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Lyngdoh among 25 'Stars of Asia'
Tuesday, 03 June 2003, 19:30 IST
NEW YORK: India's Chief Election Commissioner James Michael Lyngdoh, TVS Motor chief executive Venu Srinivasan and i-flex solutions CEO Rajesh Hukku have been named among 25 "Stars of Asia" by BusinessWeek magazine.
Lyngdoh, 64, brushed shoulders with policymakers like Chinese President Hu Jintao, South Korean Justice Minister Kang Gum Sil and Indonesia's crime- and terror- fighting police official I Made Mangku Pastika, as the magazine recognised his contributions in holding elections last year in the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat.
The list of 25 "leaders at the forefront of change", featured on the cover of the latest issue of BusinessWeek's Asian edition, also includes entrepreneurs, managers, financiers and opinion-shapers.
This was the magazine's fifth annual report on the "Stars of Asia".
"The achievements of this group...stand out against the backdrop of difficult conditions. BusinessWeek's Stars are rooting out terrorists in Southeast Asia and ensuring that fair elections take place even in troubled Indian states such as Gujarat and Kashmir," the magazine said.
Hukku, the 45-year-old chief of Bangalore-based i-flex, was listed in the section on entrepreneurs in recognition of his efforts in heading "one of India's first software companies to succeed globally with its own product".
His company is responsible for Flexcube, the world's best-selling banking software package, with customers including the International Monetary Fund and banks in 90 countries.
Srinivasan, 50, was listed in the section on managers for reviving TVS Motor Company, which makes motorcycles and scooters in a joint venture with Japan's Suzuki Motor Company, after a strike nearly bankrupted it.
Describing Lyngdoh as an "intense, straight-talking" official, BusinessWeek said his supervision of polls last year "helped open the door to a thaw in relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, and calmed religious ferment in Gujarat".
"Lyngdoh faces important new challenges this year. He must oversee key elections in four Indian states -- all a run-up to a national vote in 2004," the magazine said.
"He'll also be working on his pet project: ensuring that candidates with criminal records not run until they are cleared by the courts. 'The system has to be honest,' he says.
"With Lyngdoh on the job, voters can be very confident that it will be," the magazine said.
Source: IANS
Source: IANS