Harpreet Singh Sawhney

Experience

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  CDAC

  Jun 2002 - Nov 2004

  Project Officer

  - Supervise installation & certification of passive networking components for campus-wide ATM network at Punjab University, Chandigarh- Setup of Fast Ethernet network & connecting various building blocks with OFC at General Hospital, Chandigarh- Responsible for planning & conducting a workshop on Information Security at CDAC Mohali- Trainer & Course coordinator for the Advanced Diploma in Enterprise Networking course- Conceptualization of research project on ‘Honeynets and survivability networks’ funded by the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology- Provided training to the participants of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program (ITEC/SCAAP) at C-DAC Mohali- Successfully carried out System Requirement Specification Study of Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi- Responsible for System Administration of C-DAC’s (ACTS) Lab network in the Delhi office. Show less

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  ABM Knowledgeware Ltd

  Dec 2004 - Nov 2008

  Deputy Project Manager

  - Responsible for preparing a feasibility study for conducting a Proof-of-Concept for mobile app development for booking of unauthorized construction in Delhi. - Led a team of software developers & analysts for requirements gathering, designing & capturing complex process specifications for implementation of a municipal ERP Package. I was responsible for test case preparation, manual software testing, ensure time-bound software delivery through deep customer engagement. - Responsible for user acceptance testing (UAT) for successful project implementation, training, capacity building, and handholding the customer. Show less

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  National Institute for Smart Government

  Dec 2008 - Mar 2014

  - Contributed to various transformative & consulting engagements in the areas of health IT, citizen-centric service delivery, impact assessment, and process re-engineering. - Responsible for conceptualizing IT roadmap, proof of concept, and consultancy services, developing concrete business cases for projects, prepare attractive models for public-private partnerships. Helped the client organizations develop solutions, functional requirements, RFP, RFIs, and financial & resource estimates for approval of the proposals. - Assist & hand-hold the clients in Bid Process Management and Project Implementation, Develop metrics to evaluate service delivery. Assist the client in program implementation post-strategy phase. - Business process innovation advisory and conceptualized the implementation for the state-wide rollout of Hospital Information System (HIS) in the districts of Haryana.- Contributed to the HIS work stream in the preparation of Health MMP Detailed Project Report (DPR) - Provide IT Advisory services to the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. - Responsible for conceptualizing the design and implementation of e-governance inDebt Recovery Tribunals for speedy execution of cases.- Conceptualize & build an IT Roadmap, Proof-Of-Concept & Consultancy services for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Ministry of Culture to set up back-office applications including HR, Finance, accounts, and e-ticketing for ticketed monuments Show less - Program managed & responsible for technical due diligence of deliverables, sign-offs for Go-live, facilitating client for the third party audit, review of solution architecture including SLAs in Passport Seva project for Ministry of External Affairs.- Bids Process Management of E-Migrate Project, Ministry of Overseas and Indian Affairs.- Successfully secured a large multi-year Manpower augmentation services (MAS) contract worth a value ₹ 20 Cr. to set up a 90-plus strong technical & project management team for the Department of Posts, India Post 2012 Project.- Build a framework for Citizen Services delivery assessment of services offered in SUWIDHA Kendra’s,Department of Governance Reforms, Government of Punjab. Show less

  • Senior Manager Consulting Services

    Apr 2011 - Mar 2014

  • Manager (Project Development & Management)

    Dec 2008 - Apr 2011
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  KPMG India

  Mar 2014 - Oct 2016

  Business Development Manager

  - Business Development Manager, responsible for sales in central public sector enterprises, preparing account plans business strategy formulation, tap & seed prospective accounts, opportunities across the service lines, connect with decision-makers. - Acquire business & engagements in different sectors and service lines including audit advisory, IT strategy, Oil & Gas major, and retainership contracts for Indirect Tax. Collaborating with the design team & service lines to meet the proposal requirements. - Responsible for preparing high-value proposals for some large clients, responding to EoIs, RFPs, and World Bank-assisted assignments. Show less

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  National Institute for Smart Government

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2022

  - Successfully led & delivered HR Strategic Advisory services including organization restructuring of federal law enforcement agency- Conceptualized and implemented a mobility solution including LMS for Investor Education & Protection Fund Authority. The Hon’ble Finance Minister launched a mobile app with integrated LMS & gamified content - Conceptualized the One IA&AD One System (OIOS) project, an audit process automation system for Supreme Audit Institution of India, C&AG - IT advisory services to conceptualize solutions for a lead law enforcement agency (LEA) of India to set up a digital forensic lab and fraud analytics solution. - Led the PMU team for the World-Bank funded National Council of Vocation Training (NCVT), MIS project for the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Show less

  • General Manager

    Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Deputy General Manager Consulting

    Oct 2016 - Apr 2021
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  Price Waterhouse Coopers- PwC

  Feb 2022 - now

  Associate Director

  - Spearheaded the preparation and implementation of Annual Capacity Building Plans (CBPs) of 6 Science & Technology ministries, including health research, pharmaceuticals, Ayush, and Sports Ministry. - Led the PMU team to handhold the client for strengthening and improvement of Civil Services Training Institutes (CSTIs)- Developed strategy for sector-wise 2047 visioning exercise for State government infrastructure development board - Developed course design for experiential & cohort-based leadership learning for the new batch of Executive Directors in PwC - Identify business development opportunities, senior client conversations, portfoliomanagement, build new solutions & service offerings Show less