2019 D&I in India Best Practice Awards

First introduced in 2018, Community Business’ D&I in India Best Practice Awards recognise the exceptional dedication and accomplishments of organisations in promoting diversity and inclusion (D&I) in India.  The 2019 Award Nomination process ran from May to August 2019 and the finalists of the 2019 D&I in India Best Practice Awards have been invited to showcase their approaches and share their learnings at a ½ day D&I in India Best Practice Conference taking place in Bangalore on Wednesday 30 October 2019.

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The 8 Award Categories are as follows:

Employee Network Award
To recognise an employee network that has played a proactive role in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace as well as aligned its activities to the priorities of the business in India.

Advancement of Women Award
To recognise a specific initiative that has had a positive and measurable impact on supporting and promoting the advancement of women in the workplace in India.

Disability Confidence Award
To recognise an organisation that has demonstrated a comprehensive and proactive approach to building disability confidence and creating a more inclusive workplace for people with disabilities in India.

LGBT+ Inclusion Award
To recognise an organisation that has demonstrated a comprehensive and proactive approach to creating an inclusive workplace for LGBT+ employees in India.

D&I Business Leader Award ^NEW
To recognise a business leader/senior executive who has demonstrated personal passion and used his/her influence to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond in India.

D&I Champion Of Change Award ^NEW 
To recognise an HR/D&I corporate professional who has been a visible and committed champion of change in advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond in India.

D&I Pioneering Initiative Award ^NEW 
To recognise a specific initiative that demonstrates a bold, new, different or creative approach to promoting and/or advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace in India.

Promoting Social Inclusion Award ^NEW
To recognise a corporate initiative that has had a positive and measurable impact in promoting the social inclusion of a diverse or under-represented group in the wider community* in India.
*Note, this is not a workplace initiative

Differentiated by a rigorous assessment and judging process, the Awards nominations took place between 6 May – 16 August 2019. 

Award nominations were made online via our dedicated Awards Platform. 

Award Nominations were reviewed by senior representatives of Community Business. To ensure credibility and objectivity, shortlisted candidates (Finalists) were invited to present to a Judging Panel, comprising at least 1 external judge. Details of 2019 Judges can be viewed here.

Award nominations have been assessed based on the following assessment criteria:

​​STRATEGIC	PROACTIVE	IMPACTFUL	SUSTAINABLE

The D&I in India Best Practice Awards were open to all companies with a commitment to advancing D&I in India. Participating organisations did not need to be a member of DIAN or DIAN India. Nominations related to India activities between May 2018 and August 2019.