Nominations Now Open! — Indian Potato Industry Excellence Awards 2025
We are delighted to announce that nominations are officially open for the Indian Potato Industry Excellence Awards 2025, to be presented at the Global Potato Summit 2025 on 11 & 12 December at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida.
These prestigious awards honor exceptional contributions, breakthrough innovations, impactful leadership, and transformative achievements across the entire Indian potato value chain—from seed and farming to processing, exports, technology, research, and community impact.
If you or your organization has demonstrated excellence and leadership shaping the future of the potato industry, now is the time to be recognized on India’s most influential platform of the potato ecosystem.
Call for Nominations
We invite industry stakeholders, institutions, processors, exporters, seed companies, farmer leaders, innovators, and ecosystem enablers to submit nominations for the respective categories.
Please share your nominations along with the required details latest by 3rd December, 5:00 PM (IST).
No nominations will be accepted after the deadline.
INDIA POTATO INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025
11&12 December
Proposed Award Categories & Structure
SECTION A – INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP & PERFORMANCE AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement Award
Honoring an individual with decades of contributions to India’s potato ecosystem.
Seed Industry Excellence Award (#1 in Seed)
For the top-performing organization in potato seed production & quality.
Chips Industry Leadership Award (#1 in Chips)
For India’s leading potato chips manufacturer.
Frozen Products Leadership Award (#1 in Frozen Products)
For outstanding leadership in India’s frozen potato products segment.
Flakes Industry Excellence Award (#1 in Flakes)
For highest performance and innovation in potato flakes.
Fresh Potato Export Excellence Award (#1 in Fresh Potato Exports & Domestic Leadership)
For companies excelling in export and domestic distribution.
Frozen Potato Product Export Leadership Award (#1 in Frozen Potato Exports)
For the top company driving India’s global frozen potato footprint.
Market Development Pioneer Award (#1 in Opening the Frozen Potato Market)
For companies/individuals who opened new markets and built India’s global image.
SECTION B – SEED VARIETY & BREEDING EXCELLENCE
Seed Variety Leadership Award – Making Maximum Impact in India
Sub-Awards:
a) Best Crisps Variety Award
b) Best French Fry Variety Award
c) Best Table Potato Variety Award
d) Most Promising Emerging Variety Award
(For owners/breeders of impactful varieties)
SECTION C – FARMER & AGRICULTURE AWARDS
Progressive Farmer Leadership Award
For farmers demonstrating exceptional productivity, innovation & farmer mentoring.
Sustainability Leader Award
For exceptional environmental stewardship in potato cultivation or processing.
Farm Machinery Innovation Award
For companies delivering game-changing mechanization for potato farming.
SECTION D – PRODUCTS, BRANDS & MARKET SUCCESS
Potato Product Innovation Award
For groundbreaking new processed potato products.
Popular Potato Snack of the Year Award
For the most widely consumed or beloved potato snack in India.
SECTION E – PEOPLE, IMPACT & COMMUNITY
Women Leadership in Potato Industry Award
Sub-Categories:
a) Seed Sector
b) Processing Sector
c) Farming Sector
Community Impact & Rural Development Award
For organizations transforming rural livelihoods through potato-based initiatives.
Potato Person of the Year Award
For outstanding leadership influencing the Indian potato industry’s future.
SECTION F – ENTREPRENEURSHIP & RESEARCH
Start-up of the Year Award
For a disruptive start-up transforming the potato ecosystem.