2 Indians in CNN/Time’s 25 Global Business
Influentials –Both BITS, Pilani, Alumni
Time Magazine and
CNN recently released its list of 2004 Global
Business Influentials, 25 leaders in a broad range
of industries recognized for setting standards in
areas like innovation, globalization and effecting
change. This year’s list includes 2 Indians – Vivek
Paul, CEO of Wipro Technologies and Balaji
Krishnamurthy, CEO of Planar Systems, both alumni of
the BITS, Pilani.
Vivek Paul
worked at GE and Bain & Co. and has more recently
led Wipro Technologies’ growth from a $150 million
software developer into a $1 billion force in IT
services. He has an MBA from the University of
Massachusetts and a Bachelor of
Engineering from BITS.
Balaji
Krishnamurthy
received a BS and an MS in mathematics from BITS
Pilani and an MS and a Ph.D. in computer science
from the University of
Massachusetts. At Planar Systems
he crafted a system that rewards rank-and-file
employees first, before moving up the management
chain founded in the belief that it induces every
employee to create greater shareholder value (see
this issue’s Quarterly BITSian for more on this).
Baba Kalyani is Business Standard CEO of the
year
Bharat
Forge Chairman and Managing Director Baba N
Kalyani was named Business Standard's CEO of the
year in recognition of this his leadership role
in the transformation of Bharat Forge to a
globally competitive company. The company today
manufactures the world's lowest cost forgings
company. He studied Mechanical Engineering while
at BITS, Pilani. BITSAA Sandpaper
recently featured him in our article on “Top 20
BITSian CEOs”.
Winners of this award in previous years include
Tata group chairman Ratan Tata, Reliance group
chairman Reliance group chairman and Infosys' NR
Narayana Murthy.
