About the Awards   

The FICCI Higher Education Excellence (HEE) Awards celebrate the remarkable achievements of institutions and individuals who illuminate the path forward for Indian higher education.For the past decade, these prestigious awards have served as a beacon, recognizing and promoting excellence within the sector.

The HEE Awards go beyond mere recognition. They honor the dedication and innovation that fuels progress.
We celebrate institutions and individuals who excel in Teaching and Research, Education Delivery, Capacity Development, Technology Integration, and Internationalization Efforts.

The HEE Awards are a catalyst to inspire a spirit of continuous improvement and development, pushing the boundaries of excellence and innovation in India's higher education realm.

About FICCI

Established in 1927, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organisation in India. Its history is closely interwoven with India’s struggle for independence, its industrialization, and its emergence as one of the most rapidly growing global economies. FICCI is the voice of India’s business and industry and serves its members including the Indian private, public corporate sectors and multinational companies, drawing its strength from diverse regional chambers of commerce and industry across states, reaching out to over 2,50,000 companies.

For the last two decades, FICCI has been playing a proactive role in the Education sector and has been a platform for policy advocacy, creating sustainable industry—institute linkages, networking and knowledge-sharing and promoting collaborative ventures in academic exchanges, industry-oriented research, and value-added services. Moreover, the secretariat’s adept interlinking of higher education institutions, businesses, and governmental bodies has paved the way for vibrant forums of critical discourse and knowledge exchange, propelling the sector’s advancement.