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SiliconIndia & Mentor Graphics award the leaders in the Indian Embedded/VLSI Industry
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011, 02:54 IST
Peter Drucker once said, "Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes." These companies' survival in this world is a result of leaders whose immense potential and objectives are justified. Hence, we witness progress when these leaders of such skills seize the opportunity to seek changes in the workplace for the better.
In order to honor the commitments of these leaders in the industry's growth, siliconindia and Mentor Graphics together organized a Leadership Awards ceremony to honor the companies who have made a difference in the Indian Semiconductor industry. The event saw over 100 companies participating, both established and startups.
The event kickstarted with a session on "Closing India's Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Consumption Economy." The speakers in the panel included Wally Rhines, CEO and Chairman, Mentor Graphics; Guru Ganesan, Managing Director, ARM-India Operations; Santhanakrishnan Raman, Managing Director, India, LSI; Vinay Shenoy, Managing Director, Infineon Technologies India; Sanjay Nayak, CEO & Managing Director, Tejas Networks; and Vinod P Deshmukh, President , Technology & Products, Product Engineering Services, MindTree. The speakers gave an insight into the country's consumer behavior and needs, the market opportunities and challenges. Talking about the present scenario, Sanjay Nayak said, "Companies today, build mostly India centric products. The need of the hour is build products of global class which is better for India. This would see India in the limelight." Despite increasing local electronics consumption, the pace of innovation in semiconductor/ embedded design is lackluster. Is India losing at the innovation game? The speakers gave vast information about the present scenario that India is facing and the difficulties that startups come across while initiating the company and its early progress. Talking to the various startups about driving innovation, Vinay Shenoy advised "learn to walk before you run".
Walden C. Rhines, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mentor Graphics handed over the awards to the winners and said, "This award will inspire future leaders It will celebrate the success stories and honor companies/ individuals who have transformed stumbling blocks into stepping stones driven by their passion, determination and undying spirit of entrepreneurship."
The winners under the various categories are:
* Best VLSI/ Embedded Design - Automotive: TATA Motors
* Best VLSI/ Embedded Design - Medical: Philips Innovation Campus (PIC), Bangalore
* Best VLSI/ Embedded Design - Industrial: Honeywell Technology Solutions , India
* Best VLSI/ Embedded Design - Consumer Electronics: Samsung Electronics India Software Operations (SISO)
* Best VLSI/ Embedded Design - Defence/Aerospace: Advanced Numerical Research & Analysis Group (ANURAG), DRDO
* Best VLSI/ Embedded Design - Telecom/Networking: Qualcomm India - Bangalore R&D Centre
* Best Electronic System Design Company -MNC: STMicroelectronics India
* Best Electronic System Design Company - Established Indian Company: HCL Technologies
* Best Electronic System Design Company - Startup: Open Silicon
* Award for Youngest Entrepreneur in Semiconductor space: Gani Subramaniam, Co-founder & CEO, Cosmic Circuits,
Balaji Kanigicherla, founder & CEO, Ineda Systems
* Outstanding Contribution to VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry - Corporate: Wipro Technologies
* Outstanding Contribution to VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry - academic institution: SASTRA University (The Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy), Thanjavur, Tamilnadu
* Outstanding Contribution to VLSI/ Embedded Design Industry - Individual: Dasaradha R Gude ("GD"), Founder & Chairman, SoCtronics Technologies
The winners were chosen by a panel of jury consisting of eminent leaders; Venkat Mattela, Chairman and CEO, Redpine Signals; Shiva Gowni, Vice President, R&D Site Leader, AMD India; Sanjay Nayak, CEO & Managing Director, Tejas Networks; Daaman Hejmadi, VP of Engineering, Qualcomm; Dr. M.J. Zarabi, Co-founder & Chairman, Masamb Electronics Systems and Vasantha Erraguntla, Technology Director, Intel Architecture Group, Intel India.
Harvi Sachar, Founder & CEO, SiliconIndia said, "The awards that we have instituted along with Mentor Graphics is one more step in our endeavor to strengthen the ecosystem. Last year we had recognized companies and individuals in 10 categories, but this time we have expanded and acknowledged contribution in 13 different categories."
