NCINGA wins 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year award

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NCINGA representatives receive the 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year Award for Social Impact at Google Cloud Next ‘26 in Las Vegas, USA. From left: Google Cloud Partners and Corporate Business, Asia Pacific Managing Director Anthony McMahon, NCINGA Head – Marketing Gayathrie Dissanayake, Vice President – Strategic Solutions Isuru Ponnamperuma, and Google Cloud India and SAARC Growth Leader and Head – Strategic Partnerships and Distribution Satyendra Khare

NCINGA has received the 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year Award for Social Impact: Community Empowerment and Resilience at the Google Cloud Next 2026 conference held in Las Vegas, USA.

This global award from Google Cloud recognises a single partner with a sustained, genuine commitment to social impact through technology. Social uplifting goals has been a fundamental pillar of NCINGA’s business model from the beginning. Through its “Foundation of Humanity” initiative, NCINGA leverages Google Cloud technologies to empower Sri Lanka’s most vulnerable communities across programs that support digital inclusion, education, gender empowerment, healthcare, energy supply reliability, and renewable energy transition.

Google Cloud Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels President Kevin Ichhpurani said: “The Google Cloud Partner Awards honor the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers. We are proud to name NCINGA a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”

NCINGA Founder and Chairman Imal Kalutotage said: “Our social impact work through the Foundation of Humanity is inseparable from our business philosophy: technology should create opportunity and build resilience for everyone. ‘Engineered for Humanity’ means solving human-centric problems, through technology for our customers and the communities we serve.”

“Guided by our commitment to equity, inclusion and shared responsibility, the Foundation invests 10% of our net profits into education, leadership, entrepreneurship, and healthcare initiatives. We aim to build resilience and increase opportunities for communities who need it most. Our global community is deeply interconnected, and wider access to technology is imperative for collective progress,” added Kalutotage.

Over the years, NCINGA has spearheaded social impact through programmes aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Key initiatives include AI and machine learning upskilling for rural IT educators, school infrastructure renovations and digital access expansion in underserved communities, educational supplies for children of low-income workers, legal awareness and entrepreneurial skill-building workshops for women in rural sectors, and critical funding for emergency public healthcare services during the economic downturn.

NCINGA’s long term vision includes leveraging Google AI alongside Google Cloud to enhance energy provision, benefiting individuals, businesses, and economies alike. By applying these tools, NCINGA aims to improve energy reliability, reduce fuel wastage by enabling better management of demand and supply, facilitate the green transition, and lessen fossil fuel dependency. These efforts embody NCINGA’s founding ethos and will become increasingly relevant at a time of energy supply challenges.