By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region

IDC India announced the winners of the seventh annual IDC Industry Insights Innovation Awards 2020 (IDCIIA 2020) honoring the technology leaders of India.

IDC Industry Insights Innovation Awards programme recognizes the achievements of Indian technology leaders who are leveraging digital technology to innovate and deliver business benefits. The awards program also celebrates how technology has been an enabler to build resilient enterprises as they survive and thrive during the time of the pandemic.

IDCIIA 2020 Winners include tech leaders from across verticals in three categories – Excellence in Operations; Excellence in Omni-Experience; and Excellence in Data Intelligence. IDC also announced a Special Award for Business Continuity and Resiliency for a project that mirrors this year’s theme of ‘Resiliency and Innovation: Surviving and Thriving’.

“2020 has seen technology come to the fore – firstly in technology-powered business resiliency, and now about how to operate in the next normal – technology-powered innovation. As COVID-19 impacted, every business had to act fast to continue operations, whether it be enabling work from home, digitally enabled customer engagement or physical and digital automation. The many nominations we received for the awards this year demonstrate how technology has been embedded in all business processes, and digital transformation has become front and center of the business strategy,” says Managing Director, IDC Insights Asia/Pacific Dr. Chris Holmes while announcing the winners for this year.

Based on judges score, the top I.C.O.N.I.C winners – nominations that exemplified transformational business values and reverberated the changing role of a CIO – from a tech enabler to be a digital innovator, are:

Vertical

Category

Winner Details

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)

Excellence in Omni Experience

Biswabrata Chakravorty, CIO, IndusInd Bank

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)

Excellence in Omni Experience

Sourabh Chatterjee, Head Technology, Websales & Travel, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Manufacturing

Excellence in Data Intelligence

Rajesh Garg, CXO IT, Trident Limited

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)

Special Award for Resiliency (COVID – 19)

Umesh Parshetye, Chief Technology Officer, ASK Investment Managers Ltd.

Congratulating the winners for IDCIIA 2020 and emphasizing that innovation will drive the future for tech leadership in India, IDC India’s Managing Director Vasant Rao commented, “Technology can enable the agility, speed, experience, and scale that Enterprises need to win in the digital arena. Tech leaders who are able to seize the moment, adapt and innovate to transition products & services, processes, and systems to digital formats will be the ones to win in FY21 and beyond.”

The nominations are evaluated through revenue, cost, or productivity impact. The evaluation of nominations and selection of finalists is independently undertaken by a multidisciplinary team comprising global IDC executive leadership, senior industry research leaders, and domain experts. Other winners for IDCIIA 2020 include:

Vertical

Category

Winner Details

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)

Excellence in Omni Experience

Dr. Mukesh Mehta, CTO, Batlivala and Karani Securities India Ltd

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)

Excellence in Operations

Seema Gaur, CIO, IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance Company Limited

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)

Excellence in Operations

S R Muppaneni, Group CIO, Telangana State Cooperative Banks

Banking and Financial Services (BFSI)

Excellence in Operations

Vikram Arora, Vice President and Head – Digital Experience & Innovation, IT, Bajaj Allianz Life

Education

Excellence in Operations

Parveen Kumar Sharma, CTO & Consultant – IT, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Electric, Gas & Water Utility

Excellence in Operations

Sourajit Ghosh, General Manager, NTPC Ltd

Health

Excellence in Data Intelligence

Anvize Rodrigues, Director IT, PerkinElmer

Health

Excellence in Omni Experience

Bhoopendra Solanki, Head of IT, Sakra World Hospital

Health

Excellence in Operations

Vivek Digumarti, IT Head, Sai Life Sciences Ltd

Health

Excellence in Operations

Chandresh Dedhia, Head of IT & IS, Ascent Wellness Pharma Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Manufacturing

Excellence in Data Intelligence

Ashish Desai, CIO – Chemical Business, Grasim Industries Limited

Manufacturing

Excellence in Operations

Jason Pappas, Director of Digital Business, Eaton

Manufacturing

Excellence in Operations

Rupesh Nain, CIO, JCB India

Manufacturing

Excellence in Operations

Vivek Khanna, Executive President & Chief Information Officer, Polycab India Limited

Manufacturing

Excellence in Operations

Praveen Singh Thakur, IT Director, Schneider Electric

Manufacturing

Excellence in Operations

Sunil Gubrani, Head IT, RAL

Manufacturing

Excellence in Operations

Shobhana Lele, VP IT, The Bombay Dyeing and Mfg Co Ltd

Media & Entertainment

Excellence in Data Intelligence

Sarbani Bhatia, Sr. Vice President, IT, Jagran Prakashan Ltd.

Media & Entertainment

Excellence in Omni Experience

Denis D’Souza, Vice President – IT, Reliance Broadcast Network Limited

Oil & Gas / Mining

Excellence in Omni Experience

N S Yadav, Additional Director, PCRA

Oil & Gas / Mining

Excellence in Omni Experience

Subhankar Biswas, Chief General Manager-Information Systems, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

Professional Services

Excellence in Data Intelligence

Anand Sinha, CIO & Director IT, OCS Group India

Professional Services

Excellence in Operations

Ramkumar Mohan, CIO, Air Works India Engineering Pvt Ltd

Retail

Excellence in Operations

Ravi Razdan, Head – IT & HR, Jyothy Labs Limited

Travel / Transportation / Logistics

Excellence in Operations

Manjunath Prasad, Head IT Infrastructure, T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons Pvt Ltd

Other

Excellence in Operations

Chirag Boonlia, Group CTO, Embassy Group