Recognizes the winners of the second edition of awards—“India’s best CIOs”, held in Mumbai
Dell in partnership with the CIO Association of India (CAI) recognized the winners of the second edition of awards—“India’s best CIOs”, held in Mumbai, which witnessed the gathering of the top 50 CIOs of the country, selected based on peer-to-peer nominations.
Vijay Sethi, CIO, Hero MotoCorp and T.G. Dhandapani, CIO, TVS Motors were awarded the first two places respectively in the community-driven CIO Award Series. Ajit Manocha, CIO, Syngene International (Biocon) and Suneel Aradhye, Group CIO, RPG Group were jointly awarded the third place. J.S. Sodhi, CIO, Amity Group awarded as ‘India’s most eminent CIO’ for the second time.
The theme of the event was ‘Winning through Transformative Leadership’’ where the awards were presented by Sourav Ganguly, ex-Captain of the Indian Cricket team. The other keynote speaker at the event was Arvind Gupta, National Head, Information and Technology of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Gaurav Chand, Vice President, Marketing, Commercial, Dell, said, “These are exciting times for CIOs. The dynamic nature of technology has brought with it greater possibilities for efficiency, productivity and opportunities for innovation than ever before. It is certainly an honor for me to interact with Indian CIOs who are leading impactful innovation and we at Dell will do everything to enable and empower them to excel in their business.”
Tapan ‘Ananta’ Garg, Founder & CEO, CAI, said, “Often the work of the CIO goes unnoticed in the larger scheme of things, bucketed in to the category of ‘taken for granted’ in an Organisation. Our vision for the Best CIO awards was to felicitate deserving CIOs and encourage them to take their respective organisations through the next leap of growth. The participation from the community has been overwhelming and reflective of the support that exists in the community.”
