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Strategic Thinkers All of us aspire for change. Change that is filled with new skills, new competencies, new risk taking abilities, new vision,a combination of agility and, of course, pragmatism. All of these are embedded in good measure in these aspiring future CIOs and strategic thinkers, who I call ‘NEXT100 Awards 2012 Winners’. These rising stars are not only ready to drive change as change agents, but are also equipped to adorn strategic leadership roles in an organisation, giving a completely new connotation to the role of IT. There is a strong reason behind this belief. These 100 future CIOs, some of who had never thought they possessed the critical competencies and skills which would enable them to become CIOs, found themselves to be in a different competitive and intelligent world during their journey through the NEXT100 awards. I am speaking about the third edition of IT Next’s NEXT100 Awards 2012, that identified 100 future CIOs through a six-month gruelling selection process, which concluded recently. For most winners, it was a dream come true to be declared a future CIO. As one of the NEXT100 award recipients said, “The NEXT100 Awards selection process introduced my inner self to me, revealed my traits, my personality and facts to the last mile correctness, which was mind-blowing.” My interactions with most winners re-emphasised the fact that these senior IT executives were geared up and perfectly suited and qualified to play a strategic institutional role by being innovative partners. They proved beyond doubt that they were equipped and charged up to make changes in the technological environment to enable business growth. Bestowed with the NEXT100 award, these winners carry a compelling vision to think strategically while taking decisions.

“NEXT100 rising stars are not only ready to drive change as change agents, but are also equipped to adorn strategic leadership roles” Geetha Nandikotkur

Blogs To Watch! What does it mean to win Greatest Around? Plain and simple, it means your community loves you. Not just the community but your friends, fans, patrons, patients and most likely your family. You’re a winner! http://greatestaround.com/ how-it-works/winning/ “Leaders aren’t born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work” http://www.motivatingwords. net/leaders-are-made-not-born Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader http://www.nwlink. com/~donclark/leader/leadcon. html

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INBoX COVER STORY | TECHNOLOGY TRENDS Adarsh states that the near DR is planned to handle the infrastructurespecific incidents with a less recovery time objective (RTO) and zero RTO virtually. The far DR is planned for site-specific disasters with an RTO of 30 minutes and a recovery point objective (RPO) of 4 hours maximum.

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ING Vysya Bank’s Prasad has several goals as a part of his agenda. However, the priority projects are on rolling out a mobile banking strategy to enable customers to transact on smartphones.Data management is the key business requirement that Prasad finds as part of the regulatory

compliance for updating the board members with regular financial updates on the dashboard. “I would be making strategic investments around having Business Intelligence and analytics solutions to manage create data marts and data warehousing models,” says Prasad.

“Cloud will be the major thrust area in the coming year to empower the end consumer and I observe DATA

CENTRES, SOFTWARE AND STORAGE SOLUTIONS BEING MO VED TO PRIVATE CLOUD”

TESTING OUT NEW CUSTOMER DELIVERY MODELS to make it all pervasive with the help of technology”

The third major initiative, which is on-going and extending into 2013, is that ING Vysya Bank is making largescale investments on upgrading the core banking platform and transitioning from its two-tier architecture model to absorbing modern technologies and platforms, besides virtualising platforms. The Rs 2200 crore Mahesh Bank, The AP Mahesh Co-operative Urban

— CVG Prasad, CIO, ING Vysya Bank

Technologies that Plague Banking and Financial Services in 2013

“I have plans to go with the the PUBLIC CLOUD

cloud storage option to backup critical files” Adarsh R, Head-IT, Kerala Financial

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Mobile banking P H OTO GR A P H Y : SUB H O J I T PAUL & J I T E N GA N DH I

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“The regulatory framework of the banking industry demands

Cloud computing Virtualisation Data management e-tailing Last mile connectivity solutions Up-scaling core banking platform

Bank Ltd., with its headquarters in Hyderabad, has listed e-tailing and mobile banking technologies as the top priorities in 2013 to improve the fund transaction process across its customer segments. Vivekanand Venugopal, Vice President & General Manager, India, Hitachi Data Systems, endorses the view and says that banking and financial services sectors are increasingly deploying customerfacing technologies. “BFSI in general is making big investment around business analytics, CRM and focused on new customer acquisitions using the data being made available by these technologies,” points Venugopal. Shishir Singh, Director, Product Marketing, Dell India, admits that, “Given the focus on driving cost efficiencies, productivity and business growth, we will continue to see technologies such as virtualisation lead the way. As more and more medium and large-sized companies accelerate the need for dynamic and converged infrastructure to support the business needs of next economic cycle, and look for optimised utilisation of resources

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such as space, power & cooling and people, virtualisation will help drive improved ROI and efficiency,” he says.

Plan of Action The first step in planning the approach to absorb new technologies starts from budgeting and evaluating the current projects. There is a clear demarcation between cost and investment at ING Vysya Bank as Prasad maintains that the budget allocated towards maintaining the infrastructure and keeping the lights on is treated as cost and the new project are investments. “I see an incremental investment of 20 per cent in the coming year which is driven by the business need,” says Prasad. At ING Vysya Bank, while there is no hard and fast rule to the investment number, it is essentially the projections made by users’ needs in collaboration with IT teams. As a strategy, Prasad involves his team in working out the technology and budget roadmap in collaborating with the top business heads well before the budgeting cycle begins. “It is also the responsibility of the business groups to justify the need of using a particular technology,” says Prasad.

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I would like to inform you that I have just left Lanco to take up the role of a CIO at Kanoria Group. The Next100 Award has really given my career a boost. Besides the new responsibilities of a CIO, I am also responsible for profit and loss and business development of the group’s IT companies. Thank you once again. I look forward to continued support from the ITNext team which will help me perform better and scale up to a higher level in my career.

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At the first instance, I would like to offer my “Vote of Thanks” to the entire 9.9 media team. While Vikas Gupta proposed a vote of thanks to all the participants, I, as a winner of Next100 Award, must thank you, the team, for the great efforts put in to make the programme successful. After the event, I thought about the programme and the following thoughts came to mind, which I wish to share with you: What has the programme given us? 1. An excellent platform for youngsters. 2. A very scientific process of evaluation, a learning experience: a. The psychometric tests clarified the positive and negative qualities of individual personalities b. The managerial test, which offered clarity as to the direction one should work towards to reach to the position of a CIO c. The interview which included qualities required to become a CIO d. A CIO should be a “People’s Person.” This programme gave me an opportunity to interact with people from various levels and created a good platform to network with peer groups. 3. The entire process, which boosted confidence among winners and will definitely encourage us to take up challenges in our day to day work 4. The process, which has offered everyone much food for thought and

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emphasised that individuals should focus much on “strategies”. 5. I am sure that in future, there will be opportunities to interact with the jury, a great experience. I feel that this initiative by 9.9 Media will actually produce future leaders, a great contribution to India and its industries. Ashok Jade, Next100 Awards Winner for 2012

Firstly, let me sincerely thank you and the entire team of 9.9 Media and ITNext for putting up the entire show. It was amazing and all your efforts and hard work were commendable. Even the smallest of requirements was taken care of. You left no stone unturned to make us comfortable. (The surprises kept coming - even on the return flight, we were offered a corporate meal). The reality of a trophy, certificate and coffee table book is yet to sink in. Celebrations are on. My seniors and colleagues are very happy and we will put up an article on our intranet site in the next few minutes. Our MD, Ninad Karpe, (an ex-CA), was happy to know we had the opportunity to spend a day @ CA (all thanks to you). Congratulations once again for successfully holding the Next100 event third year in a row. Wishing you and your organisation all the very best! Yatin Bhatia Next100 Awards 2012 Winner

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Boss talk | B Sreekumar VP-IT

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Don’t Share Details at the First Go

uying the line of business into the project that they plan has been hard for most IT teams. However, it gets more important of late as the IT is getting aligned with business goals. The primary task for every senior IT manager is to work out a meticulous project plan, rather than approach the business without setting the right goals and expectations. It is equally important for IT teams not to set unrealistic expectations from the project outcome from a business standpoint.

“A structured model with relevant solutions would get an easy nod from the business groups as they are the beneficiaries”

Realistic Approach to Business To make their lives easier, IT teams have to have their mandate clear before getting the business buy into their plan. However, I would recommend that an overview of the project in a structured format, which touches upon certain broad categories, needs to be shared with the business heads and the management. Experiences of CIOs reveal that if too many details, such as technology details, modules and actual implementation practices are shared, there would be too many aspects to deal with, or it could even mean no going ahead. The reason could be that the IT team was also not very concrete about the business outcome of the project in the most tangible terms. Most times, the art of buying the line of business in comes with the experience of handling teams, and IT managers should get involved in discussions with the top management and business heads regularly to understand what they think.

The Modus Operandi It is obvious that any project that is initiated by IT does not get full-fledged user acceptance testing. It is vital to have clear cut categories so that projects rolled out by the IT team are successful, at the end of the day. It is like a sales technique that one

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follows in selling any commodity or solution. Here, the top management and business users are akin to customers. Speaking about how to buy the line of business in across projects, most companies have a budget (in most cases, a percentage of the sales turnover) that is allocated to the IT department. This is usually considered capital projects and treated as running expenses. The amount is spent for software subscriptions, infrastructure maintenance, hardware procurement, associating with vendor programmes and attending related forums and so on. The other kind of budget is project-driven and the investments made are driven by the functional groups who are the sponsors of that project, a revenue based model. For instance, the genesis of a project such as ERP is driven by functional groups and the IT team comes up with an execution model to tailor the project as per the needs of the functional business groups. A structured model with relevant solutions would get an easy nod from the business groups as they are the beneficiaries.Make the case document very simple without mentioning unnecessary details, resource allocations, ensure transparency (which can help you defend any point raised). B Sreekumar is the VP&Head-IT of Suntec Group

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t a glittering celebration, ITNext announced the proud winners who made it to the coveted Next100 2012 Awards. The third edition of the NEXT100 Awards, an initiative of ITNext, concluded with the best-of-the-breed IT managers being declared the next-in-line CIOs. The much-anticipated event identifies and honours India’s top 100 senior IT managers with various skills, leadership qualities and the passion to become CIOs. They were felicitated at the celebration held at Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre in the IT district of Hyderabad on December 2, 2012.

What the event involved The six-month awards process engaged with thousands of aspiring CIOs, across multiple platforms, to select the most deserving of the desirable titles. Aspirants participated in an exhaustive series of activities that tested their techno-commercial, management and leadership skills. A prestigious jury of 57 CIOs to decide the awardees interviewed the short listed candidates in the final lap of the rigorous selection.

What the selection criteria were The awards process personifies ITNext’s mission to enable aspiring CIOs and senior IT managers succeed professionally. Next100 awards which is recognised and appreciated in the industry circles is a testimony to the fact that IT Next witnessed 1,570 IT managers registered on the Next100 20 Reading the Winners’ Mind website to nominate themselves for 28 Jury: What it takes to be a CIO self-evaluation. About 354 candidates 32 Next100 2012 Winners-Who? completed both the personality and 42 Past winners: In new roles managerial tests. 48 Tech Tour to CA & Tech Awards

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Winners’ demograph

Participants—A Demographic Peek The awards process threw up some interesting observations with regard to the demographics of the candidates. About 90 per cent of the winners are senior IT executives. About 80 per cent were from companies with revenues of over Rs 1000 crore. In all, about 336 interviews were conducted by the jury members which added a special flavour to the selection process.

Why NEXT100 Vikas Gupta, Director & Co-Founder, 9.9 Media and publisher of ITNext, reiterated that the principal objective of the NEXT100 programme was to help aspiring CIOs and senior IT managers to become professionally successful. “That’s one reason why the application process offers all aspirants a free diagnostic report on their personality traits and management styles,” said Gupta. He further added, “As in the past years, the NEXT 100 search process was initiated in June 2012, and reached thousands of IT professionals around the country. This year, more than 1,500 aspirants enrolled in the three-stage application and selection process.” According to Gupta, the best part of the programme was the jury for the awards, comprising more than 50 CIOs from India’s top organisations, who finalised the criteria for shortlisting candidates and interviewed them.

Selection Criteria The process for identifying and selecting the NEXT100 award winners for 2012 got underway in June 2012 with a call for nominations. By the closing date, more than 1,570 aspirants had registered themselves for the exhaustive selection process. This year, the selection process for the NEXT100 award winners comprised three stages. In the first stage, applicants were asked to complete a self-nomination form that captured detailed personal and professional information. The second

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“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. This brings the happiness in both the short term and the long term for yourself and others” — Dalai Lama

cover story was the testing stage, where award aspirants took special leadership and managerial skills tests. The tests were administered by Central Test, which is headquartered in Paris, France. These comprehensive tests identify the work attributes, leadership and managerial styles of the applicants. Finally, in the third stage, the CIO jury panel assessed shortlisted candidates. Two top Indian CIOs independently interviewed each candidate. The scores obtained by each candidate in every stage of the selection process was input into a proprietary scoring model that assigns carefully calibrated weights to various factors. The weights for the parameters were decided in consultation with the jury panel. To ensure that the NEXT100 awards were completely fair and unbiased, no member of the editorial team was involved in the selection or elimination of the award winners, nor were editors and staff of the magazine a part of the jury panel.

All about the jury The NEXT100 awards programme draws on the expertise and contributions of the CIO community. Fifty-seven CIOs, from India’s leading companies, who collectively represent many hundreds of years experience in IT and management, were involved as advisors and interviewers this year.

Winners’ Ways ITNext attempted to read into the minds of the NEXT100 2012 winners to understand how winning the award would make a difference to their professional life.

Awards Night The Awards Night on December 2 saw an enthralled audience who were full of energy and enthusiasm, and yet very emotional on being felicitated. amid such a huge gathering. The awards ceremony was packed with interesting workshops on technological trends for the NEXT100 winners.

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Methodology The process for identifying and selecting the NEXT100 award winners for 2012 got underway in June 2012 with a call for nominations. Through a series of mailers and print advertisements, IT managers were invited to apply for the awards. By the closing date, more than 1,570 aspirants had registered themselves for the exhaustive selection process. This year, the selection process for the NEXT100 award winners comprised three stages. In the first stage, applicants were asked to complete a selfnomination form that captured detailed personal and professional information. The second stage was the testing stage, where award aspirants took special leadership and managerial skills tests. The tests were administered by Central Test, which is headquartered in Paris, France. These comprehensive tests identify the work attributes, leadership and managerial styles of the applicants. Finally, in the third stage, shortlisted candidates were assessed by the CIO jury panel. Each candidate was independently interviewed by two top Indian CIOs. The scores obtained by each candidate in every stage of the selection process was input into a proprietary scoring model that assigns carefully calibrated weights to various factors. The weights for the paramerters were decided in consultation with the jury panel. The final list of award winners was created as an outcome of this scoring model. To ensure that the NEXT100 awards are completely fair and unbiased, no member of the editorial team was involved in the selection or elimination of the award winners, nor are editors and staff of the magazine a part of the jury panel. The NEXT100 awards program draws on the expertise and contributions of the CIO community. Fifty seven CIOs, from India’s leading companies, who collectively represent many hundreds of years experience in IT and management, were involved as advisors and interviewers this year. The jury panel deliberated and decided on the applicant scoring model, interview methodology, credential review process—and interviewed the applicants.

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Personality Test & Managerial Test As part of the selection process, all applicants were administered two tests—a personality test and a managerial style test. Both tests have been designed by Paris-based Central Test, a leading developer of standardized tests. According to the test designers, these tests conform to the standards of scientific validation set out by the International Test Commission, and the American Psychological Association. The personality test, CTPIPro, provides an assessment of work related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. The workplace competencies are conceptualized as “clusters of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are predictive of superior performance in a given job”. The competency scores in the CTPI-Pro are not a ‘direct assessment’ of competencies but an ‘assessment of proximity’ of the test taker’s profile with the profile of those who have demonstrated a high level of that particular competency. The assumption behind this method is that people with similar profiles will be more likely to exhibit similar

abilities. The scores on each competency also give an indication of the extent to which the person is trainable on each competency. As the scores are derived from an assessment of proximity to an ideal profile, they give an indication of the extent to which the candidate is psychologically inclined towards high performance on each competency. The second test, the Management Style Test, assesses a candidate’s aptitude for leadership and identifies their managerial style. Based on seven primary management dimensions (Innovation, Global Vision, Conceptual, Reflective, Affiliation, Intervention and PeopleOriented), the test compares the candidate’s profile to typical management roles, including those of Chief Executive, Motivator, Project Manager, Entrepreneur, Expert, Strategist and Executive Manager.

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Personality Profile The graph given below captures the CTPI personality profile of the NEXT100 awardees. The test results are on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0, where 0 implies a low level and 10.0 implies a high level on the intended personality trait. While the awardees exhibited high scores on adaptability, assertiveness, achievement orientation, they scored relatively less on individualism, and diplomacy.

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An analysis of the workplace competencies of the NEXT100 awardees indicates that they scored high on factors such as business acumen, entrepreneurial risk, technology orientation and managing others, while scoring relatively lower on visioning, problem solving and work ethics. The test results are on a scale of 0% to 100% with 0% implying a low level and 100% implying a high level on the intended competency. There were no competencies on which the NEXT100 group exhibited significant differences when compared to the other qualified applicants.

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Management Style The management style test results are based on a scale of 1-10 with 1 indicating a low level and 10 indicating a high level on the intended managerial style. The NEXT100 group scored high on the conceptual, innovation and reflective styles, while scoring low on intervention and affiliation. The other qualified applicants scored lower on the conceptual dimension.

Management Profiles The graph, based upon the results of the Management Style Inventory Test, exhibits the management profiles of the NEXT100 group. The test results are on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0, with 0.0 indicating a low level and 10.0 indicating a high level on the intended managerial profile. The profiles exhibited most often by the NEXT100 group are that of a strategist, motivator and project manager. The “chief executive” profile was exhibited the least.

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Reading the Winners’ Minds The six-month long process conducted to select the future CIOs was a resounding success. The winners of the Next100 Awards 2012 traversed through thrilling moments of fear, hope, despair and excitement.

How would you rate the usefulness of the CTPI Pro personality and workplace competencies test report? 78.7%

ITNext made an attempt to read the winners’ minds to capture their hopes, fears, apprehensions, aspirations, and the overall experience during the Next100 awards journey up to the final destination.

Very useful

For many, it was a dream come true, and for a few others, it was like a dream they could hardly believe was true, while for yet others, it was like a fairy tale which was too good to be true. Here, winners share their candid views on the entire Next100 selection process, their fears, hopes, impressions of the interview by the jury and multiple tests that they had to go through during the journey. The IT survey responses represented in a graphical form does not round it off to a perfect 100 per cent as the participants were asked choose multiple responses.

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Akshay Hulikavi, Senior Manager-IT, Thermax Ltd

I enjoyed the selection process. Each step in the process built my confidence which helped much in the interview rounds. The process was very rigorous and fair with no room for bias. I appreciate the way the Next100 team always followed up and ensured that we did not miss any of the rounds due to time constraints. Of course, the declaration of the results was exhilarating and a fitting finale to the efforts taken. The Management Style inventory test has helped me understand some of my strengths, which I have started working on. It has given me a perspective of alternative approaches which could be more suitable in specific situations.

Kamlesh Jain, DGM-IT, K Raheja Corp

The Next100 selection process was fantastic. All the criteria for selection were proposed and implemented in this process. My biggest fear was about the two interviews by the jury members. But when the interviews happened, it was very interactive and gave me a sense of what I was involved in from a day-to-day operations stand point, which we usually ignore. The CTPI personality test brought out personality and workplace competencies.

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Ranjeev Tiwari, Senior Manager-IT, Max Hypermarket India Pvt Ltd (Landmark Group

I was amazed to see the Next 100â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advertisement on LinkedIn. And I decided within a fraction 38.3% of second that this was Communication Skills something I should strive for. I really wondered whether organisations 74.5% like IT Next and 9.9 media Leadership Qualities existed, which carried out such a selfless and noble programme that encour48.9% aged senior IT managers Management Skills and boosted their morale to take up bigger responsibilities such as those 19.1% of CIOs. Confidence and Poise The entire programme was managed in an absolutely professional Madhusudan warrier, Senior VP-IT, manner and I thoroughly IDFC AMC Limited enjoyed being part of this The Next100 selection process appeared selection programme. The to be fair and the selection team appeared jury was very cordial and to be committed to ensure that the right knowledgeable. The way profiles were selected for the final review. Some of the in which questions were discussion points in the interview sessions pointed to asked was phenomenal. the results of the insights. Personality tests gave me an insight into myself and a detailed read highlighted the focus areas for improvement. The jury appeared to be committed and felt the need to understand my personality. I would have preferred the jury to adhere to timelines mentioned in the process. My interviews were re-scheduled a number of times with no of NEXT100 2012 winners intimation. I felt no fear. My hope was to interact with find the NEXT100 awards peers and eminent jury members and know their selection process to be excellent perspectives on trends in technology. Technical Knowledge

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To start with, the complete process was detailed out meticulously on the site right from the application to award function. The Next100 team was very pro-active at every stage in communicating and following up. Understanding the process was very clear and every stage was exciting, right from filling the application to the two tests and the detailed interviews by the jury. The reference checks from our organisation were also done very meticulously. Then camethe surprise announcement of the invitation of the pre-award function. As I couldn’t believe that what I read in the mail was true, I shared the email with my close colleague to confirm the news. I felt like I was in heaven but controlled my excitement. Ifeel, even today, that the entire journey was like a fairy tale.

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The jury on what it takes to be a CIO

Sudesh Agarwal CIO, Landmark Group

Sudhir Pal Arya Sr VP Corporate IT, Amtek Group of Companies

Jury members underscore the importance of creating a second line in the IT legacy and advise future CIOs

t is beyond doubt that it is the jury that creates a robust selection process, making it transparent, agile, fair--the list goes on. The Next100 Awards 2012 jury made all the difference to the event. Its relentless efforts in making the process ever so unique with timely suggestions and enhancement and its active participation in the jury meets contributed towards making the Awards a resounding success. Their painstaking efforts in interviewing each aspiring future CIO was the most enlightening part of the entire process. ITNext attempted to look into the minds of the esteemed jury members on various aspects of the selection process, while seeking their advice for future CIOs as also aspiring CIOs. The study tried to understand their take on what it takes to be a CIO, how the Next100 concept is unique, what prompted them to become members of the jury, qualities of the candidates that impressed them most, how the Next100 award makes the winners different from the rest, tips and advice that they could offer winners and non-winners and so on.

“NEXT100 selection process is highly scientific and methodical. One couldn’t ask for more considering the current volume and it is a unique platform where future CIOs are groomed” T G Dhandapani, Group CIO, TVS Motor Company

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Harnath Babu VP- IT, Aviva Life Insurance Co. India

Ajay Bakshi VP - Process Automation & Improvements, Hinduja Global Services

David Briskman VP & CIO, Ranbaxy Laboratories

Tamal Chakravorty CIO, Ericsson India Pvt Ltd

Manish Choksi Chief - Corporate Strategy & CIO, Asian Paints Ltd

Rajesh Chopra Senior VP - IT, EIH Limited - Oberoi Hotels and Resorts

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T G Dhandapani Group CIO, TVS Motor Company

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Ajay K Dhir Chairman, APAC CXO Forum

Vinod Sivaramakrishnan, CIO, Wal Mart India

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be shy to take credit

Nandkishor Dhomne CIO, Manipal Health Systems Ltd

U C Dubey Executive Director - IT, Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co.

Rajesh Garg VP& Head - ISS, Nucleus Software Exports

Vishnu Gupta GM- Operations, Aditya Birla Health Services

Anoop Handa EVP -Technology, Fullerton India Credit Company

Kinshuk Hora Head of IT, India Subcontinent GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

Venkat Iyer CIO, Wockhardt Ltd

Shailesh Joshi VP & Head - IT, Godrej Industries Ltd

Hilal Isar Khan Head Corporate - IT, Honda Motor India

Do not exaggerate your accomplishments or lie, it can be fatal if detected. Take credit where it is due. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be shy to take credit; emphasise on your critical achievements and support them with facts. The Next100 concept is very unique, and the idea that CIOs can be made and are not born is well projected, besides proving that traits can be identified early and people can be groomed appropriately. The

Dinesh Kumar President & CIO, Bajaj Energy

Sanjeev Kumar Group CIO and Group President - Business Excellence, Adhunik Group of Industries

process is reasonable and fair. This is my first year on the jury. IT is about people, much before it is about technology. As a jury member, I looked at candidates for a sense of understanding the larger context of their activities. In addition, I looked for the level of responsibility they take to ensure business results. The Next100 winners show these traits much earlier and more prominently than others do.

Rahul Mahajan AVP & Head - IT, K. Raheja Corporate Services

Annie Mathew Chief Information Officer, Mother Dairy

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Suhas Mhaskar Head IT - Innovation & Business Transformation, Mahindra Group

S C Mittal Group CTO, IFFCO

Rajesh Munjal Head - IT & AVP Operations, Carzonrent India

R Muralidharan CIO, Syntel

C R Narayanan CIO, Tulip Telecom Ltd

Jijy Oommen EVP - IT, Bajaj Capital

Yagnesh Parikh Sr VP, ICICI Securities Ltd

Jayantha Prabhu CTO, Essar Group

Daya Prakash Head-IT, LG Electronics

C V G Prasad CIO, ING Vysya Bank

Vilas Pujari CIO, ACG Worldwide

S Francis Rajan VP - ICT, Bangalore International Airport

C S Ramesh CIO and Head KM, Titan Industries

Girish Rao Head - IT, Marico

Subhasish Saha Group CTO, Apeejay Surrendra Group

Dhiren Savla CIO, VFS Global Group

Karan Singh, VP-IT, BSES Power Ltd.

Take a positive holistic approach The Next100 awards concept is very motivational for an IT manager, for future CIOs in particular and the IT community at large. The concept has a base and a framework very well rehearsed by the ITNextÂ 100 team, which then is transformed by experienced CIOs as jury members into an interactive instrument with IT managers. This offers a huge value addition, turning it into a valuable transformational mode. IT managers

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get an opportunity to interact with varied CIOs, which is indeed a unique opportunity with bi-directional learning experience. This is my first instance as the jury of Next100. I was keen to be a jury member for the interactive framework and engagement of the large IT community in a multi-directional experience exchange model. The selection process is meticulous and perfect though there is always room forimprovement .

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Vijay Sethi VP & CIO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd

Shiva Shankar Group CIO, AM International Holdings India

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Rajat Sharma President - IT, Atul Limited

Manmohan Goyal, CIO, Philips Black Carbon Ltd.

Success is a result of one’s attitude

Manoj Shrivastava Director - IT, MTS India

Jagat Pal Singh CTO, Cybage Software

Balwant Singh Head - IT, C & S Electric

Dheeraj Sinha Head - Corporate Management Services (Global IT and Supply Chain) , Apollo Tyres Ltd

Yashpal Soni CIO, Everest Industries Limited

V Srinivas CIO & CTO, Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals

Muthukumar Vaidyanathan, CIO, Moserbaer Projects

Rajesh Verma Head - IT, Cafe Coffee Day

Shantanu Singh Sr VP -Engineering, Product and Services, ValueFirst Digital Media

J.B. Takidar Head - IT, KSB Pumps Ltd

“NEXT100 award is not limited to being just an award, but a process to get a true reflection of the skills that are required in CIOs” Sanjeev Kumar, Group CIO and Group President - Business Excellence, Adhunik Group of Industries

The Next100’s concept of identifying and recognising the next generation of potential CIOs of India is most certainly unique. Everybody recognises the current crop of CIOs, but what about the future stars who will carry forward India’s IT legacy? The exhaustive process established by IT Next100 does great service in unearthing such talent. I was fascinated by this and immediately accepted to be a jury member. The process of inviting applications and subsequent verification, screening and evaluation based on scientific methods of testing, followed by a personal interview, is designed to identify the best of the best. The lengthy process ensures that the selection is fair and reasonably accurate, to a great degree. All IT managers must seriously consider doing good and innovative work in their field, and highlight it by applying for this award. It is a unique and excellent forum to bring to light the good work that you have been doing.

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2012 award winners Sunitha A

Anuj Jain

Rupendra Nigam

Avnesh Jain

Jignesh Patel

Kamlesh Jain

Prasad Patil

Vishal Jain

Manoj Pradhan

Shaffic Ahamed,

Ajay Kumar Jha

Hetal Presswala

Jitesh Balakrishnan

Anuj Joshi

Sumit Priyani

Rajesh Kalia

Subramanya Raj

Shridhar Kamble

Srinivas Rallabandi

Kamal Khanna

Uma Ramani

Aditya Khasnis

Ajay Rambal

Ravi Kocher

Rakesh Ranjan

Milind Korgaonkar

Rajendra Raut

Anita Kulkarni

Mahesh Sarfare

Balaji Kulkarni

Deepak Sasidharan

Manoranjan Kumar

Nitesh Sharma

Sagar Kunte

Nikhil Shembekar

Uttam Lahiry

Ashok Singh

Vinayak Laud

R K Singh

Kavitha M V

Raghubir Singh

Vikas Malhotra

Archana Sinha

Mayank Malik

Manoj Soni

Ashok Mandlik

S Srikanth

Daniel Mathew

Sapan Talwar

Deryl Menezes

Ranjeev Tiwari

Sandeep Mhalgi

Nagesh Vaze

Balram Choudhary,

Benazir Miller

Ramkrishna Desai

Durga Das Mishra

Balasubramaniam Vedagiri

Amol Deshpande

Krishna Kant Mishra

Khalid Abdul Shashikant Adsul, Rakesh Kumar Agrawal

Manish Bali Debasish Banerjee Priyanko Banerji Harish Bawari Suhas Bhalerao Krishan Bhardwaj, Vijay Bhat Prashant Bhatia Yatin Bhatia Sanjay Bhatnagar Divyendu Bhatt Amit Bhide Sumoth C Subhamoy Chakraborti Mohan Kumar Chandera Madian Sourabh Chatterjee Shanteshwar Chaubey,

Mayur Dhandarphale

B Venkatakrishnan Atul Vij

Manoj Mishra

Snehalkumar Vyas

Surender Dinkar

Vijay Mishra

Puneet Wadhwa

Arunkumar Doraisamy

Minesh Mohile

Madhusudan Warrier

Shreyas Dukle Abhishek Gupta Akshay Hulikavi Ashok Jade

Sankaralingam N S Illango Nadar

Martin Zacharia

Kishore Naidu Guna Nand

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NEXT100 Cherished Moments Winners of the NEXT100 awards 2012 receive the coveted title at a glitzy evening in Novotel, Hyderabad Welcome..December 2, 2012

Warm welcome: Vikas Gupta, Director & Co-founder, 9.9 Media welcoming the Next100 winners

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Dazzling Laser beams: The beatles in laser light and spectacular hues enthralled the NEXT100 crowd

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Winners Arrive: NEXT100 winners arriving at Novotel Hotel In Hyderabad and making their presence

Making Comfortable: NEXT100 winners made to feel at home by the NEXT100 team & staff

Welcome Jury: Vikas Gupta, Director & Co-founder, 9.9 Media welcoming the jury at Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad Welcome Drink: Award winners chilling out with a welcome drink at Novotel in Hyderabad

Morning Session

Morning Break: Vikas Gupta, Director & Co-founder, 9.9 Media, shares the morning activity agenda related to technology sessions with the NEXT100 winners Enjoying the tech sessions: Participants sharing lighter moments during the technology session

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Meaning Business: Tata Rao, Sr. DirectorTech Operations, Avaya on Tech trends

We are serious: NEXT100 winners paying all attention to understand changing technology trends

Virtualise more: Balaji Rao, Director-Sales, India&SAARC, VMware, on Virtualisation trends

Lunch Break

Infrastructure Efficiency: Senior Executive from Wipro on how to build a strong infrastructure and drive innovations Time to Network: NEXT100 winners along with technology vendors exchanging thoughts

Lunch with the Jury: Vikas Gupta, Director & Publisher of IT Next in chat with the NEXT100 Jury over the lunch

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Peer Network: Not missing any opportunity to network with the peer groups during the snack time

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NEXT100 Inauguration: Chief Guest for the evening S Sivakumar, Chief Executive, Agri-Division & e-Choupal, ITC Ltd. lighting the lamp marking the opening of the AwardsNite

Lighting up: Vikas Gupta and S Sivakumar setting the stage for the celebration

C hief Guest S Sivakumar, CEO, Agri Diviision, ITC Ltd addressing the NEXT100 Winners

NEXT100 Book Launch

Happy Moments: Pankaj Gupta, MD, Arkadin India sharing his happiness to be associated with NEXT100

NEXT100 BOOK: Pankaj Gupta, MD, Arkadin India launching the most awaited NEXT100 book at the Awards evening along with R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9

NEXT100 Awards Presentations

All Glitter: Participants watching the laser show on the awards Nite Proud Moments: First batch of NEXT100 winners with their trophies

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We are overwhelmed: Second batch of NEXT100 winners posing for the camera

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Exciting Moments: Third batch of NEXT100 winners reckoning the winning moments Fulfilling: Fourth batch of NEXT100 winners find the moment to be fulfilling their dreams

All Smiles: Fifth set of winners are all smiles with the trophy

All Set: Sixth set of NEXT 100 winners, all set to lead the new role

Winning Moments: Seventh batch of NEXT100 winners are happy to receive the trophy and feel more responsible to adorn new roles Congrats: R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media congratulates the teams

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Thrilling moments: Eighth batch of NEXT100 winners are thrilled to be honoured

Joyous moments: Kudos to the ninth batch of NEXT100 winners

Great moment: The 10th batch of NEXT100 winners cherish the winning moment s

Special nite: The 11th batch of winners find it to be a special moment in their career

Ready for Challenge: The 12th set of NEXT100 winners are all set to move ahead

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Jury Felicitation

Powerful Jury: Second set of the Jury who were felicitated , congratulate the winners and pose for the camera along with N Geetha Jury Power: NEXT100 jury felicitated and they pose for the camera along with N Geetha, Executive Editor, IT Next

Felicitating the Sponsors Sunanda Ambardar, Director- Marketing, CA Technologies felicitated by Vikas Gupta Ajay Joseph, Director-Mid market, Avaya being felicitated

Vikas Gupta, Director & Publisher of IT Next felicitating Pankaj Gupta, MD, Arkadin

Fortinetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sr Executive G BSheik being felicitated by Vikas Gupta

Sunil Kumar Raja, VP-Sales, CtrlS being felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9

Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 felicitating Ambarish Deshpande, MD, Blue Coat India

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J N Mylaraiah, Country Manager-Technical, TE Connectivity being felicitated

Jayabalan, Velayudhan, Director-Strategy, Schneider Electric being felicitated Bimal Raj, CEO, Smartlink Network Systems Ltd. being felicitated by Vikas Gupta Pramod Menon, National Sales Manager, Tata Communications being felicitated

Wiproâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Executive being felicitated by Vikas Gupta, Director, 9.9 Media

Balaji Rao, Director-sales, India & SAARC, VMware being felicitated by Vikas Gupta

Green Pledge Supporting Green: NEXT100 participants make commitment to drive green

Taking the Pledge: NEXT100 participants taking the Green pledge to keep the IT environment green

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The Journey after NEXT100 Winners of NEXT100 awards in the past years have been winning in their real professional lives, too, and moving up the career ladder while learning the nuances of the trade to justify their new roles

he third edition of the Next100 Awards has just concluded. As in all disciplines, the IT industry too falls back on the experiences and the path that seniors have led before. The winners in the past have been role models for many aspiring CIOs.

ITNext tried to track the past winners to understand their journey after winning the Next100 award and have them share their experiences with the new winners. It is interesting to note that nearly 50 per cent, on an average, have moved up the value chain and adorned senior positions within their existing

companies or outside. Some winners have even changed their vertical domain and are moving ahead with confidence. A glimpse into how the journey for these past winners has been, the new challenges, the new skills imbibed and the new mandates they carry that can set an example to aspiring CIOs.

Could Strategise a 3-year IT Road Map

he journey for Nitin Parmar, after the NEXT100 awards, has been very exciting as he moved up the career to adorn the role of Senior GM-IT of the group from his earlier role of DGMSystems. The challenges that Parmar faced as he moved up the value chain have been regarding understanding the new business domain, stabilisation of SAP and infrastructure issues, and broader business challenges revolving around IT solutions. What is most fascinating for him is to spot and drive certain specific initiatives which helped him cross various roadblocks in reaching the senior position. Amongst many initiatives, the key ones, according to Parmar, have been to identify the top priorities and strategise a 3-year IT road map for the organisation revolving around infrastructure, security and application enhancement, and also taking a meticulous approach

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Nitin Parmar Sr GM-IT, Welspun Group (Winner 2011)

towards setting up a data centre and disaster recovery infrastructure. As any growth comes with huge responsibilities,, Parmar too was given the mandate to stabilise the IT scenario, address the challenges, and plan the future strategy which would help in business growth. The obvious important steps for him was to get an insight into understanding the business domain in greater detail, understand the business need, business plans and growth strategy and think of integrating all these with IT. The first lesson he learnt was to accept that the CIO had to become a business analyst and discard the IT cap, initiate interactions with leaders, attend leadership seminars and take the onus for various aspects and build the best applications to support business needs.

Empowering the Team to Handle Projects

AmitÂ Phadke Vice President - Systems & Technology Accelya Kale Solutions Ltd (Winner 2010)

Mapped Each Business Goal with Performance

he journey after NEXT100 for Keyur Desai has invariably prompted the top management to set higher expectations for him, as he moved up the value chain from being the Project Manager of IT infrastructure of the group. Obviously, the expectations of the management increased and they were focused on core strategy planning, deriving the technology road map for the Essar Group and evaluating the current assets. This was also an indication for him to move from the current project management responsibilities and make a paradigm shift to the new role and responsibilities. Desai had by then learnt the art of possessing new skills and hence focused on communication skills, strived for learning and understanding new technologies, paid

he journey after NEXT100 award for Amit Phadke has had its inherent challenges as he had to strike a logical balance between operational and business goals and manage it effectively. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Phadke moved up to the current role from being a Head-Systems and Technology in the organisation through absolute focus and hard work. Phadke picked up the nuances of the business as part of his agenda for growth, drove specific initiatives to align the technology to business, and mapped each business goal with the operational performance area. He had a stringent mandate: to streamline the operations by setting up the right processes against the limited budget provided by the company. Another critical task on Phadkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s radar was to take governance and compliance into account before strategising any IT operation. The NEXT100 awards had set the stage for this winner to get clued into business aspects and the need to take appropriate steps. Phadke rolled out certain steps to understand the information flow, get clarity with regard to the gaps in technology delivery to meet business expectations and optimise the business processes as per the need to bridge these gaps. Another key initiative that he took was to collaborate more frequently with the business team and other functional heads to understand their expectations from technology. The interesting phase was that as the IT head, Phadke encouraged his team to ask more questions of the teams for specific areas of improvement. Phadke is clued into leadership lessons and believes that leadership is all about experience and confidence.

KeyurÂ Desai AVP-IT, Infrastructure & Projects Group, Aegis Limited (Winner 2011) attention to team management and also to create leaders within the team, which was the biggest key to success. The new role came with new dimensions and responsibilities as one of the mandates given to Desai was that the next line in his team should be made ready to lead all current projects independently. Although a mandate, it was easy for him to adhere to it since he always believed in empowering a team anyway and train them to possess adequate authority to take critical decisions on their own. He increased his interactions with CIOs gave him a lot of insights about IT requirements which helped him in improving the health of IT.

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Building Leaders to Create One’s Growth

Ravish Jhala Corporate Head-IT, The Leela Palaces and Resorts (Winner 2010)

avish Jhala doesn’t hesitate to mention that the NEXT100 award and the accompanying recognition is the feather in the cap which has helped him immensely to thrive in the industry and boosted his confidence to handle the next level responsibilities at the new workplace. Jhala has just moved to this new role after a long stint at The Oberoi Hotels and Resorts as Information Systems Manager. Obviously, the journey had its challenges, which required him to possess new skills--that of becoming an extrovert with business skills. The transition was to move from a person influencing the bosses to the one who has to take a call and implement technology. Building his self confidence and enhancing capabilities to inspire and be inspired by others was a definite art that he learnt. The vital trait that Jhala picked up

was to build leaders in the team and create a growth path which helped him in defining his own career growth. Besides extending support, he took special care to take the onus for areas like sales and marketing, finance, revenue management, security, HR and training. He consciously laid his hands on reading more business and leadership related books, and not to pick up those on IT, which had been his practice. In an effort to understand the role better, Jhala changed into a technobusiness leader to provide consultancy within the company and learnt the maximum he could from others. He has worked to save or earn every rupee for the company. Jhala believes that flexibility, hard work, humility and understanding users’ needs were key to his success in building strong relationships with business users.

Cost, Quality and Timeliness

atinder Aggarwal is more confident and evolved after the NEXT100 awards, and now manages stakeholders’ expectations in terms of cost, quality and timeliness very effectively. His constant effort has been to drive more value-additions to customers that will differentiate from the competition. Aggarwal seems to have got several promotions, the last stint being that of Manager. His mandate as the group head is also to manage talented employees and keep them motivated and rewarded. Value-add, knowledge repository, re-usable components are some of the possible ways to achieve success, says Aggarwal. Aggarwal managed more refined discussions with client organisations and sponsors about their highend requirements, while making

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Jatinder Aggarwal Group Manager, HCL Technologies (Winner 2010)

suggestions in architectural changes. For him, defining leadership is not an easy thing, and he is not sure if it is an inborn quality or is acquired over time. However, he leads the team effectively, is honest to himself and also encourages the teams to be so. He believes in expanding the knowledge base, improving communications skills and creating a positive environment. The health of IT is the maturity of the process that he follows, and he ensures that he chooses the right process, most suitable for the situation. Aggarwal finds that the NEXT100 award has given him unmatched confidence, helped him in better performance, with greater recognition in his social circle. He says that the NEXT100 award was indeed a life changing initiative.

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or Pathak, the journey from being the Senior Manager, IT, to becoming the Head-IT, has been fascinating. He has scaled up to head IT in a different pharmaceutical vertical, having spent nearly 13 years in the chemical domain. The challenges before him had been to align the basic building blocks in the infrastructure, which were completely out of gear, and to roll out a robust IT strategy. This was possible for Pathak only because of peer interactions and interactions with CIOs periodically. Some of the tasks he performed were to think strategically, take a business approach irrespective of whether it was infrastructure, security or ERP. He developed key partnerships, within the organisation and outside, and built the resources necessary. Pathak developed the ability to act as a relationship manager and has become a trusted advisor for his internal and external consumers. The definitive mandate for him was to provide a business-enabled IT environment. He applied the skills he acquired to the strategic goals planned for 2011-12 and 2012-13. His team has been able to deliver all projects related to various technologies. Pathak advocates that there are more or less similar roles of technology in any organisation but the difference lies in how one applies it in the business domain to fetch business outcome; that is, getting the competitive advantage, improving efficiency and productivity, bringing innovation in day-to-day work, helping the organisation get more business and providing BI and analytics tools, on time and accurate data availability, video collaboration, etc. He has applied new technologies to achieve a few goals and will continue to do more in the coming years.

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Fun time at Golconda followed by the Tech Tour to CA’s facility After the exciting NEXT100 Awards nite at Novotel Convention Centre in the IT district of Hyderabad, the recipients of the NEXT100 2012 awards, along with the Jury had some fun in their agenda. The day 2 of the event had NEXT100 team organised a visit to Golconda Fort, in the city of Hyderabad, which was built during Qutb Shahi Dynasty as part of the sight seeing activity. This was followed by a visit to Computer Associates (CA) Technologies’s facility, the tech tour to get certain insights into the new technology trends and innovations. Besides showcasing the new products and solutions, CA’s team also shared details on the new technological evolutions taking place in its Hyderabad facility. The team also performed a live skit as part of the entertainment activity and had some fun games arranged for them.

Historical Moment: NEXT100 awardees on a guided tour to Golconda Fort to understand the Qutb Shahi dynasty’s regime

Historical Importance: On why the Fort gateway holds the importance

CA Facility: NEXT100 winners on a tech tour

Inside the Fort: NEXT100 winners walking through the Fort

Game Time: NEXT100 winners hooked to snooker game at CA

Aeria View: NEXT100 winners exploring the Fort History

Entertainment: The winners enjoying the live skit by CA staff

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India Has Got Talent (Crunch)! India Inc is grappling with talent shortage. Instead of griping, the smart team manager can pool his resources to turn in results This is certainly serious news for a country on fast track growth. There is a yawning 65 per cent gap in demand and supply of talent. In its annual global CEO survey conducted earlier this year, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) had stated that about 41 per cent of CEOs in India had scrapped or deferred a key strategic initiative due to talent crunch. IT is not unscathed, especially in emerging business areas like analytics and big data. If this was not serious enough, team managers also have to contend with fragile egos of dissatisfied colleagues. A study says that half of those employed in India (55 per cent) feel that they are over qualified for the jobs assigned to them. Clearly, a case of right man in the wrong place! It’s not that the government or the private sector is blind to it. The setting up of the new IITs and IIMs and the slew of private higher education institutes in the technical and management space are all aimed at making India a talent hub. The drive to double the country’s Gross Enrollment Ratio to 30 per cent by 2020 from the current 12.4 per cent is to ensure that talent is tapped regionally and redistributed equally. But till this Utopian dream materializes, India’s got to talent hunt!

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As organisations fight for the best talent that they perceive as crucial for their survival, the market is witnessing a massive churn. In this scenario, team managers are certainly at the short end of the stick. Making do with whatever little talent they get, doing a balancing act between disgruntled teammates and yet being expected to deliver the best by their bosses. Tough call indeed! Yet deliver you must. So what is the winning formula? The first thing to do is to accept—each team member for what they bring to the table. Second to evolve—with needs of the times and third is to adapt to change. We are in a state of flux. No longer do jobs come with a closed work profile. Your work evolves as you go along. Take each one as a clean slate open to learning and being taught. Skills can be learnt. Talent needs to be honed. In a team each individual’s talent is team’s strength. When your team feels respected for whatever little they bring to you, they are motivated to better their own performance, encouraged to learn new skills and empowered to take on challenging tasks. Think India’s got enough talent to tide over the crunch?

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WINNERS 2012 How would you rate the usefulness of the CTPI Pro personality and workplace competencies test report? 78.7%

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KAMLESH JAIN, DGM-IT, K Raheja Corp

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READING THE WINNERS’ MINDS The six-month long process conducted to select the future CIOs was a resounding success. The winners of the Next100 Awards 2012 traversed through thrilling moments of fear, hope, despair and excitement.

As a Next100 award winner, which skill would you like to develop or enhance to meet your professional goals? company)

RANJEEV TIWARI, Senior Manager-IT, Max Hypermarket India Pvt Ltd (Landmark Group

I was amazed to see the Next 100’s advertisement on LinkedIn. And I decided within a fraction 38.3% of second that this was Communication Skills something I should strive for. I really wondered whether organisations 74.5% like IT Next and 9.9 media Leadership Qualities existed, which carried out such a selfless and noble programme that encour48.9% aged senior IT managers Management Skills and boosted their morale to take up bigger responsibilities such as those 19.1% of CIOs. Confidence and Poise The entire programme was managed in an absolutely professional MADHUSUDAN WARRIER, Senior VP-IT, manner and I thoroughly IDFC AMC Limited enjoyed being part of this The Next100 selection process appeared selection programme. The to be fair and the selection team appeared jury was very cordial and to be committed to ensure that the right knowledgeable. The way profiles were selected for the final review. Some of the in which questions were discussion points in the interview sessions pointed to asked was phenomenal. the results of the insights. Personality tests gave me an insight into myself and a detailed read highlighted the focus areas for improvement. The jury appeared to be committed and felt the need to understand my personality. I would have preferred the jury to adhere to timelines mentioned in the process. My interviews were re-scheduled a number of times with no of NEXT100 2012 winners intimation. I felt no fear. My hope was to interact with find the NEXT100 awards peers and eminent jury members and know their selection process to be excellent perspectives on trends in technology. Technical Knowledge

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Sudesh Agarwal CIO, Landmark Group

Sudhir Pal Arya Sr VP Corporate IT, Amtek Group of Companies

Samir Dhaga VP-IT & CIO, Videocon D2H

T G Dhandapani Group CIO, TVS Motor Company

Ajay K Dhir Chairman, APAC CXO Forum

Vinod Sivaramakrishnan, CIO, Wal Mart India

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Jury members underscore the importance of creating a second line in the IT legacy and advise future CIOs

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The jury on what it takes to be a CIO

Harnath Babu VP- IT, Aviva Life Insurance Co. India

Ajay Bakshi VP - Process Automation & Improvements, Hinduja Global Services

David Briskman VP & CIO, Ranbaxy Laboratories

Tamal Chakravorty CIO, Ericsson India Pvt Ltd

Manish Choksi Chief - Corporate Strategy & CIO, Asian Paints Ltd

Rajesh Chopra Senior VP - IT, EIH Limited - Oberoi Hotels and Resorts

Nandkishor Dhomne CIO, Manipal Health Systems Ltd

U C Dubey Executive Director - IT, Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co.

Rajesh Garg VP& Head - ISS, Nucleus Software Exports

Vishnu Gupta GM- Operations, Aditya Birla Health Services

Anoop Handa EVP -Technology, Fullerton India Credit Company

Kinshuk Hora Head of IT, India Subcontinent GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

Venkat Iyer CIO, Wockhardt Ltd

Shailesh Joshi VP & Head - IT, Godrej Industries Ltd

Hilal Isar Khan Head Corporate - IT, Honda Motor India

Do not exaggerate your accomplishments or lie, it can be fatal if detected. Take credit where it is due. Don’t be shy to take credit; emphasise on your critical achievements and support them with facts. The Next100 concept is very unique, and the idea that CIOs can be made and are not born is well projected, besides proving that traits can be identified early and people can be groomed appropriately. The

Rahul Mahajan AVP & Head - IT, K. Raheja Corporate Services

Dinesh Kumar President & CIO, Bajaj Energy

Sanjeev Kumar Group CIO and Group President - Business Excellence, Adhunik Group of Industries

Annie Mathew Chief Information Officer, Mother Dairy

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HERE ARE THE WINNERS 2012 AWARD WINNERS Sunitha A Khalid Abdul Shashikant Adsul, Rakesh Kumar Agrawal

Anuj Jain

Rupendra Nigam

Avnesh Jain

Jignesh Patel

Kamlesh Jain

Prasad Patil

Vishal Jain

Manoj Pradhan

Shaffic Ahamed,

Ajay Kumar Jha

Hetal Presswala

Jitesh Balakrishnan

Anuj Joshi

Sumit Priyani

Rajesh Kalia Shridhar Kamble

Subramanya Raj Srinivas Rallabandi

Kamal Khanna

Uma Ramani

Aditya Khasnis

Ajay Rambal

Ravi Kocher

Rakesh Ranjan

Milind Korgaonkar

Rajendra Raut

Anita Kulkarni

Mahesh Sarfare

Balaji Kulkarni Manoranjan Kumar

Deepak Sasidharan Nitesh Sharma

Sagar Kunte

Nikhil Shembekar

Uttam Lahiry

Ashok Singh

Vinayak Laud

R K Singh

Kavitha M V

Raghubir Singh

Vikas Malhotra

Archana Sinha

Mayank Malik Ashok Mandlik

Manoj Soni S Srikanth

Daniel Mathew

Sapan Talwar

Deryl Menezes

Ranjeev Tiwari

Sandeep Mhalgi

Nagesh Vaze

Balram Choudhary,

Benazir Miller

Ramkrishna Desai

Durga Das Mishra

Balasubramaniam Vedagiri

Amol Deshpande Mayur Dhandarphale Surender Dinkar Arunkumar Doraisamy Shreyas Dukle Abhishek Gupta Akshay Hulikavi Ashok Jade

Krishna Kant Mishra

B Venkatakrishnan Atul Vij

Manoj Mishra

Snehalkumar Vyas

Vijay Mishra

Puneet Wadhwa

Minesh Mohile

Madhusudan Warrier

Sankaralingam N S Illango Nadar

Martin Zacharia

Kishore Naidu Guna Nand

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