Upside Learning Recognized Globally with 11 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards® 2025
The 2025 Brandon Hall Group™ HCM Excellence Awards® recognizes best practices for initiatives in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Performance, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and the Future of Work.
Upside Learning Wins 8 Gold and 3 Silver
Upside Learning Solutions, a division of Mitr Learning & Media and a leader in innovative learning solutions, won 8 Gold and 3 Silver Brandon Hall Group™ awards for excellence in the Learning and Development and Talent Acquisition categories.
Upside Learning’s wins (including program, award level, and entry title) were announced on August 14, 2025. You can view the complete list of winners here: https://excellenceawards.brandonhall.com/winners/.
Winning entries
- Gold – Best Compliance Training with K&S Corporation Limited
- Gold – Best Compliance Training with World Bank Group
- Gold – Best Custom Content with AstraZeneca
- Gold – Best Learning in the Flow of Work with World Bank Group
- Gold – Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program with World Bank Group
- Gold – Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program with International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group
- Gold – Best Use of Games or Simulations for Learning with World Bank Group
- Gold – Best New Hire Onboarding Program with World Bank Group
- Silver – Best Custom Content with European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
- Silver – Best Custom Content with World Bank Group
- Silver – Best Use of Performance Support with Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd.
“These awards highlight the dedication of our team and the trust of our clients. Each winning entry reflects our commitment to building impactful learning experiences that align with business needs and deliver measurable results. We are honored to be recognized once again on this global stage,” said Rahul Bansal and Siddharth Agarwal, Co-Founders of Mitr Learning & Media.
“This year’s Excellence Award winners exemplify the transformative power of strategic human capital management. Through their innovative approaches to talent development and employee engagement, these organizations have not only achieved remarkable business outcomes but have also redefined what it means to create truly people-centric workplaces. Our comprehensive evaluation process has identified these programs as benchmarks for organizational excellence and innovation,” said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group™ and HCM Excellence Awards® program leader.
Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives based on these criteria:
- Alignment to their business need and environment
- Program design, functionality, and delivery
- Adoption, integration, user experience, innovation, and creativity
- Overall effectiveness, impact, and measurable benefits
Excellence Award winners will continue to be honored at Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference, February 9–12, 2026, at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida. Select winners will also serve as presenters in breakout sessions, sharing their leading practices during the conference.
“The 2025 Excellence Award recipients represent the pinnacle of achievement in human capital management. What sets this year’s winners apart is their bold embrace of emerging technologies and their commitment to creating meaningful employee experiences that drive tangible business results. These organizations have demonstrated that when you invest in your people with purpose and innovation, the impact resonates throughout the entire enterprise, creating sustainable competitive advantages in today’s dynamic business landscape,” said Mike Cooke, Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group™.
About Upside Learning
Upside Learning Solutions, a division of Mitr Learning & Media, is a two-decade-old, multi-award-winning provider of learning solutions. Specializing in learning consulting, developing science-backed custom training programs, and offering top-tier learning staff augmentation services, Upside Learning helps L&D leaders achieve impactful business results. Over the years, Upside Learning has won more than 170+ global accolades (including the likes of Brandon Hall Group and Deloitte, amongst other noteworthy names).
Learn more at www.upsidelearning.com.
Media Contact
Venudhar Bhatt
Executive Vice President
Mitr Learning & Media
venudhar@mitrmedia.com
About Brandon Hall Group™
Brandon Hall Group™ is the only professional development company that offers data, research, insights, and certification to Learning and Talent executives and organizations. The best minds in Human Capital Management (HCM) choose Brandon Hall Group™ to help them create future-proof employee development plans for the new era.
For over 30 years, we have empowered, recognized, and certified excellence in organizations worldwide, influencing the development of over 10 million employees and executives. Our HCM Excellence Awards® program was the first to recognize organizations for learning and talent and is the gold standard, known as the “Academy Awards of Human Capital Management.”
The awards recognize the best organizations that have successfully developed and deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems and tools that have achieved measurable results. We are honored to receive applications from organizations worldwide ranging from small, medium, large and global enterprises to government, not-for-profits and associations.