Top 40 CIO in India

A Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a corporate executive who is in charge of the information systems and technology that help businesses achieve their objectives. The title is frequently used in industry, government, and nonprofit organizations all across the world. Together with other C-level executives, the CIO's job is to assist define and oversee an organization's IT strategy.

Abhijit Mazumder

Abhijit Kumar Mazumder is the CIO for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), He is responsible for Strategy & Technology operations of TCS Corporate IT and driving successful digital transformation on pillars of Agile, Cloud, Automation, ML & AI. Abhijit brings 25 years of industry experience serving multiple global leadership roles.

In 2019 and 2020 Abhijit has been recognized on multiple platforms for his contribution and transformation including IDG CIO 100 NA, IDG CIO Disruptive 100 India, Top Global Digital CIO by ICMG.

Ramesh Lakshminarayanan

Ramesh Lakshminarayan is the CIO for HDFC Bank ltd. An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Ramesh has held leadership positions with organizations such as Citibank, ABN AMRO Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Group. Ramesh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Mumbai University and an MBA from University of Pune. Outside of work, Ramesh is an avid follower of cricket and also listens to Indian film music.?

Shruti Kashyap

Shruti Kashyap is the CIO for Hindustan Unilever Ltd.She is passionate about putting innovations into practice that add value to the organization and support the brands' noble goals. In her opinion, technology is not merely a crucial business enabler; rather, in the modern world, every business must be a technology business to be successful. She favors taking chances and questioning the status quo. To succeed, she believes she must step outside of her comfort zone, unleash her entrepreneurial spirit, and adopt a start-up attitude even while working for a major company.

Nathan Phipps

Nathan Phipps is the CIO of Bharti Airtel Ltd.Leader and technologist with approximately 20 years of experience in consulting and business roles. He has excellent analytical abilities and grasps issues quickly. He is the kind of manager that can, the majority of the time, demonstrate to his squad the best course of action. Always willing to assist those in need and never afraid to mentor or give opportunities to subordinates. He has excellent analytical abilities and grasps issues quickly.

KRC Murty

KRC Murty is the CIO of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. He has more than 26 years of experience in the field of Information Technology & BFSI segment.Mr. Murty is a powerful man with exceptional skills in dealing with customers and clients. He possesses extraordinary talent and strong leadership qualities. He has a lighthearted disposition yet possesses a much sought capacity for looking at both the technical and business elements of his focused profession. He makes significant investments in education and giving back to society.?????

Om Bansal

Om Bansal is the CIO of ITC Ltd.?

Anurag Jain

Anurag Jain is the CIO of Bajaj Finance Ltd.He has more than 25 years of experience managing Business/Function Units and is a results-driven IT specialist. Experienced leader with a track record of successfully identifying and resolving issues to reduce costs and boost productivity. Additionally, he has received numerous honors like the Bajaj Finserv Group Leadership Award, the CIO100 Honoree 2020 (IDG), the CIO Power List 2020 (Core Media), the BFSI Digital Innovation Award (Express Computers/Indian Express), the Super Hero of the Moment (BHFL), and many others.

Rajesh Uppal

Rajesh Uppal is the CIO of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. His experience in the business sector spans more than 35 years and includes a variety of positions and responsibilities in areas such as IT, logistics, business analytics, digital transformation, HR, learning & development, and CSR. Thought leader in the automotive and information technology industries, always with a long-term perspective and fast to spot trends and changes. Keen student of international best practices, adapting them whenever possible to fit local requirements and conditions.

Ajit Kumar

Ajit Kumar is the CIO of HCL Technologies Ltd. He has an engineering degree in Computer Science from College of Engineering, Chennai, and a postgraduate degree in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Besides being a fitness enthusiast, he loves to follow sports and go on holidays exploring wildlife in his spare time.

Deepak Bhosale

Deepak Bhosale is the CIO for Asian Paints Ltd. Heis passionate about creating tech driven strategic differentiators.Despite the fact that Deepak enjoys blogging and giving talks at conferences, he still considers himself to be a student who is eager to learn more. He is interested in developing technologically based competitive advantages. Deepak has vast experience of delivering the same across the value chain i.e Sales, Marketing, Commercial, Supply Chain/Manufacturing, HR, Finance, etc.?He also serves as a mentor for startups.

Krishna Guha Roy?

Krishna Guha Roy is the CIO for Nestle Ltd South Asia Region. She has been a successful change agent in a number of well-known sectors, including consumer goods, food and beverage, healthcare, and automotive. Krishna is a results-driven, metrics-driven individual who is eager to put in the work necessary to complete the task. She works to create an environment that will enable teams to succeed since she believes in delivering via teams.

Anup Purohit

Anup Purohit is the Global CIO for Wipro Ltd.He has a background in digital and information technology management spanning more than 25 years and is a business-focused, goal-oriented BFSI IT specialist. He is enthusiastic about the potential of digital and technological services for enterprises. Anup really believes that "the foundation of leadership is the passion for delivering the digital and technological services to the business with excellence."He has an outstanding ability to manage important stakeholders. Senior corporate management and board members have always respected and trusted him.

Tushar Vagal

Tushar Vagal is the CIO of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. He is exceptional at conveying his ideas to the rest of the team and always has a well-thought-out plan in place to ensure that the work goes smoothly. Tushar is a well-rounded professional thanks to his solid understanding of both functional and commercially related issues. He has over 20 years of experience managing project teams and manufacturing shop floors, as well as over 11 years of startup experience in IT offshore development, training, and internet business.

Avinash Raghavendra

Avinash Raghavendra is the President and CIO of Axis Bank Ltd. Executive in technology with over 20 years of IT management expertise in the banking industry. Avinash has held a variety of leadership positions in technology across the infrastructure and application layers, in areas such as core banking, corporate banking, lending, payments, remittances, and digital. He has a strong work ethic and is committed to what he does. Avinash appreciates all areas of his career, but working with teams to produce technology solutions that significantly advance business objectives is his favorite work phase.

Ajit Vellat

Ajit Vellat is the CIO of SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. He has been in this position since July 2018. He specialises in information technology, process excellence, and IT projects and has a leadership profile in the financial services industry's life insurance sector. Ajit has experience in all facets of the IT operations for the life insurance sector and is knowledgeable in consulting and system delivery.Skill sets include software development for insurance-based applications, the establishment of a technology function for the launch of a life insurance company, and the implementation of project management methodologies that lead to process excellence.

Kaustubh Dabral

Kaustubh Dabrall is the CIO of Dabur India Ltd.He is the type of person who strives under pressure and doesn't feel at ease until he finds a solution. He has a great deal of IT infrastructure experience and is really passionate about his work. He adds value to each organisation he enters.

Chetan Trivedi

Chetan Trivedi is the CIO of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. He has over 26 years of experience as a skilled leader in IT, digital, and business transformation, with exposure to a variety of cultures and countries. Chetan possesses broad expertise, years of experience, and impressive credentials in a number of technological and commercial fields. He has led numerous large-scale, complicated, award-winning IT and business system implementation and transformation projects with great success in a variety of business functions and technological fields, including sophisticated SAP implementations, migrations, and upgrades.

Manoranjan Kumar

Manoranjan kumar is the CIO of Shree Cement Ltd. He is able to bridge internal and external consumers because of his strong interpersonal and collaborative skills. He is well-organized and has strong analytical and communication skills. He has a history of meeting deadlines and finishing projects on schedule. Manoranjan is well-versed in modern IT technical environments and data security guidelines.

Mayur Danait

Mayur Danait is the CIO of Pidilite Industries Ltd. He is a business IT transformation executive with more than 25 years of experience working for medium-sized to big multinational corporations in a variety of sectors, including consumer electronics, paints, consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals. Mayur?is a leader with a track record of developing and implementing IT strategies and technological roadmaps. He has led multi-year, multi-geography international corporate initiatives successfully. He is convinced that technology has the capacity to significantly influence company outcomes. He can forge solid relationships with senior executives and key technology partners thanks to his comprehensive understanding of both business and technology.

Pradeep K

Pradeep is the Chief Information Officer & Chief Digital Officer at SBI Card. He has worked in both India and the US market during his more than 20 years in the profession. Pradeep is an expert at creating IT & Digital Strategies and leading execution to spur corporate expansion. He is a skilled communicator, both verbally and in writing, and he uses these abilities to forge solid connections with sponsors, customers, technology partners, and his teams. Pradeep is a great asset to any team that he is part of. He works his way through complex problems with ease and comes out with innovative solutions. He displays a great deal of tact and imagination during his execution. He is a quick learner and solution oriented person.

Dr. Manoj Mohandas?

Dr. Manoj Mohandas is the CIO / CDO of Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. He has expertise in international start-up and transitional situations and is technically and commercially adept. He has a history of creating data-driven, data-centric operations while conducting strategy assessments to monitor execution and guide next decision-making. During times of organizational transition, he has used a motivating leadership style to empower and train 200-person teams that are matrix managed and top performers. Delivered reliable and secure information services, supported by the capacity to maximize the advantages of technology investment.

Manoranjan Jasti

Manoranjan Jasti is the CIO of Divis Laboratories Ltd.?

Ved Prakash Nirbhya

Ved Prakash Nirbhya is the CIO of Tech Mahindra Ltd. Ved has more than 30 years of expertise providing IT services. He has worked with Tech Mahindra for more than 20 years and has been crucial to the organisation's evolution in recent years.

Ronit Kar

Rohit Kar is the CIO and Head IT at Bandhan Bank.?

Apurva Dalal

Apurva Dalal is the CIO at Adani Green Energy Ltd. He has three decades of rich, wide expertise as a skilled professional who oversees the efficiency of technological resources within a business. He has mastered the art of overseeing technology planning, cybersecurity, IT setup, strategy development, leadership, and execution, as well as the delivery of business solutions across the consulting, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, EPC, and renewable energy industries. Apurva has consistently demonstrated excellence in all aspects of project planning and execution, from scope management through activity sequencing, effort and cost estimating, pre-sales activities, risk analysis, and quality management in accordance with standards and guidelines.

Reema Jain

Reema Jain is the CIO and Digital officer at Hero MotoCorp Ltd. With over 20 years of experience working at the vanguard of Bangalore's IT industry, Reema is an outgoing, direct, and highly motivated leader who is dedicated to achieving company objectives and directing extensive transformation programmes. As a technology evangelist, she has helped businesses grow and transform using cloud computing, artificial intelligence, analytics, and development operations. Reema exudes self-assurance and makes judgments with confidence. She has excellent interpersonal skills as well and always puts the needs of her team members before her own, and whenever necessary, she provides air cover.

Sudhakar Bhagavatula

Sudhakar Bhagavatula is the CIO at Royal Enfield (A Unit of Eicher Motors Ltd). He has over 30 years of progressive experience in the definition and implementation of digital strategy with the customer experience at its core. Sudhakar is a leader in digital transformation and information technology. He has worked with diverse populations in Asia, the United States, and India. He builds inclusive teams and effectively inspires them to perform at a high level. Sudhankar translates strategic plans into practical solutions who considers himself to be a proactive self-starter.

Sneha Hiranandani

Sneha Hiranandani is the Global CIO at Cipla.?

Akshay Dhanak

Akshay Dhanak is the Chief Information Technology Officer at HDFC Asset Management. He is dedicated to making the financial ecosystem more purposeful, inclusive, responsible, transparent, and simple through pragmatic tech engagements that energise winning aspirations, incrementally exercise in the right playing fields, infuse tactics to charge success factors, instrument capabilities for critical outcomes, and implement effective control systems

Atanu Roy

Atanu Roy is the Group CIO at Biocon Group.In order to speed up the realisation of business goals, he is deeply passionate about transforming business processes, developing new digital business models, increasing productivity, and mistake-proofing business processes through the use of cutting-edge digital solutions. Atanu is a highly skilled professional with excellent domain knowledge and leadership skills. He is a lovely man with great morals.

Dheeraj Sinha

Dheeraj Sinha is the group CIO of JSW Steel Ltd. He integrates technology with business and places IT and technology at the center of business operations, which has been a major strength . Dheeraj firmly believes that building empowered teams with strong self-confidence in their abilities, an outside-in perspective, and long-term strategic thinking is the key to success.?He is an excellent leader and motivator who consistently gets the best out of his team members. A person who never gives up, who will never accept anything less than the best, and who instils the same enthusiasm in his team.

K N C Nair

KNC Nair is the CIO of Muthoot Finance Ltd. He is a highly inspirational individual who uses his wealth of knowledge to both mentor and educate others around him. A genuine CIO with a clear direction, a manager who can confidently guide his staff to the desired location and a business visionary who can combine technology and business to meet and exceed company objectives. Nair has traversed through the financial services domain for over three decades in infusing IT and tech-driven innovations.

Chitti Babu

Chitti Babu is the group CIO of Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. He is a skilled IT professional with a wealth of expertise who will create the organisation's IT strategy who makes sure that all of the systems required to support its operations and goals are in place. To support business success, Chitti makes sure information technology offers the most value possible to the organisation. His unmatched ability to lead, implement, and equally counsel large-scale Oracle E-Business Suite projects is genuinely outstanding, as is his intense passion for Oracle.

Shib Rath

Shib is the CIO of Vedanta Ltd. His leadership skills, capacity to inspire others, and aptitude to handle a variety of professional problems are exceptional. He has a strong work ethic, is outspoken about his views, is assertive, excellent at forging connections, and a fantastic understanding of how to translate business problems into IT solutions. Shib is a knowledgeable, dependable, hard-working, and conscientious consulting expert.

Sreeji Gopinathan

Sreeji Gopinathan is the global CIO at Lupin Ltd. Sreeji's passion is driving business forward utilising tech solutions and services, and this is what he does every day. To do this, one must surpass the infrastructure and apps that are put in place. His duties centre on maximising revenue, reducing expenditures, and improving working practices by utilising the data and technology that have been developed. One is inspired to be and do more when Sreeji is present. Some motivating growth tales have been written as a result of his faith in his team and his efforts to remain committed to them. He leads with unwavering ideals, convictions, and principles that direct his thoughts and deeds.

Jayanta Banerjee

Jayanta Banerjee is the group CIO at Tata Steel Limited. Jayanta has nearly thirty years of experience with Tatas and has led business, strategy, sales, delivery, operations, and IT/digital on a worldwide scale. In business activities related to manufacturing, life sciences, CPG, energy, and natural resources, he has held important leadership positions. He played a key role in developing numerous strategic relationships for TCS, and as CIO at Tata Steel, he is currently leading a sizable business value transformation effort that makes use of new age digital, IT, and industrial automation. He has done a lot of speaking engagements all over the world and is passionate about innovative ideas.

Vijay Ratnaparkhe

Vijay Ratnaparkhe is the CIO at Robert Bosch. His concentration, attention to detail, strategic mindset, and ability to see the big picture, all while appearing unassuming and approachable is astounding.With the same zeal, he can establish connections with people of different ages and organisational levels. He is very quick to see how the political environment would impact his success. Vijay is passionate about doing bigger and better things and is always eager to learn new things.?

Vinod Sivarama Krishnan

Vinod Sivarama Krishnan is the CIO at Indus Towers Limited. He is a Business Leader with extensive experience in leveraging information technology to achieve business goals. Vinod has successfully revamped Indus Towers' IT Strategy toward flexibility and responsiveness in his current assignment. While developing and implementing their Digital Transformation Strategy, he has delivered significant business benefits and results. Vinod and his team recently completed a successful post-merger integration project that merged two disparate sets of complex solutions into a single common stack in an eight-month record time.

Neetan Chopra

Neetan Chopra Chief Digital and Information officer at Interglobe Aviation Ltd. He is a leader with a three-decade track record of harnessing technology and innovation to achieve corporate value and transformation. Neetan is a passionate proponent of helping businesses succeed in the digital age by "becoming digital" rather than merely "doing digital." Additionally, he has been recognised by Silicon Valley's Constellation Research for inclusion in the BT150 (Business Transformation 150), an exclusive list of top executives worldwide who are spearheading creative business transformation initiatives.

Pramod Mundra

Pramod Mundra is the CIO at Havells India Ltd. He has more than 20 years of experience working professionally for businesses that aim to provide their clients limitless opportunities. Pramod is a pleasant and client-centered CRM professional who can be counted on to deliver with minimal supervision. He is highly organised and productive. His dedication, concentration, and attention to detail ensure that he completes each project to the full satisfaction of the individual clients.

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