An elite jury will meet virtually today (August 20) to pick the winners of India’s most coveted awards for entrepreneurship across nine categories.

Chaired by Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services, the distinguished panel will include Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart; Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO, Byju’s; Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder, Info Edge; Bejul Somaia, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners; Roopa Kudva, MD, Omidyar Network India; Satyan Gajwani, vice chairman, Times Internet Ltd; Larry Illg, CEO, Prosus Ventures (formerly Naspers Ventures); Sahil Barua, cofounder and CEO, Delhivery; and Albinder Dhindsa, cofounder and CEO, Grofers.

In its sixth edition, The Economic Times Startup Awards will recognise the best and most impactful new-age companies that populate India’s thriving startup ecosystem.

The awards will be presented to founders who have built companies without external funding, ones who have innovated successfully in the social enterprise space, and in other categories, along with the highest accolade of them all—Startup of the Year. This year we’ve introduced an additional category to recognise startups driving solutions in the healthcare, diagnostics and research space in the battle to quell Covid-19.

ET reached out to more than 100 of the country’s top entrepreneurs, investors, industry groups and other stakeholders to help compile a listing of India’s brightest entrepreneurial talent. This was then distilled down to the current shortlist, along with Tracxn as knowledge partner. From this carefully curated short list, the ET Startup Awards will pick the best of the best. Watch this space.