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NASSCOM announces winners of the Annual Global Leadership Awards

15 th Feb 2012


NASSCOM announces the 8thAnnual Global Leadership Awards


Recognizes leaders for their endeavor in building business excellence and technology leadershipMumbai, February 14, 2012: The National Association of Software & Services (NASSCOM) today announced the winners of its 8thAnnual Global Leadership Awards. The winners were honored at a propitious evening awards ceremony chaired by Hon'ble Mr. P Chidambaram, Minister for Home Affairs, Government of India,  on the sidelines of the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2012. The winners were recognized for their role in building business excellence and technology leadership within their organizations. 

The awards were presented under four categories, the  Global Business Leader, the 
Business Transformation Leader, Global CTO, and the  Innovative Leader Award. These 
awards are an endeavor to recognize the work and achievements of thought leaders who 
have continuously led their organizations towards achieving excellence in IT usage, 
technology innovation, thought and business leadership. 

Speaking on the occasion,  Mr. Som Mittal,President NASSCOM, said, “I would like to 
congratulate all the winners of Annual Global Leadership Awards for their continuous 
contribution towards driving excellence and innovation in business. Leaders play a crucial 
role in shaping up the future of not only their organization but also guiding the industry into the next phase of development. In today’s time of uncertain global business environment, a leader’s job stands all the more crucial in steering the organization and the eco-system to a brighter tomorrow. And this is where I believe, hyperspecialization and leadership complement each other.”


The Award winners :-

 NASSCOM Global Business Leader:
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla 
Group

 NASSCOM Business Transformation 
Leader: 
Paul Coby, IT Director, John Lewis

 NASSCOM Global CTO:
Padmasree Warrior, Senior VP, Engineering, 
Chief Technology Officer, Cisco

 NASSCOM Innovative Leader Award:
Darcy Antonellis - President, Technical 
Operations, Warner Bros.


The Global Business Leader Award was given to Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group,  for taking his USD two billion company to $35 billion empire across 33 countries spanning over a period of 17 years. 

Business Transformation Leader was awarded to Mr. Paul Coby, IT Director, John Lewis, whilethe Award for the Global CTO was conferred upon  Ms. Padmasree Warrior, Senior VP  -Engineering, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco.

 The Innovative Leader Award was awarded to Ms. Darcy Antonellis - President, Technical Operations, Warner Bros.

Tata group in partnership with Indian Institute of Management Calcutta announces the launch of Tata Social Enterprise Challenge

Press Release : TATA Group : Mumbai:28 Dec 2012 :12:54 pm PST

The Tata group, in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), has launched Tata Social Enterprise Challenge, a quest to find India’s most promising social enterprises. The aim of the initiative is to create an ecosystem for social entrepreneurship and encourage sustainable, scalable and measurable social impact.

Teams who either have an early stage venture (not older than three years) or a promising idea with a plan that can create sustainable social impact, can submit their business plans online at www.tatasechallenge.org. The applicants may or may not be Indian nationals; however, the social venture should be aimed at creating social impact in India. The ventures will be judged on three parameters – business model, social impact and sustainability. There is no restriction on the business model and it can be for-profit, not-for-profit or even hybrid, but it necessarily is required to demonstrate significant social impact through results or proof of concept. Impact Proposals (detailed business plans) are invited in the areas of education, health, agriculture, energy, technology, housing, handicrafts and microfinance, among others. The last day to submit the Impact Proposal online is January 20, 2013. The challenge also invites people to nominate social enterprises they know about through the initiative’s website.

Rewards

Mentorship
Three week mentorship support will be provided for all the teams shortlisted for the semi-finals, including three days at the IIMC campus.

Funding opportunity
All teams shortlisted for the semi-finals and finals will have an opportunity to pitch to India’s largest social venture capitalists for seed funding.

Incubation
The teams which make it to the grand finale will be given an opportunity to pitch for incubation at IIMC.

Cash awards
The top two winners of the competition will win cash awards of upto Rs2 lakh to be invested in their ventures.

The challenge will have three rounds.

1.Round 1 – Teams will need to submit Impact Proposals online in the format specified.

2.Semi-final round – A maximum of 20 teams selected from Round 1 will go through a 3-week mentorship programme that includes mentorship at the IIMC campus. These teams will pitch to a panel of esteemed judges consisting of social venture capitalists, social entrepreneurs, Tata leaders and faculty from IIMC.

3.The grand finale – From the semi-finalists, a maximum of ten teams will be selected for the grand finale. These teams will pitch to a panel of esteemed judges, consisting of business leaders from Tata group, CEOs / founders of social venture capital funds, social entrepreneurs and faculty from IIMC.

According to Atul Agrawal, vice president, corporate affairs, Tata Services, “The Tata group is known for pioneering ventures, and continuously endeavours to foster leadership and entrepreneurship through various initiatives. In line with the group’s ethos of commitment to society, the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge is a new initiative to recognise promising ventures in the field of social entrepreneurship and provide them with a platform that offers them an opportunity to grow.”

Prof Ashok Banerjee, dean, new initiatives and external relations, IIMC, says, “Responding to societal needs is one of the core institutional values of IIMC. IIMC has always encouraged its students to pursue their interest in entrepreneurship in the social sector and take up the role of flag bearers for innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. The institute expects this initiative to serve as an opportunity for young entrepreneurs to engage themselves in socially-relevant initiatives and also familiarise themselves with the work that various organisations are doing in the social sector in a sustainable manner.”

The challenge will culminate in February 2013 with a summit on social entrepreneurship at IIMC, where the winners will be felicitated. In addition to mentorship, investment opportunities, incubation opportunities and cash awards, during the course of the initiative, the finalists of Tata Social Enterprise Challenge will receive continued support from IIMC, through cells on campus, including the entrepreneurship cell (mentorship support) and INCA (pro-bono consulting).

Tata Social Enterprise Challenge is a unique initiative, undertaken jointly by an educational institution and a business group, to promote the spirit of social entrepreneurship in India. It is being supported by some of the biggest venture capitalists in the social entrepreneurship space like Ennovent, Yunus Business Fund (through Grameen Creative Lab), Acumen Fund and Ankur Capital amongst others.

For more details and updates on Tata Social Enterprise Challenge, log on to: www.tatasechallenge.org/