24th june, 2014 - le meridien, new delhi(ict) sector in india. this edition of the 2014 frost &...

2014 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards

24th June, 2014 - Le Meridien, New Delhi


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Overview

The much awaited 2014 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards, currently in its 12th year, will acknowledge exemplary companiesand individuals who have pushed the boundaries of excellence –risen above competition and demonstrated outstanding performance in the Information and Communications Technology(ICT) sector in India.

This edition of the 2014 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards isscheduled to be held on June 24, in Le Meridien, New Delhi. Overthe years, Frost & Sullivan Awards program has attracted leadingnames in technology, onto a single platform to compete for themost coveted titles in the ICT sector. We are also hosting another event on the same day at the same venue: Frost & Sullivan's 2014 Digital Media India Summit. Click here for moredetails - www.frost.com/dmindiasummit2014

Benchmarked against the highest standards of measurement, recipients of these Awards indeed represent the best-in-class.Companies that are commended as Frost & Sullivan’s 2014 IndiaICT Award recipients are those with the diligence, perseverance,and dedication required to develop a successful business plan, toexcel in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.

Apart from bringing industry recognition, these Awards offersome key advantages for recipient companies through:• Higher Employee Morale• Improved Investor Relations• Enhanced Visibility for Products or Services• Increased Value to PR and Marketing Efforts• Satisfied Shareholders• Reinforced Positive Client Relationships

Agenda

Schedule-at-a-Glance

06:30 - 07:00 p.m. Registration

07:00 - 07:10 p.m. Welcome Note by Frost & Sullivan

07:10 - 07:15 p.m. Partner Address by LogMeIn

07:15 - 08:15 p.m. Awards Ceremony

08:15 - 08:30 p.m. Break

08:30 - 09:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony

09:30 - 09:40 p.m. Valedictory Speech by Frost & Sullivan

09:40 p.m. onwards Cocktails, Dinner, and Networking

Who’s Attending

The participants’ profile includes the who’s who of the Indian

ICT industry, encompassing:

• Top Management: CEOs, CTOs, CSOs, CFOs, COOs,

Directors

• Senior Management

• Investors

• Venture Capitalists

• Members from Regulatory Bodies and Industry Associations

Award Selection Process

The following selection process is employed in benchmarkingnominees/contenders and determining the Award recipients:

• Frost & Sullivan analysts shortlist/nominate major contenders in each Award category

• Analyst teams conduct detailed research and assessment on market performance of companies, and table the findings, along with recommendations and justifications (please refer to selection criteria for methodology employed)

• Independent Panel of Judges deliberates the findings of the analyst team and decides on the deserving award recipients

Award Selection Criteria

Frost & Sullivan follows a rigorous measurement-based methodology to select recipients in each category. Measurementparameters applied to conduct a detailed study of each nominated company on the basis of actual market performanceindicators have been listed below. Variations on specific measurements may apply to certain categories (please refer toindividual award category description). The base year for thebenchmarking study is calendar year 2013.

• Revenue growth• Market share in specific category and growth in market share• Demonstrated leadership in new product introduction

and innovation• Breadth of products and solutions• Major customer acquisitions• Business/market strategy• Efficacy of innovation process• Product Service Value• Product Service and Positioning




Award Categories

The 2014 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Award Categories are:

ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE

Audio Conferencing Service Provider of the Year

Managed Video Conferencing Service Provider of the Year

Web Conferencing Service Provider of the Year

Software Video Conferencing Service Provider of the Year

Unified Communications Application Vendor of the Year

Video Conferencing Equipment Vendor of the Year

Product Line Strategy Leadership: Network Security

Product Innovation Leadership: Secure Content Management

DIGITAL MEDIA

Product Line Strategy Leadership: Enterprise Content Management

Product Leadership: Digital Marketing Workflows

Customer Value Leadership: Content Delivery Networks

MOBILE AND WIRELESS

Telecom Passive Infrastructure Vendor of the Year

Telecom Active Infrastructure Vendor of the Year

Mobile Commerce Vendor of the Year

ENTERPRISE TELECOM SERVICES

Enterprise Mobile Service Provider of the Year

Enterprise Telecom Service Provider of the Year: Large Enterprise Segment

Enterprise Telecom Service Provider of the Year: SMB Segment

Enterprise Data Service Provider of the Year

Third Party Datacentre Service Provider of the Year

Enterprise 3G Service Provider of the Year

Infrastructure as a Service Provider of the Year

Enterprise Ethernet Service Provider of the Year

EMERGING SOFTWARE PRODUCTS

Product Innovation Leadership: Business Intelligence

Product Innovation Leadership: Marketing Analytics

Product Innovation Leadership: Functional Analytics

Company of the Year: Analytics

Product Innovation Leadership: Enterprise Mobility Applications

Product Innovation Leadership: Enterprise Mobility Security

Product Innovation Leadership: Enterprise Mobility Platforms

Product Innovation Leadership: Enterprise Applications




Ajay Kumar MeherSr VP-IT and Post ProductionMulti- Screen Media

Mr. Ajay Kumar Meher is an industry veteran withmore than 18 years of demonstrated career inleading IT solution implementation in alignmentwith business for multiple industries/technologiesincluding Media and Broadcasting, Consumer

Electronics, and ITeS. Currently heading IT, New Media, and Post Production Departments for Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. (Sony Entertainment Network), one of the leading broadcasters in India, hiskey focus is on strategy and execution, project management, processcreation and management, IT cost management, service/solution creation, and business process re-engineering. He is a keen strategistwith diligent execution capabilities and effective management of variousresources to meet specific key result areas for the organization and hasbeen recognized and awarded CIO-100 for years 2009, 2010, 2011, and2012 by IDG Media for key implementations done for the organization.Solutions such as Media Asset Management with tapeless workflow formultiple publishing platforms such as television, web, mobile, and broadcast management system (BMS), automation of rights managementsystem, scheduling television programs, campaigning, spot booking tillrealization and invoicing, etc. have been implemented by him.

Earlier at Philips, he was actively involved in implementation of the WMSand TMS (integrated with SAP and JDE) project and was an IT representative for the business process re-engineering project.

Alok KumarVice President and Global Head- Internal IT andShared ServicesTATA Consultancy Services

Mr. Alok Kumar is a M.Sc. in Physics and Master ofTechnology in Computer Science from IIT, Mumbaiand has over 28 years of experience in the IT industry.

During this period he has managed large IT projects and established andmanaged large Offshore Development Centers in India. He is currentlyworking as Vice President and Global Head of Internal IT and SharedServices Division of TATA Consultancy Services Limited. In this role heis responsible for managing TCS’ IT Infrastructure and Systems worldwide.

Anju AroraFounder and Managing DirectorADI Media Private Limited

Anju Arora is the Founder and Managing Directorof ADI Media Private Limited, a business-to-business(B2B) information provider. Founded in 1986, ADIMedia has grown from a print-based magazinebusiness to a more complete publisher with

products across print, web, and exhibitions. ADI Media’s B2B productsinclude Communications Today, Medical Buyer, TV Veopar Journal, andBroadcast and CableSat. These products provide a powerful platform tothe telecom, IT, healthcare, consumer electronics, and broadcasting markets.

She is also the co-founder and an executive director on the Board ofADI BPO Services Private Limited. In addition to ADI Media, ADI BPOServices is also the majority shareholder in MPS Limited, a provider oftechnology platforms and managed services to global publishers. MPSLimited is listed on all the major Indian stock exchanges and was aMacmillan company till 2011.

She is an Economics Honors graduate from Lady Shri Ram College, NewDelhi and PGDP from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in 1979.

Ashok K. AggarwalDirectorMint Strategy Advisors

Mr. Ashok K. Aggarwal possess over 35 years ofexperience across various disciplines and industries including human resource management,legal, marketing, management processes and functions, banking, entrepreneurship, new business

setup and development, public speaking/ public relations, and advisoryetc. in both public and private sectors. He is a visionary and has beenthe guiding force in setting up various greenfield projects in the Northeastern region including India’s single largest greenfield pulp andpaper mill in Assam. He is an expert in the socio economic structure ofthe Northeastern Region.

Jury Members

Alok K. BraraCEO & Publisher, India Infrastructure Publishing Private Limited

Alok is the publisher of tele.net magazine and thefounder/CEO of India Infrastructure Publishing, acompany dedicated to providing information,analysis, and insight on infrastructure sectors. Thecompany also publishes Power Line, Renewable

Watch, Smart Utilities, and Indian Infrastructure magazines.

He has been involved with the telecom sector since 1989 when hefounded a consulting practice in the US. His telecom clients includedMCI, Unitel, Ameritech, and Time-Warner.

He has been involved with the telecom sector in India since 1998 whenIndian Infrastructure magazine was launched. His involvement with thesector increased after the launch of tele.net in early 2000. He alsoworked for six years in advertising at JWT New York, where he was avice-president. He has two Master's degrees in business and marketingfrom University of Delhi and from Northwestern University atEvanston, Illinois.




An excellent orator with superior command over English and Hindi, heis a leading speaker and panelist on numerous media channels and severalother forums on subjects like industrialization in the Northeastern region, health, addiction, legal issues, and tobacco control.

He leads Mint Strategy Advisors; a leading strategy consulting group,which champions and liaises with the Government for industry specificpolicies and regulations on behalf of its clients. He served as the honorary Director General of Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India and was instrumental in pursuing the Governmentfor the promotion of R&D, innovation, and IPR creation, and promotionof domestic telecom equipment manufacturing sector in the country.

Bishwanath GhoshCIO-Corporate Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

Mr. Bishwanath Ghosh joined Mahindra & Mahindrain 2008 as Head of IT and Knowledge Managementof Automotive Sector and then took charge asVice President IT and KM of Auto and FarmEquipment Sectors in 2010, before moving to the

current role of CIO-Corporate (Senior Vice President) in 2013.

He is a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, and movedinto Information Technology after his initial years in setting up manufacturing facilities for one of the largest automobile manufacturersin India. He has contributed to the organization significantly by bringingin innovative and state-of-the-art technology solutions. Solutions weredesigned to make the business processes efficient and deliver valuesthat gave significant strategic advantage to the organization. Some of thekey contributions were in the areas of Manufacturing Execution systems,Centralized Dealer Management solution, Leveraging Internet for business.

He received the ‘Best IT Driven Innovation in Automotive Business’award by NASSCOM in February 2013 for eight innovative projects forAuto and Farm Equipment Sectors of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Girish RaoHead-IT Marico Limited

Mr. Girish Rao has more than 24 years of experience, out of which 22 years have been inMarico Ltd. At Marico, he handles the IT for the entire group and has experience in various aspectsof IT starting from legacy systems to enterprise

mobility and analytics. His passion for understanding business has led himto develop innovative solutions for business challenges.

He has also worked in Mahindra Consulting (Bristlecone) as Head of Technology, and has won numerous awards over the years, which includes‘Global CIO’ from Information Week (UBM Group) and ‘CIO100-Asia’ byComputer World. He joined the elite CIO group of in the CIO100 Hall ofFame by winning four times in a row. He holds a Diploma in ComputerManagement and a Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University.

Dinesh KumarCIO Bajaj Group and Wave Infratech

Mr. Dinesh Kumar has about 42 years’ experiencein the field. His educational qualifications are B.Tech(Mech.) and MBA from FMS (DU) with Finance ashis major. He started his career at SAIL – Durgapurand after working for 3 years in Maintenance,

switched over to IT and was trained at IBM and IIM (A). In 1982 he joinedNTPC and was instrumental in architecting and executing IT and Communication infrastructure and software applications. SAP implemen-tation in 2007 at NTPC was considered to be the largest and most comprehensive implementation in India at that time.

In October 2010 he joined Bajaj Group as President and CIO and initiatedseveral technological advancements such as implementation of SAP, tele-presence, etc. Since 2014 he has been CIO at Bajaj Group and WaveInfratech, and apart from IT and Communications, is involved in implementation of the ‘SMART CITY’ concept at Wave Group. He has wonmany awards and accolades in his career.

G.S. Ravi KumarCIOGati Limited

A goal oriented IT leader with over 25 years of experience in strategizing, planning, developing, andimplementing cutting edge IT solutions to addressbusiness opportunities, Mr. Ravi Kumar has workedextensively in service and manufacturing industries

in various organizations in senior roles.

He is associated with Gati Limited in the capacity of Chief Information Officer for the last 13 years and has been part of the Senior LeadershipTeam at Gati Limited. In addition to handling IT, he also handles its Customer Service Function.

During his tenure he has played a major role in transforming the entire ITsystem of Gati Limited to be on par with best in the industry. He was involved in developing a software product called “Gati Enterprise Management System” – GEMS, a custom developed ERP for the ExpressCargo industry. He has been accredited with quite a few first of its kind,very successful implementations in the country in the respective technology areas and the same has figured as case studies in various ITmagazines and websites.

He has applied for patents (awaiting certification) in the area of MobileTechnology. He has the uncanny knack of providing very innovative, cost-effective, “Indianized” IT solutions for business.

He has won many awards such as “CIO – Ingenious 100” in 2009, “CIO –Agile 100” in 2010, CIO-100" in 2012, "CI0 -100 - The Astute 100" in 2013and “CIO Hall of Fame” organized by CIO Magazine (IDG Media Group);NASSCOM – CNBC “IT User Award – 2009” for the logistics vertical;“CTO of the Year 2010 – Second Runner-Up” by the CTO Forum;“EDGE- 2010” for Enterprise Mobility, “EDGE-2011” for Video Conferencing,“EDGE – 2013” for Mobility by Information Week; “India's 100 Most Respected CIO Award” for 2011 by CIO Association of India, among others.




Mukund PrasadDirector-Group HR, Business Transformation & Group CIO, Welspun Group

Mukund’s expertise lies in business transformationthrough technology (Managing the RUN, GROWand TRANSFORM), change management and cultural integration cutting across geographies andcountries.

He is also into Leadership coaching as a CEO Coach and has beentrained by CLI International, Canada.

His strengths are in organization development and change management,and he has developed the HR and IT strategy for a manufacturing con-glomerate that has presence in multiple geographies, product lines, andcustomer base and has driven organizational change through those initiatives. He has made significant contributions in the areas of IT Strategy, SAP, BPR, KM, TQM, ISO-9000, SCM, CRM, HCM initiatives inlarge organizations in India and overseas in the multi-cultural and multigeographical environment of MNCs.

With his expertise in IT Strategy policy planning and execution, he hasexecuted large IT infrastructure (Data Center, BCP, DR), large SAP andsystem integration projects for a conglomerate with presence in multiplecountries such as North America, Europe, Middle East, in addition toIndia, at a global level with 13 manufacturing locations. He has been responsible for creation of shared services, program and portfolio management capabilities, process improvement, automation, and corporategovernance within the group companies. Prior to Welspun, he hasworked in organizations like TATA Steel, PwC, HCL, ISPAT, and Ranbaxyin India in senior management positions.

He is an Engineering Graduate from BIT MESRA and has a MBA fromXLRI, Jamshedpur.

N Jayantha PrabhuCTO, Essar Group

Jayantha is the Group Chief Technology Officer atEssar Group. Associated with the Essar Groupsince January 1999, he has been responsible forestablishing the company’s technical vision andleading all aspects of the company’s technology

development across all areas of Information Technology.

He has been the company’s top technology executive, playing an integralrole in strategic direction, development, and future growth. He findshimself part of the executive team that defines organizational goals forEssar Group. He independently collaborates with six vertical-specificCIOs and CEOs at Essar. He is responsible for managing a team of 45members for around 20,000 user base across 98 locations and 5 datacenters across the globe. In the current assignment, he is in chargeof IT Infrastructure and Technology Project Delivery / Strategy, BusinessTransformation, Vendor Alliance, New Innovation, IT Procurement, NewTechnology Evaluation / Architecture, and IT Center of Excellence. Heis privileged to be honored with several awards and accolades spanningnational and international forums.

Rajesh UppalExecutive Director-IT and CIOMaruti Suzuki India Limited

Rajesh is the Executive Director - IT and CIO ofMaruti Suzuki India Ltd. and is an invitee memberon the Maruti Suzuki board. He is also responsiblefor Maruti’s skill development program for thevalue chain.

Rajesh has a strong belief that IT has taken a very different shape andbuilding software for various automations is now the basic practice. According to him, IT has to play a strategic role by contributing to therevenue, which can be done by improving business processes, reducingoperational costs, enabling product innovations, retaining customers orcreating fresh avenues for generating revenues, and it all needs to complywith the dynamic regulatory environment. His direction and vision hasgiven Maruti IT a different dimension.

His association with Maruti began in 1985, when he joined the IT teamas an executive and was responsible for the initial adoption and evolutionof IT systems. During his long career with Maruti, he has successfullyestablished IT as a critical business function that he heads since 1998as the CIO. As an extended responsibility, he also led Sales Dispatchplanning of vehicles for 2 years.

Prior to joining Maruti, he worked with the IT department of BharatHeavy Electricals Ltd, India’s leading heavy electrical equipment manufacturer. Rajesh is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab University.

S. RamasamyExecutive Director (IS)Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Presently working with Indian Oil CorporationLtd, the largest commercial company of India, asExecutive Director (IS), Corporate Office NewDelhi. He is responsible for IT strategy and hisportfolio includes business information

management, applications development, technology infrastructure,telecommunication networks, and data center operations.

He has 35 years extensive experience and expertise in the petroleumindustry especially in specialized functions such as process operation,advance controls, optimization, and information systems coupled withstrategic planning and management.

He has completed a major IT re-engineering project popularly knownas “Manthan” at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Under Manthan, the company has already rolled-out SAP ECC 6.0 at more than 797 locations in India.




He has been the recipient of the prestigious “Global CIO-2012” awardof Information Weekly of the USA. Amongst several awards and recognitions during his distinguished career, he has led the IOC teamto receive the most coveted eGov award by the Government of Indiathree times for 2009, 2010, and 2011 and SAP ACE Awards consecutivelyfour times. Some of the recent awards for IOC under his leadership include CIO 100 Security award, 2010, CIO100 APC Green IT Award,e-World Award, Check-Point Express Security Strategist Award, and BCIContinuity and Resilience Award.

He is a Chemical Engineer from the National Institute of Technology,Trichy and has a post graduate Diploma in Management (Finance). Heholds double SAP certifications as Development Consultant on Net-weaver ABAP workbench and Solution Consultant on Net-weaverBusiness Information Warehouse.

He is also a “Certified Trainer” by the Indian Society for Training andDevelopment and a “Certified Global CIO” by ISB.

S.C. MittalSr. ED (MS&IT) and Group CTO and DirectorIFFCO and IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Limited

Mr. S.C. Mittal is the Senior Executive Director(Management Services and Information Technology)and Group Chief Technology Officer at IFFCO, thelargest Fertilizer Cooperative worldwide. He has

40 years experience working in various organizations starting withBHEL Haridwar, SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant, and Modi Rubber LimitedUttar Pradesh where he has worked on different applications of IT thatinclude design calculations of turbines and generators, system software,production planning and control, MRP, marketing, financials, etc. He introduced the computerization of BHEL Haridwar in the Design division in 1974 and has been instrumental in setting up of the IT division in IFFCO in 1986. He is responsible for planning and implementation of all IT plans in the organization. As a Group CTO, heis also associated with all major computerization plans in IFFCO Groupcompanies He has been among the first CIOs in India to outsourcecomplete Facility Management of IT Operations in IFFCO. He was alsoamong the first to implement PKI-based e-procurement in the countryin 2002. Mr.Mittal is also serving on the Board of IFFCO Kisan SancharLimited (IKSL) as a Director. IKSL is a joint venture between IFFCO andBharti Airtel Limited and Star Global Resources Limited to provide mobile services and value added services to rural India.

He has presented several papers at national and international forumsand has received several awards for the excellence of IT Applicationslike "Hall of Fame Award", "Best Innovative IT Award", "Green IT Award","Uptime Championship Award", "Edge Technology Award", “MetallurgistsDay Award” from Steel Authority of India, "Smart Workplace Award","Great Mind Challenge For Business Award” from IBM, "Digital InclusionAward" and Certificate of Appreciation from Microsoft on e-procurementsolutions. He has also received CIO 100 Award continuously for fiveyears from IDG, India. He has got 8th position in ‘India's Top 100 MostAppreciated CIOs’ for 2012. He has been felicitated again for beingamong the Top 10 Best CIOs in India by CIO Association of India andDell India.

Sanjeev PrasadCIO, Genpact

Sanjeev is the CIO for Genpact. He is responsiblefor the company’s IT strategy, implementation, andadoption of new technologies. This also includesstrategic initiatives such as Business Process as aService (BPaaS), virtualization, and cloud computingto provide cost-effective, highly-scalable and

quick-to-market solutions, products, and platforms for clients globally.He is also responsible for delivering enterprise applications, IT Infrastructure services, and driving IT innovation for the company. Akey element of his responsibilities is global information security andcompliance.

A respected industry veteran, Sanjeev brings more than 25 years of functional expertise in delivering complex projects across multiple verticals and possesses deep knowledge of diverse IT products and technologies. He joined Genpact in 2006 as an IT leader supporting akey North American financial services company. He has been the IndiaCIO, responsible for India and Philippines operations that included technology solutions, transitions, and service delivery.

An entrepreneur for 10 years, Sanjeev ran a successful IT company, STGInternational, which went public in 2000. He has also worked for USFortune 500 companies such as Nortel and Amdahl, where he workedon innovating new digital products and solutions to drive transformationalchange. He holds a postgraduate degree in engineering from the University of Texas.

Tarun PandeySr. VP-IT, Aditya Birla Financial Services Group

Tarun is the Senior Vice President of IT at AdityaBirla Financial Services Group, having a strongtrack record of conceptualizing, developing, andimplementing robust enterprise IT architecture,platform and infrastructure to address key business requirements while augmenting business

and IT alignment. He has proven his expertise in enterprise technologyintegration, strategic planning, analysis and consulting, project management, and catalyzing organizational change management. Tarunbrings in his rich, hands-on experience of about 20 years in IT and priorto being the senior-most technology decision maker at Aditya Birla Financial Services Group; he was the CTO at ING Investment Management (India). He had also worked in senior technology roles atTata AIG Insurance, Aviva Life Insurance, Hindustan Times, and CocaCola India.




Prasad PatilVice President-IT Essar Group

Mr. Prasad Patil leads the Innovation and NewTechnology initiatives for ESSAR Group, a USD 39billion corporate in diversified businesses likesteel, power, energy, shipping telecommunications,BPO, retail and EPC.

He heads a team working in verticals like mobility, infrastructure, security, network, voice, open source, green IT and applications Mr. Patilhas also worked with Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd and ICICI Bank Ltd.

He has more than 15 years of experience having worked across variousfacets of IT like operations, projects, information security, solution architect, Center of Excellence for IT innovation, vendor management,IT transformation, IT strategy, etc. across the ITIL portfolio.

Mr. Patil has represented Essar in various industry forums as a Speaker,Expert Panelist, etc. across a varied spectrum of topics on IT. He has aB.E. degree (Mechanical Engineering from University of Mumbai and isan MBA in IT from Sikkim Manipal University. He is also a certified ISMSand ITIL ver. 3 professional, and has completed PMP Study FacilitationProgramme.

Umesh MehtaCIO, Jubilant Life Sciences Limited

Umesh is a seasoned executive who has manyyears of experience in the ICT industry. A CIOwith deep business acumen and a very strong abilityto weave technology with business, Umesh hasmore than 20 years of experience in the field ofIT and has worked with world renowned

manufacturing organizations like Suzuki, Fiat Group, and Essar Group.During his long tenure with these companies he has handled domesticas well as international assignments in IT and Supply Chain improvementand has been able to effectively use IT for strategic business advantages.

Umesh, in his present position as CIO, is a key decision maker for newIT initiatives and is responsible for managing the IT landscape at JubilantGroup. Umesh has a degree in Computer Science from Delhi Universityand is an Alumnus of XLRI-Jamshedpur.

Varun SoodCIO Head- Strategic InitiativesFortis Healthcare Limited

Mr. Varun Sood is CIO and Vice President - StrategicInitiatives, at Fortis Healthcare, India’s fastestgrowing healthcare delivery company. He is currently spearheading efforts at integrating andtransforming the company using IT as a key

business driver and a source of competitive advantage for the company.

Prior to joining Fortis Healthcare, he worked with Ranbaxy LaboratoriesLtd. and the Compunnel Software Group where, among other engagements, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers and telecommajor, Verizon.

After garnering valuable experience for almost a decade in various op-erational roles in IT, including business solutions and business processreengineering and optimization, he worked in senior positions for sevenyears, addressing all aspects of business. During this period, he drovethe integration of multiple business acquisitions from synergy evaluationto realization, conceptualized and implemented large organization development initiatives, and led strategy development efforts to addresscritical business transformation needs.

He has worked across multiple industries, functions, geographies andcultures, and has lived and worked in India, the USA, and South Africa.He is the Co-Chair at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) CIOForum for 2014-2015.

Vijay SethiVP IS and HR and CIO, Hero Motocorp Limited

Vijay Sethi is the Vice President Information Systems and HR and Chief Information Officer atHero MotoCorp Ltd. He also serves as a Directoron the Board of M/s HMCMM Auto Ltd. (a jointventure of Hero MotoCorp and M/s MagnetiMarelli of Italy).

He is a member of various national forums including CII’s NationalCommittee on IT, ITeS and e-Commerce, Chairman of MSME subcommittee of CII’s IT ITeS Committee, Chairman of IT Committeeof Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). He is also aBoard member of SAP India User Group (INDUS) and is on the advisory councils of several leading organizations. He is leading thelargest industry wide initiative in automotive industry, which aims at enabling Electronic Data Interchange between OEMs and auto compo-nent manufacturers.

He has also been a Member of National Knowledge Council of CII andalso a Member of CII Core Group on eInvoicing.

Rated as India’s Best CIO, he has won several prestigious recognitionsincluding India’s Top 5 Most Respected CIOs, CIO of the year, CIO Hallof Fame, Super League CIO,,Global CIO, India’s Best IT Manager, andmany others. Vijay was also featured in the list of World's top 50 CIOs,India's Greatest Corporate Leaders and in the compendium "The Magnificent Heros" - a Coffee Table book featuring India's 20 CIOs.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, an MBA in Materials Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.




Vikram IdnaniCIOTrent Limited

Mr. Vikram Idnani heads IT at Trent Ltd., a Tata Enterprise, comprising Westside, Landmark andStar Bazaar retail chains. He is responsible forleading and implementing IT strategy.

He has been on both sides of the retail table providing technology expertise first as a consultant and then as technology head of Trent. Asa consultant, he spent almost a decade in the US, consulting for Retailand Consumer Goods firms including Borders, Home Depot, K-Mart,PepsiCo and interned at JD Williams (UK). He has also worked withAirlines, Finance, and Home Building and Healthcare industries.

As the technology head at Trent, he has spearheaded SAP implementationsfor all of Trent’s retail businesses. He has led technology change throughautomation in supply chain and retail store operations and initiatives ine-commerce, mobility, business intelligence and use of the cloud. He hasled Westside and Star Bazaar’s entry into open source Linux for theirpoint-of-sale and Loyalty programs in 2008, the first such implementationby any retailer in India.

Mr. Idnani has a B.E. degree (Computer Engineering) from Mumbai University. He is a British Chevening Scholar and has studied advancedinformation technology management at Manchester Business School.




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