Welcome to the Pride of Telangana Awards 2024

Recognizing the Inspiring & Emerging Personalities from Telangana

Winners of POT 2024

Winners List

About Pride of Telangana Awards-2024

The Pride of Telangana Awards is an annual ceremony that celebrates the contributions of individuals and organizations towards the development of Telangana. This awards ceremony, first introduced in 2018, has become a prestigious event that recognizes excellence across diverse sectors, including education, healthcare, social welfare, and entrepreneurship among several other categories. Organized by Round Table India and START 148, the awards are judged by a panel of eminent personalities who have excelled in their respective domains.

Additionally, this awards ceremony is associated with a philanthropic cause, as START-148 directs 100% of the proceeds towards building classrooms and enhancing the well-being of underprivileged children. Hence, beyond honouring exceptional individuals, the awards actively contribute to societal improvement.”

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Awards Procedure

Nominee Registration

Anyone is welcome to submit nominations or encourage their eligible friends to apply across any of the 12 categories. Only nominations from individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of Telangana will be considered. All nominations will undergo screening, and those selected will be presented to our distinguished jury members.



  • Nomination Starts: 07 April, 2024
  • Nomination Ends: 21 April, 2024

Jury Review

The Pride of Telangana initiative is closely affiliated with a panel comprising of highly distinguished individuals who have made remarkable contributions within their respective domains. These esteemed jury members meticulously review all the nominated candidates and after careful consideration of each nomination's merits, shortlist three nominees from each of the 12 categories for voting.



Audience Voting

Following the jury's selection, the top three nominations in each category will undergo audience voting. A voting period of approximately two weeks will be provided, during which the audience can cast their votes through various platforms such as the website, mobile, WhatsApp, SMS, etc. The nominee in each category with the highest number of votes will be honoured with the title "Pride of Telangana".

  • Voting Starts: 01 May, 2024
  • Voting Ends: 18 May, 2024

A grand awards night will be held on May 26nd 2024, Sunday, to reward the winners of the Pride of Telangana.

Award Categories

Art and Culture

Education

Entertainment

Food and Beverage

Healthcare

Infrastructure

NGO

Retail

Star Kids

Sports

Startups

Star Woman

Our Esteemed Jury

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V.C. Sajjanar

MD, TSRTC
 
 
 

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Sandeep Agarwal

Director - Ratnadeep
 
 
 

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Srividya Reddy G

Vice Chairperson, GNITS
 
 

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Mohammad Azharuddin

Former Indian Team Captain & MP, Former President-HCA

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Anish Kuruvilla

Actor, Director
 
 
 

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Srinivas Rao Mahankali

CEO, T-Hub
 
 

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Dr. P. Raghu Ram OBE

Founding Director, KIMS-USHALAKSHMI Centre for Breast Diseases

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Ms. Meera Shenoy

Founder & Board of Directors, Youth4Jobs
 
 
 

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Lakshmi Nambiar

Gallerist - Srishti Art