Chirag Bhavsar

About Chirag Bhavsar

Strategic Technology Leader with around 20 years of experience orchestrating the intersection of business strategy and engineering excellence. Currently serving as Head of Application Engineering at Mahindra Group, I govern three critical Centers of Excellence: Portal, Integration, and Quality.I am currently part of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Program at IIM Visakhapatnam, where I am deepening my expertise in financial leadership, value chain analysis, and emerging technology strategy. My focus is on moving beyond operational efficiency to drive enterprise-wide digital transformation that impacts the bottom line.Key Areas of Impact:* Digital Architecture: Modernizing legacy systems into scalable, cloud-native bespoke applications.* Financial Stewardship: Aligning IT investments with corporate ROI and FinOps principles.* Innovation Governance: Deploying Agentic AI and IoT frameworks to accelerate time-to-market while maintaining rigorous quality standards.I thrive at the intersection of innovation and governance, ensuring that as we modernize our legacy systems, we maintain a relentless focus on quality, security, and enterprise-wide scalability.Core Competencies: Enterprise Application Modernization, Digital Transformation, Financial Leadership for Tech, Stakeholder Management, and Scalable Integration Strategies.

Experience

1. Head - Application Engineering(Bespoke Applications Coe, Integration Coe, Quality Coe)

   Mahindra Group

   Jan 2023 — Present · Pune, IN

   Strategic Governance: Direct the roadmap for three enterprise-wide COEs, ensuring technical initiatives are strictly aligned with the Mahindra Group’s digital growth targets.Enterprise Integration: Orchestrating a unified integration strategy that facilitates seamless data flow across bespoke and core enterprise applications.Quality & Resilience: Implementing \"Shift-Left\" quality engineering and automated governance frameworks, reducing production defects and enhancing system resilience.Digital Modernization: Leading the transformation of legacy portals into modern, user-centric digital platforms that enhance stakeholder engagement.Executive Leadership: Actively participating in the IIM-V CTO program to apply advanced frameworks in financial leadership, stakeholder management, and emerging tech adoption (AI/ML) to current enterprise challenges.

Education

• Maharashtra Institute of Technology

  B.E, Computers

  1999 — 2006

• S.M. Choksey High School

  SSC

  1995 — 1996

• A.S.D.B. Jr. College

  HSC, Science

  1997 — 1999

Skills

• C#
• .net
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Ado.net
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Soa
• Soa Security
• Json
• Application Architecture
• Cruisecontrol
• Mvc
• Xslt
• Rfp
• Ext Js
• Wcf Services
• Pre-Sales
• Design Patterns
• Team Leadership
• Asp.net