Inspiring Journeys. Transforming Bharat
Since 2009, the Sankalp Awards have spotlighted over 2,000+ entrepreneurs from across India, Africa and beyond, many of whom have gone on to raise significant capital, scale across borders, and influence policy. Each changemaker represents the spirit of Bharat’s entrepreneurial energy—building businesses that are inclusive, sustainable, and resilient.
Entrepreneurs remain at the core of Sankalp Forum’s mission, and each year through the Sankalp Bharat Awards, we source, screen, and support high potential enterprises in their capital raising and with global exposure. These awards celebrate the achievements of exceptional social entrepreneurs and showcase transformative businesses that are driving meaningful impact at rural, national, and global levels. Through this platform, enterprises gain the opportunity to present their innovative ventures to a network of investors, with the potential to secure commercial funding.
So far Sankalp Bharat Awards has showcased 300+ impactful enterprises from across India at the two editions of the Summit.
A showcase of outstanding global enterprises solving the most complex challenges
The Sankalp Global Awards is a celebration of outstanding social entrepreneurs and a showcase of innovative and successful businesses globally.
Over the last 15 years, for each summit, we have reviewed thousands of applications and showcased handpicked resilient businesses, entrepreneurs who’s big idea had the potential to solve a complex challenge and address a social cause. It gives us immense pride that some of these enterprises have gone on to grow tremendously and shoulder social responsibilities with far reaching impact.
The awards were divided into five categories
AI for Impact Innovator Award
Recognizing enterprises that harness AI to solve real-world problems faced by underserved communities
Agri-Tech Pioneer Award
Honouring innovations that transform agricultural practices, enhance food security, and improve farmer livelihoods through technology.
Climate Adaptation Champion Award
Recognizing enterprises that build resilience against climate change impacts while transitioning communities toward clean energy solutions.
Circularity Innovator Award
Celebrating enterprises working toward decarbonizing value chains across industries through circular economy principles.
Cultural Enterprise Builder Award
Recognizing enterprises that create sustainable brand stories around traditional crafts and cultural products for contemporary markets.
Every year, the winners stand out for their groundbreaking ideas, which are uniquely positioned to address some of the most pressing and complex social challenges while delivering substantial and meaningful impact outcomes.
WINNERS of Sankalp Bharat Awards 2026
We are delighted that the 2nd Edition of the Sankalp Bharat Awards 2026 featured startups who are driving transformational impact. Each of the winners has groundbreaking ideas that will build for Bharat and deliver meaningful outcomes. Startups like Bhoomicam (AI for Impact), ScaNxt (Agritech), Accelero (Climate tech), Indra Water (Circularity) & FarmDidi (Cultural Enterprise) are inherently changing the way India is building for itself and for the world.
WINNERS OF 2023 Sankalp x Artha Impact Global Awards
Climate Mitigation Award - REVY Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Circularity Award - Hasiru Dala Innovation Pvt. Ltd.
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Award - Angaza Foods
Ecosystem Award - Strawcture Eco Pvt. Ltd.
WINNERS OF 2022 SANKALP GLOBAL AWARDS
Aloi, Nepal
Bandhu, India
Equatorial Power, DRC
Solinas, India
Numer8, India
Tvasta Manufacturing, India
Essmart, India
PAST AWARDS FINALISTS
PAST AWARDS FINALISTS
Winner 2022
Aloi
Aloi is a micro-entrepreneur financing platform that uses blockchain to automatically monitor business expenditures by catalysing wholesale green lending by connecting wholesale lenders → retail microfinance lenders → borrowers → vendors.
www.aloi.global
Winner 2022
Bandhu Urban Tech
Bandhu's mobile platform enables low-income workers to simultaneously line up accommodation and livelihood by providing each potential migrant with a package consisting of a job and associated rental housing.
www.bandhu.work/
Winner 2022
Equatorial Power
Equatorial Power (EP) is a de-centralized energy infrastructure company, focused on customer growth through its services by building and operating solar hybrid mini-grids (for 20 years) to provide essential power.
equatorial-power.com
Winner 2022
Solinas Integrity
Solinas is an IITM deep-tech startup providing asset management solutions leveraging robotics for the pipeline and sanitation industry, solving problems of water leakages, and eliminating manual scavenging.
pitchbook.com
Winner 2022
Numer8
Numer8 helps small scale fisherfolks using their app to provide hourly updated marine and weather advisory, backward and forward market linkages, and financial connections to small-scale fisherfolks."
www.n8ofish.com
Winner 2022
Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Tvasta provides 3D Printing as a mainstream solution for affordable housing, automating construction and improving productivity and sustainability in the industry to provide better infrastructure to millions around the world.
https://tvasta.construction/
Winner 2022
Essmart
Essmart is a curated B2B e-commerce platform for rural retail shops that specializes in products that transform rural revenue potential and improve livelihoods, enabling them to sell products that struggle to move through existing supply chains and grow their businesses.
www.essmart-global.com
Finalist 2022
CassVita Inc.
CassVita has invented a breakthrough biotechnology for increasing the shelf-life of cassava from 3 days to 18 months that offers a healthier and better-tasting wheat alternative at scale and creates prosperity for smallholder farmers in West Africa.
cassvita.com
Finalist 2022
Microfinance.ai
Vitto - Microfinance.AI is a FinTech platform for local-language preferred users to avail micro-financial services through the mobile platform - Vitto.
microfinance.ai
Finalist 2022
Omiflo
Omiflo designs and builds energy and chemical-free wastewater treatment systems that convert wastewater to clean water using natural plant-based biotechnology and recycled plastic more effectively and sustainably than conventional technologies.
www.omiflo.com
Finalist 2022
Modroof
ModRoof manufactures, sells and installs modular roofing product catering to families in low income areas, non profits, corporates, architects and contractors.
ModRoof.in
Finalist 2022
Hustlenomics Pty Ltd
Hustlenomics provides an innovative housing solution within townships for families who do not qualify for traditional home financing options, enabling low-income homeowners to utilize their unused backyard space and create supplemental income through rental units.
www.hustlenomics.co.za
Finalist 2022
D-Olivette Enterprise
D-Olivette produces domestic and user-friendly digestion technology that processes organic and biodegradable waste into more food and energy.
www.duithape.com
Winner 2021
MeMeraki
MeMeraki is re-imagining the future of the artisan economy through the first content and commerce ‘culture-tech’ platform for traditional and folk artists, and artisans, giving them direct access to consumers across the world through their platform.
www.memeraki.com
Winner 2021
Yolele Foods
Yolele brings the exciting tastes of African foods to global audiences, supporting smallholder farmers growing underutilized ingredients like fonio on biodiverse, resilient farms – with traceable impact.
www.yolele.com/menu
Winner 2021
Folia Water
Folia Water’s mission is to provide universal access to clean drinking water to low-income communities through their water purifiers which will be available in local grocery stores throughout the developing world as commonly as soap, soda, or SIM cards.
www.foliawater.com
Winner 2021
SmartTeller
SmartTeller provides farmers and individuals with access to digital financial services by empowering cooperatives in rural areas with banking infrastructure to ensure seamless movement of produce from farms to households.
www.smartteller.net
Winner 2021
ReCity
Recity is a circular waste management company that envisions keeping plastic in the economy and outside the environment through the intersection of technology & implementation across the plastic waste value chain.
www.recity.in
Winner 2021
Whrrl
Whrrl is India’s largest blockchain platform revolutionizing the post-harvest financing ecosystem through its integrated Warehouse Receipt (WHR) Finance platform.
www.whr.loans
Finalist 2021
Be Girl
Be Girl distributes a full line of quality, sustainable menstrual products to girls and women in underserved global markets, coupled with high-impact education services and transformative marketing campaigns.
www.begirl.org
Finalist 2021
Farm On Wheels
Farm On Wheels works with smallholder rural farmers providing them access to inputs, services and market, enabling them to increase their production capacity, yield and income.
www.farmonwheels.org
Finalist 2021
Oorja Development
Oorja Development Solutions finances, installs, operates, and maintains community-scale integrated solar agri-infrastructure for smallholder farmers with an inclusive pay-per-use business model.
www.oorjasolutions.org
Winner 2020
Duithape
Duithape uses a B2B2C approach, enabling clients to be able to make mass payments to the unbanked in a way that is safe, efficient, highly accountable and traceable.
www.duithape.com
Winner 2020
Releaf, Nigeria
Releaf is using technology to scale Africa’s agricultural sector and making it more rewarding for all its stakeholders including farmers, food factories, and consumers.
www.releaf.africa
Winner 2020
MDaaS
MDaaS Global has been building and operating modern, tech-enabled diagnostics centers in clinically-underserved neighborhoods, starting in Nigeria.
www.mdaas.io
Winner 2020
Waste Services
Waste Service Private Limited is a private waste management organization located in Pokhara city, established with the vision to nullify the threats of hazardous biomedical waste for the promotion of health and sustainable environment. It aims to provide a complete and sustainable biomedical solution through its Common Treatment Facility.
www.wasteservices.com.np
Winner 2020
MYCL
Support the global production sustainable product by providing high-performance & sustainable leather-like material & while also empowering communities.
mycl.bio
Finalist 2020
Cinch
Cinch is an agricultural technology company that brings the economics of commercial agriculture down to the smallholder scale.
www.facebook.com/cinchmarkets/
Finalist 2020
Edpartners Africa
Ed Partners is a non-banking financial institution in Kenya that has curved a niche in provision of financial and non-financial services to Affordable Private Schools (APS).
www.edpartnersafrica.com
Finalist 2020
Recube
Recube is a social enterprise that seeks to revolutionize the way people consume every day.
recube.co.in
Finalist 2020
Sisu Global
Sisu Global is the future of medical devices in emerging markets, designs medical devices for those who persevere, starting with Hemafuse.
www.sisuglobal.health
Finalist 2020
Janitri
Janitri Innovations is a medical device technology company focusing on providing affordable and easy to use innovations.
www.janitri.in