Gaurav V Sharma

About Gaurav V Sharma

Dynamic career of 22+ years that reflects pioneering experience and year-on-year success in achieving Project Infrastructure Management, Strategy Planning and Management objectives.Problem solver with a passion for technology; skilled in grasping the big picture and conceptualizing, developing & applying appropriate, practical technology & blend of technologies that meet business needs while minimizing risks.Directed cross-functional & cross-cultural teams by using interactive and motivational leadership skills with a strong yearning to triumph.Broad-based subject matter expertise in leading the Planning & implementation operation related to Smart City domain, Urban Security, Data/Command & Control Center and Surveillance by analyzing, tuning & implementing necessary changes in resource utilization as per the business priorities.Innately wired for strategic & tactical thinking—Formulated & executed project related to strategic plans and drove initiatives to realize bottom line results, realign, acquisition policies in the pursuit of objectives of leading organization and enhance client relations to create an amicable & transparent environment.Enterprising leader with a record of contributions that strengthened steering of the successful rollout of various global projects of Smart Cities, National securities related to Critical assets & Defense assignments involving analyzing requirements and defining detailed scope, setting up timelines and schedules, prioritizing tasks and identifying dependencies as per pre-set budgets.Leveraged skills in performing activities related to Business Process designing & Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery plans, Problem / Delivery Management and E2E implementation along with supervision.Solution Expertise in End-to-End planning, designing & implementation of Smart/Safe City & Surveillance solutions for law enforcement, Datacenter Designing & Deployment using most gravitating methodologies Excel in handling functions related to Project Life Cycle, Publishing report for Internal & External Stakeholders, Project Risk Management, Compliance & QA/QC in both government & corporate assignments such as Smart Cities projects, NFS, CNIA projects.A forward-thinking person with exceptional communication, leadership & time management skills; exceptionally well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation & creativity to achieve corporate & personal goals

Experience

1. Program Manager

   Tech Mahindra

   Sep 2022 — Present · Pune, IN

   Leading the project of PCMC Smart City project by evaluating the project schedule and scope baselines periodically» Continuously monitor and appraising cost towards completion of programmatic goals and milestones in accordance with approved plans» Proposing & Initiating Change Management for the deviation in the plan and any new business/orderinclusion with Commercial and P&L analysis» Client Management and interaction for monthly review meetings with progress of project rollout and bottleneck where customer intervention much required» Mitigate risk by scrutinizing data, anticipating, identifying risk factors. Act proactively to determine problemsand make decisions to neutralize them» Designing, Construction and Implementation of Command & Control Centre with deployed smartdevices across project in accord to scope deliverables

Education

• Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

  Diploma, Civil Engineering

  1999 — 2002

• Eastern institute for integrated learning in management

  Masters in Business Administration, Operations Management

  2011 — 2012

• Dayanand Public School

  Matric, 1999

  1998 — 1999

• MIT School of Distance Education

  Post Graduation Diploma, Project Management

  2017 — 2018