Upinder Zutshi Of Infinite Computers & Ranbaxy CEO Arun Sawhney in close Race for CEO of the Year Award 2013

Upinder Zutshi Of Infinite Computers & Ranbaxy CEO Arun Sawhney in close Race for CEO of the Year Award 2013

4^th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Business Leadership Awards 2013 CEO of The Year Nominees in Close Competition as 5 Nominees Receive Overseas Votes

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Thursday, 9th May 2013: With the judgment date nearing to 42 days more, the 4^th Edition of India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2013 organized by Asia’s biggest analytical News Magazine Indian Affairs ( www.indianaffairs.tv ) in collaboration with the major trade bodies, Government & Associations, The CEO of the Year Award has received great response from 5 million voters consisting of 7 continents & 8 States with the CEO’s participating the votings. While as per trends available now, Upinder Zutshi Of Infinite Computers & Ranbaxy CEO Arun Sawhney in close Race for CEO of the Year 2013 are in close race while Puneet Chadda, CEO, HSBC Asset Management, Jayant Dua. MD & CEO, Birla Sun Life Insurance & Ishan Raina. CEO & Managing Director, Out of Home Media (India) are eyeing for the top recognition. It may be recalled here that last year Mohit Anand of Belkin India & Dr Kannan Vishwanathan were the favourites. The 4^th Edition of India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards will be held in Mumbai, India on 21^st June 2013 at Hotel lalit with the theme New India – Agenda For Change.

In a release to the Media, satya Brahma, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 4^th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs business Leadership Awards 2013 ( www.indialeadershipconclave.net/2013 ) said ‘’ New India & Indian Inc are experiencing a great deal of competition from their contemporary peers & pressure to perform better & live to the growing expectations from the internal & external stakeholders, with staggering Indian economy resulting in lack of economic reforms due to erosion of political values in the corridors of power at the centre, it is the top leadership which play a critical role in policy formulation & vision of the Company, the stakes are too high as both Indian & overseas market are posing biggest challenges. Given such a situation, CEO of The Year Award 2013 has drawn the attention in public perception & all the five nominees are the most credible & visible faces of the New India said Satya Brahma. The Nominees are Puneet Chadda, CEO, HSBC Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd. (Code 31),Jayant Dua. MD & CEO, Birla Sun Life Insurance. (Code 32),Mr. Arun Sawhney. CEO & Managing Director, Ranbaxy Ltd. (Code 33),Mr.Upinder Zutshi. MD & CEO, Infinite Computer Solutions India Ltd. (Code 34),Mr.Ishan Raina. CEO & Managing Director, Out of Home Media (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Code 35).

 

Puneet Chaddha, Chief Executive Officer,HSBC Asset Management (India) Private Ltd. Puneet Chaddha is the CEO for HSBC’s Asset Management business in India with responsibility for overall management of the business including driving business development and strategy. He also sits on the Asia Pacific Executive Committee which steers HSBC’s funds business in the region.Puneet has nearly 21 years of experience in the financial services sector spanning a variety of disciplines such as Currency Trading and Advisory, Consumer Lending, Capital Markets and Corporate Banking. He has been with the HSBC Group for about 18 years. Prior to his current role, Puneet headed HSBC’s Commercial Banking business.An engineer back background, Puneet also holds a management degree. He has also completed several executive development programs from prestigious institutes such as INSEAD and Harvard Business School.

 

Jayant Dua is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Birla Sun Life Insurance. He is a Chemical Engineer from IIT Delhi and an MBA. He also holds an Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Harvard Business School, USA. He joined Birla Sun Life Insurance in July 2010.In his role, he provides Birla Sun Life Insurance a strategic direction and leads the insurance team towards achieving rapid growth and profitability.Prior to this, Jayant spearheaded Aditya Birla Insulators (ABI) in the capacity of President and CEO and was responsible for expanding ABI’s customer base nationally and internationally. He was instrumental in making the ABI business the fourth largest in its segment globally. He has been associated with the group for the last 16 years and prior to his appointment with the Insulators Business, Jayant spent close to a decade in Groups’ Cement Business in capacities as diverse as Marketing, IT and Strategy.

Mr. Arun Sawhney, B.Com., PGDBM has been Managing Director at Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. since August 20, 2010 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sawhney is an industry veteran with over three decades of international experience in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical sectors. He served as President of Global Pharmaceuticals Business at Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and served as its President of API GBU- Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain. Mr. Sawhney served as the President of Bulk SBU and Member of Management Council of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Mr. Sawhney started his tenure at Dr. Reddy's in 2001, and served as its President - Europe and Global of API business until May 5, 2008. Prior to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories's he served as Chief Executive Officer of Max-GB Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Sawhney headed the Global Business Development function at Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. He has also had successful stints as Manager Exports with Hindustan Ciba Geigy and as Regional Sales Manager with Bayer India. Mr. Sawhney has been a Director at Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. since August 20, 2010.

Upinder Zutshi as Managing Director and CEO of Infinite is a very unconventional leader, and has nurtured the growth of infinite with a very hands-on-approach. With his remarkable leadership, Upinder has defined the strategic direction of the Company, making Infinite’s revenue grow above industry average. He has been instrumental in setting the vision for Infinite to be positioned as a Global Service Provider and moving the Company up the value chain by focusing on differentiated services and product based offerings in a non-conventional engagement and business models.Under Upinder’s leadership, Infinite has grown to be in the Nasscom Top 20 IT providers in India with a revenue of US$ 220 Million in FY 2012; 5000+ employees worldwide, been named as Top 5 employers in India by Dataquest – IDC, Forbes Asia 200 Best Under a Billion Company in 2012; Top 10 Global Telecom Outsourcing Providers by IAOP and has been recognized as technology thought leaders in the emerging areas like mobility, messaging and analytics. He spearheaded the IPO of Infinite, which was one of the most successful IPOs in 2010, with a historic opening where it was over-subscribed manifold in a stock market where the giants were struggling through a global economic-crisis.

An advertising veteran, Ishan has over 25 years experience in advertising and media. An MBA from Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Calcutta, Ishan has lent his management expertise to several leading advertising agencies including Lintas and Contract Advertising (a subsidiary of JWT) in India.In 1995, at age 37, Ishan became the Founder-CEO & Joint-venture Partner of Euro RSCG Advertising Worldwide. In 1996, Business India selected him as one of the top 50 influential Indians under 40. From 1998 to 2006, Ishan served as Chairman and CEO of Euro RSCG group in India. He has also served as a board member for Euro RSCG Asia Pacific and a member of the Executive Committee of Euro RSCG Worldwide.Ishan still serves as Chairman of MPG India (Havas Media) and Connecturf, India's online media solutions company.

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