Nominations open for Changemaker Awards (India)

Categories

• Changemaker of the year
  • This award will go to a person (or an organisation) who has ushered in a far-reaching change. By virtue of this being the flagship award, the impact of the change should clearly stand out from other winners.
• Young Changemaker
  • This award celebrates a changemaker who is below 30 years of age.
• Changemaker – Digital Transformation
  • A changemaker who has leveraged digital technology to bring about the change.
• Changemaker – Financial Transformation
  • A changemaker who has transformed the society through his work in the areas of financial inclusion, banking, and micro-finance and by adopting modern technologies or otherwise.
• Changemaker – Social Transformation
  • An award for individuals or organisations that have done considerable work when it comes to health, education, poverty alleviation, gender equality, woman empowerment.
• Iconic Changemaker
  • A changemaker who has brought about a change that has withstood the test of time and, over the decades transformed the country.

Eligibility Criteria

• To qualify for this award the nominee should have done the following:
  • Successfully challenged established practices in India to bring about a much-needed change
  • The basis for the change should have emanated from an original idea (if it is inspired from elsewhere in the world, it should have been substantially indianized so much so that it is almost a new concept)
  • The change should have materially impacted society at large/the organisation in a positive manner
  • The change should have occurred recently
  • The change (or new business model) should be sustainable
  • The change should be easily adaptable or should already have been adopted by others or become a public policy

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