Ramesh Kauta

Chief Technology Officer, NABARD

Ramesh is the Chief Technology Officer at NABARD. He is responsible for supporting and implementing IT risk and governance in the region. Previously CISO for GE South Asia until 2017, he is associated with  startups in cybersecurity and Data Privacy areas.

Early in his career, he has led multiple roles in HAL, Bangalore and GE’s various business as CIO, IM Leader and Program Manager (Engineering). He has been instrumental in setting up captive Engineering organization for GE Industrial business and later took over the role of IT Manager for the team.  Led initiatives for setting up high performance computing environment at GE Research Center and optimization of engineering tools, simplification of services. Most recently lead IT security initiatives, like ISO 27001 certification, data leakage prevention, along with IT systems compliance management.

Ramesh is a supporting member of Foundation of Data Privacy Professionals of India (FDDPI) since 2018 and a certified Auditor of FDPPI. He has Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master in Aeronautics.