Aruna Rao
Chief Technology Officer – Kotak Mahindra Bank and Group Companies
Full Name | Aruna Rao |
Current Designation & Role | Chief Technology Officer |
Current Company Name | Kotak Mahindra Bank and Group Companies |
Past Company Names | |
No of Years in the IT Industry | 30+ years |
City you live in currently and since when | Mumbai , Since 1987 |
Native Town/ City you belong | Bangalore |
Mother Tongue | Kannada |
Language you are proficient with | English, Hindi, Kannada |
Educational Details | MBA, MS |
Awards and Recognitions Received CIO |
Volumes in the IMPs and CTS areas – Feb 2017
-Bharat Banking application awarded by Finnoviti awards 2016. -Most Innovative Company Award by VMware – October 2016 |
Gadgets you love the most and why | My mobile phone – it provides connect to my friends and loved ones, instant updates on events in the world, education, entertainment and now even serves as a substitute for cash. |
What makes you laugh | Spontaneous wit, its particularly great when someone sees humour in in a difficult/tense situation |
Current book you are reading and what you love about it | Fault Lines by RaghuramRajan – it’s a few years old now, but provides insight into the underlying issues that impact the Indian Economy. |
Books you enjoyed reading the most | ‘’What the Dog Saw’ – Malcolm Gladwel, Silence Speaks – Eckhart Tolle, Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter… |
Software company you admire and why |
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Hardware company your admire and why | Same as above |
IT personality you admire and why | Satya Nadella, uses his personal experience to give new creativity to leading technology company. |
Your best moment in your career till date | Actually, it has been a journey with lots of individual moments, which I usually realise as a high point in hindsight …the moment my first custom developed system, a Cash Managament system built for Citibank, during by Citi days. The first product sale to a UK bank, in my Polaris days and recently, at Kotak when the integrated systems of a merged Kotak and erstwhile ING Vysya bank went live. |
Your best moment in personal life | When my daughter was born |
Music You Like | Almost any kind..The blues, Jazz |
Movies You Like | Mystery stories, Dramas…Mission Impossible movies, James Bond movies, older epics like Chariots of Fire. |
Most Liked Travel Destination | Angkor Wat, Cambodia |
Why do you like your job | I love my job because it gives me plenty of opportunity to try new ideas, conceptualise and then actually execute to see the results. |
Most favorite quote | Carpe Diem |