India International Agro Trade and Technology Fair 2018

Global Agri Awards

Seeking applications and nominations

ICFA is seeking applications and nominations from eligible individuals and institutions for various categories of Awards to be presented during the Global Agriculture Leadership Summit and the AgroWorld 2018 from Oct 24-27 in New Delhi. High Powered Award Committees have been constituted to select the awardees under various categories. These are the apex agri awards in India and highest standards have been maintained to select individuals and institutions with outstanding work that have made significant impact.

Global Agriculture Leadership Awards 2018

Food and Agriculture sector is undergoing a rapid transformation in India and globally. The role of various stake-holders in driving the growth and value added transformation of farm sector is commendable. The institution of the Agriculture Leadership Awards in 2008 was a significant step in this direction to recognize the contributions of various stake-holders in agriculture. The Awards are given annually in different categories to those individuals and organizations, who have made outstanding contributions in their respective fields. The National Awards Committee is headed by the world renowned agriculture scientist, Prof. MS Swaminathan, with twenty six persons of national eminence as its members. The Leadership Awards shall be presented on 24th October, 2018 in New Delhi.

For more information please visit www.icfa.org.in/globalsummit2018

Global CEO Awards 2018

These awards will be presented to the CEOs of the food and agribusiness companies operating on global scale and who have made the critical difference to the organization, achieving rapid global growth, launching new products and technologies, expanding into new markets, acquiring new products or companies, seing role model and contributing to social empowerment. CEOs fulfilling the following criteria may send a short write up by mail for consideration by the Jury.

Criteria

Minimum 3 years of working as CEO and achieving growth of 5% plus during the last 3 years
Minimum Size Rs. 1000 crores or $200 Million and employing 500 plus and operating in 7 plus countries
Having launched innovative products, technologies or business models with global acceptance
Contributing to the society through sustainability projects or significant CSR programs
Providing leadership role and inspirations to the businesses and professionals with knowledge sharing

India Agribusiness Awards 2018

These awards will be presented to the agribusiness companies operating in India, who are serving the farm or food sector with good quality products, technologies or services. Companies fulfilling the following criteria may send their short write up by mail for consideration by the Jury.

Criteria

Minimum 3 years of operations and growth of 7% plus during the last 3 years
Minimum Size Rs. 100 crores and employing 100 plus and operating in 7 plus States
Having launched innovative products, technologies or business models
Contributing to the society through sustainability projects or significant CSR programs
R&D driven professional organization with strong ethical code of conduct in business

The Outstanding Professional Awards 2018

These awards will be presented to the middle management level professionals working in the food and agribusiness companies operating in India and who have made rapid career growth with their noticeable contributions to the organization. Professionals fulfilling the following criteria may send a short write up by mail for consideration by the Jury.

Criteria

Having professional technical or professional qualification from one of the top institutions in India or abroad
Minimum 7 years and maximum 21 years of working experience and having got minimum 5 promotions
Spearheaded the launch of any new products, technologies, programs or business models with high acceptance
Having achieved minimum 10% growth in the business or sales portfolio handled or the products / programs launched
Providing leadership role and inspirations to the businesses and professionals with knowledge sharing

Agri Startup Awards

Indian agriculture offers tremendous scope for Startups in providing missing links in agri food value chain. And in recent years, a large number of Startups have been launched in India, and they are looking for new ideas, inspirations and support to scale to newer heights. In this context, ICFA is hosting Agri Startups Conclave, as part of AgroWorld 2018 with the aim to bring all the startups in food and agri space on single platform for sharing of success stories and exploring business linkages, synergies, connects and partnership opportunities.