NASSCOM Emerge50 Awards 2021 |

Award Categories

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-tiered process & accessed by our knowledge partner & a panel of independent judges composed of industry experts & veterans.

Fintech

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.
Health Tech

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.
Retail 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.
Logistics / Supply Chain

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
SaaS

New business models are emerging within SaaS landscape leading to further diversification of this market. This category includes solutions offering vertical & horizontal solutions ranging from Mobile SaaS to BI and analytics.
Enterprise

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
Bharat

This unique category caters to those innovative solutions who solve some of the toughest problems of India in a scalable manner using technology. It includes 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 & Devices

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.
Strategic Sector

The software product solutions made for resolving problems in defence sector, Energy, Environment, Smart Cities etc feature under this category
Cybersecurity

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.

Jury for 2021

Aditi Gupta

Principal,
Asha Impact
Alok Bardiya

Head – IoT BU
Tata Communications
Alok Mittal

Co-founder & CEO,
Indifi
Amey Mashelkar

Head,
JioGenNext
Amol Warange

Director,
Omidyar Network India
Anand Pandey

CISO,
GSTN
Aniketh MJ

Associate Vice President,
Ideaspring Capital
Anil Joshi

Managing Partner,
Unicorn India Ventures
Anuja Shukla

Sr Vice President -Cloud & Advanced Technologies ,
Bank of America
Anup Jain

Managing Partner ,
Orios Venture Partners
Arun Raghavan

Founding Partner,
Arali Ventures
Ashish Kumar

Partner,
The Fundamentum Partnership
Ashish Taneja

Partner,
GrowX Ventures
Anupam Saronwala

Advisor, Mentor & Angel Investor ,
Helping to GROW companies
Anurag Jain

Executive Partner ,
GoFar Advisory & Investments
Arun Seth

Advisor & Consultant,
Board - Narayana Health
Arvind Sivaramakrishnan

Chief Information Officer,
Apollo Hospitals
Bharat Gera

Founder,
Human Centric Health Ecosystem
Bharat Ravuri

Managing Director,
Principal Asset Management
Chetan Garga

Board Members, Managing Director & Country Head,
Allstate Insurance
Dr. Chandrika Kambam

Director of Clinical Services,
HCG Hospitals
Deepak Mehta

Innovation head for AMEA ,
Mondelez
Gaurav Ranjan

Vice President,
Prime Ventures
G N Shrinivas

VP Data Engineering,
Target, exEY, Ex Walmart
Harsha Mundhada

Principal,
Inflexor Ventures
Kunal Khattar

Managing Partner,
AdvantEdge Founders Fund
Kaustubh Patekar
Founder,
Prodzen
Krishnan Neelakantan

Managing Partner,
Ankur Capital
Lalit Mohan Sanagavarapu

SVP-Innovation & Research,
Wells Fargo
Lavanya Gopinath

Director of Operations,
Chargebee
Madhurima Agarwal

Director,
NetAPP
Malthi SS

Director of Product Management
Paypal
Mansi Aggarwal

Partner,
Alkemi Growth Capital
Monish Darda

Co-founder & CTO,
ICERTIS
Murali Krishna

Principal,
Inflexor Ventures
Naganand Doraswamy

MD & Founder,
Ideaspring Capital
Naman Kejriwal

Associate,
WaterBridge Ventures
Neelesh Salgaonkar

Sr. Director Engineering and India R&D site lead,
HERE Technologies
Nilesh Balakrishnan

Associate Vice President,
Waterbridge Ventures
Nipun Mehrotra

Founder,
The Agri Collaboratory
Nitin Walia

Director, Data Xgen Technologies,
Nasscom Product Council
Nitya Agarwal

Sr. Associate,
3one4 Capital
Noritaka Wakuda

Advisor ,
Maruti-Suzuki
Padmaja Ruparel

Co-founder & Founder Partner,
Indian Angel Network
Parag Dhol

Managing Director,
Inventus Capital India
Pramod Jajoo

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Advisor & Mentor
Pushkar Apte

Director,
Qualcomm India
R Venkateswaran

Chief Information Officer,
Persistent Systems
Rajesh Thachil
Director - Strategy & Business operations, PayPal
PayPal
Ravi Padaki

Chief Operating Officer,
REM42
Rajiv Raghunandan

Managing Partner,
Arali Ventures
Rema Subramaniam

Co-founder and Managing Partner,
Ankur Capital
Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar

President ,
Aeris Communication
Rohan Chhatwal

Depty GM - Innovation Centre of Excellence ,
Maruti-Suzuki
Rohit Chokhani

Managing Director,
Easy Home Finance Limited
Rostow Ravanan

Chairman and CEO,
Alfahive Inc
Rutul Joshi

VP - Architechture,
Fidelity Investments
Sameer Brij Verma

Managing Director,
Nexus Venture Partners
Sandeep singhal

Managing Director,
Nexus Venture Partners
Sanjay Gurbuxani

Global Digital Innovation Lead & Regional CIO ,
Mondelez International
Satish Venkatachaliah

Head - India Hub Operations & Innovation,
H&M Group
Seema Joshi

Director Product Management,
NICE Ltd
Shalini Sankarshana

Head - International and Asset Management,
Broadridge Financial Services India
Shilpa Kumar

Partner,
Omidyar Network India
Shilpa Kumar

Partner,
Omidyar Network India
Shivkumar Pandey

Group CISO,
BSE LTD
Shweta Rajpal Kohli

Chief Public Policy Officer,
Sequoia Capital
Shyam Menon

Partner & Co-founder,
Bharat Innovation Fund
Shyamnath Harinath

General Manager, Innovation Management & Digital,
Siemens Healthineers
Snehanshu Mitra
CEO - Centre of Excellence, Data Science and AI
NASSCOM
Sonal Saldana

Vice President,
3one4 Capital
Srikant Chunduri
Founder, Framewirk
Framewirk
Sujata Krishnan

Investor,
Arali Ventures
Sulesh Kumar

Venture Capitalist,
Ideaspring Capital
Sunil Raheja

Chief Operating Officer
IKS health
Surjeet Thakhur

Co-founder & CEO ,
Trio Tree Technologies
Suryaprakash Konanuru

CTO at Ideaspring Capital,
Ideaspring Capital
Sushma Kaushik

Partner,
Aavishkaar Capital
Svetha Ravi

Principal,
Arali Ventures
Treasa Mathew

Director,
Omidyar Network India
Trivikram Prasad

Red Hat Marketplace ,
India Leader
Varadarajan Krishna

Managing Director,
Induct AS Asia & MENA
Venkatesh Murthy

Director,
Data Security Council of India
Vineet Tyagi

CTO,
Biz2Credit
Vinay MK

VP, Engineering,
PathPartner Technology
Vinod Sood

MD & Co-founder,
Hughes Systique Corporation
Vishal Salvi

CISO & Head of Cyber Practice,
Infosys
Vivek Batra

CEO & Group Digital Officer,
TravelTill Inc

FAQ

Who should apply?

Any Indian software product company with a commercial product (paying customers) & revenue less than Rs. 100 Cr can apply
Is there an application fee?

No there is no application fee.
When is the deadline to apply?

The application period for Emerge 50 2021 will be open from 16th August - 5th September, 2021
Can I apply into multiple categories?

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.
My company’s product doesn’t fit into any of the categories mentioned, what should I do?

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.
Do I need to fill in my company’s financial information?

Yes, we highly recommend this as it helps us to evaluate you better & all such information will be kept confidential
The form asks a lot of information which is very confidential, could I share the same at a later stage during application process?

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.
How will I know the status of my application?

Post the 1st round of evaluation, you will get an update from our team by 10th Sept 2021 regarding your selection or rejection for the jury round
Can I make changes in the submitted form?

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.
How and where will the jury round be held?

Jury round would be scheduled from 27th Sept – 1st Oct 2021 and would be virtual.
Does the founder need to attend the jury round or can anyone else from the leadership team attend the same?

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.

Emerge 50 2020 Rewind

NASSCOM Emerge 50 catalyzing India’s Product Ecosystem

Aditi Gupta

Alok Bardiya

Alok Mittal

Amey Mashelkar

Amol Warange

Anand Pandey

Aniketh MJ

Anil Joshi

Anuja Shukla

Anup Jain

Arun Raghavan

Ashish Kumar

Ashish Taneja

Anupam Saronwala

Anurag Jain

Arun Seth

Arvind Sivaramakrishnan

Bharat Gera

Bharat Ravuri

Chetan Garga

Dr. Chandrika Kambam

Deepak Mehta

Gaurav Ranjan

G N Shrinivas

Harsha Mundhada

Kunal Khattar

Kaustubh Patekar

Krishnan Neelakantan

Lalit Mohan Sanagavarapu

Lavanya Gopinath

Madhurima Agarwal

Malthi SS

Mansi Aggarwal

Monish Darda

Murali Krishna

Naganand Doraswamy

Naman Kejriwal

Neelesh Salgaonkar

Nilesh Balakrishnan

Nipun Mehrotra

Nitin Walia

Nitya Agarwal

Noritaka Wakuda

Padmaja Ruparel

Parag Dhol

Pramod Jajoo

Pushkar Apte

R Venkateswaran

Rajesh Thachil

Ravi Padaki

Rajiv Raghunandan

Rema Subramaniam

Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar

Rohan Chhatwal

Rohit Chokhani

Rostow Ravanan

Rutul Joshi

Sameer Brij Verma

Sandeep singhal

Sanjay Gurbuxani

Satish Venkatachaliah

Seema Joshi

Shalini Sankarshana

Shilpa Kumar

Shilpa Kumar

Shivkumar Pandey

Shweta Rajpal Kohli

Shyam Menon

Shyamnath Harinath

Snehanshu Mitra

Sonal Saldana

Srikant Chunduri

Sujata Krishnan

Sulesh Kumar

Sunil Raheja

Surjeet Thakhur

Suryaprakash Konanuru

Sushma Kaushik