Dataquest Presents IT Person Of The Year Award

Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman of Cognizant Technology Solutions, was
presented with corporate India's prestigious 'Dataquest IT Person of the Year'
award 2008, for his stellar role in leading and growing Cognizant Technologies

The award was presented to Lakshmi Narayanan by Ajai K Chowdhry, Chairman and
CEO, HCL Infosystems and Dataquest IT Person of the Year 2007 and Pradeep Gupta,
CMD, Dataquest in New Delhi.

(L-R) Ajai K Chowdhry, Chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems; Dataquest IT Person of the Year 2007-Lakshmi Narayanan, VC, Cognizant Technology Solutions and Pradeep Gupta, CMD, CyberMedia at the award function in New Delhi

Leaders from all sections of the IT industry were present in the award
ceremony.

The awards jury also acknowledged the leadership provided by Narayanan to
Nasscom, India's largest IT industry body.

Cognizant, the first IT services company to be inducted in NASDAQ 100 is a
Fortune 1000 company.

The 'Best e-Governed State of India' award went to the NCT of Delhi. Sheila
Dikshit, CM, Delhi received the award from Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information
Commissioner, and Pradeep Gupta. Delhi got the award for setting up a series of
citizen centric services. Delhites were the most satisfied with e-gov
initiatives as Delhi topped nine of the fourteen parameters in this category,
according to a survey conducted IDC India for Dataquest. Delhi spent Rs 10,982
for every citizen on building its IT infrastructure and maintaining
citizen-centric IT applications.

The 'Pathbreaker of the Year 2008' award was presented to Sanjeev
Bikhchandani of Naukri.com.

IIT Bombay's Dr DB Phatak got the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for making an
indelible mark on the Indian IT industry by inspiring a whole generation of
young students, who have in turn transformed into big thought leaders.

A dozen other awards were given to the top manufacturers and service
providers in the industry. These awards are as follows:

Top Systems Company Award: Hewlett-Packard, Top Networking Company Award:
Cisco Systems, Top Training Company Award: NIIT, Top Growth Company: SAP India,
Top IT Company & Top Exporter: TCS, Top Services Company (India Market) Award:
IBM India, Top BPO Company: Genpact, Top Distribution Company: Ingram Micro, Top
Software Company Award: Microsoft, Top T-School Award:
IIT Kharagpur, Top Imaging and Printing:
Hewlett-Packard, Top IT Employer: iGATE, Top BPO Employer: vCustomer.

DQC News Bureau