The 2026 India & South Asia Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) were presented on Thursday, 2nd July 2026 during a special ceremony at the ASIS South Asia Conference, held at the JW Marriott, Aerocity, New Delhi.
With an impressive turnout of more than 300 security professionals, the evening brought together leaders, practitioners and innovators from across the security sector to recognise and celebrate outstanding performance, professionalism and achievement across India and South Asia.
The winners of the 2026 India & South Asia OSPAs are:
Outstanding In-House Security Manager/Director sponsored by MitKat Advisory
Samir Ghaghda – Diageo India
Outstanding Security Team
Physical Security Technical Team – Infosys
Outstanding Contract Security Company (Guarding)
Peregrine Guarding
Outstanding Security Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India
Outstanding Security Training Initiative
COM-SUR Video Surveillance and Imaging AI Technologies
Outstanding Security Installer/Integrator
Soteria Command Center – Tenon Group
Outstanding New Security Product
DHEERAJ – Deepfake Handling Engine for Expert Recognition and Authentication of Judgements
Outstanding Security Partnership
DigiCert, Digio and JNR Management Resources
Outstanding Security Officer sponsored by Godrej
Ankit Jaswal – Tata Power
Outstanding Female Security Professional
Niharika Karamchandani – InQuest Advisories
Outstanding Young Security Professional
Praveen Raj – WoRisGo
Outstanding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
Vedanta Limited
Outstanding Security Sustainability Award
Vedanta Aluminium & Power
Lifetime Achievement sponsored by Security India
Milind M. Borkar
A huge thank you to all our finalists, whose work continues to demonstrate the highest standards of professionalism, innovation and commitment to protecting people, assets and communities. We also extend our appreciation to everyone who submitted entries this year. The quality of nominations once again reflects the strength and continued development of the security profession across the region.
All winners, except for the Lifetime Achievement Award, have automatically qualified for the Global OSPAs, where they will compete alongside OSPA winners from countries around the world. The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award has also been inducted into the Security Hall of Fame in recognition of their exceptional and lasting contribution to the security profession.
We extend our sincere thanks to our event partner, ASIS India, and our Knowledge Partner, MitKat Advisory, for their valued collaboration and support.
We also gratefully acknowledge our Category Sponsors: MitKat Advisory, Godrej, and Security India, whose support helped recognise excellence across this year’s award categories.
Finally, we would like to thank our supporting associations and the independent panel of judges for their time, expertise and dedication in assessing this year’s outstanding nominations, as well as everyone who attended and contributed to making the 2026 India & South Asia OSPAs such a memorable celebration.
Congratulations once again to all the winners and finalists!
