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Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan

Industry Influencer & Thought Leader
    Chief Digital Transformation Leader
    AI / Gen AI Research, Speaker & Author
    Quantum AI
    Enterprise Digital Transformation Governance
    Business, Digital & Culture Transformation
    Industry 4.0 & 5.0 Gold Mentor
    Design Thinking & Open Innovation
    Digital Transformation Portfolio, Platform & Product
He is strategic intelligence member of coveted WEF (World Economic Forum), executive member of CII National Committee responsible for “Viksit Bharat @2047”, featured in Top 100 CIOs in ET (Economic Times), Industry 4.0/5.0 expert Mentor in a T-Hub Govt Of Telangana, Factory of Future delegate of FICCI, Official member of Indo-French Chambers of Commerce and Industry IFCCI, AI Leader Council of AIM, Diversity & Inclusion Champion, Best Portfolio Award Winner, Industry leading flagship Digital Transformation (AI, Data, IIoT Platform) creator, Leader & Star Performer in Everest Group’s Data & Analytics assessment, Forrester wave AI service Leader, Microsoft Data Platform of the Year award winner, A+ Open Source contributor for advanced AI Tech and author.

ABOUT

Harsh is a Business-first, AI-first Digital Transformation Portfolio Leader and Next-Gen Enterprise Technology Evangelist with a powerful blend of strategic business acumen, cutting-edge AI expertise, and large-scale transformation leadership.

♦ Futuristic Vision ♦ Gen AI ♦ Quantum ML ♦ Deep Analytics ♦ Global Business development ♦ Digital Manufacturing/ 4IR ♦ Customer-Centricity ♦ Open Innovation & Design Thinking ♦ Digital Portfolio Strategy & Implementation ♦ Multi-Cloud AI-IIoT-Data Platform♦ 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩

  • Top 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 & 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝑪𝑰𝑰 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒆 executive member, Strategic Intelligence member @ 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎, featured in 𝑬𝑻 100 𝑪𝑰𝑶𝒔 2024/25, 𝐞-𝐆𝐎𝐕 Top 40 𝑪𝑰𝑶𝒔, 𝑨𝑰 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 4.0 Gold 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑪𝑰 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 4.0 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔, 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚-𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂 Mentor, 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 Judge, GCC Advisor, 𝑲𝒆𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓, 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓
  • Strategy & 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of AI-led Digital Manufacturing, R&D, SCM, ESG & Industry 4.0/5.0 excellence. Establishing & Scaling up GCC Innovation Hub
  • Global recognition for industry-leading expertise in 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 & 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 (NetApp, 2025), 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 (T-Hub Govt. Of Telangana, 2023), 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 (Everest Group, 2022), 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 (2022), 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 (2021), 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 (Forrester Wave, 2019), 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 (Microsoft, 2017), 𝐀𝐈 & 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 (2015).
  • 𝐀+ 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏-𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 AI 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 | 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 | AI Community Leader
  • Top certified 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
  • 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 Work Experience across USA, UK, Europe, India, Singapore
  • 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞: Drive Innovation led culture | New Gen Technology Socialization with C-Suites |Groom next line of leadership | Advocate Risk acceptance - Fail fast & Decode failure | Empathy, Collaboration and Contribution | Top-Down & Bottom-Up Innovation

Top Recognition and Awards

Top Industry Influencer and Thought Leader

  • ET 100 CIOs 2024
  • FICCI Delegation for Industry 4.0 Expos
  • Panel Speaker at AI Industry Summits
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Industry-Academia Innovation Leader
  • Global Hackathon Judge & Mentor
  • Open Innovation Summits

Top certified Digital Transformation Leader

  • Certified in Digital Product Management
  • Digital Tech - Gen AI
  • Advanced AI/ML/NLP/MLOps
  • Multi-Cloud Architect
  • IIoT & Big Data Analytics
  • Cybersecurity & Microservices
  • Digital Portfolio & Financial Ops

Award Winner for Global Innovation

  • Best Portfolio
  • Technology Leadership
  • Diversity Champion
  • AI & Analytics Innovation
  • Open Innovation Leader Award
  • Author of Books & Papers
  • A+ Open-Source Committer Award

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