From music to film production: Waves 2025 make India Challenge Awards winners
Waves at the India Challenge Awards in partnership with India were held in Mumbai in 2025. Take a look at the winners here.
Waves Summit 2025 is currently running in Mumbai. The four -day program, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being held at the Jio World Convention Center. Day 2, (May 2), in the event today, the award show ‘Waves Create in India Challenge Awards’ was seen in partnership with India. The award show celebrated creativity, innovation and the spirit of make in India.
Conducted by Karan Singh Chhabra, more than one lakh participants from more than 60 countries were seen at the award show. Arun Puri was among the other presenter in the President and Editor, India Today Group, Award Show.
Take a look at the winners in different categories:
Music class
The award was presented by Prasoon Joshi (Chairperson-Central Board of Film Certification)
Community radio content challenge
Bronze: Radio Manjira 90.8 FM
Silver: APNA Radio 96.9 FM
Gold: Barh Patna Community Radio
Wow master challenge
Bronze: Sandeep Mohanty
Silver: Shalini
Gold: Abad Ahmed
Band fight: Indian band
Bronze: SOS
Silver: Sufi Rockers
Gold: Vairagase
Band Battle: International Band
Bronze: 2ofus
Silver: Nights
Gold: Abbanese Music
Symphony of india
Bronze: Team Give
Silver: (fast)
Gold: Funker
Theme music
Bronze: T. Bhavagatash
Silver: Vivek Avinashchandra Dubey
Gold: Kunal Kundu, Allap Sardahah
Echoed: EDM Challenge
Bronze: Kshitij Nagesh Khodve
Silver: Mayank Harish Vidhani
Gold: Srikanth Vemula
Animation
Awards presented by Shekhar Kapoor
Animation filmmaker competition (animation)
Bronze: Anika Rajesh
Silver: Ellen Zee and Pelxiano
Gold: Shreya Hoof
Animation filmmaker competition (VFX and virtual production)
Bronze: Kishore Kumar Kedari
Silver: Isha Chandana
Gold: Aniran Majumdar
Waves Award for Excellence: Professional Advertising Films
Bronze: Amit Sonwen- What is your story
Silver: Swati Aggarwal-Chalisa
Gold: PRETEK SETHI-Informa Markets
film
Award actor Anupam Kher and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. Laped by El Murugan.
Young filmmaker Challenge (Aayu 12–15 Varsh)
Bronze – Hemprabho Bhattacharya
Silver – Rabya Wadhwa, Mahi Saluja
Gold: Shupriya Kumar, Audi Goyal, Akash Kharwar
Young filmmaker Challenge (Aayu 16–18 Varsh)
Silver: Chhavi Jain, Sakshi Sharma, Aditi Pandey, Rachna Yadav
Gold: Yasha Kansotia, Divyashkat Saroha
Film Poster Making Competition (Digital)
Bronze – Shivangini Sarma Kashyap
Silver – Saptasindru Sengupta
Gold: Suresh de Nair
Film Poster Making Competition (Hand painted)
Bronze: Priyadarshini Das Officer
Silver: Adish Grover
Gold: Drain Ashoka
The award show’s other presenter of the show was Kiran Majumdar Shaw, and actor Nagarjuna Akineni.
