Dredging Corporation of India Limited is awarded with prestigious Kotler Marketing Excellence Award at the First World Marketing Summit, 2018. DCIL was judged the winner under "Best Marketer Category" peeping ahead of steep competitors by a panel of world renowned jurists headed by none other than Management Guru and father of Marketing, Professor Philip Kotler. The award was received by Shri Rajesh Tripathi, IRSE, Chairman and Managing Director, DCIL at a glittering ceremony held at New Delhi, on Friday, 14th December. Speaking on the occasion CMD, DCIL described it as a Red-Letter Day in the history of DCIL and attributed the honour to all of her employees for their unshakable faith and determination in the face of continuous challenges that have tested the Corporation in the recent times. He further stated that DCIL has envisioned diversification through innovative marketing practices as the cornerstone of its marketing strategy with an eye on consolidating its core domain of maintenance and capital dredging while venturing into the broader spectrum of allied activities like river dredging , sand mining , marine consultancy,etc. He said with the recent decision of the Government to pass on the ownership of DCIL to a consortium of four ports, the Corporation is geared up to a mission mode and poised to regain its numero uno position in the domestic maintenance dredging segment shortly. One of the key highlights of the Award Ceremony was a one on one between Shri.Tripathi and Philip Kotler during which the Guru of Marketing commended DCIL for its innovative marketing approaches.