Girish Rao
Head – IT and Business Analytics – Marico Limited
Girish Rao
| Full Name | Girish Rao |
| Current Designation & Role | Head – IT and Business Analytics |
| Current Company Name | Marico Limited |
| Past Company Names | Marico, Mahindra Consulting, Metro Cash and Carry Ltd. |
| No of Years in the IT Industry | 25 Years |
| City you live in currently and since when | Mumbai |
| Native Town/ City you belong | Udipi |
| Mother Tongue | Kokani |
| Language you are proficient with | English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Kokani |
| Educational Details | B.COM , DCM. |
| Awards and Recognitions Received CIO | 1. Global CIO – Hall of Fame – Information Week – 2012,2013
2. Top 5 Best IT Users in CIO 100 Asia- Singapore 3. CIO 100 – IDG Media Group – 2009 – Business Process Automation – ASP Portal – 2010 – Enterprise Mobility Apps for Contract Farming initiative – 2011 – Virtualization and Open Source Adoption -2012 – Leveraging De-Dup Technologies for laptops Backups –2012 – CIO- Hall of Fame for winning 4 times in a row 4. Best Innovating CIO of the Year – 2010 from Cybermedia. 5. Enterprise Intelligent award – 2010 by the Indian Express Group – Manufacting Sector. 6. Best IT User Award 2010 – Nasscom 7. Great Minds Challenge Awards from IBM-Cognos Implementation 8. Red Hat Customer Award and Case Study for Open Source 9. Gold Award @ NITIE Lakhya Event for the best IT Implementation of the year. ie. Mobile based apps for the farmers and Contract Farming operations. We have recently won the best retail POS implementation for design, development and roll-out of POS, Billing & CRM system @ Kaya Skin Clinics across 83 locations within a span of 10 months from design to roll-out. – CIO100 -2013 as Marico IT team. Jury Member – CIO100 – 2013 Jury Member – Indian Express IT Awards Jury Member – Next100 Awards – 2011, 2012, 2013. Jury Member – Capgemini Super Techies show Season 2 – 2013 |
| Gadgets you love the most and why | Tab , very light & multi-purpose use. |
| What makes you laugh | When other laugh |
| Current book you are reading and what you love about it | |
| Books you enjoyed reading the most | Jaya – By DevduttPatnaik |
| Software company you admire and why | SAP , Very organized , process driven, deliberate and steady in its approach. |
| Hardware company your admire and why | HPE , Very Reliable products |
| IT personality you admire and why | Bill Gates, Having setup an empire and to have handed over the reins and moved to pursue a higher objective for larger good of mankind. |
| Your best moment in your career till date | The Day I got the Global CIO Hall of Fame Award – 2012 |
| Your best moment in personal life | When I saw my daughter for the first time. |
| Music You Like | Anything – Hindustani Classical |
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| Most Liked Travel Destination | Singapore |
| Why do you like your job | It presents with different constraints and challenges every day and the trill and joy of creating solutions for the same. |
| Most favorite quote | “SastaSundarTikau – Inexpensive, Elegant and Resilient” solution. |