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Timeline
About me
IT Head/CISO/CIO/CTO | Author |Mentor |Speaker |Innovator |Influencer| Coach
Education

Birla institute of technology
1994 - 1995Pgdca computer scienceActivities and Societies: Completed PGDCA from BIT mesra Ranchi Completed Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application

Indian institute of management ahmedabad
2023 -Program on digital strategies digital strategies
Harvard business school executive education
2016 - 2017Harvard manage mentor business administration and management, general study going onActivities and Societies: Focus on Innovation, Strategy and Change management All 40 Topics completed/Passed in Harvard Manage Mentor from Harvard Business Publication.

Iit bombay
2011 - 2012Epm business managementActivities and Societies: FOCUS ON STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, MARKETING AND HR. LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES USED IN THE CURRENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. ABLE PROFESSORS OF IIT AND IIM TAKEN THE LECTURES. REFRESH OUR LEARNING AFTER LONG. LEARN HOW TO HANDLE SALES AND HR.FOCUS ON CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Experience

Arviva industries india ltd, taloja, mumbai
Mar 2002 - Jun 2007 sr. executive edp (head it department, infrastructure and technical support)1. Sr. Executive EDP (Head IT Department, Infrastructure and Technical Support) - 12 Hardware Technicians, Computers Programmer and Telephone maintenance staff are reporting to me for Taloja plant and I am reporting to our Executive Director. 2. Project handle related to IT Security, Inventory Management, Vendor Management, Software, Hardware, and Networking & Telecommunication of the Company. 3. No of Vendor Handle: approx: 30. IT Budgeting. Project Management & implementation, SLA. Coordination of IT Department with Other Departments, especially for a/c MIS and Supply chain Management. Thin Client PC and Fiber Optics cable implementation done at taloja plant.4. Worked closely with the development team members to discuss & explained the system requirements, utilize relationships to ensure that project/product implementation schedules are met. Show less

Advanced enzyme technologies ltd
Jun 2007 - Jul 2011Head it1. HEAD IT, handling 9 locations of this company.2. Managing large multi location projects for ERP SAP-B1 and IT Infrastructure Management. Responsible for all projects related to Voice, Data, Video and Security. Providing online technical support related to SAP, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Operations and Plant and Maintenance, A/c and Material Requisition and planning, creation of taxes, and reports in SAP B1. 3. Involved in system study, SRS documents, architecture design, project plan, and project assignment to resources, project estimation and risk analysis.4. Managing business critical, highly technical, complex projects handling 9 Locations, Head Office (Data Centre) and 2 Research center in Thane and 5 manufacturing locations. Nashik (Sinnar), Indore (Pitampur-SEZ), Vashind, Pune, Vapi, Bhiwandi. All locations are connected thru MTNL/BSNL leased line and TATA Internet leased line on highly complex setup of CISCO Routers and Fortigate Firewalls. We have 5 online servers on Windows 2003 platform for SAP, Citrix and Active Directory. One on Linux Platform for Email server.5. Initiated discussions with users to formulate detailed system requirements and with programmers on customer’s requirements & explained the concept of the project.6. Implementation of security system as per BS-7799 standard and of Video Conferencing (POLYCOM products) for 7 locations, Higher end CCTV for all locations. Using Auric make products. More than 600 cameras are live for all locations & Access Control system, All the Thane based offices are lived on Airtel PRI line and due to this we reduced lots of cost on telecommunications. Online Backup system and backup policy implemented. Vendor Management, Negotiation and SLA. Preparing Cash flow for IT Dept for all locations.7. Handling other responsibility like. Head Logistic, admin services, Lab Maintenance, Support and Maintenance of PLC and Scada based system, Power management and APC Data center set up in Thane. Show less

Jindal saw ltd.
Jul 2011 - Aug 2013Agm it1. Head IT for Seamless Tube division. Handling 4 locations of this company.2. Lead IT and ERP implementation team. Post Go-Live support and new implementation as per requirement of our company. In house support for SAP for all the Seamless Tube Division of this company.3. Instrumental in the implementation of ERP SAP R3 ECC 6.0 like Supply Chain Management, FI & CO, Project System, HR, Plant Maintenance, Production Planning, Sales & Distribution, Material Management and handling Team of ABAP Programmers and Basis Support administrator. End to end responsibility of delivering the SAP project, Co-ordination has done between all departments for the implementation of SAP for the entire organization to derive benefits.4. Effectively defining the functional specification for new ABAP developments to fill the gap as per the requirement of Indian rules and regulations, and available standard solution in SAP.5. Helping Top Management, Stakeholders, IT team, and vendors for IT strategy and drive it to implement on time, trained our core users regularly for new technologies.6. Developing and implement project lifetime operational plans and delivery solutions for the team portfolio to ensure that projects/contracts are delivered on time, within budget and to quality as per SLA. 7. All locations are connected thru Airtel/Reliance MPLS lines on highly complex setup of CISCO Routers and Cyber roam Firewalls. All Infrastructures are up on fiber optic cables.8. SAP are Live on AIX Unix and Oracle as a Database and IBM Hardware’s are installed. The strong backup system is implemented for SAP and emergency recovery plans are implemented. 9. Online Support provided to Jindal Saw Ltd – USA Plant for software and hardware in Minneapolis and Hutchinson in USA. Cloud Computer features we have implemented in US plant for Email Exchange server and ERP used as a Quick Book application. Complete technical support we are providing here from India. Show less

Omkar realtors & developers pvt. ltd.
Aug 2013 - Jun 2017General manager information technologyHead IT. Handling 40 project locations of this company. Reporting to Director/Promoter.Following Award Winning Project Done in Omkar during 4 years Tenure.1. Google API based GIS for Property affairs-Digitization of slum dwellers.2. GIS Mobile apps. in play store - slumview3. SAP ERP, CRM, BI, BO, DMS4. SAP Mobility-Fiori5. SAP Implementation on HP Unix Platform by using VPAR, 3PAR storage, Sybase.6. BYOD Policy implementation and security features implemented to protect our server and mobile apps.7. Budgeting and negotiation to reduced cost.8. Created team innovation for automation etc.9. Implementation of Farvision ERP (Not in use after SAP)10. Implementation of Virtualization of servers and using almost 60 servers in 14 Physical hardware. using, HP-VPAR and Microsoft-Hyper-V11. Backup and backup policy implemented, storage of Tape in Data Safe Data Line.12. For mobility and Web application, Encryption technology implemented to secure our data etc. 13. All project locations are linked with secure VPN tunnel and connected with HO data center.14. Implementation of Design Studio for our world class design department and implementation of AutoDCR and PreDCR software.15. Project site connected with high class polycom Video conferencing project. 16. Office 365 Show less

Lodha group
Jun 2017 - Jul 2018Associate vice president - information technologyAssociate Vice President - Information Technology.IT strategy and Innovation.Handling DC operation, Information Security ProjectsSAP, Sales Force and IT Operation Management.DC and DR project for Migration of servers etc.

Kanakia group
Jul 2018 - Dec 2019Head of information technology departmentWorking on for Digital transformation of Kanakia Group.Hyper converged Infrastructure for SAP Business Suite Applications and SAP HANA.

Global knowledge work and entrepreneurship
Dec 2019 - Nov 2020Cio/cto/cdo & ceoWorking for Global Knowledge Research work to help companies start here in this region.Working as entrepreneurship and helping companies to build business in this region.Working for my book writing and my pending PHD.

Hive carbon zero developers ltd (earlier ahujahive) (fosun group)
Nov 2020 - Oct 2022Cio/cto/cdo/ceo, phd, writer, speaker, life coach and mentor, startup enterpreneureHandling Fosun Group Real Estate business in India, working as CIO and IT Head.

Idemeum
Oct 2022 - Feb 2024Head of information technologyOne platform to manage access to applications and infrastructure, without passwords

N r agarwal industries ltd
Feb 2024 - nowHead of information technology and information security
Licenses & Certifications

Microsoft certified professiona
MicrosoftMar 2000
Certified information security manager (cism)
IsacaOct 2023
Cisco certified network associate industrial (ccna i)
CiscoNov 2003
Itil foudation examination
Apmg internationalAug 2012
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]CIO-100 Award from IDG Magazine, 2019. IDG India Sep 2019 Winner CIO-100 Award from IDG Magazine, 2019. Project done on Lenovo - Nutanix HCI solution and reduced lots of cost due to this.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]IT Genius Award 2019 by Core Media. Core Media. Jul 2019 Winner, IT Genius Award 2019 by Core Media for project done on Nutanix and Lenovo.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]CTO of the Year Award 2019. Marketing Maverick Award, Mumbai Mar 2019 Winner CTO of the Year Award 2019 by marketing marverick group.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]The Economics Times CIO of the Year Award 2019, Category: Cloud The Economics Times Mar 2019 The Economics Times selected me as CIO of the Year Award 2019, Category: Cloud, for project done on Nutanix for cloud.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]Spot Award-Lodha Lodha Group Oct 2018 Winner Spot Award for prompt project completion done in Customer Service department, completed before time and error free.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]CMR India, C Change award 2017 for GIS based mobile apps. CMR India Jun 2017 Winner CMR India, C Change award 2017 for GIS Category, for project done on GIS mobile Apps for project done on Mumbai Slum Dwellers.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]BSE CIO Klub CIO of the Year Award 2017. Category: Real Estate, Infrastructure and Hospitality Bombat Stock Exchange and CIO KLUB Apr 2017 Winner BSE CIO Klub CIO of the Year Award 2017. Category: Real Estate, Infrastructure and Hospitality. Project done on GIS mobile apps for Slum dwellers of Mumbai.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]The Economics Times & Reality Plus selected my innovation in Mobile apps as best Mobile apps of the Year Award 2017. The Economics Times & Reality Plus Mar 2017 Winner The Economics Times & Reality Plus selected my innovation in Mobile apps as best Mobile apps of the Year Award 2017.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]Emerging Leader Award Omkar Management Jul 2016 Winner Emerging Leader Award 2016, for the Project done on SAP R3, SAP Fiori on HP Unix Platform. Also, GIS mobile application creates wonders in market to track and upload slum dweller document online thru mobile.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]Champ of the Year Award-2010-2011 Management of Advanced Enyme Apr 2011 Winner Champ of the Year Award 2011 for project done on SAP, Video Conferencing and implementation of CCTV for all 9 Locations of this company. Israel based MDM solutions and Citrix implementation created and given me best project award also.
- Awarded to Chitranjan Kesari[PhD, CISM]Future CIO of India Award 2010. IT Next Magazine. 9dot9 media Oct 2010 Winner Future CIO of India Award 2010 for project done on SAP in advanced enzyme technologies ltd for 9 locations of this company.
Languages
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