PepsiCo on Wednesday announced that Sudhir Pradhan was selected as one of the corporation's top salespeople at a special awards ceremony held at PepsiCo Headquarters in Purchase, New York.

Pradhan, who is a unit manager in PepsiCo India Holdings, was inducted into the President's Ring of Honor, a highly coveted honour for PepsiCo's top salespeople.

As one of PepsiCo's 85,000 salespeople worldwide, Pradhan was specially recognised for his outstanding contribution to the success of PepsiCo.

"The President's Ring of Honor Award recognises the best of the very best in our sales force," said Steven S Reinemund, PepsiCo chairman and chief executive officer, "and Sudhir Pradhan demonstrates the excellence, drive and ability to achieve results that keeps PepsiCo in the forefront of global consumer products companies."