Nikhil Walia
Director – Energy Consulting | Driving Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas | Expert in Cloud, IoT, Connected Worker & Asset Performance Management
- Role
- Director Energy Consulting at Cognizant
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nikhil Walia
Results-driven technology and consulting leader with over 20 years of global experience in the Oil & Gas and Energy sectors, specializing in digital transformation, enterprise asset management, and operations optimization. I bring a unique blend of deep industry expertise and strategic consulting acumen, having led large-scale initiatives across Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream operations for both NOCs and IOCs. My leadership approach combines engineering discipline, agile execution, and a strong focus on value delivery—leveraging emerging technologies such as Digital Twin, IIoT, Cloud, and Advanced Analytics to align digital capabilities with business strategy. Passionate about driving innovation, improving operational standards, and enabling organizations to realize measurable outcomes through technology.
Experience
Director Energy Consulting
Jul 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Education
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Post graduate programe in Cloud Computing , Cloud computing
2021 — 2021
Kurukshetra University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
2001 — 2005
Skills
- Automation
- Maintenance Management
- Tqm
- Functional Safety
- Epc
- Reliability Centered Maintenance
- Plc
- Commissioning
- Oil & Gas
- Distributed Control System (Dcs)
- Instrumentation
- Petroleum
- Engineering
- Refinery
- Process Control
- Petrochemical
- Sil
- Piping and Instrumentation Drawing (P&Id)
- Hazop Study
- Project Management
- Onshore
- Dcs
- Upstream
- Asset Protection
- Project Engineering
- Plant Maintenance
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