Today, every enterprise is evolving with new digital technologies like AI and advanced data analytics among others. IT and digital executives are leveraging these technologies in a way that they align with the vision of their organization and with the strategies of their leaders for optimal business outcomes. They play a pivotal role in navigating their enterprises through an impactful digital evolution. With their profound understanding of the ever-evolving technology landscape and drive for digital advancements in their organizations business, these executives are poised to become future IT leaders.
LeaderNext 2023, conceptualized and curated by CORE Media, is a prestigious platform that recognizes and celebrates these stalwarts. It is a dynamic space where top IT and digital executives immerse themselves in continuous learning, share insights, and actively participate in discussions that revolve around the latest trends in the ICT landscape. At the first edition, LeaderNext empowered these executives with the knowledge and insights of top CXO leaders and experts from various industries and recognized them for their brilliant achievements. Over 150 top ICT & digital executives from across industry verticals joined us for the grand annual first edition of LeaderNext.
The summit was structured to encourage conversations between top IT executives and experts around the current trends in the ICT landscape. The one-day conference gave exposure to aspiring Future IT Leaders through interactive workshops, engaging panels and discussions.
The topics covered ranged from The Blueprint for Optimal Infrastructure Modernization, Responsible AI – Making AI Technology Trustworthy, The Role of Emerging Technologies – AI, ML, and Advanced Data Analytics in Business Transformation.
The keynote sessions by Business leaders and Authors included The New Age Skills: Get Them & Get Ahead and Leading Solutions for Modern Day Challenges.
Some of the featured speakers included Rajesh Srivastava, Renowned Author; Krishnan Iyer, FSM, Google Cloud India; Hitesh Kumar, Security Sales Specialist, Google Cloud India; Sudhir Kanvinde, CIO, The Supreme Industries; Ketan Kothari, Managing Director, Sigma-Byte Computers; Pushkar Rege, CIO, UPL; Janmin Shah, Director – Digital Trust, KPMG; Mandar Samant, Customer Engineering Manager, Google Cloud India; Anil Shankar, CIO, Tata International; Dnyaneshwar Gaikwad, EVP Technology, Edelweiss Financial Services; and Dr. Nitin Paranjape.
LeaderNext 2023 concluded with a grand evening celebrating the accomplishments of rising stars of the ICT universe who were felicitated at the LeaderNext Awards 2023.
LeaderNext Awards 2023, conceptualized and curated by CORE Media, honored ICT and Digital executives who have exhibited their potential to elevate to the C-Suite, positioning themselves as the future C level leaders. With their drive for innovation and unique strategies, these leaders have made far-reaching impact within their enterprises and the ecosystem.
An independent jury comprising of distinguished leaders, CXOs & industry stalwarts - Abhijit Singh, Group Head - Banking as a Service (BaaS), International Banking and Digital Ecosystem Banking, HDFC Bank; Nayan Desai, CIO, WNS Global Services; Rajkumar Ayyella, CIO, KEC International (RPG Group); Sreeji Gopinathan, Global CIO, Lupin; Vineet Jaiswal, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Essar Oil (UK), selected this year’s winners through a rigorous evaluation process from several worthy nominations received from across enterprises in India.
The key decisive factors for the selection process were the career achievements of nominated applicants, their professional expertise, and leadership potential to join the C-Suite.
This year’s LeaderNext Award Winners are:
- Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Sr. Programmer/ACE, AIIMS New Delhi
- Navratan Bohra, Vice President, Anand Rathi Shares & Stock Brokers
- Nitish Kumar, VP Technology, Head COE, Strategic Program, BARC India
- Biru Kumar, VP of Engineering, Betterhalf
- Kiran Gudimetla, Head Data & Analytics, Birla Carbon India
- Nagarajan Vaidyanathan, Lead Infra, Security and Non-Sap Apps, Britannia Industries
- Sachinkumar Patel, Head IT, Cactus Communications
- Vamshi Bathini, Chief Architect & Head of Technology, CallHealth Services
- Udaya Tendulkar, Head - IT Infrastructure, CEAT
- Deepak Bhardwaj, Associate Director Information Technology, Evalueserve
- Tejas Acharya, Global Operations Lead – IT, GreyOrange
- Naresh Jha, Senior Vice President, HDFC ERGO General Insurance
- Vivek Sapnanil Datta, Vice President – IT, HDFC Life Insurance
- Laxmikanta Das, Head of Enterprise Applications, HFCL
- Vijay Vora, Head IT-Infrastructure, Hindalco Industries
- Mohammed Ilyas, Assistant General Manager, Ipca Laboratories
- Yagnesh Upadhyay, Senior General Manager, JM Baxi & Group
- Venkatraman Subramanian, Vice President - IT & Digital, JSW Steel
- Rahul Shettigar, IT Manager, Jyothy Labs
- Bhumeshwar Tatikonda, Head - Group IT Operations, Kalpataru Group
- Hetal Presswala, CISO, Kalpataru
- Arpit Rastogi, Director, KPMG
- Richard Ferrow, Head IT - Supply Chain and Finance, L'oreal
- Jagdish Joshi, Deputy General Manager, Mahindra and Mahindra
- Ashish Gupta, Chief Manager IT, Manipal Health Enterprises
- Sanjay Jaiswal, AVP - Head Application & IT Security, Nuvama Wealth Management
- Bantesh Singh, General Manager IT, Ozone Group
- Chandrakant Chauhan, DGM-IT Infra Service, Panasonic India
- Vivek Parihar, Head of Engineering, Purplle
- Pushpendra Tiwari, Head IT & Security, Quikr India
- Hrudaynath Mhatre, Manager, Raychem RPG
- Sandip Sonar, Head-Sap and IT Applications, Raymond
- Bhaskar Kumar, IT Infrastructure Lead, Saint Gobain- Grindwell Norton
- Yazad Anklesaria, General Manager - Technology and IT, Saregama India
- Rushikant Shastri, Vice President, SBI
- Dhiraj Ranka, CISO, Tata AIG General Insurance
- Ravindra Ghuge, Deputy General Manager, Tata Projects
- Jitendra Gaikwad, Head- IT, Varroc Engineering
- Asfhan Nevrekar, AGM - Information Technology, Wanbury
- Nageswara Rao PV, Head of IT, Yashoda Hospitals
