NEXT100 2019 Book

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Contents 10 Years Page 06

Publisher’s Note Page 18

About NEXT100 Page 20

NEXT100 Jury Page 26

NEXT100 Awardees Page 52

Index Page 174

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2010 — 2019 Meet the members of the exclusive club…

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NEXT100 Award Aanchal Mishra (2010)

Abdeali Merchant (2015)

Abdul Hakkim (2014)

Abdur Rafi (2014)

Abhijit Burse (2013)

Abhilasha Kundra (2018)

Abhinav Kashyap (2017)

Abhishek Agarwal (2019)

Abhishek Gupta (2012)

Abhishek K Singh (2017)

Abhishek Singh (2010)

Abhishek Singh (2013)

Abid Sayyad (2018)

Ajay Rane (2018)

Ajay Srivastava (2015)

Ajay Vernekar (2010)

Ajeet Saxena (2013)

Ajit Awasare (2011)

Ajit Jain (2016)

Ajit Kanitkar (2016)

Ajit Mishra (2011)

Ajit Rane (2019)

Akbar Pasha (2015)

Akhil Kumar Sharma (2015)

Akshay Hulikavi (2012)

Akshay Lamba (2010)

Amit Jahagirdar (2019)

Amit Jaokar (2016)

Amit Kumar (2017)

Amit Kumar Rustagi (2014)

Amit Mishra (2011)

Amit Phadke (2010)

Amit Pradhan (2019)

Amit Saxena (2014)

Amitesh Tyagi (2017)

Amith Nayak (2016)

Amol Bhandarkar (2019)

Aniket Shah (2018)

Anil Kakkar (2017)

Anil Kumar (2018)

Anil Kumar Chawla (2019)

Anil Kumar Saraswat (2016)

Anil Kumar Singh (2014)

Anil Malhotra (2013)

Anil Menon (2014)

Anil Menon (2019)

Anil Mhatre (2019)

Anil Porter (2015)

Anil Saini (2011)

Anindya Ray (2016)

Anoopa Menon (2019)

Anshul Srivastav (2014)

Anuj Jain (2012)

Anuj Joshi (2012)

Anurag Sonpali (2013)

Anuroop Sundd (2011)

Anvize Rodrigues (2015)

Apoorva Kumar (2013)

Apurb Sinha (2017)

Apurva Dalal (2015)

Archana Goel (2017)

Archana Sinha (2012)

Archie Jackson (2011)

Arvind Singh (2016)

Arvind Yadav (2013)

AS Harish (2018)

Asad Joheb (2011)

Asgar Bharuchwala (2019)

Ashish Bansal (2010)

Ashish Chakraborty (2010)

Ashish Gupta (2016)

Ashish Joshi (2015)

Ashish Khanna (2011)

Ashish Pandey (2019)

Ashish Rane (2016)

Ashish Shah (2010)

Avadhut Parab (2018)

Avinash Bhalerao (2015)

Avinash Naik (2014)

Avnesh Jain (2012)

Avtar Singh (2011)

Ayaz Hyder (2010)

Azmathulla Khan (2015)

B Venkatakrishnan (2012)

Badar Afaq (2014)

Baish Nair (2016)

Bakul Syal (2015)

Balaji Alappilla (2010)

Balaji Kulkarni (2012)

Bhavesh Champaneri (2015)

Bhavesh Gandhi (2015)

Bhavesh Nainani (2018)

Bhavesh Panchal (2018)

Bhavita Saxena (2010)

Bhumeshwar Tatikonda (2017)

Bhushan Hukeri (2018)

Bhushan Samant (2019)

Bijoy Padmanabhan (2016)

Biju Velayudhan (2010)

Binayak Pradhan (2013)

Bineet Jha (2018)

Biren Parikh (2019)

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Amit Waghmare Amitabh (2014) Srivastava (2019)

Winners: 2010-2019 Achin Sharma (2014)

Adarsh R (2011)

Aditya Khasnis (2012)

Aditya Khullar (2018)

Adoni Gururaja Rao (2010)

Ajai Balaji A (2019)

Ajay Agrawal (2017)

Ajay Ajmera (2013)

Ajay Arora (2014)

Ajay Kumar Jha (2012)

Ajay Pokkanchery (2016)

Ajay Rambal (2012)

Ajay Rana (2011)

Alagar Raj Nallasamy (2011)

Alok Mathur (2013)

Alok Srivastava (2017)

Alok Tripathi (2015)

Alok Vij (2014)

Aman Midha (2015)

Amandeep Singh (2017)

Amandeep Singh Bawa (2017)

Amit Ambre (2018)

Amit Bajaj (2010)

Amit Bhatia (2014)

Amit Bhide (2012)

Amit Ghodekar (2016)

Amol Deshpande (2012)

Amol Kelaskar (2017)

Amrendra Kumar (2014)

Amrut Urkude (2013)

Anand A Raut (2019)

Anand Budholia (2010)

Anand Chaudhuri (2016)

Anand Gaikwad (2017)

Anand Jha (2018)

Anand Rajhans (2017)

Ananta Rao Mangalagiri (2013)

Ananth STP (2010)

Aniket Kate (2011)

Anirban Chakraborty (2013)

Anirban Mukherjee (2019)

Aniruddh Upadhyay (2018)

Aniruddha Mehta (2017)

Anis Pankhania (2017)

Anish Sharma (2016)

Anita Kulkarni (2012)

Anjana Mishra (2014)

Ankit Aggarwal (2018)

Ankit Shah (2019)

Ankur Dharia (2015)

Ankur Goyal (2017)

Anoop Mittal (2016)

Arif Bhatkar (2014)

Arif Khan (2015)

Arindam Sarma (2015)

Arindam Sengupta (2013)

Aroon Hingorani (2010)

Arpit Rastogi (2018)

Arshvinder Bhatia (2015)

Arun Attri (2014)

Arun Goyal (2013)

Arun Kumar (2010)

Arun Padmanabhan (2019)

Arunkumar Doraisamy (2012)

Arup Banik (2013)

Ashish Shrivastava (2013)

Ashok Jade (2012)

Ashok Kannan (2013)

Ashok Kumar (2014)

Ashok Mandlik (2012)

Ashok Nayak (2016)

Ashok Singh (2012)

Ashok Tiwari (2016)

Ashutosh Dhawan (2018)

Ashwini Kumar (2018)

Atanu Bhaumik (2017)

Atul Anand (2017)

Atul Vij (2012)

Balaranjith Thangakunam (2011)

Balasubramaniam Vedagiri (2012)

Balram Choudhary (2012)

Balvinder Banga (2016)

Balwant Singh (2010)

Bashanta Phukon (2015)

Beena Nayar (2011)

Benazir Miller (2012)

Berjes Shroff (2011)

Bhakti Tare (2018)

Bharat Anand (2016)

Bharat Panwar (2016)

Bharat Saroch (2017)

Birju Jani (2019)

Bohitesh Misra (2019)

Brajendra Kumar (2013)

Byju Joseph (2010)

Chander Sharma (2016)

Chandra Bhattiprolu (2014)

Chandrakant Chauhan (2015)

Chandrasekaran Krishnan (2010)

Chandrasekhar B (2019)

Chandresh Dedhia (2010)

Chandresh Dedhia (2015)

Charudatta Pawar (2010)

Charudutta Panchmatia (2019)

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NEXT100 Award Chekuri Venkata Vamsidhar (2015)

Chetan Shah (2018)

Chhavi Taneja (2014)

Chirag Boonlia (2017)

Chitranjan Kesari (2010)

Claude Vaigas (2010)

CO Parmar (2011)

Daljit Singh Sodhi (2013)

Daniel Mathew (2012)

Debashis Singh (2015)

Debasish Banerjee (2012)

Debasish Chatterjee (2010)

Debasish Majumdar (2015)

Devendra Rajguru (2016)

Devendra Thakkar (2010)

Dhananjay Purankar (2016)

Dhananjay Rokde (2010)

Dharmaraj Ramakrishnan (2011)

Dharmendra Ajwani (2014)

Dharmesh Patel (2016)

Dharmesh Sanghavi (2017)

Dhaval Mankad (2014)

Dheer Singh (2016)

Dheeraj Kumar (2017)

Dhiraj Khurana (2010)

Dhruva Vijayvargiya (2017)

Divyendu Bhatt (2012)

Durga Das Mishra (2012)

Fal Ghancha (2014)

Falguni Desai (2015)

Farhan Khan (2011)

Feroz Ahamed Khan (2011)

Firoz Ansari (2018)

G Venkateshwaran (2013)

Gagan Chopra (2018)

Gandhinathan Ramasamy (2019)

Ganesh Vaidya (2019)

Ganesh Viswanathan (2018)

Gaurang Doshi (2013)

GSBS Chowdari (2015)

Guna Nand (2012)

Gurvinder Singh (2015)

Gurvinder Singh (2016)

Gyan Prakash (2016)

Gyanendra Kumar Gupta (2011)

Gyanprakash Awasthi (2019)

Hanuman Jayaram (2015)

Hari Varma (2014)

Harin Dave (2011)

Harish Aggarwal (2019)

Harish Bawari (2012)

Harish Jain (2018)

Hiren Patel (2019)

Hiren Shah (2014)

Hitender Kanwar (2011)

Hitendra Sisodia (2019)

Hursh Tanna (2010)

Indranil Chatterjee (2018)

Jagannath Sahoo (2014)

Jagdip Kumar (2013)

Jagdish Joshi (2017)

Jagdish Mutharia (2014)

Jagdish Singh (2011)

Jaiganesh Murugesan (2018)

James Macwan (2019)

John Joseph (2019)

John Rajesh (2017)

Johnson Cherian (2011)

Jose Daniel (2010)

Joy Bagish (2011)

Joyjit Roy Ghatak Choudhury (2016)

JP Jamine (2014)

Kalpesh Shah (2019)

Kalpesh Suthar (2018)

Kalpesh Vora (2018)

Kamal Dhamija (2019)

Kamal Goel (2015)

Kamal Khanna (2012)

Kaushik Kumar (2010)

Kaushik Mamania (2017)

Kaustav Das (2011)

Kavita Sood (2019)

Kavitha MV (2012)

Keyur Desai (2011)

Khalid Abdul (2012)

Khizar Mohammed Momin (2015)

Kiran Belsekar (2013)

Kiran Pillai (2016)

Kirtivardhan Jaiswar (2016)

Kishan Kendre (2019)

Kishor Yadav (2011)

KS Sivakumar (2014)

Kuldeep Dangi (2018)

Kuldeep Thakur (2017)

Kumar Sridhar (2018)

Kunal Hans (2019)

Kunal Shah (2016)

Kushal Varshney (2019)

Lalit Chacko (2016)

Lalit Kumar (2013)

Lalji Sorathiya (2017)

Lawrence Soosai Raj (2010)

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Lakshmi Prasad Lakshminarayanan Mahankali Jayakumar (2017) (2014)

Winners: 2010-2019 Debasish Raychaudhuri (2016)

Debi Prasad Baral (2018)

Deepa Prabakar (2016)

Deepak Agarwal (2010)

Deepak Gupta (2011)

Deepak Kolekar (2015)

Deepak Panda (2017)

Deepak Sachdeva (2013)

Deepak Sasidharan (2012)

Deepak Tiwari (2016)

Deepu Vijayanath (2010)

Deryl Menezes (2012)

Devang Shah (2013)

Digvijay Jadeja (2010)

Dilip Joshi (2019)

Dilip Kukreja (2017)

Dilip Pal (2014)

Dilip Pandya (2015)

Dinesh Gupta (2011)

Dinesh Pote (2011)

Dinesh Singh (2011)

Dinesh Singh (2013)

Dinesh Singh (2018)

Dinesh Tandel (2011)

Dipthi Karnad (2011)

Dipti Chhaniara (2018)

Gaurang Pathak (2013)

Gaurav Jaggi (2013)

Gaurav Marwaha (2010)

Gaurav Saxena (2016)

Gaurav Verma (2018)

Gaurav Vij (2017)

Girish Hadkar (2010)

Gopakumar Swaminathan (2019)

Gopal Jaiswal (2017)

Gopal Oruganti (2015)

Goutam Datta (2011)

GP Singh Chugh (2011)

Gracekumar Rajendra (2011)

Harish Shankar (2018)

Harshh Makkar (2017)

Harvinder Preet Singh Batra (2014)

Hasmukh Patel (2015)

Hemal Savla (2014)

Hemal Shah (2018)

Hemant Jha (2010)

Hemant Kulkarni (2013)

Hemant Sharma (2014)

Henry Potsangbam (2017)

Hetal Presswala (2012)

Himanshu Chawla (2019)

Himanshu Warudkar (2015)

Jaswinder Virk (2013)

Jatinder Aggarwal (2010)

Jatinkumar Modh (2010)

Javed Hussain (2019)

Jayant Gupta (2013)

Jayesh Tank (2010)

Jeetesh Patel (2015)

Jegadeeswaran Balakrishnanan (2017)

Jignesh Patel (2012)

Jignesh Vania (2010)

Jitender Khanduja (2010)

Jitendra Mhalgi (2019)

Jitesh Balakrishnan (2012)

Kamal Matta (2011)

Kamalkishore Purohit (2016)

Kamlesh Jain (2012)

Kanaka Durga Bhavani Prasad Suravarapu (2011)

Kapil Gupta (2011)

Kapil Mehrotra (2011)

Kapil Sharma (2016)

Karthick Raja (2019)

Karthik Padmanabhan (2016)

Kartikeya Singh (2013)

Kashif Shah (2019)

Kashinath Shahane (2016)

Kathirvelraj Natarajan (2010)

Kishore Naidu (2012)

Kopal Sarin Raj (2015)

KR Satish (2013)

Krishan Bhardwaj (2012)

Krishan Sharma (2018)

Krishna Dhumal (2018)

Krishna Kant Mishra (2012)

Krishna Kumar (2018)

Krishna Mohan (2018)

Krishnakant Gaitonde (2013)

Krishnan Kutty (2016)

Krishnananda Hegde (2013)

Krupal Mate (2019)

Laxmikant Phadnis (2013)

Laxmikanta Das (2019)

Linumon Thomas (2015)

Lokesh Vishnoi (2017)

M Paul (2018)

Madhankumar Jayavelu (2017)

Madhu Sudan Sharma (2014)

Madhusudan Warrier (2012)

Mahammad Shafi Shaikh (2015)

Mahendra Chandurkar (2010)

Mahesh Patil (2015)

Mahesh Patil (2017)

Mahesh Sarfare (2012)

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NEXT100 Award Maheshkumar Chande (2015)

Maheshwar Singh (2014)

Mahnedra Singh Choudhary (2016)

Makarand Joshi (2011)

Makarand Joshi (2014)

Makarand Sawant (2011)

Malay Nandy (2017)

Mallikarjuna Sarma (2016)

Mangal Verma (2011)

Mangesh Sutar (2018)

Mangeshkumar Landge (2015)

Manish Agrawal (2016)

Manish Bali (2012)

Manoj Mauni (2013)

Manoj Mishra (2012)

Manoj Pradhan (2012)

Manoj Soni (2012)

Manoj Srivastava (2019)

Manoj Tiwari (2016)

Manoj Verma (2014)

Manoranjan Kumar (2012)

Manuhaar Agrawalla (2011)

Manvendra Singh Rana (2011)

Martin Zacharia (2012)

Mateen Ansari (2019)

Maulik Pathak (2017)

Milind Rajhans (2010)

Minesh Mohile (2012)

Minu Thomas (2015)

Mitesh Garg (2013)

ML Babu (2016)

Mohamed Mustafa Shaikh (2014)

Mohan Kumar Chandera Madian (2012)

Mohan Shetty (2016)

Mohit Sharma (2013)

Mookkaiah Sivasubramanian (2016)

Mukesh Chauhan (2017)

Mukesh Kumar (2015)

Mukesh Mishra (2010)

Nagsen Wankhede (2019)

Nallapa Reddy Arveti (2017)

Narayan Banda (2015)

Narayan Sanodia (2016)

Naresh Pathak (2011)

Naresh Sharma (2010)

Navaneethan M (2019)

Navin Jawrani (2016)

Neelima Sharma (2017)

Neeraj Aneja (2014)

Neeraj Bhople (2019)

Neeraj Sahgal (2014)

Neeraj Sehgal (2017)

Nishikant Nair (2017)

Nishikanth Nandiraju (2019)

Nitesh Sharma (2012)

Nitin Bansod (2014)

Nitin Gupta (2017)

Nitin Parmar (2011)

Niyat Anjaria (2016)

Omesh Khanna (2010)

P Dhananjaya (2014)

P Jayakrishnan (2016)

P Ramireddy (2018)

Panish Javagal (2014)

Pankaj Gupta (2018)

Parveen Sharma (2018)

Pawan Bakshi (2010)

Pawan Dalmia (2015)

Pawan K Sharma (2014)

Piyush Gupta (2018)

Piyush Jain (2019)

Pooja Chatrath (2016)

Prabhakar Posam (2015)

Pradeep Chankarachan (2013)

Pradeep Chatterjee (2010)

Pradeep Chaudhary (2011)

Praphull Paliwal (2018)

Prasad Jakhadi (2018)

Prasad Pate (2017)

Prasad Patil (2012)

Prasad Pudipeddi (2011)

Prasan Lotlikar (2017)

Prashant Bhatia (2012)

Prashant Prabhudesai (2015)

Prashant Singh (2011)

Pratibha Monga (2019)

Pravakar Kumar (2010)

Praveen Rajan (2016)

Pravitha Vijaykumar (2010)

R Mani Kant Singh (2014)

RA Yadav (2011)

Raghavendra Vokuda (2019)

Raghubir Singh (2012)

Raghunath Bal (2015)

Raghvendra Kaushal (2013)

Rahul Kathare (2010)

Rahul Kumar (2010)

Rahul Mehta (2017)

Rahul Rai (2018)

Rahul Tamhankar (2018)

Raja Anand (2013)

Rajat Kumar (2019)

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Pawandeep Peesapati Venkata Singh Maniktala Satyanarayana (2018) Murthy (2014)

Winners: 2010-2019 Manish Chowdhury (2016)

Manish Kapoor (2013)

Manish Kumar (2015)

Manish Malik (2017)

Manish Mimani (2014)

Manish Pal (2011)

Manish Sharma (2016)

Manish Sharma (2017)

Manish Shheth (2016)

Manish Sinha (2010)

Manish Surve (2016)

Manoj Bhat (2011)

Manoj Kumar (2011)

Mayank Bedi (2017)

Mayank Chande (2018)

Mayank Malik (2012)

Mayur Dhandarphale (2012)

Mayur Vasa (2014)

MD Jegadeesh Kumar (2013)

Md Tariq Nadeem (2016)

Meetali Sharma (2016)

Megha Rastogi (2016)

Mehdihasan Naqvi (2016)

Michael D’Souza (2013)

Milind Korgaonkar (2012)

Milind More (2017)

Muralidhar Sahoo (2018)

Murli Balakrishna Menon (2014)

Murtuza Jadliwala (2014)

Muzammil Shaikh (2016)

Nafis Shaikh (2016)

Nagarajan Krishnan (2018)

Nagendran Ponnan (2019)

Nagesh Aswartha (2010)

Nagesh Vaze (2012)

Nageshwara Rao Karra (2015)

Murali Mukhthar Begum Muneesh Kumar Lakshminarayanan (2017) Mohammed (2019) (2019)

Neeraj Sharma (2010)

Neha Misra (2019)

Neyaz Mohammad Reyaz (2013)

Nihar Ranjan Nayak (2015)

Nikesh Sinha (2019)

Nikhil Garg (2019)

Nikhil Kumar Nigam (2015)

Nikhil Shembekar (2012)

Nilesh Patel (2015)

Nilkant Borase (2019)

Niranjan Bal (2015)

Nirav Shah (2014)

Nirmal Kumar (2019)

Pankaj Kumar (2015)

Pankaj Mishra (2016)

Pankaj Mukne (2019)

Pankaj Patel (2013)

Pankaj Ramani (2018)

Pankaj Sharma (2015)

Parag Shimpi (2013)

Paramanand Shinde (2015)

Paras Shah (2018)

Paresh Baldha (2010)

Paresh Goswami (2013)

Paritosh Sharma (2014)

Partha Protim Mondal (2016)

Pradeep Khanna (2011)

Pradeep Panwar (2014)

Pradeep Rathod (2019)

Pradip Sharma (2016)

Pragati Kumar Patro (2019)

Pragnesh Patel (2013)

Prajwal Kumar (2011)

Prakash Kumar (2011)

Prakash Venkatesh (2010)

Pranab Pandey (2018)

Pranav Gupta (2014)

Pranita Shikhare (2019)

Pranjal Das (2014)

Prem Rajpal (2013)

Prem Tewari (2015)

Prince Mathew (2013)

Pritam Dutta (2010)

Pritam Gautam (2010)

Priya Dar (2016)

Priyanko Banerji (2012)

Prodipto Dutta (2017)

Pulak Das (2015)

Puneet Nath Kapil (2015)

Puneet Prakash (2011)

Puneet Wadhwa (2012)

Punit Rastogi (2015)

Rajavali IC (2018)

Rajeev Agarwal (2011)

Rajeev Gupta (2010)

Rajeev Shukla (2018)

Rajeev Singhania (2015)

Rajeev Soota (2014)

Rajeev Verma (2018)

Rajendra Baparao Penjarla (2014)

Rajendra Bhandare (2018)

Rajendra Mhalsekar (2014)

Rajendra Panchal (2018)

Rajendra Prasad Alla (2018)

Rajendra Prasad Balla (2013)

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NEXT100 Award Rajendra Raut (2012)

Rajendranath Mughalraj (2014)

Rajesh Anand (2015)

Rajesh Dangle (2013)

Rajesh Deshpande (2015)

Rakesh Pandey (2018)

Rakesh Ranjan (2012)

Rakesh Vachher (2015)

Ram Gollapudi (2013)

Ram Kumar G (2018)

Ravindra HS (2011)

Ravindra Prasad Elecherla (2010)

Ravish Jhala (2010)

Ravishankar Alla (2016)

Reena Shahi (2018)

Reginald Joseph (2015)

Sachin Gavankar (2017)

Sachin Goyal (2014)

Sachin Gupta (2016)

Sachin Sharma (2018)

Sachin Shenvi (2016)

Sandip Sannyasi (2018)

Sandip Sonawane (2018)

Sanjay Bakshi (2018)

Sanjay Bardiya (2013)

Sankaralingam N (2012)

Santhosh Kumar (2013)

Santosh Kurhade (2011)

Sekhar Pidathala (2013)

Shabbir Tayabali (2015)

Shobha Shetty (2011)

Shobhit Srivastava (2014)

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Rajesh K Thanua (2011)

Rajesh Kalia (2012)

Rajesh Karir (2013)

Rajesh Kulkarni (2015)

Rajesh Kumar Goyal (2014)

Rajesh Kumar Mathur (2014)

Rajesh Sehgal (2013)

Rajesh Verma (2013)

Ramesh Bhashyam (2013)

Ramesh Kesavan (2010)

Ramesh Kumar Sharma (2018)

Ramkrishna Desai (2012)

Ramkumar Mohan (2011)

Ramkumari Iyer (2015)

Rishi Gupta (2016)

Ritesh Grover (2019)

Ritesh Shrivastava (2015)

Ritik Goel (2010)

Rizwan Ahmed (2017)

RK Singh (2012)

Rohit Gaur (2015)

Sagar Agrawal (2018)

Sagar Kunte (2012)

Sagar Pandey (2018)

Sahil Duggal (2015)

Sahil Sagar (2013)

Sajith Chakkingal (2013)

Sakunala Shanker (2016)

Salahuddin Choudhari (2018)

Sanjay Bhatnagar (2012)

Sanjay Chhokra (2013)

Sanjay Deshmukh (2011)

Sanjay Khandelwal (2017)

Sanjay Kharb (2010)

Sanjay Kothari (2019)

Sanjay Kumar Singh (2014)

Sanjay Kumar Singh (2015)

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava (2011)

Santosh Mankar (2017)

Santosh Mohile (2015)

Santosh Rao (2014)

Santosh Shukla (2018)

Sapan Talwar (2012)

Sarabjeet Singh (2016)

Saravanan Viswanathan (2015)

Sarbjit Singh (2019)

Sareen Salam (2010)

Saritha Kaza (2010)

Shaffic Ahamed (2012)

Shailendra Tiwari (2015)

Shailesh Bhirangi (2013)

Shailesh Daterao (2016)

Shailesh Pachori (2017)

Shakil Ahmad (2018)

Shalini Chhatwani (2010)

Shankar Gawade (2018)

Shankar Sunnathi (2019)

Shanteshwar Chaubey (2012)

Sharad Singh (2015)

Shreyas Dukle (2012)

Shridhar Kamble (2012)

Shriram Joshi (2013)

Shrrikumar D (2019)

Shweta Srivastava (2018)

Shyamanta Phukon (2011)

Siba Pulugurty (2016)

Siddharth Roychowdhury (2014)

Siddharth Saxena (2017)

Sitaram Jankoti (2018)

Sivakumar Paramasivam (2016)

Ramachandrareddy Ramchandra Bangera (2014) Gadi (2010)

Winners: 2010-2019 Rajgopal Nayak (2019)

Rajiv Bahl (2018)

Rajiv Mishra (2018)

Rajiv Nandwani (2013)

Rajkumar Nair (2011)

Rajneesh Rai (2017)

Rajnil Pangerkar (2010)

Rajnish K Wangoo (2011)

Rajshekhar Patil (2010)

Rakesh Kakadia (2015)

Rakesh Khetan (2016)

Rakesh Kumar Agrawal (2012)

Rakesh Mendiratta (2019)

Ranganathan N (2011)

Ranjeev Tiwari (2012)

Ranjit Kumar (2015)

Ranjith Radhakrishnan (2010)

Ratan Saxena (2016)

Raveendran Nagarajan (2010)

Ravi Kajaria (2019)

Ravi Kocher (2012)

Ravi Kumar Kakuturu (2010)

Ravi Rajput (2019)

Ravikishor Mundada (2019)

Ravinder Arora (2016)

Ravindra Ghuge (2017)

Rohit Khanna (2019)

RP Rath (2013)

Rupen Shah (2017)

Rupendra Nigam (2012)

Rupendra Sharma (2011)

Rupesh Gaikwad (2018)

S Ilango Nadar (2012)

S Manjunath Prasad (2016)

S Prabakaran (2017)

S Rajani (2014)

S Saravanan (2011)

S Srikanth (2012)

Sachin Arora (2010)

Saloni Vijay (2016)

Samad Mohammed (2011)

Samar Gupta (2018)

Sameer Chaudhry (2013)

Sameer Jain (2013)

Samir Khare (2013)

Samson Dsouza (2018)

Sandeep Gupta (2011)

Sandeep Jamdagni (2016)

Sandeep Jha (2011)

Sandeep Mhalgi (2012)

Sandeep Walia (2011)

Sandesh Rane (2016)

Sanjay Patankar (2010)

Sanjay Pratap Singh (2011)

Sanjay Quadros (2015)

Sanjay Singh (2013)

Sanjay Singh (2013)

Sanjay Tiwari (2011)

Sanjeev Chaudhary (2015)

Sanjeev Garg (2019)

Sanjeev Jain (2016)

Sanjeev Lamba (2016)

Sanjeev Sanghwan (2010)

Sanjiv Shrivastava (2016)

Sankar Makkapati (2017)

Sarvesh Wadhwa (2014)

Satinder Gupta (2013)

Satish Asnani (2016)

Satish B Mahajan (2011)

Satish Pai (2017)

Satyen Naik (2011)

Saurabh Gupta (2018)

Saurabh Nigam (2013)

SDPL Narayana (2011)

Sebastin Raja Gnanapragasam (2010)

Seema Gaur (2013)

Seetaramaiah Vissapragada (2010)

Sekhar Guduru (2019)

Sharat Airani (2011)

Shashi Bhushan Vyas (2013)

Shashi Rawat (2017)

Shashikant Adsul (2012)

Sheel Nidhi Shrivastava (2015)

Shelton Vetharaj (2010)

Shijo Joseph (2013)

Shiju George (2011)

Shini Saju (2018)

Shishir Khare (2011)

Shitanshu (2017)

Shivakumar Gowda K (2013)

Shivank Bansal (2014)

SK Vishwas (2013)

Smita Jain (2018)

SN Sasikumar (2017)

Snehal S Kumbhar (2019)

Snehalkumar Vyas (2012)

Sohil Laad (2017)

Somasekhar Rao Gonuguntla (2011)

Sourabh Chatterjee (2012)

Sourabh Rai (2018)

Sourav Roy (2010)

Souveek Ray (2019)

Sreekanth Elkuri (2011)

Sreekanth Neriyanuri (2014)

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NEXT100 Award Sridhar Brahma (2015)

Sridhar Marupadige (2010)

Srikanth Joghee Subramaniam (2015)

Srikanth Mattipalli (2013)

Srikar Chilakamarri (2019)

Srinidhi Narayan (2018)

Srinivas Rallabandi (2012)

Sripad Bharati (2010)

Subbarao Mukkavilli (2015)

Subha K Rudra (2011)

Subhamoy Chakraborti (2012)

Subhanil Banerjee (2017)

Subhankar Bhattacharya (2010)

Suchindra Khaidem (2019)

Suchit Malhotra (2011)

Sudesh Sharma (2019)

Sudha Thorat (2014)

Sudhir Sharma (2013)

Sudhir Vijayakumar Madhugiri (2017)

Sudin Baraokar (2014)

Suhas Bhalerao (2012)

Sujata Barla (2017)

Sujeet Saxena (2014)

Sukumar Dutta (2015)

Sumeet Kumar (2019)

Sumeet Verma (2016)

Suresh Khadakbhavi (2011)

Suresh Kumar (2013)

Sushanta Kumar Lenka (2011)

Sushil Sharma (2013)

Sushma Chopra (2013)

Swanand Dhekane (2019)

Swapna Sreenivas (2019)

Swarnali Ghosh (2016)

Swarup Roy (2013)

Swati Phalke (2019)

Tarsem Singh (2019)

Tarun Gupta (2011)

Tarun Kapoor (2015)

Uma Nath Tripathi (2017)

Uma Ramani (2012)

Umesh Bhapkar (2013)

Umesh Malhotra (2011)

Umesh Mittal (2016)

Umesh Potdar (2013)

Upendra Kumar (2014)

Upkar Singh (2016)

Utpal Banerjee (2019)

Uttam Kumar (2014)

Uttam Lahiry (2012)

V Nagarajan (2017)

Vaibhav Kulkarni (2018)

Vijay Balakrishnan (2018)

Vijay Bhaskar Ikkurthi (2015)

Vijay Bhat (2012)

Vijay Choudhary (2011)

Vijay Dalmia (2014)

Vijay Maurya (2018)

Vijay Mishra (2012)

Vijay Pukale (2017)

Vijay Suresh Kumar (2014)

Vijay Vora (2016)

Vijaya Anand (2017)

Vijoy Basu (2019)

Vikas Dureja (2014)

Vineet Sachdev (2016)

Vineet Sadhu (2017)

Vinod Ahuja (2016)

Vinod Gopinathan (2014)

Vinod Mehta (2014)

Vinod Pol (2017)

Vinod Raju (2014)

Vinod Shaily (2015)

Vinod Sharma (2017)

Vinod Singh (2013)

Vipin Shotriya (2013)

Viral Mody (2014)

Vishal Agrawal (2018)

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Winners: 2010-2019 Subhash Bagchi (2010)

Subhash Kumar Mishra (2016)

Subhash Shelke (2014)

Subhash Singh Bisht (2017)

Subhashish Roy (2019)

Subhasis Nayak (2011)

Subhasish Roy (2018)

Subhendu Mallick (2014)

Subhrajyoti Bose (2013)

Subi Bhaskaran (2014)

Subir Roy (2017)

Subramanya Raj (2012)

Subrato Roy (2018)

Sumit Priyani (2012)

Sumith Sadanand (2018)

Sumoth C (2012)

Sunil Agarwal (2015)

Sunil Bhaskar (2017)

Sunil Deorukhkar (2010)

Sunil K Sonare (2014)

Sunil Pandey (2017)

Sunil Pandey (2017)

Sunitha A (2012)

Supriya Kaul (2017)

Surender Dinkar (2012)

Suresh E (2011)

Tarun Sharma (2014)

Tej Pandey (2010)

Tejas Mehta (2017)

Tejas Raval (2017)

Thiyagarajan Saravanan (2016)

Thomas Benjamin (2019)

Tirthadeep Kundu (2010)

Tirumala Rao K (2013)

TK Gopinath (2014)

Toral Desai (2017)

Udayar Nedunchezhiyan (2013)

Udayveer Singh (2013)

Udupi Arunkumar Sheth (2011)

Vaibhav Palan (2014)

Vaibhav Pendurkar (2018)

Valerio Fernandes (2010)

Vaman Nene (2018)

Vamsi Krishna Ithamraju (2010)

Vasanth Prabhu (2017)

Venkat Srinivas (2019)

Venkata Ramana Ratnakaram (2015)

Venkata Satish Guttula (2019)

Venkatraman Subramanian (2017)

Venugopal Veldurthy (2015)

Venugopalam Medicherla (2016)

Vijay Anand (2017)

Vikas Gupta (2016)

Vikas Jain (2013)

Vikas Madaan (2015)

Vikas Malhotra (2012)

Vinay Bhide (2014)

Vinay Joshi (2010)

Vinay Prakash Verma (2010)

Vinay Wandrekar (2014)

Vinayak Chavan (2017)

Vinayak Laud (2012)

Vineet Kapoor (2013)

Vineet Love (2017)

Vineet Mehta (2019)

Vishal Anand Gupta (2010)

Vishal Bisht (2010)

Vishal Gupta (2014)

Vishal Gupta (2017)

Vishal Jain (2012)

Vishal Pannala (2010)

Vishal Roday (2017)

Vishal Shah (2015)

Vishal Singh (2014)

Vishwas Borkar (2019)

Vivek Digumarti (2015)

Vivek Pathak (2015)

Vivek Sharma (2011)

Vivek Surve (2019)

Yatin Bhatia (2012)

Yatin Shetye (2014)

Yatin Vora (2014)

Yatish Bhatia (2015)

Yogesh Dadke (2018)

Yogesh Dhandharia (2011)

Yogesh Mishra (2013)

Yogesh Shukla (2014)

Yograj Mittal (2015)

Yusuf A Hashmi (2014)

Yusuf Roopawalla (2010)

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Dear Friends, It is with immense satisfaction that I present you the tenth edition of the NEXT100 book.

The feeling of working with the community to fulfil a long-standing gap can only be satisfying. More satisfying is the fact that we have completed ten years of the journey. And even more satisfying is the help and support that we have received from the community leaders—all senior. Their contribution to NEXT100 is immense, to say the least.

But what gives me a sense of real accomplishment is the endorsement by many past winners, who have unequivocally acknowledged the role that NEXT100 has played in their career, with a lot of love and affection. In the age of instant glory on social media, that gets forgotten by the next day, we are fortunate to receive this kind of acknowledgement and appreciation.

Now, as hundred more next generation leaders join the NEXT100 club, this exclusive community is 1,000 strong. I must tell you, the bonhomie that we have seen among them—even if they belong to different batches—has been surprising, even for us. Some of them proudly send the list of winners from their organizations; yet others, who are now CIOs, enquire, if there is a candidate with that NEXT100 badge of honour.

This year, as we completed ten years, we decided to announce the awards in a more formal and open manner, as compared to winners being intimated by individual mail and phone, in the previous years. This year, we hosted a digital event, watched by all applicants, jury and many other CIOs, where we announced the awards.

The completion of the ten year journey of NEXT100 coincides with the end of the decade. We have entered the much-waited, much-prophesized-about 2020. A lot of things have changed in these years. Skills and succession planning is a bigger challenge for most CIOs today than any single technology challenge. NEXT100 was envisaged a decade back to meet the very challenge.

As we end the first phase in our journey, I would like to thank all those who have contributed to this. First and foremost, I would like to thank the members of the community, especially our jury members who have selflessly contributed to the process, but also numerous other senior IT managers who have encouraged their team members to participate and even held NEXT100 as a benchmark. My thanks also goes to the sponsors over the years, who have ensured that we have sustained it year after year. I cannot forget to thank the applicants for whom this whole thing has been possible. Last but not the least, I would like to thank my colleagues at 9.9 Group, who have executed this entire show, sometimes with lots of challenges and time pressures.

I welcome the tenth batch of winners of NEXT100.

Vikas Gupta Director, 9.9 Group & Publisher, ITNEXT

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Awards Process

2,338

187

IT managers registered for the NEXT100 process

applicants completed the psychometric tests.

314

68%

total interviews conducted by the Jury members

of winners have between 11 to 20 years of work experience

45%

68%

of NEXT100 winners come from organizations with a budget of INR 50 crore or above

68%

of the winners work in Manufacturing, ITES, BFSI & Professional Services

59%

of winners work in organizations with total turnover of INR 1,000 crore or above

of winners work in organizations with IT budget of INR 25 crore or above

85%

56%

of winners receive an annual compensation exceeding INR 20 lakhs

of winners have more than 10 people reporting to them

167

referee and supervisor feedback reports were received

70%

of winners are aged between 36 and 45

Popular Qualifications Bachelors: Engineering & Technology, Management Studies, Computer Science, Computer Applications Masters: Engineering & Technology, Management Studies Popular Hobbies Music, Travel, Reading, Cricket, Cooking, Social Service, Photography Popular Technology Expertise Application Development, DR & Business Continuity Planning, Business Intelligence, Database Management, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Training & Education Popular Business & Management Expertise IT Strategy & Planning, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Projects & Program Management, Vendor Management

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Methodology The selection process for the NEXT100 2019 commenced in June 2019 with a call for applications. The entire IT manager community was informed through a series of e-mails, print advertisements, and the social media. By the third week of August 2019, 2,338 aspirants had registered for the process.

The selection of the award winners was done through a three-stage process, as in the past years. In the first stage, all award aspirants had to complete a detailed application form—and provide extensive personal and professional information, including education, technical skills and work experience. They also had to nominate referees who could support their claim for consideration for the award.

In the second stage, applicants took two psychometric tests: Personality profiles tests and emotional quotient & intelligence tests.

The tests were administered online by Paris-based Central Test International. Every applicant who completed all the tests received a free, personalized copy of the assessment reports for reference.

The NEXT100 jury members identified a set of criteria (including education, length and quality of work experience) to prepare a short list of candidates for the interview stage. Every shortlisted candidate was independently interviewed by two NEXT100 jury members.

Separately, independent recommendations were obtained for each candidate from the designated referees, including current supervisors.

The scores and evaluations assigned to all candidates in every stage of the selection process were input into a proprietary scoring model that assigns carefully calibrated weights to various factors. The final list of NEXT100 award recipients, listed in this magazine, is an outcome of this scoring model.

To ensure that the NEXT100 awards are completely fair and unbiased, no member of the ITNEXT editorial team was involved in the selection or elimination of the award winners, nor are editors and staff of ITNEXT magazine a part of the jury panel.

As in past years, the NEXT100 awards program draws on the knowledge and support of the CIO community.

Forty-five senior executives who comprised the jury of the NEXT100 awards, collectively represent hundreds of years of experience in IT and corporate management, and were involved as advisors, interviewers and selectors this year.

The jury panel debated, deliberated and decided on the award selection process—and conducted detailed interviews of all shortlisted applicants.

Psychometric Tests All aspirants for the NEXT100 awards take two psychometric evaluations—a personality test and an emotional quotient test—that are administered by Paris-based Central Test. The results of the tests are factored into the total evaluation of the candidate. All candidates who take the evaluations receive detailed personalized reports that can be used for self development.

The Central Test Personality Inventory for Professionals (CTPI-R) test provides an assessment of work related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. According to the test designers, CTPI-R conforms to the standards of scientific validation set out by the International Test Commission, and the American Psychological Association.

The workplace competencies are defined as “clusters of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are predictive of superior performance in a given job”. According to Central Test, the competency scores in the CTPI-R are not a ‘direct assessment’

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of competencies but an ‘assessment of proximity’ of the test taker to the profile of others who have demonstrated a high level of that specific competency.

The assumption behind this method of evaluation is that people with similar profiles will be more likely to exhibit similar abilities.

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 a specific competency. The score on each dimension of competency also provides an indication of the extent to which the person is trainable on each competency.

The Emotional Quotient test, introduced for the first time in 2018, assesses the ability to perceive, understand and manage one’s own emotions and those of others—an essential leadership requirement in modern times.

The personality test measures four

dimensions – intra-personal intelligence, personal development, self-assertion and leadership. The participants are measured across 12 parameters: adaptability, self-knowledge, self-motivation, self-control, assertiveness, self-confidence, interpersonal skills, self-esteem, optimism, resilience, mediation & influence, empathy & lucidity.

Personality Profile Workplace Competencies According to Central Test, the CTPI-R test has been standardized on an international group of 5,000+ working managerial professionals. The test uses a continuous scale of 0 to 100% to deduce 21 competencies that are relevant in the workplace. The conclusions are based on statistical studies and theoretical models.

The overall analysis of workplace competencies of NEXT100 applicants reveals that challenge, stress tolerance, networking, team building, initiative, conductive change, business acumen, resistance, reliability, innovation, flexibility and authenticity are attributes where winners have a significant lead. Like last year, the only attribute where non-winners have a significant lead over winners is caution. Maybe, in a demographically young country like India, caution is a bad word.

Authenticity

Challenge 80

Emotional Stability

Caution

60

Networking

Influencing

20 Conflict Resolution

0

Reliability

Team Building

Resilience

Understanding Others

Business Accumen

Intitiative

Mentoring Others

NEXT100 Winners Affiliation Assertiveness Control Developing Others Tactical Trust Conscientiousness Rational

Control

Self Confidence

Developing Others

4

2

Optimism

Tactical

1

10

Conducting Change

Assertiveness

3

30

Decision Making

7 6

40 Innovation

Affiliation 8

5

50

Flexibility

Surpassing

Stress Tolerence

70

Quality Oriented

The CTPI-R test provides an assessment of work-related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. The test uses 114 questions to measure work personality across 19 dimensions. These dimensions are organized into four groups: People Management, Perception Mode, Self Management and Change Management.

The test results are reported on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 implying a low level and 10 implying a high level of conformance to the behavioral characteristic. As compared to other applicants, the winners lead significantly in adaptability, lively, experimental, visionary, rational, rule conscientiousness, selfconfidence, emotional stability, surpassing and trust. Non-winners lead significantly in control. Control probably is no more a requisite attribute of a good leader in the new era!

Strategic Planning Supervision

0 Lively

Trust

Commitment

Conscientiousness

Visionary

Rational

Experimental

Rule Conscientiousness Adaptability NEXT100 Winners

Action Oriented Other Applicants

Other Applicants

The tendency to be kind, affectionate and open towards others at work The tendency to express and defend one’s opinions and rights in an open, yet correct manner The tendency to seek control of the course of events and have one’s own way of doing things The desire to support, mentor and encourage others to help them reach their potential and become more efficient The tendency to be tactical and diplomatic when dealing with others The tendency to be trusting towards others Carry out tasks in a thorough, meticulous and organized way Refers to the way information is perceived and judgments made

Rule Conscientiousness To strictly follow the rules and moral standards established by society Action-oriented To take initiative and risks, choose action over reflection even if there is uncertainty Adaptability The ability to accept change and novelty Experimental The desire to explore and innovate, sometimes to the detriment of existing solutions Visionary Tendency to understand trends and patterns, and anticipate future events Commitment To draw satisfaction from being dedicated and committed to one’s job Lively Energetic, outgoing, cheerful and full of life Optimism Tendency to hold positive expectations and to easily recover from failures Self Confidence Believe in one’s potential Emotional Stability The ability to recognize one’s own emotions and to control emotional reactions Surpassing The tendency to be ambitious, driven and competitive

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Emotional Skills The Emotional Quotient test assesses the ability to perceive, understand and manage one’s own emotions and those of others. The participants are measured across 12 parameters: Adaptability, self-knowledge, selfmotivation, self-control, assertiveness, self-confidence, inter-personal skills, self-esteem, optimism, resilience, mediation & influence, empathy & lucidity.

The NEXT100 winners were ahead of other applicants in all parameters but were significantly ahead in self-motivation, self-control, self-confidence, interpersonal skills, resilience and mediation and influence.

Leadership Suitability Fit Emotional Intelligence measures four dimensions – intra-personal intelligence, personal development, self-assertion and leadership, based on the parameters. The NEXT100 winners led other applicants in each of the four parameters and did so by a good margin.

Intrapersonal Intelligence

Adaptability

70.00

8.00 Empathy & Lucidity

7.00

Self Knowledge 68.00

6.00 66.00

5.00 Mediation & Influence

64.00

Self Motivation

4.00 3.00

62.00

2.00

60.00

1.00 Resilience

58.00 Self Control

0.00

Self Assertion

Optimism

Leadership

Assertiveness

Self Esteem

NEXT100 Winners

Self Confidence Personal Development

Interpersonal Skills NEXT100 Winners Self-knowledge Self-motivation Self-esteem Resilience Self-control

Adaptability

Optimism

Other Applicants

Being self-aware means being able to identify what emotions are being felt and what sets them off; it means listening to one’s own desires, needs and motivations.

People who are self-aware know how to analyze their own reactions and behavior.

This trait determines the ability to find the resources within oneself in order to become and remain motivated. People who have this drive will adopt a positive attitude in any situation and will show perseverance and tenacity.

Self-esteem corresponds to how much one values oneself. By recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, people understand what they are worth and they are not dependent on what others think; they thrive more easily.

Resilience is the ability to get back on one’s feet after disappointment or failure. By learning from mistakes, people are better able to cope with failure and struggle.

High resilience allows people to move forward and not be burdened with regret.

Self-control is an important asset for becoming socially accepted. This refers to the ability to control impulses and excessive reactions such as anger, exasperation, anxiety or melancholy—so that people can think and act calmly in any type of context. People who demonstrate good self-control give an impression of stability.

They can cope with difficult situations such as conflict or stress without revealing their feelings and they are able to ease tension.

Adaptability is an essential characteristic for building good social and occupational relationships and fitting in an environment. Being able to adapt means being able to let go of habits and to easily change points of reference. Adaptable people are able to share opinions and feelings, while taking specific situations and points of view into account.

Optimism is one facet of emotional intelligence and also a result of emotional intelligence: feeling good about oneself and one’s relationships leads to more

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Other Applicants

confidence in the future. Being optimistic means being generally happy with life, seeing the positive side of things and thinking that the best is yet to come.

Self-confidence Being self-confident is, above all, having a strong belief in oneself and in one’s abilities. Self-confidence can manifest itself in personal skills allowing us to surpass our own objectives and gain autonomy. It also enables us to tackle challenges and unexpected events more serenely.

Empathy and Lucidity Empathy is about putting oneself in another person’s shoes and understanding what is on his or her mind, all while staying true to oneself. Being similar to clear-sightedness, empathy helps a person understand the big picture and read between the lines, in terms of psychology (such as figuring out the unspoken goal of someone trying to sound convincing) or facts.

Assertiveness Being assertive is the ability to express oneself and make one’s voice heard without being uselessly aggressive. Assertive people can find their place more easily in a group and share opinions and feelings more effectively. When a situation calls for confrontation, an assertive person will not turn away. This is why being excessively assertive can be seen as being arrogant.

Mediation and Influence This trait evaluates the ability to develop arguments, motivate others and inspires enthusiasm, thanks to a good understanding of who people are and how they react. Mediation and influence also refer to an ability to reconcile diverging points of view in situations of conflict.

Interpersonal Skills Having good interpersonal skills means being good at forming and maintaining relationships with others. Being authentic is a must! People who have good relationship skills can easily share their emotions and feelings and they feel comfortable in groups and communicate without difficulty.

“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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Jury

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Index 29 | Rajeev Agarwal

36 | Vinay Avadhoot Khargonkar

44| Lalit Popli

29 | Tarun Anand

37 | Sanjay Kotha

44 | Narayanan Ramakrishnan

30 | Rajamani Visweswaran Ashok

37 | Vinod Sivarama Krishnan

45 | Ajay Rambal

30 | A Balaji

38 | Nirupmay Kumar

45 | Sujeet Saxena

31 | Biswabrata Chakravorty

38 | Harish Lade

46 | Vijay Sethi

31 | Subrata Dey

39 | Jitendra Mahajan

46 | Rahul Shandilya

32 | Subodh Dubey

39 | Rahul Mahajan

47 | Shiva Shankar

32 | Biswanath Ghosh

40 | RD Malav

47 | Subhash Shelke

33 | Sachin Gupta

40 | Umesh Mehta

48 | Amandeep Singh

33 | Kishore I Hirani

41 | Rajeev Mittal

48 | Dheeraj Sinha

34 | Hariharan Iyer

41 | Sanjay Moralwar

49 | Ramakrishnan Sudarshanam

34 | Vineet Jaiswal

42 | Santosh Nair

49 | Srinivas Tata

35 | Rajeev Jorapur

42 | Ved Prakash Nirbhya

50 | Thomson Thomas

35 | Ashok Kannan

43 | Gyan Pandey

50 | Vasudevan Vimalan

36 | Hilal Khan

43 | Mahesh Kumar Pinnamaneni

51 | Yogesh Zope

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The NEXT100 awards programme draws on the expertise, contributions and support of India’s CIO community. Forty-five senior executives from India’s leading companies were involved in reviewing and validating the NEXT100 process, determining the selection criteria, and interviewing the aspirants.

Technology Expertise

Business & Management Expertise

Team Size Managed 68%

BI, Business Analytics & Big Data

82%

More than 250

20 to 50

16%

45%

IT Strategy & Planning

21%

Application Development

36%

68%

30%

Data Center Management

Project & Program Management

33%

36%

43%

DR & Business Continuity

Operations Management

30%

38%

50 to 100

100 to 250

IT Compliance & Risk Management

Vendor Management

27%

33%

Cloud Technologies

Hobbies & Interests

20%

Budgeting & Financial Management IT Security

22%

41% 41%

18%

Supply Chain Management

IT Project & Program Management

18%

30%

18%

Security & Compliance

25%

Technology Evaluation & Selection

13%

18%

Training & Education

20%

IT Operations Management

14% 14% 14% 11% 11%

Total Work Experience

Industry Sector 41%

Rea Tra Mu Cri Mo Ga Pho Spo Tel Coo Go din vel sic cket vies dge tog rts evis kin lf ts ion g rap g& hy Boo ks

36 years and above

2%

Less than 20 years

31-35 years

9%

5

Organization Revenue

%

Upto ` 5,000 cr

32%

9%

7%

7%

7%

7%

52%

26-30 years

9%

More than `25,000 cr

5% 5%

9%

2% 2% 2% 2%

33% 21-25 years

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` 10,000 to 25,000 cr

Rajeev Agarwal

Tarun Anand

General Manager - MS & IT HAL

Head - Global IT Dabur

Birthday: 24-March Industry: Aerospace & Defence Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 35 Educational Qualifications: MTech Professional Certifications: Advance Leadership Program in Aerospace from IAS, Toulouse, France Technology Expertise: Cyber Security, IT Policy, IT Budgeting, Business Analytics, Data Center Management

Business & Management Expertise: IT Program Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Change Management, IT Strategy & Planning Hobbies & Interests: Information Technology Management Mentoring Favorite Book or Movie: Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra My Ambition or Dream is to: Serve the society through affordable technologies.

Birthday: 30-June Industry: Consumer Products Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 22 Educational Qualifications: BCom Professional Certifications: Global CIO Certification from ISBHyderabad; Certified Information Security Management (CISM)

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Gadgets, Music, Television, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Seven Laws of Spiritual Success by Deepak Chopra My Ambition or Dream is to: Help underprivileged children.

Technology Expertise: Business Analytics & Big Data, Cloud Services, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Innovation, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security, Mobile Technologies & Services

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Rajamani Visweswaran Ashok

A Balaji

Vice President - IS Sundaram - Clayton

Global Chief Information Officer UPL

Birthday: 26-April Industry: Auto & Auto Parts Organization Revenue (Rs.): 1,000 to 2,500 cr Team Size: 20 to 50 Work Experience (in years): 28 Educational Qualifications: ACA; BCom Technology Expertise: Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management, Mobile Applications, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security & Compliance, IT Strategy & Planning

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Hobbies & Interests: Photography, Travel, Temple Visits Favorite Book or Movie: Sidney Sheldon & Michael Crichton novels My Ambition or Dream is to: Pursue Agriculture and go back to roots.

Birthday: 2-November Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 26 Educational Qualifications: BCom; ACA Professional Certifications: SAP, 1998 Technology Expertise: Business Analytics & Big Data, IT Innovation, IT Project & Program Management Business & Management Expertise: Digital Strategist, Global ERP Expertise, Merger and Acquisition Specialist, Proven Value Driven Approach

Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Music, Cricket Favorite Book or Movie: Book: When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi; Action Movies My Ambition or Dream is to: Bring positive change to the less privileged. Everyone should get quality and affordable medical treatment.

Biswabrata Chakravorty

Subrata Dey

Head - IT IndusInd Bank

Global Chief Information Officer Godrej Consumer Products

Birthday: 31-December Industry: Banking & Financial Services Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 23 Educational Qualifications: MBA; BE Technology Expertise: Application Design, Mobility, Cloud, Analytics, Application Modernization, Customer Experience Management, Payments Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy, Benchmarking, Digital Transformation, Change Management, Operational Excellence, Supplier Management

Hobbies & Interests: Traveling & Exploring Different Cultures My Ambition or Dream is to: Be an inspiration to others and develop/mentor leaders.

Birthday: 15-November Industry: Consumer Products Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Computer Science & Application; Executive Program in Management; Bachelors in Science (Mathematics) Professional Certifications: Managing IT & IT resources, UCLA, US

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Football, Golf, Travel with family Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Good to Great by Jim C Collins; Movie: Bridge of Spies My Ambition or Dream is to: Do something for the underprivileged.

Technology Expertise: IT & Digital Transformation Strategy, Implementation, IT Innovation, Program Management & Governance, IT Compliance & Risk Management

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Subodh Dubey

Biswanath Ghosh

Global Chief Information Officer Suzlon

CIO - Enterprise & Corporate Functions Mahindra & Mahindra

Birthday: 2-November Industry: Renewable Energy Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 28 Educational Qualifications: Management Development Program (MDP), IIM-A Professional Certifications: Global CIO Certification; Oracle Certified Professional (OCP); Oracle Certified Database Administrator (OCDBA) Technology Expertise: Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Cloud Implementation & Management, Cloud Implementation & Management, Data Backup, DR & Business

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Continuity, Data Center Management, Database Management & Administration Business & Management Expertise: IT Project & Program Management, IT Security & Compliance, IT Strategy & Planning Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Movies, Traveling Favorite Book or Movie: Goal My Ambition or Dream is to: Do good for society.

Birthday: 21-December Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 33 Educational Qualifications: BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-Kharagpur; PG Diploma in Operations Research from ORSI Professional Certifications: ICWA Inter in Operations Research Technology Expertise: Leveraging Mobility, Analytics, IoT, AI, ML, Blockchain, RPA to help create Digital Business processes and Models for the Enterprise

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Budgeting & Financial Management, Operations Management, Customer Support & Service Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Music, Sports, Long Drive Favorite Book or Movie: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell My Ambition or Dream is to: Create next-gen leaders.

Sachin Gupta

Kishore I Hirani

President & Chief Information & Innovation Officer Usha

Chief Information Officer Amara Raja Group

Birthday: 1-January Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 30 Educational Qualifications: MS in Computer Information Systems, West Coast University, Los Angeles, CA; MBA in Finance & Information Systems, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA; BTech in Hotel Management, New York City College, Brooklyn, NY; Diploma in Hotel Management, Institute of Hotel Management Catering & Nutrition, Delhi

Management & Administration, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, IT Innovation Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Operations Management, Customer Support & Service Management Hobbies & Interests: Astrology, Automobiles, Cricket, Golf, Music, Television

Birthday: 11-January Industry: Auto & Auto parts & Energy Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: MBA; BE

Technology Expertise: Digital, SAP Business & Management Expertise: Leadership, Digitization Strategy Hobbies & Interests: Swimming, Trekking My Ambition or Dream is to: Beome CEO.

Favorite Book or Movie: Many My Ambition or Dream is to: Retire soon.

Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Analytics & Big Data, Cloud Services, Data Center Management, Database

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Hariharan Iyer

Vineet Jaiswal

Group Chief Information Officer Raymond

Chief Digital Officer JSW Group

Birthday: 5-February Industry: Large Business Conglomerate Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 25 Educational Qualifications: MBA; BE in Computers

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Manufacturing Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Mountaineering, Flying, DIY & Tinkerer, Inventor (Hold 17 IPs), Speaker & Futurist

Birthday: 15-December Industry: Conglomerate Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 23 Educational Qualifications: MBA in Finance & Marketing; BE in Mechanical Engineering

Professional Certifications: Auditor ISO (9001, 27001)

Professional Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt & Black Belt

Technology Expertise: AI & Machine Learning, App Development, DevOps Testing, Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Cloud Implementation & Management, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, Data Backup

Technology Expertise: AI & Machine Learning, App Development, DevOps Testing, Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Cloud Implementation & Management, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management, Database

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Management & Administration, Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Applications, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Human Resources & Talent Management, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Sports, Poetry Favorite Book or Movie: 3 Idiots My Ambition or Dream is to: Contribute back to society in any shape and form till the end of my life.

Rajeev Jorapur

Ashok Kannan

Senior Vice President Bajaj Auto

President - IT Sintex Industries

Birthday: 25-February Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 30 Educational Qualifications: BTech in Chemical Engineering, IIT-Mumbai Professional Certifications: Certified Self-Empowerment Coach, Life Coach, NLP Practitioner Technology Expertise: Business Analytics, IT Compliance, SAP, IoT, Agile Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Experience

Hobbies & Interests: Trekking, Running, Travel, Yoga, Spirituality Favorite Book or Movie: The Sound of Music My Ambition or Dream is to: Empower others to achieve their full potential, thereby finding my own fulfillment.

Birthday: 14-October

Work Experience (in years): 26

Business & Management Expertise: IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Operations Management, ITSM, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security & Compliance, IT Strategy & Planning, IT-SAP Consulting Expertise

Educational Qualifications: MBA in HR; MS in EBM; BE in EEE

Hobbies & Interests: Reading Management Books

Professional Certifications: Prince2; ITIL

Favorite Book or Movie: Books by Stephen Covey

Technology Expertise: CIO-CISO-CTO-CDO: SAP, AI & ML, App Development, Cloud Implementation, Big Data, Predictive Analytics, Data Backup, DR Management & Administration

My Ambition or Dream is to: Help others.

Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 20 to 50

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Hilal Khan

Vinay Avadhoot Khargonkar

Vice President & Operating Head - IT Honda Cars India

Vice President & Head - CIT Larsen & Toubro

Birthday: 1-Oct Industry: Auto & Auto parts Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: MCA; PG Diploma in Business Management Technology Expertise: IT Innovation, IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Budgeting

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& Financial Management, Human Resources & Talent Management, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Collecting Watches and Pens, Politics Favorite Book or Movie: Guns, Germs & Steel by Jared Diamond My Ambition or Dream is to: Enter active politics.

Birthday: 14-September Industry: Construction Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 20 to 50 Work Experience (in years): 30 Educational Qualifications: BE Professional Certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA); Attended management courses from Ross School of Management & Harvard Business School Technology Expertise: AI & Machine Learning, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Data Backup, DR & Business

Continuity, Data Center Management, Human Computer Interfaces (Voice chat bots, etc.)

Business & Management Expertise: IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security & Compliance, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Jogging, Spirituality Favorite Book or Movie: Self-help books My Ambition or Dream is to: Leave a legacy behind.

Sanjay Kotha

Vinod Sivarama Krishnan

Joint President - IT & Group Chief Information Officer Adani Enterprises Ltd.

Chief Information Officer Indus Towers

Birthday: 13-January Industry: Trading & Distribution Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 24 Educational Qualifications: BE in Computer Science; PG Diploma in Business Management Technology Expertise: Development of IT strategies at global organizations Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Manufacturing Management, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management

Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Sports, Driving, Mentoring Favorite Book or Movie: The Almighty My Ambition or Dream is to: Be admired in the industry as a global leader & a trend setter, be a loving father & a role model to my kids and to pass on to others what I have learnt.

Birthday: 16-June Industry: Telecom Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Business Management, IIM-B; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Analytics & Big Data, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Innovation, IT Operations Management, Website & E-commerce Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Chess, Gadgets, Movies, Reading & Books, Theater & Performing Arts Favorite Book or Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee My Ambition or Dream is to: Teach at a premier management school in India or overseas.

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Nirupmay Kumar

Harish Lade

Senior Vice President - IT Vodafone Idea

Vice President - Supply Chain Asian Paints

Birthday: 13-August Industry: Telecom Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 25 Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Business Management; PG Diploma in Business Analytics; BSc Professional Certifications: Management & Strategic Programs, ISB-Hyderabad; Technology Excellence Program, Imperial College, London; Stanford Advanced Project Management Certification Program; Leadership Program, IIM-Ahmedabad Technology Expertise: AI & Machine Learning, App

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Development, DevOps Testing, Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Human Computer Interfaces (Voice; chat bots; etc), Internet of Things (IoT), IT Operations Management

Birthday: 12-October

Business & Management Expertise: Business Enabler through Technology, IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management, Overall Telecom/Service Business Processes, Customer Life Cycle Management

Work Experience (in years): 23

Hobbies & Interests: Travelling and Exploring the Nature Favorite Book or Movie: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho My Ambition or Dream is to: Enjoy the moment.

Industry: Paints & Coatings Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250

Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Computer Aided Management, IIM-C; BE in Electronics Engineering, NIT Technology Expertise: Digital transformational initiatives in diverse areas like Nex-gen Consumer Engagement Platforms, Digital Factory and Autonomous Supply Chain Planning Systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Robotics, Advanced & Predictive Analytics and External and Internal Collaboration Platforms

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading Non Fiction Books, Long Distance Running, Traveling, Cooking Favorite Book or Movie: Terminator Series My Ambition or Dream is to: Visit Kilimanjaro Base Camp.

Jitendra Mahajan

Rahul Mahajan

Chief Operating Officer - Supply Chain & IT Marico

Executive Vice President - IT Lodha Group

Birthday: 9-January Industry: Consumer Products Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 25 Educational Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies; BE Professional Certifications: GPMD, University of Michigan; Transformational Leadership, ISB Technology Expertise: Business Analytics, Big Data, IT Compliance, Risk Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, P&L Management, Operations

Management, Project Management, Transformational Leadership Hobbies & Interests: Photography, Traveling Favorite Book or Movie: Good to Great by Jim Collins My Ambition or Dream is to: Leave behind legacy.

Birthday: 8-August Industry: Real Estate Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 23 Educational Qualifications: MBA in Materials Management, University of Pune; BE in Industrial Engineering, University of Pune: Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management, Connectivity

& Collaboration Management, IT Innovation Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Budgeting & Financial Management Hobbies & Interests: Music, Photography, Cooking, Theater & Performing Arts, Cricket, Hiking, Running Favorite Book or Movie: The Present (2009) My Ambition or Dream is to: Help others to build bright careers in technology.

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RD Malav

Umesh Mehta

Vice President - IT (Group CIO) BC Jindal Group

Chief Information Officer Jubilant Life Sciences

Birthday: 5-July Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 30 Educational Qualifications: MBA in IT; PG Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management, Connectivity & Collaboration Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Manufacturing

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Management, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Travelling to Adventurous Places, Social Activities Favorite Book or Movie: 3 Idiots My Ambition or Dream is to: Be a good human being.

Birthday: 4-January Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: PG, XLRI-Jamshedpur; BSc in Computer Science, Delhi University Professional Certifications: ITILv3 Foundation, Quint; Oracle Database Adimistration (ODA); Lean Six Sigma Champion Technology Expertise: IT Strategy, IT Architecture & Infrastructure Planning, Software Development Life Cycle, Solution & Service Delivery, IT Security & Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Applications,

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Business & Management Expertise: Strategy Planning, Enterprise Change Management, Digital Transformation, Team Building & Mentoring, Project & Program Management, Agile Methodology, Budgeting & Planning Hobbies & Interests: Sports, Music, Cooking Favorite Book or Movie: 3 Idiots My Ambition or Dream is to: Manage P&L of a business.

Rajeev Mittal

Sanjay Moralwar

Chief Information Officer Endurance Technologies

Group Chief Information Officer Cadila Healthcare

Birthday: 6-April Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 20 to 50 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: BSc in PCM; Pre-Masters in Mathematics; PG Diploma in Computer Sc. & App. Professional Certifications: Certified Novell Administrator (CNA), Novell, US; Business Excellence Leadership Program based on TBEM (based on Malcolm Baldrige model), Tata Management Training Center (TMTC); Contract Management, CII; RFID/Bard Code Enablement in Supply Chain/Warehouse, CII; Senior Management Leadership Program, Acumen; Supply Chain Management, SAP-ERP, SRM, etc.

Technology Expertise: IT Infrastructure, Digital

Infrastructure, Information/Cyber Security, Business Applications including ERP, CRM, SRM, HRMS/ HCM, DMS, BI, MES Business & Management Expertise: IT Governance, InfoSec Governance, Risk Management Team Management, Business Processes Automation, Project & Program Management, IT & Digitalization-related Procurement Management Hobbies & Interests: Exploring & Experimenting on New Technologies, Reading & Books, Travel, Playing Badminton, Occasional Cooking, Movies, Music, Exercises & Yoga Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt; Movie: 3 Idiots My Ambition or Dream is to: Become entrepreneur or do something which supports creating various job opportunities for people.

Birthday: 2-December Industry: Pharmaceuticals Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: Masters in Electronics; Bachelors in Physics Professional Certifications: Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)v4 Certification Technology Expertise: Cloud Services, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, Data Center Management, DR & Business Continuity, IT Asset &

Infrastructure Management, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Innovation Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Manufacturing Management, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Cricket, Football, Music, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand My Ambition or Dream is to: Stay simple and deliver 100%.

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Santosh Nair

Ved Prakash Nirbhya

Regional Head - User Engagement (Asia, Pacific, Middle East & Africa), Siemens

Chief Information Officer Tech Mahindra

Birthday: 31-May Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: BTech in Computer Engineering Professional Certifications: CIO Executive Program Technology Expertise: Business Analytics & Big Data, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, DR & Business Continuity, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Innovation, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security

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Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Coaching & Mentoring

Birthday: 16-October

Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Photography, Reading & Books, Travel

Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Business Management; BE

Favorite Book or Movie: Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Technology Expertise: AI & Machine Learning, App Development, DevOps Testing, Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Blockchain & Distributed Ledgers, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Cloud Implementation & Management, Connectivity & Collaboration Management

My Ambition or Dream is to: Engage, enable and empower people around me to make a difference in their work and life in whatever way I can.

Industry: IT Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 34

Business & Management Expertise: IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security & Compliance, IT Strategy & Planning Hobbies & Interests: Sports, Movies Favorite Book or Movie: Andhadhun My Ambition or Dream is to: Help our customers run their business better, enable them to grow their business to greater heights and work with them to change and transform their business faster.

Gyan Pandey

Mahesh Kumar Pinnamaneni

Chief Information Officer Aurobindo Pharma

Director - IT Allanasons

Birthday: 8-January Industry: Pharmaceuticals Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 23 Educational Qualifications: BCom Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI, 2005 Technology Expertise: Connectivity & Collaboration Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Security, Mobile Technologies & Services

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Global Delivery Management, Change Management

Birthday: 14-February

Hobbies & Interests: Television, History and Comparative Study of Religion & Human Civilization

Educational Qualifications: Masters in Engineering & Technology

Favorite Book or Movie: Chitralekha My Ambition or Dream is to: Give back to the society as much as possible till my last breath.

Industry: Consumer Products Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 22

Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Analytics & Big Data, Cloud Services, Data Center Management, Database Management & Administration, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Innovation

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Gadgets, Movies, Music, Reading & Books, Television, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Godfather by Mario Puzo; Movie: Mughal-E-Azam My Ambition or Dream is to: Be an entrepreneur.

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Lalit Popli

Narayanan Ramakrishnan

Head - Projects & Process ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co

Executive Director - Information Systems BPCL

Birthday: 9-June Industry: Banking & Finance Organization Revenue (Rs.): 1,000 to 2,500 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 21 Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Business Administration; Masters in Financial Management; MCom Professional Certifications: CFP; FileNet Certified; Black Belt Six Sigma; ISO27001 Lead Assessor Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Analytics & Big Data, IT Compliance and Risk Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security

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Business & Management Expertise: Business Development, Sales, IT Strategy, Info-Sec, Digital Business Hobbies & Interests: Movies, Cricket, Financial Planning & Education, Reading & Books Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand; Movie: Sound of Music My Ambition or Dream is to: Be a good human being.

Birthday: 30-November Industry: Oil & Gas

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management

Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr

Hobbies & Interests: Music, Travel

Team Size: 100 to 250

Favorite Book or Movie: Ardhasasthra by Chanakya

Work Experience (in years): 37 Educational Qualifications: Graduate Professional Certifications: SAP Certified in SD, PP, BW modules of SAP ERP/BI Technology Expertise: App Development, DevOps Testing, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, IT Project & Program Management, IT Strategy & Planning

My Ambition or Dream is to: Build the institution to last longer rather than just delivering projects.

Ajay Rambal

Sujeet Saxena

Head - IT LG Electronics India

Chief Manager Siemens Technology & Services

Birthday: 16-September Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 20 to 50 Work Experience (in years): 21 Educational Qualifications: BCA Technology Expertise: Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Data Center Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Compliance and Risk Management, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Innovation, IT Operations Management

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Music, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Money Ball My Ambition or Dream is to: Be a successful person.

Birthday: 31-March Industry: IT Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr

Business & Management Expertise: Project Management, Service Management, Forecasting, People Management

Team Size: 50 to 100

Hobbies & Interests: Traveling, Movies

Work Experience (in years): 27

Favorite Book or Movie: Gravity

Educational Qualifications: BTech

My Ambition or Dream is to: Give your best and enjoy the journey called life.

Professional Certifications: ITIL Technology Expertise: AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Implementation & Management, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management, Database Management & Administration

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Vijay Sethi

Rahul Shandilya

CIO, Head - CSR & Chief Human Resources Officer Hero MotoCorp

President & Group Chief Information Officer Welspun Group

Birthday: 10-January Industry: Auto & Auto parts Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 30 Educational Qualifications: MBA in Material Management; MTech in Industrial Engineering; BTech in Mechanical Engineering Professional Certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), ISACA; Basic Supply Chain Management, APICS Technology Expertise: Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, DR & Business Continuity, IT Innovation, IT Operations Management, IT

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Compliance & Risk Management, IoT, Mobility, Cloud Computing Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Human Resources & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Social Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Photography, Social Service, Teaching & Education, Gadgets, Automobiles, Cricket, Football, Golf Favorite Book or Movie: How the Mighty Fall by James C Collins My Ambition or Dream is to: See a truly Digital India which is fully IT-enabled.

Birthday: 22-November Industry: Conglomerate Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250 Work Experience (in years): 26 Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Business Administration, Jaipur Institute of Management; BE in Civil Engineering, IIT-Roorkee Technology Expertise: Information Systems and Technologies, Engineering and Design Services, PLM Services, Information Security Management Services, Manufacturing IT and Automation, Digital Transformation/Start Ups

Business & Management Expertise: Business Leadership (E-commerce), P&L Ownership, Business Process Consulting, Technology Consulting Hobbies & Interests: Wild life adventures, Sports Favorite Book or Movie: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari My Ambition or Dream is to: Be in pole position in space of Artificial Intelligence.

Shiva Shankar

Subhash Shelke

Vice President & Head - Datacenter Operations Reliance Jio Infocomm

CIO - Corporate Services & Head - Applications Delivery Essar Group

Birthday: 11-July Industry: Telecom Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 26 Educational Qualifications: BE in Computer Science Professional Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt Technology Expertise: Big Data & Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Cloud Implementation & Management, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management

Business & Management Expertise: IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security & Compliance, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Birthday: 6-November

Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Swimming, Table Tennis

Educational Qualifications: MBA; BCom

Favorite Book or Movie: Chak De India My Ambition or Dream is to: Run a large business conglomerate as its Chief Executive and run a NGO for under privileged and senior citizens.

Industry: Conglomerate Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 33

Professional Certifications: SAP Certified; Oracle Certified; MCSE Certified

Business & Management Expertise: IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management Hobbies & Interests: Astrology, Movies Favorite Book or Movie: Ramayana, Mahabharata My Ambition or Dream is to: Be helpful to society.

Technology Expertise: Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management, Database Management & Administration, Mobile Applications, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Website & E-commerce Management

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Amandeep Singh

Dheeraj Sinha

Vice President - Technology Thomas Cook India

Group Chief Information Officer JSW Group

Birthday: 18-August Industry: Tours & Travels Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 17 Educational Qualifications: PGDBM in Marketing & Systems; BSc in Mathematics Professional Certifications: ITIL Expert; CDCP; CCNA; CAPM Technology Expertise: Cloud Implementation & Management, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data Center Management, Database Management & Administration, Technology Evaluation & Selection

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Business & Management Expertise: IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security & Compliance, IT Strategy & Planning

Birthday: 5-November

Hobbies & Interests: Playing & Watching Cricket

Work Experience (in years): 25

Favorite Book or Movie: Action movies My Ambition or Dream is to: Get peace.

Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: More than 250

Educational Qualifications: MBA, Management Development Institute; Bachelors in Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Professional Certifications: Management Certification Course at IMD Lausanne, Switzerland on ‘Orchestrating Winning Performances’ Technology Expertise: IT Operations Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Security, Technology Evaluation & Selection

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management Hobbies & Interests: Gadgets, Television, Automobiles, Football, Table tennis, Chess Favorite Book or Movie: Pearl Harbor My Ambition or Dream is to: Be able to provide inputs and influence kids to become good and complete human beings having the right values.

Ramakrishnan Sudarshanam

Srinivas Tata

Divisional Vice President - IT United Breweries

Group Chief Information Officer Kalpataru Group

Birthday: 2-December Industry: Food & Beverages Organization Revenue (Rs.): 2,500 to 5,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 35 Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Computer Applications; MCom Professional Certifications: Global CIO Certification from ISBHyderabad Technology Expertise: Digital Technologies, Application Development & Management, Business Analytics & Big Data, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, DR and Business Continuity, IT Innovation, IT Compliance and Risk Management

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Manufacturing Management, Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management

Birthday: 24-January

Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Reading & Books, Travel

Work Experience (in years): 28

Favorite Book or Movie: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma My Ambition or Dream is to: Lead a life of purpose.

Industry: Infrastructure & Engineering Organization Revenue (Rs.): 10,000 to 25,000 cr Team Size: 20 to 50

Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Golf, Movies, Spending time with family Favorite Book or Movie: Artificial Intelligence - A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell My Ambition or Dream is to: See an AI and Digital India.

Educational Qualifications: MBA in Administration; BTech in Electronics & Communication Engineering Technology Expertise: IT Disruptions, Infra/Apps/Security - Architecture & Governance Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy, Organization Building & Governance, ERP

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Vasudevan Vimalan

Chief Information Officer HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co

Head - IT E.I.D Parry (India)

Birthday: 7-November Industry: Insurance Organization Revenue (Rs.): More than 25,000 cr Team Size: 50 to 100 Work Experience (in years): 25 Educational Qualifications: MMM in Marketing, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies; BE in Electronics, Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College Professional Certifications: Global CIO, ISB, 2011 Technology Expertise: Digital Technologies including Cloud, AI/ML, RPA, Application Development & Management, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity, Data

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Center Management, Database Management & Administration Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Human Resources & Talent Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Music, Social Service, Teaching & Education, Gadgets, Cricket, Tennis, Badminton Favorite Book or Movie: The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, George Spafford & Kevin Behr My Ambition or Dream is to: Be among the best in the world on use of technology to transform business.

Birthday: 2-June Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 5,000 to 10,000 cr Team Size: 20 to 50 Work Experience (in years): 28 Educational Qualifications: PG Diploma in Computer Applications Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Analytics & Big Data, IT Innovation, IT Compliance & Risk Management, Enterprise Application, Database Management & Administration, Mobility

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Change Management Hobbies & Interests: Gardening Favorite Book or Movie: Wings of Fire by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam My Ambition or Dream is to: Give back to society.

Yogesh Zope Chief Digital Officer Kalyani Group Birthday: 18-June Industry: Manufacturing Organization Revenue (Rs.): 2,500 to 5,000 cr Team Size: 100 to 250 Work Experience (in years): 27 Educational Qualifications: MS in Engineering Business Management, Warwick University; BE Computers, Pune University Professional Certifications: Global CIO, ISB, Hyderabad; CIO Certification on Business Innovation & Governance, ISB, Hyderabad; Strategic IT Management for CIOs, IIM, Ahmedabad Technology Expertise: Application Development & Management, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Data Backup, DR and Business Continuity, Data

Center Management, Database Management & Administration, Connectivity & Collaboration Management, IT Innovation Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Human Resources & Talent Management, Sales Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Music, Photography, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Seven Habits of Effective People by Dr. Stephan Covey My Ambition or Dream is to: Become a passionate change agent in personal & professional life playing the role of catalyst.

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Gyanprakash Awasthi

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Utpal Banerjee

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Ajai Balaji A Manager - IT SysArc Infomatix

Birthday: 10-July Qualifications: Diploma in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 10 Past Employment: Senior Associate, SmarTek Consultancy Services India; Limited Officer, Sify Technologies Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor; ITILv3 Foundation, Axelos; Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP); Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA); Microsoft Certified Trainer Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training &

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Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Teaching & Education Favorite Book or Movie: Action movies Dream Vacation Destination: Sri Lanka A Person I Admire: My Father

Abhishek Agarwal Delivery Project Executive - Cloud Application Services IBM India Birthday: 2-March Qualifications: Bachelors in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 14 Past Employment: Project Manager, Infosys Current Team Size: 51 to 100 Professional Certifications: CSM; IBM Mentor; IBM Manager; IBM Automation Practitioner; IBM Design Thinking Practitioner; IBM Blockchain Practitioner; IBM Cognitive Practitioner Technology Expertise: Application Development, Application Maintenance Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Music, Social Service, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: People Skills by Robert Bolton; Movie: DDLJ Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Lee Kuan Yew

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Hargish Aggarwal Senior Manager Vedanta Oil & Gas Birthday: 15-June Qualifications: MBA in Strategy, MDI; Chartered Accountant Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Credit Manager, HDFC Bank; Lead - Closing & Reporting, Genpact Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: SAP Certified - FICO Module Technology Expertise: Digital Transformation, Application Development, IT Strategy & Management, Outsourcing & Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Program Management, IT Strategy & Budgeting, Digital Execution, CXO Connect Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Painting, Politics, Table Tennis Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari; Movie: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Dream Vacation Destination: Vancouver A Person I Admire: Geroge Fanthome

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Mateen Ansari Divisional Manager Bajaj Auto

Birthday: 4-July Qualifications: Bachelors in Computer Technology; PG Diploma in Operations Management Work Experience (in years): 26 Past Employment: CMS Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Prince2 Practitioner; Prince2 Foundation; ITILv4 Foundation; SAP Certified BASIS Consultant Technology Expertise: IT Operations Management, Technology Architecture & Integration, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Cloud Architecture, Mobility, SAP HANA on HEC, SCP, Digital Technology, O365, MS Teams

Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, Project Management, Omni-channel Platform for Customers (Website, E-commerce), Vendor Management, Contract Management, Budget Controlling Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Music, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Wings Of Fire by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam; Movie: Chak De India Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Gyanprakash Awasthi Project Manager GE

Birthday: 30-May Qualifications: PG Diploma in Management Studies; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: I do what I do by Raghuram Rajan; Movie: Troy

Work Experience (in years): 7

Dream Vacation Destination: Antartica

Past Employment: Senior Associate, Cognizant Technology Solutions India

A Person I Admire: Narendra Modi

Professional Certifications: Scrum Master Certified, Scrum Alliance Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management

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Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Travel, Frisbee, Squash

Chandrasekhar B Deputy Vice President AVIVA Life Insurance Co Birthday: 23-March Qualifications: PG Diploma in Management Studies; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 12 Past Employment: Senior Manager, Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co; Deputy Manager, Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Co; Deputy Manager, Future Generali Life Insurance Co Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Technology Expertise: Digital Transformation Management, IT Governance, Application Development & Management, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Operations Management, Talent Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Cooking, Gadgets, Music, Playing Chess Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Don’t Say Yes When You Want to Say No by Herbert Fensterheim & Jean Baer; Movie: Mahabharata Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Dhirubhai Ambani

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Utpal Banerjee Assistant General Manager Hinduja Global Solutions Birthday: 30-March Qualifications: PGDBM; Bachelors in Economics (Hons) Work Experience (in years): 18 Past Employment: Associate Vice President - Quatrro Global Services; Senior Manager - Genpact India Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, BSI Technology Expertise: IT Solutions & Integration, Technology Pre-Sales, IT Program & Project Management, IT Service Delivery, IT Compliance & Risk Management, DR & Business Continuity Planning Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Traveling, Music Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Corporate Chanakya by Radhakrishnan Pillai; Movie: Agantuk Dream Vacation Destination: Great Barrier Reef A Person I Admire: Sardar Patel

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Vijoy Basu Senior Director - IT Cognizant Technology Solutions India

Birthday: 4-November Qualifications: Bachelors in Electronics Work Experience (in years): 21 Past Employment: Senior Director - IT, Wipro & GE Healthcare; Senior Associate, DSQ Software Current Team Size: 51 to 100

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Social Service, Yoga

Professional Certifications: Data Science with Machine Learning, Microsoft; Authentic Leadership Presence, Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute; Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Wise and Otherwise by Sudha Murty; Movie: Anand

Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Dream Vacation Destination: Arunachal Pradesh

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Thomas Benjamin Associate Vice President Mphasis

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Birthday: 27-March Qualifications: Masters in Business Studies Work Experience (in years): 18 Past Employment: Manager, Accenture India; Assistant Manager, Sify Technologies

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management

Current Team Size: More than 200

Hobbies & Interests: Cycling, Music, Social Service, Travel

Professional Certifications: QMS Auditor, MFQ; MDICHN, C.G; Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Lean Startup by Eric Ries; Movie: Fast & the Furious

Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Thomas Benjamin

Amol Bhandarkar Senior Manager - Sales Engineering Automation Anywhere Birthday: 7-February Qualifications: BE in Electronics Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Project Manager, Symantec; Project Manager, Microsoft; Project Manager, IBM Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), ISACA; Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Technology Expertise: IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Security & Security Operations, IT Strategy & Planning, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning Hobbies & Interests: Cycling, Painting, Photography, Reading & Books, Running Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance

by Lou Gerstner; Movie: Braveheart Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Bill Gates

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“To be a leader, you must stand for something, or you will fall for anything” —Anthony Pagano

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Neeraj Bhople

Nilkant Borase

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Vishwas Borkar

Anil Kumar Chawla

Himanshu Chawla

Srikar Chilakamarri

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Asgar Bharuchwala Deputy General Manager “K� Line (India) Birthday: 28-August Qualifications: BCom Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: General Manager, CSAV Group Agencies (India); Senior Manager, Albatross Shipping Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Introduction to Oracle 9i; Oracle - Fundamentals1; Oracle - Fundamentals2; Oracle Performance Tuning Technology Expertise: Application Development, Datacenter Management, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Gadgets, Photography, Politics, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Where to Invest, When to Invest, How to Invest by Salil Rameshchandra; Movie: The Wolf of Wall Street Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Warren Buffett

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Neeraj Bhople

Birthday: 12-January

Engineering Head/CTO Seniority

Current Team Size: 16 to 20

Qualifications: Bachelors in Electronics Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: General Manager, Tata Communications; Manager - IT, Tech Mahindra; Manager - IT, Infosys

Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Cooking, Painting, Photography, Writing Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Illusions by Richard Bach; Movie: Love Actually Dream Vacation Destination: Norway A Person I Admire: Socrates

Professional Certifications: TOGAF, The Open Group; Ruby on Rails, John Hopkins; Big Data, University of California Technology Expertise: Application Development, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management

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Nilkant Borase

Birthday: 28-July

Head - IT Welspun Enterprises

Work Experience (in years): 16

Qualifications: MBA in Operations; PGDFT; BE in Mechanical Engineering

Past Employment: Head - IT, Mahindra First Choice Services; Senior Manager, Essar Projects (India); Manager IT, Ispat Industries Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM); PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP); MCSE: Productivity Solutions Expert; MCSE: Data Management and Analytics; Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Technology Expertise: ERP, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation &

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Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Cycling, Gardening Favorite Book or Movie: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Dream Vacation Destination: Kerala A Person I Admire: My Father

Vishwas Borkar Manager - IT Syngenta Birthday: 13-March Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Manager - IT, Infosys; Assistant Manager, Keane Current Team Size: 16 to 20 Professional Certifications: SAP (Sales and Distribution Certification) Technology Expertise: Application Development, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Reading & Books, Social & Service, Table Tennis, Tennis Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Human Revolution by SGI; Movie: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar Dream Vacation Destination: Jammu & Kashmir A Person I Admire: My Mother

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Anil Kumar Chawla Associate General ManagerHead-SAP-CoE Hindustan Zinc Birthday: 11-May Qualifications: BCom Work Experience (in years): 24 Past Employment: Assistant Manager, JK Synthetics; Senior Officer, JP Saboo & Co Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Chartered Accountant Technology Expertise: Application Development, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Social Service, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: 8 Great Habits of Extremely Effective Christians by Iva King; Movie: DDLJ Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Swami Vivekananda

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Himanshu Chawla Senior Product Manager Lucideus

Birthday: 7-April Qualifications: Masters in Computer Science; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 17 Past Employment: AVP, Chief Architect, Times Group; Senior Consultant, Microsoft; Senior Consultant, Pepperweed Consulting (AVNET) Current Team Size: 1 to 5

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Music, Reading & Books Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari; Movie: As Good As It Gets Dream Vacation Destination: Maldives A Person I Admire: Bill Gates

Professional Certifications: ITILv3 Foundation, ITIL Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management

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Srikar Chilakamarri

Birthday: 16-December

Director - IT The Nielsen Company

Professional Certifications: TOGAF 8 Certified Architect

Qualifications: Masters in Computer Science; Bachelors in Engineering Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Senior Consultant, TCS Current Team Size: 21 to 50

Technology Expertise: Business Intelligence/Analytics, Database Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Cricket, Teaching & Education, Television

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Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma; Movie: Gandhi Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: My Father

Shrrikumar D Chief Manager (Digital) Mumbai Refinery BPCL Birthday: 30-January Qualifications: BE in Computer Science & Engineering Work Experience (in years): 25 Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: SAP ABAP/4; Manufacturing Execution System (MES - Infoplus2.1); Six Sigma Technology Expertise: Industry 4.0 - IIOT, ML & VR, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Application Development, Business Intelligence, DR & Business Continuity Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management, Website Development & Management, Knowledge Management Portals, Manufacturing Intelligence, Data Analytics & Integration Platform Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Television, Theater & Performing Arts Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Wings of Fire by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam; Movie: Sadma Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Laxmikanta Das General Manager & IT Business Partner Signify Innovations India Birthday: 14-November Qualifications: PG Diploma in Management Studies Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Officer, Whirlpool India; Deputy Manager, Holostik India; Deputy Manager, Radico Khaitan Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: ITILv3 Foundation, Lean Foundation, Six Sigma Green Belt, SAP SD Technology Expertise: Application Development, SAP Implementation, Solution Architecting, Delivery Management, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, IT Portfolio Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Social Service, Singing, Theater & Performing Arts, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Paris A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Kamal Dhamija

Birthday: 14-August

Cyber Security Officer Apollo Tyres

Current Team Size: 11 to 15

Qualifications: BE in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 12 Past Employment: Security Analyst, HCL; Security Consultant, Accenture; Enterprise Security Architect, TCS

Professional Certifications: CISSP, ISC2; ISO 27001 Lead Auditor; Cyber Ark; ITILv3; CCNA; CCSA; Big Fix Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Long Rides on Bike, Exploring Digital Gadgets Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Miracle Morning by Hal Erod; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Mount Everest A Person I Admire: My Grandfather

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“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important that the events that occur” —Vince Lombardi

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Ritesh Grover

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Swanand Dhekane Project Manager Tieto India

Birthday: 17-May Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 18 Past Employment: Project Manager, IBM India; Project Manager, Mphasis Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Technology Expertise: Datacenter Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Outsourcing Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management

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Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Cycling, Reading & Books, Social Service, Teaching& Education Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki; Movie: Bahubali 2.0 Dream Vacation Destination: Andaman & Nicobar Islands A Person I Admire: Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Nikhil Garg Vice President DMI Finance Birthday: 28-March Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Technology) Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: Deputy General Manager, Times of India; Assistant Vice President, GE Capital Services India Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: SMP, IIM-Calcutta; Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI; CSQA, QAI Technology Expertise: Application Development & Maintenance, Business Intelligence & Warehousing, Technology Exposure Salesforce, J2EE, Middleware, Siebel, Oracle & Databases, No SQL Databases, Python & Data Science, Informatica Business & Management Expertise: IT Leadership, IT Strategy & Roadmap, Architecture, Program Management, Solution & Service Delivery, Product Management, Consulting, Functional Exposure - Lending, Credit Cards, Sales & Marketing, Customer Services & CRMs, Transaction Banking & Insurance Hobbies & Interests: Music, Politics & Debates, Reading & Books, Learning New Technology Favorite Book or Movie: Sholay Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: I try to learn from everyone and from each incident.

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Sanjeev Garg Associate Director KPMG Birthday: 22-January Qualifications: MBA in IT; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Project Manager, Royal Bank of Scotland; Project Manager, Headstrong Services India Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Technology Expertise: Process Automation, Emerging Technologies, Application Development Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Wings of Fire by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam; Movie: The Mountain Man Dream Vacation Destination: Maldives A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Ritesh Grover Associate Director KPMG India

Birthday: 1-July Qualifications: PG Diploma in Business Management Studies; Diploma in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Work Experience (in years): 26 Past Employment: Senior Manager, Accenture Services; Manager - IT, Infosys Technologies; IT Products Services Professional, IBM Global Services Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Prince2 Certified; ITILv3 Foundation; Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE); Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP); Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA); AIX UNIX Technology Expertise: IT Infrastructure & Datacenter Management, AIX UNIX Expert,

Technology Consulting, IT Infrastructure Outsourcing Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Service Delivery & Operations Management, IT Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Contract & Vendor Management, IT Project & Program Management, IT Strategy & Planning, IT Risk & Governance Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Badminton, Cooking, Music, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: What CEO Really Wants From You

by R. Gopalakrishnan; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Dubai A Person I Admire: Narendra Modi

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Sekhar Guduru Head - IT Tata Consultancy Services

Birthday: 22-April Qualifications: BTech in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Manager - IT, IBM India Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI; ITIL Expert, EXIN; ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, TUV NORD Technology Expertise: IT Operations & Infrastructure & Management, IT Security & Security Operations, IT Compliance & Risk Management, DR & Business Continuity Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education

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Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Program & Project Management, Budgeting & Financial Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Cooking, Teaching & Education Favorite Book or Movie: Book: 2 States by Chetan Bhagat; Movie: Top Gun Dream Vacation Destination: Hawaii A Person I Admire: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Kunal Hans Vice President Edelweiss General Insurance Co Birthday: 14-July Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Deputy Vice President, Edelweiss General Insurance Co; Associate Vice President, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence, Database Management , DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Cricket, Music, Politics, Table Tennis Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Godfather by Mario Puzo; Movie: The Godfather Dream Vacation Destination: Singapore A Person I Admire: Ratan Tata

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Javed Hussain Assistant Manager Panasonic India Birthday: 24-November Qualifications: M Tech; Bachelors in Electronics Work Experience (in years): 10 Past Employment: VMware Lead, NIC; System Analyst, Edifices Technology India; NOC Engineer, Campus EAI Current Team Size: 16 to 20 Professional Certifications: ITIL; Red Hat; VCP; AWS Technology Expertise: Datacenter & AWS, Virtualization Platform, Cloud Methodologies like IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Web-based Application Services, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Dance, Fitness mantra Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray; Movie: The Sky is Pink Dream Vacation Destination: Kashmir A Person I Admire: My Father

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Amit Jahagirdar Head - Business Applications Thermax

Birthday: 30-May Qualifications: MBA; BE in Mechanical Engineering Work Experience (in years): 18 Past Employment: Manager - Business Engagement, Mahindra & Mahindra; Manager - PLM & Digital Manufacturing, Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturing; Lead Digital Manufacturing, Siemens PLM Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: ITIL; Certified Digital Manufacturing Professional; ANPQP Program Manager

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Digital Manufacturing Technologies, IIoT & Factory Automation, Digital Product Development, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management Hobbies & Interests: Music, Photography, Writing Marathi Blogs Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Mahotsava

by Va Pu Kale; Movie: Chak De India Dream Vacation Destination: Singapore A Person I Admire: My Grand Mother

Technology Expertise: Business Planning, IT Strategy & Planning, Outsourcing Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management

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Piyush Jain Director - IT NATGRID

Birthday: 17-September Qualifications: BTech, IIT-Kanpur; PGDM, IIM-Lucknow Work Experience (in years): 24 Past Employment: VP - Global Delivery, Q3 Technologies; AVP - IT, DIMTS; Project Leader, Indiabulls Securities Current Team Size: 101 to 200 Professional Certifications: IBM Certified Developer for MainFrames Technology Expertise: Application Development, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Cloud Hosting, Architecture Design & Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management, Algorithmic Trading

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Business & Management Expertise: Strategy & Planning, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Operations Management, People Management, Finance (Securities & Derivatives) Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Music, Reading & Books, Travel, Chess Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Satyam Saga by Bhupesh Bhandari; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Raghuram Rajan

Birju Jani Associate Vice President - IT & ERP Gujarat Gas Birthday: 6-September Qualifications: MBA; BSc Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Associate Manager, Gujarat Gas; Project Manager, CTS Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Prince2 Foundation; Prince2 Practitioner; ITIL Foundation; ITIL Intermediate; SAP Certified Associate; Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP); Oracle Certified Associate (OCA); Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Technology Expertise: SAP CoE, Application Development, DR & Business Continuity Planning, Database Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Strategy & Planning Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki; Movie: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Dream Vacation Destination: USA A Person I Admire: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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“The fastest way to pass your own expectations is to add passion to your labor” —Mike Litman

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John Joseph Cyber Security Officer Parexel International Birthday: 1-August Qualifications: Masters in Engineering & Technology; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 14 Past Employment: CISO, YASH Technologies Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Cycling, Hiking, Social & Service, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Good to Great by Jim Collins; Movie: Saving Private Ryan Dream Vacation Destination: Los Angeles A Person I Admire: Bill Gates

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Dilip Joshi General Manager - Technology Shemaroo Entertainment

Birthday: 12-February Qualifications: Bachelors in Life Sciences Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Senior Manager Corporate IT, Essel Infra Projects; Head - Product & Delivery, Mopaso Solutions; Head - Billing Operations, Boku Inc Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: ITIL; SAP; Six Sigma

Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Cooking, Gadgets, Music, Reading & Books Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts; Movie: Slumdog Millionaire Dream Vacation Destination: Panchgani A Person I Admire: Bill Gates

Technology Expertise: Product Development, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT

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Ravi Kajaria

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Chief Manager IT - Program Management Lead Piramal Enterprises

Work Experience (in years): 20

Qualifications: BCom; Diploma in Software Engineering (GNIIT)

Past Employment: Head - IT, Piramal Enterprises; Senior Manager, Accenture India; Project Manager, Tech Mahindra Current Team Size: 16 to 20 Professional Certifications: Business Transformation Strategies, XLRI-Jamshedpur Technology Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Outsourcing Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management, SAP ERP Delivery Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program

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Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Music, Photography, Running, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Good to Great by Jim Collins; Movie: Enter the Dragon Dream Vacation Destination: Ladakh A Person I Admire: Sachin Tendulkar

Kishan Kendre General Manager Reliance Digital Platform & Project Services Birthday: 17-June Qualifications: PG Diploma in Information Technology; Bachelors in Electronics Engineering Work Experience (in years): 14 Past Employment: Senior Manager - Customer Success, Symantec Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor; COBIT 5 Foundation; ITIL; CEHv8; CompTIA Security+ Technology Expertise: IT Security & Security Operations, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Football, Music, Reading & Books, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson; Movie: Hera Pheri Dream Vacation Destination: Morocco A Person I Admire: My Father

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Suchindra Khaidem AGM - Digital Transformation; Consumer Products Business (CPB) Tata Chemicals Birthday: 8-February Qualifications: MBA; BE in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 14 Past Employment: Senior Manager, Pidilite Industries; Senior Manager, Tata Motors Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Technology Expertise: Application Development, Outsourcing Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Music, Reading & Books, Running, Table Tennis, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Evolution of Corporate Brand by Morgen Witzel; Movie: Forest Gump Dream Vacation Destination: Barcelona A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Rohit Khanna Assistant General Manager Hero MotoCorp

Birthday: 11-May Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 11 Past Employment: Senior Associate, Perot Systems TSI India Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Forrester CX Champ

Business & Management Expertise: Digital Transformation, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Gadgets, Photography, Reading & Books Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki; Movie: 12 Angry Men Dream Vacation Destination: Kashmir A Person I Admire: Warren Buffett

Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

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Sanjay Kothari Senior Manager Bechtel India

Birthday: 2-December Qualifications: Masters in Computer Applications; BCom Work Experience (in years): 23 Past Employment: Assistant Vice President, Servitium IT Solutions; Senior Manager, Hewitt Technologies Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance; Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI; Special Management Program, IIM-Calcutta Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management

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Business & Management Expertise: HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Photography, Reading & Books, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel; Movie: Lagaan Dream Vacation Destination: Edinburgh A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Nirmal Kumar Senior Program Manager Saksoft Birthday: 20-May Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies (EPBM), IIM-Calcutta; BTech, IIT-Madras Work Experience (in years): 15 Past Employment: Program Manager, Tech Mahindra; Senior Manager, Redknee; Project Manager, Vodafone India Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP); ITILv3 Foundation; Six Sigma Black Belt Professional; Mastering Agile Scrum; Scrum Fundamental Certification Technology Expertise: Application Development, CRM, Outsourcing Management, Agile Development, Business Support Solution (BSS) & Operation Support Solution (OSS), Business Continuity & DR Solutions Business & Management Expertise: Project & Program Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Vendor Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Customer Support & Service Management, Human Resources & Talent Management, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Hiking, Music, Photography, Reading & Books, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Half Girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat; Movie: Raazi Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Sushma Swaraj

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Rajat Kumar Senior Manager Wabtec Birthday: 21-June Qualifications: BTech in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 12 Past Employment: Senior Programmer, Accenture; IT Consultant 2, Oracle India; Senior Consultant, Capgemini Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Oracle Certified Associate (OCA); CAPM, PMI; ITILv3 Foundation, EXIN Technology Expertise: Business Intelligence, Database Management, IT Operations Management, IT Security & Security Operations, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Politics, Reading & Books Favorite Book or Movie: Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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Snehal S Kumbhar Vice President Lodha Group of Companies

Birthday: 15-July Qualifications: Bachelor of Civil Engineering Work Experience (in years): 24 Past Employment: Head - Business Engagement & Applications, Lodha Group; Principal Solutions Architect & Pre-Sales Head - Highbar Technologies, L&T Infotech; Planning Engineer, L&T ECC Group Current Team Size: 16 to 20 Professional Certifications: Computers in Construction Projects NICMAR; mySAP - PLM (Project Systems); SAP All-in-One Solutions Architect Technology Expertise: Designing Flexible & Scalable IT Road Map, ERP EvaluationImplementation & Reimplementation, Digital Transformation, Technology Driven Innovation (Artificial Intelligence, Machine

Learning, Robotics Process Automation, Mobility Solutions), Designing Applications/ Integrated Solutions within SAP - SFDC - BPM (Cordys) - DMS (SAP, Alfresco), Analytics (SAP BI/BO, Tableau) Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy - Vision & Policies, Business Process Reengineering, Driving Technology Adoption & Enablement, Internal & External Stakeholder Management, Project & Program Management, Change Management, IT Contracting & Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Cycling, Exploring Historic Locations Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Shri Sai Satya Charitra by Gopal Dabholkar; Movie: Baghban Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Shahid Bhagat Singh

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“If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted” —Francis Bacon

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Lakshminarayanan Senior Manager Capgemini Technology Services India

Birthday: 19-March Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: Project Manager, IBM India; Technology Architect, Infosys

Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Photography, Reading & Books

Current Team Size: 51 to 100

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupĂŠry; Movie: The Usual Suspects

Professional Certifications: Agile Scrum Master, EXIN

Dream Vacation Destination: New Zealand

Technology Expertise: Datacenter Management, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

A Person I Admire: Rajinikanth Maharaj

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Navaneethan M Senior Vice President PayU Payments Birthday: 12-July Qualifications: MS (By Research); BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering; Diploma in DEEE Work Experience (in years): 17 Past Employment: Deloitte; Capgemini; Celstream Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Certified Information Security Manager (CISM); Certified Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK); Certified Payment Card Industry Security Implementer (CPISI); EUGDPR Certified on FAS, CEP and DPO; Cobit5 Foundation Technology Expertise: Block Chain, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity Strategy, Cloud Security, Security Operation Center, Secure SDLC, Security by Design Business & Management Expertise: Mentoring, Coaching, Budgeting & Effective Financial Management, Program Management, Leadership, HR & Talent Management, Cyber and IT Strategy & Planning Hobbies & Interests: Cybersecurity Blogging, Photography, Invention, Mentoring, Coaching, Politics, Reading & Books, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey; Movie: Life of Pi Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: My Mother

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James Macwan Deputy Manager JSW Steel Birthday: 23-October Qualifications: Bachelors in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 12 Past Employment: Senior Associate, Essar Steel India Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Big Data Interpretation, SkillSoft Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Politics, Reading & Books, Social Service, Theater & Performing Arts Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda; Movie: Guide Dream Vacation Destination: Australia A Person I Admire: Swami Vivekananda

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Krupal Mate Associate Operations Manager Accenture Solutions

Birthday: 19-November Qualifications: Executive MBA, IIMAhmedabad; Bachelors in Electronics Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Service Lead, IBM India; Technical Lead, CTS; Senior Associate, Tech Mahindra Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: ITILv3 Expert; Prince2 Practitioner; Design Thinking Practitioner Technology Expertise: Datacenter Management, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Capacity Management, IT Compliance & Risk Management, OSS, BSS, eTOM, Command Center Optimization, Applied Intelligence, RPA & DevOps Assessment

Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, Budgeting & Financing, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Chess, Reading, Dancing, Travelling & Exploring Interest: Automobiles and Space craft, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Social Service, Economics, Finance Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Life, Lessons & Rules For Success by Warren Buffet; Movie: Titanic Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Ratan Tata

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Vineet Mehta Project Leader - Expert The Boston Consulting Group

Birthday: 23-March Qualifications: BTech Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Engagement Manager, SAP Labs India; Top Talent Fellow - Global HR, SAP Germany; Principal Consultant/ Solution Architect - SAP Custom Development, India Professional Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Technology Expertise: Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Software Licensing, IT Operations Management, Analytics, DR & Business Continuity Planning, Cloud Architecture, DevOps, Technology & Vendor Evaluation, ERP

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Business & Management Expertise: Digital Enablement, IT Strategy & Planning, Large-scale Technology Transformation, IT Cost Reduction, Business Process Reengineering, Agile Methodologies, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Cricket, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Modern CTO; Everything You Need to Know, to be a Modern CTO by Joel Beasley; Movie: Uri Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Bhagat Singh

Rakesh Mendiratta Senior Director Aristocrat Technologies India Birthday: 21-September Qualifications: PG Diploma in Management Studies; Masters in Computer Applications Work Experience (in years): 23 Past Employment: Manager - IT, Deloitte Consulting India; Manager - IT, IRIS Software; NIIT Technologies Current Team Size: More than 200 Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI; Finance for Non-Finance Managers, ISB Technology Expertise: Game Development, Product Development, Application Development & Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Product Management, Talent Management, Management Consulting, Operations Management, Vendor & Outsourcing Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Table Tennis, Listening to Economic Debates Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Get Big Things Done - The Power of Connectional Intelligence by Erica Dhawan; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Swami Ram Swarup

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Anil Menon General Manager - IT Innovations Tata Starbucks Birthday: 13-March Qualifications: Post Graduation in Management Studies; Bachelors in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 16 Past Employment: Head - IT, Trent Hypermarket; Solution Architect, Cybage Software; Future Group Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Technology Expertise: Retail Applications, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Cloud & Mobility, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management, E-commerce Management, Business Intelligence Tool, Security Management Business & Management Expertise: Retail Domain, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Digital & Customer Experience, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Football, Gadgets, Music, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Servant Leadership Dream Vacation Destination: Seychelles

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Anoopa Menon Chief Manager - IT Piramal Enterprises

Birthday: 6-October Qualifications: MBA in Big Data Management, IUBH, Berlin (Currently Undergoing); Bachelors in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering Work Experience (in years): 12 Past Employment: Project Manager IT, Sunpharma; Senior Engineer, ACG Worldwide; Programmer Analyst, Teknest Inc. (USA) Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Engineering Management, California State University, East Bay; Pharma Compliance and 21 CFR Part 11 Regulations; Piramal Leadership Series Certification in People Excellence; Six Sigma; ITIL Technology Expertise: Designing Longterm IT Vision for Pharma IT Quality & Compliance, Implemented projects for

automation, cost effectiveness, process efficiency & compliance, Technology transfer during business merger and spinoffs, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations & Program Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Client & Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cycling, Painting, Social Service, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Life Ascending by Nick Lane; Movie: The Pursuit of Happyness Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Indra Nooyi

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Jitendra Mhalgi Divisional Manager - IT Mercedes Benz India

Birthday: 5-November Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies; Diploma in Electronics Work Experience (in years): 18 Past Employment: Assistant Manager, Kirloskar Pneumatic Co Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: ITIL Foundation, EXIN Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management

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Hobbies & Interests: Cycling, Hiking, Photography, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Towards The Silver Crests of The Himalayas by GK Pradhan; Movie: Dil Chahta Hai Dream Vacation Destination: Northen Lights in Norway A Person I Admire: Narendra Modi

Anil Mhatre Vice President Deutsche Bank Operations India Birthday: 9-April Qualifications: Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering; Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: Senior Manager, CTS India; Senior Manager, Infosys; Engineer, Tata Motors Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Certified SAFe4 Product Owner/ Product Manager, Scaled Agile Inc; Certified SAFe4 Release Train Engineer, Scaled Agile Inc Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Tools Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management, Quality Assurance Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Vendor Management, Project & Program Management, Business Transformation Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Cricket, Social Service, Television Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Playing It My Way by Sachin Tendulkar with Boria Majumdar; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Abdul Kalam Azad

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“Do not go where the path may lead.

Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bohitesh Misra Co-Founder, COO & CTO Xiphias XPay Life Birthday: 25-June Qualifications: Masters in Business Studies; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 26 Past Employment: Hewlett Packard; Digital Globalsoft; Simpa Networks Current Team Size: More than 200 Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI; Executive Management Program, IIT-Delhi Technology Expertise: Application Development, Datacenter Management, Database Management, IT Operations Management, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Training & Education Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Cricket, Painting, Reading & Books, Table Tennis Favorite Book or Movie: Book: 10 Faces of Innovation by Tom Kelly; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Mauritius A Person I Admire: Swami Vivekananda

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Neha Misra Global Program Manager GE Transportation

Birthday: 7-May Qualifications: MBA, NMIMS; Bachelors in Electronics & Communication, Nagpur University Work Experience (in years): 10 Past Employment: Senior Program Manager - Digital Productivity, GE Leadership Program Member, Presales Consultant Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Technology Expertise: ERP & Manufacturing, Supply Chain Solutions, Mobility Management, Mobile Applications, Finance & Accounting, Web Applications, Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, DevOps Automation, Collaboration, IT Operations Management

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Talent Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Painting, Reading & Books, Walk 10 kms everyday Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand; Movie: Apollo 13 Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: My Father

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Mukhthar Begum Mohammed Project Manager Cyient

Birthday: 2-August Qualifications: MCA; BCA Work Experience (in years): 13 Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Microsoft Certified Programmer (MCP); Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS); AS9100 Rev C, DQS Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, Project & Program Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Painting, Television, Playing with kids

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Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Innovator’s Dilemma by Christensen; Movie: Manmadhudu Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: My Mother

Pratibha Monga Group Manager LG CNS India Birthday: 16-July Qualifications: Masters in Computer Science; Bachelors Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Team Lead, LGSI; Faculty, Aptech Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS); Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence, IT Operations Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Cycling, Hiking, Running, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Power of Subconscious Mind

by Joseph Murphy; Movie: Dangal Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Amitabh Bachchan

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Anirban Mukherjee Senior Manager Manipal Health Enterprises Birthday: 20-December Qualifications: Bachelors Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: Head - IT, Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI); Head - IT, UEM India Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Certified Novell Associate (CNA); Certified Novell Engineer (CNE); Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA); ITILv3 Foundation Technology Expertise: Microsoft Technologies, Datacenter Management, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Operations Management, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Project Management, Cloud, Virtualization, Mobility Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Photography, Reading & Books, Social Service, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Byomkesh Bakshi by Sharadindu Bandopadhyay; Movie: Anand Dream Vacation Destination: Leh-Ladakh A Person I Admire: My Parents

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Pankaj Mukne

Birthday: 29-August

Manager Shree Cement

Current Team Size: 1 to 5

Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 15 Past Employment: Wipro Technologies; Zensar Technologies

Professional Certifications: Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) in 10g, 11g, 12c; AIX/Linux Administration Certification

Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Cycling, Photography, Running, Table Tennis Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Secret

by Rhonda Byrne; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: New Zealand A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Technology Expertise: ERP Management, Business Intelligence, DR & Business Continuity Planning, Datacenter Management, Database Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management

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Ravikishor Mundada General Manager Digital Business Services Happiest Minds Technologies

Birthday: 7-September Qualifications: MBA; Masters in Project Engineering; BE Work Experience (in years): 23 Past Employment: CEO, Cyber Security CoE, Govt of KA; Vice President, Solution Architecture, Accenture Current Team Size: 51 to 100 Professional Certifications: Certified Solution Architect; Enterprise Architecture; Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI; ITIL Certified; Siebel CRM & Analytics; Remedy ITSM & CRM Technology Expertise: Application Development - DevOps, CRM/BI, Digital Technologies, EAI, Cyber Security, Telecom, Retail, Energy, IoT, Agri-Tech, IT Services & IT Operations

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Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Center Management Business & Management Expertise: Business Operations, Customer Support & Service Management, Business Development, Budgeting & Financial Management, Account Management, IT Strategy & Planning, People Management, Learning & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Social - Tech Evangelism, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey; Movie: Men in Black Dream Vacation Destination: Mount Everest A Person I Admire: Narendra Modi

Nishikanth Nandiraju Assistant General Manager Aurobindo Pharma Birthday: 1-August Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 15 Past Employment: Senior Manager, AXA Business Services Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: ISO 27001; Cobit5; Prince2 Technology Expertise: Salesforce, Identity Management, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: IT Governance, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Music, Reading & Books, Television, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt; Movie: Shawshank Redemption Dream Vacation Destination: Chikmagalur A Person I Admire: My Father

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Rajgopal Nayak Head - Business Applications & PMO Marico Birthday: 28-January Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology; PDGST, NCST; PGDCM, IIM-Calcutta Work Experience (in years): 22 Past Employment: Chief Manager, Asian Paints; Manager - IT, Larsen & Toubro Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Technology Expertise: Application Development, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Reading & Books, Running, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Hariari; Movie: Shawshank Redemption Dream Vacation Destination: Tampa, Florida A Person I Admire: Steve Jobs

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Arun Padmanabhan Senior Manager - IT Bundl Technologies (Swiggy)

Birthday: 21-March Qualifications: PG Diploma in Embedded Systems; Bachelors in Software Systems Work Experience (in years): 14 Past Employment: Senior Manager Information Security, Collabera Services; Manager - IT, SLK Group; Deputy Manager - IT Operations, Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH); Certified Scrum Master (CSM); ITILv4, Axelos; ITILv3 & Intermediate Certification in Service Management, EXIN; Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Technology Expertise: Datacenter Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Digital Operations,

Technology Evaluation & Selection, Data Backup, DR & Business Continuity Planning, End User Computing Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Budgeting & Financial Management, Human Resources & Talent Management, Program & Project Delivery Management, Outsourcing & Contract Management, Stakeholder & Business Relationship Management, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Music, Photography, Social Service, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: You Can Win by Shiv Khera; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: My Father

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“The greatest accomplishments have resulted from the transmission of ideas into enthusiasm and actions” —Thomas J Watson

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Charudutta Panchmatia Senior Vice President HDFC Bank

Birthday: 28-September Qualifications: Masters in Information Management; HDFC Bank Summer School, IIM-Ahmedabad; PGDST, NCST Work Experience (in years): 21 Past Employment: Officer, ADFC; Officer, CDF Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Citrix Certified Administrator; Sun Certified Programmer; Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP); ITIL Technology Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, IT Operations Management, Vendor Management, Core Banking, API Banking, Net & Mobile Banking, Payment Systems Business & Management Expertise: Project & Program Management, Customer

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Support & Service Management, Budgeting & Financial Management Hobbies & Interests: Travel, Adventure Sports Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, George Spafford and Kevin Behr; Movie: Inception Dream Vacation Destination: New Zealand A Person I Admire: My Father

Ashish Pandey Tech Head, India Sub-Continent GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Birthday: 7-October Qualifications: Masters in Engineering & Technology; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: IBM; Balmer Lawrie & Co Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Impact Leadership Training Technology Expertise: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Process Analysis/Engineering, ERP Implementation/ Support, Contact/Call Center, Vendor Management, Integration, Data Migration Business & Management Expertise: Strategic Planning & Execution, Business Intelligence, Project/Program Management, Bootstrapping, Change Management, Large Size Team Management, Sales, Commercial & Retail Execution Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Watching Series/Movies, New Technologies Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Negotiator by Frederick Forsyth; Movie: Gulaal Dream Vacation Destination: Iceland A Person I Admire: My Mother

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Biren Parikh Chief Information Officer Cera Sanitaryware Birthday: 8-March Qualifications: Bachelors in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 23 Past Employment: Assistant General Manager, Astral Poly Technik; Head - IT, Sandesh; Head - IT, Banco Current Team Size: 16 to 20 Professional Certifications: Oracle Asset, Baroda Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Outsourcing Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Music, Painting, Social Service, Stamp & Coin Collecting, Teaching & Education Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Bhagvad Gita; Movie: Sholay Dream Vacation Destination: USA A Person I Admire: Warren Buffett

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Hiren Patel Associate Vice President - Technology Cygnet Infotech

Birthday: 21-July Qualifications: Bachelors in Information Technology Work Experience (in years): 16 Past Employment: VP - Engineering, Azilen Technologies; AGM - Vodafone Idea; Manager, NetConnect Current Team Size: 51 to 100 Professional Certifications: Scrum Master; Design Thinking; Cloud Architecture; Sun Certified Developer Technology Expertise: Application Development, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Yoga, Cycling, Badminton, Cricket, Music, Reading & Books Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Inner Engineering - A Yogi’s Guide to Joy by Sadguru; Movie: Kung Fu Panda Dream Vacation Destination: Paris A Person I Admire: Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev

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Pragati Kumar Patro Deputy General Manager Orchid Pharma

Birthday: 18-July Qualifications: BSc in Mathematics; Advance Diploma in Software Engineering Work Experience (in years): 22 Past Employment: Senior Lead - Enterprise Technology Services, iSoft; Senior System Admin, SRM Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management,

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IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Music, Television Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Life, Lessons & Rules for Success by Steve Jobs; Movie: Hum Aapke Hai Kaun Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Steve Jobs

Swati Phalke Services Director - IT Microsoft India Birthday: 14-February Qualifications: Executive General Management, IIM-Bangalore; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 23 Past Employment: Delivery Director - IT, Atos Syntel Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: SAFE Agilist, CSQA Technology Expertise: Application Development & Support, IT Operations Management, Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Pre-Sales & Solutioning Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Driving Digital Transformation Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Yoga Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella; Movie: Chak De India A Person I Admire: My Mother

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Nagendran Ponnan Assistant General Manager Ramco Cements Birthday: 20-May Qualifications: MCA; Bachelors in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Technical Consultant, LYNK Logistics; Product Consultant, Balenz Inc Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Internet Marketing, Television, Listening Spiritual Speeches Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki; Movie: Anbe Sivam Dream Vacation Destination: Himalayas A Person I Admire: Suki Sivam

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Amit Pradhan Chief Manager Sterlite Power Transmission

Birthday: 19-December Qualifications: Advance Diploma in Computer Science; Masters in Information Technology; Executive Program in Business Management Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Application Manager, Adani Enterprises; Country System Lead (SAP & Non-SAP Apps), Videocon Industries; Assistant Manager - EBS, Tata Teleservices Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: SAP MM, Prince2, Salesforce, Six Sigma, SAP DesignLed AI and ML, esri ArcGIS Pro

Integration, RPA-Automation Anywhere, Intelligent Reporting/Dashboard Business & Management Expertise: Application Portfolio/Program Management, Setting Up & Improving IT Strategy, IT Outsourcing, Budgeting & Financial Management, Quality & Service Management, Operations Management, IT Compliance Hobbies & Interests: Marathon, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Eat the Frog by Brian Tracy; Movie: The Wolf of Wall Street Dream Vacation Destination: Milan A Person I Admire: Steve Jobs

Technology Expertise: Digitalization & Digital Transformation, SAP and their new Dimension Products, Big Data, AI/ML, Cloud Strategy, Salesforce, CPQ, Mobility,

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Karthick Raja Head - IT Baxter Pharmaceuticals India

Birthday: 20-November Qualifications: Executive MBA, Great Lakes Institute of Management; BE in Computer Science & Engineering Work Experience (in years): 10 Past Employment: Manager - IT, Maruti Suzuki India; Assistant Manager, Vedanta Resources Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA); VMware Certified Professional (VCP); ITIL, Axelos Technology Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Security & Security Operations, IT Compliance

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& Risk Management, IT Innovations, Datacenter Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Project Management, HR & Talent Management, Vendor Management, Outsourcing Management, Training & Education, Mergers & Acquisitions, IT Integrations Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Photography, Teaching & Education, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith; Movie: Avengers Series Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Ratan Tata

Ravi Rajput Manager - IT L&T Power Birthday: 1-May Qualifications: Masters in Computer Science; MBA; Diploma in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 10 Past Employment: IT Lead, GBM (Gulf-IBM); Senior IT Officer, Times of India Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE); Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA); IT Infrastructure Library (ITILv3); VMware Certified Associate (VCA) Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management, Digital Transformation, Virtualization, Cloud, Storage Technology Business & Management Expertise: Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Social Service, Teaching & Education, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: 7 Habbits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey; Movie: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Dream Vacation Destination: Manali A Person I Admire: Ratan Tata

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“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing” —Tom Peters

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Gandhinathan Ramasamy Senior Manager Manipal Health Enterprises Birthday: 14-May Qualifications: MBA Work Experience (in years): 22 Past Employment: Project Leader - Aosta Software; Kovai Medical Center & Hospital; Saveetha Hospital Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: GNIIT, NIIT Technology Expertise: Application Development, Database Management, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Outsourcing Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Cricket, Photography, Politics, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Ponniyin Selval by Kalki; Movie: Aval Oru Thodarkadai Dream Vacation Destination: Mexico A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Ajit Rane

Birthday: 1-October

Associate Vice President Essar AGC

Work Experience (in years): 15

Qualifications: Bachelors in Computer Science

Past Employment: Project Manager, Cybertech Systems & Software; Assistant Manager, Bayer Business Services

Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Photography, Politics, Reading & Books Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani; Movie: Pursuit of Happyness Dream Vacation Destination: Leh-Ladakh A Person I Admire: Nitin Gadkari

Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Oracle Certified Associate (OCA); SAP E2E RCA Certified Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, Database Management, IT Operations Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management

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Pradeep Rathod Head - IT Standard Chartered Bank

Birthday: 1-July Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies; BCom Work Experience (in years): 14 Past Employment: Center Head, Soft-Tech Computers; Country Team Manager - Implementation, Byzan Systems Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM); Web Development; ITIL; Business Continuity & Disaster Planning Technology Expertise: Business Intelligence, Global Payment & Settlement Platforms, Datacenter Management, Connectivity & Telecom Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Security & Security Operations, Website & E-commerce Management

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Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Budgeting & Financial Management, Client Support & Service Management, Vendor Governance & Management, Operations Effectiveness Management, Coaching & Mentoring, HR & Talent Management Hobbies & Interests: Travel, Cycling, Music Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Goal

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Steve Jobs

Anand A Raut Deputy General Manager Kalpataru Birthday: 22-September Qualifications: BE; PGMBA Work Experience (in years): 12 Past Employment: Project Manager, Travelex India; Senior Manager, Axis Bank; Manager, Mahindra & Mahindra Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Agile Scrum; Prince2; ISO 9001:2015 Technology Expertise: Application Delivery & Management, Operations Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Planning & Strategy, Analytics Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrrari by Robin Sharma; Movie: Sivaji Dream Vacation Destination: Australia A Person I Admire: My Grand Father

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Souveek Ray Senior Manager GE Transportation Birthday: 18-December Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 9 Past Employment: Project Manager, TCS Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Six Sigma Green Belt; ITIL Foundation; Certified Scrum Master Technology Expertise: Product Designing, UI/UX Wireframing, Visualization Tools, Data Warehousing, ETL Tools, Business Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, AWS, Chatbots, Reporting Business & Management Expertise: Product Management, Product Roadmap, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Digital Transformation Hobbies & Interests: Food Blogging, Cooking, Music, Politics, Reading & Books, Anchoring Shows Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri; Movie: The Shawshank Redemption Dream Vacation Destination: Rome A Person I Admire: Elon Musk

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Subhashish Roy Assistant Vice President Exl Service.com India

Birthday: 1-March Qualifications: Bachelor of Engineering Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Manager, Aviva Life Insurance; CRM Consultant, Talisma Corporation (Client - Fidelity International); Senior Software Engineer, Birlasoft (Client - GE Money) Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: UI Path Certified RPA Expert; Microsoft Certified BI Developer Technology Expertise: Digital Transformation, AI & ML, RPA, Analytics Translator & Storyteller, Technology Analyst, Solution Architect, CRM, HRM, Workflow Solution & Implementation, Customer Portals & Mobile Apps

Business & Management Expertise: Design Thinking, Strategy & Planning, Methodologies & Framework Building, Customer Experience Management, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management. Business & Stakeholders Management, People Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Photography, Politics, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Bhagwad Gita; Movie: Pursuit of Happyness Dream Vacation Destination: Iceland A Person I Admire: Lord Krishna’s Personified Version

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Bhushan Samant Zonal Manager Capgemini

Birthday: 15-October Qualifications: Masters in Management Studies (Marketing); BE in Mechanical Engineering

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Vyakti Aani Valli by PL Deshpande; Movie: 3 Idiots

Work Experience (in years): 12

Dream Vacation Destination: Himalayas

Past Employment: Senior Business Development Executive, L&T Infotech

A Person I Admire: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Current Team Size: More than 200 Professional Certifications: Diploma in CAD; Japanese Language JLPT - N3 Technology Expertise: Model-based Enterprise, PLM, MES, CAD, IIOT Business & Management Expertise: Working with R&D & Engineering Leadership on Driving Digital Transformation Initiatives, IIoT, Smart Product Ecosystem and Industry 4.0 Use Cases

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Hobbies & Interests: Learning Japanese Language & Culture, Traveling

Venkata Satish Guttula Chief Information Security Officer Rediff.com India Birthday: 11-December Qualifications: Bachelors in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: Associate Director, Rediff.com India; Manager - IT, Rediff.com India Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Cycling, Gadgets, Photography, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Future Crimes: Inside The Digital Underground and the Battle For Our Connected World by Marc Goodman; Movie: Down Periscope Dream Vacation Destination: Las Vegas A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Ankit Shah Chief Security Officer Shoppers Stop Birthday: 7-July Qualifications: PG Diploma in Law; BCom Work Experience (in years): 16 Past Employment: Senior Manager, Shoppers Stop; Senior Consultant, IBM-Netsol; Senior Engineer, Vitage Technologies Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP); ITILv3 Foundation, EXIN; ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, BSI; Privacy Lead Auditor, DSCI Technology Expertise: IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Security & Security Operations, Network Operations Center Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial, Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Painting, Photography, Reading & Books, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Fix Your Problems Tenali Raman Way by Vishal Goyal; Movie: Avengers Series Dream Vacation Destination: North East & Asia A Person I Admire: Narendra Modi

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Kalpesh Shah General Manager FDC

Birthday: 16-December Qualifications: MCA; GNIIT; BCom Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Deputy General Manager, Arch PharmaLabs; Manager, K. Raheja Corp; Consultant, Siemens Info. Sys.

Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Numismatics Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Junglezen Sheru by Samarpan; Movie: Andaz Apna Apna Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Amit Shah

Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: SAP Certification; Microsoft Certification; ITIL Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence, IT Operations Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management

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“A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit” —John Maxwell

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Kashif Shah Associate Director KPMG

Birthday: 18-October

Work Experience (in years): 13

Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management

Past Employment: Project Manager, Infosys; Deputy Manager, Star Union Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Co

Hobbies & Interests: Football, Golf, Reading & Books, Teaching & Education, Tennis

Current Team Size: 16 to 20

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Fountain Head by Ayn Rand; Movie: The Great Escape

Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology

Professional Certifications: Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Technology Expertise: Application Development, Data Analytics/ Engineering, Business Intelligence, Database Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Digital Strategy & Transformations, IT

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Dream Vacation Destination: Northern Lights A Person I Admire: Bill Gates

Sudesh Sharma Assistant General Manager Bennet, Coleman & Co Birthday: 15-February Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology, IIT Roorkee; General Management Program, ISB-Hyderabad; Emerging Leaders Program, ISB-Hyderabad Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: Senior Project Manager, HCL Technologies; Lead Consultant, Xansa UK; Senior Associate, Steria India Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: ITIL Certified; Certification in Multiple SAP Modules Technology Expertise: Global Implementation Experience of SAP & Salesforce Products, Enterprise Application Development, Enterprise Business Intelligence, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Master Data Management & Governance, IT Service Outsourcing Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Program Management, Stakeholder Management, Conflict Management, Budget Management, Business Process Improvements, Digital Transformation Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Cycling, Hiking, Running, Driving Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie; Movie: Cinderalla Man Dream Vacation Destination: Scotland A Person I Admire: Mo Farah

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Pranita Shikhare Assistant Vice President IDFC First Bank Birthday: 7-February Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF); 3i Infotech; Mastek Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Technology Expertise: Asset Management System, Business Intelligence, ERP, Finance & Accounting, Oracle Applications, DR & Business Continuity Planning Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management, Business Intelligence, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Music, Television, Travel, Cooking Favorite Book or Movie: All Sugha Murty books; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: World Tour A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Sarbjit Singh Director - IT Bertelsmann Marketing Services India

Birthday: 21-May Qualifications: Executive Program in Business Management, IIM-Calcutta; Bachelor in Information Technology; Advance Diploma in Computer Sciences Work Experience (in years): 8 Past Employment: Assistant Vice President, GE Capital Services India Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Leadership Training in ISO, Bertelsmann University; ISO/IEC 27001; ITILv3; ISO 9001; CCSA; CCNA; MCSE; MCSA Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure

Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Music, Politics Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Drive by Daniel H. Pink; Movie: Inception Dream Vacation Destination: Swiss Alps A Person I Admire: M. M. Chellanamasivayam

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Tarsem Singh Assistant General Manager Fortis Hospitals

Birthday: 20-March Qualifications: MBA in IT; PG Diploma in Computer Applications; BCom Work Experience (in years): 10 Past Employment: Head - IT, Jaipur Golden Hospital Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE); ITIL Foundation Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

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Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Running, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Half Girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat; Movie: Jane Bhi Do Yaro Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Amitabh Bachchan

Nikesh Sinha Assistant General Manager Nufuture Digital India Birthday: 28-December Qualifications: MCA; Bachelors in Mathematics Work Experience (in years): 20 Past Employment: Senior Manager, ITC Infotech India; Project Leader, Hewlett-Packard; Assistant Manager, Deloitte Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Harvard Business School Publishing; Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP); Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD); Brainbench Technology Expertise: Cloud Computing - Azure & AWS, Mobility, Microsoft Tools & Technologies - .NET, SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, Cognitive, Open Source Platforms, Project, Program & Operations Management, Digital Transformation, Business Intelligence, Database Management, ITSM Tools - Hornbill, HP Service Manager Business & Management Expertise: Strategic Planning & Innovation, Onsite, Offshore Account Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Success, Secure Program Management, Information Security & Privacy, App Sec OWASP, VAPT, GRC, GDPR Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Photography Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Desert Flower by Dirie Waris; Movie: I Am Legend Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: N. R. Narayana Murthy

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Hitendra Sisodia Assistant General Manager - IT L&T MHPS Boilers Birthday: 21-February Qualifications: MCA; Bachelors in Mathematics Work Experience (in years): 15 Past Employment: Deputy General Manager, Reliance Power Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Business Application, AI/ML & Cloud Infra Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Cricket, Gadgets, Music, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson; Movie: The Gods Must be Crazy Dream Vacation Destination: Venice A Person I Admire: Mahatma Gandhi

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Kavita Sood QA Manager Girikon

Birthday: 9-June Qualifications: MCA; Bachelors in Mathematics Work Experience (in years): 13 Past Employment: Manager - IT, ACS

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Leader Who Had No Title by Robin Sharma; Movie: Pursuit of Happyness Dream Vacation Destination: Northen Lights A Person I Admire: Steve Jobs

Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Training & Education Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Music, Travel, Playing Guitar

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Swapna Sreenivas Senior Manager JSW Steel

Birthday: 4-January Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 15 Past Employment: Project Manager, JSoft Solutions; Software Engineer, Wipro Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Microsoft Certified Programmer in .net Technology Expertise: Application Development, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Technology Evaluation & Selection Business & Management Expertise: Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management

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Hobbies & Interests: Badminton, Cricket, Photography, Running, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg; Movie: Invictus Dream Vacation Destination: Lake Manasarovar A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Amitabh Srivastava Associate Vice President CHA Engineering Birthday: 30-June Qualifications: MS in Data Science; Bachelors in Life Sciences Work Experience (in years): 22 Past Employment: Director - IT, Mastercard Technology; GM - IT, Samsung SDS; Manager - IT, Samsung Electronics Current Team Size: 51 to 100 Professional Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Cricket, Cooking Favorite Book or Movie: Book: War as I Knew it by George S. Patton; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: London A Person I Admire: Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa

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“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes” —Peter Drucker

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Venkat Srinivas General Manager Apotex Research Birthday: 12-October Qualifications: MBA; BE in Computer Science & Engineering Work Experience (in years): 19 Past Employment: Manager, Megaware Technologies Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA); CSSA Certified; Project Management Professional (PMP) Technology Expertise: Business Transformation, Digitization, Innovations & Intelligent Automations, Cloud & Virtualization, ERP & Manufacturing, Human Resource Management, IT Infrastructure & Management Business & Management Expertise: Enterprise IT Architecture, IT Strategy & Roadmap, Value-Driven IT Management, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, Global IT Delivery & Transitions, People Management Hobbies & Interests: Automobiles, Badminton, Cricket, Reading & Books, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen Covey; Movie: Ghazi Attack Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Passionate and simple people

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Manoj Srivastava Senior Vice President - IT Airlines Technology

Birthday: 17-December Qualifications: Graduate from University of Allahabad; Computer Science - IERT, Allahabad Work Experience (in years): 25 Past Employment: CIO, Air Sahara; CIO, Paramount Airways; SME, IBM Current Team Size: 21 to 50 Professional Certifications: PSS/CRS, CRM - SITA Singapore/Atlanta Technology Expertise: System & Application Architecture, Datacenter Design, Cloud Computing, Oracle 11g, SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ETL, Share-Point, LAN/WAN, VMs, HTML/DHTML, Scripts, APIs, SoapUI, Window Server OpenSource, .Net, ASP.NET, COBOL, Pascal, Fortran, 3gl Programming Language

Business & Management Expertise: Program & Project Management, Business Process Mapping, Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Relation/Call Center & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Vendor/Supplier, B2B, E-commerce, Data Security & Compliance Management Hobbies & Interests: Instrumental Music, Photography, Watching Television, Travel, Blogging Favorite Book or Movie: Book: You Can Win by Shiv Khera; Movie: A Wednesday Dream Vacation Destination: Vietnam A Person I Admire: Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev

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Sumeet Kumar Chief Manager Aditya Birla Financial Services

Birthday: 19-July Qualifications: PG Diploma in Management Studies; Bachelors in Computer Science Work Experience (in years): 16 Past Employment: Assistant Delivery Head, HSBC Securities and Capital Market (India) Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Innovation & Change Leadership: Strategies for the Future from Indian School of Business; Agile Scrum Technology Expertise: RPA, Application Development, DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Infrastructure & Operations Management, Mobility Solutions, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Business Analyst, Vendor Management

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Business & Management Expertise: Budget & Financial Planning, Areas of Digitization in Customer Journeys, IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management, Project & Program Management, Functional Expertise into Mutual Fund, PMS, Capital & Securities, Retail & Institutional Lending Business, ITGC Audit Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Reading & Books, Running, Social Service, Watching Arnab Goswami Debate Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Life’s Amazing Secrets by Gaur Gopal Das; Movie: Sully: Miracle on the Hudson Dream Vacation Destination: Mars A Person I Admire: Ratan Tata

Shankar Sunnathi Chief Information Officer Navigant BPM India Birthday: 7-April Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 28 Past Employment: Vice President, Banctec TPS; Deputy General Manager, Biological E; Assistant General Manager, Biocon Current Team Size: More than 200 Professional Certifications: Automation Anywhere Certified Advanced RPA Professional; ITIL; Six Sigma Green Belt Certified Technology Expertise: IT Strategic Planning, Service Delivery IT Operations, Datacenter Management, IT Infrastructure Management, Cloud Deployment Strategy, IT Security Operations, Network Operations Center Management Business & Management Expertise: Business Intelligence, Organizational Leadership, Digitizing the Enterprise, Team Management, Recruitment, Developing Talent, Budgeting & Financial Management Hobbies & Interests: Music, Travel and Participating in CSR activities Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne; Movie: James Bond movies Dream Vacation Destination: Bali, Indonesia A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Vivek Surve Senior Manager Shoppers Stop Birthday: 10-June Qualifications: Bachelors in Electronics Work Experience (in years): 16 Past Employment: Senior Associate, Network Solutions; Senior Associate, PCS Technology Current Team Size: 1 to 5 Professional Certifications: Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP); Diploma In Cyber Law; ITILv3 Technology Expertise: Datacenter Management, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Operations Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Cricket, Music, Table Tennis, Television Favorite Book or Movie: Book: You Can Win by Shiv Khera; Movie: Inception Dream Vacation Destination: Norway A Person I Admire: Myself

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Gopakumar Swaminathan

Birthday: 10-May

Manager - IT Chemfab Alkalis

Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

Qualifications: MCA; BCom; DISM Work Experience (in years): 21 Past Employment: IT Managerial Positions at Sona Koyo Steering & Fiem Industries

Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Power of Now by Echkart Tolle; Movie: Sarkar Dream Vacation Destination: Paris A Person I Admire: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Current Team Size: 1 to 5

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Reading & Books, Music

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Ganesh Vaidya Head - IT Applications & Support Small Business Fin Credit

Birthday: 10-June Qualifications: Masters in IT; Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 11 Past Employment: Associate Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Senior Manager, HDFC Bank Current Team Size: 16 to 20 Professional Certifications: Project Management Training Technology Expertise: DR & Business Continuity Planning, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management

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Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Football, Music, Painting, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Yayati by VS Khandekar; Movie: Guru Dream Vacation Destination: Greece A Person I Admire: Sourav Ganguly

Kushal Varshney CIO CleanMax Solar Birthday: 12-August Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 12 Past Employment: Group SAP Head (Manager - IT), Mahyco Seeds (Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company); Project Lead (Deputy Manager - ERS), Deloitte; Senior Consultant, IBM Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Technology Expertise: ERP, IoT, AI & ML, Application Development, Business Intelligence, IT Operations Management, IT Asset & Infrastructure Management, IT Compliance & Risk Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Vendor Management Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Music, Photography, Politics, Social Service Favorite Book or Movie: Book: The Power of Now by Echkart Tolle; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Switzerland A Person I Admire: Narendra Modi

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Raghavendra Vokuda Project Manager JSW Steel Birthday: 25-November Qualifications: Bachelors in Life Sciences Work Experience (in years): 17 Past Employment: Senior Associate, C-Cubed Solutions; Assistant Manager, IBM India; Manager - IT, JSoft Solutions Current Team Size: 6 to 10 Professional Certifications: Executive Leadership Program, ISB Technology Expertise: Application Development, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Outsourcing Management, Technology Evaluation & Selection, Vendor Management, Website & E-commerce Management Business & Management Expertise: IT Strategy & Planning, Project & Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Vendor Management Hobbies & Interests: Cricket, Music, Reading & Books, Boxing Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Mirage by James Follet; Movie: Avatar Dream Vacation Destination: Europe A Person I Admire: Elon Musk

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Nagsen Wankhede Manager - IT Energy Efficiency Services

Birthday: 14-December Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering & Technology Work Experience (in years): 14 Past Employment: Project Manager, IBM India; Senior Associate, Larsen & Toubro Infotech Current Team Size: 11 to 15 Professional Certifications: Data Scientist, Simplilearn; Artificial Intelligence, Simplilearn; Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM; SAP XI, SAP AG; Six Sigma Green Belt, TCS; HDI Technology Expertise: Application Development, Business Intelligence, Database Management, IT Operations Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Training & Education

Business & Management Expertise: Budgeting & Financial Management, Customer Support & Service Management, HR & Talent Management, IT Strategy & Planning, Operations Management, Training & Education, Vendor Management, Business Analytics Hobbies & Interests: Cooking, Reading & Books, Teaching & Education, Travel Favorite Book or Movie: Book: Mrityunjaya by Shivaji Sawant; Movie: 3 Idiots Dream Vacation Destination: Mount Kailash A Person I Admire: My Father

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Index A Ajai Balaji A (Winner)..................................54 Abhishek Agarwal (Winner)....................55 Rajeev Agarwal (Jury).................................29 Harish Aggarwal (Winner)........................56

Anil Kumar Chawla (Winner)..................70 Himanshu Chawla (Winner)....................71 Srikar Chilakamarri (Winner).................72

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Gyanprakash Awasthi (Winner)............58

Shrrikumar D (Winner)...............................73 Laxmikanta Das (Winner).........................74 Subrata Dey (Jury).........................................31 Kamal Dhamija (Winner)...........................75 Swanand Dhekane (Winner)...................78 Subodh Dubey (Jury)....................................32

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Tarun Anand (Jury)........................................29 Mateen Ansari (Winner)............................57 Rajamani Visweswaran Ashok (Jury)......................................................................30

Chandrasekhar B (Winner)......................59 A Balaji (Jury)...................................................30 Utpal Banerjee (Winner)...........................60 Vijoy Basu (Winner).....................................61 Thomas Benjamin (Winner).....................62 Amol Bhandarkar (Winner).....................63 Asgar Bharuchwala (Winner).................66 Neeraj Bhople (Winner).............................67

Amit Jahagirdar (Winner).........................85 Piyush Jain (Winner)....................................86 Vineet Jaiswal (Jury)....................................34 Birju Jani (Winner)........................................87 Rajeev Jorapur (Jury)...................................35 John Joseph (Winner)..................................90 Dilip Joshi (Winner)......................................91

K Ravi Kajaria (Winner)..................................92

Nikhil Garg (Winner)....................................79 Sanjeev Garg (Winner)................................80 Biswanath Ghosh (Jury).............................32 Ritesh Grover (Winner)..............................81 Sekhar Guduru (Winner)...........................82 Sachin Gupta (Jury).......................................33

Ashok Kannan (Jury)....................................35

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(Jury)......................................................................36

Nilkant Borase (Winner)............................68

Kunal Hans (Winner)...................................83 Kishore I Hirani (Jury).................................33

Vishwas Borkar (Winner)..........................69

Javed Hussain (Winner).............................84

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Biswabrata Chakravorty (Jury).............31

Hariharan Iyer (Jury)....................................34

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Kishan Kendre (Winner)............................93 Suchindra Khaidem (Winner).................94 Hilal Khan (Jury).............................................36 Rohit Khanna (Winner)..............................95 Vinay Avadhoot Khargonkar Sanjay Kotha (Jury).......................................37 Sanjay Kothari (Winner)............................96 Vinod Sivarama Krishnan (Jury)............37 Nirmal Kumar (Winner).............................97 Nirupmay Kumar (Jury)..............................38 Rajat Kumar (Winner).................................98

Sumeet Kumar (Winner).........................164 Snehal S Kumbhar (Winner)....................99

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Arun Padmanabhan (Winner)..............123

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Charudutta Panchmatia (Winner)....126

Harish Lade (Jury)..........................................38

Gyan Pandey (Jury).......................................43

Murali Lakshminarayanan

Ashish Pandey (Winner).........................127 Biren Parikh (Winner)..............................128

(Winner)...........................................................102

Hiren Patel (Winner).................................129

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Pragati Kumar Patro (Winner)............130

Navaneethan M (Winner)......................103

(Jury)......................................................................43

James Macwan (Winner)........................104

Swati Phalke (Winner).............................131

Jitendra Mahajan (Jury).............................39

Nagendran Ponnan (Winner)...............132

Rahul Mahajan (Jury)...................................39

Lalit Popli (Jury)..............................................44

RD Malav (Jury)...............................................40

Amit Pradhan (Winner)...........................133

Krupal Mate (Winner)..............................105

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Umesh Mehta (Jury).....................................40

Mahesh Kumar Pinnamaneni

Vineet Mehta (Winner)...........................106

Karthick Raja (Winner)............................134

Rakesh Mendiratta (Winner)...............107

Ravi Rajput (Winner)................................135

Anil Menon (Winner)................................108

Narayanan Ramakrishnan (Jury)..........44

Anoopa Menon (Winner)........................109

Gandhinathan Ramasamy

Jitendra Mhalgi (Winner).......................110 Anil Mhatre (Winner)...............................111 Bohitesh Misra (Winner)........................114 Neha Misra (Winner)................................115 Rajeev Mittal (Jury)......................................41 Mukhthar Begum Mohammed (Winner)...........................................................116 Pratibha Monga (Winner)......................117 Sanjay Moralwar (Jury)..............................41

(Winner)...........................................................138 Ajay Rambal (Jury)........................................45 Ajit Rane (Winner).....................................139 Pradeep Rathod (Winner)......................140 Anand A Raut (Winner)...........................141 Souveek Ray (Winner).............................142 Subhashish Roy (Winner).......................143

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Bhushan Samant (Winner).....................144

Anirban Mukherjee (Winner)..............118

Venkata Satish Guttula (Winner)......145

Pankaj Mukne (Winner)..........................119

Sujeet Saxena (Jury).....................................45

Ravikishor Mundada (Winner)............120

Vijay Sethi (Jury)............................................46

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Ankit Shah (Winner)..................................146

Santosh Nair (Jury)........................................42

Kashif Shah (Winner)................................150

Nishikanth Nandiraju (Winner)..........121

Rahul Shandilya (Jury)................................46

Rajgopal Nayak (Winner).......................122

Shiva Shankar (Jury).....................................47

Ved Prakash Nirbhya (Jury).....................42

Sudesh Sharma (Winner)........................151

Kalpesh Shah (Winner)............................147

Subhash Shelke (Jury)..................................47 Pranita Shikhare (Winner).....................152 Amandeep Singh (Jury)...............................48 Sarbjit Singh (Winner)..............................153 Tarsem Singh (Winner).............................154 Dheeraj Sinha (Jury).....................................48 Nikesh Sinha (Winner).............................155 Hitendra Sisodia (Winner).....................156 Kavita Sood (Winner)...............................157 Swapna Sreenivas (Winner)..................158 Amitabh Srivastava (Winner)..............159 Venkat Srinivas (Winner).......................162 Manoj Srivastava (Winner)...................163 Ramakrishnan Sudarshanam (Jury)......................................................................49 Shankar Sunnathi (Winner)..................165 Vivek Surve (Winner)...............................166 Gopakumar Swaminathan (Winner)...........................................................167

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Srinivas Tata (Jury)........................................49 Thomson Thomas (Jury).............................50

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Ganesh Vaidya (Winner).........................168 Kushal Varshney (Winner)....................169 Vasudevan Vimalan (Jury)........................50 Raghavendra Vokuda (Winner)..........170

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Nagsen Wankhede (Winner)................171

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Yogesh Zope (Jury)........................................51

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“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

—Jack Welch

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