About the Award

The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI) is the umbrella organization of the private sector of Nepal, representing more than 80% of the industrial and business sectors of Nepal. FNCCI introduced the “National Excellence Award” in the year 2001 to honor business institutions, which have excelled in various aspects of their business. FNCCI has been organizing this event for a number of years and therefore this award has been able to create its own brand image in Nepal.

FNCCI National excellence award will comprise of nine main award categories to help the organization know where they are on the excellence journey and what they need to do to achieve a higher level of performance. They are as follows:

1. National Excellence (Large)
2. National Excellence (Medium)
3. National Excellence (Small)
4. People Excellence (Large)
5. People Excellence (Medium)
6. People Excellence (Small)
7. Service Excellence (Large)
8. Service Excellence (Medium)
9. Service Excellence (Small)

• National Excellence Award (Large, Medium and Small) - To recognize companies/individuals who, despite the adverse and difficult business environment, have excelled in doing business in the most efficient and appropriate manner thereby contributing in the growth of national economy. The award is also intended to promote performance excellence for sustainable growth and development of the enterprise through information sharing about policies, strategies and procedure adopted by successful institutions.
• People Excellence Award (Large, Medium and Small) – To recognize organizations that have excelled in developing employees for business success.
• Service Excellence Award (Large, Medium and Small) – To recognize organizations that have developed outstanding management capabilities to drive and sustain customer service excellence for business success.

This year besides 9 core awards for Large, medium and small enterprises, FNCCI have introduced another 5 awards, which are as follows:

• Best Brand – People’s Choice Award (Local origin) and Best Brand – People’s Choice Award (Multinational origin) – To recognize Nepalese companies that have invested in their brands to achieve success and to increase the awareness of branding as a key strategic competency for all the Nepalese companies.

• Business Person of The Year – Editors Choice Award – To recognize the accomplishment of a business owner who has succeeded through innovation and risktaking or achieved success in introducing new products or services or growing an existing product line through a unique approach.

• NRN – Business Person of the year - to honor the talent and achievement of those Nepalese who are residing outside the country

• NYEF – Young Achievers’ Award (Male) and NYEF – Young Achievers’ Award (female) – to recognize excellent young entrepreneurs who are successful in their business.

• Lifetime Achievement Award – to recognize recipients for outstanding achievements in their professional lives, personal integrity and stature and service to the nation

For these 5 awards, we have created an autonomous Committee that will follow transparent and competitive procedure in selecting, short-listing and choosing the deserving candidate for the award.