HBNCRIIA (Honey Bee Network Creativity & Inclusive Innovation Awards)

HBNCRIIA celebrates grassroots creativity nationwide and honours innovators at an annual award function held as part of the People's Festival of Innovations. In its 2023-24 cycle, run with Amazon, GIAN received thousands of entries from across the country, narrowed them down over several rounds, and felicitated a set of finalists at the ceremony.

What you get

• National recognition and a place among the finalists honoured at the award ceremony
• Inclusion in the Honey Bee Network database
• For winners, connections to investors, policymakers and technical experts
• Cash prizes for the top entries, and appreciation awards for a wider shortlist

Who can apply

• Individuals, proprietorship concerns, private companies or registered startups with a grassroots innovation
• Any age, gender, class or education level
• The innovation should be well aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and have room to scale
• Innovations that have already won a major national award or received substantial investment are excluded

How to apply: Submit online through the dedicated award portal or an online form on gian.org, or offline by post with a video of the innovation on a pen drive, to GIAN's Ahmedabad office. Entries can also be emailed to hbncriia-india@gian.org.