Mr. Angadi Virupaksh
Director — CITM
Mr. Angadi Virupaksh, joined as DIRECTOR-ICT for MSRUAS & GEF(M) from January 2023.
Mr. Angadi Virupaksh did his Bachelor of Engineering (E&C) from BVB College of Engg & Tech, Hubballi, Executive MBA from IIM Bengaluru and PG Advanced Level Certificate in “Smart Factory” from IISc Bengaluru.
He has total of 32 years of experience in setting up of Corporate IT & Digital Transformation for Global Manufacturing Complexes.
Prior to MSRUAS, he worked as CDO (CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER) at BEML LTD. (A Defense PSU under Ministry of Defense)
Prior to joining MSRUAS, he served for
- 3 PSUs (BEML LTD, MRPL LTD, KIOCL LTD) (Govt. of India Enterprises).
- 3 MNCs (JOHNSON CONTROLS INC, COCA COLA INC, ALIAXIS SA ‑ASHIRVAD PIPES) (Europe & Middle East)
- 3 Private Sectors (BASE BATTERIES, GURU SOFTECH, STARTUP).
He worked as Leadership Strategic IT Role in various Manufacturing for digital Transformation in Industries like Metro, Defense Equipments, Refinery, Petrochemicals, PVC Pipes, Steel, Mining, Battery/Inverter/UPS, Beverages, Software, etc.
He implemented Digital Transformation initiatives of large projects (Achieved business benefits):
- ERP — SAP S4 HANA, SAP ECC6 ERP, SRM, CRM-Salesforce
- Business Intelligence Dashboard S/w –> Qlik Sense, PowerBI, SAP BO
- Industry4.0, and RPA UiPath
- IT Infrastructure Projects -> Data Lake, HCI Private Cloud, DC, SD WAN / LAN, WiFi, Firewalls, Networking, SOC(Cyber Security Operation Centre), NOC, AWS/Azure/Google Cloud, O365, Sharepoint, etc.
Business-centric mind-set to contribute to the overall growth & profitability strategy. Transformed businesses for their culture, effectiveness, growth, and efficiencies.
He is an early adopter of emerging technologies – RPA, Additive Mfg, AR/VR, Industry 4.0, AI/ML, AIOps, Smart factory, Cloud, SOC, Zero Trust technologies, IoT, Operating Technology, eGovernance, Big Data Analytics, Data Lake.
He Earned following certificates:
- eGovernance,
- AI/ML,
- RPA,
- IoT,
- Industry4.0,
- Smart factory,
- SAP tech tracks,
- Salesforce,
- Digital Marketing,
- Six sigma black belt,
- EV Technology,
- Leadership JCI.
His Awards and Honors are:
- CIO100 Excellence Award 2022 by Foundry
- CXO Tech Excellence Award 2022
- PSU Digital Transformation Leader Award 2021
- Industry 4.0 Initiative in Public Sector 2022
- CIO NEWS Magazine – Digital Transformation in Defense Sector
- CIO Insider India Magazine Jul2022 – RPA Startup
- Key speaker — PSU Digital Innovation Summit 2022
- Key Speaker for 8th PSU Digital 2021