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NITIE's Corridors Buzz With Industry's Heavyweights
Lakshya 2005: On October 14-16, 2005

Two lakes surrounded by beautiful hills, greenery all around, nature have bestowed the glory to the perfect reflection of corporate India in the form of an academia serving the country from last 41 glorious years. Welcome to NITIE, a unique color of the Indian industrial spectrum.

This color will bloom with the amalgamation of academia and industry on 14-16th October at Lakshya 2005, when the corporate wizards from Indian Industries visit the campus. The prestigious Lakshya Business Visionary Awards will be given to Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, TATA Group; Mr. Subir Raha, CMD, ONGC Ltd. and Mr. KV Kamath, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank.

The felicitation ceremony's Chief Guest is Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) & Secretary, DAE.

Lakshya comprises of the final stage of national level industrial projects contest where practicing managers present their implemented projects in front of juries who gauge projects on parameters of innovative idea, benefits reaped, importance to industry and future scope.

The Lakshya Business Visionary Awards are given to those people who have achieved great heights for the society and India by their vision especially in business. These people are inspiration of billions of people everywhere.

Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group has led India's most trusted organization into the new economy to the global map having steered companies like Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Tea making them Indian MNCs. He has received an honorary doctorate from University of Warwick recently and by the Ohio State University in 2001. In 2000, the Government of India honoured Mr. Tata with Padma Bhushan. Mr. Ratan Tata holds positions in many boards both national and international including the Reserve Bank of India and Prime Minister's council on Trade and Industry.

Mr. Subir Raha, ONGC's C&MD the second most influential oil-man in the country, in a survey titled India's Top 10 Oilmen by Upstream magazine. He will be acknowledged for his unparalleled role in transforming ONGC within a short span of just three years. He has also been credited with the turnaround of ONGC's sister concern MRPL, whose success today is a case study in growth.

Mr. KV Kamath, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank Ltd, who has been voted as the most e-savvy CEO amongst Asian banks has led the Indian financial sector to new heights. The strategic initiatives and structural changes subsequently instituted by him across the ICICI Group have helped ICICI to re-draw its boundaries and increase its business potential.

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