Rucha Nanavati is the CIO at Mahindra Group and a director on board of Mahindra Lifespaces Developers Ltd. She is a global leader with experience in enabling business strategies through technology solutions. Rucha has led successful digital transformations in multiple industries including high-tech, retail and manufacturing. She is passionate about fostering innovations and cultivating an engineering culture. Rucha is known for developing and directing large global, cross-functional tech teams that deliver innovative, high-value, transformational initiatives. Rucha’s previous experiences range from consulting role at Zensar and PricewaterhouseCoopers to technology leadership roles at Albertsons Companies and Motorola across UK, US and India. Rucha has often been recognised for her transformation work through technology in multiple industries. Some of the awards received by her include Top Women in Grocery award, CIO Powerlist award, Excellence in Cloud Computing, Leading CIO of the year awards by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and many more. She has been listed in top 100 women leaders in technology (globally) 2023 by Technology Magazine. She is appointed as a member of CIO Agenda Task Force, which is a joint initiative of CAII (CEO’s Association for Inclusive India) and SKOCH Group with a motto of ‘Digital Grows, Business Grows, India Grows’. She has assumed the roles of director and board member at INDUS (India SAP User Group), an independent user group comprising customers and partners within the SAP ecosystem in India. She has recently been recognised amongst the top 24 Women IT Mavericks, by Dataquest. A strong proponent of diversity and inclusion, Rucha is passionate about mentoring and helping women move forward in technology and at workplaces in general.