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Celebrating intrapreneurial excellence with India's first Intrapreneurship Award Program!

VANGUARD
AWARDS
2023

award categories

TARGET INDUSTRIES

Organizations that have examples of internal employee led ideation and innovation
Public and Private sector
Growth stage start-ups and SMEs with min 100 headcount

 

WINNERS 2023

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check out winners 2023

 

The Intrapreneurial Practice Award seeks to recognize organizations that have a formal framework, set of practices and a governance model to encourage intrapreneurship among their employees.
This is an Organization Award with each organization entitled to nominate one person. There will be 2-4 awards in each sub-category based on the size of the organization depending on whether they belong to the large-scale or mid-size categories.
Nomination to be filled in by a company representative/sponsor preferably from the internal innovation team.

Target:
Mid and largescale organizations across identified industries.
A clearly defined program with a set of rules, participation criteria, end result, time frame.
Program to have been in place for atleast 2 cycles.
Locally defined oversight and a governance model.
Clear evidence of throughput i.e. employees having participated with clear outcomes being met.

 

 

 
 
The Star Intrapreneur award seeks to recognize individuals or small teams who have experienced the entire gamut of the intrapreneurial journey - from idea generation to an actionable outcome

Individual award
Target 2-4 awards
Nomination to be filed by by individual intrapreneur; Shortlisted nominees to be validated by respective organizations
 
Target:
 
All organizations from the identified industry set with min 100 employees,
Individual or small team (not more than 5 core members).
Idea should have been generated by one of the core team members.
Should have resulted in a viable product/ service/Clear enhancement which is operational today (within or outside the parent organization).
Focus on the journey of the intrapreneur and the competencies displayed.
Spotlight on diverse and inclusive teams.
Intrapreneurship journey to have been completed within the last 3 years.
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The Breakthrough Idea Business Impact award seeks to celebrate ideas that have the potential to impact the business across multiple dimensions

Individual Award
Target: 3-5 awards
Max 3 nominations per organization

Nominations to be filed by a company representative/ sponsor
 
Target:

Organizations of any size and maturity across industry segments.
Open to start-ups incubated in corporate accelerator programs.
Individual or small team (not more than 5 core members).
Ideas could fall into several categories: Technology Enabled, Impact on Business Models, Cost optimization, Customer experience, Process Improvement etc.
Idea could be at various stages of implementation.
Idea to have an impact on populations/ businesses in India.
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The Breakthrough Idea Social Impact award seeks to celebrate ideas that have immense potential for impact in specific areas:
Individual Award
Aligned to UN SDG
Target: 3-5 awards
Max 3 nominations per organisation
Nominations to be filed by a company representative/ sponsor

Target:
 
Organizations of any size and maturity across industry segments.
Also open to start-ups incubated in corporate accelerator programs.
Individual or small team (not more than 5 core members).
Idea should be aligned to one or more of the UN Sustainability and development goals.
Idea could be at various stages of implementation.
Idea to have an impact on populations/ businesses in India.
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our eminent jury for the awards

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sundharesan jayamoorthi

Governance andComplaince Guru 

Sustainability and ESG Practitioner

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ANAND SRI GANESH

COO, NSRCEL ,IIM Bangalore

Dr. Madanmohan Rao

Dr. Madanmohan Rao

Research Director, YourStory Media

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JOTI BALANI

Founder and Managing Director, 

Freshriver.ai

Aparna George

Aparna George

Principal Consultant, Unfold

Kalpana Dube

Kalpana Dube

Senior Business & Technology Consultant, Mentor, Business Adviser

Apoorva Bapna

Apoorva Bapna

Chief Culture Officer,

WPP India

Kritika Murugesan

Kritika Murugesan

Director,

10000 Startups, Nasscom

​Puja Kohli

Puja Kohli

CEO and Founder, Unfold

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SRI KRISHNA

Innovation Catalyst

Former Senior Vice President,Bosch

BENEDICT PARAMANAND

Editor -Sustainability Next

Founder - Bangalore BizLit Fest and Greenlit Fest
 

UMA REDDY

Managing Director

M/s Hitech Magnetics and Electronics Pvt Ltd

 

EVALUATION PROCESS

  • Eminent jury panel with cross industry and academic representation
  • Simple nomination process
  • Detailed jury presentations and Q&A
  • Nominees in the Star Intrapreneur Award category will have the opportunity to seek support for your nomination from peers and colleagues
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