Participants need to complete the participation questionnaire form as attached in order to
submit their entries or submit their entries by mailing across the nomination form at
Right to permit participation is reserved with Awards Management
Employees of the Awards management & Sponsors, and the members of their immediate
family, persons with criminal convictions, persons other than citizens of India, are
ineligible to be a part of the Awards.
The Award categories may be dropped, increased or modified based on the level of response
received, at the discretion of the awards management without prior information to the
nominees
The parameters for evaluation are subject to revision by the internal and external juries
and Awards Management
2. Receipt of Entries
The participation questionnaire needs to be completed and submitted to Entrepreneur India
by 1800 hrs by Feb 05th, 2024
Receipt of entries after the last date of receipt specified may be permitted only at the
discretion of Awards management
Awards management will not be responsible for entries that are not submitted properly /
received late
Incomplete questionnaire in any manner will disqualify a participant from participating in
the Awards
Entries will be accepted in English only
The participation questionnaire to be signed - off by participant's authorized signatorieso
be signed - off by participant's authorized signatories
The Awards Management reserves the right to nominate certain business/firms for each
category, in case of non-participation by the small business/firm for whatever reason.
3. Incorrect information
Awards Management has the right to ask for proof of information provided / audit the
information provided in the entry form. If such a request is made and the participant does
not agree, the participant could be disqualified from participation at the Awards
Information received will be treated as confidential and not used for any purpose except for
determining the winner of the Awards
If at any time, any information provided by any participant is found to be incorrect in any
manner, then the participant will not be permitted to continue participation in the Awards
If, after the conclusion of the Award ceremony, any information provided by any participant
is found to be incorrect in any manner, the participant will be liable to return the Award
and any monetary / non-monetary incentives provided as part of the Award
Determination of whether information is incorrect or not rests with Awards Management
4. Short-listing up to 5 nominees for each award category
Entries received will be collated with identified entries to ensure completeness of
participants
An initial jury will evaluate collated list of entries based on pre-defined evaluation
criteria to determine nominees in each category
The decision of the above short listing is binding and final on all Participants
The jury reserves the right to amend, modify, change or nullify any award title/category as
they deem fit
Nominees could be contacted with further relevant information for the final round
In the event no entries in a category are found to be worthy of inclusion in the Awards,
the category could be cancelled at the discretion of Juries or Awards Management. The
internal jury may decide that no nominee is worthy of the Award and disqualify all
participants at its discretion
Jury decision is binding on all participants
5. Determination of winners
The nominees in each category will be presented to the final jury for determination of
winners
The final jury will score and/or rank each nominee based on pre-defined evaluation criteria
Jury's decision is final and binding on all Participants.
Participants understand and agree that mere participation in the Awards does not entitle
Participants to win a prize.
The Jury may decide, in order to maintain high standards of these awards, that there could
be no winner in a particular category.
6. General
Decision of Awards Management on all matters is final and binding on all Nominees and no
correspondence will be entertained on the same
Nominees and Winners permit free of cost the use of their name and factual information
about their participation in the public media (for the build-up to the Awards, during the
Awards ceremony and after the Awards ceremony) and do not have any right to any revenues
earned through intellectual property rights generated by the Awards, if any
The Company will not be liable for any claims / disputes made by the Participants, Nominees
or Winners in relation to the Award.
The Company reserves the right to withdraw, or amend these terms at any time and does not
take responsibility for any loss or damage that any person or organization may suffer as a
result of participating or attempting to participate in the Awards, the Awards being
withdrawn or its terms amended.
The Company cannot and shall not be accountable / liable for any disruptions / stoppages /
interruptions or cancellation of the Awards. The Company and its contractors cannot be held
responsible for matters out of its control and for force majored reasons.
Additions, deletions and/or modifications to these Rules are at the discretion of the
Company and the Company may make such additions/deletions and/or modifications, at any time
before or after the Awards.
All disputes relating to or arising out of the Awards shall be subject to the laws of India,
and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of competent jurisdiction
at Delhi, India.
The Participants, Nominees and Winners agree that they shall hold harmless the Company and
Sponsors, its employees, officers, contractors or other persons and shall defend them
against any loss, claim, demands, costs, damages, judgments, expenses or liability arising
out of or in connection with any or all claims whether or not groundless, that may be
brought against the Company by any third party in connection with participation in or
winning the Award.
If Participants are unclear as to the rules or any element of the Awards or experience
difficulties of any kind, they can write in their questions, problems or queries to the
address given below.
Upon receipt of your nomination form along with the nomination fee, your nomination will be
confirmed. Any cancellation must be received in writing. Under no circumstances the
nomination fee will be refunded.
