N Jayantha Prabhu

Group Chief Information Officer - Essar Group
Business Head - India - AGC Networks

Jayantha Prabhu is the Group Chief Information Officer at Essar Group. Associated with the Essar Group a 39bn$ conglomerate, since January 1999, and has been responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and leading all aspects of the company’s technology development across all areas of Information Technology.

He has rightly been the company top technology executive, playing an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth.

He finds himself part of the executive team that defines organizational goals for Essar group.

He is responsible for providing IT Transformation services for around 20,000 user base for 98 location and 5 datacenters across the globe. He will be responsible for the Group’s IT strategy, enterprise architecture, information security, project delivery and Green IT and Sustainability amongst others.

He finds himself privileged to be honored with several awards and accolades spanning at national & international forum.