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Radioandmusic.com is pleased to announce the launch of its esteemed 3rd Edition of India Audio Summit and Awards, a pioneering initiative dedicated to recognizing and honouring exceptional audio excellence across India's vibrant landscape.
This prestigious platform seeks out and celebrates the most captivating and ground- breaking audio content, showcased on diverse platforms, from the realm of audiobooks to podcasts, radio, audio advertising and cutting-edge technology. The celebration embodies a rigorous evaluation process, ensuring a fair and unbiased forum for acknowledging trailblazing achievements.
Our mission is to illuminate the outstanding talents that have revolutionized the audio industry.

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90+ categories judged by industry leaders
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Recognizing exceptional talent in audiobooks, podcasts, radio, and technology
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Substantial growth in entries and participating stations
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Judging Criteria

Creativity

Innovation

Impact

Usage of words, style of presentation

Quality

Uniqueness

Rules & Regulations

  • General Rules
  • Evaluation Process
  • Individuals with relevant knowledge and experience are selected to serve as judges for the India Audio Summit and Awards. Vernacular or linguistic diversity is considered while choosing judges so that the panel represents the linguistic diversity of the sector. These selected judges volunteer their valuable time to assess entries.
  • The programme/ campaign must be aired within the period of January 2024- January 2025 for Indian audience/ market.
  • Respective categories are split between judges who work independently to score each submission on merits. The organizers have taken care to ensure that categories and responsibilities are assigned in a way that prevents conflicts of interest.
  • Judges are required to score each entry in its entirety, subject to the entry’s conformity with the rules. Judging will be based solely on the entry submitted, in an independent and objective manner.
  • To ensure total fairness, the scores are entered into an internet system and averaged. There isn't a single adjudicator who can change the outcome. Every jury enters their own score; the scores of the other jurors are not known to them.
  • A professional audit is done to evaluate the results. From the judging, the top entries are shortlisted as finalists for each category. Each category’s overall winner is chosen from among the finalists and announced on the day of the awards.
  • Individual entries are evaluated for their intrinsic merits - without comparing them with others. There is no numerical limit for the number of finalists in any category. The number of entries in a category has no bearing on how each entry is scored by the jury.
  • In our categories aligned, there can be one, none, or multiple awards given out. Each entry is judged by an expert set of jury using an industry-accepted standard of excellence.
  • Entries will be screened for eligibility including launch date. It is the responsibility of the submitter to determine and select the appropriate category. However, the awards committee reserves the right to move entries to appropriate categories or dismiss inappropriate submissions.
  • Each entry file must be submitted separately.
  • It is in your own interest to read the entry terms and conditions, and the category descriptions in order to decide whether your submission is eligible, what materials you will need to support your entry, and which category best suits your entry/entries.
  • Judges reserve the right not to judge an entry if the submission requirements have not been met.
  • Deviation from these guidelines, or missing information, may result in disqualification.
  • The judges'' decisions will be absolute and final.
  • Winners will be announced live at the India Audio Summit and Awards 2025, Mumbai.
  • All entries into the competition must have published at least 3 episodes between January 2024- January 2025. ‘Published’ is defined as the date the episode was first made available for streaming or download to the public.
  • Submitted Podcast shall/must have a publicly accessible RSS feed that can be followed/subscribed to.
  • Submission for Best Podcast Listening Platform can include any app, site, or platform capable of listening to a publicly available podcast.
  • Any show wishing to be eligible to be nominated can register via the registration page until the nomination closing date.
  • Registrations are non-refundable for any reason but shows can be asked to be moved to a different category before the entry deadline.
  • Shows can register in as many appropriate categories as they want. Each category registration is a separate fee. Just make sure your show is appropriate for each category.
  • Shows that do not register are not eligible to participate; a third party can register a show on behalf of another podcast.
  • The entry fee is non-refundable.
  • Early Bird Entry Deadline: 25th November, 2024
  • The competition is open only for all Indian Radio Stations (All Languages)
  • The programme/ campaign must be aired within the period of January 2024 - January 2025 for Indian audience/ market.
  • Programmes in all languages are allowed to participate. Regional radio and community radio stations are also eligible for India Audio Summit and Awards.
  • If the audio entry is in a regional language, the English translation of the content to be filled in the form. Other supporting data must be submitted in English/Hindi only.

Entry Process

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Early Bird Deadline: 15th December 2024