Speaker Bio:  

Arun Gupta
CIO, Cipla
Arun is a veteran IT professional having experience close to three decades. His experties lies in Creating business value supported by technology, Aligning IT with business, IT Transformation, turn around IT organization and improve effectiveness, Strategic Outsourcing and cost management. Arun has been voted "The Most Respected CIO in India" conducted by CIO Association of India, 2012. He is also Winner and Recipient of many awards and accolades for pioneering Business IT implementations.
Pratap Gharge
President & CIO, Bajaj Electricals
Pratap has three decades of rich experience in IT field at various positions and currently heading Information Technology Department of Bajaj Electrials Ltd. Apart from looking after IT Function, He is also playing role of Joint Project Manager for the next organization transformation project started by the company called “Project Leap Ahead” which is focused on business process improvements across Supply chain legs, with TOC principles.
Suneel Aradhye
Group CIO, RPG Enterprises
Suneel has more that 25 years of industry experience. As Group CIO, He's responsible for spearheading and leading the IT strategy and initiatives for all the group companies across the different industry segments. He has a natural flair for technology and was involved in several SAP implementation projects in and out of India. Prior to RPG Enterprises, Suneel was associated with Essar, Lupin, Cadila Pharma & many more.
Samir Dhaga
CIO, Videocon D2h
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Vikas Prabhu
CIO, Essar Oil
Vikas is having two decades of experience IT field. His expertise lies in IT Strategy, ERP, MIS, IT Management, Business Analysis. Prior to Essar, Vikas was associated with Reliance, Taj Group, Shoppers Stop and many more.
Ajay Kumar Meher
Sr. Vice President & Head - IT, SET India
Ajay has 17 years of experience in the IT industry. His specialties are Strategy and Execution, Project Management, Process Creation and management, IT Cost management, Service/solution creation, Business process re-engineering. Prior to Sony, He was associated with Phillips & CG Informatics.
Prasad Dhumal
Sr Director IT, DHL Express
Prasad has more than 16 years of experience. He is heading overall IT function for seven South Asian countries namely India, Pakistan,Bangledesh, Srilanka, Nepal, Maldives & Bhutan. He is responsible for managing complete IT operations, cost management,service delivery, IT strategy & planning, resourcing, vendor management & alignment of IT road map with business for all seven countries as an integral part of South Asia Management Board.
Manoj Nigam
Vice President -IT & Innovation, Vodafone
Manoj is having close to two decades of experience in the IT field. His expeeertise lies into managing customer experience, cost excellence and business value creation in uniquely challenging situations through technology leadership, Innovation and in-depth Telecom domain knowledge. Prior to Vodafone, He was associated with Amdocs, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Infocom and many more.
Niranjan Bhalivade
CIO, Ceat
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Manoj Kumar Mauni
Vice President -IT, Kotak Mahindra Bank
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