1. The Futuron Awards
Showcasing the Unsung Indian Cleantech Inventors

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Until now, the brilliant Inventor’s Constraint had been the following
It’s not WHAT you know, but WHO you know that makes you
successful
With EAI Futuron Awards for Cleantech inventions
It’s what you know that will make you a Who’s-who

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How many green innovations has the world lost because
the inventors lacked connections and resources to bring
them to market?
With the planet on the brink of an ecological disaster,
can we afford to let innovations that could save the
planet lie in obscurity?
No. They need to be
Shouted from the
rooftops of the world

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The Futuron Awards are an EAI initiative that brings to
limelight Indian sustainable/cleantech innovations that
would have otherwise never come to light
The Awards will have a special focus on the small
inventors with limited resource base and access

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• An individual or organisation in India with at least
one successful pilot project or several customer
installations in India
• An individual or organisation with less than 20
employees and less than Rs. 20 crores in turnover
you are eligible for the awards

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Futuron Award winners receive extensive publicity across
EAI’s vast media assets, including
• EAI Daily – India’s largest and most popular
cleantech focused newsletter, going out thrice a week
to 40,000 subscribers
• EAI Club – India’s only online community dedicated to
renewable energy and cleantech with 15,000
members
• EAI Site – India’s most popular hub for renewable
energy and cleantech professionals and enthusiasts
with 5,000 visitors every day
As India’s foremost research and consulting firm in
renewable energy/clean tech, EAI’s network extends
across the length and breadth of the green industry, and
encompasses VCs, PEs, policy makers, developers,
manufacturers, and NGOs across the world

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The nomination form for the awards can be found here
• You can nominate yourself for the awards, or nominate
anyone else whom you know
• The awards are run on the basis of themes. The theme
for October-December 2013 is Renewable/
Sustainable energy. Subsequent themes will be
announced on the event webpage
• The innovation can be anything from new sources of
clean energy to new ways of using clean energy; even
an innovative business model based on clean energy
can be nominated
• Any innovator – scientist, engineer, farmer, housewife
– from any part of India can be nominated for the
awards
• No fees are charged for nominations, and multiple
innovations from the same innovator can be nominated

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Only innovations that have at least one successful pilot
project or a few customer installations are eligible for the
awards
Innovations are evaluated on the basis of
• Impact on sustainability
• Impact on society
• Scalability
• Creativity/Uniqueness
• Longevity

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We look forward to receiving your nominations. Together
we can ensure that the world remains a safe, clean, and
habitable place for future generations
For further details, please get in touch with Mathu at
• futuron@eai.in
• 044-42173939
and watch www.eai.in/innovation-awards for further
updates

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