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CONTENTS
COVER NOTE ����������������������������������������7 PUBLISHER’S NOTE �������������������������9 ABOUT NEXT100 ������������������������������ 12 THE JURY �������������������������������������������� 17 THE AWARD WINNERS ��������������� 42 FEATURE ARTICLES LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION ��������������������������������������36 CRISIS LEADERSHIP �������������������������������������������������������82 ENCOURAGE DISPARATE OPINIONS ����������������������112
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“New technologies and ways of delivering services and solutions demand that the IT manager thinks beyond the normal and designs and delivers what is acceptable to business” PANKAJ GUPTA, ARKADIN
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Dear CIO, Arkadin congratulates the winners of the third edition of NEXT100. These new winners will shape the future of IT and, in turn, the business landscape in India over the coming years. For the third consecutive year, we are proud to be associated with NEXT100, an event that is helping uncover the next generation of CIOs. In the changing business and technology environment, effective and efficient use of IT is the most critical differentiator for any global business. New technologies and ways of delivering services and solutions demand that the IT manager thinks beyond the normal and designs and delivers what is acceptable to business. The role has transformed from a mere technology provider to that of a business enabler for the CIO of today and tomorrow. The emergence of cloud concepts as the effective and preferred methods of service delivery, remote collaboration, SaaS, bring your own device (BYOD), etc, are pushing CIO to work more and more with the business to ensure security, scalability and cost-efficiency. We believe IT managers of today need to up-skill themselves not only in technology but also engage in business decisions, to prepare for the challenges they will face as a CIO tomorrow. ITNext is enabling this change in the mindset of the managers. We applaud 9.9 Media for this innovative initiative, and all the CIOs for making India the major business destination of this region. With Best Wishes
Pankaj Gupta Managing Director & Country Manager Arkadin ConferIndia Pvt. Ltd.
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Dear Friends, We are delighted to bring you the 2012 edition of the NEXT 100 book that portrays India’s future CIOs. This publication is the culmination of the third annual program from IT NEXT magazine that aims to identify senior IT managers who have the skills, talent and spirit to become CIOs. The principal objective of the NEXT 100 program is help aspiring CIOs and senior IT managers become professionally successful. That’s one reason why the application process offers all aspirants a free diagnostic report on their personality traits and management styles. As in the past years, the NEXT 100 search process was initiated in June 2012, and reached thousands of IT professionals around the country. This year, more than 1,500 aspirants enrolled in the three stage application and selection process. The jury for the awards, comprising more than 50 CIOs from India’s top organizations, finalized the candidate short listing criteria, and interviewed the candidates. This edition of the NEXT 100 book features the people who made it to the final list, and celebrates their entry into the club of India’s future technology leaders. Our congratulations and best wishes to each one of them – we look forward to hearing about their continued success in the years to come. While a select few have made it to the NEXT 100 list this year, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire IT manager community for the unstinted support, encouragement and active participation in all NEXT 100 related activities. My heartfelt thanks also go to the jury who contributed actively to the success of this pioneering program, and for their sage guidance and intense involvement. Finally, I would like to thank all our sponsors who make the NEXT 100 program possible. Sincerely,
Vikas Gupta Director, 9.9 Media & Publisher, IT NEXT
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METHODOLOGY The process for identifying and selecting the NEXT100 award winners for 2012 got underway in June 2012 with a call for nominations. Through a series of mailers and print advertisements, IT managers were invited to apply for the awards. By the closing date, more than 1,570 aspirants had registered themselves for the exhaustive selection process. This year, the selection process for the NEXT100 award winners comprised three stages. In the first stage, applicants were asked to complete a self-nomination form that captured detailed personal and professional information. The second stage was the testing stage, where award aspirants took special leadership and managerial skills tests. The tests were administered by Central Test, which is headquartered in Paris, France. These comprehensive tests identify the work attributes, leadership and managerial styles of the applicants. Finally, in the third stage, shortlisted candidates were assessed by the CIO jury panel. Each candidate was independently interviewed by two top Indian CIOs. The scores obtained by each candidate in every stage of the selection process was input into a proprietary scoring model that assigns carefully calibrated weights to various factors. The weights for the paramerters were decided in consultation with the jury panel. The final list of award winners was created as an outcome of this scoring model. To ensure that the NEXT100 awards are completely fair and unbiased, no member of the editorial team was involved in the selection or elimination of the award winners, nor are editors and staff of the magazine a part of the jury panel. The NEXT100 awards program draws on the expertise and contributions of the CIO community. Fifty seven CIOs, from India’s leading companies, who collectively represent many hundreds of years experience in IT and management, were involved as advisors and interviewers this year. The jury panel deliberated and decided on the applicant scoring model, interview methodology, credential review process—and conducted interviews of shortlisted applicants.
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PERSONALITY TEST & MANAGERIAL TEST As part of the selection process, all applicants were administered two tests—a personality test and a managerial style test. Both tests have been designed by Paris-based Central Test, a leading developer of standardized tests. According to the test designers, these tests conform to the standards of scientific validation set out by the International Test Commission, and the American Psychological Association. The personality test, CTPI-Pro, provides an assessment of work related personality traits that play a crucial role in performance. The workplace competencies are conceptualized as “clusters of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are predictive of superior performance in a given job”. The competency scores in the CTPI-Pro are not a ‘direct assessment’ of competencies but an ‘assessment of proximity’ of the test taker’s profile with the profile of those who have demonstrated a high level of that particular competency. The assumption behind this method is that people with similar profiles will be more likely to exhibit similar abilities. The scores on each competency also give an indication of the extent
to which the person is trainable on each competency. 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 each competency. The second test, the Management Style Test, assesses a candidate’s aptitude for leadership and identifies their managerial style. Based on seven primary management dimensions (Innovation, Global Vision, Conceptual, Reflective, Affiliation, Intervention and People-Oriented), the test compares the candidate’s profile to typical management roles, including those of Chief Executive, Motivator, Project Manager, Entrepreneur, Expert, Strategist and Executive Manager.
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PERSONALITY PROFILE The graph given below captures the CTPI personality profile of the NEXT100 awardees. The test results are on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0, where 0 implies a low level and 10.0 implies a high level on the intended personality trait. While the awardees exhibited high scores on adaptability, assertiveness, achievement orientation, and emotional stability; they scored relatively less on individualism, diplomacy and sensitivity.
ABOUT THE TEST: Central Test Personality Inventory (CTPO) for Professionals
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WORK COMPETENCIES An analysis of the workplace competencies of the NEXT100 awardees indicates that they scored high on factors such as business acumen, entrepreneurial risk, technology orientation and managing others, while scoring relatively lower on visioning, problem solving and work ethics. The test results are on a scale of 0% to 100% with 0% implying a low level and 100% implying a high level on the intended competency. There were no competencies on which the NEXT100 group exhibited significant differences when compared to the other qualified applicants.
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JURY
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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS
Sudesh Agarwal
Sudhir Pal Arya
Harnath Babu
CIO Landmark Group
Senior VP Corporate - IT, Amtek Group of Companies
Vice President - IT Aviva Life Insurance Co. India
Favorite Food: North Indian vegetarian
Cool Gadget: iPhone
Favorite Food: Rajasthani
Dream Destination: Paris
Role Model: Jack Welch
Dream Destination: To see all parts of India
Dream Role: Entrepreneur
Recommended Reading: Winning by Jack Welch
Dream Role: Heading a company with difference
Movie on Leadership: 3 Idiots
Dream Project: To create a knowledge portal to guide young students
Dream Project: Build a simple system which will help every person in the country Leadership Thought: Once you choose hope, anything’s possible Cherished Career Moment: Getting a break before completing my studies
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Happy Hours: With my family Cannot do without: Self Confidence Personal Milestone: Being a good human being My Inspiration: Nature
Leadership Thought: A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
Cherished Career Moment: Getting an ERP project approved in 3 minutes Cool Gadget: Blackberry Recommended Reading: Execution, The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bosidy and Ram Charan Movie on leadership: Chak De India Happy Hours: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. My inspiration: My father
Favorite Food: South Indian
operations in three months flat
Dream Destination: Highlands of Scotland
Cool Gadget: iPad
Dream Role: Entrepreneur
Role Model: Mahatma Gandhi
Dream Project: Start up a chain of specialty restaurants
Recommended Reading: It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by D Michael Abrashoff
Leadership Thought: Leadership is not just about what you do, but what you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do Cherished Career Moment: Starting up greenfield
Movie on leadership: The Great Escape Happy Hours: With my family
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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS
Ajay Bakshi Vice President Process Automation & Improvements Hinduja Global Services
David Briskman
Tamal Chakravorty
Vice President & Chief Information Officer Ranbaxy Laboratories
CIO Ericsson India Pvt Ltd
Favorite Food: Hyderabadi Biryani
Role Model: Lord Krishna, M.K. Gandhi
Favorite Food: Chocolate
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Recommended Reading: Bhagavad Gita
Dream Destination: Mount Everest
Dream Role: To be an educationist at engineering and management institutes Leadership Thought: Pessimism does no good. Be an optimist and look for solutions. Cherished Career Moment: Receiving the CEO’s award at HGS Cool Gadget: Sony PSP
Movie on Leadership: Lagaan Happy Hours: Spending time with children and youth
Dream Role: Father Dream Project: Replacing every system from current monopolistic software companies Leadership Thought: Real leadership is 90% inspiration, 10% perspiration Cherished Career Moment: Being recognised as a
global CIO from India Cool Gadget: My leather man pocketknife Recommended Reading: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie Movie on Leadership: The Godfather Cannot do Without: My briefcase Splurge: Vacations with my family
Favorite Food: Fish and chips Dream Destination: Darjeeling Dream Role: Global Chief Information Officer
Being awarded the Top 100 Chief Information Officer in 2006 Cool Gadget: Samsung Tab 750 Recommended Reading: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Dream Project: Setup an organisation’s IT Movie on Leadership: from scratch Border Leadership Thought: Walk your path, set your Cannot do Without: own agenda, take people My kids and the sports along in your dream and channel you will create win-win Personal Milestone: for all Retire at the age of 55 Cherished Career Moment: December 2012 | NEXT100
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Manish Choksi
Rajesh Chopra
Samir Dhaga
Chief - Corporate Strategy & CIO Asian Paints Ltd
Senior VP - IT EIH Limited - Oberoi Hotels and Resorts
Vice President (IT) and CIO Videocon D2H
FavoriteFood: Mushroom and cheese enchiladas Dream Destination: Amalfi coast, Italy Dream Project: Using social networks to engage with consumers
&MichaelRaynor Happy Hours: Traveling on a holiday Cannot do Without: Smartphone connected to the network Personal Milestone: Continuous learning
Leadership Thought: Social on mobile will be as pervasive as the Internet Cool Gadget: Tablets Recommended Reading: The Innovators Solution by Clayton M Christensen
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Favorite Food: Chinese
Cool Gadget: Mobile phone
Favorite Food: English continental
Dream Destination: Langkawi, Malaysia
Role Model: Bill Gates
Dream Destination: Swiss Alps
Dream Role: Delivering IT that is used
Recommended Reading: Drive by Daniel H Pink
Dream Role: CEO
Dream Project: Any project that adds value to the business Leadership Thought: Delegate, Delegate, Delegate, but monitor Cherished Career Moment: Launching an ERP for more than 1,000 users in one go
Movie on Leadership: Chak De India Happy Hours: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cannot do Without: Homely food in the evening Personal Milestone: Open a NGO to teach the underprivileged children
Dream project: Setting up the first concept proving Cyber Lab in the Army Leadership Thought: Think Ahead, Plan Ahead, Strategise .....
Steve Jobs Recommended Reading: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Happy Hours: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Cannot do Without: Music and guitar Personal Milestone: The move from army to corporate life
Splurge on: Cool Gadgets: iPad, Apple TV and Galaxy Gadgets, remotecontrolled airplanes and Tab 2 choppers Role Model:
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TG Dhandapani
Ajay K Dhir
Nandkishor Dhomne
Group CIO TVS Motor Company
Chairman
CIO Manipal Health Systems Ltd
APAC CXO Forum
Favorite food: Bise belle bhaath
Role Model: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Favorite Food: Continental
Cool Gadget: My smartphone and iPad
Favorite Food: Seafood, fish
Dream destination: Kailash Manasarovar, Tibet
Recommended reading: Sri Ramakrishna Upanishad
Dream Destination: Eastern Europe
Role Model: My father
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Dream Role: CEO
Movie on Leadership: Gandhi
Dream Role: Mentor aspiring CxOs
Dream Project: A rural education program
Happy Hours: Evening walk at the beach
Recommended Reading: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Dream Role: CEO for a global healthcare IT consulting firm
Movie on Leadership: Patton
Dream Project: A completely digital hospital
Leadership Thought: Never compromise for mediocre performance Cool Gadget: Blackberry
Cannot do Without: My family Personal Milestone: Visit to Mount Kailash My Inspiration: My father
Dream Project: Incubation of great ideas into reality Leadership Thought: Those who win, dare to dream! Cherished Career Moment: When my mentees come and say a simple ‘Thank You’
Happy Hours: With my aquarium Cannot do Without: My family I splurge On: Single malt whiskey
Leadership Thought: Being 100% honest with yourself will allow you to authenticate what is real for you
Most Cherished Career Moment: First job offer Role Model: Ratan Tata Recommended Read: The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation by Jay Elliot & William Simon Movie on Leadership: Braveheart Personal Milestone: Providing emotional, financial and moral support to couple of families
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Umesh Chandra Dubey Executive Director - IT Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co.
Rajesh Garg Vice President & Head - ISS Nucleus Software Exports
Man Mohan Goyal Chief Information Officer Phillips Carbon Black Ltd
Favorite Food: South Indian vegetarian
Role Model: M K Gandhi
Favorite Food: Vegetarian
Cool Gadget: iPhone
Cool Gadget: Favorite Food: Appam with mutton curry Tablets
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Recommended Reading: The Bhagvad Gita
Dream Destination: Hawaii
Recommended Reading: Winning by Jack Welch
Dream Destination: Ireland
Dream Role: Teacher Dream Project: Universal education Leadership Thought: Change is a constant Cherished Career Moment: Joining my first job Cool Gadget: Smartphone
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Movie on Leadership: Do Ankhe Barah Hath Happy Hours: Early morning Cannot do Without: Food Personal Milestone: Peace and happiness My Inspiration: Family
Dream Role: Chief Information Officer Dream Project: Leading a successful ISO 27001 compliance and certification project Leadership Thought: Innovations should always continue Cherished Career Moment: Getting the Managing Director’s award
Cannot do Without: Technology Personal Milestone: Winning the CISO 100 award My Inspiration: Anything that is new and innovative
Dream Role: Director
Role Model: Father Bouche, Prefect in my St. Xavier’s Collegiate School
Recommended Reading: A Suitable Boy and An Equal Music by Vikram Leadership Thought: Look after your team, and Seth they will look after you Movie on Leadership: and everything else Patton Cherished Career Happy Hours: Moment: With my 8-piece drum set Stepping into the role Personal Milestone: of CIO Getting admission into IIT, Delhi Dream Project: Broadway-like opera
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Vishnu Gupta
Anoop Handa
General Manager Operations, Aditya Birla Health Services
Executive VP Technology, Fullerton India Credit Company
Favorite Food: Indian Dream Destination: Singapore, New Zealand Dream Role: CIO in a Fortune 500 company Dream Project: Core health solution implementation Leadership Thought: Becoming a leader is a position when someone has ability to create leaders Cherished Career Moment: Gettting a CIO position
within 15 years of service Cool Gadget: iPad, BlackBerry Role Model: Swami Vivekanand Recommended Reading: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande Movie on Leadership: Chak De India, Lagaan Happy Hours: Time spent with Family Splurge: My library
Favorite Food: Thai and Mexican Dream Destination: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dream Role: A mentor & coach
Kinshuk Hora
large insurance company Cool Gadget: iPhone, iPad Recommended Reading: Go Make a Difference (Go M.A.D.) by Andy Gilbert
Dream Project: One that delivers value to Movie on Leadership: customers, organization, Chak De India staff, community and self Cannot do Without: Family & friends Leadership Thought: The job of a leader today Personal Milestone: is to create more leaders Achieving true happiness than followers and contentment Cherished Career My Inspiration: Moment: Keep your eyes on the Establishing the global stars, feet on the ground off-shoring centre for a
Head of IT, India Subcontinent GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
Favorite Food: Continental Dream Destination: New Zealand Dream Role: Global CIO Leadership Thought: Leadership is not just about what you do but how you can inspire, encourage and empower others to do
Recommended reading: Who Moved My Cheese by Dr Spencer Johnson Movie on leadership: The Last of the Mohicans Happy Hours: Photography Splurge: Photography, movies, home theatre
Cherished Career Moment: Love to cherish each moment Role model: Tiger Woods December 2012 | NEXT100
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Venkat Iyer
Shailesh Joshi
Hilal Isar Khan
CIO Wockhardt Ltd
Vice President & Head - IT Godrej Industries Ltd
Head Corporate - IT Honda Motor India
Favorite Food: Italian and Mexican Vegetarian Dream Destination: Beaches of Goa
Cool Gadget: Samsung SII
Favorite Food: Vada Pav / Misal Pav
Movie on Leadership: The Great Escape
Favorite Food: Hyderbadi Biryani
Role Model: Ratan Tata
Role Model: Mahatma Gandhi
Dream Destination: Mauritius
Splurge: Love
Dream Destination: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Recommended Reading: 8 Things We Hate About IT by Susan Cramm
Dream Rrole: CIO Leadership Thought: Surprise your customer beyond their expectation Cherished Career Moment: Winning the Deming Award as part of the team in TVS Motor
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Dream Role: Setting my own IT firm Dream Project: Programming the Mars Rover Leadership Thought: Grow and let grow Cool Gadgets: Ferrari and Porsche cars Recommended Read: Mothers Day by Vandana Joshi
Dream Role: Heading R&D for an auto company Dream Project: Any project on “In-car telematics” Leadership Thought: Problem is common to all, but attitude makes the difference Cool Gadget: iPad
Movie on Leadership: Chak De India Happy Hours: Time with family Cannot do Without: BlackBerry Spurge On: Watches and pens My Inspiration: Nandan Nilekani
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Sanjeev Kumar Group CIO and Group President - Business Excellence, Adhunik Group of Industries
Favorite Food: Rice & Dal Dream Destination: I love the journey, destinations come by Dream Role: Anything that involves a lot of creativity and intuition Dream Project: One that brings in a breakthrough innovation Leadership Thought: Keep removing weeds to keep the mind and body agile Cool Gadget: Nokia Lumia 800
Recommended Reading: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith Movie on Leadership: Apollo 13 Happy Hours: When I get fully engrossed in old classical music Cannot do Without: Home made food Personal Milestone: Keeping myself and my family happy My Inspiration: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Rahul Mahajan
Dinesh Kumar
Associate Vice President & Head - IT K. Raheja Corporate Services
President & Chief Information Officer Bajaj Energy
Favorite Food: Indian vegetarian
Cannot do Without: Latest news updates
Favorite Food: Home-made
Cool Gadget: BlackBerry, iPad
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Personal Milestone: Creating Chief Information Officers with a mission
Dream Destination: Any destination with either snow, sea or sand
Role Model: Ratan Tata
Dream Role: CEO Cherished Career Moment: Implementing SAP at NTPC Cool Gadget: iPad Movie on Leadership: Lagaan
Dream Role: Global CEO or Chief Information Officer of a MNC Leadership Thought: The crux of leadership is that you have to have vision Cherished Career Moment: Winning the Best Corporate IT team award at the TPL 2012
Recommended Reading: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t by Ram Charan Movie on Leadership: Ek Ruka Hua Faisala Cannot do Without: My family and my Blackberry Personal Milestone: My first job
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Suhas Mhaskar
Annie Matthew
Head IT - Innovation & Business Transformation Mahindra Group
Chief Information Officer Mother Dairy
Favorite Food: Continental
Role Model: Dr Amrita Patel
Favorite Food: Home made food
Dream Destination: Paris, France
Recommended Reading: How to Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Dream Destination: The top of a mountain
Dream Role: Chief Information Officer Dream Project: Project Dudhsagar Leadership Thought: Everyone can make a difference, interest areas differ Cherished Career moment: A stint in New Zealand Cool Gadget: iPad
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Movie on Leadership: Independence Day Happy Hours: With my son Cannot do Without: Reading and movies Personal Milestone: Becoming a mother
Recommended Reading: The Bhagwat Gita Movie on Leadership: 12 Angry Men, The Bridge on River Kwai
Dream Role: Managing Director or CEO of a reputed organisation Happy Hours: Driving my car on a Leadership Thought: vacation Create leaders through trust and empowerment Cannot do Without: My family Cool Gadget: iPad, Blackberry My Inspiration: My wife Role Model: Lord Krishna
SC Mittal
Group CTO IFFCO
Favourite Food: Indian, Thai, Italian
After Hours: Movies, Cooking
Dream Destination: Orlando, United States
Splurge: Traveling
Cool Gadgets: Apple iPad, BlackBerry, DVR
Cannot do Without: Friends, My Apple iPad
Recommended Read: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi Movie on Leadership: Gandhi
Personal Milestone: Visit to Europe on a long holiday My Inspiration: Dr US Awasthi, MD (IFFCO)
My Inspiration: Mother Teresa
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Rajesh Munjal
R Muralidharan
CR Narayanan
Head - IT & AVP Operations Carzonrent India
CIO
CIO Tulip Telecom Ltd
Syntel
Favorite Food: Chicken
Role Model: Steve Jobs
Favorite Food: Dal and rice
Dream Destination: Zurich
Recommended Reading: Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck-Why Some Thrive Despite Them All - By Jim Collins & Morten T Hansen
Dream Destination: My home
Dream Role: To be in leadership position in one of the largest retail enterprises
Dream Project: Migrating to different and Movie on leadership: new business models Chak De India Cherished Career Personal milestone: Moment: Leading operations in a When I got into a business large retail and operations role Cool Gadget: Blackberry
Dream Role: Chief Executive Officer Leadership Thought: Leadership is all about executing tasks to perfection Cool Gadget: iPad Recommended Reading: The Habit of Winning by Prakash Iyer
Happy Hours: Spending quality time with my daughter Cannot do Without: Work
Favorite Food: Punjabi & Mughalai
responsibility to deploy a customer project.
Dream Destination: Manasarovar, Leh and Ladakh
Cool Gadget: Tablet and synthesiser
Dream Role: To head a people movement for bringing in discipline Dream Project: Develop a human robot Leadership Thought: It is not the hours you put in, but what you put in to those hours Cherished Career Moment: When I was given the
Role Model: NR Narayana Murthy Recommended Reading: Jumping the S-Curve by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene Movie on Leadership: Guru (Nayakan) Happy Hours: When at the golf course Cannot do Without: Friends
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Jijy Oommen
Yagnesh Parikh
Jayantha Prabhu
Executive VP - IT Bajaj Capital
Senior VP ICICI Securities Ltd
Chief Technology Officer Essar Group
Favorite Food: Spicy Indian food
Movie on leadership: Lagaan, Border
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Happy Hours: When I am alone
Dream Role: Socially responsible person
Cannot do Without: Internet
Leadership Thought: Be yourself and do what makes you happy Cool Gadget: BlackBerry Recommended Reading: Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
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Personal Milestone: Do something worthwhile for social cause I splurge on: Shopping My Inspiration: My father
Favorite Food: Vegetarian Chinese and ice cream Dream Destination: An African safari Dream Project: Build a high-end OLTP application Cool Gadget: Smartphone Role Model: NR Narayana Murthy
Movie on Leadership: Chak De India
Favorite Food: South Indian
Cool Gadget: iPad, iPhone
Happy Hours: Reading
Dream Destination: Orlando, USA
Role Model: Nandan Nilekani
My Inspiration: Innovation
Dream Role: CEO
Recommended Reading: Corporate Chanakya on Management by Radhakrishnan Pillai
Dream Project: An IT-driven enterprise business function powered by an alternate energy source
Movie on Leadership: Chak De India
Leadership Thought: Never say no, give a try instead
Cannot do Without: BlackBerry and other gadgets
Cherished Career Moment: When tagged as CTO of Essar Group
My Inspiration: Chanakya and his management tactics
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Daya Prakash
CVG Prasad
Vilas Pujari
Head-IT LG Electronics
CIO ING Vysya Bank
CIO ACG Worldwide
Favorite Food: Kebabs, Italian and Mexican Dream Destination: California, USA Dream Role: CEO
Moment: My work as a mentor on IIM-A’s MentorEdge program Recommended Reading: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
Dream Project: Create better Movie on Leadership: employability by bridging Chak De India the gap between industry Happy Hours: and academia A time spent with family Leadership Thought: and friends A dream is not what you Personal Milestone: see when you sleep. It is the thing that does not let To make an effort to give back to society you sleep Cherished Career
Favorite Food: Stuffed brinjal
Cool Gadget: iPad
Favorite Food: Rajasthani
Cool Gadget: BlackBerry
Dream Destination: Any place that is scenic
Recommended Reading: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Role Model: Ratan Tata
Dream Role: CEO
Recommended Reading: In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman
Dream Project: Launching two banking products into the commercial world sitting in a captive unit Leadership Thought: Delegate and empower your people, they will do wonders Cherished Career Moment: Heading a commercial unit sitting inside a captive unit
Movie on Leadership: Chak De India Happy Hours: At the dinner table with my family Cannot do Without: Coffee Personal Milestone: My overseas assignment in France that taught me to work in a multicultural environment
Dream Project: Rural upliftment Leadership Thought: Bring change in an invisible manner Cherished Career Moment: When I became Chief Information Officer at Tata International
Movie on Leadership: Lagaan Happy Hours: Evenings Cannot do Without: My BlackBerry My Inspiration: Lord Krishna
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S Francis Rajan
CS Ramesh
Girish Rao
Vice President - ICT Bangalore International Airport
CIO and Head KM Titan Industries
Head - IT Marico
Favorite Food: Chettinad Dream Destination: Any hill station
achieving success Cool Gadget: Wearable devices
Role Model: Bill Gates Dream Role: Member of Risk and Audit Recommended board Reading: The Intelligent Company Dream Project: by Bernard Marr Greenfield projects in aviation sector Cannot do Without: God Leadership Thought: Lead from the front with Personal Milestone: value sets that bring Shaping the smart airport cheer My Inspiration: Cherished Career Ratan Tata Moment: Seeing a smile in the faces of the team on
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Favorite Food: South Indian
Cool Gadget: Sunglasses
Favorite Food: Khichdi
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Role Model: Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director, Titan
Dream destination: The United Kingdom
Dream Role: Enterprenuer Dream Project: Head a large conglomerate project Leadership Thought: Create the next level and share ideas Cherished Career Moment: First implementation of ERP in Titan
Cannot do Without: Mobile Personal Milestone: Ability to take IT to the next stage My Inspiration: My wife
Dream Role: Business Leader Dream Project: SAP implementation in 2001 Leadership Thought: Think big, act small
Chopra Movie on Leadership: Chak De India Happy Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Cannot do Without: My family, friends and colleagues Personal Milestone: Become a business leader
Cool Gadget: Tablet Recommended Reading: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak
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Subhasish Saha
Dhiren Savla
Bikram Seth
Group CTO Apeejay Surrendra Group
CIO VFS Global Group
Head Information Systems VLCC Health Care Ltd
Favorite Food: Ilish macher jhol Dream Destination: Switzerland Dream Role: CEO Dream Project: Creating a technology community for poor students Leadership Thought: Do something every day to add value to others Cherished Career Moment: The journey at Levers Cool Gadget:
Samsung Galaxy Note Role Model: S Ramadorai Recommended Reading: Winning by Jack Welch Movie on Leadership: The Great Escape Happy Hours: Weekend with family Cannot do Without: Reading something before going to sleep Personal Milestone: PMP certification
Favorite Food: Italian and Lebanese
relentlessly working for 9 months
Favorite Food: Indian
Movie on Leadership: The Kings Speech
Dream Destinations: Africa, Spain, Sweden & Kerala
Cool Gadget: iPhone, iPad
Dream Destination: Paris, France
Role Models: Dream Role: My mother, Steve Jobs Head of human resources and Amitabh Bachhan
Dream Role: Global Chief Information Officer with a large MNC
Happy Hours: Time with my wife and children
Dream Project: Business transformation beyond technology
Movie on Leadership: Lagaan
Leadership Thought: Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people
Leadership Thought: There is nothing like winning the silver medal Cherished Career Moment: Successful launch of large and successful business model after
Cannot do Without: My phone Personal Milestone: Becoming business leader, Chief Information Officer & executive team member at 32
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Vijay Sethi
Shiva Shankar
Rajat Sharma
Vice President and CIO Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Group CIO AM International Holdings India
President - IT Atul Limited
Favorite Food: Rajma rice
Role Model: B M Munjal
Favorite Food: Thai
Movie on Leadership: Laagan
Favorite Food: North Indian
Role Model: My father
Dream Destination: Chandigarh
Recommended Reading: Great by Choice by Jim Collins
Dream destination: Seychelles
Happy Hours: When with my kids
Dream Destination: Norwegian coast
Leadership Thought: Be a role model; lead by example by being with them
Cannot do Without: Friends and family
Dream Project: An open source-based end-to-end business solution
Recommended Reading: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
Dream Role: My current role Dream Project: Transition of Hero Honda to Hero MotoCorp Cherished Career Moment: Being awarded Chief Information Officer of the year Cool Gadget: Nikon DSLR camera, iPad
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Movie on Leadership: Apollo Thirteen Happy Hours: With family and friends Cannot do Without: Blessings of parents and elders My Inspiration: Dada J P Vaswani
Cherished Career Moment: My first pay cheque Role Model: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Recommended Reading: India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Personal Milestone: Beat the world while you are young My Inspiration: Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa
Leadership Thought: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it Cherished Career Moment: My first pay cheque
Movie on Leadership: Remember the Titans Happy Hours: With the family Cannot do Without: My wife My Inspiration: Nick Vujicic and Oscar Pistorius
Cool Gadget: Nintendo Wii
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Manoj Shrivastava
Jagat Pal Singh
Balwant Singh
Director - IT MTS India
CTO Cybage Software
Head - IT C & S Electric
Samsung Galaxy phone
Favorite Food: Non-Vegetarian
Role Model: Steve Jobs
Favorite Food: Italian
Happy Hours: 10 pm to midnight
Favorite food: Punjabi
Dream Destination: Las Vegas, USA
Recommended Reading: Patanjali Yog Sutras
Dream Destination: Alaska, USA
Cannot do Without: Credit card
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Dream role: CEO Dream Project: Merger and acquisition Leadership Thought: The best decisions are without emotions
Movie on Leadership: Lagaan
My Inspiration: Dream Role: Mentoring start-ups while Ratan Tata working at a PE firm
Happy Hours: With a murder mystery novel
Dream Project: Decoding human behaviour
Cannot do Without: Books
Leadership Thought: Past is equal to data
Cherished Career My Inspiration: Moment: Recieving praise from the My guru CMD Cool Gadget: iPad 2
Cool Gadget: Blackberry and iPad Movie on Leadership: Shackleton (a TV serial)
Dream Role: Heading a business Dream Project: To start a NGO Leadership Thought: Nothing is impossible
Role Model: Vikram Ranade, my ex-boss Recommended Reading: You Can Win by Shiv Khera Movie on Leadership: Chak De India
Cherished Career Moment: When I was given charge of an entire IT department Cool Gadget:
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LEADERSHIP & INNOVATIONNOT A FAD BUT FUNDAMENTAL GROWTH INGREDIENTS The Aspiration to innovate versus their ability to execute will determine the culture of innovation within the company —Pankaj Gupta
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INNOVATION HAS ALWAYS been in and out of fashion—popular in good times and put on the backburner during downturns. But as globalisation eliminates geographic boundaries and market barriers that once kept businesses from achieving their potential, an organisation’s ability to innovate and tap fresh value-creating ideas from various stakeholders beyond its own boundaries—is anything but a fad. In fact, innovation is becoming a core driver of growth, performance and valuation. Innovation will be at least one of the top three drivers of growth for companies in the next three to five years. A number of executives see innovation as the critical path for companies to drive change in today’s global business environment. Strategic thinkers are moving beyond single-minded focus on traditional products and service categories to drive innovation in business processes, value and supply chains, business models and management functions. Most executives today are generally disappointed in their ability to drive innovation: A majority of the executives are only “somewhat,” “a little,” or “not at all” confident about the decisions that they take to drive innovation.
Gap between Aspiration and Execution To start building an organisation
where innovation plays a central role is more frustrating than most executives ever imagine it to be. Simply trying to mimic or copy the approaches taken by more innovative organisations has proven to be ineffective time and again. To create a model of innovation which can scale and actually drive financial benefits for an organisation is even more difficult. There is no single well-defined method or process to seed and cultivate innovation. The structures and processes that many leaders reflexively use to encourage it are important, but not always sufficient. On the contrary, people and culture in an organisation are the most important drivers of innovation. A disciplined focus on three people management fundamentals can produce the building blocks for an organisation where innovation actually happens. A first step is to formally integrate innovation into the strategic management
agenda of leaders beyond any other process that an organisation has. This way, innovation can be not only encouraged but also managed, tracked, and measured as core to an organisation’s growth. Second, executives can make better use of existing organisational talent for innovation, without bringing major changes, by creating an environment that allows vibrant innovation networks or groups of people to emerge and flourish. Finally, take clear and well-defined steps to facilitate an innovation culture based on trust among employees. In such a culture, people understand that their ideas are valued, trust that it is safe to express ideas freely, and oversee risk collectively, together with their managers. Such an environment can be more effective than monetary incentives in sustaining innovation. In a live business environment with limited time and resources along with short-term performance
A DISCIPLINED FOCUS ON THREE PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS CAN PRODUCE THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR AN ORGANISATION WHERE INNOVATION ACTUALLY HAPPENS
pressures that today’s business executive constantly faces, pursuing innovation with anything other than existing talent and resources often isn’t feasible. The three fundamental points above are basic starting points which can help create an environment which is conducive to innovation and enables executives to think free and contribute towards building an organisation that is driven by innovation and that drives innovation.
Leading Innovation from The Front While most executives claim innovation as an important driver of growth, very few actually lead and manage it. Most manage innovation on an ad hoc basis, when necessary. A few manage innovation as part of the senior leadership team’s agenda. So, if something which is a top priority is not a part of the company’s core processes and of the leadership’s strategic agenda, then chances of success are almost nil. As with any top-down initiative, the way leadership in an organisation behaves, always sends a strong signal to employees. Innovation is almost always associated with change and requires a lot of attention and resources and takes away efforts from achieving short-term performance goals. More than initiatives for any other purpose, innovation thus requires leaders December 2012 | NEXT100
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to encourage employees in order to win them over. In a really innovative organisation, the key drivers that promote innovation are strong leaders who encourage and protect it and top executives who spend their time actively managing and driving it. The top reasons for failure of building an innovative culture, on the other hand, is talking a lot about innovation and doing nothing, and executives who fail to encourage employees to take risks and express new ideas freely.
Build People Networks Where Communication Facilitates Innovation Every organisation has people who are passionate about innovation and others who feel uncomfortable about anything to do with change. Differences in individual creativity and intelligence are less important for innovation than networking and communication. For example, networked employees can push their innovations and ideas and make them catch on more quickly. Since new ideas seem to spur more new ideas, networks tend to generate a cycle of innovation! Effective networks and groups allow people with different kinds of knowledge and ways of tackling problems to share and develop newer and better ideas by exchanging more and more. By focussing
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on getting the most from such people networks, leaders can capture more value from existing resources, without launching large-scale change management programmes. Creating and managing effective innovation networks is both an art and a science. A network is always unpredictable and, in the end, impossible to control. Focussing on the replacement of one or two ineffective members has less impact than establishing the environment for vibrant networks and taking advantage of the connections through which they flourish. Making networks more decentralised is another way to improve collaboration and performance.
An Environment of Trust Defining and creating the right kind of culture, however elusive, greatly increases the prospects for successful and sustained in-
novation in an organisation. You can broadly define the kind of attitude, values and environment that will promote innovation in any organisation. 1. Openness to new ideas and a willingness to experiment and take risks: In an innovative culture, employees know that their ideas are valued and believe that it is safe to express and act on those ideas and to learn from failure. Such an environment is built when managers involve employees more and more in decision-making process. 2. Trust and engagement: These are mindsets that are the biggest facilitators towards innovation On the other hand a bureaucratic, hierarchical, and fearful environment severely inhibits any kind of innovation in an organisation. In such an environment, employees are driven by short-term goals and take a conservative approach to
“THE LEADERSHIP HAS TO CONSTANTLY DRIVE, MANAGE AND MONITOR THE PROCESS AND PEOPLE TASKED TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN AN ORGANISATION TO BUILD A CULTURE OF INNOVATION”
everything, killing new ideas and any risk appetite they may have.
Conclusion An organisation needs to adopt a culture of innovation at the top leadership and not just the CEO. The leadership has to constantly drive, manage and monitor the process and people tasked to drive innovation in the organisation to build a culture of innovation. Innovation is a big idea with huge and long-term potential for any organisation. But it is important to approach it in small steps, implementing a few of the ideas slowly and building from there. n
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JURY NEXT100 AWARDS
Shantanu Singh Senior VP Engineering, Product and Services ValueFirst Digital Media
Dheeraj Sinha
Karan Singh
Head - Corporate Management Services (Global IT and Supply Chain) Apollo Tyres Ltd
Vice President BSES Reliance ADA Group
Favorite Food: Indian, Mexican and Thai
by our CEO as the top performer
Favorite Food: Indian cuisine
Movie on Leadership: Ground Zero
Dream Destination: Bardabados
Cool Gadget: Tissot T Touch watch
Dream Destination: North Pole
Cannot do Without: Truth
Dream Role: Society builder
Personal Milestone: Service to humanity
Role Model: Dream Role: To be the CEO of company Vish Bajaj, CEO and MD, ValueFirst in which I have equity Dream Project: To create something like Twitter
Recommended Reading: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
Leadership Thought: Over optimisation leads Movie on Leadership: to inaction. The cost of 300 inaction is higher than wrong action. So, act now! My Inspiration: Abraham Lincoln Cherished Career Moment: When I was designated
Leadership Thought: Harmonise energies Cool Gadget: iPad Role Model: M K Gandhi Recommended Reading: The Power to Predict by Vivek Ranadive
Favorite Food: Chinese , Mexican and Lebanese Dream Destination: Auckland, New Zealand Dream Role: Parenting my kids the right way Dream Project: Any cross-geography and cross-cultural project having high impact
Cool Gadget: iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab Recommended Reading: The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Movie on Leadership: Braveheart Cannot do Without: My iPad, BlackBerry and camera
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Vinod Sivarama Krishnan
Yashpal Soni
Senior VP and Chief Information Officer Wal-mart India
CIO Everest Industries Limited
Favorite Food: Andhra-style meals Dream Destination: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dream Role: P&L leader Dream Project: Transformation Leadership Thought: True leadership is delivering value at every level Cool Gadget: Samsung Galaxy Note
Chief Information & Technology Officer Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals
Recommended reading: The CIO Edge: Seven Leadership Skills You Need to Drive Results by Graham Waller, Karen Rubenstrunk, and George Hallenbeck
Favorite Food: Rajma rice
Role Model: Mukesh Ambani
Favorite Food: Indian, Mexican
My father and my fatherin-law
Dream Destination: Macau, China
Dream Destinations: Gangtok, Sikkim and Switzerland
Recommended Reading: Reverse Innovation by Vijay Govindrajan & Chris Trimble
Movie on Leadership: Oceans Eleven
Dream Project: Project Speed
Recommended Reading: Love ‘em or Lose ‘em: Getting Good People to Stay by Beverly L. Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
Happy Hours: After 10 p.m.
Leadership Thought: Hope for the best, and be ready to face the worst
Cannot do without: Reading a few pages of a good book every day My Inspiration: My spiritual guide
Role Model: JRD Tata
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Dream Role: Leading a business role
Cherished Career Moment: Going live of Project Speed on schedule Cool Gadget: Samsung S3
Movie on Leadership: Chak De India Happy Hours: Spending time with my kids Cannot do Without: Blackberry My Inspiration: Sai Baba
Dream Project: An IT-enabled project to deliver healthcare at the door step Leadership Thought: Be true to yourself and your inner conscience before aspiring to be a respected leader Cool Gadget: Blackberry, Samsung SIII, iPAD, Ultrabook
Movie on Leadership: Chak De India Happy Hours: TV, Internet, Music, Reading Personal Milestone: Writing a book with my wife on our experience with God
Role Model:
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J.B. Takidar
Muthukumar Vaidyanathan
Rajesh Verma
Head - IT KSB Pumps Ltd
CIO Moserbaer Projects
Head - IT Cafe Coffee Day
Favorite Food: Indian
Role Model: My Father
Favorite Food: Vegetarian
Role model: Steve Jobs
Favorite Food: Indian and Chinese
Role Model: Jack Welch
Dream Destination: Any hill-station
Recommended Reading: Out of box ideas:101 Ideas for Thinking Creatively by Rob Eastaway
Dream Destination: Switzerland
Recommended reading: Employees First, Customers Second by Vineet Nayar
Dream Destination: Mauritius
Recommended Reading: Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Dream Role: Project Management Dream Project: SAP Implementation
Movie On Leadership: Lagaan
Leadership Thought: Happy Hours: Lead from front, with all With family inclusive and participative Cannot Do Without: leadership People Cherished Career Personal Milestone: Moment: When selected as a Successful, on-time and project manager within budget go-live of SAP project Splurge:
Dream Role: Ideator and innovator Dream Project: Any IT service that is meaningful and can change the lives of the people of India Leadership Thought: An idea can change lives Cool gadget: Wearable visual equipment
Movie on Leadership: Chalk De India Happy Hours: Reading, talking to friend My Inspiration: Successful and happy people
Dream Role: IT representative in the board of different companies Dream Project: Social collaboration and enterprise mobility Leadership Thought: When was the last time you have done things for first time?
Movie on Leadership: The Great Escape Happy Hours: When I am with my family Cannot do Without: Friends and family My Inspiration: Whatever good things happen around
Cool Gadget: BlackBerry
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Sunitha A Pg. 44
Khalid Abdul Pg. 45
Shashikant Adsul
Shaffic Ahamed
Pg. 46
Pg. 48
Jitesh Balakrishnan
Rakesh Kumar Agrawal
Pg. 49
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Manish Bali
Priyanko Banerji
Pg. 50
Pg. 52
Debasish Banerjee
Harish Bawari
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Favourite Food: Biryani, Pizza Dream Holiday Location: Australia Dream Project: Create a complete paper free office by leveraging IT Success Mantra: Success is a result, not a goal Gadget I can’t live without: iPhone
Sunitha A Senior Project Manager-IS & IT WeP Peripherals Ltd
Birthday: 25 September
Role Model: My father
Highest Qualification: Bachelor in Sciences, Bangalore University
Recommended Read: Go Kiss the World by Subroto Bagchi
Work Experience: 12 years
Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Current Team Size: 30 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
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Favourite Pastime: Spending time with family, Cooking, Reading, Movies Things that get on my nerves: Irresponsible and narrow-minded people Personal Milestones: Be a CxO by 2014, entrepreneur by 2018
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Manuhaar Khalid Agrawalla Abdul
Systems Manager - Corporate Enterprise Application IT, The Oberoi Group Technology Architect Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd
Birthday: 6 July
Favourite Food: Biryani
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, University of Mumbai
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Work Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 5 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management
Success Mantra: Perseverance can make miracles happen Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop Role Model: Prophet Mohammed
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Shashikant Adsul Dy GM-IT Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Pvt Ltd
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Dream Holiday Location: New Zealand
Birthday: 2 October Highest Qualification: Masters in Engineering, IIT Kanpur Work Experience: 17 years
Success Mantra: Try not to become a man of success, become a man of value Role Model: Mahatma Gandhi Movie with Greatest Impact: Taare Zameen Par
Current Team Size: 63
Favourite Pastime: Badminton
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection and Technology Administration
The best advice I ever got: A question is never wrong but the answer can be wrong. Never hesitate to ask questions
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Rakesh Manuhaar Kumar Agrawalla Agrawal
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Chief Manager Information Systems Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd Birthday: 15 January
Favourite Food: Malai Kofta , Alu Paratha
Role Model: Parents
Highest Qualification: PG Diploma, Business Administration, Pondicherry University
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Recommended Read: You Can Win by Shiv Khera
Dream Project: Build my own company
Movie with Greatest Impact: Deewar
Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone
Favourite Pastime: Cricket, TV
Work Experience: 23 years Current Team Size: 30 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration, Projec t Management, IT Risk Management
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Birthday: 2 April
Shaffic Ahamed
Manager - Customer Systems Ingersoll Rand
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Highest Qualification: MBA, Systems, Madurai Kamaraj University
Favourite Food: Chicken Biryani
Work Experience: 11 years
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Current Team Size: 12
Dream Project: Deploying a new operating system
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management and Vendor Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Smartphone Movie with Greatest Impact: Lord of the Rings Favourite Pastime: Cricket
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Manuhaar JiteshAgrawalla Balakrishnan
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Head - IT Mahindra Intertrade Ltd
Birthday: 9 November
Favourite Food: Kerala cuisine
Recommended Read: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Highest Qualification: Diploma, Machine Tools Engineering, Fr Agnel Polytechnic, Navi Mumbai
Dream Holiday Location: Scotland
Movie with Greatest Impact: Kireedam
Dream Project: Be a part of Apple Inc’s innovation team
Favourite Pastime: Bicycling
Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 1 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Infrastructure Management
Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Playbook
Things that get on my nerves: Blind faith and superstition
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Favourite Food: Oriental seafood Dream Holiday Location: A long Mediterranean cruise Birthday: 5 September
Manish Bali
Head - Technology and Infrastructure Dainik Bhaskar Group
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Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Computer Science, Nagpur University Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 14 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, WebTechnology Management, Vendor Management and Network management
Success Mantra: Trusting the team by giving them space and support to perform to the best of their ability Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile, Laptop Role Model: Swami Vikekanand Recommended Read: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots, Lagaan Favourite Pastime: Cricket, TV, Movies The best advice I ever got: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
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Manuhaar Debasish Agrawalla Banerjee
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Deputy General Manager - IT Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd
Birthday: 3 March
Favourite Food: Prawn curry
Recommended Read: Sei Samay by Sunil Ganguly
Highest Qualification: B E, Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University
Dream Holiday Location: Bali,Indonesia
Movie with Greatest Impact: The Pursuit of Happiness
Work Experience: 20 years
Gadget I can’t live without: Samsung Galaxy Tab
Favourite Pastime: Music
Current Team Size: 20
Role Model: Steve Jobs
The best advice I ever got: Efforts may fail at times, don’t fail to make efforts
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration and Vendor management
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Favourite Food: Indian, Italian Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland, Spain Dream Project: Working on a Google project Gadget I can’t live without: Smart Phone, DSLR camera
Priyanko Banerji Senior Manager - BITS Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd
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Birthday: 19 May Highest Qualification: Bachelors, Information Technology, Indira Gandhi National Open University Work Experience: 19 years Current Team Size: 4 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection & Vendor Management
Role Model: NR Narayana Murthy, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Recommended Read: 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene Movie with Greatest Impact: Troy Favourite Pastime: Photography, reading Things that get on my nerves: Corruption, cheating and deception The best advice I ever got: Focus on your strengths to manage your weaknesses
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Harish Bawari AGM - IT Hero Motocorp Ltd
Birthday: 23 June Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineers (India), Mumbai Work Experience: 22 years Current Team Size: 4 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Technology Administration
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Favourite Food: North Indian
Things that get on my nerves: Hypocrisy
Dream Holiday Location: Himalayan hills
Personal Milestones: To be an IT advisor to an organisation
Role Model: Sam Pitroda Recommended Read: Bhagavad Gita
The best advice I ever got: Do your Duty. Do not worry about the consequences
Movie with Greatest Impact: Sholay
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“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young” — HENRY FORD
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Suhas Bhalerao Pg. 58
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Vijay Bhat
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Favourite Food: Dal fry, Vegetable pulav Dream Holiday Location: The Lau Archipelago, Fiji Dream Project: BSS & GIS solution for Sterlite Birthday: 25 July
Suhas Bhalerao Head - IT Sterlite Technologies Ltd
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Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, SSGM College of Engineering, Shegaon Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 11 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, BSS & OSS Solution designing and Vendor Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Blackberry Role Model: My mother Recommended Read: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Movie with Greatest Impact: The Thin Blue Line Favourite Pastime: Internet surfing, Travelling The best advice I ever got: Your karma decides your destination Things that get on my nerves: Indiscipline at work
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Krishan Bhardwaj Deputy General Manager - IT Citrus Hotels & Resorts
Birthday: 1 January Highest Qualification: MBA-IT, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 10
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: North Indian Dream Holiday Location: New Zealand Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone Role Model: My father Movie with Greatest Impact: The Godfather Things that get on my nerves: Casual approach towards work The best advice I ever got: Take charge of your life and career December 2012 | NEXT100
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Vijay Bhat
Chief Information Officer Met Trade (India) Ltd
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Birthday: 15 August Highest Qualification: MBA, IT & Systems, Regional Institute of Technology & Science, Mumbai Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 46 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Indian Dream Holiday Location: Goa Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry Role Model: Azim Premji Recommended Read: The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier Movie with Greatest Impact: Mother India
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Manuhaar Prashant Agrawalla Bhatia
Senior Manager - IT Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Ernst & Young
Birthday: 8 January
Favourite Food: Pav bhaji
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Electronics Engineering, Bhartiya Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, New Mumbai
Dream Holiday Location: Mahabaleshwar
Work Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 25 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Infrastructure Management and Vendor Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Electric shaver Movie with Greatest Impact: Sholay Favourite Pastime: Watching live sports Things that get on my nerves: Dirty politics at workplace
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Favourite Food: Bhel
Yatin Bhatia General Manager-IT Aptech Ltd
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Birthday: 6 October Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Computer Science, University of Mumbai Work Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 12 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management & Vendor Management
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Dream Project: An online learning platform for students Role Model: My father Recommended Read: Bhagavad Gita Movie with Greatest Impact: Oh My God Favourite Pastime: Travelling, Cycling Things that get on my nerves: Indiscipline
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Manuhaar Sanjay Agrawalla Bhatnagar Senior Director - IT Aon Hewitt
Birthday: 7 July
Favourite Food: Mutton seekh kababs, Cheese burgers
Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Management, Barkatullah University, Bhopal
Dream Holiday Location: Scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reefs
Work Experience: 28 years
Dream Project: That involves with new organization designs, process and people change management
Current Team Size: 800
Gadget I can’t live without: My Canon 7D
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, Web Technology Management and Vendor Management
Movie with Greatest Impact: Saving Private Ryan
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Things that get on my nerves: Lack of cleanliness
Best Book Read: A Bridge Too Far
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Birthday: 24 December
Divyendu Bhatt Senior Manager - Information Security Uninor
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Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science, Sam Higginbotom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Science
Favourite Food: Indian Dream Holiday Location: The Amazon Dream Project: Cyber warfare defense project
Work Experience: 11 years
Success Mantra: Improvise to survive, innovate to excel
Current Team Size: 7
Role Model: My father
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management and Network Management
Recommended Read: Made to Lead by Karan Colonel Kharb Movie with Greatest Impact: 300 Favourite Pastime: Rock climbing
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Manuhaar AmitAgrawalla Bhide
Systems Manager Senior Manager - Business Systems & - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Technologies HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd
Birthday: 18 August Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai Work Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 16
Technology Expertise: Data Center Operations & Management, Service Delivery,Technology Solution Selection, Architecting & Integration, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity & Network Management, Infrastructure Management and Vendor Management
Favourite Food: Vegetarian Dream Holiday Location: Berne, Switzerland Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry Role Model: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Recommended Read: Mrutunjay by Shivaji Sawant Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 idiots
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Favourite Food: Seafood Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Dream Project: To convert 90 per cent of all transactions to e-payments
Sumoth C
Chief Manager - IT, Cards Division Federal Bank
Gadget I can’t live without: Samsung Galaxy Birthday: 19 July
Role Model: Steve Jobs
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
Recommended Read: Straight From The Gut by Jack Welch
Work Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 2 Technology Expertise: Project Management and Technology selection
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Favourite Pastime: Reading Things that get on my nerves: Being late for meetings The best advice I ever got: Opportunities lie everywhere, even though at the first glance it may not seem so
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Manuhaar Subhamoy Agrawalla Chakraborti
Systems Manager - Corporate General Manager - ITIT, The Oberoi Group Magma Fincorp Ltd
Birthday: 1 July
Favourite Food: Mexican, Italian
Highest Qualification: Master of Technology in Computer Science, Indian Statistical Institute
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland, Shillong
Work Experience: 9 years Current Team Size: 10 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Technology Selection, Vendor Management, Mobility
Dream Project: Lead large projects similar to UIDAI Aadhar Role Model: My father Recommended Read: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach Movie with Greatest Impact: Forrest Gump
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“If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work” — KAHLIL GIBRAN
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MohanKumar Chandera Madian Pg. 72
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Shanteshwar Chaubey
Ramkrishna Desai
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Balram Choudhary
Amol Deshpande
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Mayur Dhandarphale
Arunkumar Doraisamy
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MohanKumar Chandera Madian Senior Manager - Systems VIT University
Birthday: 31 May
Favourite Food: Fish curry and rice
Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science, M S University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu
Dream Holiday Location: Kashmir
Work Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 9 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Infrastructure Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
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Role Model: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Movie with Greatest Impact: Lagaan Favourite Pastime: Cooking, Music Things that get on my nerves: Being ignored
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Manuhaar Sourabh Agrawalla Chatterjee
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Associate Vice President Technology ICICI Lombard GIC Birthday: 4 September
Favourite Food: Chicken biryani, Fish curry
Favourite Pastime: Spending time with family, reading fiction
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, Shri GS Institute of Technology and Science, Indore
Dream Holiday Location: Florida, USA
Things that get on my nerves: People who mis-represent things and situations, inspite of knowing otherwise
Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 195 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Vendor Management
Dream Project: Executing a $20 million program for a Fortune 500 company in USA Gadget I can’t live without: My smartphone Role Model: NR Narayana Murthy, K V Kamath Movie with Greatest Impact: Remember the Titans
Personal milestone: Becoming a parent The best advice I ever got: To listen to both my heart and mind at the same time,not one over the other Recommended Read: Screw it, Let’s Do it, by Richard Branson
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Favourite Food: South Indian Dream Holiday Location: Mussoorie
Shanteshwar Chaubey AGM - IT Hero Motocorp Ltd
Birthday: 15 July Highest Qualification: Masters in Commerce, Himachal Pradesh University Work Experience: 30 years Current Team Size: 5 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection and IT Risk Management
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Dream Project: Plant automation Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone Recommended Read: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki Movie with Greatest Impact: Pakeezah Favourite Pastime: Reading, Music Things that get on my nerves: Negligence and lenient attitude towards work
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Manuhaar Balram Agrawalla Choudhary
Manager - Corporate Senior Manager - ITSystems & Information IT, The Oberoi Group Security Reliance Life Insurance
Birthday: 2 October Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Science, LNMU Work Experience: 11 years Current Team Size: 20
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Dal, Rice, Fish Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone Recommended Read: Chanakya by Yagya Sharma Movie with Greatest Impact: Chak De India
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Favourite Food: Indian seafood
Ramkrishna Desai Manager - Corporate IT Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Dream Holiday Location: New Zealand Birthday: 25 January Highest Qualification: Associate, The Institute of Cost Accountants of India Work Experience: 8 years Current Team Size: 12 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Technology Selection and Technology Administration
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Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop Role Model: Steve Jobs Recommended Read: Wings of Fire by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Movie with Greatest Impact: In Pursuit of Happiness Favourite Pastimes: Football, Carrom, Cricket Things that get on my nerves: Laziness
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Manuhaar AmolAgrawalla Deshpande
Systems Manager - Corporate Head - IT Program Management, Strategy, IT, The Oberoi Group Knowledge Management Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (AFS)
Birthday: 4 March
Favourite Food: Italian, Mexican
Highest Qualification: Masters in Engineering, University of Utah, USA
Dream Holiday Location: Europe
Work Experience: 14 years
Success Mantra: Dream big, and don’t let the challenges prevent you
Current Team Size: 5 Technology Expertise: Program Management, Technology Selection, Business Process Transformation, Vendor Management and Innovation in Technology usage
Role Model: Steve Jobs Recommended Read: The Last Lecture by Randy Pauch Movie with Greatest Impact: Forrest Gump
Things that get on my nerves: Hypocrisy and inhumane actions Dream Project: Technology driven business strategy Favourite Pastime: Reading, Music, Keeping myself updated on technology The best advice I ever got: No matter what you become, there is always something above you
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Favourite Food: Italian Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Mayur Dhandarphale Senior Manager - IT Mahindra and Mahindra
Birthday: 23 March Highest Qualification: Masters in Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur Work Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 16 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management and Technology Selection
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Role Model: Stephen Covey Recommended Read: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Movie with Greatest Impact: Life is Beautiful Favourite Pastime: Reading, Cartooning, Cricket Things that get on my nerves: People not keeping their word The best advice I ever got: Listen with intent to understand, not with the intent to reply
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Manuhaar Surender Agrawalla Dinkar Manager - IT Xilinx
Birthday: 22 March
Favourite Food: Yellow dal and rice
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Computer Applications, Indira Gandhi National Open University
Dream Holiday Location: Moon
Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 11 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Dream Project: Creating a green, low cost, Tier 4 data center that uses natural cooling
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Recommended Read: Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh Movie with Greatest Impact: Prahar The best advice I ever got: Don’t do something just to please someone Just do the right thing
Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop
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Favourite Food: Thai
Arunkumar Doraisamy Director - Business IT CRISIL Ltd
Birthday: 4 July Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, BITS, Pilani Work Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 3 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management & Vendor Management
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Dream Holiday Location: Ireland Dream Project: e-Learning implementation for rural Indian schools Success Mantra: Stick to your values and play to your strengths Favourite Pastime: Internet surfing, Drumming Things that get on my nerves: Impatient drivers The best advice I ever got: Be content with whatever you have. There are millions who are less fortunate
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Manuhaar Shreyas DukleAgrawalla
Systems Senior Manager - Group CIO Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Office Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Birthday: 10 October
Favourite Food: Indian, Malvani
Highest Qualification: Masters in Information Management, Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
Dream Holiday Location: Wildlife and nature resorts
Work Experience: 19 years
Movie with Greatest Impact: Lagaan
Current Team Size: 0
Favourite Pastime: Photography
Technology Expertise: Project Management and Technology Selection
Things that get on my nerves: People hiding facts
Recommended Read: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The best advice I ever got: Don’t advise people, drive them December 2012 | NEXT100
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CRISIS LEADERSHIP CALLS FOR POSITIVE MINDSET AND STRONG TEAM WORK Success doesn’t come through mere planning. You also need to execute — David Lim
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SETBACKS CAN HAPPEN at anytime, and they have a habit of not giving you any warning. But what matters more is what you do about them that produces a good result. In 2009, we (my climbing partners Grant Rawlinson and Mohamed Rozani) had planned to visit a remote glacier in the Central Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. The ‘Heavenly Mountains’ as they are known, stretch over a zone including parts of Kazakhstan and far western China. It’s the most northerly mountain range with many peaks over 7000-metres. After some years of research, the benefit of a couple of aerial reconnaissance missions on our 2000 and 2005 climbing expeditions, we identified a number of handsome pointy peaks in the 4,000 to 5,000 metre range that were still ‘virgin’ peaks. While up to 500 people may climb Everest each year, it’s amazing how little attention the hundreds of yet-tobe-climbed mountains of the world get. And that suited us fine. The mindset of a climber attempting these remote peaks however, needs to be different. These days, climbing the Everest is about maximising success through the employment of sherpas, fixed ropes, large numbers of bottled oxygen, weather reports via satellite phones, and all other means to help the average climber succeed. After all, very little documentation of climbs have ever been made
of peaks that well, haven’t been climbed before. Our Kyrgyz Army helicopter dropped us off at the 3,950m point of the Mushketova Glacier, made its way down the glacier and disappeared from view. So there you are, the only humans in a 100 sq kms, and a four-day walk to the nearest road should anything happen. And if you’ve forgotten something, there isn’t a 7-11 store around the corner. After some exploratory walks, we focussed on climbing a straightforward snowy peak. The weather was fine, the sky blue, and we puffed our way up a pretty ridge to top out in the late morning. We called the 4,468m peak ‘Kongsberg Peak’ after one of our premier expedition supporters, and returned to our humble tents below on the glacier. A peak that had merely an ‘X’ marked on the map now had a name. A real teachable moment happened a couple of days later when we awoke to attempt an ascent of the peak adjacent to Kongsberg Peak. It snowed all night, and at 3.30 am when we began to prepare for the ascent, it hadn’t stopped. This was not lethal
weather, but just unpleasant and difficult. Rozani announced from the confines of his other tent that he wouldn’t be venturing out that day. And so I sat there, rocking back and forth blowing some warmth into my fingers. For a few moments, selfdoubt and pessimism set in. That is, until Grant looked to me and said, with a hint of sarcasm, “Dave, mountains aren’t climbed while sitting inside a tent”. I turned to him and said, “You’re right. Let’s just go and see what happens”. And so we did, picking our way in darkness across the glacier, with the glow of our head torches; checking in with each other every hour or so. This nonstop team communication carried on as dawn broke. Then at 7 am, something happened— the sun came out, and the clouds broke apart. Within a short space of time, we were bathed in the warmth of a fantastic sunrise. Soon we climbed, unroped up a rocky ridge, and made it to the summit in brilliant weather. We named the 4,447m peak Resilience Peak for obvious reasons, and returned to camp, elated that we had taken such a risk that morning. But
“YOU GET MORE SUCCESSFUL ON PURPOSE, NOT BY ACCIDENT AND SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY IS KEY”
more importantly, we had chosen to take our chances (versus being pessimistic), communicating as a team, and pulled off the second virgin peak ascent of the expedition. Later in discussions, we realised that mindsets on mountains mirror situations in life. How are you communicating in times of challenge? It’s about building trust by transparently communicating fears, opportunities, risks and progress. At a critical point in the morning, Grant had supported the idea of moving ahead, and assessing the situation as the elements of the climb revealed themselves. By just taking that chance to go, instead of bemoaning our bad luck with the weather, we positioned ourselves to reach the top when it mattered. On our return, we explored the mindsets of success with Rozani, and several days later, as a united team of three, tackled our hardest climb yet on that trip, and summited the 5,000m Majulah Peak, the highest virgin peak yet climbed by South East Asian mountaineers. I don’t think this was by chance. You get more successful on purpose, not by accident. But most importantly, when it comes to seizing opportunities in the face of uncertainty, you won’t find success by sitting inside your tent. n
About the Author David Lim, Founder of Everest Motivation Team, is a leadership and negotiation coach, best-selling author and two-time Mt Everest expedition leader. He can be reached at david@everestmotivation.com
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“Drive your business. Let not your business drive you” — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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Anuj Jain
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Abhishek Gupta
Senior Manager - IT Ericsson India Global Services Pvt Ltd
Birthday: 28 May Highest Qualification: MBA, IIM Ahmedabad Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 0 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
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Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Gadget I can’t live without: Nokia Lumia Recommended Read: The Case Of The Bonsai Manager by R Gopalakrishnan Favourite Pastime: Reading Things that get on my nerves: Sycophancy
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Manuhaar Akshay Agrawalla Hulikavi Senior Manager -IT Thermax Ltd
Birthday: 29 March Highest Qualification: MBA, University of Pune Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 10 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
Dream Project: Any project that gives sustained business benefits Dream Holiday Location: The Caribbean Recommended Read: P G Wodehouse, Agatha Christie, Jeffery Archer Gadget I can’t live without: Smartphone
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Movie with Greatest Impact: Mackenna’s Gold Favourite Pastime: Reading, Photography The best advice I ever got: You cannot do everything Personal Milestones: When I moved from a business function to IT
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Favourite Food: Maharashtrian Dream Holiday Location: Manali, Himachal Pradesh
Ashok Jade
Assistant General Manager - IT Videocon Industries
Birthday: 9 May Highest Qualification: PG Diploma, Information Technology, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Work Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 15 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, ERP & CRM and Infrastructure Management,
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Success Mantra: Preparation + Determination = Success Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry Role Model: Shivaji Recommended Read: Boardroom by Achyut Godbole and Atul Kahate Movie with Greatest Impact: Taare Zameen Par Favourite Pastimes: Driving, Reading
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Manuhaar AnujAgrawalla Jain
Manager - Corporate Group Leader ISS & Systems Chief information IT, The Oberoi Group Security Officer Ester Industries Ltd
Birthday: 13 August Highest Qualification: MBA, Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal University Work Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 4
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Indian and Italian
Movie with Greatest Impact: The Pursuit of Happiness
Dream Holiday Location: Kashmir; Bali, Indonesia
The best advice I ever got: Always strive for excellence
Dream Project: Be a part of the integrated system project team to make the life easy Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile Recommended Read: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
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Avnesh Jain
Deputy General Manager - IT Hero MotoCorp Ltd
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Birthday: 20 September Highest Qualification: BE in Computer Science and Engineering, MSRIT
Favourite Food: Indian home cooked food
Work Experience: 22 years
Dream Holiday Location: Goa
Current Team Size: 5
Movie with Greatest Impact: Baghban
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Technology Selection and Administration
Favourite Pastimes: Golf, music, movies and attend live music concerts
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Manuhaar Kamlesh Jain Agrawalla
Systems Deputy General Manager - ITManager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group K Raheja Corp
Birthday: 9 October Highest Qualification: Masters of Arts, Jain Vishwa Bharti University Associate, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Work Experience: 14 years
Current Team Size: 13
Favourite Food: Punjabi, Rajasthani, South Indian
Movie with Greatest Impact: 2012
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
Dream Holiday Location: Seychelles
Favourite Pastimes: Cricket, reading and cooking
Success Mantra: Try, try, try again until you succeed Gadget I can’t live without: Smartphone Recommended Read: Economics of Lord Mahavira by Acharya Mahaprajna
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Favourite Food: Rajma rice, Mexican fajitas Birthday: 13 September
Vishal Jain
Senior Manager - IT Solutions, Delivery and Compliance John Keells BPO
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Highest Qualification: Graduate Computer Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh University Work Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 28 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Dream Holiday Location: Hong Kong, Disneyland Dream Project: Open an Indian restaurant Gadget I can’t live without: iPad, BlackBerry Recommended Read: Autobiography of Saina Nehwal by T S Sudhir Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Favourite Pastimes: Spending time with family, TV Things that get on my nerves: When people don’t adhere to timelines and targets
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Manuhaar Ajay Agrawalla Kumar Jha
Systems Manager - Corporate Head - Device Technology & On IT, The Oberoi Group Device Applications Division-IT Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd
Birthday: 13 March
Favourite Food: Rajma rice
Highest Qualification: Masters Information Technology, Karnataka State Open University
Dream Holiday Location: Mountains
Work Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 25 Technology Expertise: Software Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, Telecom VAS and Business Continuity
Gadget I can’t live without: Nokia Lumia Role Model: My father Movie with Greatest Impact: Border Favourite Pastimes: TV, Sports, Sleeping
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Favourite Food: South Indian Dream Holiday Location: London
Anuj Joshi
Group Manager - IT Evalueserve.com Pvt Ltd
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Birthday: 17 August
Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry
Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Management, Alagappa University
Role Model: My father
Work Experience: 15 years
Recommended Read: Rule The World The Way I Did by SK Prasoon
Current Team Size: 13
Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Favourite Pastimes: Reading, TV Things that get on my nerves: An attitude of complacency and carelessness The best advice I ever got: Never underestimate yourself
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Manuhaar Rajesh Agrawalla Kalia
Systems Manager - Corporate Deputy Director - IT IT, The Oberoi Group Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (MTS India)
Birthday: 17 January
Favourite Food: Indian
Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Business Management, Symbiosis Center for Distance Education
Dream Holiday Location: Jasper, Canada
Work Experience: 18 years
Recommended Read: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude” — OPRAH WINFREY
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Milind Korgaonkar
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Ravi Kocher
Anita Kulkarni
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Balaji Kulkarni
Sagar Kunte
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Manoranjan Kumar
Uttam Lahiry
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Shridhar Kamble
Senior Manager - IT & Projects Mahindra Finance
Birthday: 2 January Highest Qualification: MBA, Swami Vivekananda College Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 24 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
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Favourite Food: Biryani Dream Holiday Location: Cape Town, South Africa Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone Recommended Read: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Movie with Greatest Impact: Robot The best advice I ever got: Don’t run after money. Money should run behind you
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Manuhaar Kamal Agrawalla Khanna
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group GM-IT Infrastructure Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd
Birthday: 9 April
Favourite Food: Indian
Things that get on my nerves: Illogical reasons for delays
Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Information Technology Management, AIMA
Dream Holiday Location: Las Vegas, USA
The best advice I ever got: It is better to try and fail than not try at all
Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 4 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Technology Administration
Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone, Laptop Movie with Greatest Impact: Lage Raho Munnabhai Favourite Pastime: Movies
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Aditya Khasnis
Manager - Technology Security Vodafone India Ltd
Birthday: 27 August Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Business Management, IndSearch, Pune Work Experience: 10 years Current Team Size: 3 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Technology Selection and Vendor Management
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Favourite Food: Indian Dream Holiday Location: San Francisco, USA Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop Recommended Read: What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell Movie with Greatest Impact: A Few Good Men Favourite Pastimes: Chess, Reading, Music
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Manuhaar Ravi Agrawalla Kocher
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Deputy General Manager - IT Rallis India Ltd
Birthday: 30 September Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Commerce, Delhi University Work Experience: 22 years Current Team Size: 10
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management, ERP Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Indian
Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Favourite Pastime: Holidaying with family
Dream Project: A project to fulfill the information needs of the Indian farmer
Things that get on my nerves: Bad drivers and foul language
Gadget I can’t live without: Samsung Omnia
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Favourite Food: Indian, Thai Dream Holiday Location: Paris, Rome
Milind Korgaonkar General Manager - IT Godrej Consumer Products Ltd
Birthday: 14 April Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai Work Experience: 21 years Current Team Size: 18 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
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Success Mantra: Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it Gadget I can’t live without: iPhone Role Model: My father Recommended Read: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Movie with Greatest Impact: Lagaan Favourite Pastime: Reading, Movies Things that get on my nerves: Traffic
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Manuhaar AnitaAgrawalla Kulkarni
Systems Deputy General Manager - IT Manager - Corporate Shapoorji Pallonji Co IT, LtdThe - SDOberoi Corp Group
Birthday: 3 July
Favourite Food: Vegetarian
Highest Qualification: Executive MBA,in Information Technology, ICFAI
Dream Holiday Location: Satkhol, Uttaranchal
Work Experience: 23 years
Dream Project: Provide every Indian citizen with access to on-line feedback as part of GCRM project
Current Team Size: 11 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Recommended Read: The Source - The Power of Happy Thoughts by Sirshree Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 idiots Favourite Pastimes: Reading, Meditation
Success Mantra: Give the best to receive the best
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Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese Dream Holiday Location: Kerala, Switzerland Success Mantra: Be audacious in your vision
Birthday: 20 April
Balaji Kulkarni Senior Manager - IT Crompton Greaves Ltd
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Highest Qualification: Bachelorsin Commerce, Karnataka University, Dharwar Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 35 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management & Vendor Management
Gadget I can’t live without: iPhone Role Model: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Recommended Read: My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi Movie with Greatest Impact: To Kill A Mockingbird Favourite Pastime: Trekking, travel Things that get on my nerves: Shopping Personal Milestones: Perform the Kailash Manasarovar trek The best advice I ever got: Follow your beliefs without fear
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Manuhaar Manoranjan Agrawalla Kumar
Systems Manager - Corporate Senior General Manager Lanco Infratech Ltd IT, The Oberoi Group
Birthday: 29 June
Gadget I can’t live without: DSLR camera
Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science, Pandit Ravishankar University
Movie with Greatest Impact: Taare Zameen Par
Work Experience: 25 years Current Team Size: 35 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, SAP Implementation and Rollout, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Technology Administration
Favourite Pastime: Photography Personal Milestones: Open a hi-tech desi dhaba The best advice I ever got: Do not distrust everyone in this world
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Favourite Food: Dal, Rice Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone
Sagar Kunte
Assistant Vice President - Systems Sony Entertainment Network
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Birthday: 20 January Highest Qualification: MBA, Newport University Work Experience: 19 years Current Team Size: 7 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
Recommended Read: Corporate Chanakya by Radhakrishnan Pillai Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Favourite Pastime: Watching TV Things that get on my nerves: Committing and not delivering Personal Milestones: To be the CIO of a large enterprise The best advice I ever got: Let bygones be bygones, move ahead without the baggage
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Manuhaar Uttam Agrawalla Lahiry
Systems Manager - Corporate Head - IT (Special Solution Group) IT, The VFS Global Services Pvt Ltd Oberoi Group
Birthday: 22 February Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, Jadavpur University Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 4
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, WebTechnology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Chinese Dream Holiday Location: Malta Recommended Read: The Lost Art of Listening by Michael P Nichols
Personal Milestones: To become a successful entrepreneur The best advice I ever got: Desire! That’s the one secret of every man’s career
Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Things that get on my nerves: Discounts that aren’t really discounts
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ENCOURAGE DISPARATE OPINIONS, REAP CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND DIVIDENDS Surround yourself with advisors and team members who think differently. Else, you could stifle creativity and innovation —By Krishna Kumar
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WALTER LIPPMANN, THE Pulitzer Prize-winning American publicist and political commentator who coined the term ‘Cold War’ once said, “When all think alike, no one is thinking.” Nearly four decades after his death, we continue to see the ill-effects of ‘structured’ thinking, most so in the world of business where creativity and innovation are critical to success. Over the years, honchos of small, medium and large businesses have confided in me about feeling rudderless in their corporate journey. “My business is not going anywhere in particular,” is a refrain I’ve heard several times in interactions with CEOs and other decision-makers across the country. At a recent conference, for example, the CEO of a midsized company sidled up to me during a coffee break and asked if we could discuss a problem he was facing. He began by telling me that though his business was booming across traditional product lines, he knew his company was unable to cash in on all the opportunities available. He gave his diagnosis of where the problem began—in team meetings his managers were high on enthusiasm when it came to implementing ideas, especially if they came from him. “But they rarely contribute ideas of their own and seldom contradict my words during team discussions,” he added. He had a talented and experienced
team at work, he said. So, he was finding it difficult to understand this palpable lack of creativity and innovation within his teams. I curbed my instinct to dish out advice, and instead asked my friend if he had heard the story of the ‘Naked Emperor’. As the story goes, there was once an emperor who was known to be deeply narcissistic, and cared only about showing off and indulging in his preference for expensive clothes. Two conmen who visited the kingdom, heard of the king’s penchant and decided to exploit his weakness. They went to the palace and offered to stitch the king the finest outfit in the world. They told him they used a cloth so special that only a few people with a very high intellect and refined taste could see it. Not confident about his own ability to judge this fabric, the king decided to try out the new outfit in the presence of his trusted lieutenants. The costume was nothing at all—the conmen had convinced the king that an invisible outfit was a special one. So, the king was basically in the buff. The king’s trusted lieutenants were
shocked to see their master naked, but were scared to admit it. They not only praised the king’s costume, but also invited other courtiers to take a glimpse of the amazing cloth that was invisible to those who did not deserve to see it. Soon, the entire kingdom turned out to witness a grand procession where the emperor would showcase his new dress. The crowd praised the magnificent clothes of the emperor, each more afraid than the other to admit that they weren’t ‘good enough’ to see the dress material. At this juncture, a small child, who did not understand shame or fear, shouted out naively, “The king isn’t wearing anything.” The crowd caught on, and people started discussing the king’s nude procession, first in hushed tones that got louder as the truth dawned on more people. Undeterred, the emperor continued his procession with his head held high but without a shred of clothing on his body. After patiently hearing the story, my CEO friend asked whether I thought he was behaving like this emperor. Well, maybe not. It would be more appropriate to say that the company’s core philosophy was
“A WEAK LEADER ALWAYS SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LOATH TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS”
to implement one person’s desire, while putting the lid on new ideas and innovation. Individual opinion never came out during discussions, and nobody thought it fit to critique the leader’s opinions and ideas. In all fairness, I believe that my CEO friend had sensed this situation but was unable to pinpoint where the fault was. It lay in his style of leadership. Most first-generation entrepreneurs face similar situations in their journeys, especially those that have built their business from scratch. During this period, they transfer the core values and ethics to the business, and often unconsciously, handpick a management team that mirrors these beliefs and values. The team, on its part, slides into a comfort zone—which is a major constraint to creative thinking. The fact that the leader has advisors around him with a world view vastly different from each others’ and from himself, provides a clear insight into the captain’s confidence as a leader. A weak leader always surrounds himself with people who are loath to express their opinions. Any organisation that fosters such behaviour ends up stifling creativity and innovation. Team meetings and discussion forums become genuine platforms for sharing ideas. n
About the Author Krishna Kumar is the Founder of Kinesis Sports, a Bengaluru-based tennis training institute. He is also a professional coach specialising in transformational leadership.
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“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change” —CONFUCIUS
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Ashok Mandlik
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Mayank Malik
Daniel Mathew
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Deryl Menezes
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Sandeep Mhalgi
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Vinayak Laud Deputy General Manager IT Operations Arshiya International Ltd
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Birthday: 14 July Highest Qualification: Executive MBA, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 7 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Vendor Management
Favourite Food: Indian non-vegetarian Dream Holiday Location: My home Recommended Read: Mahabharat Favourite Pastime: Reading The best advice I ever got: Never say die
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Manuhaar Kavitha Agrawalla MV
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Deputy Manager - IT Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Birthday: 8 May Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 7
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Non-Vegetarian Biryani and Desserts Role Model: My father Favourite Pastime: Spending time with family Personal Milestones: To be CXO by 2017
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Favourite Food: South Indian Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Vikas Malhotra Deputy General Manager - IS Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Birthday: 16 January
Dream Project: Construction of a metro system in a city
Highest Qualification: Masters in Physical Sciences, University of Jodhpur
Role Model: E Sreedhran
Work Experience: 23 years
Recommended Read: Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard
Current Team Size: 10 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
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Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Favourite Pastimes: Music, Reading Things that get on my nerves: Lies
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Manuhaar Mayank Agrawalla Malik
Systems Manager - Corporate Manager - IT IT, The Oberoi Group Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd
Birthday: 19 August Highest Qualification: MBA-IT, Sikkim Manipal University Work Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 11 Technology Expertise:
Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Indian chaat Dream Holiday Location: Himachal Pradesh Role Model: Bill Gates Favourite Pastimes: Reading, Train spotting Things that get on my nerves: Different rules for different people The best advice I ever got: If most of your peers are unhappy with your career growth, you are probably going in the right direction December 2012 | NEXT100
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Favourite Food: Oriental Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Dream Project: Modernising the the primary sector (especially farming) using IT
Ashok Mandlik
Assistant General Manager - IT Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd
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Birthday: 14 June Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications, J D C Bytco Managment Institute, Nashik Work Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 3 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection and Vendor Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Wrist watch, laptop Role Model: Amitabh Bachchan Recommended Read: Wise and Otherwise by Sudha Murthy Movie with Greatest Impact: Trishul Things that get on my nerves: Corruption, insincere politics and indiscipline The best advice I ever got: Be honest with yourself
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Manuhaar Daniel Agrawalla Mathew
Systems Manager - Corporate Senior Manager - IT IT, The Oberoi Group Power Exchange India Ltd
Birthday: 15 September
Favourite Food: Indian, Continental
Movie with Greatest Impact: Lamhe
Highest Qualification: Masters in Business Management, University of Mumbai
Dream Holiday Location: Jerusalem
Favourite Pastime: Spending time with family
Role Model: Ratan Tata
Things that get on my nerves: Anything disorganised
Work Experience: 11 years Current Team Size: 25
Recommended Read: The Bible (King James version)
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Infrastructure Management and Vendor Management
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Favourite Food: Seafood Dream Holiday Location: Vienna, Caribbean Islands
Birthday: 25 May
Deryl Menezes Chief Manager - IT Reliance Mutual Fund
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Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology
Success Mantra: Follow your passion, and success will follow Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone, Laptop Role Model: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
Work Experience: 12 years
Recommended Read: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Current Team Size: 5
Movie with Greatest Impact: Forrest Gump
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management and Vendor Management
Favourite Pastimes: Driving, Cricket Things that get on my nerves: Bad music and food The best advice I ever got: Don’t ever give up on yourself
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Manuhaar Sandeep Agrawalla Mhalgi
Systems Manager - Corporate Senior Manager - Information Systems IT, The Oberoi Group Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd
Birthday: 31 October Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science, MIT School of Management, Pune Work Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 14
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Prawn curry Dream Holiday Location: Manali, Himachal Pradesh Role Model: NR Narayana Murthy Recommended Read: Leader Who Had No Title by Robin Sharma Movie with Greatest Impact: Lagaan Things that get on my nerves: Soap operas and serials The best advice I ever got: Your best friend is your inner voice December 2012 | NEXT100
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Favourite Food: Pomfret and prawns Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
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Deputy General Manager - IT Shoppers Stop Ltd
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Birthday: 25 October Highest Qualification: Masters in Information Management, Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research
Gadget I can’t live without: Smartphone Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Favourite Pastime: Music, Surfing
Work Experience: 12 years
Things that get on my nerves: Slipping deadlines
Current Team Size: 7
The best advice I ever got: Believe in your dreams
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Vendor Management, Business Continuity, Software Management and Technology Selection
Success Mantra: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful
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Manuhaar Durga Das Agrawalla Mishra Head - IT Vodafone India
Birthday: 27 September
Favourite Food: Mushrooms
Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications, Dibrugarh University
Dream Holiday Location: Maldives
Work Experience: 18 years
Success Mantra: Passion and energy is the key to success
Current Team Size: 8
Role Models: Lee Kuan Yew, Fidel Castro
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Recommended Read: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda Movie with Greatest Impact: Shool Things that get on my nerves: Lethargy and negativity
Technology Expertise: Project Management and Vendor Management
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Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work” — THOMAS EDISON
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Krishna Kant Mishra Pg. 130
Manoj Mishra Pg. 131
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Vijay Mishra Pg. 132
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Minesh Mohile
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Kishore Naidu
Rupendra Nigam
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Guna Nand
Jignesh Patel
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Krishna Kant Mishra General Manager - IT Lakshmi Precision Screws Ltd
Birthday: 1 April Highest Qualification: B Tech in Computer Science, Taganrog State University of Radio Engineering, Russia Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 17 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Business Continuity and Vendor Management
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Favourite Food: North Indian Dream Holiday Location: Europe Gadget I can’t live without: Samsung Galaxy S Recommended Read: Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty by Ram Charan Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Things that get on my nerves: Wrong side overtaking
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Manuhaar Manoj Agrawalla Mishra
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Head - Infrastructure Engineering Siemens Industry Software
Birthday: 28 August
Favourite Food: South Indian
Role Model: My grandfather
Highest Qualification: Executive MBA, IIM, Lucknow
Dream Holiday Location: Leh, Ladakh
Work Experience: 15 years
Dream Project: Deliver IT-enabled inovation and transformation to rural India
Recommended Read: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
Current Team Size: 22 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
Favourite Pastimes: TV, Reading, Music
Gadget I can’t live without: Blackberry
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Favourite Food: Indian, Italian, Chinese Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland, Mauritius Dream Project: Create a datacenter setup across multiple states in India
Birthday: 27 September
Vijay Mishra
Associate Vice President - IT Infrastructure Services Steria Ltd
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Highest Qualification: B Tech in Computer Engineering, YMCA Institute of Engineering Work Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 105 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry, Samsung Tab, Laptop and Karaoke Role Model: My grandfather Recommended Read: The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz Movie with Greatest Impact: The Godfather Favourite Pastimes: Cricket, Music Things that get on my nerves: Selfish, lazy, irresponsible and selfcentered people The best advice I ever got: Don’t say yes to everything. Do what you say, and say what you will do
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Manuhaar Minesh Agrawalla Mohile
Systems Manager - Corporate General Manager – IT IT, The Oberoi Group Essar Steel India Ltd
Birthday: 8 January
Favourite Food: Idli sambhar
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, M S University of Baroda
Dream Holiday Location: Antarctica
Work Experience: 21 years
Success Mantra: Deliver at a cost that represents value
Current Team Size: 18
Role Model: Swami Vivekanand
Recommended Read: Jai Somnath by Kanhayalal Maniklal Munshi Movie with Greatest Impact: Baghban Things that get on my nerves: Injustice and politics
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection and IT Risk Management
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Favourite Food: South Indian Dream Holiday Location: Europe
Sankaralingam N Deputy General Manager Enterprise IT Reliance Infotel Broadband Services Ltd
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Birthday: 7 December Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications, University of Madras Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 4 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop Recommended Read: Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch by Aridham Chaudhuri Movie with Greatest Impact: The Longest Day Favourite Pastimes: Browsing, Gaming Things that get on my nerves: Dishonesty The best advice I ever got: Question everything. Don’t act on something you do not understand fully
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Manuhaar S Ilango Agrawalla Nadar
Systems Manager - Corporate Deputy General Manager - ITOberoi Group IT, The Aditya Birla Group
Birthday: 26 July
Favourite Food: Misal Pav
Favourite Pastimes: Sleeping
Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Information Technology, Symbiosis Center for Distance Education
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Things that get on my nerves: Nagging
Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone
Personal Milestone: Retire at the age of 45
Work Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 4 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, Network Management
Recommended Read: Personality Plus by Florence Littauer Movie with Greatest Impact: Oh My God
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Favourite Food: Pizzas, cakes Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Success Mantra: Color outside the line Gadget I can’t live without: iPad and iPhone, Sony PS3 Role Model: My father Birthday: 12 May
Kishore Naidu Senior Manager - IT Cibersites India Pvt Ltd
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Highest Qualification: Bachelors, BMS College of Engineering Work Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 12 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Recommended Read: Go Kiss the World by Subroto Bagchi Movie with Greatest Impact: The Pursuit of Happiness Favourite Pastimes: Reading, movies, spending time with family Things that get on my nerves: Disrespect towards work Personal Milestones: To be a CxO by 2015 The best advice I ever got: Doubt and fear will only slow or stop your journey to victory
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Manuhaar GunaAgrawalla Nand
Systems Manager - Corporate General Manager - ITIT, The Oberoi Group Welspun Group
Birthday: 19 December
Favourite Food: Indian
Things that get on my nerves: Politics at the workplace
Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Business Management, State Technical Education Board, Bihar
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland, Himachal Pradesh
Personal Milestones: To become a business head
Recommended Read: You Can Win by Shiv Khera
The best advice I ever got: Dare to commit, and never give up
Work Experience: 23 years Current Team Size: 10 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Movie with Greatest Impact: Lagaan Favourite Pastimes: Spending time with family
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Favourite Food: Yellow dal and rice
Rupendra Nigam Senior Manager - IT Jubilant Retail (A Division of Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products Ltd)
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Birthday: 13 February
Dream Holiday Location: Singapore
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Mathematics, Kanpur University
Dream Project: Build my own company
Work Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 18 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone, TV Role Model: My father Recommended Read: Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal Movie with Greatest Impact: Ek Din Ka CM Things that get on my nerves: When I am not able to get things done to my requirements
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Manuhaar Jignesh Agrawalla Patel Manager - IT Atul Ltd
Birthday: 1 February Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Engineering, M S University of Baroda Work Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 5 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Favourite Food: Sprouted moong bean
Recommended Read: Success Is Never Ending, Failure Is Never Final By Robert H Schuller
Dream Holiday Location: Khajjiar, Himachal Pradesh
Movie with Greatest Impact: Chak De India
Dream Project: A utility computing project that will serve every citizen of India and reach the remotest part of the country
Things that get on my nerves: Ill-treatment of children
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“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm” — WINSTON CHURCHILL
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Prasad Patil Pg. 144
Manoj Pradhan Pg. 145
Hetal Presswala
Subramanya Raj
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Sumit Priyani
Srinivas Rallabandi
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Uma Ramani
Rakesh Ranjan
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Ajay Rambal
Rajendra Raut
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Favourite Food: Fish Dream Holiday Location: The Caribbean Dream Project: Work on a project like UID or NATGRID
Prasad Patil
Assistant Vice President - IT Aegis Ltd
Birthday: 23 March Highest Qualification: MBA-IT, Sikkim Manipal University Work Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 8 Technology Expertise: Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, IT Risk Management and Vendor Management
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Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry Recommended Read: What a CEO Wants You to Know by Ram Charan Movie with Greatest Impact: One Fine Day Favourite Pastime: Trekking, music Things that get on my nerves: People who don’t have integrity Personal Milestones: Be the CEO of an organization
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Manuhaar Manoj Agrawalla Pradhan
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Head - IT Infrastructure Pernod Ricard India
Birthday: 10 May Highest Qualification: MBA in Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal University Work Experience: 15 years Current Team Size: 12
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Chinese Dream Holiday Location: Thailand Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry, Laptop Recommended Read: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Movie with Greatest Impact: Baghban Favourite Pastime: Holidaying with family
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Hetal Presswala Associate Vice President - IT Aegis Ltd
Birthday: 16 August
Favourite Food: Indian
Highest Qualification: MBA in Computer Applications, Sikkim Manipal University
Dream Holiday Location: Kailash-Mansarovar
Work Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 21 Technology Expertise: Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
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Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop, smartphone Role Model: Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu Recommended Read: Bhagavad Gita Movie with Greatest Impact: Lagaan Favourite Pastime: Meditation
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Manuhaar SumitAgrawalla Priyani
Systems Manager - Corporate Vice President - Technology IT, The Oberoi Group EXL Service
Birthday: 21 December Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science Work Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 225
Technology Expertise: Strategic Technology & Business Planning, Design IT Blueprints, Global IT Delivery & Operational Readiness, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Vendor Management
Favourite Food: Indian, Mexican, Italian Dream Holiday Location: Kashmir, Europe Gadget I can’t live without: iPad, BlackBerry Movie with Greatest Impact: Men of Honor Favourite Pastimes: Music, cricket, driving Things that get on my nerves: Excuses
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Birthday: 3 March
Subramanya Raj Deputy General Manager IT Infrastructure Brigade Enterprises Ltd
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Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Applications, The National Computer Academy
Favourite Food: Mexican Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry
Work Experience: 18 years
Role Model: NR Narayana Murthy
Current Team Size: 10
Recommended Read: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Movie with Greatest Impact: Lagaan Favourite Pastime: Spending time with family and friends Things that get on my nerves: Abusive and foul language
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Manuhaar Srinivas Agrawalla Rallabandi
General Manager - ITSystems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Tata Teleservices Ltd
Birthday: 28 May Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science, Birla Institute of Technology Work Experience: 21 years Current Team Size: 60 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Software Management, Technology Administration, IT Risk Management, Web Technology and Technology Selection
Favourite Food: Mexican, Italian, Indian
Movie with Greatest Impact: Challenge
Dream Holiday Location: France
Favourite Pastime: Internet sufing
Role Model: My father
Things that get on my nerves: Taking short term approaches with no plan for a long term solution
Recommended Read: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra
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Favourite Food: Chapati with Dal Dream Holiday Location: Belgium Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop
Uma Ramani Vice President - IT IDFC Ltd
Role Model: My father Birthday: 2 October Highest Qualification: MBAin Finance, Indira Gandhi National Open University Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 3 Technology Expertise: Project management, IT Risk Management
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Recommended Read: Chanakya’s Chant by Ashwin Sanghi Movie with Greatest Impact: The Terry Fox Story Favourite Pastimes: Reading Things that get on my nerves: Being part of a system and cribbing about it The best advice I ever got: There is nothing like rocket science. If appropriate attention is given everything can be learnt
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Manuhaar Ajay Agrawalla Rambal
Systems Manager - Corporate Senior Manager - IT, The Oberoi Group IT Infrastructure & Planning LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd
Birthday: 16 September
Favourite Food: Kashmiri
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Electronics, Bangalore University
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Work Experience: 15 years
Dream Project: Setting up a DR site for our core application
Current Team Size: 80
Gadget i can’t live without: I-pad, mobile phone
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management and Network Management
Role Model: Former CEO, LG India K R Kim
Tare Zameen Par Things that get on my nerves: When the task is not completed in time Personal milestones: To be in the CIO shoes Favourite pastime: Outing with friends
Recommended Read: Legs Of Everest by Mark Inglis Movie with Greatest Impact: December 2012 | NEXT100
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Favourite Food: Mexican rice, Bisi bele bhaath Dream Holiday Location: Bora Bora Dream Project: UIDAI Aadhar Success Mantra: Be simple, work hard and make customers king
Rakesh Ranjan Manager - IT Bajaj Energy Pvt Ltd
Gadget I can’t live without: Samsung Galaxy mobile phone Birthday: 9 January
Movie with Greatest Impact: Aakrosh, Fast And Furious
Highest Qualification: MBA, XLRI Jamshedpur
Favourite Pastimes: Driving in the mountains, Photography
Work Experience: 13 years Current Team Size: 18 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, WebTechnology Management and Vendor Management
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Things that get on my nerves: Child labour employed at well to-do households Personal Milestones: Visit one country in each continent The best advice I ever got: Never be a fox, always be a lion
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Manuhaar Rajendra Raut Agrawalla
Senior Manager - IT Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi K Raheja Corporate Services Pvt LtdGroup
Birthday: 1 June Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Physical Sciences, University of Pune Work Experience: 16 years Current Team Size: 7
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Indian Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Dream Project: ERP implementation for a manufacturing company Role Model: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Azad Recommended Read: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Movie with Greatest Impact: Mother India Things that get on my nerves: Loud music December 2012 | NEXT100
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently” — HENRY FORD
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Mahesh Sarfare Pg. 158
Deepak Sasidharan Pg. 159
Nitesh Sharma
Ashok Singh
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Nikhil Shembekar
RK Singh
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Raghubir Singh
Manoj Soni
Pg. 164
Archana Sinha Pg. 165
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S Srikanth Pg. 167
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Favourite Food: Thai Dream Holiday Location: Swiss Alps
Mahesh Sarfare General Manager - IT Raymond Ltd
Birthday: 7 September Highest Qualification: Masters in Marketing Management, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Work Experience: 21 years Current Team Size: 7 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Admin & Vendor management
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Success Mantra: Never hesitate to take new roads Wherever it leads, the experience will polish you Gadget I can’t live without: Sony Xperia Smartphone, Camera Role Model: Subhash Chandra Bose Movie with Greatest Impact: The Light Horsemen Favourite Pastimes: Reading Things that get on my nerves: Hypocrites
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Manuhaar Deepak Agrawalla Sasidharan
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Director - IT & Project Management AS Invent
Birthday: 7 May
Favourite Food: Fried chicken and rice
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Mathematics, Calicut University
Dream Holiday Location: Kerala, Singapore
Work Experience: 10 years
Role Model: Mahatma Gandhi
Current Team Size: 10
Recommended Read: The Art of Man Making by Swami Chinmayananda
Technology Expertise: Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Product Development, Solutioning, Web Development, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Pastimes: Spending time with family and friends, Internet surfing Things that get on my nerves: Repeated mistakes The best advice I ever got: Listen more, do more, and talk less
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Favourite Food: Punjabi Dream Holiday Location: Disneyworld, Florida Success Mantra: Passion, people and process are keys to success Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry
Nitesh Sharma Assistant Director Ernst & Young
Birthday: 10 April Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Computer Science, Delhi University Work Experience: 17 years Current Team Size: 52 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Technology Administration
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Role Model: Anna Hazare Recommended Read: Open by Andre Agassi Movie with Greatest Impact: Rang De Basanti Favourite Pastime: Music Things that get on my nerves: Unprofessional attitude Personal Milestone: Run the Airtel half marathon The best advice I ever got: Your mind shapes your destiny
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Manuhaar Nikhil Agrawalla Shembekar
Systems Manager - Corporate General Manager - HR IT,IT The Oberoi Group Godrej Industries
Birthday: 23 November
Favourite Food: Pav bhaji
Movie with Greatest Impact: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron
Highest Qualification: MBA, XLRI, Jamshedpur
Dream Holiday Location: Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Favourite Pastimes: Running, movies
Work Experience: 11 years
Success Mantra: Only hard work pays
Current Team Size: 3
Recommended Read: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Things that get on my nerves: When people don’t take accountability
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Technology Selection and Vendor Management
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Birthday: 15 November
Ashok Singh
Chief Manager - Data Centre Bank of Maharashtra
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Highest Qualification: MBA in Banking & Finance, Indira Gandhi National Open University Work Experience: 22 years Current Team Size: 100 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Favourite Food: Indian, Chinese Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Recommended Read: Wings of Fire by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 idiots
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Manuhaar R K Singh Agrawalla
General Manager - Corp IT Omax Autos Ltd Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Birthday: 7 August
Favourite Food: Indian, Italian
Recommended Read: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Information Systems Management, AIMA
Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland
Movie with Greatest Impact: Taare Zameen Par
Work Experience: 25 years
Dream Project: Implement manufacturing integrated intelligence
Things that get on my nerves: Bad drivers
Current Team Size: 18
Role Model: Mahatma Gandhi
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Favourite Food: Alu-puri with raita
Raghubir Singh General Manager - IT Usha International Ltd
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Birthday: 10 July
Dream Holiday Location: Australia
Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Operations Research, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Smartphone
Work Experience: 20 years Current Team Size: 25 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology selection and Vendor management
Role Model: My father Recommended Read: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Favourite Pastime: Driving, music Things that get on my nerves: Cheating and unprofessional attitude
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Manuhaar Archana Agrawalla Sinha
Systems Manager - Corporate Senior Manager - IT IT, The Oberoi Group HyperCITY Retail (India) Ltd
Birthday: 4 June
Favourite Food: Italian
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Life Sciences, Delhi University
Dream Holiday Location: Europe
Work Experience: 20 years
Success Mantra: Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere
Current Team Size: 1 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Technology Selection and Vendor Management
Gadget I can’t live without: Mobile phone Role Model: My father
Recommended Read: Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham Movie with Greatest Impact: Life is Beautiful Favourite Pastimes: Reading, Walking Things that get on my nerves: Deceit The best advice I ever got: The only one I can change is me
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Manoj Soni
Systems Manager Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
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Birthday: 26 May Highest Qualification: MBA-IT, Global Open University Work Experience: 21 years Current Team Size: 7 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management and Network Management
Favourite Food: Indian Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Success Mantra: Pursue excellence, success will chase you Gadget I can’t live without: Dell Streak, iPad Recommended Read: Dare to Dream: The Life of MS Oberoi by Bachi J Karkaria Movie with Greatest Impact: Yeh Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
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Manuhaar Agrawalla S Srikanth
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Senior Manager - Information Security TVS Motor Company
Birthday: 9 June
Favourite Food: Home made food
Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Dream Holiday Location: Disney World, USA
Work Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 26 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection and IT Risk Management
Dream Project: Support around 50 orphans and do social work Success Mantra: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success
Recommended Read: Life of Pi by Yann Martel Movie with Greatest Impact: Rang De Basanti Favourite Pastime: Badminton, Jogging and Reading newspaper Personal Milestones: To be a CIO in a company and retire as CEO
Gadget I can’t live without: iPad Role Model: My CIO December 2012 | NEXT100
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The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it’s the opposition” — NICK SEITZ
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Sapan Talwar Pg. 172
Ranjeev Tiwari Pg. 173
B Venkatakrishnan
Nagesh Vaze Pg. 174
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Bala Subramaniam Vedagiri
Atul Vij Pg. 177
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Snehalkumar Vyas
Madhusudan Warrier Pg. 180
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Puneet Wadhwa Pg. 179
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Favourite Food: Tandoori chicken, Gobi parantha Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry Role Model: My father Birthday: 29 October
Sapan Talwar
Chief Information Security Officer APAC Aon Plc
Highest Qualification: Bachelors in Electronics & Telecom, Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad Work Experience: 14 years Current Team Size: 6 Technology Expertise: IT Risk Management, Network Design Review, Business Continuity, Project Management and Infrastructure Management
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Recommended Read: The 360 Degree Leader by John C Maxwell Movie with Greatest Impact: Anand Favourite Pastimes: Spending time with family, Music, Movies Things that get on my nerves: Dishonesty and lying The best advice I ever got: It isn’t that we dare because things are difficult; it is that we don’t dare that they are difficult
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Manuhaar Ranjeev Agrawalla Tiwari
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
Senior Manager - IT Max Hypermarket India Pvt Ltd
Birthday: 15 July
Favourite Food: Indian
Highest Qualification: B.Tech, IIT BHU, Varanasi
Dream Holiday Location: Europe
Work Experience: 8 years
Role Model: Pt Madan Mohan Malviya
Current Team Size: 1
Recommended Read: My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management, Technology Selection, Technology Administration and Vendor Management
Movie with Greatest Impact: Rang De Basanti Favourite Pastime: Movies, internet surfing Things that get on my nerves: Unethical behaviour December 2012 | NEXT100
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Birthday: 26 August
Nagesh Vaze IT Head - India Region Xchanging
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Highest Qualification: Associate, The Institute of Engineers, Kolkata Work Experience: 18 years Current Team Size: 9 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Favourite Food: North Indian Dream Holiday Location: Switzerland Dream Project: Become a self-sustaining eco-friendly entrepreneur Gadget I can’t live without: Laptop Movie with Greatest Impact: True Lies Favourite Pastimes: Reading , Long walks , Playing Shuttle
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Bala Manuhaar Agrawalla Subramaniam Vedagiri
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group
VP & Head - Enterprise Technology Solutions MphasiS an HP Company
Birthday: 3 May
Favourite Food: Indian, Thai, Mexican
Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Applications, Indira Gandhi National Open University
Dream Holiday Location: Europe
Work Experience: 22 years
Success Mantra: Never give up trying because success may be close
Current Team Size: 9
Role Model: My father
Technology Expertise: Program & Project Management, Software Management, Strategic IT Planning, ERP and Knowledge Management
Recommended Read: On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follet Movie with Greatest Impact: Chak De India
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Favourite Food: Punjabi Dream Holiday Location: Australia Dream Project: Lead a large scale greenfield project Gadget I can’t live without: Music system
B Venkatakrishnan Head - IT Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd
Birthday: 5 July Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Information Technology, NIIT Work Experience: 27 years Current Team Size: 9 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management and Technology Administration
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Role Models: Anand Mahindra, Azim Premji Recommended Read: Reverse Innovation by Chris Trimble and Vijay Govindarajan Movie with Greatest Impact: Golden Eye Favourite Pastime: Yoga Things that get on my nerves: Non-adherance to commitments and delayed communication The best advice I ever got: Accept no limits, and learn from failures
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Atul Vij VP Group IT & Improvement Cell Minda Industries Ltd
Birthday: 18 December Highest Qualification: MBA in Business Management, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad Work Experience: 23 years Current Team Size: 27
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration and Enterprise Connectivity
Favourite Food: Punjabi
Movie with Greatest Impact: Kaala Pathar
Dream Holiday Location: Hawaii
Things that get on my nerves: Lack of integrity
Dream Project: Lead IT policy changes that can drive industrial growth in India Role Model: Sam Pitroda Recommended Read: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
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Birthday: 10 July
Snehalkumar Vyas Senior Manager Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd
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Highest Qualification: PG Diploma in Computer Management, University of Pune
Favourite Food: Gujarati
Work Experience: 15 years
Dream Holiday Location: Walt Disney World, Florida
Current Team Size: 52
Success Mantra: Das Beste Oder Nichts (The best, or nothing)
Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, ITRisk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Role Model: Abraham Lincoln Recommended Read: The Secret by Rhonda Byrne Things that get on my nerves: When someone tries to justify mistakes
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Manuhaar Puneet Agrawalla Wadhwa
Systems Manager - Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group Corporate Application Development Manager Chicago Bridge & Iron
Birthday: 23 December Highest Qualification: Masters in Computer Science, University of Alabama Work Experience: 12 years Current Team Size: 9
Favourite Food: Rajma rice, salad wraps
Role Model: Mahatma Gandhi
Dream Holiday Location: Disneyland
Recommended Read: The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
Dream Project: Start a designer clothing line for dogs
Movie with Greatest Impact: Munnabhai MBBS
Gadget I can’t live without: iPad
Technology Expertise: Project Management, Software Management and Technology Selection
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Favourite Food: Spinach sandwich Dream Holiday Location: Kerala Dream Project: Communicate with the astral world
Birthday: 28 March
Madhusudan Warrier Senior Vice President - IT IDFC AMC Ltd
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Highest Qualification: Masters in Banking, Madurai Kamaraj University Work Experience: 21 years Current Team Size: 5 Technology Expertise: Business Continuity, Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Software Management, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Web Technology Management, Vendor Management, and Network Management
Success Mantra: If you want to walk far, walk together Gadget I can’t live without: BlackBerry and Tablet Recommended Read: Paranormal Experiences by Dr Mehra Shrikhande Movie with Greatest Impact: Chak De India Favourite Pastimes: Walking, Internet surfing Things that get on my nerves: Slow Internet speeds Personal Milestones: Kailash Manasarovar yatra The best advice I ever got: Negative thinkers focus on problems, positive thinkers focus on solutions
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Martin Zacharia
Systems Manager - Corporate Deputy Director - ITIT, The Oberoi Group Infrastructure Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (MTS India)
Birthday: 5 November
Favourite Food: Hyderabadi biryani
Highest Qualification: MBA in IT & Operations, Amity University, Noida
Dream Holiday Location: Bahamas
Work Experience: 16 years
Dream Project: A microfinance project which can create skills for the rural population
Current Team Size: 5 Technology Expertise: Project Management, Enterprise Connectivity, Infrastructure Management, Technology Selection, IT Risk Management, Technology Administration, Vendor Management and Network Management
Recommended Read: The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley Movie with Greatest Impact: 3 Idiots Favourite Pastimes: Reading, Badminton
Role Model: Steve Jobs
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Chakravorty Tamal.......................................19
A Sunitha........................................................ 44
Chandera Madian Mohan Kumar............72
Abdul Khalid...................................................45
Chatterjee Sourabh.....................................73
Adsul Shashikant..........................................46
Chaubey Shanteshwar...............................74
Agarwal Sudesh.............................................18
Choksi Manish................................................20
Agrawal Rakesh Kumar.............................47
Chopra Rajesh................................................20
Ahamed Shaffic.............................................48
Choudhary Balram.......................................75
Arya SP..............................................................18
Desai Ramkrishna.........................................76
Babu Harnath..................................................18
Deshpande Amol..........................................77
Bakshi Ajay.......................................................19
Dhaga Samir...................................................20
Balakrishnan Jitesh....................................49
Dhandapani TG...............................................21
Bali Manish......................................................50
Dhandarphale Mayur..................................78
Banerjee Debasish.........................................51
Dhir Ajay K........................................................21
Banerji Priyanko............................................52
Dhomne Nandkishor.....................................21
Bawari Harish.................................................53
Dinkar Surender............................................79
Bhalerao Suhas.............................................58
Doraisamy Arunkumar...............................80
Bhardwaj Krishan.........................................59
Dubey UC.........................................................22
Bhat Vijay.........................................................60
Dukle Shreyas.................................................81
Bhatia Prashant.............................................61 Bhatia Yatin....................................................62 Bhatnagar Sanjay.........................................63 Bhatt Divyendu..............................................64 Bhide Amit.......................................................65 Briskman David..............................................19
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Jade Ashok......................................................88 Jain Anuj..........................................................89 Jain Avnesh....................................................90 Jain Kamlesh..................................................91 K Jain Vishal.......................................................92 Jha Ajay Kumar.............................................93 Joshi Anuj........................................................94 Joshi Shailesh................................................24 Kalia Rajesh....................................................95 Kamble Shridhar.........................................100 Khan Hilal........................................................24 Khanna Kamal..............................................101 Khasnis Aditya.............................................102 Kocher Ravi...................................................103 Korgaonkar Milind......................................104 Kulkarni Anita..............................................105 Kulkarni Balaji.............................................106 Kumar Dinesh................................................25 Kumar Manoranjan....................................107
Garg Rajesh.....................................................22
Kumar Sanjeev..............................................25
Goyal Man Mohan.........................................22
Kunte Sagar..................................................108
Gupta Abhishek.............................................86 Gupta Vishnu..................................................23
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Handa Anoop..................................................23
Lahiry Uttam..................................................111
Hora Kinshuk..................................................23
Laud Vinayak.................................................116
C Sumoth.........................................................66
Hulikavi Akshay.............................................87
Mahajan Rahul...............................................25
Chakraborti Subhamoy..............................67
Iyer Venkat.......................................................24
Malhotra Vikas..............................................118
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Malik Mayank.................................................119
Prabhu Jayantha..........................................30
Singh Ashok.................................................. 162
Mandlik Ashok..............................................120
Pradhan Manoj............................................145
Singh Balwant...............................................35
Mathew Daniel.............................................. 121
Prakash Daya..................................................31
Singh Jagat Pal.............................................36
Matthew Annie..............................................26
Prasad CVG......................................................31
Singh Karan ...................................................36
Menezes Deryl.............................................. 122
Presswala Hetal..........................................146
Singh RK......................................................... 163
Mhalgi Sandeep........................................... 123
Priyani Sumit................................................147
Singh Raghubir............................................164
Mhaskar Suhas..............................................26
Pujari Vilas.......................................................31
Singh Shantanu.............................................35
Miller Benazir............................................... 124
Raj Subramanya..........................................148
Sinha Archana.............................................165
Mishra Durga Das....................................... 127
Rajan Francis..................................................32
Sinha Dheeraj.................................................36
Mishra Krishna Kant..................................130
Rallabandi Srinivas....................................149
Sivarama Krishnan Vinod......................... 40
Mishra Manoj.................................................131
Ramani Uma.................................................150
Soni Manoj.....................................................166
Mishra Vijay................................................... 132
Rambal Ajay..................................................151
Soni Yashpal.................................................. 40
Mittal SC..........................................................26
Ramesh CS......................................................32
Srikanth S...................................................... 167
Mohile Minesh.............................................. 133
Ranjan Rakesh............................................. 152
Srinivas V........................................................ 40
Munjal Rajesh.................................................27
Rao Girish.........................................................32
Takidar JB........................................................41
Muralidharan R .............................................27
Raut Rajendra.............................................. 155
Talwar Sapan............................................... 172
MV Kavitha.....................................................117 N Sankaralingam........................................134 Nadar S Ilango............................................. 135
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T
Saha Subhasish.............................................33
Tiwari Ranjeev............................................. 173
V
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Sarfare Mahesh...........................................158
Vaidyanathan Muthukumar......................41
Sasidharan Deepak....................................159
Vaze Nagesh.................................................174
Savla Dhiren...................................................33
Vedagiri Balasubramaniam.................... 175
Seth Bikram....................................................33
Venkatakrishnan B..................................... 176
Sethi Vijay........................................................34
Verma Rajesh..................................................41
Shankar Shiva................................................34
Vij Atul............................................................. 177
Oommen Jijy..................................................30
Sharma Nitesh.............................................160
Vyas Snehalkumar..................................... 178
Parikh Yagnesh..............................................30
Sharma Rajat.................................................34
Wadhwa Puneet.......................................... 179
Patel Jignesh................................................141
Shembekar Nikhil........................................161
Warrier Madhusudan.................................180
Patil Prasad..................................................144
Shrivastava Manoj........................................35
Zacharia Martin............................................181
Naidu Kishore............................................... 136 Nand Guna..................................................... 137 Narayanan CR................................................27 Nigam Rupendra......................................... 138
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