Dwarka Srinath

Business focused IT Leader responsible for all aspects of IT and Digital platforms as Group CDIO for Tata Power group companies (Technology, AI ML Gen AI/Agentic AI Data - Center of Excellence, Technology Shared Services)Past experience and specialization in leadership roles in b2c technology (Martech, CX , customer 360, NPS, Sales, service, Leads, retail sales force automation, Distribution/Partner management, campaigns, data privacy, retail, media, telecom)- - Vice President Digital at Tata Sons Group Digital (Worked with Croma, Tata Digital, Tata Chemicals & Cliq leadership) - CDIO at Tata Sky - CDIO at Tata Play Broadband and Actve Digital - Various Lead/Chief Architect roles in India and Overseas with leading playersOverall, 20 plus years of progressive experience comprising - delivering strategic/transformation programs in telecom/pay tv/ energy, setting up Greenfield IT Stacks/functions, Building and Managing AI/ML and Data Practices/COEs, building digital platforms, ai ml center of excellence, setup innovation/partner-startup ecosystem, building IT Road maps, Enterprise Architecture & Budget. Strong believer of - enterprise architecture as foundational and technology being a huge differentiator for business- technology /Data/ AI leading innovation for business- long term foundational strategy and agile implementation at scale (not poc pilots😄)Part of several government/other initiatives - mentor Opengroup, nasscom deep tech member, member of india energy stack working group etcSuccessful track record of - Aligning Business objectives and IT/Digital initiatives - Delivering at Scale - Building small highly effective teams - Building small AI ML Agentic COEs which have conceived and delivered high impact AI(Data, Optimisation, ML, Gen AI and Agentic AI) Initiatives at scaleExpertise in Digital/Tech in the areas of - Cloud, Data, Analytics & AI, CX, Data Lakes, Enterprise architecture, Application rationalization, Post merger Rationalization, Data Privacy, Products/Program Management ...across power, retail, pay tv, telecom verticalsBring Architecture and problem solving/solution mindset to the roleExperience in leadership positions in - Media/DTH, Broadband & Telecom, Power/Utilities, RetailNASSCOM DeepTech Mentor, DSCI Privacy by Design Group MemberETCIO Award 2025, CIO 100 2025Dynamic CIO - Innovation award- 2020, ICMG Global CIO 2019 Winner, CIO 100 2018 Digital Innovators Award, ETCIO Award 2018, CIO 100 PowerList 2018-Core Media, CIO 100 2017 Award Winner for Digital Innovation-IDG