The India Kitchen Congress (IKC) Awards, the most prestigious recognition in India’s kitchen and cabinetry ecosystem, is now officially open for nominations. As the benchmark for innovation, creativity, and leadership, the IKC Awards continue to elevate professional excellence across one of India’s most rapidly evolving built-environment sectors.
Guided by a powerful Vision — “To champion transformative contributions in innovation, creativity, and leadership that elevate the standards of India’s kitchen and cabinetry industry” — the IKC Awards 2026 celebrate work that pushes the industry forward.
The Mission reinforces this commitment by ensuring a structured, transparent, and
expert-led evaluation framework:
“To recognise and honour professional excellence across the Kitchen and Cabinetry ecosystem through a structured and transparent evaluation process led by an impartial
jury of industry leaders and experts in Design, Retail, Marketing, Technology, Sustainability, Manufacturing, and Skilling.”
19 Categories Across 7 Clusters
For 2026, the IKC Awards feature 19 award categories across seven clusters:
1. Retail Design & Experience (5)
2. VM, Communication & Marketing (2)
3. Green Initiatives (1)
4. Technology Enablement (3)
5. Skilling & Development (2)
6. Kitchen Design (5)
7. Leadership (1)
Transparent Judging by Eminent Experts
The IKC Awards 2026 will once again be evaluated entirely online to ensure fairness, clarity, and professionalism. The diverse jury includes leaders from interior and kitchen design, retail strategy, manufacturing, HR, skilling, sustainability, marketing, and management.
A Beacon of Excellence for the Industry
The IKC Awards 2026 celebrate innovation, design excellence, sustainability, technical advancement, and leadership. Over the years, the platform has become a beacon of excellence by inspiring best practices, fostering competition, encouraging collaboration,
elevating standards, and recognising organisations committed to developing skilled talent.
Before You Submit: Study the IKC Awards 2026 Playbook
All applicants are strongly encouraged to review the IKC Awards 2026 Playbook before preparing their entries. It guides participants on structuring narratives, presenting visuals and evidence, understanding scoring, and avoiding common mistakes.
Participation Is as Valuable as Winning
While winning is significant, participation itself carries immense value. The process helps
organisations document achievements, recognise the scale of progress, and celebrate teams.
Preparing an entry brings together internal teams, vendors, suppliers, architects, agencies, contractors, installers, and trainers. This collaborative effort strengthens entries and deepens partnerships.
How to Participate
Nominations for the IKC Awards 2026 are now open on the India Kitchen Congress website. Applicants can submit entries across any of the 19 categories with supporting documents, visuals, and outcomes.
As India’s kitchen and cabinetry industry continues to innovate, the IKC Awards 2026 honour the work, teams, and partnerships shaping its future. This is your moment to participate, collaborate, and shine.
Check out the winners of IKC Awards 2025 here.