Managing my fields while trying to get a better understanding of village life and farming dynamics and the challenges faced.

Currently working Pro bono with an NGO, ADHAR (www.adhar.org) for raising awareness regarding Intellectually Disabled (Mentally Challenged) Adults, Fund Raising and PR

Role: Central PMO Team, Wealth and Investment Management ITPart of the central PMO team that was responsible for Monitoring, Reporting and Governance of the IT Portfolio for Wealth and Investment Management.Achievement:# Global roll-out, compliance & training of new processes across Wealth Management# Extended globally initiatives such as Forward Delivery Plan, Automation of Delivery KPI and Software Quality Initiative providing the leadership team with an oversight on… Show more Role: Central PMO Team, Wealth and Investment Management ITPart of the central PMO team that was responsible for Monitoring, Reporting and Governance of the IT Portfolio for Wealth and Investment Management.Achievement:# Global roll-out, compliance & training of new processes across Wealth Management# Extended globally initiatives such as Forward Delivery Plan, Automation of Delivery KPI and Software Quality Initiative providing the leadership team with an oversight on key Projects and Programs# Responsible for leading and volunteering in multiple events as part of the India Volunteering team at Morgan Stanley under the organization’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Show less

Role: PMO Lead, Wealth Management IT, IndiaPMO team in MSAS (India) has been setup as a horizontal supplementing the individual Delivery Organization PMO by providing following services:• Project Management on delivery of critical/key projects• Mentoring Delivery Organization Project Managers# Work closely with Delivery and QA team to analyze Quality issues, perform RCA, identify Learning & Best Practices for implementation• Institutionalize Requirement, Code and Design… Show more Role: PMO Lead, Wealth Management IT, IndiaPMO team in MSAS (India) has been setup as a horizontal supplementing the individual Delivery Organization PMO by providing following services:• Project Management on delivery of critical/key projects• Mentoring Delivery Organization Project Managers# Work closely with Delivery and QA team to analyze Quality issues, perform RCA, identify Learning & Best Practices for implementation• Institutionalize Requirement, Code and Design Review with Delivery Teams• Provide NY based Project/Delivery managers with MSAS based project planning and delivery view• Provide program and project reporting• Implemented “Know Your Release” to identify production release dependencies between projects and teamsAchievement:# Successfully setup PMO team in India as a horizontal servicing all Delivery Organizations within WM# Standardized program and project reporting# Identified and implemented Key Delivery Metrics# Implemented multiple initiatives such as Delivery Insight, Software Quality Initiative, Forward Delivery Plan and Know Your Release to help the Management and Delivery Teams gain better understanding of the deliverables Show less

Role: Global Project Delivery LeadWorldwide Product Configurator - Integration Layer (WPC-IL) is a key project being developed as part of the global convergence program initiated by Chrysler (US) & FIAT (Italy).Product Configuration is a basic and primary business practice for automotive industry. Based on the guide lines defined within the Product Range Strategy, Product Configuration process is aimed at providing a common and complete description of vehicle’s specifications, which… Show more Role: Global Project Delivery LeadWorldwide Product Configurator - Integration Layer (WPC-IL) is a key project being developed as part of the global convergence program initiated by Chrysler (US) & FIAT (Italy).Product Configuration is a basic and primary business practice for automotive industry. Based on the guide lines defined within the Product Range Strategy, Product Configuration process is aimed at providing a common and complete description of vehicle’s specifications, which is the foundation of other processes throughout the company, providing the core information to design, produce, sell and maintain the vehicle during its whole lifecycle. Integration Layer is being developed to prevent any impact to current Downstream systems because of the implementation of the new WPC.Achievement:# First large program with FIAT# Delivered from 3 client locations: Chrysler (US), FIAT (Italy) & FIASA (Brazil) and from three delivery centres (Mumbai, Pune & Chennai) in India# Development in 3 languages: English, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese Show less

Role: Global Delivery Lead - Quality & ComplianceQ&C team provides following services to the various business lines of the client:• Quality Analyst: Guide & mentor project team on client process compliance and help with necessary deviation guidance & approvals• Audit & Assessment: Assess process compliance of various applications & projects• Validation Support: Perform validation activities for validated applications to check for necessary compliance and maintain the… Show more Role: Global Delivery Lead - Quality & ComplianceQ&C team provides following services to the various business lines of the client:• Quality Analyst: Guide & mentor project team on client process compliance and help with necessary deviation guidance & approvals• Audit & Assessment: Assess process compliance of various applications & projects• Validation Support: Perform validation activities for validated applications to check for necessary compliance and maintain the applications in validated state• Compliance Requirement Analysis: Perform risk-based compliance requirement analysis for identified applications, prepare gap report and identify closure steps.Achievement:# Largest Q&C endeavor in TCS comprising of ~ 140 associates, 80 offshore and 65 onsite, at peak with ~8 M annual USD portfolio# Provided total cost savings of ~40% to client since start of engagement in mid-2011 # Moved engagement team to Managed Services ModelRole: Global Delivery Lead - Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE)TCoE provided following services to Pfizer in a Transaction based model using HP Test Suite: • Requirement Inspection and Design Review• System/Functional Testing (Manual & Automated)• Performance and Usability testingAchievement:# One of the largest Independent Testing engagement within TCS with ~3.5 M USD annual portfolio reaching a peak team of 70 offshore and 7 onsite# Increased revenue by ~ 75% in 2011, Y-o-Y# Offshore leverage and Junior:Senior > 90% with an effective fresher induction program # Engagement executed in Managed Services Model providing end-to-end testing services Show less

Role: Onsite Program ManagerIMS Health C&S (Consulting & Services) division was consolidating their IT services from existing multiple vendors into a single vendor for effective vendor management, increased cost effectiveness and scalability. As part of their IT Services, it partnered with TCS to support their CIS/MRS development initiative where TCS was responsible to understand user requirements, design & build required applications & reports and provide Independent Testing service… Show more Role: Onsite Program ManagerIMS Health C&S (Consulting & Services) division was consolidating their IT services from existing multiple vendors into a single vendor for effective vendor management, increased cost effectiveness and scalability. As part of their IT Services, it partnered with TCS to support their CIS/MRS development initiative where TCS was responsible to understand user requirements, design & build required applications & reports and provide Independent Testing service also.Achievement:# Involved during the contract negotiation and drafting the Master Service Agreement# Set up of onsite & offshore IT Development and Independent Testing team # Transition from incumbent vendor Show less

Role: Onsite Program Manager - Internet & Collaboration projectsJ&J Global Services division provides IT services to the various J&J Op-Cos. One of the primary services provided is development of internet website’s and applications. It also involved migration of some of the existing internet sites & applications to the new Open Source Framework to enable standardization. This Framework helped increase component reusability, decrease project cycle time and reduce development &… Show more Role: Onsite Program Manager - Internet & Collaboration projectsJ&J Global Services division provides IT services to the various J&J Op-Cos. One of the primary services provided is development of internet website’s and applications. It also involved migration of some of the existing internet sites & applications to the new Open Source Framework to enable standardization. This Framework helped increase component reusability, decrease project cycle time and reduce development & maintenance cost. During Apr-08 to May-09 approximately 125 websites and applications were developed or migrated to the new Open Source Framework.Achievement:# Setup of onsite and offshore delivery team and Open Source Web Services internet program# Collaborated with client Architect to define Open Source Framework which increased component reusability, reduced Time to Market and significantly decreased development & maintenance cost# Developed/Migrated 125+ internet sites & applications in 1 year# Worked closely with client Process Team to define template-based web portal & an Agile Process for developing Marketing websites which reduced cost & timelines for Brochure websites by 50-80%# Ramped up the team from initial size of 1 onsite, 4 offshore to a peak team size of 12 onsite, 54 offshore Show less

Role: Onsite Program CoordinatorAs part of closure for one of their Data Center, client needed to move all their servers from this Data Center by a certain timeline to avoid stiff penalties up to 65M USD. This move involved coordinating with various teams & stakeholders for migrating existing applications & data from current servers before moving or disposing them based on various parameters to ensure smooth and on-time data center closure. Complexity of the task was increased due to… Show more Role: Onsite Program CoordinatorAs part of closure for one of their Data Center, client needed to move all their servers from this Data Center by a certain timeline to avoid stiff penalties up to 65M USD. This move involved coordinating with various teams & stakeholders for migrating existing applications & data from current servers before moving or disposing them based on various parameters to ensure smooth and on-time data center closure. Complexity of the task was increased due to following:• Interdependency between various applications involving different stakeholders and multiple teams • Application & databases residing on multiple servers with different environments• Logical grouping of application based on environment compatibility & data privacy• Consider impact to on-going Development and User Acceptance activities• Identify the most appropriate method for Server disposition: Virtualization or Forklift or RetirementAchievement:# Received Certificate of Appreciation from client for successful & on time completion of their Data Center Closure Program which carried a potential penalty of 65M USD and impact to client reputation Show less

Role: Project Manager & PMOPfizer needed to migrate from current Infrastructure to smart, optimized, next generation infrastructure. The infrastructure included ~450 applications and ~700 servers. Objectives of this program were:• Reduce server count by 50% by the end of 2007• Optimize J2EE, Oracle 10g & Share Point applications using virtualized environment.• Manage effective utilization (& optimization) of new infrastructure by using tools such as Cassatt, VMWare.•… Show more Role: Project Manager & PMOPfizer needed to migrate from current Infrastructure to smart, optimized, next generation infrastructure. The infrastructure included ~450 applications and ~700 servers. Objectives of this program were:• Reduce server count by 50% by the end of 2007• Optimize J2EE, Oracle 10g & Share Point applications using virtualized environment.• Manage effective utilization (& optimization) of new infrastructure by using tools such as Cassatt, VMWare.• Study new trends and emerging technologies to sustain the optimization and provide ongoing capacity planning • Setup new target environment and migrate applications on new target environmentAchievement:# Received “Knowledge Builder” Certificate for Knowmax, a TCS Knowledge Management Portal# Best “Knowledge Management Site” Award for TCS Western India region as Knowledge Officer# Technical Excellence Award for Best Turnaround/Crisis Management project# Managed & Coordinated 5-day Audit of the offshore Pharma ODC by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) with TCS securing highest score and being judged best amongst all vendors# Knowledge Officer (KO) & Information Security Officer (ISO) for Offshore Development Center Show less

Role: Delivery LeadScope of project was to provide IT services in various phases of SDLC for developing systems that enables GE Energy, Predictive & Diagnostics Technology (P&DT) team to monitor, diagnose and predict any problems in Turbines around the globe. The various activities included Design & Development for VB and Java based applications, Quality Assurance, 1st level and 2nd level support for existing applications, Rapid Application Development and Administration of Rational… Show more Role: Delivery LeadScope of project was to provide IT services in various phases of SDLC for developing systems that enables GE Energy, Predictive & Diagnostics Technology (P&DT) team to monitor, diagnose and predict any problems in Turbines around the globe. The various activities included Design & Development for VB and Java based applications, Quality Assurance, 1st level and 2nd level support for existing applications, Rapid Application Development and Administration of Rational SuiteAchievement:# Setup complete Application Support team providing L1 (24x7), L2, L3 Support and Rapid Application Development (RAD) Show less