India’s enterprise technology work, kept on the record.
Evidence-first recognition for the organisations, projects and leaders whose technology decisions measurably changed the business.
Every year, thousands of technology decisions across Indian enterprises reshape how the country works, banks, learns and moves. Very little of that work is visible outside the company that did it. The Economic Times Tech Excellence Awards exist to change that — to document the initiatives, the platforms and the people who moved the enterprise technology needle, and to hold that record to a standard a board would recognise.
Evidence-first
Every category is scored against a published rubric weighted toward measurable outcomes — baselines, deltas and durability, not narrative.
Jury-governed
A renowned Grand Jury of practising and former CXOs, policy leaders and independent domain experts sets and owns the standard.
Independent
No nomination fee, no paid placement, and no commercial relationship with ET influences an outcome — ever.
Three ways in, one standard.
Organisations
Enterprises whose technology posture — data, cloud, AI, security, engineering — has changed how the business competes. Routed by sector so you are read against genuine peers.
Projects & technology
A defined initiative with a start, a stake and a result. Assessed on goal, strategy, innovation and business impact against a like-for-like set.
Individual leadership
The CIOs, CTOs, data and AI leaders whose personal judgement carried an organisation through a hard technology decision.
A mark that is hard to earn, and therefore worth holding.
The Economic Times has documented Indian business for six decades. This programme applies that same editorial discipline to enterprise technology: a published standard, an independent Grand Jury of renowned industry leaders, and a citation that explains exactly why the work stood apart.
Six decades of authority
Recognition carried by the masthead the boardroom already reads.
A renowned Grand Jury
Sitting and former CXOs, founders, policy voices and domain specialists, serving unpaid.
Evidence, not adjectives
Scored on baselines, deltas, adoption and durability against a like-for-like peer set.
Never for sale
No entry fee, no paid placement, no sponsor category. Outcomes are untouched by commerce.
From nomination to the stage in Mumbai.
Choose your category
Three routes in: organisation, project and technology, or individual leadership. Sector and sub-category routing puts you in front of genuine peers.
Build the submission
Two focused parts: the story and the context, then the proof and the numbers. Save as you go, or let NOVA capture it conversationally.
Screening
Category fit, completeness and evidence quality are checked before assessment begins.
System-driven validation
An AI-assisted layer normalises responses, tests claims against the evidence supplied and prepares a comparable set.
Grand Jury deliberation
Renowned industry leaders interrogate the benchmarked set and settle finalists and winners, with recusals recorded.
The grand finale
Winners are honoured on stage at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai on 27 November 2026, with a Grand Jury citation and editorial recognition across ET.
An evening built for the people who changed the numbers.
The grand finale brings together the country’s enterprise technology leadership for an evening of citations, conversation and celebration. Winners walk on stage to a reading of what the Grand Jury found distinctive about their work, in front of the peers whose judgement they respect most.
Grand finale · 27 Nov 2026, Grand Hyatt, Mumbai
A curated evening for winners, jurors and invited leadership.
Citation reading
Every winner is introduced by the reasoning behind the decision.
Editorial coverage
Winning work is written up and carried across ET properties.
Verified award mark
Issued from the finalist stage, with a hosted verification page.