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title: "Highlights from CRMSDC Leaders and Legends"
description: "CRMSDC Leaders and Legends was a blast, and it was an honor to receive a Top 100 MBE Award."
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published: 2019-11-01
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# Highlights from CRMSDC Leaders and Legends

> CRMSDC Leaders and Legends was a blast, and it was an honor to receive a Top 100 MBE Award.

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- Published: 2019-11-01
- Author: Neil Chaudhuri
- Topics: Partners, Diversity, Programming, Software Engineering, Agile, Lean

On October 3, I was lucky enough to represent Vidya at the [Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council](http://www.crmsdc.org/)
(CRMSDC) Leaders & Legends Awards ceremony at MGM National Harbor, where we received an award as a Top 100 Minority-Owned
Business (MBE) and a nomination for 2019 Supplier of the Year in our class.

![CRMSDC Leaders and Legends Badge](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/badge.jpg)

It was an amazing night with great food and drink, celebrities like Roland Martin and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), and
most importantly, an opportunity to meet the most successful minority business owners in the DC area.

I got a picture with Senator Cardin on the red carpet!

![Vidya President Neil Chaudhuri with Maryland Senator Ben Cardin at CRMSDC Leaders and Legends](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/cardin.jpg)

And I made some friends. The opportunity to meet so many of the most accomplished leaders in the DC area and absorb their
insight was priceless.

![Vidya President Neil Chaudhuri with other Top 100 MBE Award winners](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/smiles.jpg)

As the night continued, it was humbling to be on stage with the other Top 100 MBEs. Can you spot me in the front row?

![Top 100 MBEs at CRMSDC Leaders and Legends](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/top100.jpg)

In case you're wondering, we did not win the award for Supplier of the Year. We are just getting started, and
even being nominated is a tremendous honor. So it's cool. For now.

We did get a nice plaque as a Top 100 MBE though.

![Top 100 MBE award for Vidya at CRMSDC Leaders and Legend](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/award.jpg)

All in all it was an amazing night. For more pictures from our experience at Leaders and Legends, check us out on
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6597315604837920768). You can see all the pictures from the event
[here](https://crmsdc.smugmug.com/38th-Annual-Leaders-Legends-Awards-Ceremony/i-mdtTmvk).

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