About

Bhargab Dutta is an accomplished digital and analytics leader with over 17 years of experience in the industrial sector. He has worked in diverse industries such as oil and gas, marine, aerospace, food and beverage, textile, home building products, and FMCG. Bhargab has a proven track record of setting up data science capabilities across various functions such as manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, operations, sales and marketing, commercial, and human resources. He has been performing multiple roles, including digital transformation leader, new capability development leader, data science and analytics CoE leader, people management, business analytics consultant, and product development leader. Bhargab has executed programs and assignments with business heads and CXOs across geographies of the US, Europe, APAC, and India. He has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential AI leaders in India for 2022 by Analytics India Magazine, as well as one of the top 10 chief digital officers in India for 2022 by CEO Insights Magazine. He has also been recognized as an industry leader in 2020 by 3AI Association, India's largest association of AI and analytics professionals. Additionally, he was recognized as a Gen Next Leader in Analytics for the year 2019 by SCM Pro Forum, as part of Asian Thought Leadership Summit-2019. Bhargab is a regular speaker in coveted technical forums related to data science and business analytics associations. He is currently the head of digital and analytics CoE at Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd., where he is leading and developing the DnA strategy and charter for CPIL India and South Asia. Prior to this, he worked as the leader of the digital and data analytics practice for home building products and textile business houses within Aditya Birla Group. He also set up the advanced analytics group in General Mills' global engineering and supply chain divisions, where he led projects related to engineering/manufacturing and supply chain analytics. Bhargab holds a degree in business analytics from the Indian School of Business and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Jorhat Engineering College. He is proficient in AI, Python, data science, machine learning, and senior software engineering.