Rajeev Batra

Rajeev is a dynamic technology leader with 34 years of experience in telecommunications, financial, media and technology industries. Recognised as a thought leader, Rajeev’s contributions to the disruptive and new age technology paradigms in artificial intelligence, analytics, data privacy, strategic outsourcing and cybersecurity have earned him prestigious accolades.

Rajeev has held strategic leadership roles in top-tier organisations in India and the USA, which include being CIO at Bennett & Coleman, CIO at MTS India, President, Group-IT at Reliance, Chief Architect & VP at Airtel, and Consulting Head at eVector Inc. (Intel and Reuters portfolio) USA.

Rajeev spearheaded an iconic deal of USD 3.2 billion strategic IT outsourcing between Airtel and IBM, a landmark case study at Harvard Business School.