Accolades organizations and individuals who are bringing about an affirmative digital impact in India’s economy
SAP SE has announced the winners of the 10th Edition of SAP ACE Awards. Celebrating 20 years of operations in the country, SAP through this endeavor, showcases the frontrunners of technology adoption to progressively lead India’s digital economy.
SAP ACE Awards is an annual ceremony that acknowledges businesses that exhibit enhanced innovation and business excellence. The recognition brings the spotlight on companies who evoke fineness in their respective fields and also have a strong digital impact on industries and society at large.
“Digitalization is poised to transform India into a cloud economy.” said Deb Deep Sengupta, President and Managing Director, SAP Indian Subcontinent “The 10th edition of SAP ACE awards have been inspired by this wave of digitalization. SAP is working closely with the digital business leaders who are the torch-bearers of this change to make India future ready”.
This edition of ACE Awards acknowledges three IT leaders for the digital impact that they have made through their expertise in the field of information technology in the Indian business landscape.
1) Woman IT Leader – Rajani Shetty, Senior Director (IT) Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd
2) IT Leader – Chetan Trivedi, CIO, Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Vedanta Resources PLC)
3) Emerging IT Leader – Manish Sinha, IT Head, Vectus Industries for
Additionally, SAP conferred two special award for Excellence in Digital Experience to JIO Ecommerce for the scalability exhibited through their e-commerce portal Ajio.com and to Tata CliQ for their one of its kind branded “phygital” marketplace.
This year’s jury made up of fourteen distinguished members that include Prakash Paranjape, CIO, Idea Cellular; Chetan Trivedi, CIO, Vedanta (Hindustan Zinc); Jason Gonsalves, CIO, KNPL; Pankaj Bhargava, CIO, Pidilite; Yogesh Zope, CIO, Bharat Forge; Rajeev Jorapur, CIO, Bajaj Auto; JK Jain, CFO, DCM Shriram; Sankarson Banerjee, CTO, National Stock Exchange; Dheeraj Sinha, Group CIO, JSW; Gunjan Trivedi, Editor, Storyteller; Manoj Kumar, CIO, HMEL; Leslie D’Monte, National Technology Editor, MINT; Rajiv Rai, CDO, Edelweiss and Ambuj Kalra, Global Head—Procurement, Coats Viyella.
SAP ACE Award Winners 2016
| Categories | Winners |
| Award in Strategic HR & Talent Management | CSS Corp |
| Award in Customer Excellence | Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd |
| Award in Operational Excellence – Manufacturing | Hindustan Zinc Ltd |
| Award in Operational Excellence – Manufacturing | HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd [HMEL] |
| Award in Operational Excellence – Supply Chain Management | Larsen & Toubro Ltd |
| Award in Operational Excellence – Enterprise Asset Management | GAIL [India] Ltd |
| Award for Sourcing & B2B Network Adoption | Tata Bluescope Steel Ltd |
| Award for using Integrated Travel & Expense Management | Genpact |
| Award for Enterprise Wide Technology Adoption – Large Enterprises | DCM Shriram Ltd |
| Award for Enterprise Wide Technology Adoption – Emerging Enterprises |
Kunal Structure ( I) Pvt. Ltd |
| Award for Enterprise Analytics | BPCL |
| Award for Enterprise Analytics – Emerging Enterprises | VFS Global Services Pvt Ltd |
| Award for Using Mobile Technology in Business Processes | The Tata Power Company Ltd. |
| Award for Large Scale & Complex Implementation – Emerging Enterprises | KIIT University |
| Large Scale & Complex Implementation | EIH Ltd |
| Award for Technology Adoption in Telecommunications | Reliance Industries Ltd ( 4 G business) |
| Award for Running Real-time & Live Enterprise- Large Enterprises: Joint Winner | Mahindra & Mahindra |
| Running Real-time & Live Enterprise: Emerging Enterprises | Mangalam Cement |
| Achieving Excellence in Running SAP Operations | Larsen & Toubro |
| Technology Adoption in BFSI | HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd |
| Technology Adoption in Utilities | Tata Power Trading Co. Ltd |
| Nation Building Through SAP Solution | Odisha Power Generation Corporation L |
| Nation Building Through SAP Solution | Bihar State Power Holding Company |
| Adopting Digital Initiatives in Public & Social sector | Maahi Milk Producer Co,
Paayas Milk Producer Co, Shreeja Mahila Milk Producer Co with National Dairy Services |
| Special Jury Recognition | |
| Award in Financial Excellence | Bajaj Auto Ltd |
| Award in Operational Excellence – Supply Chain Management – Emerging Enterprises [Special Jury Mention as a high impact project] | SHV Energy Pvt Ltd |
| Award for Enterprise Wide Technology Adoption- Emerging Enterprises | CIC Holdings PLC |
| Large Scale & Complex Implementation – Joint Winner [Special Jury Mention as the Mega Implementation of the Year] | Reliance Industries Ltd |
