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Dairy Titan Award
Dairy Titan Award is a National Award conferred to stakeholders of the Indian Dairy Industry by Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), for motivating the Indian Dairy sector for increasing productivity, attaining Self Reliance, Sustainability, inclusivity and increasing Indian Dairy Exports. Thus fulfilling the Govt of India’s vision of having a dairy sector that not only meets domestic demand but also positions India as a global leader in milk production and quality
General Eligibility:
- Any Indian Company/ Federation/ FPO Associated with the Indian Dairy sector can apply for this Award.
- Any Foreign Company collaborating with an Indian Company in the Dairy Sector, contributing to the betterment and growth of Indian Dairy in any form, can apply for this Award.
- Any Multinational Dairy Company invested in India under the MAKE in INDIA initiative can apply for this Award.
- Start Ups in Dairy Sector who are at least in the market for 2 years in the Dairy Sector Sector can apply for this Award.
- Indian Technology Providers who are manufacturing Dairy Plants, Equipment, Ancillary Equipment, and providing Packaging Solutions can apply for this Award.
- Note: Other than the General Eligibility, Specific Eligibility for Award Categories is mentioned in the Specific Award nomination forms.
Award Nomination Procedure:
- Award Nomination will start from 1st December 2025, and the Nominations will be closed on 30th December 2025. Any Nominations filed after 30th December 2025 will not be entertained.
- Eligible Applicants need to select the Category they want to apply and need to and strictly apply online by filling out the online Nomination Form. During the Application Process, any supporting documents mentioned in the Application Form need to be uploaded before submitting.
- Any information submitted in the Nomination Application Form, found to be untrue by the screening committee, will result in the disqualification of the Nomination submitted.
- In case the specified Supporting Documents mentioned in the Award Nomination Form is not submitted, then the Nomination will be deemed as disqualified.
- Duplicate Nomination will not be entertained.
- No company or organisation is allowed to nominate itself in multiple award categories. One company/organisation can apply for only one Award category
- The Screening Committee shall reserve the right to reject application.
Adjudication of the Award:
Awards will be adjudicated by a panel of independent jurists, comprising industry stalwarts, Bureaucrats, and luminaries. The decision of the Jurists will be considered as final.
Announcement of Awardees:
The announcement of the names of the Awardees will be made in the Month of January 2026 and will be communicated to the individual Awardees by TPCI
Award Nomination Cost: All Nominees needs to pay a nominal amount of Rs5000 as Nomination Registration Cost for the Award Nomination
DISTINGUISHED AWARDS JURY
AWARD CATEGORIES:
Dairy Excellence & Leadership Awards
Lifetime Achievement in Dairy Industry
Nominating for Award Category: Lifetime Achievement Award
- Mention Number of years you are involved in Dairy Sector:
- Mention in 1000 words about your Career Journey
- Please Specify your Achievements:
- Specify your contribution for Dairy Sector
- Specify if you were involved in any program related to Dairy that has impacted Dairy Development either in State level or national Level
- Specify If you have received any State Level/National Level or International Level Award during the course of your career
- Specify if you have contributed in any publication, if any
Documents to be uploaded:
Company Registration Certificate
Company GST Certificate
Detailed Resume of Nominee
Award Photos if Any
Leader of the Dairy Industry
Nominating for Award Category: Industry Leadership Award – Excellence in Dairy Transformation
- Mention Number of years you are involved in Dairy Sector:
- Mention in 1000 words about your Career Journey
- Please Specify your Achievements:
- Specify your contribution for Dairy Sector
- Describe about your Role & responsibilities in your organization
- Please specify how you have demonstrated leadership, such as driving innovation, overcoming challenges, or mentoring team members.
- Specify your Companies Turnover in Last 3 Years
- If you are Exporting – What are the new markets you have developed in last 3 years
- What according to you, you have done that has transformed the Dairy Industry
- Specify If you have received any State Level/National Level or International Level Award during the course of your career
Supporting Document:
Company Registration Certificate
Company GST Certificate
Company Profile
Detailed Resume of Nominee
Award Photos if Any
Last 3 years Turnover certified by Company CA/Last 3 Years Export Turnover Certified by Company CA
CEO of the Year – Dairy Sector
Nominating for Award Category: CEO of the Year
- Mention Number of years you are involved in Dairy Sector.
- Mention in 1000 words about your Career Journey.
- Please Specify your Achievements.
- Specify your contribution for Dairy Sector.
- Describe about your Role & Responsibility in your organization.
- Specify how you have drove the Companies Growth? What are the initiatives you have taken? For the growth of your organization.
- Have you come across any challenges? What are those and how you have resolved it.
- How many Employees you have?
- What is the Attrition Rate of your organization.
- Do you Have any Branch office / Country Office – Please provide details with Address.
- Where do you want to see your Company in next 5 Years – What’s your execution Plan for achieving it. Please specify in 1000 words.
- What is your Companies Turnover and Export Turnover – Please provide separately with CA’s certification.
- What is your Plan for Brand Development of your organization if any.
Innovation & Technology Awards
Innovation in Dairy Products
Nominating for Award Category: Innovation in the Dairy Products
Innovation Name – What is your innovation called?
Please Describe your Innovation in 1000 Words
What unique Solution, Your Innovation has Brought.
What change does your innovation attempt to deliver or create and how? This can be described in. (500 word limit)
Who will benefit from your innovation and how will they benefit? Include qualitative and quantitative benefits and consider including “before” and “after” innovation metrics. (500 word limit
What is the Status of your Innovation?
Who Developed your Innovation.
Supplemental Information (optional) – List web sites, video links, media articles, third party reviews, awards, or any other information you would like the judges to consider.
Supporting Document:
Company Registration Certificate
Company GST Certificate
Company Profile
Detailed Resume of Nominee
Innovated Product Photo/Application for Patent/Copy of Patent
Innovation in Dairy Technology
Nominating for Award Category: Technology Innovation of the Year
Innovation Name – What is your innovation called?
Please Describe your Technological Innovation in 1000 Words.
What unique Solution, Your Technology Innovation has Brought
What change does your Technology innovation attempt to deliver or create and how? This can be described in. (500 word limit)
Who will benefit from your Technological innovation and how will they benefit? Include qualitative and quantitative benefits and consider including “before” and “after” innovation metrics. (500 word limit
What is the Status of your Innovation?
Who Innovated the Technology
Supplemental Information (optional) – List web sites, video links, media articles on Technology Innovation, third party reviews, awards, or any other information you would like the judges to consider.
Supporting Document:
Company Registration Certificate
Company GST Certificate
Company Profile
Detailed Resume of Nominee
Innovated Product Photo/Application for Patent/Copy of Patent
Innovative Packaging for the Dairy Industry
Nominating for Award Category: Innovative Packaging Excellence Award
Innovation Name – What is your innovation called?
Please Describe your Innovation in 1000 Words.
What unique Solution, Your Innovation has Brought in Packaging
What change does your Packaging innovation attempt to deliver or create and how? This can be described in. (500 word limit)
Who will benefit from your innovation and how will they benefit? Include qualitative and quantitative benefits and consider including “before” and “after” innovation metrics. (500 word limit
What is the Status of your Innovation?
Who Developed your Innovation
Supplemental Information (optional) – List web sites, video links, media articles, third party reviews, awards, or any other information you would like the judges to consider.
Supporting Document:
Company Registration Certificate
Company GST Certificate
Company Profile
Detailed Resume of Nominee
Innovated Product Photo/Application for Patent/Copy of Patent
Excellence in Digital Transformation in Dairy
Nominating for Award Category: Digital Transformation Award
What is the Size of your Organization?
What does your organization do? Describe the Digital Transformation your company has done.
Specify the effect of Digital Transformation in your organization
When was the Digital Transformation Planned and when it got implemented.
Supporting Document:
Company Registration Certificate
Company GST Certificate
Company Profile
Detailed Resume of Nominee
Digital Transformation Map
Business & Performance Awards
Highest Milk Processor of the Year
Nominating for Award Category: Milk Processor of the Year ( Scale , Quality & Leadership)
- What are the SKU’s with respect to Milk Processing in your Organization.
- What is your production Capacity with respect to SKU’s.
- What is your Total Milk Production Capacity.
- How much Milk you have produced in last 3 Years in Ltrs.
- What are the Quality Parameters you check when you produce Milk.
- What are the Quality Certifications you have.
- What is your market spread – please provide details.
- What are the Product Innovations you are doing.
- What is your plan for Next 3 years.
Highest Exporter of Dairy Products of the Year
Nominating for Award Category: Exporter of the Year – Dairy Products
- Describe about your Products that you manufacture
- What are your Dairy Product SKU’s – Please specify
- What are the Dairy Products you are Exporting please specify
- Which are the Countries you are Exporting – please specify
- How Many Countries you have Added per year for Exports of your Dairy Product in past 3 years – List countries, year wise
- What are the International Exhibitions you have participated in the past 3 years overseas for an initiative of promotion and New market Development? Please list out country – Event Name & Year of Participation
- What is your Export Turnover in the last 3 years – Specify year wise Export Turn Over
- What are your Export Plans for the next 3 Years please specify in 1000 words.
Documents to be submitted:
Company Registration Certificate
IEC Certificate
Last 3 Years Export Turnover Certified by Company CA
Best Dairy Brand of the Year
Nominating for Award Category: Dairy Brand of the Year
- Describe about Your Brand in 1000 Words
- Describe How your Organization built your Brand from the scratch and where your brand Stands today?
- What Differentiates your Brand from other Brands?
- Describe about your Brand Positioning
- What is your Brand Promise and how you are maintain it? Please explain in 1000 words
- How often your organization do does Rebranding
- What activities your organization do for Brand Promotion Annually? Please specify
- Do you have a Customer Care Department? If yes , How many Employees are there in your Customer care Department ?
- What is your Customer response time and What is your Customer complain Resolution time
- Site an Example of how you have resolved a customer complain that you may have received in the past 1 year
- What was your Branding Budget in the past 3 years – Specify year-wise
- What is your Turnover in the last 3 Years please specify year-wise Turnover
Documents to be submitted:
Company Registration Certificate
Quality Certificates
Brand Equity Statement certified by the CEO of the Organisation
Last 3 years Turnover certified by the Company CA
Outstanding Cooperative of the Year
Nominating for Award Category: Outstanding Dairy Cooperative of the Year
- How many production Units do your Cooperative Have and where? Please Specify
- What is your present Production Capacity?
- What was your total production in the last 3 years – Year wise
- What are your products – Please Specify
- What is your SKU Size – Please Specify
- How many Farmers are associated with your Cooperative as on Date
- What was the number of Farmers associated with you in last 3 years – Year wise?
- What is your market Spread – Please specify
- Which product / Brand is the fastest-selling product of your cooparative
- What Quality standards do your Cooperative Follow?
- What is the process Cycle your cooperative maintain from start to finish – Please specify in 1000 words
- What are your cooperative’s expansion plan for next 3 years?
- What initiatives is your cooperative taking for product innovation? Please specify
- Do your Cooperative have a Customer Care Department?
- Explain how you handle Customer complaints and what your response time
- What is your current Annual Turnover? What is your Annual Turnover in the last 3 years – Year wise
- What makes your Cooperative different from other cooperatives’s please specify in 1000 words
Documents Required:
Company Profile
Cooperative Registration Certificate
Quality Certificate
Last 3 years Turnover certified by Company CA
Best Performing State - Milk & Dairy Production Excellence
Nominating for Award Category: Best Performing State – Milk & Dairy Production Excellence
- Please elaborate in 1500 Words about What Development in Dairy sector your State has Done in the past 3 years
- What are the Initiatives your state has taken for Dairy Development in the last 3 years
- How many FPO’s are working in your state in regards to Dairy?
- How many FPO’s got added in your state in the Last 3 years – Please specify Year wise
- What is the total Milk Production Capacity of your State
- Please Specify Milk Production of your state in past 3 years – Please provide year wise Dairy production in your state
- What Initiatives your State has taken to support the Dairy Value chain for the growth of Dairy sector in your state in the past 3 years – Please specify year wise initiatives taken by your state
- What are the new schemes your state has launched for promoting Dairy Development in your state
- How many new Dairy Processing Company got registered in your state in the last 3 years – Please provide year wise No. of Dairy Processing Company Registered
- What Initiatives are taken by your State for avoiding Dairy Adulteration?
- What initiatives were taken by your State for promoting R&D for Dairy Development in your State?
- What Initiatives were taken by your State for increasing Employment in Dairy Sector in your state in the last 3 years? Please provide year-wise Employment Number
- What is your States Budget for Dairy Development in your state?
- What are the Awards/incentives provide by your state for encouraging Dairy Industry in your State?
Dairy Start Up of the Year / Young Achiever – Innovation & Growth
Nominating for Award Category: Dairy Start Up of the Year / Young Achiever – Innovation & Growth
- When was your company Established?
- What are your product Line and SKU’s
- What are the Brands of your Best Saleing Products?
- What is your total Production Capacity?
- What is your Production Capacity of each SKU’s – Please specify
- Please explain in 1000 Words about your Companies Journey from Inception till now
- Please Specify your Achevents in 1000 words
- What is the market spread of your products Please specify in 1000 words
- What is your Expansion Plan for the next 5 years – Please Specify in 1000 Words
- What is so unique about your product that differentiate your brand with other processors
- Please Explain about your company’s Growth since inception till now in 1000 Words
- Please provide your Turnover details of last 3 years – Year wise , or if your company is registered less than 3 years Then from the time of Inception – till now
Documents Required:
Company Registration Certificate
IEC Certificate for Exporting
MSME/ NSIC Certificate, if any
Company Profile
Turn Over Details – Certified by Company CA
Sustainable Dairy Company of the Year
Nominating for Award Category: Sustainable Dairy Company of the Year
- Please Specify about your Business in 1000 words
- What are your Products – Please list out your Products
- What is your total Production Capacity –
- What is your Production growth rate in past 3 years – Please Specify Year wise production
- What initiatives you have taken for making your business sustainable – Please elaborate in 1500 words
- After taking the initiative how much processing efficiency you are experiencing and in what form – Please specify in 1000 words
- How much Carbon footprints, usage of water and steam you have reduced in your production process – Please provide detailed Data – Before taking Initiative and after taking initiative?
- Please describe in details (1000 words) – How sustainable is your company now
Documents to be Submitted:
Company Registration Certificate
IEC Certificate if Exporting
MSME/ NSIC Certificate, if any
Company Profile
Turn Over Details – Certified by Company CA
Best CSR Initiative in Dairy Sector
Nominating for Award Category: Best CSR Initiative in Dairy Sector
- Please describe about your business in 1000 Words
- Please Specify your list of products
- Please describe your Business Journey from inception to present in 1500 Words
- Describe in 1000 words about your CSR Initiative in Dairy Sector
- After your Initiative what changes/improvement has happened and how it has impacted the Dairy Sector – Please specify in 1000 words
- Is their any publication about your CSR initiative in Media ( Yes) (No) – If yes please specify the publication
- What is your annual CSR Budget – Please Specify?
Documents to be Submitted:
Company Registration Certificate
IEC Certificate if Exporting
MSME/ NSIC Certificate, if any
Company Profile
Turn Over Details – Certified by Company CA
For Nomination of Award please contact: anik.roy@tpci.in
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