About:
Instituted to celebrate the finest and bravest who risked everything to launch a new enterprise. Held in Bengaluru each year, the ET Start-Up Awards have completed 4 editions since 2015.
Members:
A jury consisting of start-up world influencers meets in Bengaluru to choose winners from a list of high achievers. Names like Ajit Isaac, Debjani Ghosh, Deep Kalra, Manu Kumar Jain, Nandan Nilekani, Rishad Premji, Sachin Bansal and Vijay Shekhar Sharma have been a part of the jury in the past.
Awards:
Recognitions are spread across 8 categories, namely, Start-Up of the Year, Woman Ahead, Top Innovator, Bootstrap Champ, Midas Touch (Best Investor), Social Enterprise, Best on Campus, and Comeback Kid.
Attendees:
The awards had 350 plus distinguished guests. Some examples across the years are Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal, N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Sachin Bansal, Rajan Anandan, Naveen Tewari.
