The Social And Business Enterprise Responsible Awards (SABERA), in their first edition, will take place later this year in Delhi-NCR at the SABERA Awards & Summit 2018.
Conceptualised by the Simply Suparnaa Media Network, the awards will recognize good and aim to amplify the voices of all those contributing to making our world a better place.
The summit will witness the exchange of ideas, possibilities and experiences with stalwarts across the sector and allow the like-minded to engage, network and enhance their chosen scope.
SABERA aims to highlight CSR initiatives, Responsible Businesses, Non-Governmental initiatives, Social Enterprises and Not-for-Profit initiatives that make India a responsible nation. The organization can be Indian or Global but must have done some work in India.
PROCESS
The awards are a two-tier process where entries are invited for online submission from a cross-section of corporates, not-for-profits and individual as well as organizations enabling this good on the basis of predefined categories.
These entries will be evaluated by an esteemed panel of a jury who will first judge individually, then through a physical jury meet slated for mid-November.
Each entry will be evaluated by at least 3 jury members on the preset criteria. The top scoring shortlists from this will be presented through the physical jury meet where the shortlisted entries will be invited to present their case.
The final awardees will be acknowledged at the gala event.
The esteemed jury includes veterans who have created an impact:
- Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Chairman Infoedge (CHAIR)
- Tapas Sen, COO Radio Mirchi
- Siddharth Banerjee, EVP Marketing, Vodafone
- Shabnam Siddiqui, Country Director, UN Global Compact
- Rishi Suri, Director, School of Policy and Governance
- Roma Balwani, CSR Veteran
- Vani Gupta, Marketing Director Indian Snacks, Food Pepsico India
- Abhina Aher, Trans Activist, Associate Director, HIV/AIDS Alliance
- Chandru Badrinarayan, Executive Director & Country Manager, South Asia, MSCI