Are Indian CIOs keeping up with changing times and the growing demands of
business? Very clearly yes, if one looks at the profile and achievements of the
twelve CIOs from various organizations who were presented the coveted
CIOL-Dataquest Enterprise Connect Awards 2005, at a function in Mumbai late last
month. These CIOs are not just keeping up with change, but are also bringing
about change.
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In these changing times it's crucial to know how CIOs are doing on some key
fronts. It is heartening to see that the progress report is more than
satisfactory-whether it is IT-business alignment in the organization's
business strategies, or business processes that were IT enabled, or the impact
of IT across various functional areas. More good news is that CIOs are looking
more closely at metrics to measure the impact of IT in the organization.
The
Jury |
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Dr
Sridhar Mitta
CEO e4e Labs
Chairman |
Varun
Jha
VP, Tata Steel
Panel member |
Sunil
Kapoor
CIO, Fortis
Healthcare
Panel member |
Alok
Shende
director,
Tech Practice,
Frost & Sullivan
Panel member |
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Prof
S Raghunath
Professor of strategy, IIM-B
Panel member |
Shyam
Malhotra
editor-in-chief
CyberMedia
Panel member |
Prasanto
K Roy
chief editor
Dataquest Group
Panel member |
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Constituted in 2004 with the intent and purpose of recognizing excellence
among CIOs, Enterprise Connect Awards focus on finding out an organization's
IT-Business Alignment and Projects of Excellence.
Shortlisted
Companies |
Large
Enterprises (>Rs 1,000 crore) |
Company
|
Revenue
 (Rs
cr) |
Score |
LG
Electronics India |
6,500 |
179 |
Reliance
Infocomm |
5,387 |
177 |
North
Delhi Power |
1,588 |
176 |
GlaxoSmithkline
Pharmaceuticals |
1,479 |
174 |
ICICI
Bank |
173 |
Agro
Tech Foods |
1,054 |
170 |
Mid-sized
Enterprises ( |
Company |
Revenue
 (Rs cr) |
Score |
Goodlass
Nerolac Paints |
1,069* |
175 |
Otis
Elevator Company (India) |
450 |
176 |
Gati |
300+ |
161 |
The
Bank of Rajasthan |
155 |
Rajasthan
Spinning & Weaving Mills |
678 |
150 |
Intrex
India |
200 |
150 |
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At a time when questions are often raised about the present role and future
of CIOs, especially in the light of all the noise about outsourcing, the
achievements of the award winners show that the CIOs are deploying IT in
pioneering ways and are using IT in an innovative manner to improve business
efficiencies. They are implementing IT solutions within the organization and
outside so that they would benefit the external stakeholders too. The CIOs are
now more sensitive about the processes that were improved significantly by using
IT. And, most importantly, CIOs are taking pride in their work and are much more
upbeat about solutions they are coming out with to meet growing challenges.
Jury Scores in
the Individual Category
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Pioneer |
Leadership |
Strategic
Deployment |
Pioneering
use of Technology |
Advocate |
Total |
IRCTC |
58 |
55 |
51 |
55 |
219 |
IDBI |
52 |
53 |
52 |
49 |
206 |
Glaxo |
47 |
52 |
48 |
47 |
194 |
LG |
48 |
50 |
44 |
45 |
187 |
Rajasthan
Spinning |
49 |
53 |
43 |
41 |
186 |
KUIDFC |
44 |
46 |
44 |
40 |
174 |
Innovator |
Leadership |
StrategicDeployment |
Innovative
use of Technology |
Process
Improvements |
Total |
IDBI |
52 |
53 |
50 |
50 |
205 |
Glaxo |
47 |
52 |
46 |
51 |
196 |
LG |
48 |
50 |
45 |
50 |
193 |
Rajasthan
Spinning |
49 |
53 |
44 |
47 |
193 |
UTI
Bank |
50 |
48 |
45 |
46 |
189 |
Advocate |
BusinessBenefits
& Value |
Extended
Manager |
Advocate |
Total |
Tata
International |
50 |
49 |
50 |
149 |
Macmillan |
51 |
47 |
50 |
148 |
LG |
52 |
45 |
50 |
147 |
Intrex |
48.5 |
47 |
51 |
147 |
Glaxo |
51 |
47 |
45 |
143 |
ONGC |
48 |
45 |
44 |
137 |
Extended
Manager |
Strategic
Deployment |
Business
Benefits & Value |
Extended
Manager |
Advocate |
Total |
Godrej |
51 |
55 |
54 |
50 |
210 |
LG |
50 |
52 |
55 |
50 |
207 |
IDBI |
50 |
53 |
49 |
46 |
198 |
Glaxo |
52 |
51 |
47 |
45 |
195 |
ONGC |
49 |
51 |
47 |
46 |
193 |
Rajasth
Spinning |
53 |
54 |
44 |
41 |
192 |
Process |
Strategic
Deployment |
Business
Benefits & Value |
Process
Improvements |
Total |
Glaxo |
52 |
51 |
51 |
154 |
Rajasthan
Spinning |
53 |
54 |
47 |
154 |
LG |
50 |
52 |
50 |
152 |
Intrex |
45 |
49 |
55 |
149 |
Tata
International |
49 |
50 |
48 |
147 |
UTI |
48 |
50 |
46 |
144 |
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It would not be wrong to say that that the influence wielded by the CIO, over
the internal users in the organization and the top management, is ramping up.
At a glittering function in Mumbai
late last month, the results of the second edition of the
CIOL-Dataquest Enterprise Connect Awards 2005 were announced. Twelve
CIOs from across the company were presented the coveted Award at a
function organized at the Hyatt Regency.
In his opening address, CIOL president E Abraham Mathew said CIOs
should move beyond their conventional roles of managing IT in their
organizations.
Recalling the recent monsoon mayhem in Mumbai, Prasanto K Roy,
chief editor, Dataquest Group, echoed similar sentiments. He said
the role of a CIO becomes important in such "DR"
conditions, and added that the CIO should ensure proper business
continuity in the organizations during such times.
Varun Jha, vice president, Tata Steel, and last year's Champion
CIO in the over Rs 1,000 crore category, summarized how the jury
picked the winners.
All the jury members and the jury chairman Dr Mitta were present
at the awards night. The Champion CIO trophies in the under and over
Rs 1,000 crore category were given away by last year's winners-Sunil
Kapoor of Fortis Healthcare and Varun Jha of Tata Steel along with
Abraham Mathew, president of CIOL. Dr Sridhar Mitta gave away the
Gold and Silver awards in both categories.
In the Individual Category awards, the Process CIO, Pioneer CIO
and Innovator CIO were given away by Kunkalienekar of 3i Infotech,
principal sponsor of the awards event. Abraham Mathew presented the
Advocate CIO and Extended CIO awards. |
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Latha Chandradeep
The Awards: In Recognition of...
Leadership, Vision & Mission (includes risk taking ability)
Strategic Deployment of IT
Business Benefits & Value
Pioneering use of Technology
Innovative use of Technology
Process Improvements
Internal and External Customer Orientation (understanding business needs)
People Orientation
Awards Methodology
The participants were divided into two categories-Large enterprises with a
turnover of over Rs 1,000 crore, and Mid-sized enterprises with a turnover of
under Rs 1,000 crore. The jury selected three companies from the shortlisted
contestants in both the sections-one as Champion CIO and two runners-up for
Gold and Silver Awards.
There was also an Individual Awards category, based on the company's
performance in each category mentioned above. Those scoring highest in the
individual categories in Section 2 were short-listed to participate in the
Individual Awards category comprising Pioneer CIO, Innovator CIO, Advocate CIO,
Extended Manager CIO and Process CIO.
This gave a chance to the shortlisted companies that didn't win any of the
first three awards, to participate in the individual category. No single company
was conferred two awards.
However, while the Jury was presented with the final shortlist of candidates
in various categories, the scores of the shortlisted companies were not revealed
to them. The Jury individually assigned scores, which were then tallied, to
arrive at the winners.
Who's Who
A Pioneer Adopts cutting edge/emerging technologies ahead of time
An Innovator Innovates on an existing technology/application for use
originally not intended for
An Advocate Contributes towards acceptance of IT within the
organization-top management and end users
An Extended Manager Creates value for the business by connecting
strategic external stakeholders
A Process CIO Positively impacts business processes through successful
use of IT, or by re-inventing processes