Winners of Business Intelligence Quotient 2008
As mentioned in my earlier article, this was a stimulating experience and a brainstorming session for the CIOs keeping them on to their toes. Business Intelligence Quotient 2008 at Technology Senate 6.0, Dubai concluded last week was a huge success. As per the format of the quiz, the prelim was a very balanced mix of questions from across subjects related to Enterprise Application like Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse and the five participants chosen made it to the final and very interesting rounds. The winners of three days were as follows:
Prize Winners Day One
First Prize – Shirish Gariba, CIO, Elbee Express
First Runner-up – Sanjay Mittal, Head IT, Navin Fluorine
Second Runner-up – Devendra Dosi, GM-IT, H. & R. Johnson
Prize Winners Day Two
First Prize – Zoeb Adenwala, CIO, Essel Propack
First Runner-up – Manish Gupta, CIO, Fortis HealthCare
Second Runner-up – U. C. Dubey, VP-IT, IFFCO-TOKIO
Prize Winners Day Three
First Prize – Prakash Pawar, CTO, Intrex India
First Runner-up – Pratap Gharge, CIO, Bajaj Electricals
Second Runner-up – Satish Pendse, CIO, HCC
The winner was given a prize of ItzCash Gift Voucher worth Rs.10,000/-. 1st runner up won ItzCash Gift Voucher of Rs.5,000/- & 2nd runner up won ItzCash Gift Voucher of Rs.2,000.
Valentine D’Souza, Ex Editor, Express Computer was the Quiz Master at BIQ 2008. He was best and got better each day! The way he asked questions was able to engage the participants and entertain the audiences, which is a tough job any time. Timing and sense of humor of Val was great. The quiz format in the final three rounds was fantastic and edge-of-the-seat stuff, with not a moment to relax.
A fantastic session of quizzing, laced with liberal doses of humor from the quizmaster and some amazing audience prizes that kept everyone happy at Dubai
Let me first say, this has been very humbling event. I think all the participants have done really, really well. We had bright and quick CIOs with wide interests & carry huge amount of knowledge in their own technology field. So, congratulations to all the participants and especially to the winners.
I would also like to thank Indian Express Group for allowing us to hold this first overseas competition here. There is actually a long relationship between the MAIA and Indian Express Group.
Let me end by congratulating all participants again, not just those on stage, but also many of them in the audience. And again, thanks to the organizers of Technology Senate 6.0 who provided the platform for making this quiz a wonderful occasion.
Celebrity Speak:
“It is a great feeling. I always wanted to do well in this quiz, but winning has exceeded my own expectations.”
- Prakash Pawar, CTO, Intrex India
“Amazing experience. Brilliant quizmaster. Challenging questions. Well done MAIA!
The final started and the battle kept moving from one round to another.”
- Satish Pendse, CIO, HCC Ltd.
“In short, it was an awesome experience & very informative quiz. The quiz was inspiring which really picks one’s brain.”
- Ashwin Dedhia, Director, MAIA Intelligence
“A very good platform that helps gain more quizzing exposure with enterprising, witty & very enlightening and a great learning experience.”
- Hiten Rathod, Head – Strategic Alliances & Channels, MAIA Intelligence
“It was a wonderful experience being part of the Technology Senate, and our meeting during the conferences, quiz and fun sessions were really great. It was a unique and different experience which I really enjoyed during the MAIA BI Quiz sessions. Keep the intellectual fun going on..!!”
- Zameer G. Syed, Information Technology, HDFC Bank Ltd.
Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Vikram Kole
Filed under: Business Intelligence, CIO Community
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