Zee Digital has announced the winners of its most prestigious virtual event ‘The Edufuture Excellence Awards’ featuring 4 main categories and 33 sub-categories. This award has been conceptualised and executed by India’s most reputed conglomerate, Zee Group. These awards are an endeavour to recognise the exemplary contribution of educators in shaping the future of the nation across Engineering, Management and Media & Design industries.   

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Universities and institutes including Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Manipal Institute of Technology, MATS University, Rabindranath Tagore University were recognised and awarded at this grand virtual event. 

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To ensure utmost transparency, the winners were selected through combined efforts of an online survey conducted by Edustart Solutions and honourable jury members with a great reputation such as Kamini Prasad (CEO and Director, Mind Leaders Learning India Pvt Ltd), Dr Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS (Retd.), Ms Pooja Kapur, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Denmark, Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode, Dr. Harish Chaudhary, Professor, IIT Delhi, and Partho Ghosh,  an Indian Film Director.  

The power-packed event was sponsored by LIC as presenting partners, co-powered by Binomo and Intel, Aamrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham partnered as special partners and Edu Start as survey partners. 

The event witnessed the presence of many well-known dignitaries of the society. 

The inaugural speech was given by Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Education Minister. The virtual event further hosted a Fireside chat with Guest of honor – AICTE Chairman, Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe.  

Further, the event was graced by keynote speakers through informative sessions on the topics ‘Building Platform for Future Engineers’ and ‘The Art of Management –Practical Knowledge is the new approach’. The first panel discussions included experts like Supria Dhanda – Vice President and Country Manager of Western Digital India, Rajesh Ghusinga – Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Publis Works Department of Government of Rajasthan and Shailesh Vilankar – Senior Vice President – Field Operations at Schindler India Electronics Engineer, VJTI Mumbai and was moderated by Tejas Shyam, an entrepreneur, educator and Business Coach. While the second panel featured Nandita Abraham, Chief Partnership Officer of GUS Global Services, Prateek Bhargava CEO of Mindler, and Amit Gujral, Chief Marketing Officer of JK Tyres and was moderated by Malathi Rai, Vice President of HR @ Continuum. 

Commenting on the accomplishment of the award show, Shridhar Mishra, CRO – Digital Publishing, Zee Group said, “We are honoured and delighted with such an overwhelming response from the education fraternity. Moving ahead, year on year, our endeavour will be to recognise and reward the educators showcasing exemplary work across their respective fields through The Edufuture Excellence Awards.” 

“I would also like to thank my entire team at Zee Digital putting together a great show, sponsors for showing trust in us, the judging panel for helping us choose deserving winners and all the eminent dignitaries for imparting insightful views and gracing us with their presence”, he adds. 

As a run-up to the grand celebration, specially curated counseling sessions by Anjali Anand, Meena Arora, Savita Singh, and Upasana Kinra were hosted on a microsite. The students sought career advices from these experts and the platform was accessible 24X7. Additionally, workshops were conducted by admired personalities of the industry on varied topics such as Tejas Shyam on ‘Winning on Entrepreneurship’, Aditi Anand on ‘Digital Marketing’, Ashish Sadekar on ‘Design Thinking & Project Management’, Rajat Chakravarty on ‘Artificial Intelligence’, and Deepthi Anne on ‘Quantum Computing’. 

The virtual event was hosted on ZeeNews.com and India.com along with all the all social media platforms. The recorded version of the awards can still be accessed through YouTube channels of India.com and ZeeNews.com. 

See the Winners List Here: 

Best Private Engineering University (North) – Amity University Uttar Pradesh 
Best Private Engineering University (South) – R V college of engineering 
Best Private Engineering University (East) – Narula Institute of Technology 
Best Private Engineering University (Central) – ITM University Gwalior 
Outstanding Engineering Institute (West) – Hope Foundation’s Finolex Academy of Management and Technology, Ratnagiri 
Best Polytechnic College – D. N. Polytechnic, Meerut 
Outstanding Engineering Institute for Promoting Industry-Academia Interface – L.D.College of Engineering 
Most Emerging Tech School – Madhyanchal Professional University 
Outstanding Engineering Institute with Best Infrastructure – Manipal Institute of Technology 
Outstanding Engineering Institute with Best Placements – Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology 
Outstanding Innovation by Engineering Institute – Mar Baselios Institute of Technology and Science [ MBITS ] 
E-campus Award – Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College 
Outstanding Institute for Providing Global Exposure – Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University 
Outstanding Institute in Entrepreneurship Development – G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology & Science For Women 
Outstanding Engineering Institute for Research and Innovation – Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune 
Outstanding Business School (North) – Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur 
Outstanding Business School (East) – International Management Institute 
Outstanding Business School (Central) – Daly College Business School 
Outstanding Business School (West) – S.B.Jain Institute of Technology, Management and Research, Nagpur 
Most Emerging Business School – Rishihood University 
Outstanding Business School with Best Placements – GIET University 
The Most Promising Infrastructure amongst Business Schools – Jagran Lakecity University 
Outstanding Leadership amongst Business Schools – Imperial College 
Outstanding Faculty amongst Business Schools – ISBR Business School 
Excellence in Industrial Interface – LEAD College of Management, Dhoni 
The Most Emerging HR Management College – Auroras Technological and Research Institute 
The Most Emerging Finance Management College – Indirapuram Institute of Higher Studies 
The Most Emerging Marketing Management College – IIEBM, Indus Business School 
Outstanding Specialization Opportunities in Management – C.K.Shah Vijapurwala Institute of Management 
Emerging Public Relations Management College – Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Management Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research 
Excellence in Distance Learning Education – MATS University 
The Most Emerging Best Journalism & Mass Communication Institute – IIMT Group of Colleges 
The Most Emerging Architecture School – School of Architecture and Interior Design, SRM Institute of Science & Technology 
The Most Emerging Liberal Arts Institute – Ashoka University 
The Most Emerging Hotel Management Institute – Munnar Catering College 
The Most Emerging Interior Designing Institute – REVA University, School of Architecture 
The Most Emerging Agriculture Institute – College of Agriculture, Parul University 
The Most Emerging Dance Institute – Kimaya Dance and Fitness Academy 
The Most Emerging Theatre Institute – Theatre Professionals 
The Most Emerging Music Institute – Furtados School of Music 
The Most Emerging Sports Institute – Nest Academy of Sports Management 
Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Institute in Journalism & Mass Communication -Himgiri Zee University 
Editor’s Choice Award – Excellence in education through Immersive Learning – Mahesh Tutorials 
Editor’s choice award for Academic Excellence – AISECT Group of Universities 
Editor’s Choice Award for Educationist of the year – Mr Aditya Berlia( Co – Foundr & Pro – Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University)