On September 16th, 2021, an award ceremony was organized in Jabalpur, India to honor certified participants in the Innovation Week IWA 2021. As a reminder, India received 284 Master of Innovation certificates (60% of certified participants in IWA 2021) in addition to 7 awards including Gold Medals and Best Innovative Startups Ecosystem which was awarded to Sparkinov, Leaded by Honorable Anand Kannan, from India.
Among key personalities from India who gave speech and/or delivered the certificates to participants:
- The Minister of State for Water, His Excellency Prahlad Singh Patel.
- Smt. Nidhi Singh Rajput, CEO, Jabalpur Smart City Limited.
- Agranshu Dwivedi, Manager-Incubation at Jabalpur Smart City Incubation Center, Start-up Mentor-MSME Madhya Pradesh.