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Join in honouring the best
amongst the best
These
awards are instituted to recognise
and honour the exemplary work of
Chartered Accountants in Industry interspersed with Bollywood and television based music and
entertainment programmes which will
mark the grand finale of these high profile concurrent
events. |
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OBJECTIVES |
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To recognize Chartered Accountants in Industry
who have demonstrated excellence in the way in which they
conduct their professional lives.
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To acknowledge Chartered Accountants who are
exemplary role models in the industry.
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To acknowledge Chartered Accountants who have
created value to their company's stakeholders on sustainable
basis. |
| AWARDS CATEGORIES: |
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CA Business Leader –
Corporate - This Category is for CEOs/Directors (or
individuals holding equivalent positions in their organisation) of large enterprises in
public or private sectors. As an indicator enterprise with
annual turnover in excess of Rs. 500
crores and/or more than 100
full time employees should be considered as a
Corporate
• CA Business Leader – SME - This
Category is for CEOs/Directors (or individuals holding
equivalent positions in their organisation) of medium / small
enterprises mostly in private sector.
• CA Young Leader
—
Male / Female - This category would acknowledge many young
and innovative managers who have attained a senior management
or leadership position. All nominations received for above
awards in respect of professionals with age of 35 years or
younger would be classified under this category by
default.
• CA Professional Manager —
Private Sector - This category would recognize
professionals in senior management capacity in private
sectors. This includes positions such as CFOs, Audit &
Risk Heads and Business Vertical Heads.
• CA
Professional Manager —
Public Sector / Government Sector - This category would
recognize professionals in senior management capacity in
public sector. The persons who have had successful careers in
Govt. Department of Civil Services, NGOs and other forms of
public / government service would also be considered under
this category.
• CA Professional Manager —
International This category would recognize professionals
who have been successful in International environment and are
currently working in overseas organizations. People who are
settled abroad would also be eligible under this
category. |
| CATEGORY
CRITERIA |
| CA
BUSINESS LEADER — CORPORATE / SME |
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The
nominees would be judged on the basis of following criteria.
Individual rating would be assigned on a scale of
0-10. |
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Visionary
Leadership |
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Encourages and develops leadership among subordinates
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Has developed a clear succession planning for the organization
¤ Inspires, shares and develops a vision for the
organization |
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Innovation |
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Has been responsible for pioneering improved ways in doing
business
¤ Has encouraged subordinates with new ideas and
experiments
¤ Allocates sufficient resources towards
focused research and development
¤ Developed benchmark
practices in the industry in which the enterprise
operates |
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Best
Practices |
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Uses / Develops cutting edge technology in business processes
¤ Focus on managing quality and maintaining those
standards
¤ Strong relationship with stakeholders in the
business
¤ High ethical and professional standards
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High degree of transparency in operations and financial
information
¤ Demonstrate sound and leading application of
Corporate Governance principles and accountability towards
shareholders
¤ Track record of regulatory/legal compliance
¤ Enjoys
high amount of shareholder confidence |
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Contribution
to Community |
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Supports social causes such as charities, professional events
and business events
¤ Involves the organisation in events of Local / National
/ International importance
¤ High awareness of Social
Responsibility issues such as environment, safety, labour |
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Track
Record and
Accomplishments |
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Professional trainings/certifications apart from Chartered
Accountancy
¤ Personal milestones/awards
¤ Number of
years of experience as a leader
¤ Financial performance of
the organization after assuming position
¤ Number of
recognitions/awards won by the enterprise under his leadership
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CA
YOUNG LEADER — MALE AND FEMALE |
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This
award would be reserved for nominations received for age of 35
years or below as on recent March 31. The criteria used for
evaluating the nominations would be similar to above awards.
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| CA
PROFESSIONAL MANAGER |
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This category would recognize
professionals in senior management capacity in both public and
private sectors including those working overseas or settled
abroad. This includes positions such as CFOs, Audit & Risk
Heads and Business Vertical Heads. Following are the criteria
for judging for this award. |
| Personal and Professional
Qualities |
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Integrity, measured as number of years of
continuous service to an organization
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People Management, ability to manage people,
control rate of attrition and maintain high morale of
finance
professionals
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Confidence, enjoyed by the stakeholders in the
person and the company
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Innovation, ability to transform and shape the
financial performance of the entity |
| Knowledge and
Experience |
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Thorough knowledge of the matters related to
corporate regulatory and reporting
requirements
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Number of years of experience in Finance
function
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Professional trainings, certifications and
recognitions held |
| Track Record and
Accomplishments |
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Significant milestones such as handing listing
of the shares, mergers and amalgamations, corporate
restructuring, right issues, business
turnarounds
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Sustained financial performance of enterprise
since assuming position
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Ability to implement best practices and develop
new best practices |
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AWARDS PROCESS |
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Stage
1 Inviting Nominations |
An
administrative committee comprising of members shall be formed
for having an oversight on the awards process. An elite panel
of judges shall be formed for the purpose of judging final
awards. |
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Nominations
would be invited from following bodies: |
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1.
Chartered Accountants Members in Practice
2. Listed
Companies
3. Members of Audit Committees of select
companies
4. Select Mutual Funds
5. Any other
individual / entity, which the administrative committee formed
for this purpose may deem
fit. |
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Exclusions
from these criteria can be made by the administrative
committee based on appropriate judgements. Details of entities /
individuals participating in the nomination process should be
available for review. |
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Stage
2 Short Listing |
The
administrative committee shall shortlist the applicants to be
forwarded to the elite panel who will progress to the Final
round. Short listing shall be based
on aggregate of scores and list of top 50 scorers shall be
evaluated. Decisions regarding short listing by the committee
would be treated as final. Final List of 10 nominations shall
be published as likely award winners.
A reputed CA Firm
shall also be appointed to oversee the process adherence.
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Stage
3 Final Judging |
The judging panel would consider the criteria
for short listing by the committee and also conduct personal
interviews with the finalists, if required. The judges will
determine the winner of each category based on these
results.
The final judging panel shall consist of people
with high recognition in the Indian industry. However, these
people shall not be eligible to get nominated for these
awards, nor would they provide any votes for nominations. The
elite judge panel should ideally include Leading Businessmen,
Academicians, Heads of universities, Past President of ICAI,
some select representatives from the Council, women
representatives. |
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Last
date for receipt of Nomination Form has been extended upto
12:00 AfterNoon 16th January, 2008
Anyone can nominate an individual
or self by submitting the required information
below. |
