MFI Moving Economy Awards
Ten categories. Independent jury.
Recognising the operators, movers and builders of India’s logistics, supply chain, transport and warehousing economy. Presented on stage at the conclave by the Chief Guest.
Independence
An award buyer cannot sit on the jury. Jury members’ organisations are excluded from the categories they judge.
Independence
The jury, named.
Chair, Awards Jury
Justice (Retd.) A. K. Balakrishnan
Former judge of a High Court; chaired three public procurement review panels.
Jury Member · Infrastructure
Dr. Lalitha Subramanian
Transport economist; twenty years on corridor and terminal feasibility studies.
Jury Member · Fleet Operations
Harpreet Singh Gill
Operated a 900-truck national fleet for eighteen years before retiring from the road.
Jury Member · Warehousing
Rukmini Iyer
Industrial property and warehousing specialist; advises three state logistics boards.
Jury Member · Supply Chain
Col. Devendra Pratap (Retd.)
Ran military logistics in two theatres; now advises cold-chain and pharma operators.
Every juror is listed with a portrait and a one-line biography. Jurors’ organisations are excluded from the categories they judge (§10.7).
The categories
Ten categories.
- Open for entries
Category 1: Fleet Operator of the Year
For the road transport operator whose fleet utilisation, safety record and driver practice set the standard for long-haul movement on Indian corridors.
- Open for entries
Category 2: Warehousing Project of the Year
For a warehouse or fulfilment development that demonstrably raised storage density, throughput and worker safety within a single executed project.
- Open for entries
Category 3: Supply Chain Leadership
For the supply chain leader whose decisions changed how an organisation sources, stores and delivers goods at national scale.
- Open for entries
Category 4: Technology Innovation
For a working deployment, not a pilot, that measurably improved visibility, routing or settlement in freight movement.
- Open for entries
Category 5: Cold Chain Excellence
For a temperature-controlled operation that held product integrity through to the last mile, with verifiable records and no excursions.
- Open for entries
Category 6: Port & Terminal Performance
For a port, terminal or inland container depot that shortened turnaround time and improved predictability for the operators depending on it.
- Open for entries
Category 7: Last-Mile Delivery
For the delivery network that reached more addresses, more reliably, in more cities, without passing the cost to the customer.
- Open for entries
Category 8: Sustainable Logistics
For a measurable reduction in fuel, emissions or packaging waste achieved inside a commercial operation, with the method fully disclosed.
- Open for entries
Category 9: Emerging Enterprise
For an organisation in its first five years whose growth and governance mark it as the next national operator in its category.
- By jury nomination
Category 10: Lifetime Contribution
For an individual whose working life has shaped India’s freight and warehousing sector, and whose influence continues through the people they trained.
Each description is limited to 25 words, as specified. Categories are judged against their published description and nothing else.
Nomination
How an entry is judged.
Entries are assessed against the published description of the category, by jurors who do not compete in it.
15 November 2026
Late entries are held for the following edition. The nomination form is issued with the category descriptions.
Read the category description
Each category honours a defined kind of work. Enter the category where the organisation’s own record speaks for itself.
Submit the entry
The nomination form is issued with the category descriptions. None of the required evidence may be inferred by the jury.
Jury assessment
Jurors score independently. Jurors’ own organisations are excluded from the categories they judge.
Presentation
Winners are announced and presented on stage at the conclave on 10 January 2027 in Bengaluru.
Past winners
Winner listings for earlier editions are published once the winning organisations have been notified and have consented to be named. The full record is kept in the archive.
The MFI Moving Economy Awards are presented by the Chief Guest at the conclave on 10 January 2027.