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Businessline Changemaker Awards jury meets Monday for 8th edition
The jury for the eighth edition of the businessline Changemaker Awards will meet on Monday in Chennai to evaluate shortlisted nominees. Retired Justice Prabha Sridevan chairs the 2026 jury, which includes Suresh…
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The jury for the eighth edition of the businessline Changemaker Awards will meet on Monday in Chennai to evaluate shortlisted nominees. Retired Justice Prabha Sridevan chairs the 2026 jury, which includes Suresh Narayanan, Safeena Hussain, B. Santhanam, N.S. Nappinai, A. Balasubramanian, and Dr. Mukund Rajan. The awards celebrate people and organisations driving social, digital, and financial transformation, and will be presented on September 22 in New Delhi. SASTRA Deemed University is the presenting partner, and City Union Bank is the power partner.
The awards received over 1,600 nominations across five categories after a public call on May 12. Businessline journalists and knowledge partners Ashoka Foundation and Deloitte also nominated candidates. The winners will be chosen in six categories, including Financial Transformation, Digital Transformation, Social Transformation, Young Changemaker, Changemaker of the Year, and Iconic Changemaker. Last year, DRDO won Changemaker of the Year, and the Azim Premji Foundation was named Iconic Changemaker.
The Indian Opinion
The Changemaker Awards amplify feel-good corporate social responsibility stories, but a jury stacked with industry leaders risks rewarding institutions with the deepest pockets, not the most genuine grassroots impact. The 1,600-plus nominations show appetite for such recognition exists. A real test will be whether the Young Changemaker and Social Transformation categories pick small, unfunded initiatives over well-known names, and if the selection process is published transparently afterward.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com
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