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T r a c k t e c h n o lo g y B u i ld b usi n ess Shape self A 9.9 Group Publication Volume 08 | Issue 05 | August 2019 | 150
Special Coverage Issue
20th CIO&Leader Conference
Driving the
Mandate for
Complete
Transformation
The 20th annual
CIO&Leader
Conference
was all about
reinvention – of
business and self
for the CIOs
EDITORIAL
Shyamanuja Das
shyamanuja.das@9dot9.in
CIO
Reloaded!
T
The theme for this year’s annual CIO&Leader
was focused on the need for CIOs to reinvent—
the way business is done, leveraging technology,
but also, themselves.
Today, businesses of all types and sizes are
looking to integrate technology into their prod-
ucts, processes and strategies. That requires ‘tech’
decisions be made at every step.
It has created two distinct new requirements,
hitherto absent. taken significantly faster, some of it has to be taken
One, it requires that technology decisions are by functional executives; some, which cannot be
taken much faster—almost on the go. taken by them, have still to be taken by IT but much
Two, it requires that technology decisions do faster. It means not just ability to take faster deci-
not follow business decisions, but rather lead or sions (by CIO and his team), but also appreciating
accompany business decisions. It requires that the need to let go of some decisions.
whoever takes that (technology) decision is not For proactively coming to business with technolo-
just good at technology and/or business but is gies that can significantly impact a business, the
also well aware of emerging technologies land- IT leader does not need to know every nuances of a
scape and their potential particular technology, but he/she needs to be well-
Technology does not to create value for the updated on what is happening out there. I have often
follow business decisions organization’s business. written about this aspect, calling it an outside-in
anymore but leads or In addition to the new approach. In contrast, the problem-solving CIOs of
today, no matter how good they are at technology
accompanies business requirements, the ques-
tion—how competent a and in understanding business, essentially work in
decisions. Also, with technology person is to an inside-out model.
technology affecting all take decisions which are Finally, no matter how much you argue, a technol-
planes of a business, it is essentially to do with ogy person is not a superman and can never under-
business—is also becom- stand fully the nuances of each and every business
increasingly difficult for ing important. decision. That means today’s digital age requires
a central tech person to All these new realities some IT decisions be taken by business. The role of
take all decisions. These elicit a response from the the CIO is not just to appreciate that but to ensure
that there is a conducive environment for it—in
are changes that elicit a IT leader. That response is
about skills, attitudes and terms of ensuring governance, compliance and a
definite response from the restraints. little helping hand, when required. More than any
IT leader. For a tech decision to be skill, it requires extreme maturity
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On the 20th anniversary of
CIO&Leader Conference,
we honoured 10 visionary
IT leaders in India
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20th Annual CIO&Leader Conference
The 20th annual CIO&Leader Conference was
also the first in its two-decade history to be
held in a metro city.
It was themed CIO Reloaded, which was
derived from the need for the CIO to transform
his/her role completely so as to bring in disruptive change and
complete transformation in the business.
Over the years, the CIOs have successfully transformed from a
supporting role to a business problem solver role. But transforma-
tion expectations are more. More often than not, there is no clearly
defined problem.
That is because challenge for businesses today is not from their
traditional competition but from new players disrupting the indus-
try. To compete successfully, they must transform anticipating
change, or better still, dictate the change themselves.
That requires a complete change in thinking on part of the trans-
former-in-charge. CIO Reloaded was all about that new thinking.
Organized in The Westin Gurgaon, on 2nd and 3rd August 2019,
it was two days of insights, incisive keynotes, some introspection
about the anticipated change, and yes, a lot of inspiration.
In his opening address, Kanak Ghosh, Director, 9.9 Group and
Publisher of CIO&Leader, called for collectively thinking about and
preparing for this changed expectation.
The whole agenda was designed to reinforce this message.
It started with a brief to delegates on the flagship item of the
conference—CIO Reloaded workshop.
The CIO&Leader conferences have always been about translat-
ing the big thoughts into actionable agenda. If in 2017, it focused
on the CIOs’ Agenda 2020, this year, the focus was on the theme,
CIO Reloaded. It was all about how to bring about those disrup-
tive changes in business leveraging technology and management
practices.
It was the turn of the speakers to focus on various manifesta-
tions of the Reloaded agenda.
If Vikas Arora, Executive Director - Cloud, Cognitive Software
& Services, IBM India, started with insights on how to drive inno-
vation and growth leveraging hybrid cloud—which has become a
symbol of the seamless change through technology, Ram
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Seshadri, Director - Solutions Consulting, Adobe Sys- selves into performers rather than sitting spectators,
tems, focused on that Holy Grail of every business by arranging a Karaoke evening. And what an excite-
– managing customer experience. ment it was. More than a dozen CIOs enthralled their
The big change is neither a distant possibility nor peers with classic songs from old Hindi movies.
is it wishful thinking. Outcomes leveraging revolu- While Kishore Kumar was the hot favourite, there
tionary technologies is a very, very real possibility. were songs of Rafi Saab and Mukesh too. Why, there
Akhilesh Tuteja, Global Cyber Security Practice Co- were even songs sung by the Big B himself.
leader, Head - Risk Consulting & Partner, KPMG India The second day began with a couple of parallel
articulated how to achieve that leveraging artificial breakfast roundtables with partners.
intelligence, the enfant terrible of technology world. But the excitement was far from over. If the first
But how can you bring about the new big changes day saw all interesting ideas, insights, introspection,
without transforming the workplace? Rajat Jain, it was time for some inspiration. Not from any man-
Regional Sales Manager - Client Solutions, Dell, agement gurus or spiritual leaders but straight from
focused on that aspect – the future of workplace. a man, who has brought about a revolution in build-
It was time for the CIO Reloaded workshop. CIOs ing a dream and giving hope to achieve that dream
worked in groups of 3-6 to brainstorm, devise and to the marginalized. Anand Kumar, the man behind
present their ideas on 17 such identified areas. Each the Super 30 (now a successful movie) and simplic-
such group was headed by a senior CIO. The advices ity personified, spoke, in his unassuming manner
and ideas are being compiled by the CIO&Leader how he built the Super 30 and what was his learning.
editorial to a docket of knowledge, that will be sent The delegates loved every word he spoke.
to more than 1000 CIOs and IT Heads across Indian After a panel discussion on AI and a very useful
organizations. talk on Trends in Tech Leadership Hiring by ace
After a panel discussion on Hybrid IT, and a couple recruiter Vijay Venkatesh, it was time for the last
of talks—AI at scale by Arun V Chearie of SAS India item on the agenda.
and on Data Protection by Peter Yamasaki of Druva, To repeat a cliché, it was truly last but not the least.
it was time for the immensely popular Idea Cafes, Why, in terms of sheer excitement, it was something
that have withstood the test of time. They have been we have rarely seen in any such conference, includ-
a regular feature of CIO&Leader conferences in all ing ours.
these years. Called CIO Big Fight, it was about groups of CIOs
But this time, there was a difference. Realizing the debating for and against an interesting manage-
need for CIOs to meaningfully connect together dif- ment issue. That itself was not a spectacularly new
ferent business needs and disparate technologies, format. What was, was the way other CIOs (in audi-
there was a contest designed to achieve the same. ence) were supposed to show their appreciation.
Called the Big Idea contest, it required that CIOs There were two sets of coloured balls (Green and
stitch together four keywords – business and tech- Red). Every CIO group speaking for on a topic given
nology terms – to come out with a strategy for an was the Green team and the one speaking against
enterprise to bring about a technology-led change. it was the Red team. The audience was to show
The day’s agenda ended with parallel wine-and- their appreciation by throwing the right coloured
cheese sessions along with partners. ball to the stage, which were all collected in two big
The day’s agenda was over, but not the Day’s. The baskets. The recipient of the higher number of balls
evening waited for the most-awaited component of was the winner. The delegates went crazy even as
the event: The CIO&Leader Samman. Introduced on director Kana Ghosh ‘incited’ them to throw with his
the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the confer- sharp wit.
ence, the idea was to honour the veteran CIOs in The agenda item was over, but not before two
the industry, chosen by a panel of erstwhile CIOs. dozens CIOs coming to editors Giridhar and Shya-
The jargons, the business ideas, the fun of the day manuja and ‘demanding’ that it be made a regular
gave way to a sombre and solemn evening of the feature in all future CIO&Leader conferences. One
Samman night. The recipients of the Samman not even raised a slogan. For once, the targets of the
only got spontaneous standing ovations from the slogans loved it.
delegates, the idea was well-appreciated. The event was rounded up with announcement
It was time for the end of the Day. And time for and handing over of the prizes for the Big Idea con-
some entertainment. This time, going against the test and CIOs departed to meet again in CIO&Leader
convention, CIO&Leader tried to turn the CIOs them- Conference 2020
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20th Annual CIO&Leader Conference
CIO Reloaded: Powering the Next Transformation – with this theme, the
20th iteration of CIO&Leader Conference kicked off on Friday, August 02
and concluded on Saturday, August 03, 2019.
Businesses today know that they must transform and want to—leveraging
technology and data. But to transform successfully they need a driver in
charge. A natural choice for this leadership role is the CIO. The question,
however, is – Are CIOs ready to lead that change?
Over the years, CIOs have successfully transformed from a supporting
role to a business problem solver role. But business transformation
expectations are much more. More often than not, there is no clearly
defined problem. That is because challenge for businesses today is not
from their traditional competition but from new players disrupting the
industry. To compete successfully, they must transform the business
anticipating change, or better still, dictate the change themselves.
This requires a complete change in thinking on the part of the
transformation-in-charge. The theme, ‘CIO Reloaded’, is essentially derived
from that—the need for complete change.
The conference held at Westin, Gurgaon, had an exciting agenda that
revolved around the central theme - CIO Reloaded. There were CIO
Reloaded workshops, discussion-oriented ideas cafe, expert keynotes
(especially, motivational talk by Anand Kumar, Founder & Mentor, Super
30), CIO&Leader Samman (honouring deserving long-standing CIOs), CIO
Big Fight, Wine & Cheese sessions, breakfast briefings and many other
interesting formats, with the right mix of fun and action!
August 2019 | CIO&LEADER 9DAY 1: Friday, 2nd August, 2019
As the day unfolded...
(Anti-clockwise) Rush
to register: Delegates at
the Registration Desk;
Fuel for the body:
Delicious breakfast
being enjoyed by
delegates on arrival;
It's not just business
here: Delegates in a
lighter and excited
mood before the
conference
Welcome note: Kanak
Ghosh, Publisher & Director,
CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
welcoming the delegates
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Our change manager:
R Giridhar, Group Editor,
CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
moderating the conference
Time for mind games: Delegates at the CIO Reloaded Workshop 1
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A talk that matters: Kamal
Kashyap, Director - Public
Sector, HPE delivers
the opening talk of the
conference on 'Advancing
the Way We Live & Work'
Serious business here: Vikas
Arora, Executive Director -
Cloud, Cognitive Software &
Services, IBM India provides
his views on 'Hybrid Cloud:
An Open Platform for
Innovation and Growth'
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Learning in progress: An
insightful talk on 'Customer
Experience Management'
by Ram Seshadri, Director
- Solutions Consulting,
Adobe Systems
Rapt attention: Delegates listening attentively to the speakers
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Intelligence matters: Akhilesh Tuteja, Global Cyber Security Practice Co-leader, Head - Risk Consulting & Partner, KPMG India shares
his views on 'Using Artificial Intelligence to Drive Real Outcomes'
For a bright future:
Rajat Jain, Regional
Sales Manager -
Client Solutions, Dell
Technologies provides
tips on 'Technology &
Future of Workforce'
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Networking &
food make a
good match:
Well-earned
break for
delegates with
a delicious
luncheon spread
Men & women at work: Delegates at CIO Reloaded Workshop 2
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The panel discussion was highly interative with the panelists giving
their views on 'Hybrid IT' and its importance in the current scenario
The future is here: A thought-provoking Panel Discussion on 'Hybrid IT - The Future is Now a Reality'; Moderator (extreme left):
R Giridhar, Group Editor, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group; Panelists (L-R): Sumit Malhotra, CIO, Times Internet; Arvind Sivaramakrishnan,
CIO, Apollo Hospitals; Devendra Taneja, Managing Director, PC Solutions; Ashwin Khorana, CIO, Jana Small Finance Bank
Just for a lark: To keep the mood light, lucky draw was conducted
in-between and indeed there were some lucky winners!
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Insightful: An interesting
talk on 'AI at Scale' being
presented by Arun V
Chearie, Director - Customer
Advisory, SAS India
New goals: Pete Yamasaki,
Vice President - APAC, Druva
shares his views on 'Why
Data Protection is Your Next
SaaS Transformation'
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A cafe with a difference: Delegates at Ideas Cafe
The Ideas Cafe is a structured process that aims to
facilitate an open and creative conversation among groups
of people on topics of mutual interest, to surface collective
knowledge and experiences, share ideas and insights
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It's all about customers: Adobe 'Wine & Cheese' Session on 'Delivering
Unparalleled Customer Experience in Digital Era' moderated by Vikas
Gupta, Publisher & Director, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
Security matters: Tata Communications' 'Wine &
Cheese' Session on 'Secure Your Cloud-enabled Digital
Transformation Journey' moderated by Mahantesh Godi,
Director - Community Engagement, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
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Automation's new frontier: ServiceNow 'Wine & Cheese' Session on
'Enhancing User Experience through Technology Automation' moderated
by R Giridhar, Group Editor, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
Understanding the new order: HPE 'Wine &
Cheese' Session on 'Consumption-based
World' moderated by Kanak Ghosh, Publisher
& Director, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
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Can't sing, will karaoke: Full-on Entertainment provided
by Super DJ with Delegates participating in Karaoke
Time to unwind: Delegates
enjoying Cocktail & Dinner
- Good break indeed from a
long day!
August 2019 | CIO&LEADER 21DAY 2: Saturday, 3rd August 2019
As the day took off...
Some new knowledge: IBM Breakfast Session on 'Modernization for the Cloud and AI Era' moderated
by Kanak Ghosh, Publisher & Director, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
Tips for a new gameplan:
Druva Breakfast Session
on 'Transforming Your
Data Protection Strategy:
A Cloud-first and Unified
Game Plan' moderated by
R Giridhar, Group Editor,
CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
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Keynote Talk
Acing Success: Motivational
Keynote Talk by Anand Kumar,
Founder & Mentor, Super 30...
truly, lots to learn and inspiring
for all
Kingmaker: The
audience giving a
standing ovation to
Anand Kumar, Founder
& Mentor, Super 30 for
his wonderful talk
Winner takes it all: The popularity of
Anand Kumar, Founder & Mentor,
Super 30 was there to be seen!
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The panel discussion was indeed insightful as it emphasized the importance of framing a
transformation strategy as more and more organizations focus on Cloud and Artificial Intelligence
Learning on cloud: An engaging Panel Discussion on 'Journey to Cloud & AI - Developing a Transformation Strategy' conducted by R Giridhar,
Group Editor, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group (extreme left); Panelists (L-R): Seema Kumar, Country Leader - Cloud Technical Sales & Architecture, IBM
India South Asia; Vasudevan V, CIO, E.I.D. Parry (India); Lalit Popli, Head - IT, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co; Sukanta Kumar Nayak, Vice
President, Aditya Birla Management Corporation; Rajiv Chandra, Chief GM - IS, HPCL
Talent hunt: Vijay Venkatesh,
Senior Vice President -
Executive Search, The
HeadHunters highlights on
'Trends in Hiring in Tech
Leadership Roles'
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The big fight: CIOs 'fighting' it out at 'CIO Big Fight'
Prize Distribution - Unlimited Happiness of Delegates
Vote of Thanks & Closing
Remarks by R Giridhar, Group
Editor, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
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Connecting
The
O T S
D
Getting the big idea—from disparate business and technology
keywords—is not an easy task. When IT leaders tried, many came out
with flying colors. We present some of the best ideas...
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A
long-standing complaint logical capability are coming up. Some That is what we decided to give to
of business executives emerging technologies like Big Data, AI, the IT leaders as a challenge—in the
about technology leaders IoT and Blockchain, have brought in revo- recently concluded annual CIO&Leader
has been their inability lutionary changes. Conference. We created a list of key-
to think on plain canvas. That requires that organizations think words—some of them were about busi-
While many CXOs today see CIOs as of business challenges, opportunities ness metrics, growth, consolidation;
excellent problem solvers, they never and technologies together, not sequen- some were about business needs, cus-
forget to add in the same breath that tially, which essentially means IT lead- tomer experience, some technologies
the problem needs to be well-defined for ers should be able to provide business Artificial Intelligence.
them to be able to solve it. inputs based on their understanding of The keywords were–Transformation,
Today’s CIOs have come a long-way emerging technology landscape. Insight, Artificial Intelligence, Customer
from the tech-obsessed, nuts-and-bolts Understanding of business and Experience, Growth, Consolidation,
executives they were at one point of time. understanding of emerging technology Hybrid, Innovation, Automation and Risk.
Their understanding of the business is landscape, together, is not enough to be Each participant was given four such
now second to none. They can speak on able to do that effectively. They must be random keywords out of these ten. They
business issues with ease. able to integrate disparate, isolated busi- were expected to combine them to create
Yet, the above-stated challenge—the ness challenges and opportunities and meaningful business strategies. And they
discomfort, if not complete inability, to disparate technologies and technology did—and how! Out of about 80 IT lead-
see the big picture—remains. practices to maximize business value. ers who participated, at least half could
In fact, one can argue that the newer In short, it needs an ability to come out with really useful and coherent
positions like Chief Digital Officer are a connect the dots—comprising strategies. About twenty of them were
direct fallout of that. business imperatives, practices, tech- impressive. We chose nine out of those
Today, technology is not just impacting nologies, functions—to create meaning- strategies as winning strategies. We pre-
products and processes, it is impacting ful strategies. sent those strategies and winners here,
business strategies as well. Newer busi- For the next generation leaders, it is an along with their keywords.
ness models based on the new techno- absolute need.
“To get better customer experience, “Create the culture of innovation; “CIO’s C is for Customer Experience,
an insight into the expectation and get the complete insight of your not only the old thrust of
behavior of customer reflecting business; consolidate and create Consolidation. That customer
in the data during interaction will a roadmap and get the best by experience would come with digital
need to be set up using a hybrid deploying Artificial Intelligence and transformation resulting in
approach of analysis and empathy.” create impact on business to make business growth.”
it future-ready.”
Harnath Babu Kamal Karnatak
Cio, Kpmg Jitendra Mishra Group CIO, RJ Corp
VP & CIO, Alembic Pharma
Keywords Keywords
Hybrid, Insight, Keywords Growth, Customer Experience,
Customer Experience Insight, Innovation, Consolidation, Consolidation, Transformation
Artificial Intelligence
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“Transformation should be driven ‘Automation for Industry 4.0 and “Business and market insight
with customer experience at the NextGen CRM for great customer blended with innovation and
core. Artificial Intelligence as a experience using hybrid cloud automation considering IT security,
tool has the ability to provide new can generate insights to deliver compliance and risk, can lead to
business value from shop-floor accelerated growth
insight for delivering an improved
to top-floor.’ in revenue.”
customer experience.”
Rupesh Nain Saloni Vijay
Rahul Puri
Head - IT, JCB India GM, Vodafone Idea
VP - IT, Devyani International
Keywords Keywords
Keywords
Insight, Customer Experience, Risk, Innovation, Growth,
Transformation, Insight, Artificial
Hybrid, Automation Insight
Intelligence, Customer Experience
“Growth is possible only when ‘Consolidation of information ‘We use Artificial Intelligence-
consolidated customer experience from various data sources and infused automation across
is effectively used as insight by insights can transform the the whole supply chain in
a business.” customer experience.’ our organization to drive
transformational growth in
Satyanand Shukla Shiv Shankar Singh business.’
Head - IT, IFFCO MC Crop VP - IT, ABans Group of
Science Companies Sudhansu Karmokar
Head - IT, Safari Industries
Keywords Keywords
Keywords
Growth, Insight, Customer Insight, Consolidation,
Experience, Consolidation Transformation, Customer Growth, Transformation, Artificial
Experience Intelligence, Automation
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2019
On the 20th anniversary of CIO&Leader Conference, we honoured
10 visionary IT leaders in India for their leadership, vision,
professional excellence and contribution to the community. The
recipients were selected by a jury panel of erstwhile CIOs.
Annie Mathew Arvind Sivaramakrishnan Parthasarathy VS Rajeev Jorapur Rajesh Chopra
CIO, Mother Dairy CIO Group CIO & Group CFO Sr Vice President & CIO Sr Vice President - IT
Fruits & Vegetables Apollo Hospitals Mahindra Group Bajaj Auto Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
Rajesh Uppal, Srinivas Tata Suresh Kumar Umesh Mehta Vijay Sethi
Sr Executive Director - Group CIO CIO & Partner Global CIO CIO, Head - HR &
HR & IT Kalpataru Group Grant Thornton Jubilant Life Sciences Head - CSR
Maruti Suzuki India Hero MotoCorp
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The Idea
The idea of Samman came when we were looking We decided to follow the peer nomination route
at celebrating the 20th anniversary of annual and asked the CIOs to nominate a maximum of three
CIO&Leader Conference. Rather than making a song CIOs for the honour.
and dance about ourselves and boasting about what But before that the criteria were finalized, in
we have done—we thought of acknowledging the consultation with the jury. To be considered for the
people who have made it possible, not just by being Samman, the CIOs needed to meet the following
helpful and cooperative but also by actively guiding basic criteria:
us, showing us the way, whenever we have needed He/she needed to have a minimum of 30 years of
their advice. In the classic Indian way, we thought of professional experience. Those in their 30th year
showing our humble respect to the veteran leaders were also to be considered.
among them. Out of those years, at least five should have been
That explains why we chose a Sanskrit word, as a CIO
Samman, for the honours. He/she needed to be currently serving as a CIO in
“The CIO&Leader Samman, as the name denotes, is India. Those who have retired or are serving in a
an honour for the veteran CIOs for their contributions non-CIO role or are based outside India were not
and achievements. It is not an award. We, as a considered
community cause facilitating platform, can only For all these considerations, 30 June 2019, was
honour them with humility, not bestow awards on taken as the reference date.
them,” says Kanak Ghosh, Publisher, CIO&Leader and These criteria were publicized for the people who
Director 9.9 Group. would nominate. Many CIOs came back with their
nominations.
Methodology While each of the valid nomination—those meeting
Once the idea set in, the question was—who would the criteria—were considered by the jury for the
select the honourees? We thought the best people honour, the number of nominations had no bearing
to do that would be the people from the same on the final selection. That choice was completely
community, who have literally ‘been there, done that’. the jury’s.
For the purpose, we requested three highly The jury took into account the CIOs’ professional
respected erstwhile CIOs to be part of a jury panel. achievements, use of IT to maximize strategic values
The three jury members were: for businesses that they have been associated
Rajeev Seoni, former CIO, Ernst & Young India with, their leadership, and their contribution to and
Rajiv Garg, former Executive Director at BHEL participation in the community cause.
TG Dhandapani, former CIO, TVS Motors and Here are a few snippets from the CIO&Leader
Sundaram Clayton Group Samman...
August 2019 | CIO&LEADER 3120th Annual CIO&Leader Conference
It's not an award, it's an honour:
Shyamanuja Das, Managing
Editor, CIO&Leader, 9.9 Group
kick-starting the CIO&Leader
Samman 2019
Stalwarts all: Jury at CIO&Leader Samman 2019; (L-R) Rajeev Seoni, former CIO, Ernst & Young India; TG Dhandapani, former CIO,
TVS Motors and Sundaram Clayton Group; Rajiv Garg, former Executive Director at BHEL
32 CIO&LEADER | August 201920th Annual CIO&Leader Conference
Annie Mathew, CIO,
Mother Dairy Fruits &
Vegetables being honoured
Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, CIO,
Apollo Hospitals being honoured
Rajesh Chopra, Sr Vice President - IT,
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts being honoured
Rajesh Uppal,
Sr Executive Director - HR
& IT, Maruti Suzuki India
Suresh Kumar, CIO &
being honoured
Partner, Grant Thornton
being honoured
August 2019 | CIO&LEADER 3320th Annual CIO&Leader Conference
Vijay Sethi, CIO, Head - HR & Head -
CSR, Hero MotoCorp being honoured
Umesh Mehta, Global CIO, Jubilant Life Sciences being honoured
Framed for eternity: Samman Recipients and Jury members, all in one frame!
It's special: Launch
of special edition of
CIO&Leader Magazine
featuring the Samman
Recipients
34 CIO&LEADER | August 201920th Annual CIO&Leader Conference
Appreciation
The delegates' excitement and happiness over two well-spent days poured
out in their words of praise for our efforts. We captured the same...
“Thoroughly enjoyed the
warm hospitality and Kamal Goel
Senior Vice President - IT,
superbly curated sessions, Anand Rathi Financial
Services
inspirational talk by Anand
Kumar and of course the
Big Fight! It was truly a “The conference had
memorable experience!” excellent sessions and
format. Additionally, it
was indeed great team
Atul Kirane
Vice President - Systems, work and the team was
ISMT
extremely hard-working.”
“The 20th annual CIO&Leader
Conference was really Prasad Pate
Head - IT (Corporate),
wonderful. Kudos to Team 9.9. KSB Pumps
The entire conference was very
well managed and the sessions
were extremely interesting.” “Thanks to the entire
9.9 team for making
excellent arrangements.
Mohan Shah The conference had
Head - IT, DTDC Express
interesting content and
creative sessions.”
36 CIO&LEADER | August 201920th Annual CIO&Leader Conference
“Thanks to the 9.9 team
for organizing such a
wonderful conference. Saloni Vijay
GM, Vodafone Idea
The inspiring keynote
address by Anand Kumar,
Founder & Mentor, Super
30 and the ‘Samman’ “The arrangements at the
recognition to enterprise 20th annual CIO&Leader
IT stalwarts were key Conference were truly
highlights.” fantastic. The conference
was really wonderful and
insightful. The motivational
Rupesh Nain keynote address by Anand
Head - IT, JCB India
Kumar, Founder & Mentor,
Super 30 was the best!”
“Thanks to the 9.9 team
for hosting such an TG Dhandapani
former CIO, TVS Motors and
amazing conference. The Sundaram Clayton Group
arrangements were very
good and CIO Reloaded
workshop and Ideas Cafe “It was a well organized
along with other sessions conference and contents
were truly insightful.” are par excellence. It
was also my pleasure
honouring deserving and
Sunil Pandey long-serving CIOs their
CIO, Sterlite Power
due recognition through
the wonderful ‘CIO&Leader
Samman’ initiative.”
August 2019 | CIO&LEADER 37Technology Premier League 2019 Smart Strategies Winning Teams Delhi 20th – 21st Sept 2019 Pullman & Novotel, Aerocity Mumbai 4th - 5th Oct - 2019 Grand Hyatt, Santacruz Bangalore 11th – 12th Oct 2019 Sheraton Grand, Whitefield To know more, visit tpl2019.com
What They Said @Tpl
“
Delighted to
be a part of
“
The whole
experience and
“
Feels like we
are back to
“
I think this is one
of the best & most
“
It’s a wonderful
opportunity
the journey exciting events
the TPL. It’s we had over 2
college; all of us which I have faced
for the IT team
an amazing days during the are working and – The Technology who is always
format, the TPL was quite brainstorming Premier League in the backdrop
case studies enriching, exciting on the project. —where we to show their
are for real and and rewarding. Its really have the best technology
There was good enterprise
you really have competition
challenging and technology teams
and business
to work hard between the we have truly competing with skills and get
to solve it to participating enjoyed it.” each other to win recognized.”
showcase it to organizations and the title. Thanks
valuable inputs Jai Prakash Sharma to 9.9 Group & Sachin Jain
the jury. I really EVP - Technology CIO,
from Google Google Cloud for
appreciate the Cloud as well.
Operations,
organizing this
Evalueserve
InfoEdge India
efforts by 9.9 Also, this was event.”
Group.” a great team
building exercise Rajiv Nandwani
Jitendra Singh for us as everyone Director & VP - Global
CIO, JK Cements Information Security,
worked together
Innodata
the whole night on
the solution and
presentation.”
Anup Bhasin
VP – Technology
EXL Service
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