New CIO Appointments in India, 2021
We present here a list of top IT executives moving to new chief information officer roles at organizations in India.
Jijy Oommen joins Aavas Financiers Ltd. as Chief Technology Officer
Earlier, Ms. Oommen was the CTO at Kinara Capital and CIO at Wonderla Holidays Ltd. In the past, she has worked in leadership roles with companies such as Manappuram Finance Limited & Bajaj Capital Ltd for about two decades managing technology for retail banking, wealth management, etc.
Ajay Bharwani has recently moved on from Lupin to join realty, relocation and cash management specialist Writer Corp. as group CIO and head of digital transformation.
Former head of digital at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, Annapurna Vishwanathan has joined Cummins India as CIO.
After working on Punjab Government’s “One Integrated Government” project, Ashish Shrivastava is joining payment technology firm FSS as its head of technology.
In addition, Vinod Bhat has joined Vistara as CIO after a 28-year stint at Tata Consultancy Services.
Further, Piramal Enterprises’ retail finance division has appointed former Medlife CTO Saurabh Mittal as its new chief technology officer.
Dabur India has appointed Hindustan Unilever’s former IT head, Narendra Agrawal, as its new global CIO.
Nitin Rohilla has joined Adani Power as its CIO. He was previously the vice president of IT at Adani Electricity, another company within the same group, for over two years.
Lulu Group India has appointed Anil Menon as its head of IT. He was formerly the general manager for IT innovation at Tata Starbucks.
Former head of IT Infrastructure at Axis Finance, Tejas Shah has been appointed deputy director of IT at Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM). SVKM is an educational institute and a public charitable trust.
Kunal Mehta has joined retail brand Fabindia Overseas as its group chief technology officer. In his previous role, Mehta was the head of IT at Raymond Ltd.
Pradipt Kapoor has taken over from Harmeen Mehta as CIO of Bharti Airtel. In his last role, Kapoor was VP and global head of products and solutions engineering at shipping and logistics major Maersk.
Bhavesh Gandhi has joined Aarti Industries as chief digital and information officer. Gandhi was previously CIO of Piramal Enterprises’ pharma division, where he worked for five years.
