Winners of the DQ Digital Leadership Conclave Awards 2025

Dataquest, Cybermedia, honored outstanding achievers with the Digital Leaders Awards at the DQ Leadership Conclave. The distinguished award winners are:

Top CIOs - Dataquest Digital Leaders Awards 2025

1. Aakash Bhutani – Vice President - Digital Transformation, Zomato Ltd (Eternal Ltd)
2. Abhijit Chatterjee – CIO, ABHi Technologies
3. Aditya Khullar – CISO, Adani Digital Labs
4. Anand Aggarwal – Group CTO, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group)
5. Anil Kuril – Chief General Manager & Chief Technology Officer, Union Bank of India
6. Deepak Batra – Head of Technical Engineering, EXL Service
7. Manish Thakar – CTO, Hitachi Hirel Power Electronics Pvt. Ltd.
8. Mohammad Irshad Saifi, CDIO, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
9. Poorav Sheth – CDIO, Hindalco Industries Ltd.
10. Randhir Padwal – GM-IT, Sahyadri Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.
11. Sanjay Kumar Gupta – IT Head, Sammaan Capital Ltd.
12. Sarbani Bhatia – Sr. Vice President, IT, Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
13. Vishal Gupta, Head - Business Transformation and Digital, India & SAARC, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.
14. Vivek Pathak – Additional General Manager, IT, BHEL
15. Yogendra Singh – CTO, Barista Coffee Company Limited

Dataquest Digital Leaders Awards 2025 - Special Category Awards

1. Digital Disruptor Award – Abhishek Agarwal, Head IT, EESL & CESL
2. Data-Driven Innovator Award – Achin K. Sharma, CIO, MOVIN
3. SAP Cloud Transformation Leader – Akshay Kumar Sahani, GM-IT, Alok Industries
4. Business Impact Award – Chandran R, CTO, Bahwan Cybertek Ltd
5. Industry Trailblazer Award – Deepak Keni, SVP & CIO, Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corp Ltd
6. Open Source Champion – Dipesh Thakar, Group CIO, Meril Life Sciences Group
7. Smart Manufacturing Champion – Dr. Chander Shekhar Devra, CIO, SRF Limited
8. Enterprise Integration & Compliance Leader – Rajesh Pandita, IRSL

IT Person of the Year

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & IT, was honored as the IT Person of the Year for his remarkable contributions to India's digital transformation.

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Prof. S. Sadagopan, Founder Director of IIIT-Bangalore, and Dr. Sridhar Mitta, Founder & MD of NextWealth Entrepreneurs, were recognized with Lifetime Achievement Awards for their pioneering efforts in shaping India's technology landscape.

Pathbreaker of the Year

Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder & CEO of Garuda Aerospace, was awarded Pathbreaker of the Year for his groundbreaking innovations in the aerospace and drone technology sector.