ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

BE/BTech: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

PROFILE SUMMARY

Have been associated with organizations like Maruti Suzuki, Reliance and recently superannuated from Mahindra after an incredible journey for over 12 years. Ex CIO - Enterprise & Corporate Functions at M&M

Worked with the technology focused organizations and be able to leverage technology to create superior business models and reengineer processes.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

4 years

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Advisor - PwC
The project was a large-scale digitalisation of the organisation in multiple areas such as manufacturing, HR, R&D, supply chain, etc. He provided advisory for both technological and domain-related matters. He also helped the organisation in negotiation with other tech vendors and formulating long-term contracts.

Mahindra & Mahindra in 2008 as Vice President (IT & Knowledge Management) of Automotive Sector and then took charge as Vice President IT & KM of Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors in 2010, before moving to the role of CIO- Corporate (Senior Vice President) in 2013. He superannuated on 1st April 2021.

He joined Maruti in 1984 after completion of his BTech and moved to the field of Information Technology after spending the initial few years in setting up manufacturing facilities at the Gurgaon plant of Maruti Suzuki Ltd, one of the largest Automobile manufacturers of India. He spent more than 22 years and his last Designation was Dy General Manger when he moved on in 2007. He was involved in architecting and implementing state of the art IT systems at Maruti and some path breaking concepts that helped the organizations create significant value for the stakeholders.

He joined Reliance Retail Ltd and worked there to set up Retail applications and Analytics environment as the same was required to be done on top priority. He moved on to Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd in 2008.

He has significantly contributed to the organizations he has worked for, by applying Innovative & State-of-the-art Technology solutions for making the business processes efficient by several notches and delivering values that made significant strategic advantage for the organization. Some of the key contributions were in the areas of Manufacturing Execution systems, Centralized Dealer Management solution, Leveraging Internet for business, unique mobile applications etc.

He is particularly interested in creating solutions by coupling Technology into Business models, weaving IT into business processes and leveraging networking technologies and Internet, creating business applications to enable strategic differentiation for the organization. Motivation lies in creating Customer facing systems for superior experience and delighting customers with technological intervention.

His present focus is towards leveraging Mobility, Analytics, IoT, AI, ML, Blockchain, RPA to help create Digital Business processes and Models for the Enterprise.
He is a regular speaker at IT Conventions & conferences

He received several recognitions from the industry, some of them are as follows:
• The ‘Best IT Driven Innovation in Automotive Business’ award by NASSCOM in 2013 for innovative projects for Auto & Farm Equipment Sectors of Mahindra.
• Awarded ‘Pioneer Investor in Cloud Services and Solutions – 2014’ by Microsoft.
• CIO Power List – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (Automobiles & Auto Ancillaries Icon) awards from Centre of Recognition & Excellence (CORE)
• Recipient of IDC Insights Award 2015 in “Excellence in Transformation”.
• Mahindra Innovation Awards 2015 (Audience Choice Award) from GCO Office
• CIO100 Award 2018, 2019 & 2020
• Digital Innovation Champion 2016 from CIO Crown
• CIO 3.0 (In appreciation for your Lifetime Contribution towards the CIO fraternity) by Sify in 2016
• Economic Times acknowledged his contribution towards “Empowering Enterprise Through Technology” in 2016.
• SAP ACE Award 2016 for our initiative “Real-time Financial Analysis” in the category of Innovation Driven Technology Adoption for Large Enterprises
• MITS CIO Awards for 20 Most Promising Manufacturing IT Leaders by Exito Media in 2017
• Data Center Summit Award for Energy optimization at MRV Data Center
• Three Intelligent Enterprise Awards (Express Computer) - in IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics
• Manufacturing IT Summit Award for the Material Tracking System at Mahindra Swaraj
• Winner of SAP Innovation Award 2020
• CIO & Leader Samman 2020