The document summarizes the events of the "Are You In The List" awards ceremony which recognizes young HR leaders. It describes how the ceremony was kicked off with welcome speeches from the organizers. It then details the motivational speeches given and the announcement of award winners one by one. Industry leaders presented the awards and congratulated the winners who each thanked the organizers. The evening concluded with a photo of all the winners and judges along with a valedictory speech before cocktails and dinner.

2. The stage was set…

3. The hall was packed…

4. AND
It was time to find out who the 25 were…

5. Ester Martinez, Richard Wellins,
Founder & Editor-in-Chief,
People Matters
& Senior Vice President, DDI
welcomed the audience and acquainted them
with the ‘Are You In The List’ journey.

6. After the warm welcome from the organizers,
it was now time to hear Manish Choudhary,
Managing Director, Pitney Bowes
deliberate on the young CEO’s
view of the Human Resources
function.

7. The thought provoking speech was followed by a
spectacular motivational talk by Harsha Bhogle,
on the plethora of lessons for
HR from the field of sports.

8. And now, the moment had arrived. The judges and sponsors
were being taken to the dias to announce results.
Kedar Vashi,
Head of Learning, & Aquil Busrai,
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Aquil Busrai Consulting
get ready to announce the first from the list!

9. The first ‘Are You In The List’ award was presented to
Aishwarya Datta of ICICI Lombard.
She is Manager HR currently and believes that HR should play the
role of an employee champion, maintaining a balance between the
organizational and human aspect.

10. The judges and sponsors were as excited about going up on
the stage as those who won!
Here we see… Prosenjit Aich,
Aditya Birla Finance
&
NS Rajan,
Ernst & Young
getting ready to felicitate the winners!

11. The industry veterans who were presenting the awards also
graced the audience with a few thoughts from their side before
going on to announce the results.

12. Each winner took the
opportunity to thank
team People Matters
and other organizers
for the felicitation as
well. It was definitely a moment of glory since
‘Are You In The List’ is the first initiative of its kind in India.

13. Smita Affinwala,
Head- Condulting,
DDI India
was called upon to present the awards
to the winners, and she spoke to the
audience about the entire experience
and thought that went behind the
competency assessment stage.

14. Ester Martinez of People Matters took a break after
announcing 10 winners to interact with the audience.
Many industry stalwarts present had views on the initiative and made
it a point to put those forward. Here we see Shampi Venkatesh of NIIT
expressing her views.

15. Followed by some more winning moments and winning smiles!

16. With all the award winners announced,
NS Rajan,
Global Partner,
People and Organizations,
Ernst & Young
addressed the audience with the
valedictory speech.

17. All the winners and judges were then called to the stage for
a photo of the class of 2012 !
Are You In The List: The Young HR Leader Awards 2012!

18. Wrapping it up with elan!
The team People Matters after the big event.

19. The evening continued with cocktails and dinner as the winners
basked in the adulation and warmth of the HR community that had
come together to celebrate the occasion.

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