CII celebrates outstanding contribution of tech leaders towards innovation and Digital transformation
At the Inaugural edition of CIO Excellence Awards 2022
Confederation of India Industry (CII) announced the winners of the CIO Excellence Awards 2022 at a glittering ceremony attended by over 200 CIOs. The awards have been instituted by CII – Tata Communications Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) with Protiviti Member Firm for India, as the technical partners. This was the 1st edition of the CIO Excellence Awards which recognized the contribution made by CIOs as flag bearers of digital transformation which has enabled innovation and enhanced competitiveness of industry across sectors.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Mr. Vijay K Thadani, Chairman of the Jury and Vice Chairman and Managing Director – NIIT said, “The awards honour the CIOs who have demonstrated outstanding capabilities and exemplary achievements in the technology domain. They celebrate the commendable contribution of the CIOs to the growth of their organization, keeping pace with today’s rapidly changing tech and digital landscape”.
Dr Gulshan Rai, Former National Cybersecurity Coordinator Director General CERT-in, PMO, Govt. of India, in his address congratulated the winners and said that “ The CIO Awards have set a very high standard of evaluation and the competition was very high”. He further said “Entries for awards were so good that pre-stage screening became difficult and we have had to revise our choices because of the details presented by the participants from these organisations “
Nominations for the awards were received from CIOs across the country. After the initial assessment and screening of the submissions by CDT and Protiviti team, the recommendations were further evaluated by a Steering Committee comprising of CIOs from diverse industries. The final selection of awardees was made by a stellar jury comprising of Dr Gulshan Rai, Former National Cybersecurity Coordinator Director General CERT-in, Dr Kiran Karnik, Author, Columnist, Former President – NASSCOM, Ms Aruna Sundarajan, Former Secretary Telecom, GoI and Mr Sunil Chandiramani, Chairman - Sapphire Foods, Founder & CEO NYKA Advisory Services along with Chairman of the Jury Mr Vijay Thadani.
This year’s CIO award winners represent diverse set of enterprises who have displayed exemplary capabilities and achievements.
List of Award Winners for the various categories are as under :-
Sector Recognition as CIO of the Year -
Mr Jitendra Singh, JK Cement - Manufacturing
Ms Varundeep Kaur, Spice Money - BFSI & Fintech
Mr Gary Mathapati, Crompton Greaves - Consumer Products
Mr Munender Soperna, Dr Lal Pathlabs - Healthcare & Life Science
Mr Hitesh Singla, Square Yards - Real Estate & Infra
Mr Pijush Gupta, Adani Electricity - Energy & Utilities
Mr Anand Vaitheeswaran, L&T Technology Services - Technology
Mr Raj Mohan Srinivasan, Sony Pictures Networks India - Media, Entertainment & Communications
Young Tech Leader -
Ms Deveshri Patel, Adani Realty
Thematic Recognition -
Ms Rucha Nanavati, Mahindra & Mahindra - Excellence in Cloud Computing
Mr Rajiv Ratan Chetwani, Indian Space Research Organisation - Excellence in Cyber Security & Privacy
Mr Atanu Roy, Biocon - Excellence in IT/ Digital Transformation
Mr Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise - Excellence in Emerging Technologies
Mr Kersi Tavadia, BSE Ltd - Excellence in Data Analytics & Business Insights
The CIO Awards also witnessed the presence of CIOs from various industry Sectors who also participated in the CIO Conclave which included an Interactive Session on Leveraging Technology: Aligning to the Changning Consumer Mindsets and a Co-Innovation Workshop for Identifying workable solutions to solve technology issues in Organizations. The 2nd edition of the CIO Excellence Awards will be initiated in January 2023.
7 December 2022
New Delhi