Awards entry · separate from the Summit
Make your case.
Four short steps. The unit of recognition is a specific, evidenced case from the 18 months before nominations close — not a company résumé. Every entry is verified by our research team before it reaches the Jury Council, and there is no entry fee.
This enters you for the Awards only. A Summit seat is a separate registration — request one here.
Evidence of outcome30
What materially changed, and how confidently can it be attributed?
Quality of craft20
How good were the underlying decisions, product or system?
Difficulty15
How hard was the problem in its actual context?
Durability15
Did the result last beyond a launch or a temporary spike?
Originality & transferability10
Is the approach distinctive, and can others learn from it?
Integrity & attribution10
Are limitations disclosed and credit correctly assigned?
- Companies materially built from India — VC-funded or bootstrapped, judged identically.
- Named teams responsible for a consequential system or outcome.
- Individual operators doing exceptional work inside active companies.
- Future founders are not eligible in Year One.
- Work materially demonstrated in the 18 months before nominations close; earlier work counts where its outcome became measurable during this period.
- A live product, system or outcome in the market — no concept-stage entries.
- People categories: the nominated individual or team consents to the nomination.
- Certificate of incorporation (or equivalent registration)
- One-page financial summary, revenue, funding raised, runway
- Primary metrics with before/after context for the nominated case
- Disclosed limitations and caveats — what the evidence does not show
- Product access or a recorded demo link
- Two independent customer or partner references
- Cap table summary (finalists only, held in confidence)
1. Company
Who you are and what you're building
2. Financials
Stage, traction, and context
3. Verification
Registration and documents
4. The case
Category and your evidence
Step 1 of 4