Excellence awards announced by SCTE India

SCTE in an event at IBC 2015 in Amsterdam announced the award for technical excellence and innovation in broadband for India in its effort to promote excellence in broadband and create a skilled pool of technicians to drive India's broadband movement.

SCTE, which is a learned society and a global non-profit making organisation based in London, UK aims to raise the standard of broadband engineering in the telecommunications industry.

The official awards announcement was made at IBC 2015 in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Mr. Rahul Nehra, Honorary National Secretary, SCTE India and Dr. Roger Blakeway, President, SCTE.

Entries for nominations to the awards, which is now open invited submissions from individuals, business leaders and companies that have launched new products till 31st December 2015. The entries will be assessed by an international jury with the winners receiving an SCTE trophy.

The SCTE India awards ceremony will take place during the 24th Convergence India conference that will be held on 22nd January, 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Prem Behl, President, SCTE India in a statement said, "The SCTE India awards will set in motion a new wave of thought leadership and reward innovation as well as fostering the adoption of best practice in the industry,"

The awards will be presented to industry participants who have demonstrated outstanding performance with categories such as technological innovation, best headed management services and network management services as informed by Rahul Nehra, Honorary National Secretary, SCTE India.

Moreover, it will also have a separate set of individual awards to recognize the individual SCTE India Technician of the Year and others.