Prosenjit Sengupta is the Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of Thermax Group. He is also a member of the Executive Council of Thermax Group. In addition, he was also appointed the Committee member of Indian Merchants’ Chamber Digital Technology Group for the Digital India initiative in 2017.
Prior to joining Thermax, he was heading the Volkswagen Group’s (Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini) CIO role and Digitalisation initiative for India, apart from heading its Steering and Governance for Asia Pacific since 2012. He also had a 14 years stint with Tata Motors, starting with operations and moving into IT strategy and operations.
Prosenjit is a graduate in Electronics Engineering and has done his Business Management degree from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. He also carries certifications in various fields like CRM, Digitalisation and Leadership Assessments. He has numerous felicitations to his name for his contributions in the areas of business development and technology enablement including National Level CIO awards.
Prosenjit is a thought leader in the sphere of Digitalization of Business and has had an enriching experience of digitizing multi-country, multi-portfolio operations by implementing strategic projects like Robotic Process Automation, Business Analytics and Intelligence, PLM, ERP, organisation wide digitalisation and deployment of CRM and DMS systems to achieve transactional uniformity and process conformity. Apart from the system implementations, Prosenjit has also helped the organisations in creating governance strategies and integrating social media platforms.
“Digitalisation is no longer a catchword or an option. It is quickly becoming a ubiquitous channel which is defining our everyday transaction, be it official or personal. I see my role as a catalyst for change and transformation to help the organizations evolve into a Smart and Digital Company that is future ready and a benchmarked digital organization”, says Prosenjit.
Prosenjit is married to Sukanya and has a daughter Nikita, pursuing her secondary schooling.