Coherent Market Insights Named Official Process Advisor for the Fi India Awards 2026

Mumbai, India — August 2026 — Coherent Market Insights (CMI) has been appointed as the Official Process Advisor for the Fi India Awards 2026, organized by Informa Markets. The awards ceremony is scheduled for August 26, 2026, at the Ruby Ballroom, Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai, under the theme "Blend of Brilliance: Recognizing Visionaries in Food & Beverage Excellence."

As Process Advisor, CMI designed and led the evaluation framework behind the awards, covering nomination screening, due diligence, documentation validation, category alignment, and jury governance across India's food and beverage industry.

The process began with 241 nominations submitted across 16 award categories. Of these, 32 were drafts or incomplete and were excluded early, leaving 209 for detailed review. Each nomination was assessed for category fit, documentation completeness, and claim substantiation, along with a legal and reputational screen.

Where nominations had correctable gaps — missing certificates, unclear dates, or inconsistent details — CMI sought clarification directly from nominees rather than rejecting them outright. This process resulted in 161 of the 209 reviewed nominations being approved for jury evaluation.

The approved nominations were then distributed across three independent jury panels, organized by theme: food safety and sustainability, ingredients and wellness, and brand and commercial growth. Panel 1 reviewed 57 nominations and shortlisted 18 finalists; Panel 2 reviewed 49 and shortlisted 9; Panel 3 reviewed 55 and shortlisted 20. Scoring was based on a 1–10 scale across six parameters — category fit, operational scale, compliance, impact, innovation, and growth. The top three entries per category advanced, resulting in 47 finalists across all 16 categories.

The scoring framework combined objective business-strength parameters (60% weightage) with qualitative brand-differentiation parameters (40% weightage), covering factors such as market perception, digital engagement, governance, and documentation quality.

Mr. Raj Shah, CEO & Founder of Coherent Market Insights, oversaw the methodology and will speak during the ceremony on the insights the process surfaced. "Going through this many nominations, category by category, you start to see where the real movement is happening in this industry and it's not always where you'd expect," said Mr. Shah.

CMI's role was limited to process governance. Final, merit-based decisions on finalists and winners remained solely with the independent jury throughout.

About Fi India Awards
Now in its fourth edition, the Fi India Awards recognizes organizations across food safety, sustainability, plant-based innovation, export excellence, processing technology, packaging, and digital innovation, among other categories spanning India's food and beverage ecosystem. The awards are part of Informa Markets' Fi India platform.

About Coherent Market Insights
Coherent Market Insights (CMI) is a global market intelligence and consulting firm delivering data-driven insights across industries including food and beverage, healthcare, technology, and consumer goods. CMI supports clients across 32+ countries with a global network of domain experts and 300+ full-time consultants.

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