The Awards

In the SMB landscape, there are organizations and individuals leading the change by integrating digital tools and technologies into different aspects of a business. They are helping redefine the business model ensuring a seamless, frictionless transition into the future. Innovating to make their businesses sustainable and evolving at an equal pace with the market to drive efficiencies and growth at one level and enhanced customer experiences at the other.

The IT4SMB Awards is an opportunity for SMBs and individuals driving the change to nominate themselves and get recognized for getting their digital transformation journey correct. It is a celebration of their sharp and innovative thinking to overhaul their business model and integrate it with solutions to uncover new market opportunities, driving overall growth.

Timelines

City Last Date of Nomination Submission Winner Announcement
Hyderabad 18.01.2023 25.01.2023
Bangalore 10.02.2023 17.02.2023
Mumbai 24.02.2023 01.03.2023
Delhi 10.03.2023 24.03.2023

Awards Categories

https://etlenovoit4smb.in/Small Sized Businesses

Small Sized Businesses

INR 101 Crores and up to 500 crores

https://etlenovoit4smb.in/Mid-Sized Businesses

Mid-Sized Businesses

INR 501 Crores and up to 1000 crores

https://etlenovoit4smb.in/Emerging SMB

Emerging SMB

Up to INR 100 Crores

https://etlenovoit4smb.in/SMB Leader of the Year

SMB Leader of the Year

Young leaders up to 35 years of age (as on 31st December 2022)

https://etlenovoit4smb.in/SMB CTO/CIO of the Year

SMB CTO/CIO of the Year

Experienced Leaders with minimum experience of 15 years in the Industry

The Process

Step 1
Nomination Assessment

Due-diligence of submitted nominations based on pre-defined eligibility criteria.

Step 2
Qualification

Qualified entries will be presented to the Interim Jury. Top nominations to be moved to Grand Jury based on score.

Step 3
Interim Jury

Panel with domain expertise for screening and shortlisting of nominations.

Step 4
Grand Jury

Panel of highly revered experts to assess the top finalists amongst the participating organisations. The winners are chosen on the basis of jury consensus.

The Jury

Satyavrat Mishra
Satyavrat Mishra
Growth Strategist • Digital Transformation • Cybersecurity Leader
Currently heading Corporate IT – Godrej Industries Ltd.

IT Evangelist and fiscally aware leader, sought to design vision and head all aspects of IT Strategy & Planning, IT Operations, IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity while steering digital transformations.

Amit Saluja
Amit Saluja
Senior Director and Head of NASSCOM, Gandhinagar

In addition to NASSCOM, Amit has held leadership positions at IBM, General Electric, and RPG Transmission in a career spanning over 25 years. Amit has gained a rich and diverse experience in using digital technologies... such as AI, Cloud, Analytics, and IoT to usher in greater efficiencies in manufacturing and driving business growth. Amit is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and expert in devising Design Thinking methodology for building technology roadmaps.

Manoj Chugh
Manoj Chugh
Four Decade- Award Winning Indian IT Industry Transformational Leader & Distinguished IIT Alumnus

Manoj is a Visionary leader and is credited with being the Pioneer of Internet Revolution in India. He steered the establishment of Cisco and EMC's Global Development Centres in India... These were amongst the earliest such Engineering Centre's to be set up in India. He was the past Vice Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in India, is currently a Member of the National Executive Committee of FICCI in addition to being on the Board of the South Asia Regional Council (A SAARC Initiative).

Abhay Bapna
Abhay Bapna
AVP IT- Adani Wilmar Ltd.

Seasoned Technologist with global business transformation experience through digital enablement with new Generation technology (Cloud, IOT, Analytics) with end-to-end operation excellence through process, efficiency... , productivity improvement focus. His current area of focus are Manufacturing (IOT/Predictive/OEE), Logistic (Multi Modal) Supply Chain Planning/Optimization with real time insight driven approach.

Sugato Banerji
Sugato Banerji
Corporate head Marketing – D2H
Dish TV India Limited

Sugato has 34 year of experience in sales, advertising and marketing of services. An engineer from IIT BHU with a management degree from IIM Bangalore he bring s a diverse industry understanding from ... banking to start ups to technology. When he isn’t working he can found doing half marathons or engrossed in his new found love for photography.

Interim Jury

Priyanka upreti
Priyanka Upreti
Project Manager, nasscom

Ms Priyanka Upreti is currently working as a Project Manager in nasscom Foundation. She has worked with esteemed organizations such as Mckinsey and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) in past... and has working experience across sectors including retail, higher education and Edtech etc. She was leading the Higher Education Award vertical in FICCI and working in close consultation with senior academicians and industry stakeholders.

Jasleen Kaur
Jasleen Kaur

Jasleen is a marketing leader from India who has led brands to leapfrog their brand positioning strategies, digital adoption and transmedia narratives. She expertise in identifying pop culture and then fusing it into integrated communication experience spans ... strategies. Her brands like United Colors of Benetton, Canon, Mothercare, Hugo Boss and H by Hamleys. She is an ardent reader and writer. Academically, she has a literature master’s with a management degree from MDI, Gurgaon.

Emerging Leader of the Year

Winner
Dhruva Space Private Limited

1st Runner-Up
Dhruva Space Private Limited

2nd Runner-Up
Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited

SMB CTO/CIO of the Year

Winner
Abhay Egoor, Dhruva Space Private Limited

Runner-Up
Rahul Gayam, BILITI Electric India Private Limited

SMB Leader of the Year

Winner
NephroPlus

1st Runner-Up
Maithri Aquatech Private Limited

2nd Runner-Up
BILITI Electric India Private Limited

Emerging SMB

Winner
Dfine Bio- Innovations Private Limited

1st Runner-Up
InstaSafe Technologies Private Limited

2nd Runner-Up
Valenta AI Private Limited

Small Sized Business

Winner
Exotel Techcom Private Limited

Runner-Up
MediBuddy

Mid Sized Business
Winner
Practo Technologies Private Limited
SMB CTO/ CIO of the Year
Winner
Venkatraman Umakanth, Vee Technologies Private Limited
SMB Leader of the Year
Winner
AceMicromatic MIT Private Limited
Jury Special
Honourable Mention
Vindhya E-Infomedia Private Limited
Emerging SMB

Winner
Globus - Performance Release Liners

Runner-Up
The Whole Truth Foods

Emerging SMB

Winner
Arthan Finance

Runner-Up
Epigamia

Mid Sized Business

Winner
ASK Investment Managers Limited

Runner-Up
Prince Pipes & Fittings Limited

SMB CTO/ CIO of the Year

Winner
Ramkumar Mohan, Air Works India Engineering Private Limited

Runner-Up
Vijayraj Bhosale, National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited

SMB Emerging Leader of the Year
Winner
DBIC & Adoctor
Jury Special
Honourable Mention
Jetking Infotrain Private Limited
Emerging SMB

Winner
O2 Power Private Limited

1st Runner-Up
Chqbook

2nd Runner-Up
LocoNav

Small Sized Business

Winner
Lal10

Runner-Up
BL Lifesciences Private Limited

Mid Sized Business

Winner
Shiprocket

Runner-Up
Marengo Asia Healthcare Private Limited

SMB CTO/CIO of the Year
Winner
Dalveer Singh , Kusum Healthcare Private Limited
SMB Leader of the Year

Winner
Enerture Learnings Private Limited

Runner-Up
BestBook Buddies Technologies Private Limited

Jury Special
Honourable Mention
Sanskrit e Solutions & Services Private Limited