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Hyderabad, In

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Bridging Industry-Academia Gap, Education Learning, Advocacy, Engagement with Educators, Conceptulization, Design and Delivery of Professional Development Programs, Enhancing Learning Experiences, Enrichment of Learning Resources, Establishment of GIS/Spatial Labs / Centre of Spatial Excellence, Research and Innovation, Industry-Academia Collaborative Projects, Mentorship to Interns/Researchers, Technology Workshops, Hackathons, Curriculum development ; Business Promotion and Marketing Support

Hyderabad Area, India

Management & Technology Consulting, Advisory for enterprise solutions - e-Governance, Digital Twins, Infrastructure, Defence, Public Safety, Utilities, Urban/Rural Development, Natural Resource Management, Disaster Management, Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), Tech for ESG, Social Good, Nature Based Solutions and Enterprise solutions with focus on Geo-Enablement (Geospatial technologies (GIS)). Consulting, business process re-engineering, program management, project management and quality management. Consultative & Strategic selling of enterprise IT solutions. Consultative support to Strategy, Business Development, Operations, Production, Delivery and Processes.

Hyderabad Area, India

The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) is a premier institute for capacity development in India and the region. NIDM provides technical support to the state governments through the Disaster Management Centres (DMCs).

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Consulting / Advisory, Technology evangelism, Business development / Sales, Contracting support for niche GIS SW technology products and tailored enterprise solutions targeted at Governments, Smart Cities, Defense/ Homeland Security/Border Security, Utilities, Public Safety, Emergency response, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Natural Resource Management, etc. Assistance in strategic direction for new initiatives, consultative and strategic selling, opportunity mining and exploitation, business development strategy, strategic alliances / partner ecosystem development, customer engagement & relationship management, proposal developments and technical support, project management, quality management and operations support.

Hyderabad Area, India

Responsible for technology initiatives, innovation, GIS product development and enterprise solutions. Responsible for global IT Operations and Information Systems Aerial survey operations including procurement & operationalization of DMC. Additional responsibility for Brand building and Global marketing.

Formerly Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure

Country Manager with overall responsibility of P/L for Spatial Information management Software products and enterprise solutions for India and adjoining countries. Responsible for sales strategy, sales management, market growth, sales operations, channel partners and coordination with product development teams. Managed transition from an exclusive distributor model to multi-partner / direct model. Technology solutions included Enterprise Geospatial(GIS), Photogrammetry and Image processing, Public Safety & Security (Homeland Security, Defense, Emergency Response, Disaster Management) and GIS based Utility solutions including Smart Grids, Outage Management, Mobile Workforce Management.

CIO/Director of Information Technology with overall responsibility of IT infrastructure for company’s largest offshore development center outside US. Member of Global IT management team responsible for global IT strategies & policies. Responsible for the regional strategic direction, support of business strategy, support of business processes and driving innovation, management of infrastructure and business systems. Other responsibilities held - Member of India executive management team responsible for day-to-day operations; Director / Head of Quality with overall responsibility for corporate quality initiatives. Held responsibility of product QA / certification (Verification & Validation) for suite of SW products. Supported and managed web marketing programs as a part of global rebranding project.

Head of Geospatial operations (Photogrammetry, Ortho, LiDAR, Conversion and GIS development), responsible for the SBU including global delivery operations, GIS project management, people management and quality management. Steered and scaled up multi-project, multi-site and multi-skill based operations.

Head of Image processing / mapping division and Corporate Quality Assurance. Responsible for global delivery operations, project management, people management and quality management. As a head of Corporate Quality Assurance responsible for organization wide (multi-location & multi-divisional) QMS design, implementation & certification.

Bangalore

Division head for Source Verification Inspection Services, Responsible for P/L, sales and operations, Launched independent inspection services in India, Safety for programmable software components

Nagpur Area, India

Established branch operations in central India covering parts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Responsible for P/L, Sales, business development and operations. Designed and marketed customized service packages for raw material and product optimization. As a Divisional Quality Assurance Coordinator, steered QMS implementation across 40 offices in the country. As a Branch Quality Assurance Coordinator. steered QMS implementation for branch operations including satellite units.

M Sc (Tech), Geological Remote Sensing

University First Rank

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Geology

University First Rank , Recepient of Prof. MG Chakrapani Award for Merit in 1990

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geology/Earth Science

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