Step 1: The nominee will have to submit online 'Final information' about the nomination before August 6^th, 2020 on the PMI Conference 2020 website using the link and login credentials as done in Stage 1.

Step 2: The nominee's application at this stage will be evaluated by a panel of volunteer jury members and PMI will intimate the results by email by September 15^th, 2020. Those successful at this stage will become the shortlisted nominees for the award. A maximum of 6 nominees will be considered for each category of award. The final winner and runner up will be chosen in the next step.

Step 3: The nominee's application at this stage will be finally evaluated / validated by an elite panel of jury members comprising of individuals of national/international repute. The nominations in final stage, shortlisted by elite jury i.e. Winner or Runner-up will be intimated by PMI by October 1^th, 2020.

The award applicant could be a sponsor, a senior member of the project team viz. equivalent of Project Manager, Program Manager, Project Director or a senior representative of the organization.

The 'Project of the Year' award evaluation will be done by an "at-large" panel of jury, established by PMI India/Organizing committee. Two nominations will be selected as the Winner and Runner-up for each award category. Selection will be made by July 27^th, 2020. The results of the PMI India Awards Program will be communicated to the awardees by the organizing committee. Formal announcement of the winner shall be made at the PMI India National Conference to be held in Bengaluru.

The nomination package should be completed in conformance with the established format.

All necessary clearance, release, and permission needed for public release of all submitted materials will be obtained in writing.

Expenses will not be reimbursed for assembling the nomination package or for any presentation materials that may need to be created should the project be selected as the winner.

Any queries pertaining to this award should be sent to awards2020@pmi-india.org clearly mentioning "PMI India Awards - 2020" in the subject line.

The decision of the designated panel of reviewers will be final.

In case the panel of reviewers feel that none of the individual submissions meet the minimum standards as stipulated in this web page, the award will stand cancelled and no Winner and/or Runner up will be announced.

The feedback collected from applicants at various stages during the submission process is treated anonymously. The feedback is not shared with the jury and have no bearing on evaluation of the nominations.