Mr.Suresh Mhatre

Vice President,
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Date- 6th February'10
Topic- Key IT Trends in 2010.

Born in 1954, Mr. Mhatre is amongst the first of the new generation of managers in the IT industry who have specialised in e-Governance.After schooling in St. Mary’s Bombay, where as a House Captain his leadership qualities were first evident,He completed his college education in St. Xavier’s, before proceeding to SPCE, University of Bombay for a degree in Engineering.During his graduation,Mr. Mhatre was elected Chairman of the Bombay University Students Council and was a member of the University Senate. After graduation in Mechanical Engineering in 1977,Mr. Mhatre went on to complete his Masters in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University Of Florida, USA.

Mr. Mhatre then joined TCS in January 1979 and spent his initial years developing software before going on to head the Management Consultancy Division in TCS.His technical excellence won him the IIIE Gold Medal for the ‘Best Case Study’.He also went on to become the National Vice-President of the Institute Of Management Consultants of India.He is also a Fellow of the Institute Of Engineers and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of India.

In 1989,Mr. Mhatre was shifted to HR and appointed the youngest Head Of Manpower Allocation Committee of TCS, which handles all project allocations. In the next 3 years he completely overhauled the department and achieved the greatest jump in manpower productivity experienced by TCS.Also he helped TCS introduce the concept of key resource identification and mentoring which has helped in controlling attrition.In 1992, He went on to head the Branch Level Review team in Bombay, which reviews the manpower productivity and client satisfaction. During this time, he also was member of the JRD-QV award winning team, which introduced world-class values to TCS.

In 1998, Mr. Mhatre was appointed Head of HR Sourcing with a view to attracting the best possible talent within TCS.As the Head of all recruitment in TCS,he headed a team that was the largest single recruiter of technical manpower in the country. He also heads the Project Allocation Group, which matches skills with project request.

In 2001,He was shifted to the Strategic Planning Group where his main challenge was to build up a world class IT organization, which will provide hi-technology solutions to TCS clients. Moreover, he spearheaded TCS’s efforts to more to a higher strategic orbit of providing business solutions rather than only IT solutions.

In 2003,Mr. Mhatre went back to Management Consulting and has worked in the area of e-Governance. He was the Chief Technical Architect for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Currently, he is the Project Director of the MCGM Project.