Dr. Ravindra Utgikar is presently the Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Praj Industries Ltd. As an Electronics and telecommunication engineer by training, Dr.Utgikar holds a doctorate in International marketing strategies from Savitribai Phule Pune University. In his career spanning over 3 decades, Dr.Utgikar has worked for leading Indian and Multinational companies in product as well as project businesses. Widely traveled around the world, Dr.Utgikar specializes in formulating and implementing business transformation strategies. Passionate about education, Dr.Utgikar has long-standing associations with several renowned institutions around the world. He is a member of the CII -WR sub-committee on Innovation, R&D, and Digitalisation and also holds an honorary position as Advisor to the Board of Governance of COEP Tech Univ. He has published several research papers in journals and regularly writes columns on diverse topics in newspapers.