Awards and Recognitions

2023-24
In the Spotlight: 5G Plus -175'RE-PLAYED - Won 3 Cannes Lions
Brand
  • Cannes Lions 2023 Gold - For 'Brand Experience and Activation'
  • Silver- In the 'Entertainment Lions for Sports' category
  • Bronze- For Public Relations
Clio Awards 2023
  • Silver - For 'Experience/Activation'
  • Bronze- For 'Creative Use of Data'
  • Bronze- In the 'Media' category
WOW Awards 2023
  • Gold- For 'Audience Engagement Technology and Event App of the Year'
  • Silver- For 'AR/VR Technologies and Content of the Year'
Abby's One Show Award 2023
  • Grand Prix- For 'Digital Craft - Creative Use of Video'
  • Gold- For 'Integrated Services'
  • Gold- For 'Digital Technology'
  • Gold- For 'Digital - Creative Use of Data'
  • Gold- In the 'Brand Activation and Promotion - Corporate, Media, Entertainment & Others' category
  • Gold- For 'Branded Content and Entertainment'
  • Silver- In the 'Mobile- Mobile Video' category
  • Silver- For 'Brand Activation and Promotion Services'
  • Silver- For 'Public Relations'
  • Bronze- In the 'Audio-Visual Cinema, TV, Digital, OTT' category
  • Bronze- In the 'Digital Craft- Data/Analytics' category
One Asia Creative Awards 2023
  • Merit- For 'Branded Entertainment'
  • Gold- In the 'Branded Entertainment, Experiential' category
  • Gold- In the 'Branded Entertainment, Talents & Influencer' category
  • Silver- For 'Creative Use of Data, Data Visualisation'
  • Bronze (Won by Airtel 175 Replayed)- For 'Innovation in Interactive,Online & Mobile' category
MMA India
  • Gold- For Airtel Metaplex in the 'Experimental & Innovation Tech' category
  • Silver- For Airtel Xstream AR Filter in the 'Spatial AR VR NFT & Metaverse Tech' category
WOW Awards
  • Gold- For 'Innovation in Augmented Reality'
  • Bronze- In the 'AR/VR Technologies & Content for the Year' category
  • Bronze- In the 'Promotion/Activation for Branding Awareness' category
Emvies 2024
  • Silver- For 'Emerging Tech'
  • Bronze- For 'Best Use of TV'
  • Bronze(Won by Airtel SG Plus Ultimate Fan)- For 'Best Use of Sponsorship'
B2B
  • e4m MarTech India Award- For 'Best Use of MarTech in Demand Generation'
  • Outlook Business Spotlight Awards 2023- As 'Business of the Year'
  • The Economic Times Most Promising Tech Marketer 2023- As 'Marketing Team of the Year'
  • The Frost & Sullivan 2023- Awarded for being 'Indian Cellular IoT Services Provider Company of the Year'
3rd Annual Cyber Security Excellence Awards 2024 - For 'Best Web Application & API Protection Service (Telecommunications)'
Economic Times CIO Awards 2024 - Awarded to Pradipt Kapoor, Chief Digital Officer for 'Excellence in Technology Implementation -End-to-End Service Delivery Platforms'
'Top 20 Women to Watch': Telecom and Tech Sector (2023) - Vani Venkatesh recognised by Capacity Media, a leading global media group for the telecommunications wholesale carrier community
Entertainment (Wynk)
  • Indie Ma - Indie Ma appreciates Wynk Studio's effort in creating a platform that not only distributes and helps artists in monetisation but promotes, supports the growth and celebrates their work
  • Awardio - Best Digital Platform for Supporting Independent Artists Wynk Studio recognised for its efforts to drive increased visibility for Northeastern music and independent artists across the country by Hon'ble Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Neiphiu Rio, Government of Nagaland, and Theja Meru, Chairman, TaFMA (Task Force for Music & Arts), on the sidelines of the 24th edition of Hornbill Music Festival 2023, India's biggest music festival that was held in Nagaland
  • Wynk Studio recognised by Indian Independent Record Labels Association (IIRA) for its efforts to enable independent artists across the country
ESG
  • CDP - Climate Change Rating maintained at 'B' Supplier Engagement Rating at 'A-'
  • Sustainability Yearbook Member - Based on S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) Score 2023
  • 2023 Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability
Business Leader of the Year Award at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence - Awarded for demonstrating excellence - Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman
Brand
WOW Awards
  • Gold - For Audience Engagement technology and Event App of the Year
  • Silver - For AR/VR Technologies and Content of the Year Social Media
Effies India 2022
  • Silver - For Carpe Diem
  • Bronze - In Experiential Marketing/Brand Experience
Social Media
  • ICMA Gold - For Best Use of Influencers (175 Replayed)
  • Afaqs Gold - For Best Use of Influencers (175 Replayed)
  • MMA Smarties Bronze - For the Best Influencer Marketing Campaign
Broadband
  • Meta All Stars Winner - Airtel Xstream Fiber AR
Corporate Governance
  • ICSI National Award 2022
  • Golden Peacock Global Award 2022
Network - GTI Awards 2023- 'Innovative Mobile Service and Application Company' for VISION, a unified customer analytics and self-healing platform
Airtel IQ - Aegis Graham Bell Award For Innovative Telecom Solutions for Airtel IQ
Supply Chain Management
  • UBS Forums - Most Resilient Supply Chain Team of the Year at the Future of Logistics & Supply Chain Summit & Awards 2023
  • Icertis - Most Valued Customer 2022
Data Center
  • CIO Choice Award 2022, 2023- For Colocation Services
  • W. Media Data Center (South Asia) Awards- For Carbon Reduction Initiatives
  • ET Sustainable Organisations 2022- Award for Championing Sustainable Initiatives
  • Techplus Media Award - For CXO Trusted Brand
  • UBS Forums' data center Summit Awards 2022 - For Green Data Center Initiatives
  • World CSR Congress, Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards 2022 - Developing Sustainable Strategies
Corporate Communications
  • E4M Winner - Top 25 Brands Best In-house Communication Professionals 2022
ESG Recognitions
  • Sustainalytics - Recognised Airtel's initiatives by moving ESG risk rating from 'Medium' to 'Low'
  • CDP - (Climate change): Rating improved two notches-from C to B
  • MSCI - Improvement in rating from 'BBB' to 'A'
  • Dun & Bradstreet Award - For ESG excellence
Airtel’s Self Optimising Network solution won the Innovative Mobile Service and Application Award at GTI Awards 2022. A-SON has been fully developed by Airtel’s in-house network and digital engineering teams for proactive auto optimization of mobile networks, especially TDD (1800 MHz) to ensure that Airtel customers enjoy world-class high-speed data and voice experience. The solution has been deployed by Airtel across its mobile network operations. The innovation is future ready to address similar and new challenges in the 5G domain.
Airtel has become the market leader in India’s fast-growing Enterprise IoT segment. As per Frost & Sullivan's Enterprise Mobile Services Report Q4 FY 2020-21 (January 2021 – March 2021), Airtel is the market leader in the Cellular IoT space holding a 45.5% market share. Internet of things (IoT) technology is enabling enterprises to become intelligent and data-driven. The Indian IoT market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.8% moving from CY 2020 TO CY 2023.