BWI: Prominent Industry Experts Tackled the Changing Role of CIOs at the CIO Strategies India Forum

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: naseba
Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:15 AM IST (04:45 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Economy, People; Business: Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Prominent Industry Experts Tackled the Changing Role of CIOs at the CIO Strategies India Forum


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Thursday, May 21, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- naseba, a leading business information firm specializing in organizing high profile conferences and events, announced the successful conclusion of the third annual 'CIO Strategies India Forum' that took place in Taj Lands End Hotel in Mumbai on 14th-15th of May 2009.

The two-day Forum brought together over 150 prominent CIOs from leading companies across India. It focused on education, networking and exchange of ideas on redesigning IT structures in order to optimize costs and sustain the current economic challenges. One of the attractive panel discussions held during the forum was 'The changing role of CIOs' moderated by Vilas Pujari, Joint Secretary of the CIO Klub. It focused on the changes in the role and responsibilities of a CIO caused by the current economic climate. The panel featured Dhiren Savla, CIO, Kuoni India Travel; Manoranjan Sharma, Chief Economist & Deputy GM, Canara Bank; Lt. Col. H.S. Bedi, CMD, Tulip Telecom and V. Subramaniam, CIO, Otis Elevator who shared case practices from their professional experience. Furthermore, the event highlighted the latest trends and issues in the industry: corporate governance, business ethics, challenges in service-oriented architecture (SOA), development in a down economy, virtualization planning and implementation and enterprise cloud computing.

Suganthi Shivkumar, Managing Director - South Asia, Informatica, commented: "The event was a forum of people focused on success! Combining like-minded senior IT professionals, who have been successful, want to be successful, and sharing their success with others. The event was an excellent platform. The diversity of topics presented and discussed, attendee retention, active participation in the workshops, all led to an insightful and successful event."

A number of industry experts spoke at the forum including: Sriram Naganathan, Chief Technology & Operations Officer (CTOO), Reliance General Insurance; Upal Chakraborty, CIO, DLF India Ltd.; Andrew Knott, VP of Marketing, Asia Pacific, Salesforce; Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, Vice President Corporate Marketing, Research & Communications, Cognizant Technology Solutions; Lakshminarayana, Chief Strategy & M&A Officer of IT, Wipro Limited; Sandeep Phanasgaonkar, President and CTO, Reliance Capital Ltd. along with many others.

Concluding on the Forum, Mohammed Saleem, General Manager - India, naseba said: "We are proud to have hosted the third edition of CIO Strategies India forum this year. We strongly believe that such events are the ideal platform to discuss the latest trends and opportunities in the changing economic environment. We hereby take this opportunity to put forward our sincere gratitude to all our participants and speakers whose continued involvement and support made this forum a success."

For further reference regarding the Forum NDTV Profit, India's leading financial TV channel, will broadcast a thirty minute feature on the third annual CIO Strategies India Forum on Saturday, 23rd May at 10:30 p.m. and Sunday, 24th May at 4p.m.

For more Information, please visit: www.ciostrategiesin.com

About naseba
naseba is a publicly listed business information company that produces, promotes and hosts upper level executive business congresses and forums across 26 industries on five continents. Our events focus on re-education, networking, and most importantly, deal flow opportunities, whether the "deal" be capital raising or purely sourcing new business for our clients. Each naseba congress/forum offers a platform to generate business. We work with the highest qualified industry experts to engage with the most pressing issues and cutting edge topics in each industry, which are extensively researched by our teams. Since inception in 2002, naseba has organized over 200 business events, and has opened four offices strategically located throughout the world - Bangalore, Dubai, Monaco and Shanghai. For further information, please visit: www.naseba.com.


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Ajda Mustafova, Communications Manager, naseba, +91 (80) 30280556, communications@naseba.com

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ECONOMY, PEOPLE, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY

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