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Care As It Should Be Excellence Awards
The Care As It Should Be Excellence Awards are instituted to recognise and honour organisations, institutions, and leaders who are actively correcting the way healthcare is delivered, financed, and experienced. These awards go beyond intent, scale, or marketing claims-they acknowledge measurable impact, systemic thinking, and patient-first outcomes.
Aligned with the CareCon 2026 theme, the awards celebrate those who demonstrate what healthcare should look like in practice-ethical, accessible, preventive, coordinated, and outcome-driven.
Award Categories
The Care As It Should Be Excellence Awards honour individuals and organisations that are actively correcting how healthcare is delivered, financed, and experienced in India.
Recognising doctors, nurses, scientists, pathologists, radiologists, rehabilitation specialists, hospital administrators, clinical pharmacists, biomedical engineers, infection control champions, and emergency professionals driving excellence.
Clinical Excellence Award
Honouring outstanding doctors and clinicians delivering exceptional patient care.Nursing & Frontline Excellence Award
Recognising nurses, paramedics, and emergency responders demonstrating extraordinary commitment.Healthcare Innovator of the Year
For individuals driving breakthrough innovation in digital health and AI.Medical Scientist & Research Leader Award
Honouring excellence in clinical research and public health impact.Pathology Excellence Award
Recognising pathologists demonstrating outstanding diagnostic accuracy.Radiology & Imaging Excellence Award
Honouring radiologists delivering precision imaging and early detection.Nursing Leadership & Administration Award
Recognising nursing leaders driving operational excellence.Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Excellence Award
Recognising physiotherapists delivering exceptional recovery outcomes.Hospital Operations & Clinical Administration Professional Award
For hospital professionals including operations heads and quality managers.Infection Control & Patient Safety Champion Award
Recognising professionals leading hospital infection control initiatives.Clinical Pharmacist Excellence Award
Honouring clinical pharmacists contributing to medication safety.Biomedical Engineering & Medical Technology Professional Award
For biomedical engineers ensuring equipment reliability.Hospital Quality & Accreditation Leadership Award
Recognising professionals driving NABH/JCI accreditation.Emergency Management Excellence Award
Recognising professionals delivering excellence in emergency care.For hospitals, clinics, diagnostics labs and HealthTech innovators demonstrating patient-first excellence.
Healthcare Institution of the Year
For hospitals delivering excellence in quality and patient outcomes.HealthTech / MedTech Innovation Award
Recognising organisations developing transformative digital and AI solutions.Clinical Support & Allied Healthcare Excellence Award
For rehabilitation centres, imaging centres and diagnostics labs.Insurance Excellence in Healthcare Award
For health insurance companies and InsurTech platforms demonstrating innovation.Recognizing Radio Jockeys, influencers, podcasters, journalists, and digital creators who promote credible health information.
Recognizing Radio Jockeys
Influencers
Podcasters
Journalists
Digital Creators
For NGOs, patient advocacy groups and community health initiatives delivering measurable impact.
Patient Advocacy &Support Organization Award
Public Health & Community Impact Award
Eligibility Criteria
- Minimum 5 years in operation (mandatory).
- Must be a legally registered entity.
- Must demonstrate measurable performance or impact data.
- Must comply with applicable regulatory requirements.
- Must not have faced any major regulatory action in the last 3 years.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience (mandatory).
- Must be currently active in the healthcare domain.
- Must demonstrate measurable achievements or contributions.
- Must hold valid professional credentials (where applicable).
- Must not have faced any major professional disciplinary action in the last 3 years.
- Minimum 5 years of registered existence (mandatory).
- Must be legally registered as a non-profit entity.
- Must demonstrate measurable community or beneficiary impact.
- Must provide basic financial or activity reporting for recent years.
- Must not have faced any major regulatory or compliance action in the last 3 years.
(Jury reserves the right to modify or add categories based on nomination quality and sector relevance.)
- Senior clinicians and healthcare administrators
- Health policy and public health experts
- Insurance and payer leadership
- Healthcare quality and outcomes specialists
- Industry veterans with deep system-level experience
- Preliminary screening of submissions
- Detailed assessment against category-specific criteria
- Consensus-based shortlisting
- Final deliberation to ensure credibility and fairness
