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The Jury: Top (from L-R) Shyam Malhotra, executive director, CyberMedia;
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO, Naukri.com; Rahul Bhasin, managing partner, Baring
Equity Partners India; Alok Ohrie, MD, AMD India; Ganesh Natarajan, executive
council member of Nasscom
Sitting: Jai Menon, group CIO, Bharti Airtel; Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman,
Infosys Technologies; Revathi Kasturi, ex-MD, Novell India/West Asia; Pradeep
Gupta, CMD, CyberMedia
A series of discussions and debates by a distinguished Panel preceded the
selection of this years Dataquest awardees. True to tradition, last years man
of the year, Nandan Nilekani, chaired the Panel meeting held on October 29, 2007
at New Delhi.
The Panel included Pradeep Gupta, CMD, CyberMedia; Alok Ohrie, MD, AMD India;
Ganesh Natarajan, deputy chairman and MD, Zensar Technologies; Jai Menon, group
CIO, Bharti Airtel; Revathi Kasturi, MD, Novell India/West Asia; Sanjeev
Bikhchandani, CEO, Naukri.com; Shyam Malhotra, CEO, CyberMedia; and Rahul Bhasin,
managing partner, Baring Equity Partners India.
Nominations were sought from panelists, editors and industry persons. The
first round of deliberations on the nominations happened over email, followed by
the Panel meet. The Panel was supported by research from the Dataquest editorial
team.
A discussion and elimination process helped shortlist around a dozen
probables. New names were added and debated upon as per the jury process. The
next round dwelt on the achievements of each contender, track record in the past
few years, and contributions to the company and to the society.
After much deliberation, the panel unanimously named Ajai Chowdhry, chairman,
HCL Infosystems as the IT Person of the Year 2007. NR Narayana Murthy,
co-founder, Infosys was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Project
Bhoomi, implemented to computerize the enormous rural land records, was awarded
the Pathbreaker Award.
| 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
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