Accenture India awarded first Asian human capital award

Management consulting firm Accenture Services Limited, India has won the inaugural Asian Human Capital Award. Accenture India will receive the award at the Singapore Human Capital Summit on 29 September from Singapore's minister for manpower, Gan Kim Yong.

This award is the first of its kind that recognizes innovative and impactful people practices adopted by organizations in Asia and is conferred by partnership comprising a government agency and internationally renowned institution and media organization.

Conferred by Singapore's ministry of manpower, INSEAD and CNBC Asia Pacific, the annual Award is the first of its kind that recognises innovative people practices adopted by organizations in Asia that have achieved significant business impact.

A total of 44 entries were received from 7 countries across Asia for the Asian Human Capital Award 2009.

 "Participating in an award competition allows the same companies to benchmark their efforts against others in the region, indicating the importance of Human Capital strategies for them," said Prof Narayan Pant, dean of executive education, INSEAD, and a member of the judging panel.

Leo Yip, permanent secretary of Singapore's ministry of manpower, said, "Businesses operating in this highly diverse region face unique human capital challenges. The organisations that have submitted entries for the award have developed effective people strategies to address these challenges. The award showcases the best of these innovative practices. The people strategies of the award winners will form useful inputs for the formulation of uniquely Asian-centric solutions to meet the strategic people challenges in the region.''