About

Santosh Shindhe is an Enterprise Transformer, Digital Leader, Entrepreneur, Enterprise Architect, and Agile Practitioner with over 22 years of experience in the IT industry. He is passionate about enterprise transformation and maximizing enterprise value through digital transformation and enterprise architecture principles. Currently, Santosh is the Head of Enterprise Architecture, Business Applications, and Business Intelligence at Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (Times Group), where he is assisting the CIO in leading the digital revolution. He is responsible for defining the IT roadmap and driving digital transformation for the print media business while establishing synergy with digital and broadcast media arms of the group. Santosh is also responsible for delivery head for consumer-facing Business Applications (BizApps) with high traffic websites and enterprise BI. Santosh has experience in various domains, including Media, Retail, Travel & Hospitality, Healthcare, and Insurance. He has skills in IT Strategy, IT Roadmap, Stakeholder Management, Business Development, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Scrum, Program Management, Product Development, Connected User Experience, Cloud, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Enterprise Analytics, Data Science, Mentoring, and Coaching. Previously, he worked at Cognizant as an Associate Director (Principal Architect) responsible for devising and implementing cloud strategies for customers. He also led a team of ALM strategists and specialists, consulting, asset development, evangelization, and adoption by project teams. Santosh was also a Lead Consultant, leading the Global Technology Consulting team for providing technology consultation services to project teams and customers. Santosh holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from SDM Engineering College, Karnataka University, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Retail Management from KSOU. He has a varied tech stack that includes Senior Software Engineer, Computer Vision, Data Scientist, Azure, and more. With over 21 years of relevant experience, Santosh is an accomplished professional in the IT industry.