An evening to celebrate the achievements of the Electronics/IT/ITeS/IT Infrastructure Industry 05 March 2007 

Webel, having “opportunities infinite”, has supported entrepreneurial development to various small, medium and large scale organizations. The commendable growth of the IT/ ITeS industry in the State, the remarkable success in employment generation in this segment and the significant change in the skyline of the Salt Lake – Sector V and Rajarhat, all together has helped the State make a niche in the IT/ITeS map of the country. The Hon’ble Minister, Dr Debesh Das and Mr Siddharth IAS, Secretary, Dept of IT dreams of turning West Bengal vis-à-vis Kolkata into an ULTIMATE IT DESTINATION and with this perspective the Dept of IT, Govt. of West Bengal and Webel acknowledged the laudable growth and success of companies who would be inspirational factors for the enterprises of tomorrow.

At a ceremonious function held at the Oberoi Grand, Kolkata on 5th March 2007, the Hon’ble Minister, Dr. Debesh Das handed over Awards to industry leaders in the presence eminent personalities of various industries, senior government officials, media and other associates from within the State as well as from different parts of the country. The Awards were given under eight categories to companies as under:

A momentous feature of the evening was a panel discussion titled: ”Opportunities and Challenges in the ICT scenario beyond 2015” participated by Mr Prashant Roy- Cybermedia, Mr Jaijit Bhattacharya-Sun Microsystems and Mr Alok Shende - Frost & Sullivan.

A dance recital by Ms Dona Ganguly added flavour to the evening’s excitement. It was a well organized event with a fantastic attendance which also gave an immensely exceptional networking opportunity. Each and every attendee enjoyed the event and the get together.