ABU Engineering Industry Excellence Award

For outstanding engineering contributions made by an individual to the broadcasting industry

The inaugural ABU Engineering Industry Award was conferred on Bimal Kumar De, former Engineer-in-Chief of Doordarshan, India.

ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award

For outstanding contributions in broadcasting engineering and related disciplines.

Taiji Nishizawa, former Director General of the NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories, received the first ABU Engineering Excellence Award.