TiE DC Annual Awards & Diwali Gala

TiE DC’s Annual Awards & Diwali Gala is Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM at FUSE at Mason Square, 3351 Fairfax Drive in Arlington. The chapter bills festive elegance with aqua hues encouraged, and keeps the night long on cocktails and short on speeches. The inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Reggie Aggarwal, founder and CEO of Cvent—one of the entrepreneurs who helped stand up TiE DC’s early years after the Indian High Tech CEO Council merged into TiE around 2000. The evening also presents Visionary Entrepreneur of the Year, Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, and Catalyst of the Year. LinkedIn promotion listed a November 7 registration deadline; the gala page still says registration is open as of this scrape. Confirm on the live events.tie.org flow or email exec@tie-dc.org before you count on a seat.

This is a members-and-guests evening. Charter members plus one personal guest attend free. Members buy a member ticket; one personal guest is listed at $150, with sales opened October 9. Guests must be a spouse, partner, or friend—not a professional contact—and registration captures guest name, employer, and relationship. Law, accounting, banking, wealth, insurance, real estate, staffing, and consulting firms cannot purchase admission; sponsoring is how those teams get in. TiE DC’s office on the gala page is 200 Little Falls Street, Suite 205, Falls Church. The Indus Entrepreneurs network started in Silicon Valley in 1992; this chapter is the DMV founder and investor stack.

Charter members, dues-paying members, and investors already inside TiE DC are the intended room. If your firm sells legal, banking, or consulting services into that room, read the sponsorship ladder instead of hunting a $150 guest workaround. Friday’s IAMBIG Hilton Diwali is the concert-and-Rasika night; Monday’s Ascend Greater Washington IAG in Fairfax is the day-long leadership conference.

Fairfax Drive at Mason Square sits on Ballston / Virginia Square Metro. Bring confirmation and ID that matches the guest form. Recheck dc.tie.org/events/gala if the door policy shifted after the November 7 deadline note.