The award ceremony will take place at India Gadget Expo (IGE) to be held here from September 18 to 21 at HITEX Convention Centre.
The award is conceptualised to honour Indian innovators and recognise their commitment and dedication to promote India as an Innovation hub, Telangana IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan, told reporters here today.
"The Award will ignite creative minds and encourage entrepreneurs and start-ups to think beyond obvious. Entrepreneurs and start-ups must keep innovating to boost domestic production of electronic and tech devices," Ranjan said.
"The objective behind the initiative is to motivate the next big ideas, driven by the power of technology. We need to create incubation centres for developing Systemic Innovation Engagement Models," he said.
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The awards will be given to innovators under two categories of Enterprise and Consumer devices for -- Best Innovation, Best start-up (early stage), Best start-up (growth stage), Best Social impact product, Best student IoT project, the organisers said.
India Gadget Expo will showcase over 1000 gadgets, 300 plus exhibitors from 12 countries. It will serve as a platform for over 75 start-ups to showcase their innovative gadgets, they said.