The Minsky Awards for Excellence in AI stand among the most esteemed recognitions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), celebrating organisations that exemplify innovation and leadership in AI. Held annually by AIM at India’s biggest AI summit, Cypher, these awards showcase entities that have successfully harnessed data, analytics and AI to drive innovation, develop new products and enhance operational efficiency.
A Transparent and Thorough Selection Process
What sets the Minsky Awards apart is their transparent and credible selection methodology. The awards are open to organisations of all sizes and sectors and involve no hidden fees or costs, establishing their reputation as a trusted and prestigious recognition.
In 2025, the awards attracted a wide range of nominations from both domestic and international organisations. Each submission undergoes a meticulous evaluation to determine its AI contribution and potential impact on the industry. The process includes:
- Nominations: Organisations submit entries for one or more of the 23 award categories, providing detailed descriptions of their AI projects, strategies or products.
- Evaluation Criteria: Each nomination is assessed across three dimensions:
- Innovation: The originality and groundbreaking nature of the AI solution.
- Impact: The tangible benefits or outcomes the AI initiative delivers for users, industries or society at large.
- Quality of Contribution: The rigour, methodology and depth of expertise demonstrated in the AI project.
- Selection Panel: An expert jury from AIM, comprising AI specialists, industry leaders and data scientists, reviews all submissions to ensure a thorough and fair evaluation.
- Final Selection: Following this detailed assessment, the panel identifies the leading organisations in each category. These winners exemplify excellence, innovation and transformative impact in AI.
With a large number of submissions this year, competition was intense. However, the integrity and rigour of the process guarantee that every award truly represents excellence in AI.
Spotlight on Winners
The Minsky Awards shine a light on organisations making significant strides in AI adoption. Here’s a look at some of this year’s standout winners who are shaping the future of AI across industries.
Air India –AI-Enhanced Data Analytics Excellence
Aviation company Air India is using AI to transform revenue management. Its innovative solution equips analysts with smarter, faster and more accurate insights, driving significant business impact. Built with a vision to lead in technology, the company aims to transform itself into an AI-first airline. It has launched multiple AI-driven digital touchpoints and innovative solutions in setting new benchmarks in digital transformation by leveraging artificial intelligence throughout its operations and passenger journey.
Axtria – Leading AI Service Provider
Axtria is a global AI-first data analytics and software technology company transforming the life sciences industry. With deep expertise in data, AI and cloud, Axtria helps life sciences organisations bring therapies to patients faster by driving commercial excellence and patient-centric outcomes. Headquartered in the US with a strong global delivery presence in India (~80% of workforce), Axtria combines innovation, domain knowledge and scalable SaaS platforms to solve real-world healthcare challenges.
Sentient – AI Startup of the Year
Sentient is fighting the privatisation of AI by developing a fully open, community-built alternative. Backed by Founders Fund, Pantera Capital and Framework Ventures, Sentient is committed to developing an ecosystem for ‘loyal AI’—technology that is open to all, aligns with community values and provides fair incentives to builders.
Schneider Electric – AI-Driven Retail & Supply Chain Excellence by a GCC
Schneider Electric is a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation. With operations in over 100 countries and a workforce of more than 1.5 lakh employees, the company is committed to making energy safe, reliable, efficient, sustainable and connected.
HDFC Bank – Best AI-Enabled Business Strategy in an Indian Firm
HDFC Bank offers a wide range of financial products, catering to both individuals through loans, credit cards and mortgages, and businesses, including MSMEs and emerging corporates, through solutions such as trade finance and cash management. With a strong focus on digital innovation, the bank uses AI, data analytics and automation to enhance customer experience and ensure 24/7 accessibility.
As of June 30, its expansive network of 9,499 branches across 4,153 cities, more than half in semi-urban and rural areas, ensures broad financial inclusion and service reach.
Tredence – Breakthrough AI Technology
Tredence Inc is a global data science and AI solutions provider focused on solving the last-mile problem in AI—the gap between insight creation and value realisation. Tredence leverages strong domain expertise, data platforms and accelerators, and strategic partnerships to provide tailored, cutting-edge solutions to its clients. The company comprises over 3,500 employees with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, London, Toronto and Bengaluru, with the largest companies in retail, CPG, banking and insurance, telecom, healthcare and life sciences, travel and hospitality and industrials as clients.
Narayana Health – Excellence in AI Research by an Indian Firm
Narayana Health, founded by Dr Devi Prasad Shetty and headquartered in Bengaluru, is a leading presence in the global healthcare landscape. As one of the largest healthcare providers in India, Narayana Health operates a comprehensive range of primary, secondary and super-specialty tertiary care facilities across India and the Caribbean. The group’s centres of excellence in various medical domains, a team of 18,822 dedicated professionals, including 3,868 skilled doctors and specialists, and a relentless focus on patient well-being and clinical excellence underscore its position as a beacon of hope and healing in the healthcare industry.
EPAM Systems – Excellence in AI Strategy Consulting
EPAM Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of product engineering, platform engineering, and digital transformation services with a global workforce of nearly 62,000 and a team of over 11,000 in India. Through its innovative strategy and consulting, advanced engineering with AI, modern data engineering and a unique culture of engineering excellence, EPAM helps make the future real for its clients and communities around the world. EPAM, as an organisation, emphasises engineering productivity through AI-native processes and integrated AI upskilling programs.
Tiger Analytics – Excellence in AI Talent Development by an Indian Firm
Tiger Analytics is a global leader in AI and analytics, helping Fortune 1000 companies tackle their most complex business challenges. With over 5,000 experts worldwide, the company delivers full-stack AI and analytics solutions across industries, including retail, CPG, banking, insurance, manufacturing and healthcare. Recognised by Forrester, Gartner and HFS Research for its innovation and execution, the company enables enterprises to achieve measurable outcomes and scalable value.
SpeakX.ai – Fastest-Growing AI Startup
SpeakX.ai is India’s fastest-growing GenAI-powered English learning app, built entirely on advanced AI. It helps non-native speakers improve their English for better social and career opportunities. Powered by AI tutors, SpeakX delivers personalised lessons, instant AI-driven feedback and 24/7 AI coaching—making learning simple, fun and effective. The mission of SpeakX is to break language barriers and empower everyone to speak with confidence.
Straive – GCC AI Visionary Award
Straive operationalises data analytics and AI for global enterprises and works with several Fortune 500 companies. Besides building top-tier data analytics and AI solutions, the company integrates them seamlessly into clients’ core workflows. This approach drives enhanced efficiency, improves user experience and boosts client revenue.
Straive serves clients in various industries, including GCCs, banking, financial and information services, retail, media and technology, edtech, science and research, logistics and supply chain, and pharmaceutical and life sciences.
The company’s strategically positioned resource pool operates in nine countries, namely the Philippines, India, the United States, Nicaragua, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Singapore, South Africa and Canada.
MathCo – Leading AI Service Provider
MathCo is a global enterprise AI and analytics company empowering Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Founded in 2016, MathCo builds custom AI and advanced analytics solutions through its innovative hybrid model. With its GenAI platform and systemic AI approach, MathCo enables enterprises to embed AI seamlessly into business processes, driving adaptability, resilience and speed at scale. Today, MathCo stands tall as a leading AI provider in the industry.
Dentsu Global Services – Leading GCC/Captive for AI Innovation
Dentsu’s global capability centre, Dentsu Global Services (DGS), is shaping the future as an innovation engine. DGS has over 5,600 experts who specialise in digital platforms, performance marketing, product engineering, data science, automation and AI, with media transformation at the core.
DGS delivers AI-first, scalable solutions through dentsu’s network, seamlessly integrating people, technology and craft. They blend human creativity and advanced technology, building a diverse, future-focused organisation that adapts quickly to client needs while ensuring reliability, collaboration and excellence in every engagement.
LatentView Analytics – Most Innovative Use of AI in Service Delivery
LatentView Analytics is a global AI-driven analytics, data engineering and consulting firm that helps businesses harness the power of data to thrive in the digital world. By providing a 360-degree view of the digital consumer, the company enables enterprises to unlock new revenue streams, anticipate product trends, improve customer retention and optimise investments. With a strong global footprint and trusted by 50 Fortune 500 companies across technology, financial services, CPG, retail and industrials sectors, LatentView continues to set benchmarks in AI and analytics worldwide.
CitiusTech – Outstanding AI Product/Solution by a Domestic Indian Firm
CitiusTech is a global technology services, consulting and business solutions enterprise focused entirely on the healthcare and life sciences industry. The company enables over 140 enterprises to build a human-first ecosystem that is efficient and equitable. Leveraging deep domain expertise and next-generation technologies, including AI, cloud, data and intelligent automation, the company assists clients in realising their vision, accelerating transformation and achieving business outcomes. CitiusTech powers digital innovation, business transformation and industry-wide convergence through next-generation technologies, solutions and products.
C5i – Most Innovative Use of AI in Service Delivery
C5i is a leading global pure-play AI and analytics provider that combines the power of human perspective with AI technology to deliver trustworthy intelligence to global corporations. C5i caters to some of the world’s largest enterprises, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company has been recognised by leading industry analyst firms like Gartner, Forrester, Everest Group and AIM for its analytics and AI capabilities and proprietary AI-based solutions.
At its core, C5i’s focus is on delivering business impact at speed and scale by driving adoption of AI-assisted decision-making.
Genpact – Best AI Implementation by a Service Provider
Genpact is an advanced technology services and solutions company that delivers lasting value for leading enterprises globally. Through its deep business knowledge, operational excellence and cutting-edge solutions, Genpact helps companies across industries stay ahead of the curve. Powered by curiosity, courage and innovation, the company’s teams implement data, technology and AI to build the future today.
DBS Tech India – Best AI Implementation in a GCC/Captive Environment
This award recognises the outstanding use of AI within a global capability centre to drive innovation and operational excellence.
DBS Tech India, which began as a technology centre, has now evolved into a world-class engineering organisation. By bringing people and technology together, it drives digital transformation that enables customers to ‘Live More, Bank Less’.
Insight Enterprises – Cypher Cool AI Company Award
Insight Enterprises is a leading solutions integrator that helps clients solve technology challenges by combining the right hardware, software and services. The company is a global Fortune 500 technology company with a network of over 6,000 partners and experts worldwide who provide access to end-to-end IT capabilities. For more than 35 years, Insight has delivered and optimised technology solutions for its clients efficiently, effectively and safely.
The company helps to modernise infrastructure, unify your data and put AI to work with practical strategies that lead to measurable outcomes.
NoBroker – Leading Domestic Indian Firm in AI Innovation
NoBroker, India’s first proptech unicorn, connects house/property owners directly with tenants/buyers by eliminating the middleman. The company removes the information asymmetry that existed in the Indian marketplace and, instead, creates an environment for free exchange of information that earlier involved brokerage.
7-Eleven Global Solution Center, India – Outstanding AI-Powered Business Transformation in GCC/Captive
7-Eleven’s Global Solution Center (GSC) in Bengaluru serves as the company’s strategic hub for technology and innovation, powering its global operations with advanced capabilities in AI, machine learning, data analytics, cloud and digital transformation.
The centre plays a pivotal role in building next-generation solutions for supply chain optimisation, customer experience, cashierless checkout and personalised loyalty programmes, while also driving automation across finance, HR and store operations. Positioned as a talent and innovation powerhouse, the India GCC enables 7-Eleven to scale digital initiatives faster, experiment with cutting-edge technologies and reimagine the future of convenience retail for millions of customers worldwide.
Centre for e-Governance – AI for Social Impact
Centre for e-Governance enables digital transformation using the latest technology to drive meaningful social impact, building solutions that improve access, equity and outcomes for citizens.
Shreevyas HM is the project director for AI and ML, leading initiatives that apply cutting-edge AI research to solve real-world challenges.
This year’s Minsky Awards reflect the diversity of AI adoption across sectors—from healthcare, aviation and finance to enterprise AI, edtech and energy—showcasing the innovators shaping India’s AI-driven future.
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