Academic Board

Academic board consists of the experienced senior CIOs having 20+ years of C-Level industry exposure. Their joined this noble program for the service to the community.

Role of Academic Board

➤ Help prioritize the knowledge needs of aspiring CIOs
➤ Create relevant modules and topics, and curriculum for each module of “NextCIO program”
➤ Curate the evaluation methodology (case study, quiz, etc)
➤ Conduct teaching in modules
➤ Curate the themes for “CIO Gurukul” sessions
➤ Create & curate the research topics/themes

Ajay Vernekar

Chief Information Officer

SBI Life Insurance Company

Chitti Babu

Group Chief Information Officer

Aurobindo Pharma

Deepak Agrawal

Former ED

Indian Oil Corp Limited

Dheeraj Sinha

Executive VP & Global CIO

Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries

Jayant Gupta

Executive Director – IS

Hindustan Petroleum Corp

Jayanta Banerjee

Group Chief Information Officer

Tata Steel

Kirti Patil

CTO & Joint President – IT

Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company

Prosenjit Sengupta

Group CDIO

ITC Limited

Rajeev Jorapur

Senior Vice President – IT

Bajaj Auto

Sanjay Mishra

Group Chief Digital & Information Officer

Jindal Stainless

Seema Gaur

Executive Director – IT Services

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-Operative

Sendil Kumar

Chief Technology Officer

Shriram Capital

Vinod Gopinathan

Chief Information Officer

Ashok Leyland