Mr. Rajiv Sikka

Mr. Rajiv Sikka is the group CIO of Medanta hospitals. With over 3 decades of career, he has the perfect blend of having worked across sectors and multiple functions – initially as a technology solution provider and now leading the IT transformation.
In his current role as CIO, Rajiv is responsible for group IT functions covering digital transformation initiatives and IT Operations. He formulated 5 years IT roadmap covering infra, applications, security, compliance, partner ecosystem, and operations and successfully rolled out multiple standardized initiatives across hospitals in line with one-Medanta-way-of-working.
Prior to joining Medanta, Rajiv had worked in Polaris as Senior Vice President for 13 years. As Enterprise Group Head, he was responsible for P&L and has worked extensively in multiple regions covering the US, Europe, Japan, South East Asia, Middle East, and India.
Rajiv has been featured many times over across the healthcare informatics forums & publications, and he is a regular panelist/ speaker on digital initiatives in healthcare. He is a member of the CII led National AI Forum. He is also an executive council member of CIOs of India, a 25-year-old not-for-profit forum of IT professionals comprising multiple CIO bodies. He is also on the advisory boards of academic institutes and IT companies.