Those remarkable few who place the needs of the city above ...Those remarkable few who place the needs of the city above their own deserve our applause, and their stories need to be

Those remarkable few who place the needs of the

city above their own deserve our applause, and

their stories need to be told!

~ 1 ~

Contents NAMMA BENGALURU FOUNDATION ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

RECAP ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2016 – AWARDS NIGHT .......................................................................................................................................... 5

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2016 – MEDIA COVERAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 6

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDEES FOR 2016 ................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Dr TV Ramachandra – Namma Bengalurean of the Year ........................................................................................................................................... 7

Smt. Geeta Menon – Citizen Individual of the Year ................................................................................................................................................... 7

Shri Jagannatha Rao – Government Official of the Year ............................................................................................................................................ 8

Smt. Jasmeen Patheja – Social Entrepreneur of the Year .......................................................................................................................................... 8

Smt. Dhanya Rajendran - Mediaperson of the Year .................................................................................................................................................. 9

Shri Harshil Mittal – Rising Star of the Year ............................................................................................................................................................... 9

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS – 2015 WINNERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 10







JURY PANEL FOR THE YEAR 2017 ................................................................................................................................................................................. 17

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2017 – AWARD CATEGORIES .................................................................................................................................... 25

~ 2 ~

NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS WITH TIMELINES ........................................................................................................................................ 26

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2017 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................. 27

Eligibility Criteria ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27

Disqualification Criteria ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Preliminary short-listing of candidates .................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Jury meetings ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Due Diligence ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

Final deliberation and selection of winners ............................................................................................................................................................. 29

Appendix ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30

General Terms and Conditions governing the relationship between the Nominator, Nominee and NBF Introduction......................................... 30

Receipt of entries ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31

Disqualification process ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

Selection of winners ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32

Disclaimers and release from liability ...................................................................................................................................................................... 33

~ 3 ~

NAMMA BENGALURU FOUNDATION

“NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD; INDEED, IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.” MARGARET MEAD

Namma Bengaluru Foundation(NBF) – a not-for-profit organization – was founded upon the growing desire and pressure to make

collective social engagement more effective in improving the city and citizens’ life. With an aim to be the champions of change for a

better Bengaluru, Namma Bengaluru Foundation strives to be The Voice of the city and for those who relentlessly fight towards

making the city more livable, inclusive and responsibly governed. Our mission also includes building and fostering enriching

partnerships with institutions and individuals to create sustainable and impactful improvement to the city.

The numerous issues that plague the city – from garbage menace to water crisis; from lethal potholes to ad-hoc infrastructural plans

- calls for innovative and workable ways to manage communities and the manner in which the city functions. Keeping this in mind,

Namma Bengaluru Foundation has over the last seven years created a dynamic platform for a true people’s movement built through

Responsible Advocacy, Creative Partnership and Constructive Activism.

NBF’s unique approach of working on public interest issues of Bengaluru through a combination of litigation, policy, broad-based

research and harnesses community participation brings divers groups together to accomplish measurable change. Our current plan

for the period 2017-2018 falls broadly under four key areas: social and environmental justice, equality,

governance and democracy, consumer rights and Namma Bengaluru Awards 2017.

Given that the city has become a dream destination for businessmen, engineers and more, and also

boasts of a fast growing start-up ecosystem, the ‘Namma Bengaluru’ success story is something we all

take pride in. As a foundation that envisions Bengaluru to be a world-class city, we hope to continue

operating within the tenets of Transparency, Tenacity, Inclusiveness and Celebration, and also

encourage citizens to act responsibly towards the overall growth of this beautiful city.

I was in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of

India, when I realized that the world was

flat.

~ Thomas Friedman

~ 4 ~

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS

In the last couple of decades, Bengaluru has transitioned from a simpleton garden city to a sought-after IT destination. Our city has scaled to great heights, taking with it, the citizens, on the path to greatness. In a city of over 10 million and counting, there are innumerable men, women and children who operate in shadows, away from the glare and glitz of fame and fortune, to quietly fulfil their mission of making life in Bengaluru better. They have selflessly devoted themselves to the society and yet they choose to remain faceless. Committed, courageous and resolute, they are simply unstoppable. It is this zeal, commitment, hard work and dedicated service - often beyond the call of duty - that has made Bengaluru. The Namma Bengaluru Awards is our foundation’s effort to recognize, honor and celebrate such outstanding individuals and their contribution towards making our city a better place to live in. These awards truly are the city’s way of saying ‘Thank You’ to its Real heroes. This initiative also aims to encourage citizens to emulate the efforts of these heroes to make meaningful differences to fellow Bengalureans. Over the last 8 years, every story has been an inspiration in its own way and has also enthused several other concerned citizens to work towards the betterment of our city, your city! With positive change in our hearts and a holistic future for Bengaluru in our minds, we hope the Namma Bengaluru Awards 2017 gives birth to several such heroes our city has been yearning for!

~ 5 ~

RECAP

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2016 – AWARDS NIGHT

~ 6 ~

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2016 – MEDIA COVERAGE

~ 7 ~

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDEES FOR 2016

Dr TV Ramachandra – Namma Bengalurean of the Year Holding a doctorate in Ecology and Energy from Indian Institute of Science, Dr TV Ramachandra has contributed

to the rejuvenation of several lakes in Bengaluru. He has contributed in setting up the Bioremediation model at

Jakkur Lake and has also helped in the plantation of a mini forest with 45 Western Ghats species, which has led

to improved ground water level from 150 feet to 10 feet. He has published over 252 research papers in reputed

peer reviewed international and national journals, 50 book chapters, 242 research papers in the international

and national symposiums as well as 16 books. In addition, he has delivered a number of plenary lectures at

national and international conferences. Publication "Milking diatoms for Energy" is seminal work in biofuel

research evident from reports in Scientific American, BBC, national dailies, etc.

Smt. Geeta Menon – Citizen Individual of the Year Co-founded by Geeta Menon in 1988, Stree Jagruti Samiti is an organisation based in Bangalore that champions

the cause of domestic workers and fights for their labour rights and employment benefits. It also rescues and

rehabilitates domestic workers who are minors. The women of the organization have over the years focused on

problems by allying with smaller local groups of household helpers across the city and the state. The group also

conducts science and art camps, child rights awareness workshops and adolescent health advisory sessions for

children of domestic workers.

~ 8 ~

Shri Jagannatha Rao – Government Official of the Year Working as a Deputy Conservator of Forests and Lakes with the BBMP, Jagannatha Rao has for decades now

tirelessly worked towards protecting our environment. Known for evicting encroachments and fencing 48 lakes

in the city, he has actively involved the local communities and has educated them on how to preserve and

maintain our lakes. In the past one year, Kalkere lake (area-186 acres), Challakere lake, Kempambudhi,

Mahadevapura, have been rejuvenated and developmental works are in progress in lakes such as Kundalahalli,

Kodige Singasandra, Mangammanapalya, Basapura Lakes.

Smt. Jasmeen Patheja – Social Entrepreneur of the Year Jasmeen Patheja is the founder of Blank Noise - a community / Public art project that seeks to confront street

harassment, commonly known as eve teasing in India. It addresses women's fear based relationship with their

cities via direct street action and public interventions, which ask women to be "Action Heroes" by not being idle

in public. It also works towards an attitudinal shift towards 'eve-teasing' and involves the public to take collective

responsibility of the issue. Through street actions and dialogue, Blank Noise hopes to achieve its aims of

achieving a safe and free environment for women on the streets, and enable society to become more egalitarian

towards women in general.

~ 9 ~

Smt. Dhanya Rajendran - Mediaperson of the Year A veteran journalist, who has worked with India Vision, New Indian Express and Times Now, founded

thenewsminute.com in 2014 along with Chitra Subramaniam and Vignesh Vellore. The News Minute is a digital

news platform reporting and writing on issues in India, with a specific focus on the 5 southern states. The content

includes news, ground reportage, news analysis, opinions and aggregations. With their deep access in the

southern states, TNM, headquartered in Bengaluru has emerged as a credible news portal in a short span of

time.

Shri Harshil Mittal – Rising Star of the Year A software engineer by profession, Harshil Mittal started an initiative Let’s Spread Love with an aim to solve the

daunting challenge of hunger through a simple idea of cooking a little extra food in every home. Thanks to his

initiative, underprivileged children and senior citizens across the city wait eagerly for the third Sunday of every

month when they are treated to piping hot homemade food. Since its inception in October 2015, Harshil and his

group have been able to feed over 1 lakh underprivileged people in Bengaluru.

~ 10 ~

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS – 2015 WINNERS

Category Name

Citizen Individual Kishore Rao

Rising Star Anirudh S. Dutt

Government Official Sonia Narang

Media Individual G. Manjusainath

Social Entrepreneur Prarthana Kaul

Namma Bengalurean of the Year N.S. Ramakanth

~ 11 ~


Category Name

Citizen Individual P.G. Bhat

Citizen Youth Shubhendu Sharma Surendran Murugananda Krishnan

Government Official H. Balegowda

Government Organization NIMHANS

Foreigner Resident in Bengaluru Sean Blagsvedt

Non Resident B.T. Lakshman

Citizen Group RWA/CBO Whitefield Rising

Citizen Group NGO Akshara Foundation

Media Individual Vijayalakshmi Shibaroor

Media Organization Prajavani

Corporate Social Responsibility Canara Bank

Elected Representative C.K. Ramamurthy

Social Entrepreneur Labor Net

Namma Bengalurean of the Year Kathyayini Chamaraj

~ 12 ~


Category Name

Citizen Individual Late. G Manohar Rao

Citizen Youth Good Hearted Soul

Government Official T.R. Nagamani

Government Organization Bangalore One

Citizen Group RWA/CBO Association of People with Disability

Media Individual Hemanth Kashyap

Media Organization Citizen Matters

Corporate Social Responsibility Wipro

Social Entrepreneur Poonam Kasturi, Daily Dump

Namma Bengalurean of the Year Venkata Subba Rao

~ 13 ~


Category Name

Citizen Individual Fr. George Kannanthanam

Citizen Youth Kuldeep Dantewadia

Government Official B.G. Changappa and Sambargi

Government Organization Bangalore Traffic Police

Citizen Group Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust

Media Individual Seethalakshmi

Corporate Social Responsibility Britannia Ltd

Elected Representative B.N. Vijaya Kumar

Social Entrepreneur Pavithra Y.S., Vidya E-Infomedia Pvt. Ltd

Namma Bengalurean of the Year P. Manivannan

~ 14 ~


Category Name

Citizen Individual Uday Vijayan

Government Official U.V. Singh

Government Organization Karnataka Lokayukta

Group Organization NGO Karunashraya

Group Organization RWA Solid Waste Management Round Table

Government Employee Lakshmamma

Elected Representative Krishna Byre Gowda

Social Entrepreneur Wilma Rodrigues, SAAHAS Zero Waste Solution

Namma Bengalurean of the Year Justice Sudhindra Rao

~ 15 ~


Category Name

Private Institution Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA)

Private Individual Dr. Radha Murthy and T. Raja (Auto Raja)

Entrepreneur K.N. Vasudev Adiga

Sports Person Vijaya Rao Sindhe and Anupama Puchimanda Shivappa

Public Institution Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

Public Individual H. Siddaiah

Elected Representative B.N. Vijaya Kumar

Namma Bengalurean of the Year Anita Reddy

~ 16 ~


Category Name

Private Institution Sankara Eye Hospital, Rain Water Club, Sikshana, Belaku Trust and Sparsh Vachana

Private Individual Ashish K. Chand, Dr. Sudarshan Ballal, Sr. Adele Korah, Vatsala R. Prabhu and Mahadev

Public Individual Somashekhar and T.S. Krishna Prakash,

Public Agency BBMP – West Zone Zero Garbage Team and Govt High School - Kadabagere

~ 17 ~

JURY PANEL FOR THE YEAR 2017

Dr. Ashwin Mahesh is a social

technologist and public policy researcher

who studies the way cities are growing in

India. He studied to be an astronomer and an

Antarctic climate scientist, and worked for a

few years at NASA's Goddard Earth Science

and Technology Centre. In the past, he has

worked at IIM-Bangalore, IISc, and IIIT-

Bangalore. Recently, he established the

Centre for Public Problem Solving, an applied

research organization to tackle public

problems. Dr Mahesh co-founded and leads

the social technology lab, Mapunity, which

works to apply technology to tackle

developmental challenges.

V. Ravichandar is the Chairman of

Feedback Consulting, a leading research and

consulting firm in India. He has been active

on urban issues in India on a pro-bono basis

since 2000. He was a key member of the

Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) during

2000-04 when he conceived the Self-

Assessment scheme of Property tax. He has

catalyzed City Connect, a platform in 5 cities

for industries to work with government on

civic issues. Bangalore’s Tender SURE road

project was an outcome of this initiative. He

is one of the 3 members of the expert

committee on BBMP Restructuring.

Sajan Poovayya is a designated Senior

Advocate with extensive constitutional,

corporate and commercial law practice in the

Supreme Court of India; and in various High

Courts of the country. Prior to this, he was

the Managing Partner of Poovayya & Co. He

has officiated as Additional Advocate General

for Karnataka, and was proposed and

designated Senior Advocate (akin to Queen’s

Counsel) by the Full Court of the Karnataka

HC. In 2016, LexisNexis listed him as one

amongst the ‘100 Legal Luminaries of India’.

He has been voted by Law Asia and Chambers

& Partners, as one of Asia’s leading

attorneys.

~ 18 ~

Prof G.S. Siddalingaiah a passionate

poet has over 80 books to his credit. Widely

acclaimed as a critic also, Prof Siddalingaiah

was also the ex-officiate member of the

Senate Syndicate and Academic council and

retired as the Director of Collegiate

education. He served as the Elected

President of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat

from 1989-1992. He has received several

accolades including Masti Prashasti, state

honor by the Kannada Sahitya Academy and

the Rajyotsava Award in. He presently serves

as a Member of the Encyclopedia, Kannada

Section and Member of Literature and

History of the Central Sahitya Academy.

Anita Reddy a dedicated activist for the

past 35 years has worked for the upliftment

of slums in Bengaluru. Over the years she has

worked on several development across

villages of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and

Tamil Nadu. She is one of the founding

trustees of AVAS (Association for Voluntary

Action and Service), as also of DRIK

(Dwarknath Reddy Institutes for Knowledge)

and DWARAKA (Development of Women and

Rural Artisans for Knowledge and Action)

Foundations, both initiatives of

Ramanarpanam Trust (DRRT). She has also

been awarded the Padmashri Award and the

Namma Bengaluru Awards 2012.

Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal, is the

Chairman - Manipal Group of Hospitals and

the member of the Board of Manipal Health

Enterprises Pvt Ltd., Director of Manipal

Institute of Nephrology & Urology. A gold

medalist, he has received training in the USA

and has the distinction of being one of the

few to be triple Board certified in Internal

Medicine, Nephrology & Critical Care. He is a

Professor of Medicine with St. Louis

University School and is also Adjunct

Professor of Medicine at Manipal University.

He was conferred the fellowship of the Royal

College of Physicians, London for his

contribution in Medicine.

~ 19 ~

C.N. Kumar is a graduate from the Tata

Institute of Social Sciences with a Master’s

Degree in Personnel Management and

Industrial Relations. He currently heads

Advantage Offshore Knowledge Services, a

consulting company that provides end-to-

end services for established MNCs. Founder

and convener of BFIT, an industry forum for

Chief Executives of Large IT Companies, he

has served on the National Board of National

Institute of Personnel Management. He

provides corporate training to Top

executives. A veteran RTI activist, he has filed

over 1000 applications and has held several

public consultations.

Thara Anooradha is a veteran actress,

who made her debut in 2003. One

Sandalwood’s most sought-after actress, she

has shared screen space with some of the big

names in the industry and has acted in over

500 films so far. She was the Chairperson of

Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy for the

year 2012-13. During her tenure, she

successfully conducted the 5th Bangalore

International Film Festival (BIFFES). In

recognition of her contributions to Cinema

and Social Work, she has been honored with

the Prestigious NTR Award. She is also the

Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council

since 2012.

Jishnu Dasgupta is in equal parts a

musician and a marketing consultant. A bass

guitarist with Bengaluru-based folk-rock

band ‘Swarathma’, he also looks after the

band's PR, social media and partnerships.

Jishnu is also a Director at Windowseat

Communications, an integrated marketing

communications agency focusing on start-

ups. An alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur, he was

a brand manager at ITC Limited before the

music bug bit him. You're likely to find him at

his happiest either when playing on stage, or

when playing train-train with his two boys.

~ 20 ~

Dr. Vishal Rao has vast experience in the

field of Oncology and Head & Neck Surgery

and has attained training from Tata

Memorial Hospital at Mumbai. A recognized

Ted speaker, Dr. Rao has invented the AUM

voice prosthesis to help throat cancer

patients get their lost voice back, at an

affordable price. He believes in prevention to

palliation approach to oncology and works

with several groups on holistic healing. He is

also a consultant at the Institute of Public

Health and a Director of the Cancer

Prevention and Tobacco Control Project with

W.H.O Tobacco Free Initiatives partners.

Kishore S. Rao is the Founder Chairman

of Karunashraya - Bangalore Hospice Trust

and of the Indian Cancer Society, Karnataka.

His trust treats terminally ill cancer patients

and counsels their families. In operation

since 1994, the trust has over the years

brought palliative care to over 18,000 such

patients. All this care is rendered entirely

free of charge. Indian Cancer Society spreads

awareness about the disease, does early

detection and screening camps and renders

emotional support to cancer patients and

their care givers all over Karnataka. Mr. Rao

has undertaken all these activities after long

corporate career.

Amandeep Sandhu is a Bengaluru-

based author who writes on psychological

and political realities. His first novel Sepia

Leaves (2008) is considered a cult classic in

India. His second book Roll of Honour (2012,

Rupa Publications) was shortlisted for the

2013 Hindu Prize. Amandeep Sandhu is a

fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude,

Stuttgart. He is currently working on his non-

fiction on Punjab and his third novel.

~ 21 ~

Vasanthi Hariprakash is an

independent anchor & journalist with

footprints in radio and television. She is also

founder of the Pickle Jar Collective, a

platform for curating film festivals and events

of social relevance that aims to connect

people & make them reflect on the world

around us. Vasanthi has reported news as

special correspondent for NDTV 24x7;

anchored documentaries for BBC World

News from Nepal & Vietnam and prior to that

while on radio, used to wake up the garden

city every morning for four years with her

high-voltage primetime show Good Morning

Bangalore on Radio City 91.1 FM.

Murray Culshaw believes civil society

organizations play a vital role in building a

caring and more just society. He has been an

international development consultant, but

now concentrates on encouraging social

organizations in India to communicate their

work to the Indian public; raise resources

from Individuals and Companies and become

more accountable to society. Murray is on

the board of a number of social

organizations, and is the co-Founder/

Chairperson of ‘India Cares’, which began as

'Bangalore Cares' but changed its name in

order to build a national programme of

support and encouragement.

Prakash Belawadi is a recognized actor,

director, writer and citizen activist. He is the

co-founder of Centre for Film and Drama,

which runs Suchitra School of Cinema and

Dramatic Arts to conduct courses in

filmmaking and acting; and organizes

discussions on aspects of media and issues of

current interest. His debut feature

'STUMBLE' won the National Award for Best

Feature in the English language (2003). A

recipient of the Karnataka Nataka Academy

award (2012), he has been a speaker and

delegate at conferences in India and abroad,

including Harvard University.

~ 22 ~

Subhashini Vasanth an eminent

Bharatanatyam dancer is known for her

intense abhinaya, immaculate footwork and

authentic adherence to the Pandanallur

style. She is acknowledged by both critics and

connoisseurs and has performed to

awestruck audiences both in India and

abroad. She is the Founder Trustee of

Vasantharatna Foundation for Arts, started

in the memory of her husband Col. Vasanth A

C – recipient of the first Ashok Chakra from

Karnataka. She was recently awarded the

Neerja Bhanot Award in recognition for her

work to empower families of martyrs.

N.S. Mukunda is the Founder President

of Citizens Action Forum (CAF), a federation

of Resident Welfare Associations. Having

keen interest in civic issues, he believes in

offering solutions, not just pointing out the

problem. Through CAF he has presented

alternate budgets to the BBMP, convened

public meetings on critical issues concerning

the city and campaigned for a participatory

approach to development and civic

management. He is the MD of Sneha

Townships Pvt Ltd. and has over 40 years of

experience in construction and electrical

field. He is also a Member of the Govern

Right, Govern Responsibly Platform of NBF.

T.R. Raghunandan is Advisor to the

Accountability Initiative and a public finance

expert. A former Joint Secretary Government

of India, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (2004-

2009) and Secretary Rural Development &

Panchayat Raj, Karnataka (2001-2004), he

works with Panchayats across States, their

advocacy associations and a wide range of

NGOs. He has been an Advisor to the UNDP-

India office and the Swiss Development

Corporation. Raghunandan is also an anti-

corruption expert and was the programme

coordinator for the ipaidabribe.com initiative

(2010-2011).

~ 23 ~

Usha Rajagopalan, is a writer,

translator and lake activist living in

Bengaluru. She has authored six books in

different genres and edited a writer's

manual, Get Published. Usha has won

several prizes including thrice consecutively

in the Commonwealth Short Story

Competition, UK. She is the Chairperson of

the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake

Improvement Trust which was conferred the

prestigious Namma Bengaluru Award in

2012. PNLIT was featured in the Times Now

national television series “Amazing Indians”

Season 1.

S. Vishwanath, is a water conservation

expert and Founder and Director of Biome

Solutions. He is also the founder of Rainwater

Club. He is also an advisor to Arghyam

Foundation, www.rainwaterclub.org and

serves as the Secretary General at

International Rainwater Catchment Systems

Association. He has done Maters in Urban

Planning and has a Bachelors degree in

Engineering. He is popularly also know as

Zenrainman. At Takshashila, Vishwanath

teaches the nuances of policymaking in India

with respect to water resources.

V.K. Srivatsa, is currently working for a

multi-national company as GM-Planning and

is also the General Secretary of Sri Balaji

Layout Residents Welfare Association, since

2011. He has been instrumental in making

Balaji Layout one of the best communities to

live in. An active citizen, Srivatsa is also the

coordinator for United Federation of

Residents Welfare Association. He is an

active participant of Namma Shale, Namma

Hemme notebook distribution drive for

government schools under Avirata

Foundation.

~ 24 ~

Ganesh, is an Indian actor and television presenter known for his work in Kannada cinema. Through his

career in films and television shows, he has become one of the most popular celebrities in Kannada cinema.He

is the recipient of several awards, including two Filmfare Awards. He soon became noted after starring in

Mungaru Male film (2006). Ganesh won two consecutive Best Actor awards at Filmfare for portraying a sincere

lover in the comedy-drama Gaalipata (2008) and in the romantic drama Maleyali Jotheyali (2012). His another

major success was Cheluvina Chittara (2007) after Mungaru Male. He then acted in Krishna (2007), Shravani

Subramanya (2013) and Mungaru Male 2 (2016). Alongside he has received critical praise by the both an

audience and the critics for his performance. a visionary and industry pioneer.

Pradeep Kar, Chairman of the Jury, is a visionary and industry pioneer. Pradeep leveraged the power

of networking & e-business technologies long before they were recognized as critical business enablers when

he founded Microland in 1989. Microland has since been recognized as India's first Hybrid IT Infrastructure

Services Provider and a trusted partner to global corporations in their IT-as-a-Service journey. Headquartered

in Bangalore, India, Microland has 3,400+ professionals across its offices in Australia, Europe, India, Middle

East, North America and the UK. A serial entrepreneur, Pradeep founded and sold 3 technology companies

notable amongst them was Indya.com, which he sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation; Planetasia.com,

India’s first Internet Professional Services Company and Net Brahma Technologies. Pradeep served as a Non-

Executive Director on the board of UBM plc, one of the world's leading business-to-business event’s organizers

listed on the London Stock Exchange for 10 years from 2006 to 2016.

~ 25 ~

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2017 – AWARD CATEGORIES

Since 2009, the awards have sparked the imagination of a better city and have recognized exemplary achievement of individuals who have helped

transform our understanding of accountability towards change.

These awards embody the very spirit of humanity and common good that these exceptional individuals reflect. The winners will be awarded prize

money of Rs 2 lakhs. Operating on the tenets of transparency, NBA nominations are made by the citizen.

~ 26 ~

NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS WITH TIMELINES

~ 27 ~

NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS 2017 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Eligibility Criteria ▪ Nominations have to be received in the permitted medium:

o Printed nomination forms

o Web-portal & Facebook page

o Forms printed as a part of newspaper advertisements

▪ Nominations must be complete to be eligible.

▪ Nominees cannot be trustees and employees of NBF, Jury Members, Sponsors and persons closely associated with Sponsors.

▪ The nominee must be resident in ‘Bengaluru’ as defined as all those geographic areas that are covered by the 198 Wards of Bruhat

Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for a period of at least 6 months in the last 1 year and have accomplished something for the benefit

of Bengalureans in the last 1 year.

Disqualification Criteria ▪ No form of canvassing for candidates will be permitted and any such effort will disqualify the nominee.

▪ No correspondence will be entertained regarding the selection of the awardees or the selection procedure.

▪ Incomplete nomination forms are subject to disqualification.

▪ Nominees may not be trustees and employees of NBF or Jury Members. NBF and Jury members will be responsible to indicate their

association with nominees under consideration or any potential conflicts of interest and Jury shall deliberate any risk emanating there-

from. Jury will decide on a suitable course of action to evaluate such nominations including but not limited to outright disqualification or

suitably excluding interested members from deliberations. Jury reserves the right to disqualify any person or institution for due cause and

the decision of Jury will be final and binding in all such cases.

~ 28 ~

Preliminary short-listing of candidates The following process will be performed by a team designated by NBF and supervised by senior NBF staff prior to deliberation by Jury. It is not

expected that any qualitative evaluation of the forms is performed at this stage.

▪ All printed nomination forms will have a unique serial number and NBF team will record the following:

- Serial numbers of all forms printed

- Serial numbers of all forms received by the due date

- Serial numbers of forms cancelled (received after the due date)

▪ A certificate will be obtained from the supplier who manages the forms received from the portal indicating the total number of forms

received and sent to the Awards Management. Prints of all the forms will be serially numbered by authorized NBF personnel.

▪ Awards Management team will designate a team for the purpose for preliminary screening and will circulate criteria for such screening.

▪ Forms will be classified by Category and unique nominations will be determined.

▪ Initial perusal of nomination forms will be made to identify forms to be disqualified based on the disqualification criteria and separated

from eligible forms.

▪ Awards Management team will determine and tabulate statistics of total forms received and unique nominations for each category and

sub-category, eligible and ineligible applications etc.

Jury meetings The objective of this stage is to perform a short-listing of candidates by jury deliberation based on eligibility criteria as defined by the NBF management. The objectives of the jury meetings are defined below:

▪ A quorum of 50% of the jury members is mandatory for all jury meetings. In case the Quorum is less than 50% the chairman of the NBA Jury panel along with the CEO of NBF will take a call on the continuation of the meeting. Jury members are required to be physically present in not less than 3 out of 5 Jury meetings.

▪ Second Jury meeting - Short listing of 5 categories by review of nominations by jury against criteria defined by NBF to determine top 6 nominations in each category. Further, sub jury committees can be formed for review of nominations and finally a common consensus on the nominees can be reached as decided by the complete jury.

▪ Jury members will be asked to volunteer for the purpose of deliberations. NBF trustees and senior NBF staff will describe each unique applicant and assist the jury in arriving at a consensus on the candidates to be proposed for the next round. Further information may be sought at this stage for which NBF staff will assist.

~ 29 ~

Due Diligence Namma Bengaluru Foundation employees will contact all the Nominators and Nominees, to the extent possible, in this exercise to seek further information. NBF team will employ an external agency to perform a due diligence on all candidates for the purpose of seeking greater information and perspective of verifying information provided. During this exercise background information on the candidate that ascertains police records if any will also be sought so as to ensure credibility of the individual/ organization being considered. This will be attached with their forms in the form of a dossier.

Final deliberation and selection of winners

The objective of this stage is to announce the winners of each sub-category and to deliberate on the Namma Bengalurean Award for 2017. A meeting of all Jury members will be convened for this purpose and the chairman of the Jury will moderate the exercise. The Jury will deliberate each of the candidates under the categories on the basis of their personal dossiers. All candidates will be given a unique score and the leader in each category will be considered. Jury will first deliberate on the Namma Bengalurean Award among the 2 selected nominees from each category. For the purpose of selection of candidates, the chairman of the jury will put the matter to vote. Chairman will also be eligible to vote. NBF staff will tabulate the winners and the voting validated by the audit partner before the jury announces the winners. In case of a tie, the jury may decide to deliberate further and cast another vote or both candidates may be announced as winners.

~ 30 ~

Appendix

General Terms and Conditions governing the relationship between the Nominator, Nominee and NBF Introduction The "NAMMA BENGALURU AWARDS" (hereinafter referred to as "Awards") are being organized by Namma Bengaluru Foundation ("NBF"), having its registered office at No.54, Rockline Centre, Richmond Road, Bengaluru - 560025. These Awards are being organized in pursuance of a social objective and is not organized for business purposes or monetary gain. The sole basis to determine the recipients of these Awards is principles of social service. Therefore, the basis of the Awards is not construable as a “lottery” in any sense. In consideration of social recognition by the receipt of Awards, you agree that the Terms and Conditions contained herein (the “Terms and Conditions”) form an agreement regulating your relationship and participation in the Awards. You are advised to read the Terms and Conditions carefully. If you are not agreeable to any Terms and Conditions, you should not use the www.nammabengaluruawards.org /www.namma-bengaluru.org or file a nomination or participate in the Awards in any such other manner. If you use the Site or file a nomination or participate in the Awards in any such other manner as outlined in these Terms and Conditions, you shall be accepting these Terms and Conditions unequivocally and unconditionally in their entirety and these Terms and Conditions will be a legally binding agreement between you and the NBF. You shall be bound by the Terms and Conditions which shall remain valid, binding and in force till the present Awards process is complete/over and till the next Awards are declared. These Terms of Use ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Namma Bengaluru Foundation which govern your use of their websites and micro-sites. These Terms may be updated by NBF from time to time and you should periodically review the most up to date versions. NBF may at its sole discretion and without prior notice modify or revise these Terms and Conditions and policies and you unequivocally agree to be bound by these modifications or revisions. You agree to access the Site or file a nomination, subject to acceptance of the Terms and Conditions of use as set out here to the extent applicable. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the site or file a nomination. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to confer any rights or benefits to a third party. The disclosures made by you on the website and in the application form shall be true and correct and the same shall be relied upon for the purposes of evaluating the entry. NBF reserves the sole right to terminate the Awards or determine the validity period of the Awards at its sole discretion.

~ 31 ~

Receipt of entries The following process will be performed by a team designated by NBF and supervised by senior NBF staff prior to deliberation by Jury. It is not expected that any qualitative evaluation of the forms is performed at this stage. Nominations received on earlier occasions for these awards will not be considered for the current year. Fresh nominations may be made to participate in the Awards for 2017. The awards management team will not be responsible for application forms that are lost in transit / received late. Entries that are received after last date of specified for such receipt may be permitted only at the discretion of the awards management. More than 1 nomination against a single sub – category may be provided by any particular nominator. However, for evaluation purposes they must be on separate nomination forms Candidates must be nominated by at least 1 nominator for the purpose of consideration by the jury. The number of nominations has no bearing on the outcome – only the quality of the work done by the nominee as evaluated against evaluation criteria is under consideration by the jury. The awards management reserves the right to consider a nomination under a new category or sub category other than that specified by the nominator based on the facts available. This may be done in the event no category or sub category has been selected in the nomination form. Application to the awards will be construed as an acceptance of the Terms and Conditions and the application form signed by the applicants would signify their acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. The jury may decide to award more than 1 candidate for under any of the sub-categories above or a new category altogether and the decision of the jury will be final in this regard. Award categories may be changed / modified / increased or reduced / cancelled based on the level of responses received, at the discretion of the awards.

~ 32 ~

Disqualification process No form of canvassing for candidates will be permitted and any such effort will disqualify the nominee. No correspondence will be entertained regarding the selection of the awardees or the selection procedure. Incomplete nomination forms are subject to disqualification. Nominees may not be trustees and employees of NBF or Jury Members. NBF and Jury Members will be responsible to indicate their association with nominees under consideration or any potential conflicts of interest and jury shall deliberate any risk emanating there-from. Jury will decide on a suitable course of action to evaluate such nominations including but not limited to outright disqualification or suitably excluding interested members from deliberations. Decision of jury will be final and binding in all such cases. The Jury also reserves the right to disqualify any person or institution for due cause and any decision in this regard will be final and binding on all including NBF.

Selection of winners The jury will have the sole right to select the winners of this award in accordance with the objective, eligibility criteria and the selection criteria set by the Awards management who may formulate rules in this regard. The decision of the awards management on all matters is final and binding on all nominators and nominees and no correspondence will be entertained on the same. Awardees shall be contacted either by post or through email or telephone and through selected newspaper announcements. NBF reserves the right to perform a due diligence / audit of the nomination to seek further facts for the purpose of consideration by the jury. The decision of NBF and / or the jury based upon the due diligence report / certificate or otherwise shall be final and binding upon the applicant / nominator and no correspondence shall be entertained in this regard. Any false representation shall entail summary disqualification. NBF shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever as a consequence of discovery of misrepresentation or falsity in submission of information/details/ disclosures by the nominator at any stage whether when the process of Awards is on or after the Awards have been declared.

~ 33 ~

Disclaimers and release from liability You understand and agree that NBF shall carry out the Awards on an 'as-is,' 'with all faults' and 'as available' basis. No representations, warranties or guarantees whatsoever are made by NBF any of its vendors including the process validators as to the accuracy, adequacy, reliability, completeness, suitability or applicability of the information to a particular situation or that the Awards or Awards Process will be uninterrupted or error – free or that any errors will be corrected. To the fullest extent permitted by law, NBF, its trustees, officers, directors, employees, agents and vendors disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the awards and the process of nomination and selection. You should use your best judgment and exercise caution where appropriate. You hereby agree and undertake not to hold NBF and/or or any of its affiliates, their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, vendors, process validators responsible for or liable for, any actions, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, charges and expenses that you may/might have suffered, sustained or incurred, or claims to suffer, sustain or incur, by way of and /or on account of applying for or participation in the Awards. You waive your right, either individually and/or severally, to file in person and/or through any family member and/or third party any applications, criminal and/or civil proceedings in any courts or forum under any jurisdiction against NBF, its agents, vendors and process validators to claim any damages or relief or otherwise. NBF is not responsible for any loss or damage that you may suffer while participating in the Awards.

~ 34 ~

Name Definition

Namma Bengaluru

Foundation (NBF)

Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF) is an independent organization committed to the betterment of the city of Bengaluru, through collective social engagement. NBF seeks to be the preferred platform which empowers every Bengalurean to bring about collective social impact through ADVOCACY, ACTIVISM and PARTNERSHIP to necessitate change that guides the future of our city.

Namma Bengaluru Awards 2017

Or ‘The Awards’

Namma Bengaluru Awards for the year 2017 proposed to be given under various

categories to individuals whether in the public or private sector as an initiative by

the Namma Bengaluru Foundation to thank ordinary citizens and institutions for

their extraordinary contributions to the city of Bengaluru.

Bengaluru

All those geographic areas that are covered by the 198 Wards of Bruhat

Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

Government Employee

Government officials and employees from the Executive or Judiciary Branches of Government at the Central, State, Corporation, Municipal or Panchayat level / Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) / Public Bodies or any organization - Central / State / PSU / Any institution created by an Act of Parliament (either Central or State) such as BDA, BBMP, BESCOM etc and includes government hospitals, government schools and colleges, sports associations who has provided services in Bengaluru for a period of at least 6 months in the last 1year as on the date of evaluation by the Jury.

~ 35 ~

Name Definition

Citizen Individual

Any citizen of India not being a government official / or a sitting elected representative as defined above who has substantially contributed to the city of Bengaluru as on the date of evaluation by the Jury. Achievers includes individuals from all walks of life including but not limited to teachers, doctors, sportsperson, lawyers, activists, social workers etc.

Rising Star

Any citizen of India not being a government official / or a sitting elected representative as defined above who has substantially contributed to the city of Bangalore as on the date of evaluation by the Jury. Achievers includes individuals from all walks of life including but not limited to teachers, doctors, sportsperson, lawyers, activists, social workers etc. Achievers under age 24 as on date of evaluation of the Jury are considered as Youth Achievers.

Social Entrepreneur

Any individual or institution who recognizes a social objective or goal and uses

entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve a

social change and must have been operating in Bengaluru for a period of atleast 6

months in the last 1 year as on the date of evaluation by the Jury. The venture may

or may not be an institution for profit.

Media Individual

Any media house, professional journalists, freelance media personnel, social

media activist, photographers and other technical personnel who have

contributed towards highlighting social issues of Bengaluru in the last 1 year as

on the date of evaluation by the Jury.

~ 36 ~

Nominee

Any person who has been nominated correctly by at least 1 nominator in

accordance with the rules and regulations of the Namma Bengaluru Awards 2017.

Awards Management

Personnel from NBF or appointed / engaged by NBF who are responsible for

the conduct of the awards.

Jury

Group of persons selected by Awards Management to evaluate the Applicants at

various stages of the evaluation process

Owner of The Awards Namma Bengaluru Foundation.

Rules and Regulations These rules and regulations governing the Awards.

Sponsor

Persons or institutions agreeing to the sponsorship of the Namma Bengaluru

Foundation 2017 awards.

Documents

Those remarkable few who place the needs of the city above ...Those remarkable few who place the needs of the city above their own deserve our applause, and their stories need to be