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The DQ Awards Panel 2005

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As in the past eleven years, a distinguished Panel debated on

and selected the Dataquest Awardees.

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And following tradition, the previous year's man of the

year, TCS managing director S Ramadorai, chaired the Panel, hosting it at his

headquarters in Mumbai on a sunny November day, three weeks ahead of the

Dataquest Awards on December 14.

Selection Parameters

for Nominations

  •  The nominee should have been associated with the IT

    industry for a reasonable period of time

  •  The nominee should have been the head of an organization

    or the leader of an organization

  •  The nominee should have contributed directly or

    indirectly to the general growth and development of the Indian IT industry

  •  The nominee should have ensured beneficial growth of his

    or her organization

  •  The nominee should be regarded for the highest standards

    of ethics and responsible conduct

  •  If the nominee has already been awarded IT Person of the

    Year, he/she cannot be considered for the award for the next three years

The Panel included Dr DB Phatak, founder and dean of the

Kanwal Rekhi Institute at IIT Mumbai, i-flex Solutions' India CEO Deepak

Ghaisas, Microsoft India managing director Neelam Dhawan, ICICI Bank CIO Pravir

Vohra; Ingram Micro managing director K Jaishankar, CSI President Lalit Sawhney

of Reliance Infocomm, and CyberMedia publisher Pradeep Gupta, facilitated by

Dataquest group chief editor Prasanto K Roy.

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Nominations were sought from panelists, editors and industry

persons. The first round of deliberations on the nominations happened over

e-mail, followed by the Panel meet in Mumbai. The Panel was supported by

research from the Dataquest editorial team.



The panelists: (from L-R) ICICI Bank CIO Pravir Vohra, CSI President Lalit

Sawhney of Reliance Infocomm, Dr DB Phatak, founder and dean of the Kanwal Rekhi

Institute at IIT Mumbai, TCS managing director S Ramadorai, CyberMedia publisher

Pradeep Gupta, Ingram Micro managing director K Jaishankar, i-flex Solutions'

India CEO Deepak Ghaisas, and Microsoft India managing director Neelam Dhawan

For a start, the Panel Chair proposed to rename the award

from Man of the Year to Person of the Year. This was unanimously supported by

the Panel.

An discussion and elimination process helped halve the list

of a dozen odd names. The next round dwelt on the achievements of each

contender: track record in recent years, contributions to the company and to

society.

After much discussion and deliberation, the panel unanimously named Nasscom

president Kiran Karnik IT Person of the Year 2005, Hinditron founder and

chairman Hemant Sonawala as Lifetime Achievement Awardee, and finally decided to

on a special Pathbreaker Award to R Chandrashekhar, joint secretary

(e-governance) with the Government of India.

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