QAI Software Testing Leadership Awards 2011 Concluded

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QAI, the world’s leading workforce development and consulting firm announced the much awaited Software Testing Leadership Awards 2011 at the 11th Annual Software Testing Conference (STC) 2010, at a gala awards ceremony.

Arumilli Anand and Srikanth Tangirala from Oracle India Pvt.Ltd emerged as the winners for their paper titled “Test Design Technique Using Mind Maps”. Anilkumar Pillai, Ashay Kubal and Manjunath Bagalkote from Capgemini were chosen as the first runners-up for their paper titled “Enterprise Mobility: A Unique Testing Perspective”. The second runner-up spot was awarded to Himani Bhardwaj from QA Info Tech for her paper titled “Accessibility Testing : ACCESS TO EVERYONE”.

 Speaking at the ceremony, Pradeep C, CEO, Edista Testing Institute said, “STC 2011 this year showed an attendance of over 450 delegates from over 100 companies from across India. Thought leaders from Infosys, Cognizant, IBM, Deloitte, Capgemini, Microsoft, Microfocus, HP, and QA Info Tech provided an insight on how organizations focused on Testing Services need to focus on Transformation as a strategic goal.”

 For the awards this year, a record breaking number of 450+ author intent forms from over 150 organizations were received which is the all-time highest received for any conference conducted in the past 10 years in India. After preliminary screening, a total of 30 members were invited to present their papers at the conference. In all 100 organizations were represented for the regional rounds, hosted in six cities in India – Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and New Delhi. The Jury panel consisted of 22 eminent leaders from Cognizant, QA Info Tech, CGI, Deloitte, Capgemini, Last Mile Consultants and App Labs among others.

 STC 2011 was organized in association with the Edista Testing Institute (ETI). Eleventh in the series, STC 2011 included four specific tracks focusing on Business Leadership, Test Program Management (Test Management, Team Management, and Test Estimation etc.), Techniques and Tools and Emerging Areas.