The Process
The award process is initiated with the Call for Nominations through Newspapers across the country along with other media . Nominations are also called from various Govt. , Semi-Govt., Private Institutions and NGOs through mailers, along with nomination forms.
Once the nominations are received , research is conducted to get full details of all the nominees. Primary scrutiny is done by a team at Indian Institute of Management , Lucknow and list of qualified nominees is drawn out in each category.
List of qualifiers in each category is submitted to the respective Advisory Committees, along with complete details and differentiating factors of each nominee. Advisory Committees, comprising knowledgeable persons in their respective fields, deliberate evaluating the performances of candidates in the same category on the work done by the qualifiers after which a list is drawn. The final short –listed names after research , if necessary along with recommendations of the Advisory Committees are forwarded to a team of eminent Jury comprising dignitaries and luminaries drawn from different segments of society.
The Jury after deliberation selects on Leader and one Young Leader in each category for the award.
