Ravikiran Mankikar
General Manager – IT . – The Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank Ltd.
Ravikiran Mankikar
| Full Name | Ravikiran Mankikar |
| Current Designation & Role | General Manager – IT . |
| Current Company Name | The Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank Ltd. |
| Past Company Names | IndusInd Information Technologies Ltd., The Janakalyan Sahakari Bank Ltd., Elbee Ltd. |
| No of Years in the IT Industry | Since 1980 |
| City you live in currently and since when | Mumbai – since 1960 |
| Native Town/ City you belong | Mumbai |
| Mother Tongue | Konkani |
| Language you are proficient with | English, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarathi, Konkani |
| Educational Details | BCom, CISA, CGEIT, CeISB, BS7799LA |
| Awards and Recognitions Received CIO | Awards (Institutional) Recipient of the Runner-up award of the “Best Use of IT in Retail Banking” for 2005 by the Indian Bankers Association Recipient of the “Best IT Implementation Award 2006” by PCQuest – Cyber Media (India) Recipient of the “Best Co-operative Bank Award” for 2006 by the Indian Bankers Association Recipient of the “Banking Frontier IT Awards” 2007 for Best Core Banking Implementation, Best Payment System Initiative, Best Product Innovation, Best IT Infrastructure, Best Wide Area Network (WAN) Implementation, Best Overall IT Strategy Recipient of the runners up Award for “Best Co-operative Bank Award” for 2007 by the Indian Bankers Association 1.) Recipient of the “Banking Frontier IT Awards” 2008 for Best Innovations in Customer Service, Best Innovations in MIS, Best Innovations in Decision Support Systems, Best Innovations in Cross Selling Recipient of the “Best Customer Initiative Award” for 2009 by the Indian Bankers Association Recipient of the “Banking Frontier IT Awards” 2009 for Best Data Centre, Best Networking, Best Data Centre Recipient of the “Banking Frontier IT Awards” 2010 for Best Innovation in Virtualisation 2.) Recipient of the “Best Technology Bank” for 2010 by the Indian Bankers Association (award received from HH Abdul Kalam – Ex President of India) Recipient of the “Best Technology Bank” for 2011 by the Indian Bankers Association (award received from M R Narayanmurthy – Chairman Emeritus Infosys) Awards (Individual) Recipient of the Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha Research & Scholarship Award for the dissertation “Impact and Implication of Branch Level Computerisation in Banks” for the year 1996-97 by the Indian Bankers Association. Nominated and finalist for the “CTO of the Year 2004 Award” by Network Computing Magazine Recipient of the “CTO of the Year 2006 Award” by the CTO Forum 1.) Recipient of “CIO Gold Award 2006” by CIOL DataQuest – Cyber Media (India) Recipient of the “Outstanding Achiever of the Year Award” for 2006 by the Indian Bankers Association |
| Gadgets you love the most and why | Blackberry – always in touch |
| What makes you laugh | Innocence & Simplicity |
| Current book you are reading and what you love about it | Fiction |
| Books you enjoyed reading the most | Robert Ludlum, Colin Forbes |
| Software company you admire and why | Our own.. Simple beginning.. Faith in ourselves |
| Hardware company your admire and why | IBM .. the way they transform technology |
| IT personality you admire and why | Steve Jobs – Revolutionised Computers – Touch factor & GUI so fascinating |
| Your best moment in your career till date | Instilling confidence in my team that they are on par with the best in the industry |
| Your best moment in personal life | Birth of my daughter |
| Music You Like | Hindustani Classical |
| Movies You Like | Light Comedy |
| Most Liked Travel Destination | Where nature abounds |
| Why do you like your job | Challenges abound .. Able to do total transformation in business using technology |
| Most favorite quote | Believe in yourself |