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Bangalore , Dec. 27

DATAQUEST has named Mr Kiran Karnik, President, Nasscom, the apex body for the software industry, the `Dataquest IT Person of the Year 2005'.

The awards panel was chaired by Mr S. Ramadorai, CEO, TCS; Mr Deepak Ghaisas, CEO, i-flex Solutions India; Mr Lalit Sawhney, President of CSI and senior V-P, Reliance Infocomm, and Mr Pradeep Gupta, publisher, CyberMedia, amongst others.

"Mr Kiran Karnik has led from the front while fighting the outsourcing backlash and helping give the software industry a fresh lease of life," said the DQ Awards panel that announced the awards.

"Mr Karnik has lent his support to the software services industry in its most trying times and relentlessly championed India's cause in the outsourcing backlash debate with his hallmark sincerity, candour and conviction," the panel added.

Announcing the choice of Mr Hemant Sonawala for the Lifetime Achievement Award, the panel said, "He has been a forerunner in introducing high technology products in India through strategic alliances and has essayed the role of a pioneer and an entrepreneur in the industry."

Selecting Mr R. Chandrashekhar in the DQ Pathbreaker Award 2005, the panel said: "Mr Chandrashekhar has initiated a model of public-private partnership, which is now being replicated to drive the country's e-governance agenda ."

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