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NASSCOM Global Leadership Award Winners February 15, 2008
The setting was the spacious Hyatt Ground and the open air atmosphere gave a special aura to the award ceremony.
There were three major awards and fittingly enough, the awards went to three major stalwarts. Unfortunately, none of the winners could be present at the event to accept their awards. Their CIOs did the honors.
Here are the award winners.
The Business Leader Award was won by Mr.Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways. Willie Walsh is steering British Airways, the world’s largest airline network, covering over 550 global destinations. The airline has been flying to India since the 1920s and has been engaging with leading Indian IT-BPO partners for the last 15 years. Using state-of-the-art IT solutions provided by its internal team and close-knit family of technology providers, BA has been able to reduce the cost of its IT operations; right-size its workforce; revolutionize travel for customers; web-enable its booking; and absorb network, storage and processing increases.
The Business Leader Award was won by Mr.John Chambers, Chairman of Cisco. As leader of Cisco, John Chambers has virtually redefined the way business is done in the Internet age. His focus on technology, innovation and talent development have made him a global business leader. At the same time, Mr. Chambers has been committed to making Cisco a major player in the Indian market. It is his vision and unwavering commitment that we wish to acknowledge and recognize through the NASSCOM Business Leadership Award.
And finally, the Global Indian Award was won by Mr.Ratan Tata. Ratan is a luminary who has brought fame and glory to India and made us all very proud. His vision and leadership across industry–IT, telecom, automotive, steel and hospitality has made India synonymous with innovation and quality. The man behind the company’s biggest recent coup—the cheapest car in the world, the Nano—has virtually put India’s automobile sector on the international map. Being lauded as a path-breaking design innovation, the Nano has captured the imagination of the world.
Kumar Parakala Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 10:12 pmVisit Kumar Parakala
I have kept a keen eye on India’s incredible progress in the past five years and I believe this country is now a great example of how the ICT sector can become the powerhouse of an economy. Other countries are now trying to emulate India’s success by giving higher priority to ICT as a key enabler that underpins every aspect of our daily work and home lives.
The barriers to doing business across international boundaries are not only breaking down, they are dissolving at a mind blowing pace. Some of the major forces behind this are the need to maximise the effectiveness of business operations, deliver the best services at the lowest price, and compete globally for an increasingly scarce pool of skilled labour.
I also strongly believe that as globalisation gathers pace and encompasses more and more nations represented here at NASSCOM, it’s becoming paramount to establish an internationally relevant set of benchmark criteria for professional standards – and to support the concept of trusted technology and trustworthy ICT services.
Globalisation will facilitate the mobility of skills, it will enable Australian ICT professionals to gain international experience, and encourage greater flexibility and diversity in the global ICT workforce.
But, even more so and something which is of greatest benefit to all Australian’s and our economic prosperity, globalisation will foster new opportunities for global collaboration.
Kumar Parakala
National President
ACS (Australian Computer Society)