Pratap Gharge

Executive President & CIO – Bajaj Electricals Ltd

Full Name	Pratap Gharge
Current Designation & Role	Executive President & CIO
Current Company Name	Bajaj Electricals Ltd
Past Company Names	Simplex Mills Ltd
No of Years in the IT Industry	35 years
City you live in currently and since when	Mumbai Since 1973
Native Town/ City you belong	Vadgaon (J.S.) Tal, Khatav, Dist, Satara, Maharashtra
Mother Tongue	Marathi
Language you are proficient with	English, Hindi, Marathi
Educational Details	B.Sc.(Chemistry & Maths), MBA (Operations Research)
Awards and Recognitions Received CIO	CIO 100 Award 2010 from IDG (CIO Magazine) Nasscom IT USER Award Best CIO of the Year 2010 from CIO Asso. CIO 100 at APAC level from MIS Asia Silver Edge Award from Information Week Best IT Implementation from CSI (Runner-Up) Best IT Implementation from Oracle EMC Transformers Award -2012 from EMC (VDI) CIO Master -2013 from Biztech2 (VDI) Information Mastermind award -2014 (O365) CIO-100 awards for Cloud – 2014 (O365) Digital Transformation Champion Award -2014 from Cap Gemini & CIO Crown (O365) Microsoft Customer Spotlight Recognition for Re-imagining Cloud for O365 CIO Power List Engineering ICON -2015 IDC Insight Award 2015 for Excellence in Innovation from IDC EMC Transformer Award – 2015 Dell-EMC Transformer Award -2016 IDC Digital ICON Award 2016 Best IT Implementation Award for 2016 from PCQuest Top 10 Honoree in India’s Best CIO from CAI Innovative CIO2016 Award from Bitstream GIL-2016 award from Frost & Sullivan CIO Power List Award 2016– Digital Icon Digital Transformation Award from CIOL -2016 (CRM) Digital Technology Award -2016 from IMC CIO Power List Award 2017 – CRM Icon
Gadgets you love the most and why	Iphone – Simplicity of UI, Reliability of quality
What makes you laugh	Whatsapp Jokes
Current book you are reading and what you love about it	The Inevitable – Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That will shape our Future by Kevin Kelly
Books you enjoyed reading the most	The Choice – by EliyahoGoldratt
Software company you admire and why	Apple – Simplicity of UI, Reliability of quality
Hardware company your admire and why	Dell – EMC – Quality of the products and Service
IT personality you admire and why	Narayan Murthy for his successful entrepreneurship
Your best moment in your career till date	Becoming CIO for Bajaj Electricals Ltd in Oct-1997
Your best moment in personal life	Becoming father
Music You Like	Old Hindi Songs
Movies You Like	Bollywood
Most Liked Travel Destination	Goa
Why do you like your job	Due to its creativity, innovation and constant challenging situation due to changes in the technology landscape, potential to transform business entirely
Most favorite quote	“If you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you’re going to wake up today as a software and analytics company” —Jeff Immelt – Chairman and CEO of GE

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