Red Hat Honours Indian Trailblazers at APAC Innovation Awards 2025

Indian Bank, Tata Teleservices, Unity Small Finance Bank, and SBI recognised for impactful open-source adoption

Red Hat, the global leader in open-source solutions, has announced the India winners of the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2025, celebrating the organisations that harnessed open-source technologies to accelerate innovation, digital transformation, and long-term business value. The winners from India include Indian Bank, Tata Teleservices, Unity Small Finance Bank, and State Bank of India (SBI).

State Bank of India

With the theme “Unlock what’s next,” this year’s awards spotlight 30 winners across Asia-Pacific who demonstrated exceptional ingenuity in applying Red Hat technologies to strengthen operational agility, drive competitiveness, and foster new business opportunities in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. The awards span five categories: Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud-Native Development, Automation, and the newly introduced AI & Emerging Tech.

In the Cloud-Native Development category, Indian Bank was recognised for deploying India’s first private cloud infrastructure by a public sector bank using Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus. This move modernised the bank’s legacy systems, enhanced agility, and enabled the delivery of mission-critical services across digital lending, omnichannel banking, and financial inclusion.

Tata Teleservices (TTSL) earned honours under Digital Transformation and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure. By adopting Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud framework, TTSL created a unified, scalable, and resilient technology foundation that improves service delivery and strengthens its position as a trusted partner to businesses across India.

Unity Small Finance Bank was acknowledged in the Digital Transformation category for implementing Red Hat OpenShift to build a flexible architecture supporting rapid deployment of digital solutions. This enabled the bank to enhance customer engagement, strengthen service delivery, and expand access to underserved communities.

India’s largest lender, State Bank of India, was recognised in Digital Transformation and Cloud-Native Development for leveraging Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Red Hat Ansible Automation to build a cloud-native architecture powering internet banking, mobile platforms, and branch portals. This modernization has enhanced scalability, resilience, and security while supporting SBI’s ambitious digital roadmap.

Speaking on the regional achievements, Marjet Andriesse, Senior Vice President & GM, Red Hat APJC, highlighted the importance of open-source in driving business transformation amid rapid technological change. Leaders from the awarded institutions shared similar sentiments, emphasising how Red Hat’s open technologies helped them modernise operations, innovate at scale, and deliver faster, more secure services.

These recognitions reflect India’s accelerated shift toward open-source technologies, highlighting how financial and connectivity leaders are embracing innovation to build scalable, future-ready enterprises.