Eligibility
All manufacturing or service organizations or divisions of organizations (self accounting profit/cost centers) in the private and public sectors operating in India, or individuals who are Indian citizens were eligible to participate for this Award.
Categories
The categories were broadly divided into two segments, Technology Innovation and Business Innovation. Innovation could be in the form of new ideas, new products, patents, inventions, services, processes, new financial techniques, or business structures. For e.g. Business Innovation could be in Business application of IT services / communication, environment, finance, management techniques and organisation, transport and logistics, product/service design and social / political innovation.
Indian leading private company Reliance Industries Limited's (RIL) activities span exploration and production (E&P) of oil and gas, refining and marketing, petrochemicals (polyester, polymers, and intermediates), textiles, financial services and insurance, power, telecom and infocom initiatives.