In the recently held
second edition of Infotech Software Dealers Association (ISODA) Tech
Summit in Singapore, Delhi based Futuresoft Solutions has been
awarded with ISODA-MP Kini National Award for Business Excellence
2011. This was the first award which was sponsored by
M
Prabhakar Kini of Kinfotech.
Futuresoft has been
awarded for its outstanding performance in the software reselling and
solutions business. In addition to Business Excellence 2011 award,
ISODA also decided to introduce 5 new award categories for the next
tech summit in 2013.
The announcement of the
institution of MP Kini Award for Business Excellence was announced at
the first ISODA Tech Summit 2011 held in Bangkok, by M Prabhakar
Kini, founder and MD of Bengaluru based Kinfotech. Attended by close
to 124 delegates, this year, the summit received 30% more
participation from members and sponsors as compared to the last year.
Speaking to The DQ
Week, Harinder Salwan, secretary, ISODA said, “The award
selection procedure was conducted by three member committee, which
was headed by MP Kini. The nomination process started 3-months back,
and we received 15 nominations for this award. Out of which, four
members were shortlisted including Futuresoft Solutions, Veeras
Infotek, Choice Solutions and ITCG Solutions. Then finally, based on
the business volumes and projects, the committee selected
Futuresoft's name.”
The winner was awarded
with a shield and certificate.
“After
the award ceremony, the committee proposed to all delegates
that we should conduct more such awards, and asked members to sponsor
them. Hence, based on mutual discussion, we announced 5 more awards
for next year," added Salwan.
The new award categories
include Lifetime Achievement and four regional awards. Moreover,
these awards will be sponsored by members. The southern region award
will be sponsored by Bengaluru based Ample Technologies, followed by
Comparex (earlier IRIS) for northern region award. Eastern region
award will be sponsored by Kiosk Technologies, while LDS Infotech
will sponsor western region award. And the Lifetime Achievement award
will be sponsored by Hyderabad based Choice Solutions. The association
will
announce the date and venue of the third tech summit, 2013 in the next
board meeting.