Arun Gupta
Chief Information Officer – Cipla Limited
Arun Gupta
| Full Name | Arun Gupta |
| Current Designation & Role | Chief Information Officer |
| Current Company Name | Cipla Limited |
| Past Company Names | Shoppers Stop Limited, Philips Electronics India Limited, Pfizer Limited, Hughes Telecom India Limited, DHL Worldwide Express, DSP Merrill Lynch, The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited, OMC Computers, NELCO |
| No of Years in the IT Industry | 28+ years |
| City you live in currently and since when | Mumbai, since 1974 |
| Native Town/ City you belong | Kanpur |
| Mother Tongue | Hindi |
| Language you are proficient with | English,Hindi. |
| Educational Details | Bachelor of Science (Physics) from Mumbai University, PGCST from NCST. |
| Awards and Recognitions Received CIO | Please see the details on my LinkedIn profile http://in.linkedin.com/in/guptaarun |
| Gadgets you love the most and why | 1) My iPhone since it keeps me connected wherever I am 2) My Nikon D7000 camera to capture what I can see and what others cannot 3) My Bose QC3 headphones for the music it delivers |
| What makes you laugh | Anything funny – cartoons, jokes. |
| Current book you are reading and what you love about it | The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. Learning the power of checklists for personal and professional lives. |
| Books you enjoyed reading the most | I enjoy reading, so there are many that I could list here. Some amongst them are Execution by Ram Charan, 5 dysfunctions of a team by Patrick Lencioni, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach,… |
| Software company you admire and why | SAP for their market dominance |
| Hardware company your admire and why | Is Apple a hardware company? |
| IT personality you admire and why | No one in the IT industry |
| Your best moment in your career till date | My CEO proudly telling the audience in a conference about my contributions to the company’s business |
| Your best moment in personal life | The birth of my children |
| Music You Like | Hindi music from 40s to 90s, English pop and rock from 70s to 90s |
| Movies You Like | Action, thrillers, Sci-fi, love stories |
| Most Liked Travel Destination | Lonavala ! |
| Why do you like your job | I get to do what I like and someone is paying me for that ! |
| Most favorite quote | If you want your dreams to come true, the first thing you have to do is wakeup. |