FROM THE CEO’s DESK
India – the Epicenter of Innovation
The convergence of factors such as the emergence of disruptive digital technologies, a vibrant start-up ecosystem, a maturing leadership base and a skilled digital talent pool has made it possible for the Indian technology ecosystem to become a beacon of innovation and growth. In the last five years mobility, cloud, sharing economy, electric vehicles have all become mainstream. Businesses are also betting big on AI/ML, IoT, AR/VR by investing heavily in these areas.
India’s role as an innovation hub is undeniable. Latent X factors such as an adaptive and diverse culture, easy access to Asian markets, a data-rich economy, a highly collaborative ecosystem, the India Stack, nano markets etc., are all fueling its growth narrative. To spearhead this next wave of growth in the technology ecosystem, India GCoEs need intrapreneurial leaders who are not just visionaries and pioneers, but are global influencers and possess the ability to identify new areas of value.
Zinnov Awards is the recognition of these innovators, connectors, and mavens who have made significant contributions in driving India towards becoming the epicenter of global innovation.
WINNERS’ CIRCLE
Dattatraya Kulkarni
McAfee Software (India) Pvt Ltd
TECHNICAL ROLE MODEL
Jayanta Basak
NetApp India Pvt. Limited
TECHNICAL ROLE MODEL
Karthik Krishnan
Samsung R&D India
TECHNICAL ROLE MODEL
DBS Asia Hub 2
CENTER TRANSFORMATION
NetApp India Pvt. Limited
CENTER TRANSFORMATION
NetApp Excellerator
BEST CORPORATE START-UP PROGRAM
Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
BEST CORPORATE START-UP PROGRAM
Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
GREAT PLACE TO INNOVATE
United Technologies, Hyderabad Research & Design Center
GREAT PLACE TO INNOVATE
VMware
GREAT PLACE TO INNOVATE
Ericsson - SDN & Cloud Networking
BEST IN CLASS COEs
Walmart Labs
BEST IN CLASS COEs
Dell EMC
CHAMPIONS FOR LOCAL MARKETS
Samsung Research India - Bangalore
CHAMPIONS FOR LOCAL MARKETS
PayPal India Private Limited
NEXT-GEN EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
Schneider Electric India
NEXT-GEN EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
Allstate Solutions Private Limited
MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Amadeus Software Labs India Pvt. Ltd.
MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Citrix
MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, India R&D
MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Dayavanti Kamath
Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY
Divya Sharma
ADP Private Limited
WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY
Shefali Bansal
IBM India Software Labs
WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY
CATEGORIES
DISRUPTIVE LEADERSHIP
This is an organization wide award which seeks to measure how GCoEs (ER&D, Enterprise IT and GBS) are preparing themselves to become the hub for the organization by understanding future disruptions, leveraging initiatives to accelerate the pace of innovation, tapping into the global ecosystem and leveraging triggers such as business models, technology and market dynamics to cross the value chasm.
GREAT PLACE TO INNOVATE
This category is a company wide award to recognize GCoEs that are focused on value creation from the India center and have made concerted efforts across five key areas: Charter, Culture, Internal Programs, External Linkages and Innovation Outcomes. The assessment criteria will focus on how conducive the environment is for innovation and will also measure the pervasiveness.
OPEN INNOVATORSS
This category recognizes those GCoEs that have a structured open innovation strategy in India, engaged with a diverse set of ecosystem players including startups, universities, developer ecosystem, public sector, service providers etc. and have successfully evangelized, mentored, and partnered with them to foster innovation from India.
INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
This is an organization wide award which recognizes centers that have established programs and are the gold standards for inclusion and diversity in India.
WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE
This category is a company-wide award to recognize those GCoEs that are building skills for the future, embracing digital for employee experience and leading the way in attracting and retaining top talent in the industry.
HIGH IMPACT GLOBAL ROLES
This category is a company-wide award and will recognize organizations that have successfully enabled and sustained global roles from India that are critical for the organization’s success. It will also recognize the impact these roles have created/have the potential to create.
NEXT GENERATION WOMEN LEADERS
An individual contributor award for felicitating women leaders in tech GCoEs who have created large scale impact through their business and technology expertise. These women leaders have been excellent at mentoring upcoming talent and serve as an inspiration for the industry for excellence in work.
TECHNICAL ROLE MODEL
This category is an individual contributor award and will recognize those individuals who are technology stalwarts and have served by example and inspired individuals both within their organization and beyond, to emulate them and follow a technical career path. This year, we will also have a separate sub category for technologists who have created a significant impact in AI and Big Data Analytics.
Our Jurors
Alexander Klotz
Continental
Amaresh Ramaswamy
Microsoft
Anita Vijaykrishnan
VMware
Anjali Rao
Intel
Dattaraya Kulkarni
McAfee
Dayavanti Kamath
Ericsson
Dileep Mangsuli
GE Healthcare
Dipesh Shah
Samsung
Gunasundari Sridhar
Shell
Hari Vasudev
Walmart Labs
Mani Ganeshan
Amadeus Labs
Mohandoss Thulasidoss
CompassMet Consulting
Prakash Bodla
UTC
Ramaswamy Narayanan
Medtronic
Ramya Vishwanath
Target
Sailesh Menezes
HPE
Santanu Bhattacharya
Airtel
Shantanu Ghosh
Rocket Software
Shubhra Bhandari
Texas Instruments
Shweta Rani
Zinnov
Siddhartha Nandi
NetApp
Snigdha Ray
PayPal
Subhash Bana
Synchronoss
Sunil Shah
Societe Generale
Suraj Rengarajan
Applied Materials
Urmi Chatterjee
Honeywell
Vinok Sequeira
JDA Software
Yasmeen Shaikh
NextGen Healthcare
FROM THE VAULT
