Sauvik Banerjjee
Sauvik Banerjjee | |
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| Born | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta University of Sunderland University of Durham |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Title | Global CEO, Rezolve |
| Spouse | Kasturi Banerjjee |
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| Website | sauvikbanerjjee |
Sauvik Banerjjee is an Indian entrepreneur and former cricketer, currently serving as the Global CEO of products and technology at Rezolve Limited, a UK-based technology company.[1] He was also a former chief technology officer at Tata Cliq and Tata Digital.[2][3][4][5]
Early life and background
Banerjjee was born and raised in Jodhpur Park, in a middle-class family. His father, Ranabir Banerjee, is a professor of applied physics, while his mother, Sreoshi, is an entrepreneur and cricketer. He attended St. Xavier's College, pursuing a degree in Economics and Statistics. However, he left college midway and relocated to the United Kingdom. Banerjjee completed both his undergraduate and master's degrees in Economics and Statistics through the distance education program at the University of Calcutta. Later, he pursued research in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Physical Robotics at the University of Sunderland and the University of Durham.[6]
Career
Banerjjee's began his career working with companies, Accenture and Infosys.[7][8] He also had a stint at Venda Inc, one of the ventures established by Dan Wagner, the Chairman and CEO of Rezolve. In 2014, Oracle Corporation acquired Venda Inc.[9]
In 2016, he joined Tata Cliq, an e-commerce platform, as the Chief technology officer (CTO) after leaving consultancy firm SAP.[10]
In 2019, Banerjjee was appointed as the CTO at Tata Digital, a subsidiary of the Tata Group.[11] As the founding CTO, he spearheaded the launch of the Super app.[2]
Cricketing career
Banerjjee was a professional cricketer who represented Bengal in the Ranji Trophy. During his time as a cricketer, he played for the Bengal team, representing his home state alongside other cricketers such as Sourav Ganguly, Arun Lal, Syed Saba Karim, and Deep Dasgupta in the Ranji Trophy. From 1993 to 1995, Banerjjee participated in the Wills Trophy and represented the Bengal Ranji team and various Kolkata clubs during the seasons of 1996 to 1998. He also played professional club cricket in England and Scotland from 1995 to 2003.[6]
References
- ^ "Sauvik Banerjjee, former Tata Digital CTO, joins UK's Rezolve". BusinessStandard. August 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Thathoo, Chetan (2022-07-28). "Tata Neu CTO Sauvik Banerjjee Quits, External Hire Likely To Fill The Position: Report". Inc42 Media.
- ^ "Tata Neu CTO Sauvik Banerjjee quits four months after launch - The Economic Times". economictimes. 2023-06-04. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023.
- ^ "Tata Neu's CTO Sauvik Banerjjee quits, to take on global role". Moneycontrol. 2022-07-28.
- ^ "Meet Sauvik Banerjjee, the man who is fueling Tata CLiQ's innovation engine, CIO News, ET CIO". economictimes. June 6, 2018. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "Ex-cricketer first Bengali CEO of Nasdaq-listed co". The Times of India. 2022-09-01. ISSN 0971-8257.
- ^ "Alibaba unveils open-sourced AI model similar to Meta's Llama 2". The Economic Times. 2023-08-03. ISSN 0013-0389.
- ^ "Tata Neu's CTO Sauvik Banerjjee Resigns". businessworld.
- ^ "Corporate Crossings | Tata Neu's former CTO Sauvik Banerjjee joins UK firm Rezolve as CEO". Moneycontrol. 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Tata Neu CTO Sauvik Banerjjee Resigns, External Hire Likely To Fill The Position". startupstorymedia. July 29, 2022.
- ^ "Join a firm that doesn't treat you as employee id: Banerjjee of Tata Neu". BusinessStandard. June 6, 2022.