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FTTH OEM Vendor of the Year
Tejas Networks is proud to announce that we have been awarded the Africa Digital Economy Award 2024 in the category of “FTTH OEM Vendor of the Year.” This prestigious recognition was presented to us on September 13th, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. We are honored to be acknowledged for our commitment to delivering innovative fiber-to-the-home solutions that enhance connectivity across Africa.
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Excellence Award
Tejas Networks was awarded the prestigious Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Excellence Award-2023 in the ‘Telecom Equipment Research and Manufacturing’ category from Government of India on 18th July, 2024 in New Delhi. Instituted by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India, the awards recognize exemplary and outstanding contributions in the areas of telecom innovations, skilling, services, manufacturing and applications.
Voice & Data Excellence Award
Tejas Networks has won the prestigious Voice and Data Excellence award in the “Make in India” category for its state-of-the-art TJ1400 Access and Aggregation Routers. The award was conferred at the 23rd edition of Voice and Data’s Telecom Leadership Forum held in New Delhi on 22nd March, 2024. The award recognizes Tejas’ innovation in terabit scale-access and aggregation routers that fulfil the demands of high-capacity packet switching and routing products.
Best Indian IPR of the Year in Telecom
Tejas Networks was recently bestowed with the coveted “Best Indian IPR of the Year in Telecom” award at the esteemed India Mobile Congress (IMC) in New Delhi. This prestigious accolade acknowledges Tejas Networks ground-breaking work, particularly its flagship TJ1600 optical and packet transmission product. The award serves as a testament to the company’s relentless pursuit of innovation and its significant impact on the telecom industry, solidifying its reputation as a trailblazer in cutting-edge technology solutions.
Leading PON-based Smart City
Tejas Networks has been honoured with the prestigious Network X 2023 award, in recognition of its global leadership in the PON-Based Smart City Service sector. The accolade was conferred at the historic Hotel de Ville during the Network X 2023 conference, a prominent event celebrating outstanding telecommunications innovations. This recognition underscores Tejas Networks exceptional achievements and excellence in the industry over the past year.
Most Outstanding Company in India
Tejas Networks has been voted the ‘Most Outstanding Company in India’ in the Technology Hardware & Equipment sector at the 2023 Asiamoney Outstanding Companies Poll. This prestigious recognition, based on 1,225 industry expert votes from 13 Asian markets, reaffirms our unwavering commitment to excellence and continuous innovation.
Public Company of the Year
Tejas Networks has been honored with the prestigious “Public Company of the Year” award at Light Reading’s Leading Lights 2023. This recognition underscores our dedication to innovation, strong customer relationships, and long-term investment strategy. Tejas Networks stands as a testament to deep technological expertise, financial strength, and a forward-looking approach. Our commitment to R&D and strategic acquisitions has set us apart in a competitive industry.
Pathbreaker of the Year
Tejas Networks has been conferred Dataquest’s Pathbreaker of the Year award for 2022. The jury panel was unanimous in its recognition of the company’s outstanding work and contribution to India’s ICT industry over recent years. The jury recognised the role of Tejas Networks in breaking new ground through the pandemic and beyond to emerge as India’s largest telecom products company, augmenting the BharatNet Project, and helping India upgrade to 5G.
Telecom Leadership Awards
Tejas Networks, along with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have been jointly conferred the “Telecom Person of the Year Award 2022” by Voice& Data “Telecom Leadership Awards”. This prestigious award recognizes the enablers of Made in India 4G stack and their contribution to the development of digital communications in India.
Most Valued Vendor Partner
The Electronic City Industrial Township Authority in Bengaluru awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to Tejas Networks Limited for being the most valued vendor partner for FY23. ELCITA worked with Tejas Networks to build a smart city network infrastructure that hosts the campuses of leading tech companies in the largest industrial park in Bengaluru.
Mobile Breakthrough Awards 2022
TJ1400 UCB won the prestigious “Broadband Innovation of the Year” award at the sixth annual Mobile Breakthrough awards program in California (USA). The annual Mobile Breakthrough Awards (USA) honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of mobile and wireless technology categories, including Cloud Computing, Mobile Management, Wireless and Broadband, Mobile Analytics, Internet-of-Things (IoT) and others. In 2022, the award winners were selected after a rigorous evaluation of over 2700 global nominations received from top companies and start-ups in the global mobile, wireless and IoT industry.
IESA Technovation Awards 2022
Tejas Networks was recognized as the “Best Enterprise – India” at the 2022 IESA Technovation Summit. IESA’s jury unanimously selected Tejas for its outstanding contributions to India’s Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector through the company’s world-class products and indigenous innovations.
IMC Awards 2022
Tejas received the prestigious “Best Made in India Telecom Innovation” award. The award comes as a strong endorsement of our world-class product TJ1400 UCB. The product was fully conceived, designed, and manufactured by Tejas in India with Indian IPR.
ET Telecom Awards 2022
Tejas leadership won the coveted ET Telecom ‘CEO of the Year’ and ‘CTO of the Year’ Awards for 2022 in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the company, industry and community, and for driving innovation & an agenda-setting vision that placed the company at the forefront.
Voice&Data Excellence Awards, 2021
Tejas Networks was bestowed with the coveted “Best Indian IPR of the Year in Telecom” award at the esteemed India Mobile Congress (IMC) in New Delhi. This prestigious accolade acknowledges Tejas Networks’ ground-breaking work, particularly its flagship TJ1600 optical and packet transmission product. The award serves as a testament to the company’s relentless pursuit of innovation and its significant impact on the telecom industry, solidifying its reputation as a trailblazer in cutting-edge technology solutions.
Asia Communication Award, 2021
Tejas Networks was shortlisted for the Asia Communication Award (ACA) under Innovation Category for its GPON product family. The ACA recognises the region’s leading communication service providers and telecom operators as well as OEMs, suppliers, and other service providers based within the region, or offering products and solutions specifically targeting the region.
IEEE Bangalore Industry Awards
Tejas Networks was awarded IEEE Bangalore Industry Award for “Technology Corporate (Medium) of the Year” for exceptional contributions in Telecom Technologies.
Tejas TJ1400 has been shortlisted as a finalist for GLOTEL awards in the ‘Fixed Network Evolution’ category
Tejas Networks TJ1400 UltraFlex was shortlisted for Global Telecoms (GLOTEL) award for excellence in Fixed Broadband Networks. GLOTEL awards, organized by Telecoms.com (Informa), recognises global companies involved in advancing and transforming the telecoms industry through network innovations and excellence.
Tejas Networks honored with the “CNBC Awaaz 2019 award – Technology Company of the Year
Tejas Networks was awarded the prestigious CNBC Awaaz 2019 award for its commitment towards developing best practices and quality of products and services. The award recognizes leaders of industry who create and sustain entrepreneurial initiatives, develop best practices, and carve out powerful businesses in the Indian economy.
Tejas Networks selected as finalist at Fierce Innovation Award – Telecom Edition 2019
Tejas Networks was one of the three finalists at Fierce Innovation Award- Telecom Edition 2019 in the next-gen deployment wireline category. Tejas was shortlisted for its innovative TJ1400 Ultra-Converged Broadband Access/Edge (UCB) Product Family which is one of the industry’s most feature-rich packet access and aggregation platforms.
Tejas Networks wins the prestigious Export Excellence Award from Government of Karnataka
Tejas Networks was awarded the Government of Karnataka’s prestigious “Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC) Export Excellence Award” in the product category for the year 2016-17. The award was presented by Shri B S Yediyurappa, Honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka at a function held on 6th September, 2019 at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru.
Tejas Networks selected as finalist at Leading Lights 2019
Tejas Networks was one of the finalists at the Leading Lights 2019 awards in the “Most Innovative Telecoms Product (Optical/IP/Carrier Ethernet/FTTH)” category. Leading Lights award recognizes the industry’s most innovative companies for their outstanding achievements in next-generation communications technology, applications, services, and strategies. Tejas was selected for its innovative TJ1400 Ultra-converged Broadband Product Family.
Tejas Networks awarded SKOCH Order-of-Merit award by SKOCH group
Tejas Networks was honoured with the prestigious SKOCH Order-of-Merit award at the 57th SKOCH Summit on 23rd March, 2019 at New Delhi.
Aegis Graham Bell Award 2019 announced Tejas Networks as the winner in “Innovative Telecom Product” category.
Tejas Networks was announced as the winner of the Aegis Graham Bell Award 2019 in the “Innovative Telecom Product” category for its innovation, “TJ1400-18: World’s Most Versatile Optical Network Transformation Product”. Tejas Networks was applauded as winner at the 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award 2019, hosted by the Government of Goa.
Tejas awarded “Company of the Year – Telecom Products” by ZEE Business
Tejas Networks was honored with the “Company of the Year – Telecom Products” award by ZEE Business in their first edition of “Dare to Dream” awards that celebrates the success of home-grown innovative businesses and top performers from India.
Tejas Networks selected as a finalist at Broadband World Forum award
Tejas Networks was one of the three global telecom equipment companies to be selected as a finalist for the Broadband World Forum (BBWF) award in the “Achievement in Network Convergence” category. The annual BBWF award is regarded as the most prestigious recognition of excellence in the broadband marketplace. Tejas was shortlisted for TJ1400, its converged broadband access and packet transport product. Each category was independently judged and scored based on set criteria by a neutral panel of 10 industry analysts and specialists. The top scoring entries were shortlisted. This year the award committee evaluated 160+ entries from around the world and the awards ceremony was held at Berlin on 24th October.
Best Performing Equipment Supply Partner
Tejas received the “Best Performing Equipment Supply Partner” award from Government of India for BharatNet Project Phase-1 on January 8, 2018
Tejas wins Aegis Graham Bell Award for TJ1400 OLT
Tejas Networks Ltd. was announced as a winner in “Digital India Initiative” category for its innovation “TJ1400-OLT: Converged Optical Access and Transport Platform” at Aegis Graham Bell Award 2017, honoring the best innovation in the ICT domain in India. Tejas Networks was applauded at the 8th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award at NDMC Convention Center, New Delhi.
FKCCI Export Excellence Award 2018
Tejas Networks Limited was honored with the “Best Exporter Award” in the Special Category Gold for the year 2018, by FKCCI, an Apex organization of Industry, Trade and Service Sectors in Karnataka. The honor was given for the exemplary work and to recognize the outstanding initiatives being developed and delivered in the export business. The award was presented by Shri. David Rasquinha, Managing Director, EXIM Bank, Mumbai on 15th June, 2018 in a function at Federation House, Bengaluru.
Most Innovative Product Award 2016
Tejas was awarded the “Most Innovative Product Award 2016” for TJ1400-PTN, by the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) at IESA Vision Summit, in February, 2017.
Tejas Networks wins Indian National Intellectual Property (IP) Award for 2017
Tejas Networks Limited won the National Intellectual Property (IP) Award for the year 2017 in the category “Top Indian Private Company (MSME) for Patents and Commercialization”. This prestigious award was presented by Hon’ble Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India at a function organized in New Delhi on World IP Day.
Tejas Networks wins Electronics Hardware Exporter Award from STPI Karnataka
Tejas Networks received the top exporter award from Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Karnataka in the category “High Growth-Bengaluru-Electronic Hardware Exporter (Exports Greater than Rs 100 crores and less than Rs 2000 crores)”. The award is conferred to top performing IT companies of Karnataka for their export performance during FY 2016-17. The award was presented to Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD of Tejas Networks at a function held at Bangalore Palace, during the 20th edition of BengaluruITE.biz 2017.
Tejas Networks wins Digital India Excellence award at Pan-IIM World Management Conference
Tejas Networks received the “Digital India Excellence Award” at the 5th Pan-IIM World Management Conference 2017 in the “Electronics Manufacturing(Corporate)” category. The PAN-IIM awards were presented to Digital India stakeholders who play a significant role in transforming India into a digitally empowered nation. The award was presented by Shri Kewal Kumar Sharma, Secretary (Department of Higher Education), the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, at a function held on 16th December at IIM Lucknow.
Tejas Networks wins National Award from the Technology Development Board
Tejas Networks received the National Award for “Successful Commercialization of a Product Based on Indigenous Technology” from the Technology Development Board (TDB), Government of India. This prestigious award was presented by Hon’ble President Shri Pranab Mukherjee during the National Technology Day celebration at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Tejas won the award for Tejas TJ1400- Packet Transport Node (PTN), an innovative, high-capacity, fibre-optic networking equipment that is used in telecom networks for mobile base station connectivity (for 2G, 3G & 4G) and enabling high speed broadband.
Tejas Networks wins Export Excellence Award from Government of Karnataka
Tejas Networks, a leading designer and manufacturer of telecom equipment was awarded the Government of Karnataka’s “VisveswarayaTrade Promotion Centre (VTPC) Export Excellence Award” in the category of “Electronics and Communications” for the year 2012-13. This award was given to TejasNetworks fornot only being among the largest exporters in this category, but also showing outstanding performance on parameters like growth in exports, new market development and timely realization of the proceeds from these exports.
Economic Times Award for most Innovative Telecom Product
Economic Times Award for most Innovative Telecom Product, 2013: Sep 20, 2013: For development of TJ1400 Packet Transport Networking product.
Sanjay Nayak, CEO and MD, Tejas Networks wins Sarabhai Award from IESA
The India Semiconductor Association is now the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), an effort to broadbase the organization to include also the electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) ecosystem.
IESA announced its annual Technovation awards. The Technovation Sarabhai Award went to Ajai Chowdhry, founder of HCL, and Sanjay Nayak, co-founder of Tejas Networks.
Sanjay Nayak, CEO and MD, Tejas Networks wins Sarabhai Award from IESA
Tejas Networks received the IESA Technovation Award For Development of vSave100 Energy Management Solution.
Tejas Networks wins the CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award
Tejas Networks received the CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award for 2011 from the Prime Minister of India, who is also the president of CSIR Society, at the CSIR Foundation Day function at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The CSIR Award is considered as India’s highest technology award and was given to Tejas Networks for the development of its highly innovative and commercially successful, packet optical transmission product, TJ1600. This product innovatively integrates voice and data services, enabling mobile operators to seamlessly migrate their mobile backhaul networks from 2G to 3G to 4G on a single platform.
Tejas Networks wins Aegis Graham Bell award
Tejas Networks won the Aegis Graham Bell award for innovation in Green telecom technologies. Aegis Graham Bell awards are intended to promote innovation in the field of Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment and to recognize outstanding contributions. Tejas networks won the award in the green telecom category for the Tejas vSave100 product.
Tejas Networks Packet Optical product wins award from the Aegis School of Business
Tejas Networks announced that their Packet Optical Transport (POTP) product, TJ1600, has won the prestigious Aegis Graham Bell Innovative Telecom Product Award 2011. Aegis Graham Bell Awards is intended to promote innovation in the field of Time (Telecom, Internet, Media & Edutainment) and to provide recognition for outstanding contributions. This award was given by Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications & IT, Government of India, Mr. Sachin Pilot
Tejas Networks wins the TCOE Award of Excellence in Telecom Products
Tejas Networks won India’s first national award from Telecom Centers of Excellence (TCOE). The award was presented by Mr Sachin Pilot and Mr Milind Deora, the Hon’ble ministers of state for Communications and Information Technology, Government of India.
Tejas was adjudged as the best in the category of “Indian Companies with excellent telecom product profile”. The award nominees were judged based on parameters like research and innovation, IP/patents generated and market acceptance for the products under consideration.
Harvard Business School Case Study on Tejas Networks
Tejas Networks has been featured as a case study for Harvard Business School
Tejas Networks wins Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India Award for 5th consecutive time
Tejas Networks has been named as a winner in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India for the fifth year in a row. This award recognizes the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India. The award was received by CEO and MD Sanjay Nayak at a glittering ceremcony in Bangalore on Friday, November 20th 2009.
Tejas Networks wins NASSCOM Innovation Award
Tejas Networks won the prestigious NASSCOM Innovation award. NASSCOM’s Innovation Awards, which seeks to recognize the companies that have set the highest benchmark in innovation and at the same time, promote the culture of innovation in the industry.
Tejas Networks named a Red Herring 100 Asia Company
Tejas Networks has been named as one of the Red Herring 100 Private Companies of Asia. Red Herring’s lists of private companies are an important part of the magazine’s tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs.
