IDC India announced the winners of the seventh annual IDC Industry Insights Innovation Awards 2020 (IDCIIA 2020) honoring the technology leaders of India.
IDC Industry Insights Innovation Awards program recognizes the achievements of Indian technology leaders who are leveraging digital technology to innovate and deliver business benefits. The awards program celebrates how technology has been an enabler to build resilient enterprises as they survive and thrive during the time of the pandemic.
IDCIIA 2020 Winners include tech leaders from across verticals in three categories – Excellence in Operations; Excellence in Omni-Experience; and Excellence in Data Intelligence. IDC also announced a Special Award for Business Continuity and Resiliency for a project that mirrors this year’s theme of ‘Resiliency and Innovation: Surviving and Thriving’.
The top I.C.O.N.I.C winners
Vertical | Category | Winner Details |
Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) | Excellence in Omni Experience | Biswabrata Chakravorty, CIO, IndusInd Bank |
Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) | Excellence in Omni Experience | Sourabh Chatterjee, Head Technology, Websales & Travel, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Data Intelligence | Rajesh Garg, CXO IT, Trident |
Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) | Special Award for Resiliency (COVID – 19) | Umesh Parshetye, Chief Technology Officer, ASK Investment Managers |
Other winners for IDCIIA 2020
Vertical | Category | Winner Details |
Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) | Excellence in Omni Experience | Dr. Mukesh Mehta, CTO, Batlivala and Karani Securities India |
Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) | Excellence in Operations | Seema Gaur, CIO, IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance Company |
Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) | Excellence in Operations | S R Muppaneni, Group CIO, Telangana State Cooperative Banks |
Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) | Excellence in Operations | Vikram Arora, Vice President and Head – Digital Experience & Innovation, IT, Bajaj Allianz Life |
Education | Excellence in Operations | Parveen Kumar Sharma, CTO & Consultant – IT, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
Electric, Gas & Water Utility | Excellence in Operations | Sourajit Ghosh, General Manager, NTPC |
Health | Excellence in Data Intelligence | Anvize Rodrigues, Director IT, PerkinElmer |
Health | Excellence in Omni Experience | Bhoopendra Solanki, Head of IT, Sakra World Hospital |
Health | Excellence in Operations | Vivek Digumarti, IT Head, Sai Life Sciences |
Health | Excellence in Operations | Chandresh Dedhia, Head of IT & IS, Ascent Wellness Pharma Solutions |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Data Intelligence | Ashish Desai, VP IT and CIO – Chemical and Fashion Yarn Business, Grasim Industries |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Operations | Jason Pappas, Director of Digital Business, Eaton |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Operations | Rupesh Nain, CIO, JCB India |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Operations | Vivek Khanna, Executive President & Chief Information Officer, Polycab India |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Operations | Praveen Singh Thakur, IT Director, Schneider Electric |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Operations | Sunil Gubrani, Head IT, RAL |
Manufacturing | Excellence in Operations | Shobhana Lele, VP IT, The Bombay Dyeing and Mfg Co |
Media & Entertainment | Excellence in Data Intelligence | Sarbani Bhatia, Sr. Vice President, IT, Jagran Prakashan |
Media & Entertainment | Excellence in Data Intelligence | Denis D’Souza, Vice President – IT, Reliance Broadcast Network |
Oil & Gas / Mining | Excellence in Omni Experience | N S Yadav, Additional Director, PCRA |
Oil & Gas / Mining | Excellence in Omni Experience | Subhankar Biswas, Chief General Manager-Information Systems, Hindustan Petroleum |
Professional Services | Excellence in Data Intelligence | Anand Sinha, CIO & Director IT, OCS Group India |
Professional Services | Excellence in Operations | Ramkumar Mohan, CIO, Air Works India Engineering |
Retail | Excellence in Operations | Ravi Razdan, Head – IT & HR, Jyothy Labs |
Travel / Transportation / Logistics | Excellence in Operations | Manjunath Prasad, Head IT Infrastructure, T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons |
Other | Excellence in Operations | Chirag Boonlia, Group CTO, Embassy Group |