About our Judges
Curtain up on Indian Newslink Business Awards and call for entries
Another year of applications, achievements and celebration
The 15th Annual Indian Newslink Business Awards 2024 has been launched.
The launch signifies the call for entries from companies owned, operated, franchised and managed by people of South Asian origin (Indians from India, Fiji, other parts of the world, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal). Entry forms can be downloaded here.
The following are the members of our judging panel:
Chip Dawson
Chairman
Nevil Gibson
Paul Gestro
Ann McKenzie
Sandra Sweetman
Sue Ironside
Clinton Swan
Awards Categories
There are 10 categories, of which seven are Company Categories and three are individual categories. They are 1. Business Excellence in Retail Business 2. Business Excellence in Innovation 3. Business Excellence in Marketing 4. Business Excellence in Customer Service 5. Best Small Business 6. Best Large Business 7. Business Excellence in International Trade with India (Open to all companies) 8. Best Young Entrepreneur of Year 9. Best Financial Advisor (Mortgage & Insurance) and 10. Best Businesswoman of the Year.
Supreme Business of the Year Award (All entries will be entered for this category)
A robust process
The application process is robust and calls for teamwork, planning and submission of entries with responses to questions set by our independent panel of judges. Entries close on Saturday, August 31, 2024- a substantial period of six months to present your company or your individual category entry.
Chip Dawson, a management expert who has been a Judge of our Awards for the past 14 years, and a Judge of similar competitions, said that the Judges look forward to receiving entries from companies all over New Zealand.
Assurance from Judges
“Winners, finalists and participants in the Indian Newslink Business Awards since its inception in 2008, will testify to the integrity and high level of confidentiality that this Programme entails. We are independent of Indian Newslink and no one from the company is a part of our panel of judges. All entries are received by me directly and every entry is evaluated by at least two judges. They also visit companies to discuss or verify statements made. The Indian Newslink Business Awards are among the most respected in the country and as judges we are proud to be associated with this Programme,” he said.
Professional assistance, independent of Indian Newslink and the Panel of Judges is available to entrants, who should negotiate terms and fees directly.
Contact Details:
- Georgia Saxon, The Awards Shop, Hawkes Bay; Mobile: 021-715479; Email:georgia@awardshop.co.nz; Website: www.awardshop.co.nz
- Manish Tanna, Vmindurbiz Services, Auckland; Mobile: 021-822772 Email: manish.tanna@hotmail.com
Awards Night
The names of finalists and winners will be announced at the 15th Annual Indian Newslink Business Awards scheduled to be held on Monday, November 25, 2024 at the Pullman Hotel (Corner Princes Street and the Waterloo Quadrant) in Auckland City, The country’s political, business, professional and community leaders, along with entrants and others will attend the Awards Ceremony, further details of which will be announced on September 1, 2024.
For more information relating to entries, please write to awards@indiannewslink.nz or
venkat@indiannewslink.co.nz
