Patient First Awards Categories
The 5th Edition of the IHW Patient First Awards would highlight the positive change and focus on unprecedented innovations and exemplary technologies that organizations, groups and individuals initiated and brough in healthcare thus reducing health disparities, and providing much needed care & guidance to the patients at all stages.
Hospitals
Pharmaceutical
MedTech Health
Diagnostic & Preventive Health
Marketing and Campaign
Healthcare & Startups
Insurance Companies
Doctor
Patient Advocates And Support Groups
Medical Services
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Packaging
- IHW Patient First Awards 2026 platform would cater to various categories for companies, organisations and individuals to nominate their initiatives, projects, products and ideas for the acknowledgement and rewards.
- The eminent Jury of the Awards would evaluate the screened entries and propose to announce the final winners in various selected categories.
- We will be giving out Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards in each category. Our expert panel will evaluate entries using a scale of 1 to 10 points, focusing on Project Ideas/Work done, Impact, and Scalability.
- Gold awards will go to those who score 81% and above score.
- Silver awards will be given to those who score between 66% and 80%.
- Bronze awards will be given to those who score between 50% and 65%.
On the due participation in the IHW Patient First Awards, the participants understand and agree to the followings:
- All the awards/ prizes honoured/ distributed by the Award Management has been arrived on the sole and unbiased conclusions made by the Independent Jury and IHW Patient First Awards team through a fair evaluation process and such acts of the Award Management shall not in any way amount to any discrimination to any person/parties thereon.
- The participant elects to voluntarily participate in the event with full knowledge and thereby declare that all information, facts and materials provided by them is as per the given eligibility for the purposes of their participation are true and best to their knowledge irrespective of any country or region
- The Award Management shall not be liable for any loss, theft or damage, action, claim, cost or expenses, or any injury to any party/ person which may arise as a consequence of their participation in this event.
- The Award Management reserves its rights to post/ publish any images/ photographs taken at the Awards function and such images / pictures shall become the sole property of the Award Managements.
- The Award Management shall not be held responsible directly or indirectly for injuries and damages that may arise out of or in connection with any wrongful information, misrepresentation or corroborated facts disclosed by the Participants.
- The Award Management will not bear/reimburse any cost of nominee company/organization, individual or group of people participating at the award distribution ceremony (in case event is held on ground)
- By participating in the IHW Patient First Awards, participants and entries agree to be bound by the Rules and Regulations and the decisions of the IHW Council Awards organising committee, as final.
- All decisions of the Awards Jury with respect to any aspect of the IHW Patient First Awards, including and not limited to, eligibility of entries and any discrepancies or inconsistencies, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to these Awards.
- All entries and documents submitted to participate are not returnable and the organising committee retains the right to the information.
- The awards are non-transferable.
- The entry fee for participation is non-refundable.
- All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade- marks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawing, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the IHW Media Pvt. Ltd., the owner of the IHW Patient First Awards and event. Unauthorised copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent is strictly prohibited.
- Any organisation/institute participating in the Awards should be an Indian entity with a registered presence in India and must provide their Certificate of Incorporation mandatorily.
- The initiative should have been completely executed in India
- There are no minimum years of operations applicable for organisations participating, however the Certificate of Incorporation is a mandatory document to be submitted
- The initiative/ project should have been launched in the period April 01, 2025 to March 31, 2024 with impact demonstrated and results showcased by initiative/ project in the period April 01, 2025 to March 31, 2026
- The initiative must be undertaken by going beyond the mandatory accreditations/regulatory requirements as applicable
- For Start-ups, the organisation must have been incorporated for up to 6 years as on March 31, 2026.
- The initiative nominated/ applied must be developed within the participating Organisation. An Organisation cannot participate on behalf of its sister units; parent organisation or other organisations under the parent organisation
- The Applicant should not be a winner of the Award in any of the previous years for the same initiative/ innovation
- The final eligibility of the Participant will be subject to the discretion and approval of the Awards Management and Jury
- The Award categories may be changed/modified / split / merged/increased or cancelled by the Awards Management and/or Jury based on the number of entries received in any category, and the quality of the entries. The decision in this regard will be final, non- contestable, and binding on all participants. The Awards management will not entertain any queries in this regard
NOTE – The Jury holds the right to disqualify any application which does not meet the eligibility criteria without assigning any reason whatsoever
