Mr. Saurabh Nigam, Director - Business Information Technology, CRISIL Ltd. was felicitated with the 'NEXT100 Future CIO' award on 14 December 2013 at Pune. Mr. Nigam was selected from 1732 senior IT managers who applied for the NEXT100 2013 program. The rigorous selection process evaluated his career accomplishments, professional expertise, skills and potential to be a CIO.

Saurabh has a Diploma in Master in Management Studies from Karnataka State Open University and more than 14 years of work experience. More information is available about him at http://next100.itnext.in/winners/2013/S/Saurabh-Nigam/285#.U-Sl9xaOJip

NEXT100 is an annual awards program instituted by IT NEXT magazine that aims to identify 100 experienced IT managers who have the skills, talent and spirit to become CIOs. All NEXT100 award applicants participate in activities that test their techno-commercial, management and leadership skills. The final selection and nomination of the NEXT100 award recipients is made by a prestigious committee of technology and business leaders (the NEXT100 jury).

The NEXT100 2013 program was supported by Vodafone, Juniper, Emerson, NxtGen, VMware, Wipro, Arkadin, CtrlS and Seclore. For more details on the program, visit www.next100.in

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