~ Zinnov recognizes exceptional individuals and organizations with a positive impact on the technology ecosystem from MNC GCoEs ~ ~ The 13th edition of the Awards celebrates exceptional leadership, talent management, inclusion and diversity, and innovation program emerges in post-pandemic reality ~ BANGALORE, India, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Zinnov, a leading global management consulting and strategy advisory firm, hosts the 13th edition of the flagship Awards its to celebrate leaders and companies that have effectively navigated a highly dynamic business environment to successfully future-proof their business. The Zinnov Awards has grown to become a platform that recognizes the relentless pursuit of excellence celebrated by the ecosystem at large.
The Zinnov Awards continue to be recognized as the gold standard in recognizing the outstanding achievements and significant contributions of Global Centers of Excellence (GCoEs), Indian MNCs, and Start-ups. This year, there was an overwhelming response with 400+ nominations from 175+ companies across 10 award categories. 43 seasoned industry leaders served as judges and selected 32 individuals and companies in total, to be the recipients of these prestigious awards.
Each year, the Zinnov Awards introduce categories in accordance with the pulse of the ecosystem. It expands the breadth and depth of factors considered to distinguish the best of the best in the technology community. In this edition, there are 2 new award categories across the organization: Best in Class Center of Excellence and Excellence in Talent Engagement in the Hybrid Age; and 1 new individual award category: Leader Extraordinaire. This year, there were also nominations from 100+ women, with 7 female leaders emerging as winners across all categories.
Award Categories and Winners Category 1: Center Unlocking Champions Value: This award recognizes companies that have rapidly evolved from being pure-play cost centers to value creation centers. The category analyzed GCoEs by type and type of change, the drivers, the key milestones and metrics achieved, and the key results across the ER&D, IT, BFSI, and GBS teams.
Winners: • ER&D • Micron Technology Operations India LLP • Lowe’s Services India Private Limited • GBS • Standard Chartered Global Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
• AB InBev GCC Category 2: Great Place to Innovate: One of the two most participatory award categories, Great Place to Innovate recognizes companies that are committed to creating value from India, and have made concerted efforts in five key areas: Organization Charter, Culture , Internal Programs and Processes, External Linkages, and Innovation Metrics. The assessment criteria focused on how conducive the environment was for innovation and measured the prevalence of an innovative mindset and culture across the GCoE.
Winners: • SAP Labs India Private Limited • Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Category 3: Best in Class Center of Excellence (COE): This award recognizes Indian centers that are at the forefront of driving innovation and research in specific that technology/process , while facilitating collaboration among different business units. These COEs serve as the go-to team for cutting-edge research and innovation in relevant areas, providing indispensable value to the core organization. The assessment is in two areas – Technology COE and Process/Functional COE.
Winners: • Established • Samsung R&D Institute India-Bangalore • Continental Technical Center India • Emerging • Maersk Technology Center – Innovation, Data Science & Automation (IDA) CoE Category 4: Pioneers of Inclusion & Diversity: This category recognizes organizations that established programs and set the gold standard for Inclusion and Diversity in India. The assessment criteria focuses on 6 key drivers of Inclusion – namely People, Processes, Ecosystem, I&D Charter, Culture, and Workplace Interactions. These criteria measure the culture and inclusive approach promoted within the organization and the steps taken to address the larger socio-economic challenges of I&D.
Winners: • Established (Women & Beyond) • Mastercard, India • Dell Technologies • Emerging • Providence India Category 5: Excellence in Talent Engagement in the Hybrid Age: This award is for organizations that successfully retain their workforce that engaged, productive, and connected, post pandemic in a hybrid work model. The assessment criteria measured the effectiveness of the strategies implemented and the programs implemented that measure the effectiveness of talent management and the performance of employees and processes, as well as compensation and incentive programs.
Winners: • ServiceNow India • SAP Labs India Private Limited Hewlett Packard Enterprise, India Category 6: Brand by Design – Excellence in Employer Branding: This award recognizes organizations that have successfully created an excellent brand name in the talent market and considered an employer of choice. The assessment criteria assessed the effectiveness of organizations on various parameters including values, vision, culture, and its deployment of installed and potential talent as part of their Employee Value Proposition (EVP).
Winners: • AB InBev GCC Category 7: Aatmanirbhar GCoE: This award category recognizes organizations that have created large-scale impact by conceptualizing, designing, developing, and manufacturing products from India. The assessment criteria focus on drivers, key metrics, milestones achieved, and the main results obtained through innovative technologies for both Software and Hardware products.
Winners: • Micron Technology Operations India LLP • Philips Innovation Campus Bengaluru Category 8: Next Generation Women Leaders: This category celebrates women leaders in India, who have created a large-scale impact through their business, leadership, and/or expertise in technology. These female leaders excel in mentoring upcoming talent and serve as an inspiration for the industry for excellence in work. The category examines excellence demonstrated across all dimensions of individual, organizational, and ecosystem development.
Winners: • Business or Tech Leaders (Senior) • Bhumika P Balani – IBM India Pvt Ltd • Sumathi Chutkay – Providence India • Sukanya P – Swiss Re GBS India • Corporate Function Leader (Senior) • Mona Bharadwaj – IBM India Pvt Ltd • Corporate Function Leader (Mid-Level) • Nithya Cadambi – Commvault Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd • Shaon Sengupta – Philips Innovation Campus Bengaluru Category 9: Technical Role Model: The second award category with the most participation, it recognizes individuals who are strong in technology and have served by example and inspired individuals – both within their organization and more – to follow a technical career path. As part of this award, leaders who have made a significant impact in Artificial Intelligence/Big Data Analytics and Intelligent Automation technologies are also recognized.
Winners: • Established (Senior Level) • Ravish Masti – BorgWarner Inc.
• Suhas Shivanna – Hewlett Packard Enterprise, India • Established (Mid-Level) • Anshu Gupta – Continental Technical Center India • Emerging (AI & BDA – Senior Level) • Vijayananda J – Philips Innovation Campus Bengaluru • Emerging (IA – Senior Level) • Prabal Mahanta – SAP Labs India Private Limited • Emerging (AI & BDA – Mid-Level) • Dr. Pinaki Bhaskar – Samsung R&D Institute India – Bangalore Category 10: Leader Extraordinaire: This award recognizes leaders who have mentored and influenced other leaders from the ecosystem for them to achieve positions of prominence either in India or in worldwide. This award category looks at the scale as well as the seniority of leadership influenced by the extraordinary leader.
Winners: • Sindhu Gangadharan – SAP Labs India Sarv Saravanan – Microsoft Corporation About Zinnov Founded in 2002, Zinnov is a leading global management and strategy consulting firm, with presence in New York, Santa Clara, Houston, Bangalore, Gurgaon, and Paris. Over the past 20 years, Zinnov has successfully consulted with over 250+ Fortune 500 businesses and technology companies to develop actionable insights that help them create value – across all dimensions of both revenue and optimization. With core expertise in Product Engineering, Digital Transformation, Innovation, and Outsourcing Advisory, Zinnov helps clients by: • Enabling global companies to build and optimize a global engineering footprint through centers setup, and technology and functional accelerators to achieve higher R&D efficiencies, innovation, and productivity.
• Advising global PE firms on asset shortlisting and target analysis, commercial due diligence, and value creation.
• Grow revenue for companies’ products and services in newer markets through account intelligence, market penetration, and market expansion advisory.
• Structuring and implementing Digital Transformation levers enabled by technologies such as AI/ML, Cloud, IOT, and RPA.
• Helping global companies frame and drive their open innovation programs, design and run accelerator programs, and enable collaboration with start-ups on specific use cases and predefined result.
With their team of experienced consultants, subject matter experts, and research professionals, Zinnov serves clients from various industry verticals including Enterprise Software, BFSI, Healthcare, Automotive, Retail, and Telecom in the US, Europe, Japan, and India.
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