NASSCOM SME Inspire Awards is an initiative of the NASSCOM SME Council, with the mission to recognize the most innovative and impactful "Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME)".
This will be the first edition of the awards and will felicitate the accomplishments of manufacturing enterprises for their adoption of technology and innovations leading to improvement and control in quality, establishment and enablement of smart supply chain networks and digitalization of the shopfloor for improved overall productivity and efficiency.
The awards are classified based on the areas of adoption of technology in the manufacturing plants - (i) Quality improvement and control (ii) Smart supply chain (iii) Shopfloor digitalization
A manufacturing enterprise with a turnover less than ₹50 crores for financial year 2021-22.
A manufacturing enterprise with turnover between 50-250 crores for the financial year 2021-22.
The Award acknowledges SMEs who have adopted digital technologies to improve quality processes across their manufacturing operations...
The Award acknowledges SMEs who have adopted digital technologies to improve quality processes across their manufacturing operations.The improvement areas include identification of defects, improving the accuracy and/or efficiency of quality inspection, accuracy of dimension measurement etc.
The Award acknowledges SMEs who have adopted smart supply chain solutions to improve production planning, delivery and logistic processes...
The Award acknowledges SMEs who have adopted smart supply chain solutions to improve production planning, delivery and logistic processes. This include real-time location tracking, route optimization, inventory track and trace, demand estimation, arrival time estimation, theft protection etc.
The Award acknowledges SMEs who have adopted digital technologies to monitor, control and execute the production process...
The Award acknowledges SMEs who have adopted digital technologies to monitor, control and execute the production process. This include improving overall productivity and efficiency of the plant such as Paperless operations, Monitoring Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) of the plant, Process optimization, Realtime decision making, Building intelligence in process and machines, etc.
The application form must be filled in English.
Submission to be done online only
However the form can be downloaded for reference purpose.
The applicant enterprise can nominate itself under multiple categories using single application form.
In-case you find any question not relevant to you, Please write "Not Applicable" or "Data Not Available"
In case a subsidiary of an enterprise is applying, please provide all information and documentation related to the subsidiary only, as information pertaining to the group and/or parent enterprise will not be considered for the purpose of evaluation of application.
Please provide information to the relevant depth and level of detail/granularity.
The data/information shared will be kept strictly confidential and will be used only for the purpose of these awards. Any company-specific data/information, in part or in full, will not be published in any public domain without the explicit approval of the respective companies.
Manufacturing MSMEs having an annual turnover less ₹ 200 crores for the financial year 2021-22 are eligible to apply.
The award category is open to all SMEs operating in the manufacturing sector including (but not limited to):
a. Food & Beverage
b. Pharmaceutical
c. Electronics
d. Non-metallic Minerals (Glass, Ceramic etc.)
e. Textile & Apparels
f. Machinery
g. Automobile
h. Energy and Utilities
i. Metals
j. General Manufacturing & Engineering
k. Plastics
l. Gems and Jewelry
m. Chemicals
n. Electrical Equipment
o. Rubber & Rubber Products
p. Others – Please specify
No, the participating enterprise is not required to pay any fees to nominate themselves for the awards.
The final date of submission of application is 20th feb 2023.
In case you are shortlisted for the further rounds, NASSCOM and/or Grant Thornton Bharat may contact the entities/applicants for additional information to analyze the application, in addition to the material included in this document and the application form submitted. At the end, the Jury at their discretion may shortlist/reject any applicant based on eligibility/evaluation parameters or suitability of application to the award category.
Yes, relevant supporting evidence must be shared/presented for all responses and claims made in the application. Applicants are also required to submit Audited financial reports for the following years:
a) Financial Year 2021-22 (mandatory)
b) Financial Year 2020-21 (optional)
If an applicant is shortlisted, they may be asked to furnish further details/information as requested by the Jury.
Yes, the applicants may withdraw their application, if required, prior to the application proceeding for eligibility and evaluation checks.
One enterprise can apply for the Multiple award categories.
No, you will not be able to make any modifications to the application once it has been submitted. However, NASSCOM and/or Grant Thornton Bharat may contact the entities/applicants for additional information to analyze the application, in addition to the material included in this document and the application form submitted.
Details for the date, time and location will be shared with applicants which are shortlisted for the Jury round.
Yes, you are eligible to apply. However, in case a subsidiary of an enterprise is applying, please provide all information and documentation related to the subsidiary only, as information pertaining to the group and/or parent enterprise will not be considered for the purpose of evaluation of application.
No, only online submission of the application form through the portal will be accepted.
For any queries, please write to: smartmanufacturing@nasscom.in
The names of the Jury members will be finalized by Feb 2023. It will comprise of experienced professionals from the industry, government, and academia.
Grant Thornton Bharat is working as a knowledge partner for NASSCOM SME Inspire Awards for the following:
1. Setting up of the framework for the complete award process from drafting of questionnaire, eligibility, and evaluation parameters, etc.
2. Conducting the preliminary eligibility check followed by a detailed evaluation against the set parameters.
3. Facilitate the jury meeting in mutual discussion with NASSCOM
4. Preparation of Jury dockets