Awards & Recognition

Records, awards & certifications

A Guinness World Record, national business awards, hackathon wins, and recognition from his alma mater, alongside the certifications behind the work.

Guinness World Record certificate, Most Participants in an App Development Marathon

Guinness World Record · 2012

Most Participants in an App Development Marathon

In 2012, Ankit was part of Microsoft Windows AppFest in Bangalore, a record-setting global app development marathon recognized by Guinness World Records.

A milestone that marked an early chapter in a journey of building technology at scale.

Awards

Recognition along the way

2026

Pride of SKIT 2026

Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Recognised by his alma mater at PRAVAH 2026 for "dedication to service and bringing honour to the institution", Batch of 2011, Computer Science Engineering.

2026

Leadership Award

University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Jaipur

Presented at UEM Jaipur's panel discussion on the National Education Policy, recognising leadership bridging education and industry excellence.

2025

Winner, Pitch Competition — The Olin Cup

Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School

Won The Olin Cup pitch competition during his Executive MBA at WashU's Olin Business School, part of the joint programme with IIT Bombay.

2025

Tech Titans of Rajasthan

The Times of India

HabileLabs featured among Rajasthan's Tech Titans by The Times of India, at an event graced by Hon'ble Deputy CM Ms. Diya Kumari.

2025

Top 10 Best Event Tech Startups 2025

SiliconIndia Startup City

Event Nerve, a venture co-founded by Ankit, recognised by SiliconIndia as one of the Top 10 Best Event Tech Startups of 2025.

2024

Best Startup in Health / HealthTech

ET Rajasthan Business Awards, The Economic Times

Recognised for pushing the boundaries of innovation in the HealthTech space at the Economic Times Rajasthan Business Awards.

2024

Best Cloud Initiative of the Year

ETBFSI Exceller Awards 2024

Awarded for HabileLabs' Cloud-Based Aadhaar Masking Solution, an RBI-compliant platform trusted by leading banks and NBFCs, processing 1.5M+ documents.

2024

1st Place, AWS Game On, APJ Region

Amazon Web Services

First place across the Asia-Pacific & Japan region in AWS's partner competition.

2022

First Runner-up, Amazon Smbhav Hackathon

Amazon

Team Habilelabs_iot placed among the Top 10 finalists and finished first runner-up in Season 2 of the Amazon Smbhav Hackathon.

2011

First Prize, Service Innovation Challenge

Service Innovation Challenge

The first in a series of back-to-back awards in 2011 that laid the foundation for Ankit's entrepreneurial journey.

IBM Blue Scholar

IBM

Selected as an IBM Blue Scholar for academic and technical excellence.

Winner, IBM 'The Great Mind Challenge 10'

IBM

Recognised as a winner at IBM's flagship national student innovation competition, The Great Mind Challenge, which holds a Limca Book of Records entry for the most participants in a contest of its kind.