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Diagnostic Innovation Award

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated diagnostic product, technology, test, platform, imaging method, point-of-care solution, or lab automation initiative must have been launched, implemented, or validated between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate innovation in disease detection, diagnostic accuracy, turnaround time, workflow automation, accessibility, affordability, or lab productivity.

Diagnostic Network of the Year

• The diagnostic network, laboratory chain, pathology network, or imaging centre group must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated network-level service improvements, technology deployment, access expansion, or quality initiatives must have been implemented between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate measurable performance across diagnostic accuracy, turnaround time, patient accessibility, quality systems, reporting efficiency, or network scale.

Digital Health Solution of the Year

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated platform, app, SaaS solution, or integrated digital health system must have been launched, implemented, or operational between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The solution must demonstrate measurable improvement in healthcare delivery, care coordination, patient engagement, access, workflow efficiency, or operational performance.

Healthcare AI Innovation Award

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated AI/ML solution must have been launched, implemented, piloted, or validated between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The solution must demonstrate measurable impact in diagnostics, clinical decision support, drug discovery, workflow automation, predictive analytics, patient engagement, or healthcare operations.

Healthcare Leader of the Year

• The nominee must be an individual healthcare leader associated with a healthcare organization, institution, startup, medical practice, public health body, or healthcare enterprise in India.
• TThe nominee’s achievements, leadership initiatives, or sector contributions must be demonstrable for the period between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate leadership impact through clinical excellence, operational transformation, entrepreneurship, public health contribution, innovation, workforce development, or healthcare access improvement.

Healthcare Startup of the Year

• The startup must be incorporated in India or have active operations in India and must be founded within five years as of March 31, 2026.
• The startup’s nominated product, solution, service, or business model must have been launched, validated, commercialized, or operational between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• TThe nomination must demonstrate disruptive innovation, clinical or operational validity, market traction, customer adoption, scalability, and growth potential.

Healthcare Supply Chain Award

• Technology-driven improvements in medical supply procurement, cold chain logistics, inventory management, or distribution efficiency.
• The nominated supply chain, procurement, cold chain, inventory, distribution, or logistics initiative must have been implemented and operational between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate measurable improvement in medical supply availability, distribution efficiency, cold chain performance, inventory accuracy, cost control, or service reliability.

Healthcare Workforce Excellence Award

• The participating organization, institution, hospital, or training provider must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated workforce development, training, skilling, education, or talent pipeline programme must have been implemented between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate measurable contribution to clinical training, biomedical education, healthcare skilling, workforce readiness, retention, or talent development.

Hospital of the Year (Public/Private)

• The hospital, hospital group, public healthcare institution, or specialty hospital chain must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• Overall excellence in patient care, clinical outcomes, operational efficiency,
• The applicant must provide evidence related to patient care quality, clinical outcomes, operational performance, service expansion, or leadership excellence within the Indian healthcare delivery ecosystem.

Make in India Healthcare Excellence Award

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated product, technology, or manufacturing initiative must be domestically developed and/or manufactured in India and operational between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate contribution to self-reliance, quality manufacturing, import substitution, local value creation, affordability, or export potential in healthcare.

Medical Device Innovation Award of the Year

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated device must have been launched, piloted, commercialized, validated, or made market-ready between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nominated device must address diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, rehabilitation, or clinical workflow needs within the healthcare ecosystem.

Patient Experience Award

• The participating healthcare provider, clinic, hospital, or care delivery organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated patient experience initiative must have been implemented and operational between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate measurable improvement in patient satisfaction, care navigation, communication, engagement, access, grievance handling, or treatment journey experience.

Public Health Impact Award

• The participating organization, healthcare institution, NGO, foundation, government body, or public health programme owner must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated public health initiative must have been implemented or operational between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate measurable community-level impact across disease prevention, awareness, screening access, vaccination outreach, health education, care access, or public health programme effectiveness.

Smart Healthcare Device Award

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated smart device, wearable, connected medical device, or IoT-enabled healthcare product must have been launched, implemented, or validated between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The device must demonstrate meaningful use of connectivity, real-time data, interoperability, monitoring, decision support, or patient management capabilities.

Specialty Care Excellence Award

• The hospital, clinic, specialty centre, or healthcare provider must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated specialty care programme, protocol, clinical pathway, or service improvement must have been implemented between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate excellence in a defined medical specialty through clinical outcomes, patient care protocols, multidisciplinary care, patient experience, or treatment access.

Surgical Technology Award

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated surgical instrument, theatre system, procedural equipment, or surgical workflow technology must have been launched, implemented, or validated between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate improvement in surgical safety, precision, workflow efficiency, clinical usability, patient outcomes, or operating room productivity.

Sustainable Healthcare Award

• The participating organization must have completed at least one year of operations in India as of March 31, 2026.
• The nominated sustainable healthcare product, programme, process, or initiative must have been launched, implemented, commercialized, or operational between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
• The nomination must demonstrate sustainability impact through circularity, reduced toxic materials, reprocessing-readiness, end-of-life responsibility, lower waste generation, or resource efficiency.