NEXT100 BOOK 2011

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CONTENTS

COVER NOTE ����������������������������������������7 PUBLISHER’S NOTE �������������������������9 ABOUT NEXT100 ������������������������������10 NEXT100 JURY ����������������������������������16 NEXT100 AWARDEES ������������ 45-181 FEATURE ARTICLES BRIDGING THE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION GAP �������������������������������������������������� 56 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS IN BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING ����������������������������������������������84 WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE ���������������������������������������������112 ADOPT CONFERENCING SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT �������������������126 TIPS FOR PRODUCTIVE, ENGAGING AND SUCCESSFUL REMOTE MEETINGS ������������������������168

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“The rising popularity of cloud computing, mobility and enterprise collaboration will drive a change in the role of the CIO and the structure of the IT department within an organisation�

PANKAJ GUPTA, ARKADIN

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Dear CIO, Arkadin is proud to be associated with the NEXT100 programme by IT NEXT, a publication of 9.9 Media. We would like to congratulate all the talented future CIOs, who will shape our IT landscape and lead India into the next level of growth and prosperity in coming years.

With companies today increasingly operating across geographical borders, multiple time zones and disparate corporate cultures, collaboration plays a critical role in an organisation’s business processes.

Unified communication (UC) solutions provide powerful new ways to simplify and integrate all forms of communication and collaboration within an organisation. Strategic deployment of UC solutions can significantly and positively impact a company’s business efficiency and growth opportunities.

The rising popularity of cloud computing, mobility and enterprise collaboration will drive a change in the role of the CIO and the structure of the IT department within an organisation.

We encourage CIOs to actively embrace and lead the enterprise transformation enabled by collaboration technologies and position IT as an influential value centre within the business.

We applaud 9.9 Media for this initiative to help uncover India’s future IT leaders and applaud all the CIOs who help make India the major destination for business in the region.

With Best Wishes

Pankaj Gupta Managing Director & Country Manager Arkadin ConferIndia Pvt. Ltd.

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Dear Friends, It gives us great pleasure to bring you the 2011 edition of the NEXT 100 book featuring India’s future CIOs. Now in its second year, the NEXT 100 program, from ITNEXT, is a six month long intensive process to identify India’s senior IT managers who have the skills, talent and spirit to become CIOs. This epitomises the mission of ITNEXT to help aspiring CIOs and senior IT managers to succeed professionally.

This year the search process touched over 300,000 IT professionals around the country, and over 2,000 aspirants participated in an exhaustive series of activities that evaluated their management and leadership skills. A highlight of this year’s program was the personal interview of the shortlisted candidates by a committee of CIOs comprising the awards jury.

This book marks the culmination of the NEXT 100, 2011 program. It profiles all of the NEXT 100, 2011 award winners and celebrates their entry into the club of India’s future technology leaders. Our congratulations and best wishes to each one of them – we look forward to their continued success.

The NEXT 100 program would not have scaled these heights without the enthusiastic support and participation from the community of IT managers, the awards jury and the sponsors.

Thank you all!

Regards

Vikas Gupta Director, 9.9 Media & Publisher, IT NEXT

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“True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well” — BILL OWENS December 2011 | NEXT100

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METHODOLOGY Buoyed by keen interest and breathless anticipation from the IT manager and the CIO communities, the process for identifying and selecting the NEXT100 award winners for 2011 got underway in June 2011 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 2,200 aspirants had registered themselves for the grueling selection process.

This year, the selection process for the NEXT100 award winners comprised three stages. First stage, applicants were asked to complete a self-nomination form that elicited 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 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 also draws on the expertise and contributions of the CIO community.

Forty-eight CIOs, from India’s leading companies, who collectively represent many hundreds of years experience in IT and management, were involved as advisors and as interviewers this year. The jury panel deliberated and decided on the applicant scoring model, interview methodology, credential review process—and conducted interviews of shortlisted applicants.

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PERSONALITY TEST & MANAGERIAL TEST As part of the application process this year, all applicants were administered two tests—a personality test and a managerial style test. Both tests have been developed 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, CTPI-Pro, 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 People-Oriented), 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 and emotional stability; they scored low on individualistic orientation, sensitivity and diplomacy.

ABOUT THE TEST: Central Test Personality Inventory (CTPO) for Professionals

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WORK COMPETENCIES An analysis of the workplace competencies of the NEXT100 awardees indicates that they scored high on factors such as business acumen and entrepreneurial risk, while scoring low on factors such as visioning. 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. The competencies on which the NEXT100 group exhibited significant differences versus the total base are innovation, taking initiative, managing others and influence.

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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 higher on the conceptual and innovative thinking styles, while scoring low on intervention and affiliation.

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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JURY PANEL

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Zoeb Adenwala

Srinivas Kishan Anapu

CIO - Global Essel Propack Ltd

CEO Cloud Ready Solutions

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese

After Hours: Cricket, Music, Reading, Social Work

Favourite Food: American

After Hours: Music, Movies, Reading

Dream Destination: Austria

Splurge: Travelling to the mountains & hiking

Dream Destination: Venice, Italy

Splurge: Electronic Gadgets

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry

Cannot do Without: BlackBerry

Recommended Read: Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Personal Milestone: Give something back to society

Movie on Leadership: The Great Escape

My Inspiration: My family

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Amazon Kindle, Sony Playstation

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Cannot do Without: TV

Recommended Read: What the CEO Wants You to Know by Ram Charan

Personal Milestone: Learn how to play a musical instrument

Movie on Leadership: Braveheart

My Inspiration: My wife

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Vandana Avantsa

S P Arya

Senior Vice President Corporate IT Amtek

CIO Motherson Sumi Systems

Favourite Food: Indian

Movie on Leadership: 12 Angry Men

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese

After Hours: Music, Movies , Cooking

Dream Destination: Kashmir

After Hours: Photography, Music, Reading, Socialising

Dream Destination: Scotland

Splurge: My home

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad

Cannot do Without: My Apple iPad

Recommended Read: The Goals

Personal Milestone: To be a business head

Movies on Leadership: The Lion King, Lagaan, Ten Commandments

Inspiration: Lord Krishna

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry, Samsung Galaxy Tab, SLR Camera Recommended Read: The Game Changer by Ram Charan & A.G. Lafley

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Niranjan Bhalivade

David Briskman

CIO CEAT Ltd

VP & CIO Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian, Thai

Cannot do Without: My phone

Favourite Food: Japanese

After Hours: Golf, Movies, Boy Scouts

Dream Destination: Leh, Ladakh & Europe

Personal Milestone: Give something back to society

Dream Destination: Bali

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Apple iPod, Samsung Galaxy Tab

My Inspiration: My wife

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad , BlackBerry, Leatherman Knives

Splurge: Annual summer trip with my boys and wife

After Hours: Cricket, Music, Movies

Recommended Read: The Daily Newspaper

Splurge: Travel , Music, My Playstation 3 games

Movie on Leadership: The Godfather

Personal Milestone: To be in better shape than when I turned 40

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Satish Das

Manish Chokshi

CSO & Asst Vice President-ERM Cognizant Technologies

Chief - Corporate Strategy & CIO Asian Paints

Favourite Food: Italian

After Hours: Reading, Photography, Travelling

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese, Thai

Cannot do Without: An internet connection

Dream Destination: Amalfi Coast, Italy

Splurge: My 10th anniversary trip to Italy for ten days

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Apple iPod

Personal Milestone: Earn my PhD

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Sony HD Handycam Recommended Read: Cold Steel by Tim Bouquet & Byron Ousey

Cannot do Without: My BlackBerry smartphone Personal Milestone: Invest in a non-IT technology company

After Hours: Golf, Music, Reading Splurge: Travelling

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Vikram Dhanda

TG Dhandapani

Senior Vice President AEGIS

CIO TVS Motor Company

Favourite Food: I love experimenting with my food; I am always interested to try something new Dream Destination: The Maldives Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry Recommended Read: The India Way by Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh & Michael Useem

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Movie on Leadership: 12 Angry Men

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Cricket, Collecting Art

After Hours: Reading

Dream Destination: Temples in India

Splurge: Travelling

Splurge: A three week holiday to New Zealand

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry

Cannot do Without: My BlackBerry

Recommended Read: Idhikasa Puranas

My Inspiration: Maha Kavi Bharathi

Cannot do Without: My wife Personal Milestone: To visit and vacation in the Antarctic

Movie on Leadership: Gandhi

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Ajay Kumar Dhir

Nandkishor Dhomne CIO Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd

Executive Director & Group CIO Lanco Infratech Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian, American, Thai, French Dream Destination: Europe & South-East Asia Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry, Apple iPad, SLR Camera Recommended Read: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Movie on Leadership: Patton

After Hours: Photography, Collect Art, Music, Movies, Theatre, Reading Splurge: A Breitling Watch Personal Milestone: To mentor aspiring CIOs Inspiration: Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw

Favourite Food: Indian, Italian, Mexican Dream Destination: Switzerland Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Apple iPod, SLR Camera, 3D TV, Sony Playstation 3 After Hours: Photography, Music, Movies, Reading

Splurge: Vacation in a luxurious suite in Virgin Gorda Constant, British Virgin Islands Cannot do Without: My Apple iPhone and Apple iPad Personal Milestone: Sponsor a scholarship for very poor students in a local school

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

U C Dubey

Vikas Gadre

Executive Director (IT) Iffco-Tokio General Insurance Co Ltd

VP – New Business Initiatives Tata Chemicals Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Music, Reading

Favourite Food: Mexican

After Hours: Sudoku

Dream Destination: Goa

Personal Milestone: Social Service

Dream Destination: Prague, Czech Republic

Splurge: A holiday in New Zealand

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad

My Inspiration: Mahatma Gandhi

Cool Gadgets: Samsung Galaxy Tab

Personal Milestone: To contribute to society

Recommended Read: Bhagavad Gita

Recommended Read: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Movie on Leadership: Lagaan

Movie on Leadership: Lagaan

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Rajesh Garg

Vishnu Gupta

Vice President & Head ISS Nucleus Software Exports Ltd

General Manager – Ops Aditya Birla Health Services Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian (Pure vegetarian)

Movie on Leadership: 3 Idiots

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Music, Movies, Social Work

Dream Destination: Los Angeles, California, USA

After Hours: Cricket, Music, Movies

Dream Destination: Singapore

Splurge: My library

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry

Cannot do Without: Technology

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry

Recommended Read: The Winning by Jack Welch

Personal Milestone: To be COO of the company

Recommended Read: The Leader Who Had No Title

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Personal Milestone: Implement online core health solutions for all individuals Inspiration: My job

Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India

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Kinshuk Hora

Sachin Jain

Head of IT India Subcontinent GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese, American, Arabic, Italian, Mexican

After Hours: Photography, Movies, Theatre, Reading

Dream Destination: Mauritius

Splurge: Camera Equipment

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Apple iPod, SLR Camera, iPhone

Cannot do Without: My iPhone

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry, SLR Camera, XBox Kinect

Recommended Read: Games People Play by Eric Berne

Personal Milestone: To be recognised in the field of photography

Recommended Read: The Game Changer by Ram Charan & A.G. Lafley

Movie on Leadership: The Bridge Over the River Kwai

My Inspiration: Family

Movie on Leadership: Lagaan

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Head IT & CISO Evalueserve

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese, Thai, Mexican Dream Destination: Mauritius

After Hours: Cricket, Photography, Golf, Music, Movies Cannot do Without: Internet Personal Milestone: Entrepreneurship My Inspiration: Bill Gates

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Shailesh Joshi

Asmita Junnarkar

Assoc Vice President & Head - IT Godrej Properties Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian Dream Destination: Switzerland & Goa Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad Recommended Read: Lord of the Flies by William Golding Movie on Leadership: The Bridge on the River Kwai

CIO Voltas Ltd

Splurge: Spending my entire savings on a honeymoon to a foreign destination Cannot do Without: Sweets Personal Milestone: To pilot an aircraft Inspiration: The CEO of a company where I used to work

Favourite Food: Thai

After Hours: Theatre, Cooking

Dream Destination: Wherever there is snow

Cannot do Without: Food

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry

Personal Milestone: To be a grandmother

Recommended Read: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Inspiration: My family

Movie on Leadership: Gandhi

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Prakash K Paranjape

Sudhansu Karmokar

CIO Idea Cellular

General Manager - IT Meru Cab Company Pvt Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese

After Hours: Photography, Music, Movies

Favourite Food: Thai, Italian, Mexican

Dream Destination: Goa

Cannot do Without: My iPhone

Dream Destination: Sanctuaries in India & overseas

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, SLR Camera, Apple iPhone

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Android Tablets

Recommended Read: Exodus by Leon Uris

After Hours: Photography, Theatre

Movie on Leadership: The King’s Speech

Personal Milestone: To get into theatre and photography professionally and to run a business

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Sanjeev Kumar

Sumant Kelkar

Group CIO & Group President - Business Excellence Adhunik Group of Industries

Advisor Essar Information Technology Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Cricket, Tennis, Music, Theater

Favourite Food: Indian, Thai, Italian, Mexican

Dream Destination: Holy Places, Pilgrimages and Europe

Cannot do Without: Internet

Dream Destination: USA

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry, 3D TV

Personal Milestone: Tour and see the whole world

Recommended Read: Novels written by Judith Bronte

Inspiration: Mr MK Khera

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, SLR Camera, Nintendo Wii

Movie on Leadership: Gandhi

Recommended Read: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Animal Farm by George Orwell & Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Movies on Leadership: The Lion King, The Lord of the Rings trilogy & Three Idiots After Hours: Music, Reading, Social Work Cannot do Without: Company of friends and relatives Personal Milestone: Learn classical music, spread vedic mathematics, make educational projects successful for tribals

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Vinay Mehta

Suhas Mhaskar

CIO Escorts Construction Equipment Ltd

Favourite Food: Chinese, Mexican

Splurge: Buying Music

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese, Italian, Mexican

After Hours: Photography, Golf, Movies, Reading

Dream Destination: Thailand and UK

Cannot do Without: My BlackBerry

Dream Destination: Mountain Resorts & Beaches

Splurge: Holiday for my kids

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, SLR Camera

Personal Milestone: Hang up my boots and travel

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Apple iPod, SLR Camera, My Windows Laptop

Cannot do Without: My family

After Hours: Photography, Music, Movies, Swimming

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Senior General Manager - Corporate IT Mahindra Group

Inspiration: My father

Recommended Read: Works by Edward de Bono Movie on Leadership: Twelve Angry Men, The Bridge on the River Kwai

Personal Milestone: To be a Board Member My Inspiration: My work

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

C Mohan

S C Mittal

CTO Reliance Life Insurance Company Ltd

Group CTO IFFCO

Favourite Food: Indian, Thai, Italian

After Hours: Movies, Cooking

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Cricket, Golf, Movies, Music

Dream Destination: Orlando, United States

Splurge: Travelling

Dream Destination: Orlando, United States

Cannot do Without: Listening to music

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, DVR

Cannot do Without: Friends, My Apple iPad

Recommended Read: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

Personal Milestone: Visit to Europe on a long holiday

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, SLR Camera, Nintendo Wii

Personal Milestone: To become a succesful CEO of a great startup IT company

Movie on Leadership: Gandhi

My Inspiration: Dr US Awasthi, MD (IFFCO)

Recommended Read: All Employees Are Marketers by Richard Parkes Cordock Movie on Leadership: 300

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Rajesh Munjal

Dr. B Muthukumaran

Head - IT & Asst Vice President – Operations Carzonrent India

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Music, Playing with my kids

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese, Italian, Mexican

After Hours: Photography, Reading

Dream Destination: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cannot do Without: Mobile Phone

Dream Destination: Kerala

Splurge: Gadgets

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad

Personal Milestone: To take a leadership position in business

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry, Amazon Kindle, Apple iPod

Cannot do Without: My BlackBerry

Inspiration: Steve Jobs

Recommended Read: The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn’t Think He’s Larry Ellison by Mike Wilson

Recommended Read: The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India

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Head Operations & IT Security SecureIQ

Personal Milestone: My book on management information systems

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

CR Narayanan

John Nadar Head – IT Tata Chemicals Ltd

CIO Tulip Telecom Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Cricket

Favourite Food: Indian

Splurge: Travel & Gadgets

Dream Destination: Singapore

Splurge: Vacationing in the USA

Dream Destination: The hills

Cannot do Without: Friends

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Apple iPod, SLR Camera

Cannot do Without: My family

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Nintendo Wii

Personal Milestone: Preparing for retirement

Personal Milestone: Become a CFO

Movie on Leadership: Lagaan

My Inspiration: Anna Hazare

My Inspiration: My spouse

After Hours: Cricket, Golf, Music, Movies, Reading

Recommended Read: You Can Win by Shiv Khera Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India, Lagaan

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Venkatesh Natarajan

Ratnakar Nemani

Special Director - IT Ashok Leyland Ltd

CIO Himatsingka Seide Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian

Cannot do Without: BlackBerry

Favourite Food: Indian, Italian

Splurge: Sedan Car

Dream Destination: Sri Lanka

Personal Milestone: To barge into the boardroom

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry, Apple iPod, Galaxy Tab

Cannot do Without: My Apple iPod

Recommended Read: The Professional by Subroto Bagchi

Personal Milestone: Become a CEO

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPod Recommended Read: The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks by M S Krishnan After Hours: Music, Theater, Reading, TV

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Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India

My Inspiration: My mother

After Hours: Music, Movies, Reading

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11/23/2011 4:23:44 PM

JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Neena Pahuja

VS Parthasarathy

CIO Max HealthCare Institute Ltd

Group CIO, Exec Vice President - Finance & M&A Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese

After Hours: Spending time with my family

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Music, Movies, Badminton

Dream Destination: Komarkom, Kerala

Personal Milestone: Healthcare at the doorstep through technology

Dream Destination: Kerala & Europe

Cannot do Without: My spectacles

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad

Personal Milestone: To be a better human being

Recommended Read: Castles Can Fly by Alvin Lee

Recommended Read: Built To Last by Jim Collins

My Inspiration: My wife

Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India

Movie on Leadership: Gandhi

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Daya Prakash

Girish Rao

Head - IT LG Electronics India

Head - IT Marico Ltd

Movie on Leadership: Miracle

Favourite Food: Indian

Splurge: Good food

Dream Destination: California, USA

After Hours: Cricket, Tennis, Music, Movies, Reading

Cool Gadgets: Samsung Galaxy Tab

Cool Gadgets: 3D TV

Cannot do Without: Mobile Phone, Laptop

Recommended Read: Management Mythos by Devdutt Patnaik

Cannot do Without: Experimenting with cooking and visiting temples

Recommended Read: The Seven Day Weekend: Changing the Way Work Works by Ricardo Semler

Personal Milestone: Completing my PhD

Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese, American, Italian, Mexican

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Personal Milestone: To be a business leader

After Hours: Music, Reading

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Subhasish Saha

Dhiren Savla

CTO Apeejay Surrendra Group

CIO Kuoni Travel Group

Favourite Food: Thai

After Hours: Tennis, Music, Reading

Favourite Food: Indian, Italian, Mexican

Cannot do Without: My handphone

Dream Destination: Switzerland

Cannot do Without: Reading a good book before sleeping

Dream Destination: Africa, Spain, Sweden & Kerala

Personal Milestone: Make a difference in society

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Apple iPod

Personal Milestone: To get PMP certified

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad

Recommended Read: Corporate Chankya by Radhakrishnan Pillai

Inspiration: Nelson Mandela

After Hours: Music

Movie on Leadership: The Great Escape

Splurge: My new house, fragrances and ties

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Rajeev Seoni

Vijay Sethi

CIO Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd

Vice President & CIO Hero MotoCorp Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian

Favourite Food: Indian

Dream Destination: Kerala & Kashmir

Dream Destination: Goa

Cool Gadgets: BlackBerry

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, SLR Camera

Movie on Leadership: Patton

Recommended Read: What to Ask the Person in the Mirror by Robert S. Kaplan

After Hours: Movies, Reading

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Splurge: Car

Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India

After Hours: Cricket, Photography, Golf, Reading, Playing with my daughters Splurge: Cameras Cannot do Without: My mobile phone (with GPRS) Personal Milestone: To be a better golfer Inspiration: My parents

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11/23/2011 4:24:10 PM

JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Shiva Shankar

Jagat Pal Singh

VP & Head - IT Infrastructure, Security - Ops & Eng Reliance Tech Services

CTO Cybage Software Pvt Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian

After Hours: Movies, Reading, Table Tennis

Favourite Food: Indian, Italian, Mexican

After Hours: Travel

Dream Destination: Mauritius

Cannot do Without: My children (son and daughter)

Dream Destination: Goa

Cannot do Without: Internet

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab

Personal Milestone: Spend a week working in an old age home or an orphanage

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, DVR

Personal Milestone: To become CEO

Recommended Read: Outlier: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Inspiration: God

Recommended Read: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath Movie on Leadership: Chak De! India

Inspiration: Anyone who injects positive energy into me

Movie on Leadership: The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition

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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Shantanu Singh Chauhan

Dheeraj Sinha

Director New Initiatives ValueFirst Messaging Pvt Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian Dream Destination: Goa & Valley of Flowers, Himachal Pradesh

After Hours: Cricket, Photography, Movies, Reading, Football Splurge: Tissot T-Touch watch

Cool Gadgets: SLR Camera, LG Android

Cannot do Without: My mobile

Recommended Read: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Personal Milestone: Run operations at a corporate level

Movie on Leadership: The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Head - Corporate Management Services Apollo Tyres Ltd

Inspiration: Our MD, Vish Bajaj

Favourite Food: Chinese, Mexican Dream Destination: Amsterdam and Sydney Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Nintendo Wii Recommended Read: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Other’s Don’t by Jim Collins Movie on Leadership: We Were the Soldiers, Miracle, Remember the Titans

Splurge: Driving a convertible from the East to West Coast of USA with my family on vacation Cannot do Without: Being with my kids and seeing them grow Personal Milestone: To do a PhD and seek an academic position Inspiration: Anna Hazare

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11/23/2011 4:24:26 PM

JURY NEXT100 AWARDS

Swaranjit S Soni

Sivaram Tadepalli

Former Executive Director (IS) Indian Oil Corp Ltd

Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese, Italian Dream Destination: Switzerland & South Africa Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, Galaxy Tab, SLR Camera Recommended Read: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Other’s Don’t by Jim Collins Movie on Leadership: 3 Idiots

Advisor - IT GMR Group

After Hours: Photography, Music, Reading, Writing Cannot do Without: Notebook PC Personal Milestone: Become an established writer Inspiration: God

Favourite Food: Indian, Thai

Movie on Leadership: Lagaan

Dream Destination: Singapore

After Hours: Music, Movies, Playing Bridge

Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Apple iPod

Cannot do Without: A good team

Recommended Read: The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life by Robin Sharma

Personal Milestone: Be a good mentor

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AWARDEES

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Rajeev Agarwal Pg. 46

Sharat Airani

Manuhaar Agrawalla

Pg. 48

Pg. 47

Ajit Awasare Pg. 49

Joy Bagish Pg. 50

Manoj Bhat

Johnson Cherian

Pg. 51

Pg. 53

Pradeep Chaudhary Pg. 52

Vijay Choudhary Pg. 54

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G P Singh Chugh Pg. 55

11/23/2011 5:43:15 PM

Rajeev Agarwal Head - Corporate IT HAL Birthday: March 24 Highest Qualification: Masters in Technology IIT Kharagpur Total Experience: 25 years Current Team Size: 300 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Data Centre Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Favourite Food Indian Favourite Book Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra Inspiration FC Kohli

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11/23/2011 5:43:19 PM

Manuhaar Agrawalla Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Birthday: November 5

Current Team Size: Nil

Highest Qualification: Senior Management Program IIM Calcutta

Technology Expertise: IT Infrastructure Management, Network Management & Administration, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment,

Total Experience: 13 years

Favourite Food Indian, Thai, Italian Favourite Movie The Da Vinci Code Favourite Book Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Project Management, Vendor Management

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Sharat Airani Chief-IT (Systems & Security) Forbes Marshall Group Birthday: December 28 Highest Qualification: Business Management Degree IIM Ahmedabad Total Experience: 19 years Current Team Size: 18 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Dream Vacation Mauritius Favourite Movie MacKenna’s Gold & Deewaar Favourite Book Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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11/23/2011 5:43:32 PM

Ajit Awasare Dy General Manager, Larsen & Toubro Ltd Birthday: October 16 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering Mumbai University Total Experience: 20 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Inspiration My Parents & My Wife Favourite Movie The Matrix Favourite Book Bhagavad Gita

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Joy Bagish Senior Manager - IT Apeejay Surrendra Corporate Services Ltd Birthday: December 4 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Mathematics Dum Dum Motijheel College Total Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 20 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Server Management & Administration, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Hobbies Playing football Inspiration Stephen Hawking Favourite Book Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Manoj Bhat Head – IT Operations, 3DPLM Software Solutions Ltd Birthday: December 3

Current Team Size: 4 people

Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecommunication) SVPMS College of Engineering

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management

Total Experience: 13 years

Favourite Food Indian, Mexican Favourite Movie Taree Zameen Par Inspiration My father

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Pradeep Chaudhary Asst General Manager - IT Shree Cement Ltd Birthday: November 9 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Science Uphiltron Total Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 18 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, SW Testing & QA, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Favourite Food Indian, Mexican Favourite Book Discover the Diamond in You by Arindam Chaudhuri Hobbies Bike Riding, Diving

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11/23/2011 5:43:51 PM

Johnson Cherian General Manager - IT Infrastructure, Varun Beverages Ltd Birthday: May 20 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Applications India Education Center Total Experience: 17 years

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Personal Milestone To be an entrepreneur Inspiration Mother Teresa Favourite Book Jesus and the Last Supper

by Dr Brant Pitre

Current Team Size: 5 people December 2011 | NEXT100

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Vijay Choudhary Dy General Manager - IT HRH Group of Hotels Birthday: March 11 Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management SCDL Total Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 15 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, SW Testing & QA

Personal Milestone Completing my PhD Inspiration Steve Jobs Favourite Book India 2020: A Vision for the New Millenium by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam

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11/23/2011 5:44:04 PM

G P Singh Chugh Senior Manager - IT, Vodafone Essar Ltd Birthday: October 26

Current Team Size: Outsourced

Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) Mumbai University

Technology Expertise: Data Centre Management, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Vendor Management, Project Management, Server Management & Administration, Network Management & Administration

Total Experience: 17 years

Dream Vacation Mauritius Personal Milestone To be an expert in IT Service Management Favourite Book Good to Great by Jim Collins

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ADOPT CONFERENCING SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. — Native American Proverb

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ACCORDING TO THE India Climate Portal, India is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after China and the United States. As an industrialising nation, it is inevitable that emissions will continue to rise in the coming decades. India’s high climate variability, coupled with the ongoing warming of the planet, may culminate in grave consequences for both people and the natural ecosystem.

Faced with such dire news, companies here must now take the necessary steps to contribute to improvements to combat climate change. India has participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project since 2006. Every year, more companies in India are disclosing their greenhouse emissions and making the pledge to embrace a low-carbon future. This positive move comes as companies accept the risks and opportunities associated with climate change and the positive effects it can have on their bottom line.

No matter the industry or end product, businesses will be directly and indirectly affected by the impacts of climate change.

That is why it is vital for companies to identify and act on green opportunities. Early adopters of sustainable business practices will find that through their actions, not only will they reduce their overall carbon footprint but they will also gain a competitive advantage over other businesses.

Climate change strategy need not be rocket science. It starts with a company evaluating and introducing policy changes to their existing business habits and processes. There are new technologies emerging daily that help reduce emissions: electric vehicles, alternative fuels, smart grids, advanced telepresence and conferencing solutions. As company policies evolve to invest in such changes, we can gradually achieve the low-carbon future we need.

Of all the available options to go green, one of the most easily implemented strategies is to reduce business travel. Since the start of globalisation, transportation has been a growing cause of carbon emissions. There is no better time to evaluate the impact that business travel has on the environment.

One easy way is to calculate your existing CO2 emissions by using a carbon calculator. The next step is to take action to reduce or minimise the environmental impact of business travel. A simple but effective business change is to make the switch to audio and web collaboration services.

There are tremendous benefits to be reaped just by implementing audio and web collaboration solutions in place of business travel.

When employees are empowered to work from anywhere and at any time, they waste less time on the road, are more productive and maintain a healthier work-life

balance. Also, the savings to the company are substantial, both from a business point of view, as well as having more content, less stressed employees; all while maintaining productivity and competitiveness. But the greatest benefit is the positive effect it has on the environment as carbon emissions are drastically reduced.

Audio and web collaboration is by far one of the easiest and cost effective ‘green’ strategies for any company to implement. Arkadin’s conferencing solutions provide businesses the ability to conduct efficient meetings by collaborating online regardless of distance or physical constraints. By moving to remote meetings, businesses cut travel costs and make a huge impact on society, the environment and the economy at large.

Arkadin is focused on integrating collaboration technology into existing work habits to facilitate and enhance business practices. When these solutions become a core part of the business rather than being just another complex technology, positive changes can and will be made to the business and environment. There is much to gain from a simple step in this direction.

With audio and web collaboration being a far more attractive alternative solution to business travel, Arkadin is working hard towards spurring the business community into action by driving education programs that help

raise sustainability issues at work.

Climate Care Day is a green initiative by Arkadin that encourages businesses to introduce a workday without business travel. This goes hand-in-hand with Arkadin’s commitment to sustainability.

As the Indian corporate sector moves towards implementing green measures such as integrating audio and web collaboration solutions to its travel policies, it will be possible to see the country commit to reducing its emissions intensity of GDP by 20-25 per cent by 2020 (compared to the 2005 level) as documented in the Copenhagen Accord. This will be a significant achievement not just for India’s future generations, but for the world at large. n

About Arkadin As a global provider of audio and web conferencing services, Arkadin knows that communication is a vital part of any successful business. Founded in 2001, the company has over 750 employees and supports over 14,000 corporate clients, including 120 Fortune 500 companies, from our 45 offices in 27 countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

In Asia Pacific, we are represented by 18 offices in 9 countries, including India, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Arkadin offers customized solutions, worldclass 24x7 customer support, flexible access, easyto-use tools, comprehensive features, invoicing and reporting flexibility, and global implementation expertise.

For more information, please visit www.arkadin.co.in

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“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall” — STEPHEN COVEY

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11/23/2011 2:49:19 PM

Kaustav Das Pg. 60

Harin Dave

Goutam Datta

Pg. 62

Pg. 61

Keyur Desai Pg. 63

Sanjay Deshmukh Pg. 64

Yogesh Dhandharia

Sreekanth Elkuri

Pg. 65

Pg. 67

Suresh E Pg. 66

Shiju George Pg. 68

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Somasekhara Rao Gonuguntla Pg. 69

11/23/2011 2:50:03 PM

Kaustav Das Delivery Head - SAP Highbar Technologies Ltd (HCC Group Company) Birthday: April 2 Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Administration IIT Mumbai Total Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 15 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Biggest Extravagance 3 week tour across Europe Favourite Movies Sholay, Munnabhai Series Inspiration Mr Mahendra

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11/23/2011 2:50:17 PM

Goutam Datta Asst Vice President - Technology ICICI Lombard GIC Ltd Birthday: March 8

Current Team Size: 11 people

Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Application Rohtak University

Technology Expertise: Technology Evaluation & Selection, Data Centre Management, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Total Experience: 14 years

Personal Milestone To be a CTO for a mid size market leader by 2014 and retire as a CEO Inspiration Subhash Chandra Bosh Favourite Book Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?

by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

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11/23/2011 2:50:24 PM

Harin Dave Manager – Projects Cognizant Technology Solutions Birthday: April 23 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Computer Science, Gujarat University Total Experience: 10.4 years Current Team Size: 33 people Technology Expertise: SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Web Server & Web Site Management, Training & Education

Biggest Extravagance Purchased a 42� LCD and a treadmill on the same day Favourite Movies Lakshya, The Legend of Bhagat Singh, Ice Age series, Mr Bean Favourite Book The 4 Disciplines of Execution

by Stephen Covey, Corporate Chanakya

by Radhakrishnan Pillai

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11/23/2011 2:50:30 PM

Keyur Desai Delivery Head - Network & Communications ESSAR Information Technology Ltd Birthday: October 23

Current Team Size: 25 people

Highest Qualification: Diploma in Engineering Maharaja Sayaji Rao University

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Desktop Systems Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Help Desk & User Support, Training & Education

Total Experience: 10 years

Dream Vacation Aberdeenshire, Scotland Favourite Book Leadership Wisdom by Robin Sharma Inspiration Jayantha Prabhu

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Sanjay Deshmukh Divisional Manager - IT Mercedes-Benz India Birthday: May 20 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Science (Electronics) Marathwada University Total Experience: 24 years Current Team Size: 12 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Favourite Food Indian Cannot do Without My family Inspiration Shri Saibaba

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11/23/2011 2:50:43 PM

Yogesh Dhandharia IT & Business Manager, Rashi Peripherals Pvt Ltd Birthday: June 3 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering Mumbai University Total Experience: 13 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development

Dream Vacation Munnar, Kerala Inspiration Mr Suresh Pansari, MD of Rashi Peripherals Favourite Book Books by Robert Ludlum

Current Team Size: 8 people December 2011 | NEXT100

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11/23/2011 2:50:48 PM

Suresh E IT Manager Paterson Securities Pvt Ltd Birthday: December 8 Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Management IGNOU Total Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 7 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Database Management & Administration, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Dream Vacation Kodaikanal and Ooty, Tamil Nadu Favourite Movie Avatar Favourite Book Rage of Angels You by Sidney Sheldon

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11/23/2011 2:50:52 PM

Sreekanth Elkuri Project Manager, Mindtree Birthday: March 4 Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Management Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Training & Education, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Dream Vacation Nainital, Uttarakhand Favourite Book Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda Favourite Movie Rudraveena

Total Experience: 10 years Current Team Size: 10 people December 2011 | NEXT100

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11/23/2011 2:50:55 PM

Shiju George Senior Manager Shoppers Stop Ltd Birthday: October 26 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Computer Science College of Applied Science Total Experience 13 years Current Team Size: 140 people Technology Expertise: Data Centre Management, Desktop Systems Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Vendor Management, Project Management, Server Management & Administration, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese Dream Vacation Shimla & Kullu-Manali, Himachal Pradesh Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, BlackBerry

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11/23/2011 2:51:02 PM

Somasekhara Rao Gonuguntla IT Project Manager, TESCO Hindustan Service Center Birthday: June 15

Current Team Size: 8 people

Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management PSG Institute of Management

Technology Expertise: Project Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Training & Education, Vendor Management, IT Asset Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Network Management & Administration

Total Experience: 12 years

Dream Vacation Auckland, New Zealand Inspiration R Gopalakrishnan Favourite Book The Bonsai Manager by R Gopalakrishnan

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11/23/2011 2:51:05 PM

“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people” — MOHANDAS GANDHI

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11/23/2011 2:52:42 PM

Deepak Gupta Pg. 74

Gyanendra Kumar Gupta

Dinesh Gupta

Pg. 76

Pg. 75

Kapil Gupta Pg. 77

Sandeep Gupta Pg. 78

Tarun Gupta

Archie Jackson

Pg. 79

Pg. 81

Ravindra H S Pg. 80

Sandeep Jha Pg. 82

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Asad Joheb Pg. 83

11/23/2011 2:53:06 PM

Deepak Gupta Chief Manager - IT JK Tyre & Industries Ltd Birthday: February 19 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications IMS Ghaziabad Total Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 6 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Storage Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management

Biggest Extravagance Watches Dream Vacation Switzerland Favourite Movie Agneepath

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11/23/2011 2:53:10 PM

Dinesh Gupta Dy General Manager - IT, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd Birthday: December 5 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications Jorhat Engineering College Total Experience: 16 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management

Dream Vacation Malaysia Favourite Movie Golmaal Favourite Book Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

Current Team Size: 6 people December 2011 | NEXT100

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11/23/2011 2:53:15 PM

Gyanendra Kumar Gupta Dy General Manager - Systems IFFCO Birthday: March 1 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering HBTI Kanpur Total Experience: 30 years Current Team Size: 15 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, IT Asset Management

Dream Vacation Munnar, Kerala Inspiration N R Narayana Murthy Favourite Book The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

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Kapil Gupta Director - IT, MTS Birthday: December 11 Highest Qualification: MBA, Business Management University of Kansas

Dream Vacation Hawaii, USA Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Favourite Book Rich Dad, Poor Dad

by Robert T Kiyosaki Favourite Movies Men of Honour, 3 Idiots

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Sandeep Gupta IT Strategy Consultant TCS - Global Consulting Practice Birthday: December 19 Highest Qualification: MBA, Business Management Lancaster University Management School Total Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 1 person Technology Expertise: Technology Evaluation & Selection

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese, Mexican Dream Vacation Switzerland Favourite Movie Top Gun

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Tarun Gupta Dream Vacation Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Manager, Lanco Solar Pvt Ltd Birthday: November 25 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering Ideal Institute of Technology Total Experience: 8 years

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Favourite Movie The Shawshank Redemption Favourite Book Winning with Accountability

by Henry J. Evans

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Ravindra HS Assoc Vice President - IS Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd Birthday: April 8 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Business Management ACME Total Experience: 24 years Current Team Size: 42 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, SW Development, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Dream Vacation North India, The Maldives and Europe Favourite Book The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale Biggest Extravagance Buying a house and car

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Archie Jackson Senior Manager & IT Service Delivery Manager, Steria India Pvt Ltd Birthday: March 26 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) Shivaji University Total Experience: 10 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management

Dream Vacation Mauritius, Greece & Switzerland Favourite Movies Sholay, Golmal, Rocky III, Saw, Titanic Personal Milestone To be the best father, son & husband

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Sandeep Jha Manager IT Africare Ltd Birthday: October 19 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Marketing IMT Ghaziabad Total Experience: 7 years Current Team Size: 30 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact analysis, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Security

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, SLR Camera Favourite Book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

by Robin Sharma & His Majesty’s Opponent by Sugata Bose Inspiration Lord Krishna & Mahatma Gandhi

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Asad Joheb Data Centre Manager, Taj Group of Hotels Birthday: September 19 Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management University of Phoenix Total Experience: 8.5 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, IT Infrastructure Management, Vendor Management

Favourite Movie Saving Private Ryan Favourite Book The Adventures of Tintin

by HergĂŠ Inspiration My wife

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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS IN BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING Communications is a vital part of business continuity, and solutions must be in place to stave off any potential losses due to disruptive events. — Arkadin Global Conferencing

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S IN TODAY’S ECONOMIC climate, any downtime affecting critical business systems can cause irreparable damage to a company’s productivity, reputation and revenue.

Both SMBs and enterprises have prioritized business continuity and disaster recovery as top technology initiatives over the next 12 months, and 1/3 or more are planning to increase their spending by at least 5% this year.

Businesses are faced with multiple types of threats that can disrupt internal and external communications. Although pandemics, security breaches, and acts of war receive a lot of media attention, more mundane events such as infrastructure and network system failures are perceived as more likely by IT and business executives.

Almost all businesses will need a robust, integrated and well tested multi-platform communications system as part of business continuity planning.

Organizations are now exploring how global conferencing solutions can form part of the internal and external communications strategy essential to maintain “business as usual” in the face of disruptive events.

Conferencing solutions can be used to keep in touch and reassure staff, ensuring that consistent messaging is maintained to protect a brand, maintain critical meetings with customers and continue to collaborate on projects.

Leveraging Remote Collaboration Services Between 2000 and 2008, there have been an average of 392 disasters per year and the average economic damage was $102.6 billion worldwide.

The cloud of Icelandic volcanic ash which drifted across European flight paths in April 2010 cost firms across Europe up to €2.5billion and caused major disruptions to worldwide travel. People found themselves in unpleasant situations with limited infrastructure to support them.

Using conferencing enabled some organizations to mitigate the impact by allowing employees to conduct meetings online. The ash cloud highlighted the need for organizations to maintain communications in the face of unforeseen circumstances as well as the need for conferencing solutions to be part of an organization’s business continuity planning agenda.

Disruptions such as cancellations or strikes, although short-lived, can quickly impact productivity, efficiency and customer service.

Having a contingency plan in place will prevent the continual drain on resources. Being able to move a planned meeting online at short notice can prevent its cancellation and enable delegates to operate efficiently regardless of their location.

With a best practice communications strategy in place that includes an integrated conferencing platform, businesses can reduce their reliability on public transport and significantly limit their exposure to losses should

disruptions occur. Less reliance on transport to and from meetings also reduces wasted productivity time for employees and can contribute to a healthier work-life balance.

Despite proactive planning, businesses will always face the risk of power interruptions or other infrastructure failures. Having a comprehensive communications solution in place that does not rely on a business’s native IT infrastructure means that IT downtime doesn’t have to be business downtime. Deploying cloud-based conferencing and telephony solutions as part of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan ensures that power cuts and server failures will not prevent people from maintaining communications with customers, partners, suppliers and other key stakeholders.

Business Continuity Best Practices Companies are facing increasing pressure to comply with standards for disaster recovery planning. In a survey conducted by AT&T, nearly 75% of IT executives indicated that business continuity is a priority for their organizations. On average, 6 7% of IT budgets will be allocated to support business continuity activities in 2011.

Business continuity planning typically consists of three procedural phases: business impact analysis, risk assessment, and plan documentation. Continuity planners and disaster recovery professionals should

assess who will be affected by a communications failure and create a plan to mitigate the effects of disruptive events on the organization.

Remote collaborations solutions such as audio, web and video conferencing can be used to: • Contact and communicate with emergency responders, employees, suppliers, customers, and partners • Activate and operate an emergency operations center (EOC) • Coordinate the restoration of normal operations Today’s competitive business environment means that companies have zero tolerance for downtime whether it be from natural disasters, cyber-attacks, pandemics, or power outages.

Conferencing solutions are now being used to maintain consistent and timely communications over a range of devices and channels with both internal and external stakeholders. Providing clear guidance on what to do and what the business expects during any disruptive event will minimize the impact on employees and maintain customer relationships and revenues.

An effective business continuity strategy must establish resilient, integrated communication channels. Conferencing solutions are now as essential when it comes to contingency planning as they are in everyday business productivity and collaboration. n www.arkadin.co.in December 2011 | NEXT100

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“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”

—NELSON MANDELA

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Makarand Joshi Pg. 88

Dipthi Karnad

Hitender Kanwar

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Aniket Kate Pg. 91

Suresh Khadakbhavi Pg. 92

Farhan Khan

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Feroz Khan Pg. 94

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Makarand Joshi Dy General Manager - IT Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corp Ltd Birthday: August 9 Highest Qualification: Masters in Electronics Shivaji University Total Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 6 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Vendor Management, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab Favourite Movie All Hrishikesh Mukherjee films Inspiration My wife

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Hitender Kanwar Senior Manager - IT, Tulip Telecom Ltd Birthday: May 25 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications IGNOU

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Database Management & Administration, Storage Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Favourite Food Indian Favourite Gadgets BlackBerry, SLR Camera Favourite Movie 3 Idiots

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Dipthi Karnad Senior Manager - IT HyperCITY Retail India Ltd Birthday: January 20 Highest Qualification: Masters in Financial Management Welingkar Institute of Management Total Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 1 person Technology Expertise: Project Management, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Favourite Movies It’s a Wonderful Life, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayange, Home Alone, Raang De Basanti, Life is Beautiful, Dil Chahta Hai Personal Milestone To visit all of Europe by December 31, 2015 Inspiration Veneeth Purushotaman, Abel Correa & Kaushal Karnad

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Aniket Kate Manager IT, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Birthday: September 8

Current Team Size: 10 people

Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering MGM College of Engineering

Technology Expertise: Project Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, IT Security, Data Centre Management, IT Infrastructure Management

Favourite Movie Independence Day Favourite Book Not Without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody Personal Milestone Complete my MBA

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Suresh Khadakbhavi Dy General Manager - ICT Bangalore International Airport Ltd Birthday: December 5 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communications) Karnatak University Total Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 29 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Biggest Extravagance Buying branded clothes Dream Vacation Maldives Favourite Movie Ben Hur

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Farhan Khan Asst Vice President - IT, Radico Khaitan Ltd Birthday: October 1 Highest Qualification: MBA in Computer Science Amity Total Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 28 people

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Dream Vacation Switzerland Favourite Movie Swades Favourite Book The Developing World

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Feroz Ahmad Khan Assoc Vice President - IT Godrej Consumer Products Ltd Birthday: October 3 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Business Management Symbiosis Pune Total Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 25 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Dream Vacation Interlaken, Switzerland Biggest Extravagance My family and watches Hobbies Photography, Music, Reading

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Ashish Khanna Corporate Manager – IT Infrastructure, The Oberoi Group Birthday: June 4 Highest Qualification: Business Management Degree IIM Calcutta Total Experience: 11 years

Technology Expertise: Data Centre Management, Green IT, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, Training & Education, Project Management

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, 3D TV, Sony Playstation 3 Favourite Movies Avatar, Jurassic Park, Sholay, 3 Idiots Biggest Extravagance Watches

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Pradeep Khanna Senior Project Manager Infosys Ltd Birthday: February 1 Highest Qualification: MBA in International Business University Business School of Chandigarh Total Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 43 people Technology Expertise: Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Favourite Food Japanese, Italian Favourite Movie The Pursuit of Happiness, Home Alone Favourite Books Future Shock by Alvin Toffler, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

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Shishir Khare Head Internal IT- Noida Region, TCS Birthday: December 18 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering Amaravati University Total Experience: 16 years

Technology Expertise: IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Help Desk & User Support, Vendor Management, Network Management & Administration

Favourite Movie Kal Ho Na Ho Hobbies Music, Movies, Reading Favourite Book Books by Chetan Bhagat

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“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. ” — ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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Manoj Kumar Pg. 102

Prakash Kumar

Prajwal Kumar

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Santosh Kurhade Pg. 105

Sushanta Kumar Lenka Pg. 106

Satish Mahajan

Umesh Malhotra

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Suchit Malhotra Pg. 108

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Manoj Kumar Asst General Manager - IT Jai Suspension Systems Ltd Birthday: September 24 Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Physical Science LNMU Masters Degree in Computer Applications Bhoj Open University Total Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 13 people Technology Expertise: Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Training & Education, Web Server & Web Site Management

Hobbies Photography, Tennis, Music, Movies, Theatre, Reading, Attending spiritual seminars Favourite Movie Mother India Favourite Book Bhagavad Gita

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Prajwal Kumar Dy General Manager - IT, ACG Worldwide Birthday: December 29

Current Team Size: 13 people

Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Business Administration Jamunalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Training & Education, IT Security

Total Experience: 14 years

Dream Vacation Miami, USA Favourite Movie Final Destination Favourite Book You Can Win

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Prakash Kumar Head -IT Delta Power Solution (India) Pvt Ltd Birthday: July 16 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Industrial Engineering AIP Total Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 21 people Technology Expertise: Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, SW Testing & QA, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Biggest Extravagance Eating out Favourite Movie 3 Idiots Favourite Book The Alchemist

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Santosh Kurhade Senior Vice President - IT, IDFC Securities Birthday: June 2 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Engineering PC Point Total Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 5 people

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Database Management & Administration, Vendor Management, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Server Management & Administration, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Security

Personal Milestone To travel to New Zealand Inspiration My father Favourite Movie Lagaan

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Sushanta Kumar Lenka Manager-IT Mitsubishi Electric Automotive India Pvt Ltd Birthday: March 28 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Applications NIIT Total Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 2 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management

Biggest Extravagance Going out for food and vacationing Hobbies Cricket, Movies, Table Tennis Favourite Book The Alchemist

by Paulo Coelho

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Satish Mahajan Consultant Birthday: August 22 Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management JBIMS Total Experience: 22 years

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Help Desk & User Support

Dream Vacation Switzerland Personal Milestone To start my own firm and do social work Favourite Book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

by Marshall Goldsmith

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Suchit Malhotra Senior Manager - Program Management Sapient Birthday: July 5 Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Computer Applications Hindu Institute of Management Total Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 20 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, IT Asset Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Vendor Management

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese, Thai, Italian Favourite Movies The Da Vinci Code, Bourne Trilogy, Gandhi, 3 Idiots Hobbies Gaming, Reading, Music, Movies

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Umesh Malhotra Asst General Manager, Hero MotoCorp Ltd Birthday: April 6 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Applications NIIT

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Training & Education

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese, Italian Dream Vacation Switzerland Inspiration Mr Vijay Sethi

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Kamal Matta Head IT & Telecom Sonic Biochem Ext Ltd Birthday: March 27 Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Business Administration DAVV Indore Total Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 12 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Favourite Movie Kala Phathar Favourite Book One Night @ the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat Inspiration Mr Girish Matlani

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Kapil Mehrotra Senior Manager, iYOGI Technical Services Pvt Ltd Birthday: August 7 Highest Qualification: MBA in Computer Science Annamalai University Total Experience: 15 years

Technology Expertise: Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, IT Infrastructure Management, SW Testing & QA, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Biggest Extravagance Electronics, Watches and Ties Personal Milestone I want to start my own software company Favourite Movie Behind Enemy Lines

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WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE There is often too great a temptation to say ‘we did it’ especially after suffering for days or weeks for our goal. Yet, it is the stronger soul who says ‘we nearly made it, but for….’ By David Lim

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IN 1968, DONALD CROWHURST was part of a flotilla of yachts competing in a round the world race.

After beginning the race from Britain, he began falsifying his logbook and radio transmissions to give the impression that he was doing well in the race. When his plan began to get exposed, he could not bear it and threw himself overboard. Only his notes and papers revealed the true nature of his ‘achievement’.

A few years ago some climbers were written about in newspapers after they claimed to have summitted Shishapangma, an 8046m peak in Tibet. The team enjoyed accolades from their sponsors for “summitting” the peak. Then their claim was challenged, with focus on the fact that they had climbed a lower, subsidiary point along the 2kmlong summit ridge, and that they did not climb to the top, as claimed in the media. In their defense, the team submitted a ‘certificate’ by the Chinese Mountaineering Association that deemed that any team that climbed Shishapangma Central was considered to have summitted the peak. This, to some, flew in face of common wisdom – if one has not climbed to the top, then no certificate in the world, surely, can assist you to do so after the fact.

There are some written ‘rules’ in existence in the adventuresports world, such as the English Channel Swimming Association’s rules about the actual amount of assistance a swimmer is allowed

to receive But in climbing, there are few written rules, but many unwritten rules that dictate how an ascent be categorised. More complex issues surround achievements based on doing something in a particular style.

In order to distinguish milestones in a sport, you need some yardstick to sort them out according to their quality of achievement. By doing so, you can sort out the best achievements and those who are pushing the sport’s limits in terms of endeavour and skill.

Climbing a challenging peak with minimal gear and support counts for more than a standard ascent involving porters and such aids.

However, if people do not pay heed to style issues, such claims only serves to demean the achievement of those dedicated to quality results – very much like how people who have earned their doctorates feel about people who ‘bought’ their PhDs from degree mills with minimal academic study and challenge.

John Barnes, Australian sociologist and author of the book, A Pack of Lies, reflects how society expects sportsmen and women to somehow aspire to higher level of existence – that they are above crass commercialism and cheating. But with greater and greater emphasis on sponsorship, money, the greater is spectator interest and higher expectations. And so, society is disappointed when a sportsperson is found wanting, or has been economical with the truth.

Ultimately, the integrity of adventure sports achievements depends on the ethics of their practitioners. There is often too great a temptation to say ‘we did it’ especially after suffering for days or weeks for our goal. Yet, it is the stronger soul who says “we nearly made it, but for….”

The beauty of sports such as mountaineering is that it embraces all – from those who find challenge in a blank 20m piece of vertical granite, to those who like to suck thin air over 7000 metres. It also respects and embraces practitioners who delight in easy ascents with professional help, and those who push their limits alone on extreme climbs. It is the climbing community that expects that its practitioners be completely transparent about the style in which a challenge is achieved, and this expectation is sometimes beyond the common public’s understanding.

What can we apply from the world of adventure and the ethics of style? In the corporate world, the lessons are simple: 1) Ensure your claim or achievement is beyond reproach or doubt 2) Be absolutely transparent about how you achieved a specific objective in the workplace 3) Respect best practices/definitions in your field of endeavour 4) You are responsible for your workplace and public announcements

The current game of climbing the really big peaks in the world, such as the 8850m-high Mount Everest sees fewer dedicated mountaineers aspiring to climb it, and more dilettantes or list-tickers attempting it for the privilege of having said they did it. The mountaineering world embraces all of them, although it does expect that the climbers be honest about how they did it as much as whether or not they got to the top.

However, one rule remains is that the summits have to be reached. Exceptions include certain sacred summits, like Kanchenjunga, where for local, or religious deference, one might stop some metres from the actual top. But you can only say you have climbed a peak like Mount Everest when you have climbed it.

Reinhold Messner, arguably the greatest living mountaineer, and the first to complete climbing all the fourteen peaks in the world over 8000-metres in height, said, “All the 8,000-ers have one, nothing else, and that is a main summit. No certificate issued by any man-made organisation can say otherwise.” n

About the author DAVID LIM IS A LEADERSHIP AND NEGOTIATION COACH AND CAN BE FOUND ON HIS BLOG http://theasiannegotiator.wordpress.com, OR subscribe to his free e-newsletter at david@everestmotivation.com

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“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”

—STEPHEN COVEY

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Ajit Mishra Pg. 116

Samad Mohammed

Amit Mishra

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Ramkumar Mohan Pg. 119

RanganathanN Pg. 120

Satyen Naik Pg. 121

Alagar RajNallasamy Pg. 123

Rajkumar Nair Pg. 122

SDPL Narayana Pg. 124

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Subhasis Nayak Pg. 125

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Ajit Mishra Manager Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (MTS) Birthday: February 3 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication) MACET Total Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 6 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, SW Testing & QA

Dream Vacation Singapore, New York, USA and Ireland Favourite Movies All Hrishikesh Mukherjee films Hobbies Cricket, Photography, Music, Movies, Theatre, Reading, Badminton, Football

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Amit Mishra Head IT - Applications & Data Centre Mothers Pride Education Persona Pvt Ltd Birthday: July 8

Current Team Size: 17 people

Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Computer Applications Madurai Kamraj University

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, SW Testing & QA, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management,

Experience: 12 years

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese Hobbies Music, Movies, Reading Favourite Movies Padosan, Hera Pheri

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Samad Mohammed General Manager iSpace Global Services (India) Pvt Ltd Birthday: May 5 Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Engineering Wayne State University Total Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 18 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management

Favourite Movie Andaz Apna Apna Favourite Book Good to Great by Jim Collins Hobbies Cricket, Music, Movies, Table Tennis

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Ramkumar Mohan Head – IT & CISO, Orbis Financial Corporation Ltd Birthday: July 9 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Computer Engineering D C Tech Total Experience: 15 years

Technology Expertise: IT Infrastructure Management, Data Centre Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, IT Security, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Vendor Management, Project Management

Favourite Movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Favourite Food Indian, Thai, Italian Hobbies Music, Movies, Reading

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Ranganathan N Manager - IT Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd Birthday: October 12 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications Asan Memorial Institute of Management Total Experience: 10 years Current Team Size: 30 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Vendor Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Personal Milestone To buy a 5BHK sea facing apartment Dream Vacation Switzerland Favourite Book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Satyen Naik Manager - IT, Surat District Co-operative Milk Producer’s Union Ltd Birthday: January 22

Current Team Size: 15 people

Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Computer Applications NMIMS

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Vendor Management

Total Experience: 18 years

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPod Favourite Movie Face Off Inspiration Shri Morari Bapu - The Orator

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Rajkumar Nair Manager - IT Kanakia Spaces Pvt Ltd Birthday: February 2 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Arts Osmania University Total Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 11 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Vendor Management

Favourite Gadgets BlackBerry, Samsung Galaxy Tab, 3D TV Favourite Movie 3 Idiots

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Alagar Raj Nallasamy Technical Manager, Perfsystems India Pvt Ltd Birthday: March 26 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications Sathyabama Engineering College Total Experience: 9 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, Storage Management, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, IT Asset Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, IT Help Desk & User Support

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese, American, Thai, Italian Favourite Movie Tears of the Sun Favourite Books Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl and Who Will Cry When You Die by Robin Sharma

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SDPL Narayana Asst General Manager - IT Neuland Laboratories Ltd Birthday: February 1 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Commerce Delhi University Total Experience: 26 years Current Team Size: 7 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, IT Strategic Planning, IT Infrastructure & Information Security Management, IT Asset Management, IT Network Management & Administration, IT Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Vendor Management, IT Help Desk & User Support

Favourite Gadgets BlackBerry, Apple iPod Cannot do Without My BlackBerry and a cup of coffee in the morning Favourite Book

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

by Robin Sharma

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Subhasis Nayak Senior Manager - IT, Bata India Ltd Birthday: May 20 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science BITS Total Experience: 16 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Database Management & Administration, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Security

Dream Vacation Goa, India; Lausanne & Zurich, Switzerland Favourite Gadget Samsung Galaxy Tab Favourite Book Malgudi Days by R K Narayan

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BRIDGING THE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE In today’s borderless economy, collaboration plays a critical role in an organisation’s business processes. Modern video, audio, and web conferencing solutions can dramatically impact a company’s business efficiency and growth opportunities. — Arkadin Global Conferencing

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THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT today is converging more than ever before. With economies globalising and organisations sharpening their focus on core competencies, companies are increasingly operating across geographical borders, multiple time zones and disparate corporate cultures.

The key to business success is effective communication and collaboration between individuals and teams. Although face-to-face meetings are considered to be the most effective means of communicating and building relationships, they are not always feasible from a time and budget standpoint.

Traditional tools such as email and phone are cost effective and accessible, but do not provide a rich environment for sharing of information. They would be hard pressed to meet the complexities and demands of modern business communications.

Next Generation Business Conferencing The current ubiquity of the Internet and its associated protocols has made it the de facto universal communication network. More organisations today are leveraging IP-based voice, web and video conferencing solutions to complement and enhance their own telephony and email systems.

Sophisticated voice conferencing systems can enhance the level of interaction between participants.

Executives can set up virtual meet-

ing rooms and inviting relevant parties through user friendly web or mobile interfaces. With the provision of local dial in numbers, it is convenient for all parties to participate regardless of location.

Web conferencing takes online meetings to the next level by allowing people to share, discuss, edit documents, deliver presentations, and even leverage video files and streams in real time. Participants sit at their own computers and connect via the website or a downloaded web-based conferencing application. They can also converse through traditional audio while simultaneously sending chat messages, making the overall communication far more interactive and enriching.

With the integration of video conferencing and web, the workforce can be empowered even further to engage in face-toface meetings with co-workers, clients, prospects and strategic partners around the globe. The latest systems allow participants to engage through various end points including dedicated video conferencing rooms, mobile devices or a personal computer with high-speed Internet connection.

These solutions bridge many of the communication challenges facing businesses today, particularly with regards to cost and effectiveness. They combine the immersive interactivity and productivity of face-to-face communications with

the efficiency and cost effectiveness of simple voice communications.

Business conferencing solutions do much more than just increase productivity. It is able to expand organisational opportunities by generating business leads through improved communications with (and support for) customers. Companies can more effectively deliver comprehensive online training as well as facilitate networking opportunities through such channels.

With the increased emphasis on sustainability and corporate social responsibility, the reduced carbon emissions from lower commute levels empower a company’s brand recognition while reduced travel improves employee work/life balance.

Cloud-based Conferencing Developing and implementing in-house solutions can be challenging as total cost of ownership can be significant. In addition to the upfront costs of purchasing and setting up a new communications solution, the price for future upgrades and continual staffing and maintenance to ensure a smooth and fuss free conferencing experience can be prohibitively expensive.

For organisations experiencing a crunch on resources, an important trend is the rise of on-demand applications and the growing interest in broader cloud computing initiatives as

a result of growing broadband penetration.

Cloud-based video, audio and web conferencing solution providers, with their specialist service focus, usually have a fully-developed solution with a menu of features for users to choose from. Companies get to enjoy conferencing services immediately with no upfront cost or time lag, and get the flexibility to customise-on-demand the optional services required according to current need and budget.

Even for resource-rich companies, cloud computing provides the flexibility to deploy video conferencing as a private, public, or hybrid cloud, making the infrastructure completely transparent to end users while delivering a scalable, reliable, and cost effective video conferencing experience to geographically dispersed employees.

On their part, solution providers find it is in their best interests to ensure a highly modular conferencing system which can integrate with standards-based IT infrastructure. It also needs to ensure reliable service levels which is disaster-proof to ensure roundthe-clock “always on” access for their customers.

In time to come, cloud-based on-demand conferencing solutions will be a viable and effective way for organisations to harness the burgeoning potential of this important communications paradigm. n December 2011 | NEXT100

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“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better” — BILL BRADLEY

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Beena Nayar Pg. 130

C O Parmar

Manish Pal

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Nitin Parmar Pg. 133

Naresh Pathak Pg. 134

Shyamanta Phukon

Puneet Prakash

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Dinesh Pote Pg. 136

Prasad Pudipeddi

AdarshR Pg. 139

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Beena Nayar Manager – IT Forbes Marshall Ltd Birthday: July 13 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications Pune University Total Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 8 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Training & Education, Vendor Management

Dream Vacation Darjeeling, West Bengal Favourite Movie Twelve Angry Men Inspiration Krishna

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Manish Pal Senior Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Birthday: October 28 Highest Qualification: MBA in Information Management JBIMS Experience: 13 years

Technology Expertise: IT Security, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Business Consulting

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPhone, Sony Playstation 2, Bose Wave Music System Biggest Extravagance Buying a Honda Jazz in 2009 Favourite Book First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

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CO Parmar Dy General Manager - Systems IFFCO Birthday: August 26 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Business Management IGNOU Total Experience: 30 years Current Team Size: 11 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, SW Testing & QA, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation and Deployment

Favourite Book Vachanamrut Grant of Lord Swami Narain Hobbies Music, Old Hindi Movies, Reading, Religious & Social Activities Cannot do Without Puja in the morning

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Nitin Parmar Senior General Manager – IT, Welspun Birthday: November 28 Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Administration Symbiosis Total Experience: 19 years

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management

Favourite Movie The Spy Who Loved Me Favourite Food Indian, Chinese, Italian Hobbies Music, Movies, Reading

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Naresh Pathak Head & Asst General Manager - IT Promed Group Birthday: October 1 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Business Management ICFAI Total Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 9 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Help Desk & User Support

Favourite Movie The Sixth Sense Favourite Books The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle Hobbies Photography, Music, Theater, Reading, Athletics

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Shyamanta Phukon Global Head – IT, SIRO Group of Companies Birthday: September 23 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Computer Applications St Edmunds College

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management

Dream Vacation Europe Favourite Gadgets Nintendo Wii Favourite Book The Fall of the Human Intellect by Swami Parthasarathy

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Dinesh Pote Manager Corporate IT Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Birthday: June 7 Highest Qualification: Bachelors of Computer Science SRTM University Total Experience: 8.5 years Current Team Size: 15 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, IT Help Desk & User Support, Training & Education

Biggest Extravagance My Hyundai Verna Cannot do Without My BlackBerry Hobbies Cricket, Photography, Trekking, River rafting

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Puneet Prakash Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Birthday: July 30 Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management IIT Roorkee Total Experience: 5 years

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Favourite Movie Before Sunset Favourite Book Critical Chain by E Goldratt Dream Vacation Auli, Uttaranchal

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Prasad Pudipeddi Head - IT Hamilton Housewares Pvt Ltd (Milton Plastics) Birthday: December 29 Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Applications NIIT Total Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 15 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management

Dream Vacation Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu Favourite Movie Mughle-E-Azam Favourite Book Connect the Dots by Rashmi Bansal

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Adarsh R Asst General Manager - Systems, Kerala Financial Corporation Birthday: May 15

Current Team Size: 7 people

Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management College of Engineering, Trivandrum

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Training & Education, IT Security, Vendor Management

Masters in Computer Applications Bharathi Dhasan University Total Experience: 12 years

Favourite Movie Gladiator Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, SLR Camera Personal Milestone To earn my PhD in project management

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“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things” — PETER DRUCKER

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Gracekumar Rajendra Pg. 144

Ajay Rana

Dharmaraj Ramakrishnan

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Manvendra Singh Rana Pg. 147

Subha K Rudra Pg. 148

Anil Saini

Makarand Sawant

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S Saravanan Pg. 150

Rupendra Sharma Pg. 152

Vivek Sharma Pg. 153

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Gracekumar Rajendra Assoc Director – IT (NSS) Cognizant Technology Solutions Birthday: August 21 Highest Qualification: MBA in Computer Science Madurai Kamaraj University Total Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 80 people Technology Expertise: Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Information Security

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Apple iPod Hobbies Watching Movies Cannot do Without My BlackBerry

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Dharmaraj Ramakrishnan Head – Core Banking, ITCD, ING Vysya Bank Birthday: May 30 Highest Qualification: Masters Degree in Business Management Pondicherry University

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management

Hobbies Cricket, Tennis, Music, Reading Favourite Movies Lagaan, Gladiator Personal Milestone To own a house

Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 12 people

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Ajay Rana Director Amity University Birthday: April 3 Highest Qualification: PhD in Computer Science & Engineering UP Technical University Total Experience: 11 years Current Team Size: 63 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education

Personal Milestone To become Vice-Chancellor Inspiration Chandragupta Maurya Favourite Movie Jodha Akbar

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Manvendra Singh Rana Accelerated Value Leader, IBM India Pvt Ltd Birthday: July 17 Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science Sikkim Manipal University

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis

Dream Vacation Nainital, Uttarakhand Hobbies Reading Favourite Book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Total Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: Nil December 2011 | NEXT100

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Subha K Rudra Manager – Group IT Usha Martin Ltd Birthday: October 12 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Arts NSOU Total Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 4 people Technology Expertise: Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Vendor Management, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, IT Security, Network Management & Administration

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese, Thai Dream Vacation Bangkok Favourite Gadget SLR Camera

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Anil Saini IT Head, Ricoh India Ltd Birthday: April 8 Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management Amity University Total Experience: 16 years

Technology Expertise: Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Security, Vendor Management

Dream Vacation Australia Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, BlackBerry, SLR Camera, Nintendo Wii Inspiration Bill Gates

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S Saravanan Dy General Manager IBM Global Process Services Birthday: May 28 Highest Qualification: MBA in Technology Management Anna University Total Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 11 people Technology Expertise: SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Web Server & Web Site Management, Project Management, Vendor Management, Pro

Favourite Food Indian, Arabic, Mexican Dream Vacation The Carribean Personal Milestone My entrepreneurial venture

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Makarand Sawant Asst General Manager - IT Facilities Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd Birthday: March 19

Current Team Size: 20 people

Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Management Adam Smith University of America

Technology Expertise: Data Centre Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, IT Security, Technology Evaluation & Selection,

Total Experience: 13 years

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPod, Apple iPad, 3D TV Inspiration Dnyaneshwar and Gautam Buddha Favourite Book Bhagavad Gita

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Rupendra Sharma Manager -IT RJ Corp Birthday: July 11 Highest Qualification: MBA in Computer Science GJU University Total Experience: 7.5 years Current Team Size: 5 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Data Centre Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Vendor Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Server Management & Administration, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Security, Network Management & Administration

Dream Vacation Malaysia Favourite Movie Chak De! India Favourite Book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

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Vivek Sharma Manager, Reliance Power Birthday: January 8 Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Computer Science RGPV Total Experience: 8 years

Dream Vacation Singapore Biggest Extravagance My car

Current Team Size: 7 people Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Security, Vendor Management, Network Management & Administration

Favourite Books Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, Books by Chetan Bhagat

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“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes” — TONY BLAIR

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Udupi Arunkumar Sheth Pg. 158

Berjes Shroff

Shobha Shetty

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Pg. 159

Avtar Singh Pg. 161

Dinesh Singh Pg. 162

Jagdish Singh Pg. 163

Sanjay Pratap Singh Pg. 165

Prashant Singh Pg. 164

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava Pg. 166

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Anuroop Sundd Pg. 167

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Udupi Arunkumar Sheth Head – Software Development Gati Ltd Birthday: February 9 Highest Qualification: Masters in Technology NITK Surathkal EPBM IIM Calcutta Total Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 6 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Favourite Gadget HTC Touch Favourite Movie Jab We Met Favourite Book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

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Shobha Shetty Dy General Manager – IT, Godrej Properties Ltd Birthday: August 26 Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Administration ITM

Technology Expertise: Project Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Training & Education, Web Server & Web Site Management, Vendor Management

Personal Milestone To start my own business Favourite Movie Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham Favourite Book Three Mistakes Of My Life

by Chetan Bhagat

Experience: 23 years Current Team Size: 5 people

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Berjes Shroff Senior Manager - IT Tata Services Ltd Birthday October 11 Highest Qualification Executive MBA in Business Management ITM & Southern New Hampshire University Total Experience 18 years Current Team Size 20 people Technology Expertise Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Web Server & Web Site Management, IT Security, Vendor Management

Favourite Food Chinese, American, Italian, British Biggest Extravagance Clothes and Electronic Gadgets Favourite Book The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz

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Avtar Singh

Favourite Gadgets BlackBerry, Samsung Galaxy Tab, SLR Camera

Asst Vice President, Bajaj Capital Birthday August 13 Highest Qualification Bachelors of Engineering Ambedkar Institute of Technology

Technology Expertise Project Management, SW Development, IT Help Desk & User Support, Training & Education, Web Server & Web Site Management

Favourite Movie Avatar Favourite Book The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

Total Experience 10 years Current Team Size 8 people December 2011 | NEXT100

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Dinesh Singh Technology Head SJM Technologies Birthday: January 30 Highest Qualification: Bachelors of Engineering MNNIT Allahabad Total Experience: 22 years Current Team Size: 25 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management, SW Testing & QA, IT Asset Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Favourite Gadget Samsung Galaxy Tab Inspiration My father Favourite Book The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

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Jagdish Singh Manager – IT, Ramtech Software Birthday November 14 Highest Qualification Masters in Mathematics HNB Garhwal University Total Experience 13 years

Technology Expertise Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Favourite Movie Lagaan Favourite Gadget BlackBerry Hobbies Cricket, Reading

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Prashant Singh Asst Director Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd Birthday: April 10 Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Administration Indian School of Business Total Experience: 9 years Current Team Size: 3 people Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management

Favourite Movie The Lord of the Rings trilogy Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, Apple iPod, Nintendo Wii Favourite Book The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen

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Sanjay Pratap Singh IT Head, Medical Information Technologies Pvt Ltd (MediSysinfo) Birthday: June 24

Current Team Size: 21 people

Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering UP Technical University

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Data Centre Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Desktop Systems Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Vendor Management, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Server Management & Administration, Storage Management

Total Experience: 5 years

Dream Vacation Udaipur, Rajasthan & Nainital, Uttarakhand Favourite Movie Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham Favourite Book The Kabala of Numbers

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Sanjay Kumar Srivastava Asst General Manager- IT Andritz Hydro Pvt Ltd Birthday: May 26 Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management Alagappa University Total Experience 14 years Current Team Size: 10 people Technology Expertise Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Dream Vacation Pilgrimage to anywhere in India Personal Milestone To learn how to play the guitar Inspiration Mr Horst Heinrich Kuebel

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Anuroop Sundd Technical Suport Manager, Asia Pacific Siemens Industry Software (India) Pvt Ltd Birthday July 24 Highest Qualification MBA in Information Technology Amity University Total Experience 12 years

Technology Expertise Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Help Desk and User Support, Training & Education

Favourite Food Indian, Mexican Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Nintendo Wii Favourite Movie Sholay

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TIPS FOR PRODUCTIVE, ENGAGING AND SUCCESSFUL REMOTE MEETINGS Lay the groundwork to ensure the success of your remote meetings. —Arkadin Global Conferencing

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TODAY, IT IS more common than ever to facilitate or participate in remote meetings with counterparts from halfway around the world.

What does it take to ensure that each meeting is productive, engaging and successful each and every time? Here’s a compilation of tips on how you can strive towards having that perfect, remote meeting.

out how to join. Most web conferencing invites have a standard invite template, make the best use of it.

Before you send the meeting invite...

Be prepared

Share materials in advance Do you have materials that need to be reviewed before the call? Send it together with the call invite so that people have time to review and give their feedback during the meeting.

Check for local public holidays or celebrations. It is potentially insensitive to organise an online meeting only to find out that it will be declined because it’s not a working day.

There is nothing more frustrating than being ill-prepared or having participants who are not able to contribute actively due to the lack of preparation. This can result in an unproductive meeting.

Be accommodating

Be on time

Is the proposed meeting time suitable for everyone? In today’s globalised workforce, it is not uncommon for people to work out of office hours. Consider the time difference when arranging remote meetings with a counterpart who is 12 hours ahead of you.

This is a timeless golden rule. Just as latecomers are disruptive to physical meetings, the same applies for online meetings. Be on time, and the meeting will end on time too.

Identify meeting objectives State meeting objectives so that everyone involved is clear on what needs to be achieved by the end of the call.

Send the meeting invite Does your call invite have all the necessary dial-in numbers? Is a password required to access your meeting? You don’t want your participants fumbling around, figuring

Be mindful of cultural and language differences If you have non-English speakers in your meeting, give them time to express themselves. Participants should be sensitive and not break into their local lingo.

As a facilitator, you may have to help people from other cultures feel comfortable to disagree. For example, Asians typically do not speak up during the meeting, and prefer to ask questions only at the end. Hence it is important to set some time at the end of the meeting for Q&A.

Be conscious of the strengths that team members from different parts of the world can bring to the table. It is crucial to build up cross-cultural awareness for more successful interactions. It is also a lifelong learning process as you engage more with clients and colleagues from other countries.

Listen, listen, listen Listen and pay attention. That will ensure you do not miss out on important points.

Be flexible Things can go differently as planned, and you have to be flexible to work around them. Do not be quick to judge when things go wrong, and never react emotionally.

Be considerate If you’re calling in from a noisy environment, it will be helpful to mute your line unless you are speaking.

Also, give your full, complete and undivided attention to the call. Avoid answering that email, or take other calls. If you find yourself doing these, perhaps your presence was not required in the first place? Or was it because the discussion moved off topic? Either way, to avoid wasting your time, as well as other people’s time, join the call only if you are really needed.

bring everyone back on track so that the meeting’s objectives are met by the end of the call.

Use humour with care Trying to inject humour into a call can sometimes backfire. Exercise some restraint with using humour to lighten the mood. You don’t want to unwittingly cause any misunderstanding that may affect your working relationship with others.

Conclusion With the blurring of lines between time, culture, and distance, it is all the more important to work towards ensuring the remote meeting is as productive as possible. Conferencing solutions today are but a tool. It will be up to you, and your meeting participants to play their part to determine the outcome, and success of remote meetings. n www.arkadin.co.in

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“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”

— HARVEY S FIRESTONE

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Kanaka Durga Bhavani Prasad Suravarapu Pg. 172

Balaranjith Thangakuanm

Dinesh Tandel

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Pg. 173

Rajesh K Thanua Pg. 175

Sanjay Tiwari Pg. 176

Mangal Verma

Rajnish K Wangoo

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Pg. 179

Sandeep Walia Pg. 178

Kishor Yadav Pg. 180

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Ram Yadav Pg. 181

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Kanaka Durga Bhavani Prasad Suravarapu Senior IT Manager Fifth Avenue Sourcing Pvt Ltd Birthday July 11 Highest Qualification PG Diploma in Computer Science Allagapa University Total Experience 12.5 years Current Team Size 6 people Technology Expertise Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, Vendor Management, Network Management & Administration

Dream Vacation Hong Kong Favourite Movie Mayabazar Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, BlackBerry

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Dinesh Tandel Senior Consultant, Capgemini India Pvt Ltd Birthday March 5

Current Team Size 2 people

Highest Qualification MBA in Business Management K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research

Technology Expertise Project Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education

Personal Milestone Becoming an entrepreneur Favourite Movie Mystic India Inspiration H D H Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Total Experience 6 years

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Balaranjith Thangakunam General Manager, Atul Ltd Birthday January 27 Highest Qualification PG Certificate, Business Management XLRI, Jamshedpur Total Experience 11 years Current Team Size 28 people Technology Expertise Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment

Favourite Gadgets SLR Camera, Nintendo Wii Favourite Movie Chariots on Fire Favourite Book The Bible

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Rajesh K Thanua Senior Manager – IT, Carzonrent India Pvt Ltd Birthday July 1 Highest Qualification PG Diploma in Computer Science C-DAC Total Experience 11 years Current Team Size 15 people

Technology Expertise Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Favourite Gadgets BlackBerry, Samsung Galaxy Tab, SLR Camera Inspiration Subhash Chandra Bosh Favourite Book The Art of Choosing

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Sanjay Tiwari Manager - IT Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Birthday February 20 Highest Qualification Bachelors of Engineering Mumbai University Total Experience 8.5 years Current Team Size 2 people Technology Expertise Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, Desktop Systems Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Asset Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management

Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, SLR Camera Personal Milestone Complete my MBA Favourite Movie Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander

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Mangal Verma General Manager – Application Projects, Eon Infotech Limited Birthday May 22

Current Team Size 10 people

Highest Qualification PG Diploma in Business Management Rajindra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management

Technology Expertise Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Development, SW Testing & QA, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Audit, Compliance & Risk Management, Web Server & Web Site Management, Vendor Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Total Experience 15 years

Favourite Food Indian, Chinese Favourite Movie Upkar Favourite Book You Can Win

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Sandeep Walia AGM ( IT), HT Media Ltd Birthday July 27 Highest Qualification Bachelor of Technology (Computers) Kurukshetra University Total Experience 12 years Current Team Size 1 person Technology Expertise IT Security, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, IT Compliance & Risk Management, Data Centre Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Network Management & System Administration

Personal Milestone To buy a big house Favourite Movie 3 Idiots Favourite Book Blue Ocean Strategy

by W Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

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Rajnish K Wangoo Technical Manager - IT, Nokia Siemens Networks Birthday August 20 Highest Qualification MBA in Business Management Punjab University Total Experience 11 years

Technology Expertise Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Security, Vendor Management, Network Management & Administration

Personal Milestone Buying my dream house & achieving financial stability Favourite Movie Jane Bhi Do Yaaro Favourite Book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma

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Kishor Yadav DGM Adani Power Limited Birthday October 2 Highest Qualification PG Diploma in Computer Applications South Gujarat University Total Experience 18 years Current Team Size 12 people Technology Expertise Data Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Project Management, Data Centre Management, Database Management & Administration, Server Management & Administration, Desktop Systems Management, Storage Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Communications Management, SW Development, IT Infrastructure Management

Favourite Food Indian Favourite Movie The Pursuit of Happiness Favourite Gadgets Apple iPad, BlackBerry, Samsung Galaxy Tab, 3D TV

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R A Yadav DGM, Hero MotoCorp Ltd Birthday July 1

Current Team Size: 4 people

Highest Qualification PhD in Project Management Indian School of Business Management & Administration

Technology Expertise: Project Management, Project Proposals & Business Impact Analysis, SW Testing & QA, Technology Procurement, Installation & Deployment, IT Help Desk & User Support, Training & Education

Total Experience 28 years

Dream Vacation Paris, France Favourite Gadgets Apple iPhone Inspiration Mr. Vijay Sethi

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INDEX

A Adenwala, Zoeb . .........................................16

George, Shiju.................................................68

Agarwal, Rajeev ..........................................46

Das, Kaustav..................................................60

Gonuguntla, Somasekhara Rao.............69

Agrawalla, Manuhaar................................47

Das, Satish.......................................................19

Gupta, Deepak...............................................74

Airani, Sharat................................................48

Datta, Goutam...............................................61

Gupta, Dinesh................................................ 75

Anapu, Srinivas Kishan ..............................16

Dave, Harin..................................................... 62

Gupta, Gyanendera.....................................76

Arya, S P .......................................................... 17

Desai, Keyur...................................................63

Gupta, Kapil................................................... 77

Avantsa, Vandana......................................... 17

Deshmukh, Sanjay.......................................64

Gupta, Sandeep............................................78

Awasare, Ajit..................................................49

Dhanda, Vikram............................................20

Gupta, Tarun..................................................79

Dhandapani, T G...........................................20

Gupta, Vishnu................................................ 23

B Bagish, Joy.....................................................50

Dhandharia, Yogesh....................................65

Bhalivade, Niranjan.....................................18

Dhir, Ajay K...................................................... 21

H S, Ravindra.................................................80

Bhat, Manoj .................................................... 51

Dhomne, Nandkishor................................... 21

Hora, Kinshuk................................................ 24

Briskman, David............................................18

Dubey, U C....................................................... 22

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I & J Jackson, Archie.............................................81

Chaudhary, Pradeep . ................................ 52

E, Suresh.........................................................66

Jain, Sachin................................................... 24

Cherian, Johnson......................................... 53

Elkuri, Sreekanth.........................................67

Jha, Sandeep................................................. 82

Choksi, Manish...............................................19

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Joheb, Asad...................................................83

Choudhary, Vijay..........................................54

Gadre, Vikas................................................... 22

Joshi, Makarand...........................................88

Chugh, G P Singh......................................... 55

Garg, Rajesh................................................... 23

Joshi, Shailesh.............................................. 25

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Junnarkar, Asmita...................................... 25

K Kanwar, Hitender.........................................89 Karmokar, Sudhansu................................. 26 Karnad, Dipthi...............................................90 Kate, Aniket.....................................................91 Kelkar, Sumant............................................. 27 Khadakbhavi, Suresh.................................. 92 Khan, Farhan................................................. 93 Khan, Feroz Ahmad.....................................94 Khanna, Ashish.............................................95 Khanna, Pradeep..........................................96 Khare, Shishir................................................97 Kumar, Manoj.............................................. 102 Kumar, Prajwal...........................................103 Kumar, Prakash..........................................104 Kumar, Sanjeev............................................ 27 Kurhade, Santosh......................................105

L & M

Nadar, John................................................... 33

Lenka, Sushanta Kumar.........................106

Naik, Satyen.................................................. 121

Mahajan, Satish..........................................107

Nair, Rajkumar............................................ 122

Malhotra, Suchit........................................108

Nallasamy, Alagar Raj............................. 123

Malhotra, Umesh.......................................109

Narayana, SDPL......................................... 124

Matta, Kamal................................................110

Narayanan, C R............................................. 33

Mehrotra, Kapil............................................. 111

Nataraja, Venkatesh................................... 34

Mehta, Vinay..................................................30

Nayak, Subhasis......................................... 125

Mhaskar, Suhas............................................30

Nayar, Beena...............................................130

Mishra, Ajit....................................................116

Nemani, Ratnakar....................................... 34

Mishra, Amit.................................................. 117

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Mittal, S C........................................................ 31

Pahuja, Neena............................................... 35

Mohammed, Samad..................................118

Pal, Manish.................................................... 131

Mohan, C........................................................... 31

Paranjape, Prakash K................................. 26

Mohan, Ramkumar.....................................119

Parmar, C O.................................................. 132

Munjal, Rajesh............................................... 32

Parmar, Nitin............................................... 133

Muthukumaran, B........................................ 32

Parthasarathy, V S...................................... 35

N N, Ranganathan......................................... 120

Pathak, Naresh........................................... 134 Phukon, Shyamanta................................. 135

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INDEX Pote, Dinesh................................................. 136

Shankar, Shiva.............................................. 39

Prakash, Daya...............................................36

Sharma, Rupendra.................................... 152

Prakash, Puneet......................................... 137

Sharma, Vivek............................................. 153

Pudipeddi, Prasad...................................... 138

Sheth, Udupi Arunkumar........................ 158

R & S R, Adarsh....................................................... 139

Shroff, Berjes...............................................160

Rajendra, Gracekumar............................144

Singh, Avtar..................................................161

Ramakrishnan, Dharmaraj.................... 145

Singh, Dinesh............................................... 162

Rana, Ajay.....................................................146

Singh, Jagat Pal........................................... 39

Rana, Manvendra Singh.......................... 147

Singh, Jagdish............................................ 163

Rao, Girish.......................................................36

Singh, Prashant..........................................164

Rudra, Subha K...........................................148

Singh, Sanjay Pratap................................ 165

Saha, Subhasish........................................... 37

Singh Chauhan, Shantanu.......................40

Saini, Anil......................................................149

Sinha, Dheeraj...............................................40

Saravanan, S................................................150

Soni, Swaranjit...............................................41

Savla, Dhiren................................................. 37

Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar......................166

Sawant, Makarand..................................... 151

Sundd, Anuroop.......................................... 167

Seoni, Rajeev................................................. 38

Suravarapu, Kanaka Durga Bhavani

Sethi, Vijay...................................................... 38

Prasad............................................................ 172

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Shetty, Shobha........................................... 159

T & V Tadepalli, Shivaram.....................................41 Tandel, Dinesh........................................... 173 Thangakunam, Balaranjith................... 174 Thanua, Rajesh K...................................... 175 Tiwari, Sanjay . ........................................... 176 Verma, Mangal............................................ 177

W& Y Walia, Sandeep........................................... 178 Wangoo, Rajnish K..................................... 179 Yadav, Kishor...............................................180 Yadav, R A......................................................181

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