Champions of Change (COC) is an Indian award for promoting Indian values like community service, social development, healthcare, education and national unity, selected by constitutional jury members headed by K. G. Balakrishnan, the Former Chief Justice of India and Former Chairman NHRC and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India.

Nandan Jha is the founder and organizer of champions of change awards and chairman of the 'Interactive Forum on Indian Economy'.

[6] The first edition ceremony took place on 26 December’ 2018 at Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi with Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu as the Chief Guest and notable awardees included: The second edition of COC happened at 10, Rajaji Marg (Residence of Former President of India, Late Pranab Mukherjee) & Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 20 January’2020 with Former President of India Late Pranab Mukherjee as Chief Guest and notable awardees included:[11] The third edition took place at Taj Resort & Convention Centre, Goa on 16 April’2021 with Governor of Maharashtra & Goa Bhagat Singh Koshyari as chief guest and list of awardees included:[15] The fourth edition of COC happened at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 26 February 2023 with Former President of India Ramnath Kovind as Chief Guest and notable awardees included:[16][17][18] Champions of Change Maharashtra Award is a state award for recognition and acknowledgement of the efforts of those who work to bring change in the society.

The notable awardees included Devendra Fadnavis, Dilip Walse-Patil, Nana Patole, Jackie Shroff, Dia Mirza, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Himanshu Shah, Motilal Oswal, Sindhutai Sapkal, and Popatrao Pawar.

The notable awardees included Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Aziz Qureshi, Tijan Bai, Vikram Verma, Syed Zafar Islam, Malini Gaur, Dilip Suryavanshi, Girish Agarwal, Bhagirathi Prasad, Piyush Mishra, Banwari Lal Chouksey, Divyanka Tripathi and Arya Chhabra.