Bangalore February 21, 2019 : On the concluding day yesterday of its annual Vision Summit, the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), announced the  Technovation Awards to celebrate the success of  veterans of the electronics industry players, budding entrepreneurs and students from leading educational institutes in India.
List of  2018 Awardees (Industry and academia)
Industry Awards: Award category/ Winner name
Sarabhai Award / Dr. Walden (Wally) Rhines, CEO Emeritus, Mentor Graphics, 
Best Electronics Fabless / IP Company/ Sumeet Mathur, Cirel Systems Pvt Ltd
Most Innovative Product - Fabless Category/ Amit Mishra, Invecas
Most Innovative Product - Social Impact Category/ Sanskriti Dawle, Thinkerbell Labs
Most Innovative Product - Systems Category/ Prasanth Perugupalli, Spectral Insights
Most Promising Start-up - Fabless Category/ Rakesh Malik, Vervesemi Microelectronics
Most Promising Start-up - Systems Category/ Rupesh Kumar, EVI Technologies 
Most Promising Start-up - Systems Category/ Amol Kamble, Zephee
Most Promising Start-up - Systems Category/ Ganesh Shankar, Fluxgen Engineering Technologies
Academia Awards
Techno Visionary/Prof. V Kamakoti, IIT Madras, Chennai
Techno Graduate Innovators/ Azim Memon, Incsmart Technologies Llp
Techno Inventor/ Vinay Kumar, Pathshodh Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Techno Mentor/ Prof. Preeti Ranjan Panda, IIT New Delhi