Three years passed in the blink of an eye since the fourth edition of the CIMA Awards in 2022. At last, following the final exit of the pandemic, the artistic community of India has finally settled down, and we have progressed to the CIMA Awards 2025. 

Out of nearly 1,200 applicants this year, our esteemed preliminary jury of 13 members (made up of leading practising artists, a cinematographer and an art historian) shortlisted 213 finalists for the much-anticipated triennial awards programme. This was indeed a Herculean task, completed with utter diligence, care, and critical appraisal. I wish to convey my sincere gratitude to all the jurors, both preliminary and final, for painstakingly deciphering the very best from the selected finalists.