The Innovation for India Awards were started in 2006 by the Marico Innovation Foundation with the aim to recognize innovations that bring positive changes for the society and ease problems of people in some sort. In the past four years, 28 breakthrough innovations have been recognized and awarded including organizations such as Kirloskar Brothers, Titan, Tutor Vista, Goonj, Azim Premji Foundation, Trichy Police, and Gujarat Government. Applications are now being invited for the 4th edition of the Innovation for India Awards.
The 2012 Award Categories
- Business: Innovation by a business organization; could be of one or more of the following kinds:
-Product: Creation of a new product or technology
-Process: Development of a new method to improve business processes
-Service: Delivering a new service or an existing service in an innovative way
-Business model: Evolution or reinvention of a business itself through realignment of its resources and processes
- Social in Business: Innovation by a business organization focused on social needs of health, education, women rights, poverty etc. for which the value accrues primarily to society
- Social: Innovation by a social enterprise (profit or non-profit entity) focused on social needs of health, education, women rights, poverty etc. for which the value accrues primarily to society
- Public Service: Innovation by an independent government body, a public sector undertaking or a public private partnership
There is also a special recognition known as the “Global Game Changer” Award. This recognition in the past has been awarded to the recent “greatest innovation” in India, which is not only a ground-breaking global innovation but is also one, which heralds the emergence of a new, bold and ambitious innovative India. Tata Motors for Nano and Bharti Enterprises for the Telecom Revolution in India have been recognized as Global Game Changers in the past.
The Awards follow a transparent evaluation system with a Knowledge Partner – Bain & Company and an eminent Jury panel led by Dr R A Mashelkar.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the 2012 Innovation for India awards:
– The innovation should have been in existence for at least 2 years and not more than 5 years. Innovations in existence for less than 2 years can also apply, provided the innovation has demonstrated reasonable impact since inception.
– The innovation must be from an organization or a department/team within an organization. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
– No third party consultants should have been involved in creating the innovation.
– Consultants may enter work they have done for clients provided a statement from the client is submitted agreeing to be interviewed for the in-context audit and to be featured in the relevant publications if the entry wins.
Last date for submitting the application is September 2, 2011.
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