NDTV unveils its e-commerce venture Gadgets 360 at the Gadget Guru Awards 2015

And the verdict is out! The best products for 2015 in the field of Consumer Electronics, Gadgets and Technology have been announced at the NDTV GADGET GURU AWARDS, 2015 held on the 19th at the India Gadget Expo, Hyderabad. NDTV Group also unveiled the first look of its e-commerce portal – Gadgets 360. Gadgets 360 will curate a marketplace for exclusive launches of mobile phones and other electronic gadgets.

The NDTV Gadget Guru Awards are the biggest the country has seen in the field of Consumer Electronics, Gadgets and Technology and provide a unique opportunity for experts from the industry to ideate, discuss and analyse the latest trends.

Unveiling the first look of Gadget 360 and celebrating 5 years of Gadget Guru Awards, Vikram Chandra, CEO, NDTV Group, says “It’s great to be back with the Gadget Guru Awards. We were truly inspired by the overwhelming response making this the biggest Gadget and Technology award function in India. And what better platform than this to welcome our ecommerce venture Gadget 360. We are truly excited about this new consumer journey and can’t wait to take it the next level!"

The event was hosted by NDTV's Tech Gurus Rajiv Makhni and Vikram Chandra, the duo behind the NDTV's flagship tech show Gadget Guru. With them, adding glamour to Awards this year was a new entrant to Gadget Guru Awards family, Neha Dhupia who also hosted the event. The tech awards night also witnessed Indian Film Actor Rana Daggubati; International Badminton Player Jwala Gutta; Cabinet Minister for Information Technology K. T. Rama Rao; Oscar Winning Sound Recordist Resul Pookutty; Indian Cricketer Pragyan Ojha and food show hosts Rocky and Mayur.

Rajiv Makhni, Editor, Technology, NDTV Limited, says, “Gadget Guru Awards have become a benchmark in the field of technology and gadgets. The awards celebrate the best innovations in the tech world in the past one year as well as honour brands that have made a place in the consumer’s hearts. We worked hard to create a panel with some of the most respectable names in the industry. The selection process has been extremely rigorous and exhaustive. And we hope to go even bigger in the next edition. Congratulations to all the winners and here’s to another year of awesome new technology and gadgets in 2016. ”

The distinguished jury including some of India’s best Gadget Guru’s had quite a task choosing the winners. The jury panel for the 2015 NDTV Gadget Guru Awards featured Vikram Chandra-Group CEO & Executive Director NDTV Group; Rajiv Makhni-Managing Editor, Technology, NDTV Group; Gopal Sathe- Features Editor of NDTV Gadgets; Prasanto K Roy-Media and Digital Consultant; Anmol Taneja-Founder and CEO of Gadgets.in ; Nishant Padhiar- Technology Consultant ; Ashish Bhatia - Independent Technology Writer and Columnist and Kishore Bhargava-Technology Consultant.

With participation of top gadget makers, new and exciting categories and countless nominations, the team worked day and night to reach to the final list of winners.