The India Education Awards are one of the most sought-after honours in the education sector. The 2018 awards were held at the Taj Hotel, Bangalore, on 8 April 2018. The award was received by Director Education and Training, Ritesh Vashisht, and Software Developer, Deepak Verma.

bksb India won the award due to their tireless efforts in pioneering online, digital English language learning in the state of Punjab. The bksb FOCUS English programme has already been established in some of the most prestigious organisations in Northern India, including Punjab College of Technical Education, Cordia Group and Punjab University.

The Bett Awards are held annually as part of The Bett Show, the leading global showcase of education technology. Bett Awards recognise, reward and celebrate the best learning technology from the United Kingdom and further afield. Earning the right to be a finalist and/or winner is considered an outstanding achievement within the education sector, with just a select few products chosen in each award category.

The Bett Awards are judged by an esteemed adjudication panel. Once entries are submitted, the panel choose the finalists for each of the twenty categories. After a period of further investigation, winners are chosen and announced at the Bett Awards ceremony. The Bett Awards Judges are renowned for their experience and knowledge of ICT educational resources. They are drawn from a bank of experienced teachers with outstanding ICT knowledge and understanding, education consultants and advisers, and high profile ICT journalists.

The Education Resources Awards (ERAs) are national accolades that honour outstanding suppliers in the British education sector. The awards are growing year on year, and for 2015 there were ‘an overwhelming number of entries’ in several categories.

The ERAs are organised by Brilliant Marketing Solutions and the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), and it is the latter organisation that selects the judging panel for the awards. BESA is an industry trade association with over 300 members from Early Years through to Further Education.