The Finkelstein Awards for Data Engineering Excellence 2025
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.
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The awards offer a unique opportunity for data engineers, scientists and analysts to connect with top professionals in their field, showcase their work and gain recognition from thousands of peers around the world. Show us how your team is driving positive change through data-driven solutions and join us at the Data Engineering Awards!
2024 nominations are CLOSED. Winners will be recognized at the annual Engineering Summit 2024 in Bangalore. Nominations closed on 26th APR 2024.
The five prize categories for the Data Engineering Awards are shown below. There will be more than one winner in each category. In your contribution, be detailed and provide any pertinent business effect indicators.
Data Engineering Company of the Year
Recognizes companies that have consistently demonstrated excellence in data engineering practices, innovation, and contribution to the field.
Outstanding Data Engineering Team Award
Honors teams that have exemplified teamwork, innovation, and significant achievements in a data engineering project or initiative.
Innovative Data Engineering Project of the Year
Awards projects that have shown exceptional use of data engineering techniques to solve complex problems, improve efficiency, or drive innovation.
Best Collaboration between Data Engineering and Business Teams
Awarding organizations where data engineering teams have closely collaborated with business units, driving actionable insights and meaningful outcomes.
Advancement in Data Engineering Education and Upskilling
Honoring organizations that invest in upskilling their data engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
Outstanding Contribution to Data Democratization
Awarding organizations that have empowered non-technical users by building data platforms that make data access, understanding, and utilization easier across the organization.
Outstanding Data Engineering Innovation in Indian GCCs
Recognizing a Global Capability Center (GCC) in India that has demonstrated exceptional innovation in data engineering, driving impactful outcomes and establishing best practices in data management, analytics, and scalable infrastructure within the global enterprise.
Past
Winners
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
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