• Only Indian institutions that have a registered office in India can participate for the Awards 
• Initiative/ project should have been completed and executed in the Indian operations of the participating institution   
• Institution must have at least 5 years of operations in India as on March 31, 2022
• Institution must have at least one graduate or post-graduate class in India as on March 31, 2022
• Initiative/ project described in the Awards application should have been implemented during the period April 01, 2020, to March 31, 2022  
• Initiative/ project should have demonstrated a measurable impact in the higher education sector/institution during the period April 01, 2021, to March 31, 2022  
• Participating institutions must be engaged primarily in providing higher education services in India 
• Organizations offering learning and training solutions are not eligible to participate
• Participant can send multiple application forms for same category or separate categories provided it is for a different initiative/ project. If multiple entry forms are received for same initiative/ project, then only one form will be considered, and others will be disqualified. In such cases, the Jury will take the final decision on which entry will be considered and moved to another round of the awards 
• The final eligibility of the participant will be subject to the discretion and approval of the Jury 
• The initiative/ project entered for the awards must be already implemented and should not be in a planning or conceptualizing stage 
• Employees and immediate family members of the Awards management, sponsors, and partners of the awards are not allowed to participate in the Awards 
• An institution cannot participate on behalf of its sister units, parent institution or other institutions under the parent institution 
• The jury may modify the eligibility criteria from time to time with retrospective effect hence the final eligibility of the participant will be subject to the discretion and approval of the Jury 
• The jury holds the right to disqualify any application which does not meet the eligibility criteria without assigning any reason whatsoever 
• Participation in the awards is subject to defined terms and conditions available on the website https://www.ficcihighereducationawards.com/   

*These eligibility criteria’s are not applicable for the ‘Visionary Idea’ category

• The Jury may modify the eligibility criteria from time to time with retrospective effect
• The Jury holds the right to disqualify any application which does not meet the eligibility criteria without assigning any reason whatsoever