Inspiring 33 Years: Pratap Gharge, CIO at Bajaj Electricals

Pratap Gharge, Executive President & CIO at Bajaj Electricals Ltd. will be retiring tomorrow, June 30, 2018. He joined in 1985 and his 33 years journey has various inspiring moments. He began his professional journey as a programmer at Simplex Mills. And then he moved on to Bajaj Electricals Ltd. after two years. In 12 years of career in Bajaj Electricals, he becomes Head IT and since then he has been dedicatedly serving the company.

Additionally, Pratap Gharge has been playing the role of Joint Project Manager for the organization. He worked to transform many projects with the prime focus on business process improvements across supply chain legs. Also, he has been continuously working to optimize resources in all the business units using Theory of Constraints Principles.

He initiated the digital transformation at the organization as well as made numerous strategic decisions in her 33 years of career.

Awards and Recognition

IDC Insight Award 2017 - Excellence in Omni-Experience - IDC
Best IT Implementation Award - 2017 - PCQuest
CIO Power list 2017 - Digital ICON Award - CORE Media
IDC Digital ICON Award - 2016 - IDC
Top 10 Honoree in India's Best CIO Award - CIO Association of India
Dell-EMC Transformer Award - 2016 - Dell-EMC
Most Innovative CIO Award - 2016 - Bitstream Media
Best IT Implementation Award for 2016 - PCQuest
CIO Power List - 2016 - CORE Media
IDC Insight Award 2015 - Excellence in Innovation - IDC
EMC Transformer Award - 2015 - EMC2
CIO100 Award for Best IT Implementation - 2015 - IDG Media
Hall of Fame award -2015 - IDG Media
CIO Power List 2015 - Engineering ICON - CORE Media
Microsoft Customer Spotlight Recognition Award - Microsoft India
CIO100 Award for Cloud - 2014 - IDG Media
Information Mastermind Award - 2014 - IDG Media
Digital Transformation Champion Award - 2014 - Capgemini & CORE Media
CIO Master - 2013 - Biztech Media
EMC Transformer Award - 2012 - EMC2
Best IT Implementation for Oracle ERP, CRM, SCM, BI Implementation - Oracle India
Best IT Implementation from CSI (Runner-UP) - Computer Society of India
Silver Edge Award - 2010 - Information Week Media
CIO 100 Award - 2010 - IDG Media
CIO 100 Award at APAC Level from MIS Asia - MIS Asia media
Best CIO of the Year Award - 2010 - CIO Association of India
Nasscom IT User Award - 2010 - Nasscom India