{"id":12601,"date":"2019-07-22T17:17:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=12601"},"modified":"2019-07-22T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:47:03","slug":"zinnov-awards-2019-recognizes-the-titans-of-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/zinnov-awards-2019-recognizes-the-titans-of-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinnov Awards 2019 Recognizes the Titans of Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u2022 Zinnov Awards 2019 Recognizes the Titans of Tech, Organizations Breaking New Ground, and the Leaders Who are the Harbingers of Change.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u2022 Zinnov hosts its annual Awards for the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0consecutive year, recognizing exceptional individuals and organizations at the forefront of technology innovation and transformation in Global Centers in\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">Bangalore, India<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-chron\">July 22, 2019<\/span> :\u00a0<\/strong> <u>Zinnov<\/u>,\u00a0a leading global management consulting firm, hosted the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of its marquee Awards on the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of July at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Bengaluru.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Zinnov Awards 2019 was not just about Global Centers blitz scaling for growth, but was also the year of the underdogs. The focus was to put those <span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>\u00a0centers in the limelight that have the ambition to transform as well as those that have readied themselves to accelerate to the next level. It equally emphasized the importance of recognizing not just the Goliaths of the technology ecosystem but the Davids too. It was an opportunity for new\/emerging small scale Global Centers to showcase their concerted efforts to drive value from\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>. Interestingly, 2019 saw participation from Enterprise IT as well as Global Business Services (GBS) Global Centers apart from ER&amp;D Global Centers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The august gathering included senior leaders from the ecosystem, technology practitioners, forward-thinking innovators, industry stalwarts and the who&#8217;s who of the MNC technology ecosystem. Zinnov\u00a0Awards\u00a0continues to be an acknowledged gold standard in recognizing the achievements and contributions of Global Centers in\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>, and this year too, saw an overwhelming response with over 300+ nominations from 150+ companies across 8 award\u00a0categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Award\u00a0Categories and Winners<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 1:<\/u><\/b><u>\u00a0<b>Technical Role Model:<\/b><\/u>\u00a0This category is an individual contributor\u00a0award\u00a0and recognizes those individuals who have been technology stalwarts and star contributors to the internal and external technology ecosystem. This year, a sub-category was created as well to recognize technologists who have created a significant impact in AI and Big Data Analytics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Winners :\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Technical Role Model (Senior-Level)\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">a.\u00a0 Vinay B Jammu from GE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">b.\u00a0 Ravi Chitloor from Data Protection Division, Dell Technologies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Technical Role Model (Mid-Level)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">a.\u00a0 Indrakant Borkar from Eli Lilly Services India Pvt. Ltd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Technical Role Model (AI &amp; BDA)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">a.\u00a0 Dr\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-person\">Viswanath Gopalakrishnan<\/span>\u00a0from Samsung R&amp;D Institute India &#8211; Bangalore\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 2: Disruptive Leadership:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0This organization-wide award measures how Global Centers (ER&amp;D, Enterprise IT, and GBS) are gearing themselves to become hubs for their organizations through a multitude of factors that help them stay a step ahead of the current and future disruptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Winners :\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Disruptive Leadership (Automation)\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sony India Software Centre &#8211; GISC-India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Disruptive Leadership (IT)<\/span>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Danske IT,\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 3: Open Innovators :<\/u><\/b>\u00a0This award is to felicitate those global centers that have a structured open innovation strategy in\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>, engaged with a diverse set of ecosystem players, and partnered with them to foster innovation from\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Winners:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Intel India<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Samsung R&amp;D Institute India &#8211; Bangalore\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Global Solution Center<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 4: Great Place To Innovate:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0This category is a company-wide\u00a0award\u00a0to recognize Global Centers focused on value creation from\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>\u00a0and created a conducive environment for innovation from\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>\u00a0across five key areas &#8211; Charter, Culture, Internal Programs, External Linkages, and Innovation Outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Winners:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">NetApp India Pvt. Limited<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">DBS Asia Hub 2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Stryker Global Technology Center<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 5: Inclusion and Diversity :<\/u><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0An organization-wide award, this recognizes the centers that have established forward-thinking programs and are the gold standards for inclusion and diversity in <span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Winners:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">ANZ Bengaluru Service Centre<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dell Technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 6:\u00a0 Workplace of the Future:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0An award for organizations which are building skills for the future, embracing digital for employee experience, and leading the way in attracting as well as retaining top talent in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Winners:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Schneider Electric Pvt. Ltd.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Eli Lilly Services India Pvt. Ltd.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 7: High Impact Global Roles:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0A company-wide award, this is for those organizations that have successfully enabled and sustained global roles from\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>, that are critical for the organization&#8217;s success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Winners:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">PayPal India Private Limited<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dell Technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Samsung R&amp;D Institute India &#8211; Bangalore\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Category 8: Next Generation Women Leaders:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0An individual contributor award, this felicitates women leaders in tech Global Centers who have created large scale impact through their business and technology expertise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Winners:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-person\">Suparna Bhattacharya<\/span>\u00a0from Hewlett Packard Enterprise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Saveetha Rudramoorthy from Amadeus Software Labs India Pvt. Ltd.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Dr Sukanyya Misra from Mastercard, India\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><u>Jury Special Mention:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0This jury special mention award is a first where an organization was recognized for its exceptional work in a relatively short span in\u00a0<span class=\"m_-474549268384869770xn-location\">India<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">NextGen Healthcare India Private Limited<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Zinnov Awards 2019 Recognizes the Titans of Tech, Organizations Breaking New Ground, and the Leaders Who are the Harbingers of Change. \u2022 Zinnov hosts its annual Awards for the 10th\u00a0consecutive year, recognizing exceptional individuals and organizations at the forefront of technology innovation and transformation in Global Centers in\u00a0India. 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