Posted on June 05 2012
Winners for the awards instituted by Remit2India, a Times Group online money transfers unit, were announced at the 2nd annual awards function here Saturday.
The winners: Lifetime Achievement Awards: Columbia University professor & economist, Jagdish Bhagwati, founder & CEO of Patni Computer Systems, Narendra Patni and former CEO of Vodaphone Group - Arun Sarin. Jury and People's Choice Awards: Excellence in Business Leadership: Bharat Desai, founder of Syntel and Gurbaksh Chahal, internet entrepreneur and a best-selling author. Excellence in Science & Technology: Pradeep K. Khosla, dean of the College of Engineering & the Philip & Marsha Dowd University professor at Carnegie Mellon University and Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail Service & Jaxtr. Excellence in Corporate Leadership: Anshuman Jain, co-CEO of Deutsche Bank and Padmasree Warrior, chief technology officer of Cisco Systems. Excellence in Education & Academics - Deans & Presidents: Renu Khator, president of the University of Houston (both categories). Excellence in Education & Academics- Scholars & Professors: Soumitra Dutta, Roland Berger chaired professor of business and technology and founder and academic director of e-lab and Mohanbir Sawhney, director of the Centre for Research in Technology & Innovation at Kellogg School of Management. Excellence in Literature & Journalism: Amitav Ghosh and Indu Sunderesan, both authors. Excellence in Arts & Entertainment: Padma Lakshmi, host of 'Top Chef' and Lisa Ray, actor and host of 'Top Chef' Canada. Special Awards: Amrapali Young Achievers award: Gurbaksh Chahal, chairman & CEO of RadiumOne. Power of Influence in Education award: Satish K. Tripathi, University of Buffalo President, Power of Influence in Technology award: Ajay V. Bhatt, co-inventor of USB Technology. 4 June 2012Tags:
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