Mr. Lalit Sawhney
Management and IT Consultant
Mr. Lalit Sawhney is a well-respected veteran of the IT industry, with over 30 years
of experience in the areas of IT Management for leading companies including Hindustan
Lever and Reliance Communications. Currently he works as an independent Management
and IT Consultant.
From 2006 to Jan-2008, Lalit served at the Managing Director for Creative IT India,
setting up the company, built around domain expertise in Retail and Distribution,
and is focused on ERP solutions, Infrastructure consulting and IT Governance.
From 2001 to 2006, Lalit served as the Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business
for Reliance Communications, one of India’s leading Telecom Service providers.
Prior to joining Reliance Communications, Lalit served as the Head, Information
Systems for Hindustan Lever for 17 years. At Hindustan Lever he led the IT function
for all Unilever Companies in India, including Associate Companies and Joint Ventures
and was responsible for initiating alignment of IT and business strategies and developing
strategies for Electronic Commerce and E-tailing.
In 1998 Lalit was recognized as the IT Man on the Year by Computerworld. He also
was awarded the Rapid Achiever Award for large-scale ERP implementations in 1998
by QAD Inc. USA. He has served as the President of the Computer Society of India
from 2005-2007.
He is currently the Chairman, Marketing Committee of the International Federation
of Information Processing. He also serves on the Advisory Board for Zensar Technologies,
Agro Tech Food, Interlace and Manthan Software.
Lalit is a B.Tech from University of Delhi and holds a PGDBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.