The DQ Week Awards In 10th Year Splendor

The 10th annual DQ WeekDelhi Awards Night, held on 7 July 2008 in Delhi was
well received by the vendor and channel community alike. The event saw
participation from450 partners across northern India. Two of the most prominent
associations of North India-Progressive Channels Association of Information
Technology (PCAIT) and Computer Media Dealer's Association (CMDA), Delhi,
supported the glittering awards night. Intellisys and Sify were the presenting
sponsors, while Gigabyte, D-Link, Microworld, Epson and Delta Peripherals were
the associate sponsors.

Like every year, the awardees were decided by a jury, which included eminent
people from the industry. The panel this year comprised Princy Bhatnagar of
Xerox; Mukesh Choudhary and BK Khatri of Ingram Micro and Sharad Shrivastav of
Western Digital.

The winners strike a pose

The event started with the screening of a short video, briefing CyberMedia's
successful journey over 25 years, followed by a keynote address by Prasanto
Kumar Roy, President and Chief Editor, CyberMedia Publications.

Following it was a presentation from Suamen Chakraborty, CEO, Intellisys
Technologies and Research, who briefed about company's portfolio of products and
services.

Chandigarh-based Fore Solutions receiving the award for Best System Integrator from Alok Bhardwaj, Senior VP, Canon India	Rohit Luthra of Gurgaon-based Progression Infonet receiving the award for Best System Integrator from Anil Gupta, National Head, Microworld

Sify took this as an opportunity to launch 'Sify thin client'. Anil Pant,
VP-Channel Sales, Sify held some quizzes and stress bursting exercises for
partners, lightening the atmosphere. Being the loyalist

and one of the oldest partners of Sify from North India, Col Balwindar Singh of
Targus was invited to launch the product.

 

Delhi-based PC Solutions receiving the award for Best System Integrator from Pradeep Gupta, CMD, CyberMedia	DataLink Industrial Corporation receiving The DQ Week-CMDA-Delhi Upcoming Entrepreneur Of The Year award from Puneet Singhal, President, CMDA and Prasanto Kumar Roy, President and Chief Editor, CyberMedia Publications

 

MK Infosystems receiving the Ashish Aggarwal Memorial Trophy for Upcoming Entrepreneur Of The Year award from (L-R) RK Malhotra, President, PCAIT; Roy, Father of Ashish Aggarwal and Ashok Aggarwal	Pradeep Gupta and Yogesh Sharma, VP-Operations, D-Link sifting through the visiting cards for the lucky draw conducted by D-Link

 

On the pretext of doing stress-busting exercises, Pant of Sify gets the crowd to give him a standing ovation	Visitors checking out the stalls

 

Channel partners going through the Annual Premier Reseller 2008, the listing of top channel partners across North region

 

 

The awards were interposed with fun quiz questions, which got the crowd on
their feet and asking for more. This year, two new award categories were
constituted: The DQ Week-CMDA-Delhi Upcoming Entrepreneur Of The Year award and
the Ashish Aggarwal Memorial Trophy for Upcoming Entrepreneur Of The Year award.
These were bagged by DataLink Industrial Corporation and MK Infosystems,
respectively.

In all 40 partners were awarded. The awards ceremony came to an end with a
lucky draw by D-Link.

DQC News Bureau