Innovatopia award for enhanced customer experience

Invitation for the nomination of

“ACFI Innovation Awards 2023-24”

Greetings from ACFI!

The Air Cargo Form India (ACFI) is represented by the members and all stakeholders of the air cargo logistics industry, playing a key role as the voice of the industry for overall development and advancement. 

Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI) is proud to announce the launch of its monumental “ACFI Innovational Awards 2023-24”. The objective behind ACFI’s Innovation Awards is to celebrate, acknowledge and recognize the most innovative initiatives/ solutions/ ideas in areas concerning the air cargo logistics and supply chain industry. Through these awards we aim to uphold innovative ideas, research work and studies conducted in the air cargo logistics field for its betterment and growth, ultimately leading to the development of the economy.

The following five (5) categories have been constituted based on the characteristics of innovation and utopian perfection. Therefore, the term “INNOVATOPIA” has been coined before every category’s title.

CATEGORY – 1: Innovatopia Award for Enhanced Customer ExperienceUse an innovative idea or concept to enhance Customer Experience via increased quality, visibility, simplified processes & modernized systems in the air cargo industry. 

CATEGORY – 2: Innovatopia Award in Competitiveness Use an innovative idea or concept to improve competitiveness via optimization of costs, enhance efficiency and improve capacity utilization in the air cargo industry through out of the box solutions.

CATEGORY – 3: Innovatopia Award in Air Cargo Safety & Security Use an innovative idea or concept to improve safety and security in Air Cargo via latest technological advancement in the air cargo industry.

CATEGORY – 4: Innovatopia Award in Digitization – Use an innovative idea or concept by which we can speed up digitization in the Air Cargo industry.

CATEGORY – 5: Innovatopia Award Sustainability & Go Green efforts – Use an innovative idea or concept to address Sustainability challenges and contributes to any “Go-Green” project in the Air Cargo Industry.

Please Note: Nominations will be taken only through online mode in the prescribed nomination form (Click here).

The nomination period is open between 15.11.2023 to 31.03.2024.

All participants are requested to send their nomination for these five (5) awards categories separately and not combine any categories in one submission form.

For detailed guidelines, terms and conditions, framework, key features & aspects and parameters of selection etc., please read the Awards Dossier (Click here). The selection of winners will be done through a panel of esteemed Jury members from across the globe. 

ACFI Innovation Awards 2023 – 24 Jury Members: 

  1. Mr. Ashwin Bhat – Global Chief Executive Officer, Lufthansa Cargo
  2. Mr. Ajay Singh – Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet Limited
  3. Mr. Glyn Hughes – Director General, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)
  4. Mr. Keshav Tanna – Managing Director, Links Logistics
  5. Mr. Pradeep Panicker – Chief Executive Officer, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL)
  6. Ms. Vandana Aggarwal – Former Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)

*Mr. Keku Bomi Gazder, Governing Board Member, ACFI and Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, AviaPro Logistics Private Limited, (He will act as facilitator of the jury and in case of a voting situation will have a casting vote right).

We look forward to receiving the nominations of your esteemed members for the ACFI Innovation Awards 2023-24.

For further details, please contact ACFI Secretariat

  • Mr. K.S. Kunwar, Director General, Mob: +91 98101 55688, Email Id: ks.kunwar@acfi.in
  • Mr. B.K. Mehrotra, Deputy Director General, Mob: +91 96502 01818, Email id: bk.mehrotra@acfi.in