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The Finkelstein Awards for Data Engineering Excellence 2026

The Data Engineering Awards celebrates teams that are pushing the boundaries of data-driven work to develop cutting-edge solutions. Each year, the awards recognize outstanding achievements in analytics and AI, recognizing teams that have produced exceptional results through their innovative and creative use of data.
We invite you to submit your team’s story of how you solved some of the world’s toughest problems using data. Tell us about the impact your project had and how it can inspire others to continue innovating in new ways. Your submission will be judged by an esteemed panel of industry experts, with winners announced at the annual Data Engineering Summit in Bengaluru.

Past
Winners

2025
Winners

Innovative Data Engineering Project of the Year

ACT Fibernet, Bajaj Auto Credit, EPAM Systems, Experian Information Services Inc, SAP Labs India, Tiger Analytics, Zuci Systems

Best Collaboration between Data Engineering and Business Teams

Adani Digital Labs, Techmango, Target

Outstanding Data Engineering Team Award

Dentsu, KANINI Software Solutions, Team Computers

Outstanding Data Engineering Innovation in Indian GCCs

Bosch Global Software Technologies, Lowe’s India

Outstanding Contribution to Data Democratisation

Kenvue

Data Engineering Company of the Year

MathCo, Sigmoid

Advancement in Data Engineering Education and Upskilling

Tredence, Genpact

2024
Winners

Data Engineering Company of the Year

DBS Technology Services India, Indegene, Polestar, Publicis Sapient

Innovative Data Engineering Project of the Year

EXL, EY, MathCo, Valiance

Outstanding Data Engineering Team

Merkle, Pluralsight, Siemens Healthineers, Sigmoid, Tiger Analytics

2023
Winners

Data Engineering Transformation Awards

Western Digital, TheMathCompany, Publicis Sapient, Fractal Analytics, and Micron Technology Operations India

Data Engineering Visionary award

Infocepts, Kimberly Clark, and Cognizant

Data Engineering Disruption

Genpact, Tredence Inc., SingleStore, and Rakuten

Award for Data Engineering Democratization

ServiceNow, eClerx Services Limited, and Tiger Analytics

Data Engineering for Good

Dentsu, Factspan Analytics, Futurense and Indegene

Our Pricing will change soon!

  • Regular Pass

    Available from 21st Mar till 24th April 2026
  • All access, 2 day passes
  • Group Discount available
  • 15000
  • Late Pass

    Available from 25th April 2026 onwards
  • All access, 2 day passes
  • No Group Discount available
  • Limited passes available
  • 20000

1000+

Attendees

50+

Speakers

5th

Edition

explore the frontiers of Data engineering.

Focused on data engineering innovation, this 2-day conference will give attendees direct access to top leaders & innovators from leading tech companies who will talk about the software deployment architecture of AI systems, how to produce the latest data frameworks and solutions for business use cases.

Secure Your Seat at the Frontier of Data + engineering.

Early Bird Passes on sale now.

MAY. 14-15 2026
Bengaluru