✨ Third Edition · Excellence Reimagined
Profit Tusker
India Awards 2026
South India’s most prestigious national business recognition platform — celebrating outstanding leadership, innovation and impact across 36 industry sectors.
Time
3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Date
6th June 2026
Location
Crowne Plaza Kochi
The Recognition
Built for fair, peer-group
excellence
A structured four-tier segment model ensures every nominee competes within their own peer group — making every Tusker Award a genuine mark of distinction.
National Recognition
A platform that elevates leadership across micro-enterprises to large conglomerates.
Independent Jury
A multi-tier review by industry veterans, academics and former regulators.
36 Sectors
From healthcare to fintech, F&B to real estate — the full breadth of Indian enterprise.

Excellence Reimagined
A trophy that means more
The Tusker is awarded only after a rigorous five-stage evaluation — preliminary screening, shortlisting, evidence review, grand jury and ratification — with a transparent 100-point scoring framework spanning leadership, innovation, governance and impact.
- Self-declared peer segment for fair competition
- Structured 100-point scoring rubric
- Independent multi-disciplinary jury
- Decisions are final and editorially independent

Panel Discussion Profit Tusker Award 2026
Reason why every good business is not a good brand.
This is a conversation for founders and entrepreneurs ready to scale. For marketing professionals who want to understand what branding and digital can do together. For agency people growing their own practice alongside their clients.
Join a discussion led by Prathap Suthan, CCO, Bang in the Middle, with people who have built brands and used marketing communication to grow businesses from the ground up.
Nominations close May 20, 2026
Submit your entry today to be considered by the Grand Jury.












