IndusInd Bank Limited, a new-generation Indian bank headquartered in Pune has appointed Saumil Purani as Vice President & Head – IT Infrastructure Projects. Working out of Mumbai, Saumil will report to the company’s CTO, Bhavesh Lakhani. The new position gives him the responsibility of leading the company’s multi-cloud & digital transformation journey and acting as a catalyst for other key IT infrastructure initiatives to drive business growth.

“Pandemic has changed the way of doing business in all verticals. It is expected from IT to provide on- demand, scalable & secure infrastructure & services to drive rapidly changing business requirements,” Purani told ETCIO.

Previously, Saumil was working as the Service Delivery Manager of VMWare. He holds a diploma from Vivekanand Polytechnic, is BE is Electronics from Mumbai University, and an MBA in Information Systems from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. Saumil possesses nearly two decades of professional experience and has worked with companies like IIFL, IBM, Euronet and Patni Computers.

He also works as a Freelance trainer of PgMP, PMP, PMI-PBA, Business Case Writing, ITIL foundation, Six sigma, and Microsoft project – ever since 2012.

IndusInd Bank is a pioneer of new-generation private banks in India, and offers commercial, transactional and electronic banking products and services. IndusInd Bank was inaugurated in April 1994 by then Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh. As on 31 December 2018, IndusInd Bank had 1,558 branches, and 2453 ATMs spread across different geographical locations of the country. It also has representative offices in London, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.