The ET Edge Tech Leaders’ Choice recognition follows a structured, multi-stage evaluation process designed to ensure fairness, transparency, and industry credibility. Each stage is governed by inputs from enterprise technology leaders, an independent advisory panel, and The Times Group editorial and research team.
The process begins with a Call for Applications, inviting technology companies to submit their products, solutions, and services across defined categories.
Participating organizations are required to provide structured inputs covering:
To qualify, submissions must represent offerings that have been launched and actively available in the Indian market between April 2025 and March 2026.
All entries are compiled and systematically organized by the ET Edge Tech Leaders’ Choice team, ensuring accurate categorization across relevant technology segments.
Following this, submissions undergo an initial screening and validation by the Jury and Editorial Panel, comprising senior CIOs and industry leaders across sectors such as banking, manufacturing, pharma, travel & logistics, and marketing. This stage ensures that entries meet defined eligibility criteria and are appropriately aligned to their respective categories.
Only submissions that successfully clear this stage move forward to the next phase of evaluation.
To ensure integrity and authenticity, all submissions and voting outcomes undergo a validation and review process.
This stage involves:
The purpose of this stage is to ensure that results reflect genuine industry endorsement and consensus, free from bias or external influence.
Only those companies that successfully pass this stage qualify for final recognition.
The final list of recognized companies is announced at the ET Edge Tech Leaders’ Choice 2026 Recognition Ceremony in Mumbai.
The event brings together CIOs, CTOs, technology leaders, and ICT companies to celebrate the technology partners that have earned the trust and endorsement of the enterprise community.
Companies recognized as Tech Leaders’ Choice are granted the right to use the Tech Leaders’ Choice Seal of Trust for the recognised year across:
This recognition serves as a powerful industry endorsement, signalling that the company’s technology has been validated by those who deploy and manage enterprise technology at scale.
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