Becoming An Effective CIO

July 18 - 23, 2022

Introduction
One of the main objectives of the programme on Becoming An Effective CIO is to make the participants of the programme
understand the issues related to strategic planning and usage of IT in an organization. The programme also emphasises
the strategic benefits and the competitive advantage that organizations across the globe have successfully achieved by
managing a proper IT portfolio. Strategic management of IT should not only mean strategic utilisation of IT but should
also emphasise strategic IT planning and decision-making. Thus, the programme will focus on internal and external
short-term and long-term requirements for the strategic IT management of organizations.

Programme Highlights Faculty

The programme will focus on various frameworks of
strategic planning of IT road maps for organizations and
will discuss issues related to the management of IT
projects and proper execution of the same. The
programme will also emphasise various facets of IT
project justification beginning with various financial
models that can benefit management. A few topics which
the programme will focus on are as follows:
• Benefiting from disruptive innovations and
transformational business
• Aligning IT with business strategy
• Identifying the information requirements of managers
• Managing employees and performance: The people
framework
• Concept of strategy: Corporate and competitive
• Tracking organizational performance – BSC and
strategy formulation and implementation
• Valuation of IT projects
Prof. Sanjay Verma (Faculty Chair)
Email: sverma@iima.ac.in
Prof. Adrija Majumdar
Prof. Biju Varkkey
Prof. Swanand Deodhar
Prof. Sunil Maheshwari
Prof. Sanjay Verma
(Faculty Chair)
Prof Sanjay Verma is a member of the Information Systems,
Marketing and Strategy areas at IIM Ahmedabad. His
teaching interests are in the field of Information System,
Customer Relationship Management, Retail, Knowledge
Management and Business Intelligence/Analytics with
applications in Marketing/Operations. He engages in work
related to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), e-
Governance, Retail Marketing, Customer Relationship
Management (CRM), and Performance Measurement. He
has worked on developing algorithms for multiple
machine scheduling and project scheduling problems,
business simulation as well as, on developing decision
support systems in marketing.

• Developing an IT applications portfolio At IIMA, he is the chair of the Master’s in Management

• Managerial evaluation of projects
• Understanding why IT initiatives fail: Planning to
succeed
Who Should Attend
The programme is intended for current and prospective
Chief Information Officers and top managers of
organizations to make them appreciate various aspects of
the strategic management of IT and ensure a better
alignment of IT and business strategy.
Pedagogy
The lead learning tool will be case studies which will be
supplemented with lectures, group presentations, group
exercises and games along with self-learning. To integrate
the learning, the programme will end with an integrated
case or a practical problem-based group presentation.
Studies programme. In past, he has served as the
chairperson of Centre for e-Governance and as the
chairperson of IT services for two terms. He headed the
committee formed to formulate strategy of IIMA on
online education.
He has served on the boards of the Punjab National Bank
as well as, the Punjab and Sind Bank as an independent
director. In these banks, he has been actively involved in
developing and implementing overall as well as,
functional strategies of the banks. He has been the
chairperson of the Audit Committee of Board at PNB, and
of the IT committee. Currently, he is on the board of IIM
Rohtak. He is also a member of the Governing Board of
NTPC School of Business.
He has been on various committees on IT related issues
associated with organizations such as Indian Oil, Supreme
Court, Gandhi Ashram Sabarmati, Gujarat Urja Vikas
Nigam, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation etc.
He has been involved in teaching and consulting with
organizations engaged in the field of retail, health,
insurance, infrastructure (ports, railways, container
handling etc.), education, BPO and social sector. of the
Governing Board of NTPC School of Business.
Prof. Adrija Majumdar
Adrija Majumdar is an Assistant Professor in the
Information Systems area. She completed her PhD from
the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in
Management Information Systems. Her research
interests include social media, information disclosures,
crowdfunding, information privacy, and text mining. Her
research articles have been published in reputed
international journals such as the International Journal of
Information Management, International Journal of
Production Economics, Information & Management,
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic
Commerce, and Annals of Operations Research, etc. She
has presented her work in several international and
national conferences and has won two best paper awards
for her dissertation work. Her research articles have
appeared in conference proceedings of IEEE, ACM, and
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, etc.
Her teaching interests are in the area of Managerial
computing, Transforming Business with IT, Use of social
media, and Text analytics. She has developed several
teaching cases for the Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta’s Case Research Centre. She holds a Bachelor of
Technology degree in Information Technology. She has
earlier worked as a senior research assistant at the City
University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Cognizant
Technology and Solutions.
Prof. Biju Varkkey
Prof. Biju Varkkey obtained master’s degree in Human
Resource Management from Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kerala and completed Fellowship in Management from
NIBM, Pune. He has professional experience spanning
industry, consulting and management schools like IIM
Lucknow and MDI Gurgaon. His areas of interests are
Strategic Human Resource Management, Performance
Management, Leadership Development, Organisation
Restructuring, Employment Relations, Decent Work
Practices, Sales Force Effectiveness and Public Private
Partnerships. He has published articles and papers in
international and national journals, presented papers in
seminars/conferences and edited conference
proceedings. He has consulted as well as conducted
training programs for government public, private and
non-government organizations. Currently he leads the
Indian side of global research project www.paycheck.in
and is involved with IOM, Geneva for a project studying
labour supply chain. In the past he has been retained by
ILO, Geneva, UNDP and CSM for advisory support.
Prof Varkkey has been member of state and central
government committees connected with Human
Resource Management and administrative reforms. He is
also associated with a national level HR Think Tank and
has consulted extensively for corporate and non-
corporates. Some of the recent assignments handled by
Prof. Varkkey are Seventh Central Pay Commission, Sixth
Central Pay Commission, GOI, Rajya Sabha Secretariat,
High technology startups, Delhi Metro, Pfizer AHD NY,
Amara Raja Batteries and SICOM Ltd.
Subjects of specific academic and advisory interest
include internal talent and leadership capability
development, design and implementing performance
management systems, strategically orienting HR
departments for growth and competitiveness, reward
system design, HR Audits and leadership and functional
coaching.
Prof Varkkey serves as independent director of public
limited companies and takes keen interest in improving
governance standards, performance reviews and
rewards and CSR. He continues to be associated with
social sector firms in advisory capacity and is member of
governing boards of a leading residential school and
management institute.
Prof. Swanand Deodhar
Prof. Swanand J. Deodhar is an assistant professor of
Information Systems at IIM Ahmedabad. He completed a
PhD in Information Systems from Carlson School of
Management, University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow of
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon and holds an
MBA in IT from Symbiosis International University, Pune.
His areas of research include digital platforms, open
innovation, and crowdsourcing. His work has appeared in
leading IS Journals, such as Decision Support Systems,
Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Information
Technology & People, and Behavior & Information
Technology.
Prof. Sunil Maheshwari
Prof. Sunil Maheshwari is faculty in Human Resource
Management area at IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked at
the Railway Staff College as a professor and as a senior
personnel officer with Indian Railways. Prof. Maheshwari
has worked for more than 10 years in industry in different
roles before getting into academics in 1998. He has also
worked extensively on “Human Resource Management
Practices in the Subsidiaries of Foreign Firms in India.”
His current research and teaching interests are strategic
human resource management, international human
resource management, and turnaround management of
declining firms.
Prof. Maheshwari has published his research articles in
both national and international journals. He has written
more than 30 cases. His book on Turnaround Excellence
is published by Penguin Books India. He has been a
consultant to many national and international
organizations.
He has served on the boards of large organizations
including Andhra Bank and UCO Bank. He has been
advisor to the Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Government of
India. He has been contributing to multiple policy-
making committees at national and state levels.
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