Answers in plenty, prizes galore

As the sun took a dip in the serene waters of the sea, the curtains rose for one last time. Sandeep Khosla, Head, BPD, Indian Express, gave a closing speech wherein he responded to queries and issues that had been raised during the feedback session held earlier.

Sandeep Khosla

Khosla began with apologies for the delay on the first day of the Technology Senate. “There was a delay due to some glitches on the first day and we apologise for the same.”

“Regarding travel and ticketing, we could have done better in terms of communicating with the CIOs. We will definitely take care of this henceforth,” he informed.

On the awards he stated that Ernst & Young would be best-placed to take decisions in the future. With regard to the presentations he clarified that we will ensure that the quality of the presentations will improve as the years go by.

Zoeb Adenwala’s recommendation regarding a special award at the end of Technology Senate for the vendor making the best presentation was accepted. “The suggestion on the best vendor award is immediately taken into consideration,” announced Khosla bringing the four-day event to a close.

Prizes at the Senate

The closing ceremony was marked by a lucky draw organised by the Indian Express Group and FarAway Place. The luckiest of the CIOs was Sanjeev Goel, CIO, Hindalco Industries, who won a 32-inch LCD television.

This was just the beginning. Yasu Technologies had more surprises for the audience. It distributed 15 surprise gifts to the CIOs through a lucky draw.

The winners were:

• Sanjeev Goel, CIO, Aditya Birla Group
• Nithiyanantham A R, Deputy Director, IT, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
• Arivzahagan, Chief Manager, IT, HDFC Life Insurance
• Deepak Sharma, Joint Director, Government Of India, Ministry of Commerce
• V Srinivas, CIO & Technology Officer, Nagarjuna Agrichem
• Sanjay Mittal, Head, IT, Navin Flourine
• Sanjay Prasad, Head, IT, Citigroup Global Services
• C S Murthi, Chief of Information Management, Tata Ryerson
• S P Godse, GM, IT, Parle Agro
• Rohit Sharma, Regional Sales Manager, Sanovi Technologies India
• V C Kumanan, Director, IT, IDFC
• T R Madanmohan, Director, Consulting, F&S
• Sandeep Mistry, DGM, IT, Birla Cellulosic, Grasim Industries
• Animesh Singh, Assistant Head, IT, Dharampal Satyapal
• Miten Parekh, Group GM, Infotech, Rediffusion DY&R

Jaya Kumar, Senior Manager, Sales, Yasu Technologies commented, “We gifted a world clock to the CIOs. The whole idea of giving it is that CIOs work in different zones and this clock will add value to their desks.”