Deloitte consolidate supremacy

There was no stopping the overall all-round superiority of Deloitte that made it a memorable five-in-a-row nor was there any threat to Verizon as the second best outfit when they took the top two spots all over again on the conclusion of the hugely successful fifth edition of the Hyderabad Corporate Olympics, under the aegis of Rose Petals, in the city late Monday night.

Curtains came down for the showpiece event featuring competitions in 17 disciplines at a colourful prize distribution function held at Manjeera Mall in Kukatpally. Doing the honours were Lakshmi Pillai, Associate Vice-President of Deloitte and Salim Roopani, Center Director of Manjeera Mall.

The overall champion logged in an imposing 364 points while Verizon aggregated 204 to take the runner-up trophy. The fifth edition saw around 5000 competitors drawn from 143 corporate outfits vying for honours.

Ironically, team champion Deloitte did not figure in any of the individual awards that were given to the season’s best. Venkat Susheel from Oracle and Jayati Pathak from Verizon bagged the best male and female athlete awards. Capgemini finished with the most disciplined team decoration.

A poignant moment came when Kiran Kanojia was declared as the most inspiring player of the season. The blade runner claimed the gold medal in both 800mts and 1500mts women categories.

According to Sarathy R P, Convener of Hyderabad Corporate Olympics, the sixth edition is tentatively scheduled for September.