Coherent Market Insights Brings Research Rigour to ET Edge 40 Under 40 – North India 2026
Mr. Mohit Shrivastava, AVP – Research & Consulting, to Present Evaluation Methodology at Taj Palace, New Delhi
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In a recognition landscape where credibility is increasingly scrutinised, Coherent Market Insights (CMI) has been named the Official Research Partner for the ET Edge 40 Under 40 – North India 2026 — one of North India’s most anticipated young leadership platforms. The summit will be held on June 26, 2026, at Taj Palace, New Delhi, and organised by ET Edge.
Now in its second edition, the ET Edge 40 Under 40 – North India 2026 platform recognises forty exceptional business leaders below the age of 40 who have demonstrated professional achievement, organisational leadership, and meaningful industry influence across North India’s most dynamic economic centres from Delhi NCR and Chandigarh to Lucknow, Jaipur, and Dehradun. This year, the platform expanded its scope to include voices from entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, and emerging sectors, reflecting the evolving and multidimensional nature of leadership in 2026.
A Recognition Built on Research, Not Reputation
CMI’s appointment as Official Research Partner represents a deliberate choice to ground the recognition in structured, multi-layered evaluation rather than nominations or peer voting. The firm constructed a comprehensive research pool of more than 1,000 business leaders across North India, applying a defined eligibility framework before any scoring began. Screening criteria covered leadership role, organisational scale, geographic presence, professional credibility, and compliance standing — ensuring that only eligible, verifiable candidates entered the evaluation pipeline.
Shortlisted leaders were assessed through a dual-dimension scoring model. Organisational performance parameters including revenue growth, strategic partnerships, major business initiatives, and industry recognition accounted for 45% of the total score. Individual leadership excellence parameters — covering career progression, leadership vision, innovation impact, ethical practices, employment contribution, scalability, and long-term potential — carried 55%, placing the emphasis squarely on the person behind the organisation.
The final list will be validated through an independent jury of senior editorial professionals and industry experts.
CMI’s AVP Takes the Stage
Mr. Mohit Shrivastava, AVP – Research & Consulting at Coherent Market Insights, will formally present the research methodology at the summit offering attendees a transparent walkthrough of the evaluation design, the rationale behind the scoring structure, and the validation mechanisms that ensured fairness and consistency across a diverse candidate pool.
For business leaders, investors, and policymakers in the room, the session offers more than a behind-the-scenes account of list-building. It offers a direct engagement with the kind of evidence-based frameworks that increasingly define how leadership, market position, and organisational performance are assessed across industries.
“The framework was designed with a clear objective: to produce a recognition that reflects real leadership impact — not visibility, not scale alone, but sustained performance, ethical practice, and the capacity to build something that endures.”
— Mr. Mohit Shrivastava, AVP – Research & Consulting, Coherent Market Insights
North India’s entrepreneurial and corporate ecosystem is at an inflection point. Across technology, manufacturing, healthcare, BFSI, retail, and emerging sectors, a new generation of leaders is building organisations that are globally competitive, locally rooted, and increasingly consequential. The ET Edge 40 Under 40 – North India 2026 put forty of the best of them on a national stage and CMI’s research partnership ensured that the selection process was worthy of the recognition it conferred.
About ET Edge 40 Under 40 – North India 2026
The ET Edge 40 Under 40 – North India is a flagship leadership recognition platform that celebrates the region’s most exceptional young business leaders — individuals who have demonstrated professional achievement, organisational leadership, and meaningful industry influence before the age of 40. The summit features curated keynotes, candid conversations, and immersive storytelling formats designed to celebrate influence in its many forms.
About Coherent Market Insights
Coherent Market Insights (CMI) is a global market intelligence and consulting firm delivering data-driven insights across diverse industries. Headquartered in India, with a presence in the U.S. and strategic partnerships across the U.K. and Japan, CMI supports clients in over 32 countries with 300+ full-time consultants.
