Rajeev Batra is a highly accomplished IT professional with over 32 years of global experience, currently the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Bennett & Coleman (The Times of India) in Delhi NCR, India. His expertise spans various domains including IT strategy, innovation, business transformation, strategic outsourcing, and global solutions consulting.

Rajeev has held key leadership roles in prominent organizations such as MTS India (Sistema Russia Telecom entity), Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel and eVector Inc. USA (Intel-Reuters portfolio company) where he played pivotal roles in driving strategic IT initiatives, market-facing product innovation and revenue-centric technology forays. Notably, at Bharti Airtel, he was responsible for the pathbreaking USD 3.2 Bn and ten-year strategic IT outsourcing deal with IBM, now a Harvard Business School case study.

Rajeev’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree with a University rank in Electronics Engineering, a PGD in Advance Computer Programming & Systems Analysis, and a General Management Programme for Executives at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.