"At a glittering function, the Excellence Awards were given away to some of the outstanding professionals in Human Resource (HR), working for different companies. The 'Lifetime Achievement' Award was presented to Harish Mehta, the man Indian software industry owes a lot to. He was the Chief Founder of Nasscom and currently the Chairman and Managing Director of Onward Technologies Limited.
"In his acceptance speech, Mr. Mehta said he was 'honoured to receive the award'. "The Indian software industry has given one million jobs but I want to see ten million jobs being created," he added...
"The other award winners are as follows: Best teacher in HR practices, Prof. Chetan Wakalkar, Director, Indira Group of Institutions, Pune; Young HR Professional of the Year, Ms. Priyanca Chhabra, HR Manager, Eli Lilly Company (I) Limited, New Delhi; HR Professional of the Year, Pratik Kumar, Corporate VP - HR, Wipro Corporation, Bangalore.
"The award for organisations which create fun and joy at work went to PSI Data Systems, Bangalore and Lowe Lintas advertising agency, Bangalore...
"The awards were presented by Bob Hoekstra, CEO of Philips Software Centre Private Limited; K N Shantha Kumar, Editor, Deccan Herald and Prajavani and K N Tilak Kumar, joint managing director, Deccan Herald and Prajavani. Earlier, a day-long seminar was conducted on Human Resource organized by 'DH Avenues', the popular supplement of Deccan Herald, in association with Centre for Change Management. |
