Satyen Jain is CEO and Director Pride Hotels Ltd. He has headed the Projects Division for 3 years and is in the current position for more than 2 and a half years.
Having contributed substantially to the existing hotel: The Pride,Nagpur, he has planned, implemented expansion and upgraded the Property, The Pride, Pune to the 5 star grade.
He has also contributed to the new hotels in the Pride fold; The Pride, Chennai, Bangalore and Goa.

Congratulations Mr. Satyen Jain for winning this coveted award!

Varun Agarwal is Managing Diector of "Not Just Paranthas", having held the position for more than 4 years.
Having obtained his bachelor's degree from the Alpine School of Hotel Management, Switzerland, Varun got hands-on experience at different Hotels in India and abroad.

Under his leadership, "Not Just Paranthas" opened 5 branches in 4 years and also won several Best Indian Restaurant awards.

Congratulations Mr. Varun Agarwal for winning this coveted award!

Vardarajan Krishna Prasad is the General Manager of Gateway Hotel, Surat; a Taj Business Hotel. His career spans over 25 years working for Taj Hotels. He holds the current position for more than a year now.
In 2005-06, Vardarajan was awarded the TABE award for his outstanding contribution in successfully launching the repositioning excercise for the Taj Connemara, Pan Asian Restaurant & Bar. He lead the team to get the Hotel certifies for HACCP and was also a part of the "Best Business Hotel" team (amongst Taj Group of Hotels, in 2004.

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Ashwani Anand is the F&B Manager of Taj Bengal, Kolkata. He has a long stint of 19 years with the Taj Hotels and holds the present position for over a year now.
Aswani Anand is a Certified Auditor for ISO 14001 certification, Ecosmart Accredition: MArch 2005 and Certified lead Auditor for HACCP certification and BVQ Accredition.
Having spent four years with Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, he looked after the largest Convention Centre in India and was involved in organizing sensitive receptions for various Heads of State including George Bush and Pervez Musharaff

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Josep Pradip Rozario is the Chef Owner of "Kurry Klub ", Kolkata. He has behind him an experience of over 15 years wherin he has worked for the Taj Group of Hotels. He is working in the present position for 12 years now.
Josep Rozario, with his self-designed menu has made the Kurry Klub, the only real Fusion-food Restaurant in the City of Joy, Kolkata.

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Debajyoti Sanyal is the Front Office Manager in Taj Hari Mahal, Jodhpur. A Graduate from the IHM Kolkata and the Robert Gorden University, Aberdeen, Debajyoti has 11 years of work experience in various reputed hotels and has worked in the current position for 3 years now.
He has won the Leisure Award for Business Excellence LABE, last year and was a member of the Best Front Office Team in the Leisure Division in 2005-06.

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Abhaya Bhalekar is Executive Housekeeper of taj Blue Diamond, Pune.She has worked for more than 9 years for Taj Hotels and holds the present position for 3 years now.
Abhaya has won many awards including TABE for the Best Laundry Team, twice, Taj Award for Business Excellence for the Best Laundry Department in 2006-07. She was a member of the core team that was awarded the HACCP certification for the Hotel.

Congratulations Ms. Abhaya Bhalekar for winning this coveted award!

Arjun Pandalai, Director Sales, Gateway Hotel, Bangalore has an experience of over 7 years with Taj West End, Bangalore and holds the present position for over 2 years.
Arjun Pandalai has won several awards like the Best Sales Manager, Taj Business Division in 2004-05, Taj Award for Business Excellence for his outstanding contribution to Unit Sales for Taj Business Division in 2005-06 .

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Manoj Mishra is the Restaurant Manger of Taj Bengal, Kolkata. He has worked for reputed Hotels and Restaurants for over 14 years and has been working in the current position for a year and half now.
Manoj Mishra has contributed in commendable growth in revenue of food and liquor sales over the last two years. He has also helped the Unit to obtain the HACCP Certification and received the Best Restaurant Awrd from Times Group in 2004-05.

Congratulations Mr.Manoj Mishra for winning this coveted award!

Manoj Rawat is HR Manager, Hotel Rambagh Palace, Jaipur. He has worked in many reputed Hotels for over 14 years and is working in the current position for 8 years now.
Manoj Rawat has contributed in formulating plans for recruitment, retention policies, implementing the reward and recognition system, reviewing and designing performance development, staff welfare activities, corporate initiatives, staff training and statutary compliance of various HR functions .
He has won the Excellence in Human Resource Development for 2006-07 across the Luxury division of Taj Hotels & Resorts.

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Congratulations Mr. Nitish Willianson for winning this coveted award!

Suresh Kumar Pillai is Chief Engineer, Taj Connemara, Chennai. He has worked with the Taj Group for over 12 years and holds the present position for over 7 years now.
Suresh Pillai was instrumental in achieving 11% reduction in power and fuel costs by effective implementation of Energy Audit recommendations for Taj Residency, Vadodara in 2003. He successfully revamped Plant & machinery that was submerged during the 2005 floods and restores all engineering utilities within a span of 10 days.

Praveen Singh leads the Hospitality Publications of Indian Express Newspapers(Mumbai) Ltd. He has over 12 years of experience in Journalism, having worked with Zee News, India today, Times of India and others.
Starting as a political journalist, he covered Parliament proceedings and has to his repute several breaking news stories that have created ripples in the corridors of power. As a business journalist, he has to his credit several thought provoking stories that justified the need to think rationally on core issues related to industry.
Praveen Singh, who became one of the youngest editors in the country, has been honoured with several national and international awards including one from BBC.

Congratulations Mr. Praveen Singh for winning this coveted award!

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