Desai is the youngest entrepreneur to have become a part of the National Energy Conservation Award Ceremony & receive this award.

Gujarat Gas Health & Safety Award

Gujarat Gas Health & Safety Award for 3 Consecutive Years 2008, 2009 & 2010

Sitara (Star) of Surat Award

Sitara (Star) of Surat Award by Gujarat Mitra (Presented by Union State Minister Shri Tushar Chaudhary). Viral Desai, CEO, Zenitex was the youngest person to be considered for this award.

Best Industry Award

Best Industry Award (Quality & Environmental Protection) by the Government of Gujarat (Presented by the Principal Secretary of Industries & Mines Shri M. Sahu). Zenitex wins the Government of Gujarat award for second consecutive time in a row, which is a record for any textile process house or any other industry.

Outstanding Entrepreneur of the year Award

Outstanding Entrepreneur of the year Award by The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Presented by Shri Suresh Kotak, Chairman, Kotak Bank). Mr. Viral Desai is the only entrepreneur to receive this award so far.

Youth Icon

Mr. Viral Desai conferred upon with the title of "Youth Icon", in a Special Coffee Table Book initiative from Divya Bhaskar Gujarati Daily.

Rising Entrepreneur of the Year Award

The Rising Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Planman Media at Dubai (Presented by His Excellency Consul General of India to Dubai Shri Sanjay Verma and renowned Professor Shri Arindham Chaudhary).

Mr. Viral Desai is the only entrepreneur from Medium Scale Industry to have won this award amongst huge corporate CEOs & Directors in UAE & India.

Best Industry Award (Quality & Environmental Protection)

Best Industry Award (Quality & Environmental Protection) by the Government of Gujarat (Presented by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi). The only Textile Industry in India to get the award for Quality and Environmental Protection for three consecutive years in a row.

ZENITEX CREATES HISTORY in Gujarat by winning the Award for the third consecutive year - A Hat Trick 2008, 2009, 2010. No other Industry has achieved it so far.

India SME 100 Ranking

In line with the strategy to groom promising SMEs, the India SME 100 ranking will act as catalyst to identify such SMEs and recognise them for eventually becoming large global-oriented companies.

The awards aim to inspire willing and able SMEs that have the potential to be world-class enterprises and offer them the platform to promote themselves to investors and partners to sustain growth. Zenitex is dignified to grab this opportunity.

Small Giants of India Award 2013

Small Giants of India Award 2013, Presented by Union Minister Shri Kalraj Mishra. Zenitex won the Award Out of 64,928 Companies Nominated in India 40 Best Companies were Awarded the Small Giants of India

Zenitex Wins Award for Second Consecutive Year

Zenitex won the award for the second consecutive year in a row, out of 64,928 nominated SMEs in India, 20 best companies in 5 categories were chosen.

Zenitex Wins Award for Three Consecutive Year

ZENITEX ONCE AGAIN CREATES HISTORY by winning this prestigious award for the third consecutive year, a hat trick of this recognition. No other industry was awarded in the category defined in textiles except Zenitex.

Outstanding Young Person Award

Awarded the Outstanding Young Person of the Year- 2013 by JCI. Indian personalities like Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, PT Usha, Remo Fernandes are some of the top celebrated past recipients of the prestigious JCI Outstanding Young Person Award.

Viral Desai Honored with Doctorate for Outstanding CSR Leadership

It is a unique achievement for Viral Desai to receive the Honorary Doctorate Degree at the young age of 36 years. The only Business Person from India to receive this honour, for the Best CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative in Asia by Zenitex.

Honored Among 20 Global Indians

(Awarded to 20 Indians from Around The Globe Who Have Made India Shine) On 21st September '15, at THE HOUSE OF LORDS, LONDON, UK.

Presented to Mr. Viral Desai,For the Outstanding Services, Achievements and Contribution Towards Community Welfare. Presented by Honourable Minister of Energy and Climate Change, U.K. Baroness Sandip Verma and Honourable Minister of Tourism and Culture, The Seychelles Alain St. Ange.

Honored for Transforming Cancer Screening Across Dang Region

Awarded to Mr. Viral Desai for his outstanding achievement for getting the screening of Cancer done for the complete Dang region, by, Honourable Union Minister of Tribal Affairs - Shree Jual Oram in October 2015.

Make In India Emerging Entrepreneur Award

India Today “Make In India Emerging Entrepreneur Award - 2016” Presented to Mr. Viral Desai, CEO-ZENITEX MILL PVT. LTD. By Honourable Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for The Ministry of Commerce & Industry, on 1st July 2016 in Delhi.

Viral Desai Invited as State Guest to Mauritius

University of Mauritius and The Board of Investment of Mauritius invited Mr. Viral Desai as a Delegate and State Guest, to discuss Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection techniques that can be adopted by Mauritius to reduce the effect of carbon emission.

Young Entrepreneur Award

"Young Entrepreneur Award” by 94.3 FM – 2017

Best Industry of Gujarat Award 2019

Best Industry of Gujarat Award for Quality & Environmental Protection 2019

Bharat Gaurav Award

Bharat Gaurav Award 2019 House of Commons British Parliament (UK)

National Energy Conservation Award

National Energy Conservation Award by Ministry of Power & Energy - Govt. of India (Presented by Chairperson of Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Shri. R. K. Singh)

Honoured at the 72nd Forest Festival for Tree Plantation

Honourable Chief Minister Shri.Vijay Rupani is going to honor at the 72nd (Van Mahotsav) Forest Festival for Tree Plantation

Honored by Indian Railways: A Continued Promise for Clean Air and Environment

Indian Railways and Mr. Alok Kansalji (GM, Western Railways) for your Appreciation and Recognition. I promise you that I will always be ready and give all my efforts so that our Country gets Clean Air, a Clean Environment and our Next Generation does not fall victim to Climate Change.

National Energy Conservation Award

I am profoundly humbled and immensely proud to receive the National Energy Conservation Award from the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu— a truly historic moment marked by our third consecutive Golden Trophy (Excellence Award).

Featured in The Economist: Zenitex & Viral Desai Gain Global Recognition

Zenitex and Viral S. Desai possess the prestigious mention in THE ECONOMIST 2014 Report titled Breaking Borders from Canada to China, which highlighted the barriers which overshadow growth for expanding SMEs by THE ECONOMIST (LONDON). Amongst the in-depth interviews conducted globally, Mr. Viral Desai the only Indian representing the only Indian company was one of the Only Nine Senior Executives worldwide to be interviewed

Sustainability in Focus: Zenitex Featured by Fibre2Fashion

Fibre2fashion worlds biggest and the most premium B2B Portal of textile industry featured ZENITEX as a Model Sustainable Company under the leadership of its CEO Mr. Viral Desai.

For the Third Year Running, Zenitex Named as a Model Sustainable Company by Fibre2Fashion

Featured in Fibre2fashion Sustainability Compendium for 3rd Consecutive Year in 2016