Aegis Knowledge Trust 8th Annual Graham Bell Awards : bellaward.com

Organisation : Aegis Knowledge Trust
Award Name : Graham Bell Awards 2017
Application Last Date : 06 October 2017
Applicable For : Innovators
Award Details/ Website : http://bellaward.com/

Graham Bell Awards :

The Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecommunication has established the Aegis Graham Bell Award as a tribute to the father of the telephony, Alexander Graham Bell.

Related : NGOBOX 4th CSR Impact Awards 2017 : www.contest.net.in/24696.html

This Award is intended to promote innovation, entrepreneurship in the field of Telecom, Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, Security to provide recognition for outstanding contributions by the innovators.

The Award is organized with support of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), and Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE) India a public private partnership initiative of DoT with 08 Centres at premier academic institutes (06 IITs, IISc and IIMA) of the country, each supported by a Telecom Service Provider, Convergence India and Deloitte as a knowledge partner.

Important Dates :
Last Date to File Nomination – Friday, 06 October 2017
Jury Round – 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th November 2017
Grand Award Ceremony – Friday, 23 February 2018

What is the evaluation process?
** Innovativeness – Uniqueness in the solution/ services/ products which involves path breaking/ thought provoking contributions.
** Market Potential/Impact – Commercial Value and impact on business. Impact on business productivity and improvement of Profitability/ Revenue or business goals.
** Social Impact – Impact on ease of use or how brilliantly it has contributed to the ease of life. Did it change the way we evolve.
** Sustainability – Sustainability of the success or business goals over a longer period. Ability to sustain the offering to contribute to futuristic goals.
** Interoperability – Ability to integrate across platforms/ applications and user friendliness across platforms.

What is the nomination process?
** Companies need to choose a category from the website. Submit 150-200 words brief about the product/solution and Nomination Form before the Last Date.
** Short listing. (Within 2 days of submitting the nomination form)
** Once shortlisted, companies need to send the required documents mentioned below and make the payment (Only shortlisted companies need to make the payment).
** Shortlisted companies will be invited to give a 10 min presentation to the Jury and followed by 5 mins of Q/A from the Jury.
** Only overseas participants have an option to give online presentation or submit recorded video.
** Winners Selection as per Jury’s evaluation based on Decision Matrix prepared by Knowledge Partner

Who are the Jury?
The Jury Members are the most eminent people from IT, Telecom & Analytics Domain. Please click here to see the Jury Members Profile

What are Terms and conditions for nominating?
** If you have nominated your product/solution in previous awards, you cannot nominate the same product/solution.
** Participation of entry does not guarantee getting an award.
** If you have to rectify the form after submission, you will have to submit a new form requesting to cancel the previous one.
** By submitting this nomination you accept that we can pass this information to judges and that, if the project wins, we can publish this information in print and online before, on or after award ceremony without further reference to any of the companies involved.
** Categories may be realigned or reconsolidate with the mutual consent of Jury Members and Knowledge Partner.
** Final decision would be entirely based on the judgment of Jury members.

What are the payment options?
For payment -Send a DD to Delegation office in Mumbai in the name of “Aegis Knowledge Trust A/c Aegis Graham Bell Awards “payable at Mumbai.

For Bank Transfer: You can transfer the money to Aegis Graham Bell Awards Business account

Bank Name: Axis Bank Ltd
Account Name: Aegis Knowledge Trust A/c Aegis Graham Bell Awards
Account Number: 911010027349782
Bank: Axis Bank Ltd, CBD, Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614, MH, India.
MICR Code: 400211068
IFS Code: UTIB0000861