Yashodhan Kholgade leads the Engineering & Design Systems team at Nissan Digital India, providing digital transformation solutions for R&D and design functions. His team supports Nissan regional teams for end-to-end vehicle development processes, Software Defined Vehicle systems, product planning, and BOM management.

With 20 years of experience in product development and change management across Automobile, Ship Building, Aviation, and Foundry & Chemicals, Yashodhan has established PLM practices for multiple OEMs. He played a key role in transitioning from Waterfall to Agile methodology and conceptualized an industry-leading Product Variants management solution.

Yashodhan holds a BE in Computer Science and has completed executive trainings from Cambridge-Judge Business School and IIM Bangalore.

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Nilesh Kadam leads IB2, one of the key verticals in Nissan Digital comprising manufacturing (quality, traceability, production, maintenance) and supply chain (production planning and control, inbound and outbound logistics).

With 16+ years of industry experience in driving digital transformations in manufacturing and supply chain areas, he has helped several automotive OEMs (Bosch, Mahindra), hi-tech manufacturers, government, and oil & gas industry.

Nilesh holds a Postgraduate in Management from IIM Kozhikode and is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Mumbai University.

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Rejath Nair leads the Marketing & Sales Intelligent Mobility Services System, comprising Intelligent Mobility Systems, Connected Car Data platform, Sales / Marketing systems.

In addition to this, Rejath heads the Enterprise Architecture team

Rejath has 25+ years of industry experience in managing innovation and building high performance products across multiple industry verticals. He has also built and managed very large teams across multiple organisations.

He holds a Postgraduate in Management from IIM Indore and BTech from College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

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Rishikesh Misra leads the Sales Finance Systems portfolio delivery at Nissan Digital India (NDI). He has over 19+ of experience in the Digital/IT sector across BFSI, Capital Markets, Automotive and Corporate domains while having worked earlier at GE, BNP Paribas ISPL and Syntel. Core exposure to portfolio delivery, software engineering, architecture oversight, product management, supplier engagement and digital transformation activities. Knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices and cloud-based platforms including AWS.

Rishikesh is an MBA from Schulich School Of Business, York University and B.E. from BMS College of Engineering.

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Shyam Unnithan leads the team which helps build software for the Sales and Finance division of Nissan Digital India, which manages the Enterprise Data Platform for Nissan Motor Limited. He also heads the User Experience team at Nissan Digital India.

A Purdue University Alumnus, he has over 21 years of diverse technology and technology management experience.

He has helped fortune 500 companies identify the right talent, mentored and enabled them to build critical financial systems.

Shyam holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Pune University.

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Selestin Thomas leads Cyber Security, Digital Technology and IT Infra at Nissan Digital India. Selestin is a technology leader with 25 + years of experience in IT modernization & integration projects, governance, centralising and management of IT functions across multiple countries.

He is an experienced technology professional in cloud migrations and cloud-based solutions.

He managed global data centres and IT operations in the US, the UK, Brazil and India.

Selestin is an alumnus of IIM Kozhikode and IIT Palakkad and holds a Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Computer Applications from Manipal University.

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Mithun Raj leads the Global DevOps function at Nissan Digital India and drives the DevOps transformation through Core DevOps and Cloud Engineering functions.

He has 20 years’ experience across multiple functions: Software Development, Engineering Infrastructure & Tools Management, DevOps, Cloud Architecture & Engineering.

His areas of expertise include DevOps strategy & maturity assessment for organizations, cloud transformation, zero ops CI-CD models.

Mithun is an alumnus of SUNY Buffalo, UB.

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Jaljith Narayanan heads the Human Resources function for Nissan Digital India and his role encompasses talent acquisition, business partnering, talent management, learning and development, performance management, employee engagement and HR budgeting.

Jaljith has 25 years of extensive HR experience that spans across IT, Telecom, FMCG and Manufacturing sectors.

He is a Post-Graduate in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Rajagiri College of Social Sciences.

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Abhishek Dalmia, one of the founding members of Nissan Digital India, heads the Finance function. His role encompasses overseeing financial activities, including financial controls, planning, reporting, audits, taxation, budgeting, and regulatory compliances.

With 22 years of experience spanning finance domains and expertise in IFRS, IGAAP, and US GAAP, Abhishek brings a well-rounded perspective from sectors such as IT, Telecom, Automobile, and Manufacturing. He plays a critical role in driving financial discipline, transparency, and accountability across the organization.

Abhishek is a Chartered Accountant and graduated from the esteemed Shri Ram College of Commerce at Delhi University.

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Sebastian Ukken leads the Governance, Delivery Performance and Business Operations at Nissan Digital India. He brings over 25 years of expertise in the IT industry with specialization in quality and project management. He has led the implementation of multiple Quality & Project Management framework in the IT Industry and also has Quality consulting experience with some of the major Automotive and Healthcare OEMs.

At Nissan, Sebastian is responsible for organizational-level KPIs and enhancing delivery performance, quality, and operational efficiency.

He is an engineer with an MBA and a doctorate in Management Sciences.

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M R Sundaresan leads the Sustainability Center of Excellence at Nissan Digital India, driving global digitalization initiatives to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and significantly reduce environmental impact. His work involves studying product lifecycles, including material usage and the associated carbon footprint. With combined expertise in global procurement and digitalization, he enhances environmental performance, resource efficiency, and social responsibility.

He is a Certified Procurement Professional from the Institute of Supply Chain Management, Arizona, USA, and is passionate about leveraging digital tools for sustainable impact.

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Geerthivasan Mahendran leads the Aftersales & Quality department at Nissan Digital India (NDI), which encompasses service engineering, parts sales/e-commerce, vehicle diagnostics, engineering quality, field quality improvement, consumer affairs, and warranty chargeback.

With 15 years of experience in the development and delivery of IT & data analytics products, Geerthivasan has worked across various domains, including investment banking, insurance, healthcare, and automobile.

He also has multi-cultural experience leading global product development teams in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

Geerthivasan holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering from Anna University, Chennai.

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Selva Prabhakaran leads the Data Science team at Nissan Digital India, providing AI/ML solutions and support for various business functions. With over 15 years of industrial Data Science experience, his team utilizes statistical models, machine learning, AI solutions, optimization, deep learning, and large language models (LLMs) to solve diverse business problems.

His professional journey spans domains such as Automotive forecasting, E-Commerce, Finance, Supply Chain, and Logistics. Selva has played a pivotal role in building industry-grade enterprise Data Science solutions across multiple OEMs and enabling the development of Data Science capabilities while pursuing cutting-edge research in AI.

Selva holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and brings rich industrial experience in core Data Science.

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With over two decades of experience in Delivery excellence, RPA, LCP, Software Engineering, and QA, Rajesh is a techno-managerial leader adept at driving technological innovation and process optimization. He leads Intelligent Automation CoE in NDI delivering the Robotic Process Automations, Low code application adoptions and digital transformations.

Rajesh holds a Master's Degree in Computer Applications from the University of Kerala and a Post Graduate certification in Strategic Management from IIM Kashipur.

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