Mr. Vipin Sondhi
Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
The Industrial Innovation Awards aim at helping the Indian Industry in assimilating a structured innovation process through Enterprise Innovation Maturity Framework, a model developed by CII. The Awards while recognizing the champions of innovation among Indian industry, also enhance their competitiveness for the domestic as well as global markets
CII Industrial Innovation Awards were instituted in 2014 to identify and celebrate innovative Indian enterprises across industry segments and sectors. The Awards give an opportunity to companies to shine and be known nationally and internationally for their innovative products and services. In the last ten consecutive years, these awards have established themselves as one of the most coveted innovation awards in the country.
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Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2025
CTO GE Aerospace India and CEO GE India Technology Centre, Co-Chairman, CII National Mission on Technology, Innovation and Research, & Co- Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2024
Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore & Co-Chairman, CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2024
Former Managing Director - 3M
HOD, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Co-founder, SES ASTRA
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Director-Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics and Epidemiology, Global Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Director, Indian Institute of Management Indore
Member of Executive Council of Management & Advisor Defence & Smart World to CMD Larsen & Toubro Limited, Former Whole Time Director Larsen & Toubro Limited, Vice President Indian National Academy of Engineering
Ahmedabad University
Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Founding Director, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Director, Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi
Chairman, Board of Governing Council, National Institute of Technology, Manipur
President - Indian Innovators Association
Founder of Cyber-Physical Systems Initiative, CTO of XTrans Solutions and Executive Coach of CTO Leadership Masterclass
Former Scientist, Dept of Science & Technology, Govt of India
Innovation Evangelist and Founder, Inflexion Point Consulting
Trustee, NPS Trust
Charman and Co-founder NanoHealth
Former CEO, MAIT Ltd.
Former Chief Technology Officer, Wipro
Former General Manager – Strategy and M&A, Wipro Limited
Founder & CEO, ART Labs Pvt. Ltd.
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Onsite assessment through team of experts
Eminent Jury
Enterprise Innovation Maturity Framework maps innovation readiness across 4 pillars
