Emerge 50 Awards is India's most prestigious & prominent awards in the Software Product Industry, with themission to find and recognize the most innovative software product companies who would be the future trendsetters of Techade from India.
Our awards have grown exponentially since its inception in 2009. A lot has been accomplished in past decade. The awards has been successful in identifying the right pool of companies that have continuously matured since the time of their nomination.
Emerge 50 Awards categories & selection criteria is aligned to reflect & capture the current business transformational areas. Each nomination in the listed categories is reviewed and validated using a multi-tried process & accessed by our knowledge partner & a panel of independent judges composed of industry experts & veterans.
Any business that uses technology to enhance or automate financial services and processes. Subcategories includes solutions for Digital lending, WealthTech, Insurance, Cryptocurrencies, Payments, Investment Tech etc.
Tech solutions developed for the purpose of improving any and all aspects of healthcare system. From telemedicine to online health information, diagnostics, wellness, hospital administration, healthcare analytics & life sciences tech.
As the structure of the market and consumer expectations change, many retail and consumer products businesses are turning to technology to reshape the way they work and how they serve their customers. This category caters to solutions from Predictive Analytics, Customer Experience, E-commerce enablers, In Store Retail Tech, E-commerce logistics, B2B E-commerce & Fashion Tech etc.
This category has seen massive advancement within a short span, the use cases range from shipment tracking systems, last mile delivery to automated drone delivery, GPS tracking, Vehicle tracking & monitoring etc
New business models are emerging within SaaS landscape leading to further diversification of this market. This categories includes companies offering vertical & horizontal solutions ranging from Mobile SaaS to BI and analytics.
This category covers the solutions ranging from Cloud infrastructure, Enterprise Mobility, DevOps, Collaboration tools, Business Intelligence, Remote working tools, Adtech, Marketing Tech, Automation, CRM, SCM
This unique category caters to those innovative solutions who solve some of the toughest problems of India in a scalable manner using technology. It include building affordable solutions that impact the Bharat Segment- the people at the grassroots level like Voice enabled products, Video, Vernacular, citizen services, Agriculture, Pollution, Sanitisation, Waste & Water Management etc
IoT hardware is a critical component of a full IoT solution. This category includes products built using IoT ranging from IoT devices, sensors, actuators and gateways to IoT platforms.
The software product solutions made for resolving problems in defence sector, Energy, Environment, Smart Cities etc feature under this category
Covers the software product solutions like Network security, endpoint security, IAM (Identity & Access Management), Security Analytics, BYOD security, Data & device security, data privacy, anti-theft, Anti-spy software, Identity theft etc.
CTO, Manthan,
Chair, NASSCOM Product Council
Sr. Director & Head -
India Markets, NASSCOM
Sr. Vice President,
NASSCOM
Founder & CEO, QikPod,
President TiE Bangalore
Chief Operating Officer
IKS health
Founder, Framewirk
Framewirk
Vice President, PayTm
PayTm
Director - Strategy & Business operations, PayPal
PayPal
SVP, Persistant Systems
Persistant Systems
VP, Fidelity investments
Fidelity investments
Venture Partner, Omnivore
Omnivore
Global Head - Innovation / Accelerator, Kmart Group Australia
Kmart Group Australia
Head CoE Data Science & AI, NASSCOM
NASSCOM
Founder, Nitrous Oxide Consulting
Nitrous Oxide Consulting
General Partner, Your Nest
Your Nest
Director
Endiya Partners
Managing Director
Canaan Partners
Director
Appsecco
Investor, Mentor & Entrepreneur
Co-founder & CEO,
Indifi Technologies
Corporate Vice President & CTO,
Samsung R&D Institute India
Head,
JioGenNext
Co-founder,
Slide Share
CISO,
GSTN
Managing Partner,
Unicorn India Ventures
Partner,
Waterbridge Ventures
Founder & CEO,
SAHA Fund
Co-founder & CEO,
Capillary Technologies
Sr Vice President Engineering Cloud & Advanced Technologies and Security,
Bank of America
General Partner,
Speciale Invest
Chairman,
NASSCOM Foundation
Chief Information Officer,
Apollo Hospitals
Global CIO Data Analytics,
GE Healthcare
Co-founder,
Web Engagae
Co-founder,
MoneyTap
CFounder & Chairman,
RateGain
Founder,
Human Centric Health Ecosystem
Board Members, Managing Director & Country Head,
Allstate Insurance
Head, Product Management Centre of Excellence,
EY
Director of Clinical Services,
HCG Hospitals
Dean,
St. John's Research Institute
VP Data Engineering,
Target
Co-founding partner,
Quona Capital
General Partner,
A91
General Manager, IT,
Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd
Founder & CEO,
1to10, sold Mettl to Mercer
Managing Partner,
Mela Ventures
Director,
Chargebee
Director, Engineering Programs and Leaders,
NetApp Excellerators
VP - Product Management,
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
CEO & Founder at
Eka1.com
Customer Care Associate,
Shoppers Stop
Partner,
Iron Pillar Fund
Investor,
Waterbridge Ventures
Partner,
100X.VC
Lead Catalyser,
The Agri Collaboratory
Sr. Director,
VISA
Director, Data Xgen Technologies,
Nasscom Product Council
Co-founder & Founder Partner,
Indian Angel Network
Founder & CEO,
Charts.com
Investor, Mentor at
TechStars
Partner,
Iron Pillar Fund
Associate Director, Business Development,
Qualcomm India
Senior Vice President, Industrial & IoT Solutions,
Persistant Systems
Chief Product Officer,
Bahwan CyberTrek
Managing Partner,
Equanimity Ventures
Partner,
Waterbridge Ventures
GM, Digital Platforms & Emergeing Technologies,
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Co-founding partner,
Quona Capital
CEO,
Factini Advisors LLP
Managing Director & General Partner,
Inventus Capital
Director,
SEDEMAC Technologies
Founder & Partner,
100x.vc
Founder,
RuleZero & Early Stage Deep Tech VC
Associate Managing Director,
Accenture
Managing Partner & CIO,
Exfinity Venture Partners LLP
Head - International and Asset Management,
Broadridge Financial Services India
Group CISO,
BSE LTD
General Manager, Innovation Management & Digital,
Siemens Healthineers
Head - Product Engineering,
PayPal
Partner,
Bharat Innovation Fund
CEO, Kissflow
Principal,
Quona Capital
Director,
Data Security Council of India
Partner,
Hunt Partners
MD & Co-founder,
Hughes Systique Corporation
CEO & Group Digital Officer,
TravelTill Inc
CEO & Co-Founder, Games2Win
Managing Director, Canaan Partners
General Manager, Motorola Mobility, India
InvestmentsForus Health, Pristine, Taxi for sure
Founder, Chairman & MD, Persistent Systems Ltd.
Non-Executive Chairman, Alcatel-Lucent, India
Managing Director, Accenture, India
Managing Director and Country Head, Allstate - India
Managing Director Lightspeed Ventures India
Head Solution Architecture Amazon, India
Senior Director Engineering, Walmart Labs
CEO & Founder, Eka Software Solutions
CEO-in-residence, Microsoft Accelerator
CEO, QAI
Co-founder Fusion Charts
Head, Canonical India
Founder and Vice Chairman, Genpact
NASSCOM Product Council
Managing Director and VP (Products), Progress Software (India)
General Manager, eBay - India
MAIA Intelligence
Co-Founder & Sr MD
Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Senior Vice President, Wipro's Global IT Business
Partner
Hughes Systique Corporation
Active member, Indian Angel Network
Any Indian software product company
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The application period for Emerge 50 2020 will be open from 6th July to 31st Jul 2020.
Yes, you can. However you will have to fill two separate application forms & your business model should justify the category in which you are applying.
Since its inception, Emerge 50 Award is focused in recognizing the emerging & innovative software product, therefore if you have a new category, you can nominate yourself in the ‘’open category – others’’ while filling your nomination.
Yes, we highly recommend this as it helps us to evaluate you better & all such information will be kept confidential
All the information must be shared while filling the application form. Rest be assured that the information filled will be used by NASSCOM & Zinnov only to evaluate your nomination & not for any other purpose.
You will be sent regular email regarding your application status & whether you have made to the shortlisted company list or not.
If you wish to make any change, you will be required to fill the application form again. We will consider the form submitted later in any such case.
This year, jury round would be conducted virtually. The details will be shared with the shortlisted companies by mail.
We highly recommend that the founder should himself be present for the jury round as many times founder is the best person to answer the questions posed by the jury.
