CII Felicitates Top Innovative Companies and Research Institutions of 2022 at the Felicitation Ceremony of CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2022
“Research is converting money into knowledge, Innovation is converting knowledge into knowledge, and the two must go hand in hand”- says Dr Ram Mashelkar, Former Director General, CSIR
In a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Confederation of Indian Industry, the apex industry body, recognized top companies across large, medium and small segments for their innovation excellence along with 9 innovative institutions.
In his address, Dr Ram Mashelkar, Fomer Director General, CSIR congratulated all the winners and other applicants for their innovation and urged everyone to continue nurturing their innovation framework to revolutionize our industries for an exciting future. Research is converting money into knowledge, Innovation is converting knowledge into knowledge, and the two must go hand in hand. He emphasized that ‘I’ in India, ‘I’ in IIT, ‘I’ in Industry, ‘I’ in CSIR must stand for innovation. Every Indian should stand for innovation. He further stated that Innovation should have five strategies- buy, make, make to buy better, buy to make better and making it together. Each company and nation must decide which option works better. He further emphasized that it is time for India to not just be following, fast following or leading but pole vaulting when it comes to innovation.
Mr Vipin Sondhi, Chairman, CII National Mission on Technology, Innovation & Research and Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards stated a strong need for creating a well-structured innovation ecosystem to establish a competitive edge.
To provide impetus to industrial innovations, Prof YS Rajan, Former Professor- ISRO, Former Chairman - Board of Governing Council, NIT, Manipur, Grand Jury Member, CII Industrial Innovation Awards mentioned that his year, most of the applications for CII Industrial Innovation Awards were well above average & many of them are to be named as great examples for others.
2022 Awards Winners are:
Most Innovative Company 2022 –Grand Award – Lohum
Top Innovative Company (Large) in Manufacturing: Tata Chemical
Top Innovative Company (SME) in Manufacturing: Lohum
Top Innovative Company (Large) in Service : TATA Elxsi Ltd
Top Innovative Company (SME) in Service: GPK Logistech Pvt Ltd
The Most Innovative Company 2022 –Grand Award – Lohum
Other companies who secured position in Top Innovative companies are:
- Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
- Bosch Ltd f
- Uno Minda Ltd
- Nokia Solutions and Networks India Pvt Ltd
- Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
- Tata Steel Ltd
- Forbes Marshall Pvt Ltd
- Kone Elevators India
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
- Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd
- Tata Chemicals Ltd
- Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd
- Shriram Pistons and Ring Ltd
- SEG Automotive India Pvt Ltd
- Thermax Limited
- National Engineering Industries Ltd
- Pidilite Industries Ltd
- Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd
- Adani Defence and Aerospace
- Pricol Ltd
- Merino Industries
- Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
- Garrett Motion Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd
- Nestlé India Ltd.
- Sterlite Technologies Ltd
- Fluid Controls Pvt Ltd
- Polymedicure Ltd
- Praj Industries Ltd
- Meteoric Biopharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
- KOHINOOR ELASTICS PVT. LTD.
- MICROLIT
- VST Tillers Tractors Ltd.
- ELICO Ltd.
- MATRIX COMSEC
- Lohum
- Ramelex Pvt Ltd
- Paques Environmental Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
- SAHAJANAND TECHNOLOGIES Pvt. Ltd.
- Avantel Limited
- GLOBAL ENGINEERS LIMITED
- Accenture Solutions Private Limited
- The TATA Power Company Limited
- Tata Elxsi
- CitiusTech
- Access Healthcare
- Syngenta Biosciences
- Bigbasket
- Adani Transmission Ltd
- Mercedes Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI)
- Tsecond Generation Technology Pvt Ltd.
- IntelliSmart Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
- Plutomen Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Online PSB Loans Limited
- GPK Logistech Pvt. Ltd
- Judge India Solutions
- TMS TECHNOV M SYSTEMS P LIMITED
- Ekta Telecommunication & Systems
- Revayu Systems Private Limited
- Webskitters Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd
Grand Jury for CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2022 was comprised of Mr. Vipin Sondhi, Chairman, CII National Mission on Technology, Innovation and Research, and Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2022. Mr. Alok Nanda, CEO GE India Technology Centre & CTO GE South Asia, Co-Chairman, CII National Mission on Technology, Innovation and Research, & Co- Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2022, Prof. Y S Rajan, Chairman, Board of Governing Council, National Institute of Technology, Manipur, Prof. Rangarajan, Director, IISc, Bangalore, Prof. U. B. Desai, Founding Director, IIT- Hyderabad, Prof. Devang Khakhar IIT-Bombay, Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM- Bangalore, Mr. George Paul, Former Executive Vice President Services, HCL Services Ltd., Mr. Pravin Hungund, Chief Technology Officer, MetaZ Digital, Mr. Keerthi Laal Kala, Sr. Advisor, SUN Group & Chief Evangelist, Molaka Foundation, Mr. Jayant Shrikhande, Former Country Head - China, L&T, Mr. K. Veeramani, Former Sr. Executive L&T
Grand Award- The Most Innovative Company 2022 –Lohum made a breakthrough by launching Metelec™Lithium-ion battery recycling and extraction technology at significantly lower financial and environmental expenses.
Top Innovative Company (Large) in Manufacturing: Tata Chemicals for High dispersible silica - a patented product.
Top Innovative Company (SME) in Manufacturing: Lohum for their patented Metelec™Lithium-ion battery recycling and extraction technology.
Top Innovative Company (Large) in Service: TATA Elxsi Ltd for Future of Connected TV.
Top Innovative Company (SME) in Service: GPK Logistech Pvt Ltd for StoreMart innovation.
Undem Making biodegradable Low-Density Polythene (LDPE) using thermoplastic starch.
This is followed by IIT Madras.
Top 3 Most Innovative Institute 2022 under the category of Disruptive Innovation goes to Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Paavai Engineering College and Kumaraguru College of Technology
Top 3 Most Innovative Institute 2022 under the category of Innovation Quotient goes to IIT Roorkee, International Institute of Information Technology and Northern India Textile Research Association.
Top 3 Most Innovative Institute 2022 under Innovation Realisation goes to IIT Madras, IIT Palakkad and Uttaranchal University.
3 December 2022