Awards Categories

Franchise India presents the country's most prestigious awards in the Entrepreneur community. The awards aim to recognize and felicitate Achievers, Innovators and Suppliers, who have contributed significantly towards the development of entrepreneurship in India.

• Innovative Start-up of the Year
  A business owner / founder of an organization, who has developed a unique business model and has made remarkable progress in the initial period of starting the business. (Organisation should be between 1 year old and less than 5 years)
• Entrepreneur of the Year (Trading)
  A business owner or founder of an organization who is into trading / distribution (product/ service)
• Entrepreneur of the Year (Consumer Business)
  A business owner or founder of an organization offering / retailing consumer products or services to the consumer directly
• Entrepreneur of the Year (Manufacturing)
  A business owner or founder whose business is into manufacturing of products
• Dynamic Entrepreneur of the Year (Business Transformation)
  A business owner or founder of an organization, who has led the progressive change in adopting an effective business model or set up a new mark in the industry
• Entrepreneur of the Year (Innovation in Technology)
  A business owner or founder of an organization whose business is into IT products or services (hardware/software)
• Professional Entrepreneur of the Year
  An employee of an organization, who has demonstrated leadership and taken the business growth to a scalable size.
• Entrepreneur of the Year (Innovation in Financial and Business Services)
  A business owner /founder who is into providing financial and related services
• Social Entrepreneur of the Year
  Founder/owner of an organization in a business that directly or indirectly creates social awareness/ improvement.
• Creative Entrepreneur of the Year
  Founder/owner of an organization in the business of product design and design services.
• Young Entrepreneur of the Year
  A business owner who has achieved significantly in his entrepreneurial venture at a young age (must be less than 28 years of age or less as on April 30, 2012)
• Serial Entrepreneur of the Year
  Entrepreneur for creating and demonstrating multiple ventures successfully- from business ideation, implementing it through new venture , creating value for stakeholders, having floated IPO or raised external capital at a later stage ; demonstrating exceptional success and has the will and spirit to do it all again.
• Entrepreneur of the Year
  A business owner who has achieved remarkable success in his entrepreneurial venture
• Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
  A business owner (woman) who has achieved remarkable success in her entrepreneurial venture
• Lifetime Achievement
  Applicant / nominee should have had outstanding achievements and should also have contributed significantly towards the socio-economic growth over a period of time.
• Family Entrepreneur of the Year
  Established entrepreneur from family run business, who has been able to take the business to a scalable height
• Acharya of the Year / Business Mentor of the Year
  Individual, may or may not have been an entrepreneur, but contributed in significant and visible manner and having played an exceptional role in guiding, leading and influencing a ward's project / business