Kronos Announces Winner of First-of-a-kind Contest in India

Winner of Kronos India Challenge Received $15,000 (USD) for solving unique workforce management puzzle

Kronos® Incorporated, the global leader in workforce management solutions, today announced the winner of its Kronos India Challenge, a contest organized for talented and experienced engineers to solve a practical puzzle in the domain of workforce management solutions. Kronos orchestrated this first-of-a-kind contest in workforce management in an effort to identify and reward the best technical talent in India.

News Facts

• As the coveted winner of the contest, Mr. Subhasis Padhy of Bangalore was rewarded $15,000 USD. In addition, ICFAI Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad the college where Subhasis earned his Bachelor of Technology will also be rewarded $10,000 USD.

• As the war for skilled technical talent heats up in India, companies are adopting innovative strategies to establish their employment brand in India. Kronos is pioneering a new wave of recruiting strategies by challenging Indian talent to solve one of the most complex and compelling problems in the workforce management industry. The contest required deep domain and technology expertise to answer the challenge. Solution to the challenge centered around mobile concepts and it intended to challenge the intellect of technical talent in India.

• Submissions to the Kronos India Challenge were judged based on the creativity and innovativeness of the responses. Submissions were judged by an expert panel of distinguished Kronos engineers from the U.S. and India.

• The contest was held between mid-November and Dec. 31, 2010 and open to legal residents of the Republic of India who are of age 18 or older.

Supporting Quotes

• David Almeda, vice president, human resources, Kronos

“We thoroughly enjoyed reviewing the many innovative Kronos India Challenge submissions that we received from India’s rich engineering talent pool. Many thanks to all contestants for submitting their ideas to the contest, and congratulations to Padhy Subhasis for securing the winning title.”

• Ashok Saxena, Managing Director, Kronos India Engineering centre

“We plan to more than double the size of our engineering population in India within the next 24 months. In support of our expansion plans, we recently expanded our engineering facility in Noida to complement our existing presence in Bangalore and Mumbai. The Kronos India Challenge not only rewarded a highly talented engineer; it also gave us a greater insight into engineers who may be interested in joining our growing team.”

• James Thomas, country manager, Kronos India operations

“Kronos is on a quest to prove that workforce management doesn’t have to be so hard. As we reviewed submissions to the Kronos India Challenge, it was a pleasure to see how engineers across India suggest we simplify some of the complexities associated with workforce management.”