NOMINATION FORM More details about the awards are available onlin e at www.nasscom.in/innovationawards2008
Kindly answer all the questions (applicable to you) in the survey. Incomplete forms will be disqualified. Last date for subm ission of entries is 5th November 2008. Please submit your applications online at http://bcg.websurveyor.net/ss/wsb.dll/9787021/NASSCOM_Innovation_Awards.htm. This document is only for your internal use
Company Details – Step 1
1) Please enter your company's name
2) What would you classify your company as? IT Products Company IT Services Company ITES / BPO Company 3) Please enter the year of establishment of your company
4) Kindly state the vision/ mission of your company (please restrict entry to 100 words)
5) Kindly mention the area(s) of specialization (please be specific; please restrict entry to 100 words)
6) What was the turnover of your company in FY07-08 (in INR) ?
7) What is the expected turnover in FY08-09 (in INR)?
8) Kindly mention the number of full time equivalent employees as on date
9) Kindly mention the size of your R&D team as on date ________________________________________________________________________________________
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10) Kindly mention the contact information of your company's CEO Name Address City Pin code Office No. (Landline) Mobile No. Email address 11) Kindly mention the details of contact person for further discussions Name Designation Address City Pin code Office No. (Landline) Mobile No. Email address 12) Kindly mention the URL of your company's website
13) Kindly mention the amount your company has received in the form of venture funding (if applicable)? (in INR)
14) Where did you hear about the NASSCOM innovation awards? You are a previous applicant NASSCOM website NASSCOM mailer - members NASSCOM mailer - non member NASSCOM E MERGE blog NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2008 Venture capitalists / incubator heads Word of mouth Other (please specify)
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If you selected other, please specify:
15) Are you a NASSCOM member? Yes No 16) If res ponse to above question was 'Yes', kindly mention the Membership ID
Award Category – Step 2
17) Select any one company category.
Please refer explanations below: Large and medium Company annual revenues > Rs. 100 Cr. Emerging Company annual revenues > Rs. 2 Cr. and <= Rs. 100 Cr. Start -up Company annual revenues <= Rs. 2 Cr. or age of company <= 3 years
18) Select any one innovation category. Please note that a company is only eligible for one entry per category
Please refer explanations below: Market facing innovation – New technology advancement Creation of 'new to the world' or 'new to the market' technology that will help a customer realize value. E.g. Products and solutions for 3G telecom networks; Natural language processing solutions for customer care offerings Market facing innovation - Business model and business process Services and products that have enabled customer value creation through transformation of business model or business processes or other structural change E.g. Software as a service offering; Design processes and business models for system-on -a -chip hardware Business innovation – Business model and business process innovation Innovations to company's own business processes, models, inputs, go-to-market strategies, delivery models etc. to realize significant value to itself. E.g. Extreme programming (XP) or Agile techniques1 for software development; Talent sourcing, training and retention approach and strategies
19) If you have selected market facing innovation then please select the vertical(s) where you have introduced an innovation (as applicable)
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Banking and Financial Services Energy and Utilities Healthcare and Life Sciences Manufacturing Media Retail Technology Telecom and telecom services Not vertical specific Other (please specify) If you selected other, please specify:
Details on Innovation – Step 3
Please answer the following questions concisely (preferably in 100 words or less). Demonstrability of claim is critical in each answer. Therefore, any tangible information you can provide to support your answer will be useful 20) Please describe your innovation in brief. Inter alias, please indicate (i) commercialization month and year of the innovation and (ii) whether your innovation resulted in a completely new revenue stream or improvement of existing revenue stream
21) Which of the following does your innovation do and how? Please refer to the following explanation
Redefine your competitive advantage Innovati on should lead to redefining the competitive / peer set for your company. E.g. ITES companies competing with consulting firms Enhance your current competitive advantage Innovation should increase your ability to compete within the existing competitive / peer set. E.g. natural language processing making your software more user friendly Sustain current competitive advantage Innovation should help you keep pace with your existing competitive / peer set. E.g. in a hyper-competitive BPO market, innovation to reduce employee cost Please briefly explain your claim. Consider describing how your competitive advantage has changed before and after the innovation. Please consider describing how your innovation replaces other technologies/processes, i.e. how would the same underlying business need be met in the absence of your innovation, as applicable.
22) What practical results have been achieved till date by your innovation? ________________________________________________________________________________________
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Some dimensions to consider while answering the question. Enter values where possible. Note: Increase or reduction to be considered before and after innovation. Please enter "na" where field is not applicable. % incIncrease in sales % incIncrease in price premium Reduction in variable costs Reduction in fixed costs % incIncrease in customers % of Sales attributable to innovation Total capital invested Total FTEs invested % inII n c rease in customer satisfaction due to innovation IIn crease in employee satisfaction due to innovation Others (please specify) 23) Please provide some commentary around the practical results your innovation has achieved
24) Is your innovation patented, copyrighted, or otherwise 'on the record' with any recognized arbiters of innovation? If you select ‘Yes’, please provide details. If you select 'No', please explain the rationale (in 250 characters). Additional comments:
25) Has the innovation led to increased talent retention & attraction capabilities of your company? Note: You can demonstrate this by citing increased employee satisfaction rating linked to innovation or improved slotting for campus recruitment due to your key innovation
26) Has your innovation reduced the cost of capital or increased your access to capital? Please provide details.
27) Has your innovation resulted in improved processes and / or capabilities? Please provide details.
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28) Has your innovation improved the overall brand perception of your company in the customer's mind relative to peers? Please provide details.
29) Please indicate the size of the market for your innovation and its growth potential. Please provide the rationale for your assessment.
30) Has your innovation leveraged and contributed to the innovation ecosystem? Please provide details.
Innovation ecosystem consists of peers, educational institutes, government bodies etc. Consider discussing the number of ecosystem participants involved, extent of impact on participants, and level of contribution by each participant.
31) What has been the social impact (if any) of your innovation? Please provide details.
Consider discussing number of social entities impacted and extent of impact.
32) Please share customer testimonials regarding the innovation (optional)
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