One of the key highlights of the NASSCOM 2006 will be the Global Leadership Awards event, which will felicitate some of the most renowned names from the world of business and technology. The awards will be presented to individuals for their role in building business excellence and technology leadership within their organizations, in the areas such as vision, excellence in IT usage, technology innovation, thought and business leadership.
NASSCOM’s Global Leadership Awards are a tribute to these men and women, who have used vision, creativity, business acumen and technology to move their organizations towards higher goals and establish them as business leaders in the competitive global environment.
Award for Innovation in Business
Mr. Heinrich V. Pierer
Chairman, Supervisory Board, Siemens "It's a great day for Siemens and for me to receive this honour. Siemens is described, as a global network of innovation and India is a key player in this network. It gives me great pleasure to announce that given the focus on India, we will invest another US$500 million in the country."
Award for Creativity
Mr. Craig R. Barrett
Chairman, Intel Corporation
"I am very pleased to accept this award on behalf of the Intel Corporation and our 80,000 employees. Creativity and innovation is at the very heart of what Intel does, and what our industry does."
Award for Vision
Ms. Carly Fiorina
Former Chairman and CEO, Hewlett Packard "I am proud to accept this award on behalf of the 150,000 HP employees around the world… It is a special honour to receive this award from NASSCOM for whom we have so much respect and admiration and who so many of us look to for leadership today."
Award for Excellence in IT usage
Mr. Masamoto Yashiro
Chairman, President and CEO, Shinsei Bank "Indian IT industry has been instrumental in transforming Shinsei Bank to the most profitable bank in Japan, we have the most innovative approach in IT, that has helped us create new business models and increase revenue growth. I express gratitude for this honour bestowed upon us by NASSCOM."
Award for Excellence as a "Business Leader"
Mr. Stephen Green
Chairman, HSBC Bank "I am pleased to accept this award on behalf of 230,000 colleagues in 79 countries, and in particular 12,500 colleagues in India who are working in the area of processing and IT on behalf of HSBC group. This is a fantastic opportunity for us and we will look to do more and more here"
