A 5 member jury comprising well-known personalities drawn from different walks of life, deliberated on the categories, criteria and parameters. The Jury also then ratified the final framework which was adhered to in arriving at the rankings.

• 1.    Dr. Bimal Jalan - Former Governor, RBI (Jury Chairman)
• 2.    Mr. Bakul Dholakia – Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad
• 3.    Mr. M Damodaran – Former Chairman, SEBI
• 4.    Dr. Saibal Gupta – Secretary, Asian Development Research Institute
• 5.    Mr. TSR Subramanian - Ex-Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India