Deadline: 17-Jul-24
MIF’s Innovation for India Awards are a platform to propel currently hidden, yet potentially game-changing innovators into the limelight.
These biennial awards are a benchmark for innovation excellence in India. They are a gateway to recognition by the industry’s most eminent leaders and offer enriching connections, unparalleled visibility, storytelling training, and a chance to rapidly accelerate impact through strategic mentorship.
Categories
The Innovation for India Awards recognises innovations across three categories.
- Business
- Recognising for-profit organisations, including startups
- Social
- Recognising not-for-profit organisations including government & philanthropic entities, charitable trusts, multilateral agencies, community foundations, NGOs, and CSR/corporate funds
Portfolio of Benefits
The Innovation for India Awards are a symbol of excellence in innovation. They transcend mere acknowledgment, providing innovators with a platform to showcase their ideas before some of India’s most eminent leaders and thinkers, while also catalysing a wave of innovation across the nation with large-scale social, environmental, and economic impact.
- MIF’s Exclusive InnoWin Day: A platform for winners to pitch their innovations to garner funding and business opportunities, and network with relevant industry stakeholders.
- Media Coverage & Digital Exposure: Winners will be featured across premier publications, and will garner a PR value of INR 1.5 crore/per winner. Each winner will also be featured in a dedicated episode of the prominent podcast Josh Talks, and an exclusive video in partnership with The Better India.
- MIF’s Scale-Up Program & Strategic Mentorship: Opportunity to be a part of Scale-Up.
- Leadership & Executive Presence Coaching: Personalised training sessions in the art of storytelling and executive presence by renowned coach Ravishankar Iyer (CA, IIMA), and six dedicated training sessions per winner by Aparna Mehra, a Professional Certified Coach (PCCICF), on refining entrepreneurial leadership skills.
- Innovation for India Awards Showcase: An unparalleled opportunity for winners to showcase their innovation and stories to top leaders from India’s business ecosystem at the Grand Finale of Innovation for India Awards.
Who can apply for the awards?
- In the Business category, India-based for-profit startups can apply.
- In the Social category, India-based not-for-profit organisations including government entities, philanthropic bodies, charitable trusts, social enterprises, multilateral agencies, community foundations, NGOs, and CSR/corporate funds can apply.
For more information, visit Marico Innovation Foundation.