DEWI Awards
Honouring excellence.
Celebrating courage.
The DEWI Awards aims to become one of India’s most respected platforms for recognising women who lead with purpose, courage, compassion, and innovation.
The idea
Every woman has a story. Some build businesses, some nurture communities, some break barriers, and some silently transform lives.
The awards exist to put those stories in front of a room. Not only the women whose work is already visible, but the ones whose work has held a family, a village, a ward, or a business together without anyone naming it.
More than an award — a movement that builds role models.
The categories
Every kind of work a woman does
Grouped by the field they belong to — from manufacturing floors and boardrooms to classrooms, clinics, film sets and feeds.
Entrepreneurship & Business
- Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
- Emerging Entrepreneur
- Startup Excellence Award
- MSME Excellence Award
- Family Business Leader
- Woman in Manufacturing
Leadership & Corporate Excellence
- Corporate Leader of the Year
- Young Business Leader
- Woman CEO Award
- Excellence in Human Resources
- Excellence in Finance
- Excellence in Marketing & Branding
Innovation & Technology
- Woman Innovator Award
- Tech Trailblazer
- AI & Digital Transformation Leader
- STEM Excellence Award
Social Impact & Community Service
- Social Changemaker
- NGO Leadership Award
- Rural Women Empowerment Award
- Environmental Sustainability Champion
- Community Impact Award
Arts, Culture & Media
- Excellence in Arts & Culture
- Media Excellence Award
- Creative Entrepreneur Award
- Fashion & Lifestyle Icon
- Excellence in Performing Arts
Healthcare & Wellness
- Healthcare Excellence Award
- Doctor of the Year
- Mental Health Advocate
- Wellness Entrepreneur
Education & Research
- Outstanding Educator
- Academic Excellence Award
- Research & Innovation Award
- Skill Development Champion
Public Service & Governance
- Woman in Public Service
- Legal Excellence Award
- Police & Defence Excellence
- Civil Services Excellence
Film & OTT
- Film & OTT Awards
Social Media
- Social Media Awards
AI & Tech
- AI & Tech Awards
Special Recognition
- Lifetime Achievement
Why it exists
More than an award — a movement that builds role models.
An award is an evening. A movement is what happens after it.
Recognition is the mechanism
Naming a woman’s work in public changes what is possible for her afterwards — the meetings she gets, the price she can ask, the room she is invited into next.
Role models, made visible
The point is not the trophy on the shelf. It is the woman in the audience who sees someone from her own city, her own field, her own circumstances, and understands that the same thing is available to her.
A platform, not a ceremony
DEWI intends the awards to become one of India’s most respected platforms for women who lead with purpose, courage, compassion, and innovation.
Nominations
Know a woman who
should be on this stage?
There is no nomination form on this site yet. If you want to put a name forward — hers or your own — write to us with her field and what she has built.