ET Startup Awards 2019: Feting the best among entrepreneurs

The countdown has begun for the fifth edition of The Economic Times Startup Awards, the finest accolade recognising the best of Indian entrepreneurship.

The awards are in eight categories, including the Startup of the Year, and a jury comprising the country’s top business leaders, investors and startup entrepreneurs will meet in Bengaluru on Friday to select the winners.

The jury will be chaired by Uday Kotak, managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank. It will include Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer of Niti Aayog; Ritesh Agarwal, founder of Oyo Hotels & Homes; Sachin Bansal, cofounder of BACQ and cofounder of Flipkart; Sriharsha Majety, cofounder of Swiggy; Satyan Gajwani, vice chairman, Times Internet; Renuka Ramnath, founder, Multiples Alternate Asset Management; Ashish Hemrajani, founder, Book-MyShow; Dilipkumar Khandelwal, MD, SAP Labs India; and Rahul Mehta, managing partner, DST Global.


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The awards ceremony will be held in Bengaluru on August 23.

In recent times, a flood of capital has enhanced the ability of Indian entrepreneurs to dream big. And backed by innovation, ingenuity and an indomitable spirit, they are now transforming ideas into action at greater scale. There is a special excitement about startups because entrepreneurship is not just about earning a living, but also chasing a dream and changing the world. ET recognises this, which is why our coverage of startups is unmatched in depth and breadth.

Starting today, ET will unveil the contenders who have made it to the shortlist. We begin with the Bootstrap Champ (those who have built a startup without external funding) and the Top Innovator categories. There are also awards saluting students, women entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs and investors, as well as those who return with bigger and better ideas.

ET reached out to over 50 of India’s top entrepreneurs and investors who helped identify the highquality group from which the final shortlist of candidates was chosen. ET’s editorial team worked with Tracxn as its knowledge partner to compile this listing of India’s brightest entrepreneurial talent.