Times Group Honours Accentia CEO

>> Times Group Excellence In Business (EIB) Honours Pradeep Vishwambharan, chief executive officer, Accentia Technologies for his excellence in the IT/ITES sector.  The glittering function was held at Le Meridien in Kochi on December 11, 2011 to award the winners of Times Group EIB Honours in various sectors.

Complimenting the winners of the Times Group EIB Honours, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said that identifying and recognizing the pioneers and young entrepreneurs who shaped Kerala industry would pave the way for the success of future business ventures.  By honouring the innovative and entrepreneurial among us, The Times of India is encouraging society to follow in their footsteps, which deserves appreciation, he said.

In 1998, Pradeep Viswambharan  launched one of the pioneering ITES projects in the country by founding Geosoft Technologies in Technopark, Trivandrum, which metamorphosed into Accentia Technologies Ltd in 2006. As Founder-CEO he spearheads the success story of Accentia, one of the world’s largest HRCM Companies, spread across three continents and ten cities, with a total of seventeen offices and three thousand plus employees. He is a master in the art of inorganic growth strategies through mergers and acquisitions, and Accentia’s success saga is testimony to this skill.

Minister for Revenue Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Minister for Excise and Ports K Bab, Catholic Syrian Bank CEO Ishwardas, and Thomas George, associate vice-president, Bennett & Coleman Ltd graced the occasion with their presence.

Jose Dominic managing director of CGH Earth was awarded the Times Group EIB Lifetime Achivement Honour.   N K Muhammed, proprietor of Vythiri Village, Ravi Pillai, managing director of Saudi Arabia-based Nasser, Gopu Nandilath of the Nandilath Group, Ravi Pillai, chairman, R P Group of Companies (Non-Resident Keralite of the Year), P Sulaiman, managing director, HiLITE Builders (Contribution in Real Estate), Shaji Thomas, managing director, Cotton Asia Textile Industries (Contribution in Manufacturing), Alex K Babu, managing director, Hedge Equities (Financial Services Sector), Dr N Prathap Kumar, chairman, Meditrina Hospital (Healthcare Sector), Gopu Nandilath, chairman, Gopu Nandilath Group (Retail category), N K Mohammed, chairman & managing director, Vythiri Village (Hospitality Sector),  Naushad, managing director, Naushad the Big Chef (Popular Gourmet Brand) and Mammootty, film actor (Entertainment) were the other recipients of the honour.

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