Nomination Form

The Inter Dairy Awards 2024 celebrates excellence in the dairy industry by recognizing companies that demonstrate outstanding achievements in four key areas. We invite you to fill this ‘’Application Form” with detailed and accurate information pertaining to your Organization/Company to facilitate thorough evaluation by our jury members in context to the Inter Dairy Award(s). All submissions will be kept confidential and used exclusively for the ‘’Award’’ process.

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Submission Guidelines

  • File Submission: Supporting documents (PDF, Word doc, video) may be uploaded directly through this form.
  • File Size Limit: Files size must not exceed 20 MB per document and 100 MB per video.
  • Labelling : Ensure that all the files are labelled with your Company Name and Category.
  • The last date for receiving the duly filled in application along with pertinent documents is 20th November, 2024. Applications received after such due date will not be considered.
Additional Company Information (This section will enable us to understand your company’s operational scale)
Capacity utilization % (Actual capacity handling vs Installed capacity)*
Types of Products Manufactured by the Company (Tick the relevant product/products)
Certifications & Compliance

Please provide details about your company’s certifications and legal compliance with respect to food safety, environmental concerns and labour regulations.

Certification type Issuing Body Year Obtained Renewal Date Compliance with Specific Laws
Section 2: Primary Category Selection (Tick only one for the plant applied)

This category deals with companies that implement cutting-edge practices to ensure product quality and ensures stringent ‘’Safety measures’’ ensuring consumer safety. Innovations in process control, compliance with food safety standards, monitoring the services used (i.e. water), ingredients and final products for heavy metals/hormones/antibiotics/sanitizer and/or detergent residues, etc (as applicable) and methods to prevent milk/milk product adulteration should be highlighted.

Sr. No. Criteria Detailed Description
1 Safety Standards and Certificates
2 Sustainability Practices (Waste reduction and recycling effort, Environmental impact and resource management)
3 Traceability (Transparency in sourcing and supply chain)
4 Employee Training on Quality and Safety
5 Measures taken to curb adulteration

This category recognizes companies that excel in adopting advanced dairy processing technologies. Submissions should include technical details on machinery, automation, and novel product developments that enhance production efficiency or product quality.

Sr. No. Criteria Efficacy, Value, Volume, etc. (as the case maybe)
1 Plant efficiency:
a Energy efficiency, fuel Litres of milk processed / L of FO / kg. Coal / kg. wood /1000 kcal:
b Water efficiency Litres of milk processed / L of water
c Electricity efficiency Litres of milk processed / KW
d Manpower efficiency Litres of milk processed / employee
2 Plant Machinery/Technology (New innovations)
3 Adoption of Digitalization/AI
4 Patent(s) granted (if any)

This category acknowledges the Company’s uniqueness in packaging innovation, including sustainability in materials, efficiency in processes, shelf stability of dairy foods packed in such packages, ease of disposability of the used packages and its impact on environment, creativity in marketing, etc.. Companies should showcase advancements in packaging technology, design, and eco-friendly practices.

Packaging Material Brand Identity Unique Features Sustainability Impact (Reuse, Renew, Recycle) Labelling

This category honours the companies that have made significant strides in reducing their environmental footprint through sustainable practices. This includes energy efficiency, water conservation, eco-friendly production processes, etc.

Sr. No. Criteria Benefits (Efficiency, Quality, Safety, etc.)
1 Use of natural resources in order to reduce Carbon Footprint (tick the appropriate Technologies used)
a Solar Energy
b Wind Energy
c Bio gas plant
d Manure sale
e Rain Harvesting
f Any other (specify)
2 Air Quality
3 Water Quality
4 Reuse of water
5 Waste Management (Even through anaerobic digestion pathway)