Important Dates
- CEA-2026 Registration opens on 1st December, 2026
- Preliminary Round Dates: 21st and 22nd January, 2026
- Final Round Dates: 17th and 18th February, 2026
- Link for registration -; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpU-GkyCe1h3O9itBarvRAChImhzsFhkOyvybEWyY6RB2f4Q/viewform?usp=dialog
- Last Day to Register: 20th January, 2026
- Presentation and Executive Summary Deadline: 20th January, 2026
Registration process
Deadlines
About Corporate Excellence Awards
The Corporate Excellence Awards (CEA) is a prestigious annual event organized by the SCOPE Committee, SCMHRD Pune, providing an exceptional platform for corporates to showcase their groundbreaking industry projects. Celebrating innovation and excellence, CEA highlights advance in performance, efficiency, and productivity across diverse domains, all aligned with a central theme.
Originally introduced in 2005 as the Lean and Six Sigma Excellence Awards (LSSEA), this pioneering initiative was among the first of its kind, bridging academia and the corporate world. The inaugural edition featured 37 participants, setting the stage for remarkable growth year after year. Today, CEA has evolved into a renowned national event, drawing widespread acclaim and participation from leading corporate organizations.
CEA continues to inspire and celebrate the spirit of innovation, making it a must-attend showcase of excellence in the corporate landscape.
Participation Brochure
Sponsorship brochure
Corporate Excellence Awards,
An initiative by SCOPE Committee of Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource
Development, Pune
Visit us: https://scmhrd.edu/scope/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scopecommittee-scmhrd/
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Testimonials
- We appreciate the efforts of all team members towards their time to time
communication, arrangements at the venue etc.
-Tata Motors Ltd - It was indeed a wonderful experience to see the students, judges and the participating
teams working very hard and passionately to bring out the best in them.
- Ingersoll Rand - We appreciate the way the sessions were arranged . Also, we received excellent inputs
from the Judges and the co participants who presented. It was a very good experience.
- Capgemini India - I would like to heartily appreciate the efforts of Team SCMHRD who are doing this with
great passion and dedication. It is being organized very professionally at each and every
stage.
-Scope International Pvt. Ltd. - Impressive infrastructure, general arrangements and the food. Liked the way questions
were asked by the judges.
- Capgemini India - I would like to heartily appreciate the efforts of Team SCMHRD who are doing this with
great passion and dedication. It is being organized very professionally at each and every
stage.
-Scope International Pvt. Ltd. - Many thanks for organizing a wonderful event at Delhi. We all had great learnings from
the same. Timely & accurate prior information on the venue, timings etc…”
- Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Limited - Very good learnings through case studies. Excellent ambience and arrangement. Overall
impression was excellent.
- RIL - Feel proud to participate in LSSEA organized by SCMHRD. From this event we learnt the
process followed by other industries, companies, their methodology, working etc. This
gave us another dimension to look at Six Sigma.
- Capgemini India - The suggestions/ questions from the panel goes a long way in improving ourselves.
Thanks for giving us this brilliant experience. I look forward to participating in the LSSEA
event in the coming years as well.
- Scope International Pvt. Ltd - I have been associated with your institute for a few years. You have been role models for
other youngsters and conducting the event exceptionally well.
- Bharat Electronics - Excellent and keep it up and, very good efforts made by Organizing student members
and Management of SCMHRD.
- RIL - LSSEA event organized by SCMHRD is only one of the few forums in India, that follow a
rigorous 3 level process for identifying ultimate winners. I believe, the enthusiasm and
interest shown by the students of SCMHRD, who form the core of the organizing
committee, is really commendable.
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited - These kinds Lean Six Sigma Contests help organizations to learn how lean tools help
companies to achieve benefits. This helps as common platform for companies to come
together and share the better practices, so others will be able to understand applicability
of tools and techniques. The structured methodologies help companies to sustain the
results, document the improvement initiatives, act like repository for horizontal
deployment within the Organization.
- Kennametal India Limited - Like how winning on a neutral venue is valuable for the sportsmen, Winning in LSSEA is
to Lean and Six-sigma practitioners. Being from a Manufacturing background we get to
see fellow practitioners across industries and learn the concepts more and how the
practice is adopted in Software, BPO, Services etc. sectors. It also helps us to extend our
professional network. Quite satisfied with the way of arrangement in LSSEA ’12,
participated in LSSEA’ 13 also and eager to visit in many years to come. Thanks to the
SCMHRD Team.
- Kennametal India Limited - The zeal exhibited was amazing and it was hard to believe that students were behind
every step – from thought to design to implementation to control. WOW.
- Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Limited
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