Purnendu Sinha
Technology & Innovation Leader @ Tata Group | Open Innovation, Innovation Management, Industry 4.0
- Role
- Technology & Innovation Leader, Innovation Management Consulting at Tata Group
- Location
- Bengaluru, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Purnendu Sinha
With over a decade of experience at Tata Group, the focus has been on fostering innovation across diverse industries such as automotive, infrastructure, and retail. By leading the Tata InnoVerse Open Innovation Program, efforts center on building a global ecosystem of technology partners to accelerate innovation adoption. This includes identifying cutting-edge startups and enabling collaborative processes to address complex industry challenges. Known for driving digital transformation and operational excellence, contributions include delivering AI/ML-based analytics solutions, enhancing industrial efficiency, and integrating emerging technologies. A strong commitment to mentoring and collaboration has complemented leadership roles, empowering teams to create impactful solutions.
Experience
Technology & Innovation Leader, Innovation Management Consulting
Jul 2015 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
As Innovation Evangelist, fostering a culture of innovation in Tata group companies, by interacting with the Innovation Leadership team • Leading activities in the Group’s Open Innovation Program, Tata InnoVerse, focusing on building a global ecosystem of technology partners and developing an enabling process to help group companies accelerate the adoption of open innovation. Invest efforts in identifying global tech start-up companies that offer cutting-edge technologies and solutions, and engage them to address the challenges faced by our group companies. • Collaborated with Group companies in Automotive, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Power and Retail sectors to foster innovation. Supported companies in addressing business/engineering challenges through crowdsourcing of ideas through Tata eHack. Worked with group companies to ensure that winning ideas are considered for implementation and deployment. As the Head for Factory & Fleet Analytics Program, pursued Industry 4.0 for operational efficiency related challenges as identified by Group companies. Contributions included: • Extend support to companies in their digital transformation journey for manufacturing• Development of AI/ML approaches highlighting operational efficiency• Product-Concepts & Prototypes developmentExternal Collaborations on Industry 4.0• Serving as a member of the Apex Committee and the Screening Committee under the scheme for the Capital Goods Sector, Ministry of Heavy Industries• Spearheaded and represented Tata Sons at the CoE on Advanced Manufacturing being set up IIT Kharagpur with funds from DHI, GOI, Industry Partners and IIT, and led project activities and disseminated research outputs within Tata Group• Served as Chairman for Dept. of Heavy Industry, GOI, Project Review and Monitoring Committee for 4 funded projects under SAMARTH Udyog: IISc Bangalore, IAFSM IIT Delhi, CMTI Bangalore, C4i4 Pune• Spearheaded development efforts of CII Smart Manufacturing Maturity Model
Education
Boston University
Ph.D.
1998 — 2000
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
3TP: Senior Leaders' Programme
2019 — 2019
Stevens Institute of Technology
MEng
1990 — 1993
New Jersey Institute of Technology
MS
1994 — 1998
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