VARINDIA Star Nite Held amid Much fanfare in New Delhi
 VARINDIA, India's frontline IT publication recently organized the tenth edition of its Star Nite Awards 2011 to felicitate IT industry achievers of the year 2010-11for their outstanding performance. Organized by Kalinga Digital Media Pvt Ltd (KDMPL), it recognized IT vendors, solution providers and partners for their sincere and relentless efforts towards the growth of the Indian IT industry. The much-awaited 10th VARIndia Star Nite Awards, 2011was held with great pomp and fanfare on 4th November, 2011 at Hotel Eros Hilton, Nehru Place, in New Delhi in the presence of the distinguished audience of more than 500 people, comprising government officials, CXOs, foreign guests, distributors, VARs, SIs and channel partners from across the country.
The auspicious lamp lighting by the honourable Chief Guest, Shri Shankar Aggarwal, IAS, Addl. Secretary- IT, Govt. of India marked the beginning of the event. The other dignitaries who graced the occasion included Mr. Amarendra Khatua, IFS, J.S., Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, Mr. Kuldeep Singh, CMD, MTNL, Dr. C. Muralikrishna Kumar, Sr. Advisor (CIT)- Planning Commission of India, Mr. B. M. Baveja, Scientist G & Group Coordinator, DIT, Govt. of India, Mr. Anshul Gupta, Executive Director, RAILTEL, Govt. of India, Mr. Durga Charan Dash, IRS, Commissioner, Govt. Of India, Mr. Ashwani Jain, Executive Director, PGCIL, Govt. Of India, Mr. S N Srivastava, Director-IT, DGSND, Govt. of India, Mr. S P Garnaik. Energy Economist, BEE, Govt. of India, Mr. Deepak Chanduka, G.M- Marketing & Bus. Development- MTNL, Mr. Alok Bharadwaj, President- MAIT, Mr. Banhur Mesfin - Director & GM- APAC - WNS, APAC- Motorola Solutions, Mr. Sivakumar N, V.P, Toshiba India (Pvt) Ltd,. Mr. Mohit Anand, M.D.- Belkin India Pvt. Ltd., Mr.VP Sajeevan, Director- CSP- Canon India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Anand Swaminathan, CEO- ZICOM Electronics Security, Mr. Lux Rao, Country Manager - Cloud Consulting Services, HP India, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Director- Huawei India, Mr. Hemal Patel, CEO - Elitecore Technologies, Mr. M Chandrasekaran, Senior Vice President- HCL Infosystems, Mr. Rajeev Saxena, Business Head - SMB, HCL Infosystems Ltd., Mr. A L Jagannath, Director- Marketing, VM Ware Inc., Mr. R.K. Bansal, M.D.- Uniline Energy Systems (Pvt) Ltd., Mr. Tushar Sighat, CEO , D-Link India, Mr. Anil Sethi, V.P. - SMB -Tata Consultancy Services, Mr. Ajay Sehgal, Country Sales Manager, LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions, IPG, HP India, Mr. Anoop Nambiar, Country Manager - Channels - IBM India, Mr. R.K. Arora, CEO- Broadcasting, News 24- B.A.G. Newsline Network Ltd., Mr. Shailender Kumar, MD- Quest Software India, Mr. Sanjiv Krishen, Chairman- Iris Computers Ltd., Mr. V.K.Bhandari, CMD, Supertron Electronics Ltd. and Mr. Jagannath Patnaik, Director - Channel Sales (SA), Kaspersky Lab. There were 89 awards across 75 categories given at the event. Many stood undisputed winners in their respective product categories as last year's besides few names appearing in the list as winners in new categories. The awards were a true reflection of the feedback from the VARs and Channel Partners. It was further complemented by the study made by VARINDIA team in various markets including Metros, B & C class cities ascertaining vendor penetration and their level of engagement and commitment with channel partners. The event comprised of product display by the various IT corporate. Besides this, event also had a panel discussion for the industry think-tanks that comprised of three groups Vendors, distributors and channel association heads discussing “Growth Drivers for the Indian IT Industry”. The distinguished panel included Tushar Sighat, CEO, D-link India, VP Sajeevan, Director- CSP- Canon India Pvt. Ltd., Mahender Lalwani, Managing Director, TelExcell Information Systems Ltd., AL Jagannath, Director-Marketing, VMware Software India (P) Ltd., Mr. Ajay Sehgal, Country Sales Manager, IPG, HP India, Mr. Jagannath Patnaik. Director - Channel Sales(SA), Kaspersky Lab, Sanjeev Krishen, Chairman, Iris Computers Ltd, B. Hari, President, COMPASS, J&K, Sikkim, R. Sridhar, President, Association for IT - Bangalore, Mr. Shyam Modi, Chairman- All Delhi Computer traders Association, Delhi, Harinder Salwan, Secretary- ISODA (Mumbai), Mr. A. Muthuswamy, President, Chennai - CONFED, Mr. Rajesh K. Agarwala, President- Guwahati, Mr. Rajeev Malhotra, President- Jammu Computer Dealers Association (JCDA), Jammu and it was moderated by Lux Rao, Country Manager - Cloud Consulting Services, HP India. A special highlight of the Star Nite Awards 2011 was that the representatives of thirty IT associations from the length and breadth of India attended the event making it first of its kind for IT industry in India. It was a momentous day for the winners of the VARIndia Star Nite Awards who were filled with sense of joy and pride while others looked forward to the next VARINDIA Star Nite 2012. The awards ceremony was followed by a gala dinner. For More Details See www.varindia.com |
