SME Times News Bureau | 25 Oct, 2017
In a glittering awards ceremony hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry, the apex industry body, recognized top 26 companies across large medium and small segments to be the most innovative for the year 2017. The awards also recognized top 10 innovative start-ups for the same year.
The awards ceremony was organized in Hotel Lalit in New Delhi and was attended by Dr. C Muralikrishna Kumar, Senior Adviser, NITI Aayog; Dr. Naushad Forbes, Past President, Confederation of Indian Industry, Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall; Rajan Navani Chairman, CII Council on Future Businesses 2017-18 & Managing Director, Jetline Group; Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, CII Start-up Council, Chairman Axilor Ventures and Co-founder Infosys; and Dr Sacha Wunsch – Vincent, Co-editor, Global Innovation Index & Senior Economist, WIPO.
Dr. Kumar, while presenting India Innovation Index emphasized on firm level innovation and its impact on India's GDP.
During the awards ceremony Dr. Forbes mentioned "Innovation flourishes with human capital", he also pointed out that "firms should increase their R&D investments to come up with original innovations".
Industry leaders like Gopalakrishnan urged all the firms to go through the Enterprise maturity framework which CII has developed to measure firm level innovation, and Navani congratulated the winners and hailed the potential of the awards, which starting its journey from 2014 has grown in its reputation every year.
CII Industrial Innovation Awards were instituted by CII in 2014 to recognize and celebrate innovative Indian enterprises across industry segments. These premier awards seek to recognize and honour the Indian Industry's brightest stars and to identify the top Innovative Organizations & budding Start-ups in the country.
This gives an opportunity to them to shine and be known nationally and internationally for their Innovative products and services, annually.
2017 Category Awards Winners in (Large,
Medium and Small category)
· CII Industrial
Innovation Grand Award (Most Innovative Company) –
The Hi-Tech
Robotic Systemz Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Award in Manufacturing Sector – Large Enterprise –
National
Engineering Industries Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Award in Manufacturing Sector – Medium Enterprise –
Hella India
lighting Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Award in Manufacturing Sector – Micro & Small Enterprise
–
Pluss Advanced
Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Awards in Service Sector – Large Enterprise –
KFC, YUM!
Restaurants India Pvt. Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Award in Service Sector – Medium Enterprise –
Envision
Scientific Pvt. Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Award in Service Sector – Micro & Small Enterprise –
Apollo Tele
Health Services Pvt. Ltd.
Top 26 companies for CII Industrial
Innovation Awards 2017 (Large, Medium and Small enterprise
category)
1. Agappe
Diagnostics Ltd.
2. Ankur
Scientific Energy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
3. Apollo Tele
Health Services Pvt. Ltd.
4. Ashok Leyland
Ltd.
5. Cholamandalam
Investment and Finance Company Ltd.
6. Cyient
Ltd.
7. Envision
Scientific Pvt. Ltd.
8. GMR Hyderabad
International Airport Ltd.
9. Godrej Consumer
Products Ltd.
10. Hella India lighting Ltd.
11. KFC , YUM! Restaurants India Pvt. Ltd.
12. L&T Technology Services Ltd.
13. National Engineering Industries Ltd.
14. NBCC (India) Ltd.
15. Pluss Advanced Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
16. Ramani Precision Machines Pvt. Ltd.
17. Sahajanand Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
18. Siemens Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
19. SKYi Composites Pvt.Ltd.
20. Sohan Lal Commodity Management Pvt. Ltd.
21. Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Pvt.
Ltd.
22. Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd.
23. Tata Steel Ltd.
24. The Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz Ltd.
25. Windcare India Pvt. Ltd.
26. Wipro Ltd.
2017 Category
Awards Winners in (Start-up category)
· CII Industrial
Innovation Grand Award (Most Promising Start-up) –
PathShodh
Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Award for Best Manufacturing Start-up –
Reckon Green
Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
· CII Industrial
Innovation Award for Best Service
Start-up – (Joint winners)
(i)
Eye-D
(ii) Inntot
Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Top 10 Start-ups
for CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2017
1. Capital
Float
2. Eco Green
Systems LLP
3. Eye-D
4. Indus
OS
5. Inntot
Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
6. PathShodh
Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
7. Rays
Enserv
8. Reckon Green
Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
9. Thar Shipping
Lines LLP
10. Watsan Envirotech Pvt. Ltd.
