Bhatia brings more than 26 years of leadership experience across enterprise technology, cybersecurity, cloud modernization, digital governance and IT operations. In his new role, he will lead BUSINESSNEXT’s cybersecurity strategy, enterprise technology roadmap, cloud and infrastructure modernization, governance, risk management, operational transformation and innovation initiatives.
Before joining BUSINESSNEXT, Bhatia served as Chief Information Security Officer at Religare Broking Ltd, where he spent more than 6.5 years leading enterprise IT and cybersecurity transformation. During his tenure, he reduced IT operating costs by 28%, managed a US$1.3 million IT and security budget, and improved infrastructure uptime and application support service levels to 99.9%. He also led cloud-first initiatives, enterprise application rationalization, data center consolidation, automation, Zero Trust Architecture, AI integration, and strengthened GDPR, ISO and PCI-DSS compliance while enhancing business continuity and enterprise resilience.
Earlier, as Senior Vice President – IT & Data Protection Officer (DPO) at RateGain, Bhatia led technology operations, cloud transformation, cybersecurity and enterprise integrations. He successfully migrated strategic platforms from Amazon Web Services to Google Cloud Platform, improved infrastructure uptime from 88% to 99.9%, established AI and Big Data analytics capabilities, and accelerated digital transformation through AI, automation and customer-focused technologies.
Prior to RateGain, he spent more than 7 years at Innodata Inc. as Associate Vice President – IT Global Operations, leading infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, ITIL-based service transformation and information security initiatives. Earlier, he served as Associate – Infrastructure Solutions at Dell, driving cloud migration, infrastructure transition and global service delivery programs. He began his career at PepsiCo as a System Administrator, supporting enterprise infrastructure, disaster recovery planning and mission-critical business applications.
With deep expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise technology strategy, cloud transformation and AI-enabled innovation, Bhatia is well positioned to strengthen BUSINESSNEXT’s vision of delivering secure, scalable and intelligent digital solutions for financial institutions worldwide.
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