BW Businessworld Awards Edutech 2022 Winners

Upasana . Aug 20, 2022

BW Edutech Summit & Awards is India's biggest gathering of Edutech stakeholders under one roof. The initiative calls out all the edtech founders, institutional leaders, education publishers, educators to participate and make a mark in the future of education technology.

Rewarding the excellence of edtech in India, BW Education on August 20, 2022 presented the award to 19 winners at The Imperial, New Delhi, in a day long programme named 'Transformation In Education Through Technology & Skilling'.

This year the summit received more than 100 nominations out of which a panel of distinguished jurors selected the most promising leaders. Padma Shri TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education, was the Jury Chair. Jury members constituted of Jaspreet Bindra, Founder, The Tech Whisperer; Virendra K Tiwari, Director, IIT Kharagpur; Abhishek Maheshwari, CEO, AESL; Dr Punam Sahgal, Management Consultant & Behavioural Science Trainer & Former Dean, IIM Lucknow; Seema Jhingan, Co-Founder, LexCounsel; Sudhanshu Pant, Head-HR, The British School, New Delhi; Vipul Singh, Divisional VP & Head-HR, ADP and Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld & exchange4media Group.

BW Edutech 2022 Winners

Sl No	Category	Name	Designation	Organisation
1	Best - AI-in-Education-Company-of-the-Year	Pritesh Chothani	Co-Founder & CEO	HiVoco Education and Learning
3	Best - Education-ERP-of-the-Year	Nishant Agarwal	Founder & CEO	Proctur - Your Pocket Classroom
5	Best-EduTech-Solution-for-Early-Childhood	Anshu Dhanuka	Co-Founder & CPO	Paper Boat App Pvt. Ltd.
6	Best-EduTech-Solution-for-Higher-Ed	Saurabh Arora	Founder & CEO	University Living
7	Best-EduTech-Solution-for-K12	Dharini Upadhyaya	Co Founder and Co CEO	Furtados School of Music
7	Best-EduTech-Solution-for-K12	Sumeet Mehta	Co-Founder & CEO	Leadership Boulevard Pvt. Ltd.
8	Best-E-Learning-Company-of-the-Year	Ashutosh Kr Shandilya	Founder & CEO	TechBairn
9	Best-Exam-Prep-Company-of-the-Year	Anil Nagar	CEO	Adda247
10	Best-FinTech-Company-in-Education	Varun Chopra	CEO & Co-Founder	Eduvanz Financing Pvt Ltd
11	Best-Online-Tutoring-Company-of-the-Year	Sumesh Nair	Co-Founder	Board Infinity
12	Digital-Learning-Company-of-the-Year	Anurag Vaish	Founder CEO	mentza
12	Digital-Learning-Company-of-the-Year	Divya Lal	Founder and Managing Director	Fliplearn Education
13	EduTech CEO of the Year	Ravi Bhushan	Founder & CEO	BrightCHAMPS
14	Emerging-EduTech-Startups-of-the-Year	Ravi Bhushan	Founder & CEO	BrightCHAMPS
14	Emerging-EduTech-Startups-of-the-Year	Tarun Saini	(blank)	Vidyakul Learning Space
16	Game-Based-Learning-Company-of-the-Year	Anshu Dhanuka	Co-Founder & CPO	Paper Boat App
18	Learning App of the Year	Bilal Abidi	CEO	Wise App
21	Skill-Development-Company-of-the-Year	Siddharth Chaturvedi	EVP AISECT GROUP	AISECT
23	Woman-EduTech-Leader-of-the-Year	Anshu Dhanuka	Co Founder & CPO	Paper Boat App

The event began at 10:15 AM by Dr Batra's inaugural address, followed by Navin Mittal IAS's (Commissioner of Collegiate Education & Technical Education, Govt of Telangana) special address, who was the Chief Guest for the occasion.

A powerpoint presentation on 'Use of Business Simulations and Games as Teaching Tools' was demonstrated by Prof Sanjay Fuloria, Professor, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad. Later, the day saw various insightful interactive panel discussions on 21st-century skills, making India a global destination for education, the benefits and challenges of dual degrees and diversity and inclusion in the education sector, followed by the award ceremony for leading edutech in the nation.

The winners were felicitated by Dr Annurag Batra, Vinesh Menon and Harsh Wardhan. The award ceremony streamed live across all BW Businessworld platforms including the social media channels. The full video can be accessed at https://youtu.be/5wagr2h8PGI .