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    Canada India Tech Council is a not profit community that celebrates & brings together Indo Canadian Tech executives & leaders for peer learning & knowledge sharing!

    Kundan Joshi

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    Top Tech Leader of the Year Awards

    Top Tech Leaders of the Year Awards by Canada India Tech Council (CITC) will be held in Downtown Toronto on Friday Sept 27, 2024, 5:30pm, to honour the pinnacle of technology leadership success in the Indo-Canadian community.

    These awards will be brought to you by Canada India Tech Council (CITC), in partnership with Government of India, and sponsored by TheAppLabb, with an expected attendance of 200+ guests, which will mainly include Indo-Canadian Tech leaders (Enterprise CIOs, CTOs, Heads of Technology, CEOs of Tech firms). The theme of the gala will be to ‘Celebrate the success of Top Indo-Canadian Tech Leaders’.

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    Awards Process

    1) Nominations are invited for CITC Awards | By Aug 19

    2) CITC members vote on nominations | Aug 20-29

    3) CITC Awards Committee reviews & finalizes award winners | By Aug 31

    4) Award finalists & winners acknowledged @ CITC Awards Gala in Toronto | on Sept 27th

    Note: Award winners & nominees to be announced on CITC socials & media.

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    • Tech Leader of the Year | Large Cap
        ⁠⁠Ranji Narine | Intact, CIO ⁠⁠

        Ramesh Siromani | RBC, EVP, Transformation ⁠⁠

        Anuja Sheth | Bell, SVP Technology Services
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Mid Cap
        Vineet Gupta | The North West Company (Giant Tiger, Northern etc), CIO

        Sonali Kohli | Niagara Health, CIO ⁠⁠
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        Nimira Dhalwani | Sick Children Hospital, CIO ⁠⁠
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        Dharmesh J. Gandhi | BC Hydro, CIO⁠⁠
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        Nikhil Sonpal | Homewood Health, CTO
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Small Cap
        Uma Gopinath | Porter Airllines, CIO

        Bipasha Chiu | Goodfood, CTO⁠⁠
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        Nav Dhunay | Bank Pollard Note, CTO⁠⁠
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        Pradeep Nair | CIO, Triumph
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        Gina Johar | Quinte Health, Chief Digital Officer
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Public
        Sumon Acharjee | City of Markham, CIO ⁠⁠
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        Sujit Jagdev | Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, CIO & CTO⁠⁠
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        Steve Brar | Metrolinx, EVP, CIO, CTO, Payments⁠⁠
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        Peter Singh | Toronto District School Board, CTO
    • Tech Leader of the Year | SME
        Manoj Tiwary | Subaru Canada, CIO

        Nimod Narayanan | Rakuten Kobo, CTO

        ⁠Kalyan Chakravarthy | ESA, CIO

        Nitin Chopra | Docebo, CIO
    • Excellence in AI
        Shiladitya Sircar | Blackberry, SVP, Engineering & Data Science

        Charumitra Pujari | Loblaw, VP, Engineering & Data science
    • Excellence in Security
        Puroo Maheshwari | CPP Investments, CISO

        Abhay Raman | Sunlife, SVP & CISO
    • Tech CEO of the Year
        Sanjay Tugnait | Fairfax Digital, CEO
    • Tech Entrepreneur of the Year
        Dax Dasilva | Founder & CEO, Lightspeed Commerce
    • Woman Leader in Tech
        Mamta Sethi | Manulife, CIO

        ⁠⁠Pallavi Tripathi | CIBC, SVP & CIO

        Anuradha Dodda | Thomson Reuters, CTO
    • Tech Leader of the YEAR AWARDS

      Meet the Award Nominees

      Tech Leader of the Year | Large Cap
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Mid Cap
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Small Cap
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Public
    • Tech Leader of the Year | SME
        Manoj Tiwary | Subaru Canada, CIO
        Nimod Narayanan | Rakuten Kobo, CTO
        Rajat Prashar | Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, CIO
        Nitin Chopra | Docebo, CIO
        Neeraj Mathur | Sick Kids Foundation, CIO
        Anshul Ruhil | LexisNexis Canada, Head of Technology
    • Excellence in AI
        Shiladitya Sircar | Blackberry, SVP, Engineering & Data Science
        Charumitra Pujari | Loblaw, VP - Engineering & Data Science
        Tezbir Singh | BMO, Managing Director, Data Analytics
        Deval Pandya | Vector Institute, VP of AI Engineering
        Anu Dodda | Thomson Reuters, CTO, Content Technology Group
        Sandip Sahota | BMO Financial Group, SVP & Enterprise Chief Data and Analytics Officer
    • Excellence in Security
        Puroo Maheshwari | CPP Investments, CISO
        Abhay Raman | Sunlife, SVP & CISO
        Sunny Jassal | BC Institute of Technology, CISO
        Vaibhav Bhadauria | Total Credit Recovery, CISO
        Manas Giri | WestJet, CISO
        Tarundeep Dhot | TD Bank, Interim Head, Canadian Fraud Mgt
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Entrepreneur / Founder
        Dax Dasilva | Lightspeed Commerce, CEO
        Parth Khanna | ACTO, CEO
        Jerome Dwight | BoomerangFX, CEO
        Eddie (Aditya) Madaan | PostGrid, CEO
    • Tech CEO of the Year
        Sanjay Tugnait | Fairfax Digital, CEO
        Pramod Jain | Computer Modelling Group, CEO
        Eddie (Aditya) Madaan | PostGrid, CEO
        Hiten Makim | One Eleven, Head & OCI, VP
    • Woman Leader in Tech
        Anuja Sheth | Bell, SVP Technology Services
        ⁠⁠Pallavi Tripathi | CIBC, SVP & CIO
        Uma Gopinath | Porter Airllines, CIO
        Bipasha Chiu | Goodfood, CTO⁠⁠
        Nimira Dhalwani | Sick Kids Hospital, CIO
        Anu Dodda | Thomson Reuters, CTO, Content Technology Group
        Mamta Sethi | Manulife, CIO
        Sonia Brar | City of Toronto, CIO
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Not for Profit
        ⁠Kalyan Chakravarthy | ESA, CIO
        Pradeep Nair | Triumph, CIO
        Neeraj Mathur | Sick Kids Foundation, CIO
        Sai Poguluru | YNCU, CISO & Head of IT Operations
        Hiten Makim | One Eleven, Head & OCI, VP
        Deval Pandya | Vector Institute, VP of AI Engineering
    • Tech Leader of the Year | Excellence in Social Impact through Technology
        Navid Nathoo | The Knowledge Society (TKS), Co-founder
        Pankaj Agrawal | IIT Alumni Canada, President
        Neeraj Mathur | Sick Kids Foundation, CIO
        Gina Johar | Quinte Health, Chief Digital Officer
        Nimira Dhalwani | Sick Kids Hospital, CIO
        Nikhil Sonpal | Homewood Health, CTO
    CITC Team

    Meet CITC Steering Committee

    Kundan Joshi

    CEO, TheAppLabb

    Giri Satyanarayana

    Chief Architect/ Digital Transformation, University of Guelph

    Neha Kovach 

    VP - Experience, Canada Goose

    Steve Brar 

    EVP, CTO/CIO, Metrolinx

    Pranav Kapoor

    AVP Audit, Digital, Data Analytics & IT

    Jayesh Mehta

    VP, Applications, Integration & Data, DUCA

    Meghana Atreya

    VP, Business Solutions Delivery and IT, Goeasy

    Sumeet Bhatia

    Head of Data Strategy & Enablement, SLC Management

    Jassi Kaur

    Head of IT & Security, Bulk Barn

    Aaditya Tangri

    Director, RBC

    Ashish Agarwal

    Director, Information & Security, Manulife

    Ashish Sabharwal

    AVP Business Applications, CWB

    Gurvie Waraich

    Founder, Enlytx

    Hitesh Mathpal

    VP, Technology, Klick

    Kiruba Sankar

    Global Supplier Sustainability Leader, Deloitte

    Mathura Srinivasan

    Founder, BBCoachella

    Nilay Lad

    Chief Product & Revenue Officer, RBC

    Pankaj Agrawal

    Director, Data & Analytics, Aurora Cannabis

    Payal Raheja

    Digital Transformation Lead, Greenshield

    Purnima Tyagi

    Director, Health & Social Innovation Research, Centennial College

    Radhika Anand

    Director, Digital Transformation, Infrastructure Ontario

    Raman Boparai

    Director, CN

    Robbie Madan

    CIO, CanadaOne Auto

    Sabu Alexander

    F&PRO, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

    Sandeep Todi

    CBO, Truly Financial

    Sri Santhanam

    Management Consultant, BMO
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