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VANGUARD AWARDEES : 2022

Celebrating intrapreneurial excellence with India's first Intrapreneurship Award Program!

Why Vanguard Awards

Intrapreneurs have emerged as important drivers of innovation within organizations. Some have recognized this and nurtured employee led ideation and innovation either formally or organically. But these are few and far between. Unfold’s Vanguard Awards champions trailblazers and social innovators, so that more companies and leaders are inspired to unlock potential. The Vanguard awards program has been designed to recognize, reward and motivate intrapreneurial effort with the strong belief that celebrating and championing role models will inspire more organizations and leaders to tread this path. The Vanguard Awards is a pioneering ,one of its kind, cross industry recognition program focussed on Intrapreneurship in multiple forms.

Winners of Edition 1 of Vanguard Awards were felicitated at a ceremony as part of Unfold's Intrapreneurship Conclave Edition IV held on 7th and 8th of April 2022. Winners received trophies and certificates while winners, runners up and special mentions received e-certificates and gifts from our gifting partners Astu Eco, EFGH Foods and Urban Unwind.

What is in store for next edition of Vanguard Awards

The first year witnessed participation from large marquee brands such as TATA group companies like TITAN and TATA ELXSI , apart from Accenture, SAP , HPe, SAMSUNG R&D etc. The first edition focussed on mid-large size companies, within the Information Technology ( Services and Products) ,Engineering and Hi-Tech domains. Backing on the success of Edition I, we plan to extend the awards to more industry categories and also cover smaller organizations and startups in 2023. Stay tuned !

updates coming soon for vanguard awards - edition ii

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Award 1: Intrapreneurial Practice (or organization-led initiatives to encourage employee-led ideation and innovation)

The Intrapreneurial Practice Award seeks to recognize organizations that have a formal framework, set of practices and a governance model to encourage intrapreneurship among their employees.

Key takeaways:

Organization Award
2- 4 awards, size-specific (i.e separate awards for mid and large scale companies)
1 nomination per organization

Basic Eligibility Criteria

Mid and large scale organizations
Information Tech, Hitech, Engineering only
A clearly-defined program with a set of rules, participation criteria, end result, time frame
Program to have been in place for atleast 2 cycles
Locally defined oversight and a governance model
Clear evidence of throughput i.e employees having participated with clear outcomes being met

Award 2:

Star Intrapreneur (or ideator/ innovator)

The Star Intrapreneur Award seeks to recognize individuals or small teams who have experienced the entire gamut of the intrapreneurial journey - from idea generation to a running venture.

Key takeaways:

Individual Award
2- 4 awards
Max 3 nominations per organization

Basic Eligibility Criteria

Information Tech, Engineering and Hitech only
Individual or small team (not more than 5 core members)
Idea should have been generated by one of the core team members
Idea should have resulted in a viable product/ service/ or clear enhancement which is operational today (within or outside the parent organization)
Intrapreneurship journey to have been completed within the last 3 years

Award 3:

Breakthrough idea (Social Impact)

The Breakthrough Award award seeks to celebrate ideas that have immense potential for impact in specific areas.

Key takeaways:

Individual award
Social impact in specific fields of Education, Healthcare, Livelihoods, Climate Action, Sustainability
Target: 1 award in each impact area; total: 5 awards maximum
Max 3 nominations per organization

Basic Eligibility Criteria

Information Tech, Engineering and Hitech only
Individual or small team (not more than 5 core members)
Area impacted - Education, Health, Livelihoods, Climate Action, Sustainability
Idea could be at various stages of implementation
Idea to have an impact on populations/ business in India

Award 4:

Breakthrough idea (Business Impact)

The Breakthrough Award award seeks to celebrate ideas that have immense potential for impact in specific areas.

Key takeaways:

Individual award
Social impact in the areas of digitization, future of work, sustainable business practice
Target: 1 award in each impact area; total: 3 awards maximum
Max 3 nominations per organization

Basic Eligibility Criteria

Information Tech, Engineering and Hitech only
Individual or small team (not more than 5 core members)
Area impacted - digitization, future of work, sustainable business practice
Idea could be at various stages of implementation
Idea to have an impact on populations/ business in India

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Why participate?

Recognition from industry peers and seniors

Certificate and citation

Winner showcase on the Knowledge Hub

Passes to the prestigious Conclave event

Let your ideas shine. Get recognized and awarded!

updates coming soon for vanguard awards - edition ii

Why participate?

Let your ideas shine.
Get recognized and awarded!