CAI announces winners of 'India’s Best CIOs'

The CIO Association of India (CAI) announced winners of "India's Best CIOs". The awards were presented at a ceremony hosted by Dell and CAI in Mumbai. Launched six months ago with a unique peer based nomination process, the initiative aimed at identifying and promoting the role played by CIOs as leaders in business and technology and to acknowledge their contribution to the industry.

Vijay Sethi, Vice President and CIO,  Hero MotoCorp Ltd,  was awarded as India's Best CIO for FY 2013 - 2014. Rajesh Uppal, Executive officer (IT) and CIO,  Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. came a close second, followed by Arun Gupta, Cipla, CIO and T. G Dhandapani, CIO, TVS Motors who came third . A jury of renowned CIOs and technology evangelists were a part of the panel that determined the individuals worthy of the ‘Best CIO' title. The jury panel was prudently selected to include some of the brightest minds in the industry comprising of:

- CN Ram( Former Group CIO, Essar Group),
- Atul Jayawant (Senior President Group IT & Group CIO, Aditya Birla Group)
- Sandeep Phanasgaonkar (Former President and CTO, Reliance Capital).
- Lalit Sawhney: Former Head, Information Systems at Hindustan Lever and Former SVP, Reliance Communications

Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell India, speaking at the ceremony, "In a dynamic environment like India, the CIOs need to keep up with evolving trends to ensure their organizations continue to grow. At Dell, we recognize that this is a huge responsibility and understand the complexities they face when balancing budgets with business imperatives. India's Best CIO, is a great developing platform which aims to recognize India's top CIOs who have shown exemplary performance evaluated by their peers. I would like to congratulate the winners and wish them the very best in their roles as leaders of the industry."

Tapan ‘Ananta' Garg, Founder and CEO, CIO Association of India, said "We are happy to have collaborated with Dell on this unique awards initiative. "India's Best CIOs Awards" are India's most significant community-driven CIO awards because More than 300 CIOs from all over the country have voted for their peers. We hope that the winners are able to inspire the larger community to excel and  share experiences and ideas. A hearty congratulations to all the winners".

India's Best CIOs is an annual property that will return in 2014 for its next edition.