Aegis Graham Bell Awards keynote address by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Jayant Chaudhary, Dr. Jitendra Singh, and Manoj Singh.

Award Categories

Join the ranks of Innovators: Define the future and shine amongst the brightest

Hon’ble MoS for Ministry of Electronics, IT & Commerce, Shri Jitin Prasadaji along with Perfios Team

Hon’ble MoS for Enterprenuership, Skilling & Education Shri Jayant Chaudharyji along with BioQube Team

Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh along with TechM Team

Aegis Graham Bell Awards for Innovations benefits

AGBA is more than just a “best of the rest” recognition — it serves as a credible third-party validation of your innovation. Here’s how:

1

Jury-Based Evaluation

Your submission is assessed by a respected jury using key innovation evaluation metrics.

2

Innovation Rating Certificate

Every participant receives an Innovation Rating Certificate for their nomination.

3

Builds Investor & Client Confidence

The certificate adds credibility that strengthens investor & client trust.

4

Product / Service / Solution Validation

Serves as a form of certification for your innovation.

5

Talent Magnet

Certificate of Innovation works like a “Best Place to Work for Innovators” — helping attract talent eager to work with forward-thinking companies.

16th edition AGB Awards for Innovation: Categories open for submissions

Digital Transformation Innovation

Innovation in Telecom/5G/6G

Innovation in Cybersecurity

Innovation in Social Good

Learning & Development Innovation

Innovation in Immersive Experience

Know The Process

STAGE ONE

INNOVATION REGISTRATION

STAGE TWO

JURY PRESENTATION (VIRTUAL)

STAGE THREE

FINALIST ANNOUNCEMENT

STAGE FOUR

AWARD FELICITATION

Jury Members

Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya

with IIT Bombay & Chairman, Indian Language Standards, MeitY, Govt of India; Former Director, IIT Patna

Prof. Sophia Ananiadou

Prof., the University of Manchester and the Director of The National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM)

Prof Janakiram

Director, IDRBT, est. by RBI

Kanu Gulati

Partner at Khosla Ventures; Investor in enterprise applications and infrastructure that leverage advances in AI

Joseph Joshy Aegis Graham Bell Award

Joseph Joshy

CTO, IFSCA

Dr. Nirupama Kulkarni

Sir Research Director, CAFRAL Promoted by RBI

Prof. AjayKumar Garg

Prof.Finance, IIM Lucknow

Prof. M Jayadev

Prof.Finance, IIM Bangalore

Tarun Khanna

Partner, CX Partners

Prof MridulKumar Saggar

Former ED, RBI

Anil Joshi

Partner, Unicorn Ventures

Professor Peter Richtarik

Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute; Professor, KAUST Saudi Arabia

Dr. Avik Sarkar

Member, India Datasets for AI, MeitY; ISO AI Committee, former Head Data Analytics Cell, NITI Aayog

Prof. Kun Zhang

Prof. of ML and the Director of the Center for Integrative Artificial Intelligence (CIAI), MBZUAI

Prof. Julie Wall

Prof. of AI & Advanced Computing, University of West London

Prof. Preslav Nakov

Department Chair and Professor of NLP, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

View the detailed Jury list

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