Cheryl Perkins Receives ''Excellence in Innovation Award'' in Mumbai

Cheryl Perkins, Founder and President of Innovationedge and former Chief Innovation Officer of Kimberly-Clark, has received the “Excellence in Innovation” Award in recognition of her innovative contribution and leadership. The ceremony honored Perkins as well as other industry leaders at the Asia Pacific Congress, Indira India Innovation Summit, in Mumbai, India.

The two-day extravaganza attracts more than 60 countries and 900 delegates for knowledge sharing and to help CEOs, Innovation and HR professionals from various organizations to learn the latest trends. The highlight of the summit is the Global Excellence Awards ceremony.

“It’s an honor to receive this award that recognizes my leadership and contributions to innovation,” said Perkins. “It is especially gratifying to receive this honor in a country that consistently demonstrates passion and commitment for innovation.”

“Cheryl’s leadership and contribution to the field of human resources is well known, and the position she occupies in the fraternity is strategic and iconic,” said Tom Hilton, Global Chairman of the Asia Pacific Conference. “As a thinker and a doer, Cheryl is a role model and a believer in change.”

Perkins was also a featured speaker at the summit in Mumbai, and focused her presentation on fostering and promoting a culture of innovation to drive revenue and growth and deliver high impact, sustained innovation that successfully capitalizes on new markets and consumer expectations.

The first-ever Indira India Innovation Summit is presented by the Indira College of Engineering and Management (ICEM), Pune, India. The summit exposes academia to the world’s leading-edge innovation practices and creates a platform for intellectual exchange of ideas to drive future innovation in Industry.

About the Indira College of Engineering and Management

With one of the finest infrastructures in the Mumbai region, ICEM’s residential campus spreads over 20 acres and comprises of modern hi-tech laboratories in a wi-fi computing environment. The learning philosophy of ICEM has a strong emphasis on application oriented learning, with an attempt to inculcate innovative thinking among the aspiring engineers of tomorrow.

About Innovationedge

Innovationedge is a strategic innovation company founded by Cheryl Perkins to lead companies to identify and transform insights, designs, technologies and capabilities into total solutions and new-to-the-world innovations. The company’s fearless champions of innovation break barriers to help executives define their strategy, develop capabilities, design a winning organizational structure and deliver breakthrough innovations through a robust growth pipeline. Innovationedge also gives inventors an edge by crafting winning business propositions and creating strategic corporate partnerships that deliver commercial success.

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