Excellence — Individual
Practitioners driving measurable AI outcomes inside a function.
Annual Awards
The AI & Quantum Excellence Awards.
Recognising individuals, teams, enterprises and institutions turning AI and quantum capability into measurable outcomes. Nominate openly, or let the platform nominate you from your verified assessment record.
Categories
Excellence — Organisation
Enterprises with top-band, cross-persona AI maturity.
Quantum Pioneer
Early movers on quantum pilots, workforce readiness or ecosystems.
Training & Capability
Learning cultures, standout trainers and most-upskilled teams.
Transformation Leader
Executives who orchestrated transformation end to end.
Emerging Institution
Academic institutions building AI-ready talent pipelines.
Judging parameters
Every entry is scored out of 100 on five weighted parameters. Platform-verified data is used wherever it exists.
- 30%
Assessment maturity
Verified score from the platform maturity assessment across the nominee's persona set.
- 25%
Outcome & ROI evidence
Documented business impact—cost, revenue, risk or cycle-time—attributable to the initiative.
- 20%
Capability building
Training completion, certification depth and internal enablement reach.
- 15%
Deployment maturity
MVPs in production, governance posture and monitoring discipline.
- 10%
Ecosystem contribution
Published work, mentorship, open collaboration and standards participation.
Automatic nominations
Complete an assessment and the platform nominates you automatically once your composite crosses the category threshold — no form required. Sample shortlist below is illustrative.
| Nominee | Context | Category | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aarav Menon | Head of Data Science | Excellence — Individual | 92 |
| Bharti Airtel | Network AIOps programme | Excellence — Organisation | 89 |
| Dr. Neha Kulkarni | Group Chief Data Officer | Transformation Leader | 94 |
| HDFC Bank — Data Guild | 1,240 employees certified | Training & Capability | 86 |
| TCS Quantum Lab | Portfolio optimisation pilot | Quantum Pioneer | 78 |
Entry tracks & fees
Standard nomination is free. Wild card entries are premium: they reopen the window, waive prerequisites and buy priority jury attention.
Standard entry
No fee
Open nomination
- One category per nominee
- Evidence review by the secretariat
- Standard judging timeline
Wild card
Wild card — Premium
₹45,000
per nominee, per category
- Entry after the standard window closes
- Up to three categories, no assessment prerequisite
- Guaranteed jury read and written scorecard feedback
- Priority evidence verification within 5 working days
Wild card
Wild card — Patron
₹1,20,000
per organisation, up to 5 nominees
- All Premium benefits for five nominees
- Dedicated evidence curation session
- Ceremony delegate passes and branded citation
Fees are exclusive of GST and are non-refundable once evidence verification begins.
Guidelines
- 01Nominations are open to individuals, teams, organisations and institutions operating in the current financial year.
- 02Self-nomination is permitted; a second endorser from outside the nominee's reporting line is required.
- 03Evidence must be verifiable—links, dashboards, audited figures or a named reference contact.
- 04Nominees who have completed a platform assessment are auto-scored; others are scored on submitted evidence only.
- 05Jury decisions are final. Shortlists are published before the ceremony; scores stay confidential.
- 06Any material misstatement disqualifies the entry and voids the associated fee.