Recognising
women. Lighting
Hyderabad.

The platform serves two connected purposes: recognition, through transparent criteria, jury review and public engagement — and community data, building a structured, consent-based record of women leaders, professionals, changemakers and entrepreneurs in the city.

Public voting is included, but it supports — it does not replace — independent jury evaluation.

Brand and governance note. The website must clearly state the initiative is led by Lions Club of Kukatpally Centennial. It should not imply that Lions International headquarters directly administers, endorses or selects awardees unless formally authorised. Only official brand-approved Lions assets should be used, and the final lockup, wording and emblem use should receive internal approval before launch.

Partner hierarchy

• Community Service & Humanitarian Impact — women leading sustained service or community interventions.
• Health & Well-being — women improving access, awareness, prevention or care.
• Education & Youth Development — women improving learning, skills, mentoring or youth opportunity.
• Environment & Sustainability — women advancing environmental responsibility or sustainable practices.
• Innovation & Professional Leadership — women creating notable innovation or professional impact.
• Arts, Culture & Creative Contribution — women preserving, advancing or using culture and creativity for impact.
• Entrepreneurship — handled entirely through the dedicated Diya Entrepreneur Awards stream.

Basic eligibility principles

• Woman founder, co-founder, owner or principal decision-maker.
• Enterprise based in, or substantially operating in, the Hyderabad metropolitan area.
• Business must be operational; duration requirement may vary by category.
• Information submitted must be verifiable.
• Nominees must consent to profile publication and voting if shortlisted.
• Partners, sponsors and club members may nominate — conflicts must be declared and managed.

Public users: visitors, nominees, nominators, voters, partners, supporters, media, invited guests.   Secure users: administrators, screening committee, jury members, authorised Lions project leadership.

Nomination form sections

• Nominator details — self or third-party nomination; contact and relationship.
• Nominee identity — name, contact, area, professional profile, consent status.
• Organisation / enterprise — name, sector, year established, location, website, socials.
• Category selection — Vanitha stream or Diya entrepreneurship category.
• Impact evidence — problem addressed, beneficiaries, jobs created, reach, innovation, sustainability.
• Achievements — milestones, recognition, media coverage, measurable outcomes.
• Supporting documents — profile, registration proof, photographs, articles, references, optional video.
• Public profile consent — permission to publish shortlisted nominee information.
• Declaration — accuracy, rights to submitted content, conflict disclosure.

1. Nominations received
2. Eligibility & evidence screening
3. Shortlist approved
4. Public finalist profiles published
5. Verified public voting
6. Independent jury scoring
7. Weighted result & leadership validation
8. Winners announced at the event

Recommended weighting

Jury score weighs merit, evidence, impact and category fit. Public vote reflects community engagement and support — deliberately capped as the minority component.

Conflict safeguards

• Jury members disclose relationships with nominees; a conflicted juror does not score that nominee.
• Service Partners and Community Supporters receive no automatic nomination or judging advantage.
• A partner organisation may be nominated only under a documented conflict-management process.
• Club members connected to a nominee recuse themselves from that nominee's screening or decision-making.

Access roles

Super administrator · Project administrator · Screening reviewer · Jury member · Content editor · Partner coordinator · Read-only leadership reviewer.

Approvals required before public launch

• Confirm Vanitha as an official club-led service initiative.
• Confirm Diya as the entrepreneurship-only stream within Vanitha.
• Approve the public voting principle and jury / public weighting range.
• Approve club governance structure and authorised project signatories.
• Approve Lions brand usage process and final public wording.
• Approve initial recognition streams and maximum Year 1 categories.
• Approve the Service Partner and Community Supporter model.
• Approve conflict-of-interest, privacy and data-use principles.
• Approve the preliminary event format and expenditure ceiling.
• Authorise NB Blue Studios to prepare detailed UI/UX and technical specifications.

Sequence after approval — do not build the website yet

1. Form the Vanitha steering committee under Lions Club of Kukatpally Centennial.
2. Record formal approval — ownership, finance handling, reporting responsibility.
3. Finalise Year 1 categories, eligibility and evaluation criteria.
4. Confirm the Lions brand lockup and approved wording.
5. Prepare the data dictionary, privacy notice and consent language.
6. Prepare the Service Partner prospectus and begin confidential outreach.
7. Prepare detailed wireframes and technical specification.
8. Build and privately test nomination, voting, jury and admin modules.
9. Launch only after categories, jury, partner commitments and event feasibility are confirmed.