Wednesday, April 28, 2010

BWI: naseba Announces the much Anticipated Shortlisted Nominees for the WIL India Awards 2010

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: naseba
Thursday, April 29, 2010 09:30 AM IST (04:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People, Social issues; Business: Business services, Media & entertainment
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naseba Announces the much Anticipated Shortlisted Nominees for the WIL India Awards 2010


Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Women across India are looking forward to the Women in Leadership (WIL) India Awards, which are just one week away. As anticipation mounts, the ceremony's host, business information group naseba, is proud to officially announce the shortlisted nominees for each of the exclusive categories.

The awards have generated enormous interest and will be held in recognition of individual women and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the development of Indian women in all sectors. The ceremony will be attended by notable women in the business community, and will be covered by Bloomberg UTV.

Award categories and their shortlisted nominees are as follows:

Most Women-Friendly Employer - Ernst & Young; VLCC Group; Wipro Technologies; Cisco; American Express India.

Woman Initiative of the Year - Women Interest Network (WIN) by American Express India; Friends of Women's World Banking India; Lila Poonawalla Foundation; TopsGrup; Accenture's Vahini.

Leading Woman in the Public Sector - Sunitha Krishnan, Chief Functionary, Prajwala; Ela R. Bhatt, Founder, Self-Employed Women's Association; Amrita Patel, Chairman, NDDB; Dr. Neelam Gulati Sharma, Additional Director, Punjab State Council.

Leading Woman in the Media - Barkha Dutt, Group Editor-English News, NDTV; Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director, Balaji Telefilms; Indu Jain, Chairperson, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.; Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director, HT Media.

Leading Woman in Human Resources - Saagarika Ghoshal, Chief People Officer, Reliance Big Entertainment; Leena Nair, Executive Director and Vice President - HR, Hindustan Unilever; Joji Gill, Director - HR, Microsoft Corporation India; Nandita Gurjar, VP and Group Head - HRD, Infosys.

Leading Woman in the Financial Sector - Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head - India, HSBC; Renu Sud Karnad, Managing Director, Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC); Vaishali Kasture, Managing Director and COO, Butterfield Fulcrum Fund (India) Services; Manisha Girotra, Chairperson and Managing Director, UBS Bank India.

Leading Woman in Healthcare - Tina Ambani, Chairperson, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute; Vandana Luthra, Founder and Mentor, VLCC Group; Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr. Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Life Sciences Limited and DirectorPiramal Healthcare Limited.

Leading Woman in IT - Sangita Singh, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Application Services, Wipro Technologies; Anu Acharya, CEO, Ocimum; Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director, Hewlett Packard; Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco.

Indian Business Woman of the Year - Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo; Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer, Parle Agro; Pallavi Shroff, Managing Director, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh S. Shroff; Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries; Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson and Managing Director, The Lalit.

Leading Indian Woman Entrepreneur - Shahnaz Husain, Chairperson, Shahnaz Herbals; Vandana Luthra, Founder and Mentor, VLCC Group; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman, Biocon; Ishita Khanna, Co-Founder and Director, Ecosphere; Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designer.

Each of the shortlisted nominees will be judged on their exceptional capabilities in one or more of the following areas - financial management; decision making and impact on business; business ethics; managing rapid growth; innovation; adapting to change; forming strategic partnerships; leadership skills; marketing strategies and corporate philanthropy/contributions to society, amongst others.

Nominees will be judged by an independent panel of prominent society and industry leaders, based on their recent initiatives. The winners will be announced at the WIL India Awards reception on May 6th 2010 at the Sheraton Hotel, New Delhi.

About naseba

naseba group produces promotes and hosts commercially oriented congresses and forums targeting executive level attendees across multiple vertical industries. Each event is focused on re-education, networking - and most importantly - creating a 'deal-flow' platform for all participating organisations. Whether the 'deal' is capital raising, vendor sales contracts or sourcing a strategic partner, naseba provides clients with an unprecedented, high-ROI environment for conducting business. An in-house team of experts conduct extensive research in conjunction with recognised thought leaders to ensure that all events are relevant, timely and at the forefront of market and industry trends.

naseba works in partnership with leading media, industry and local authorities such as International Data Corporation (IDC), TIME, CNBC Arabia, BBC World, zawya, Council of Saudi Chambers, SAGIA, Principality of Monaco, Singapore Tourism Board, Abu Dhabi Health Authority, Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Economy - UAE, Ministry of Environment and Water - UAE, Qatar Civil Aviation, the Government of Dubai and many others.

naseba is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and since inception in 2002 has organised over 350 events and played host to 52,000 executive delegates globally. Operating from five strategically located offices across the globe, naseba has on-the-ground presence in Monaco, Dubai, Bangalore, Singapore and Cairo.

At naseba, we make it happen.

For more information on naseba, please visit www.naseba.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Mitha Ittycheriah, Marketing Manager, naseba, +91 (80) 30222017, mithai@naseba.com

KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, SOCIAL, BUSINESS SERVICES, MEDIA

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