Nandita Mahajan

Nandita Jain Mahajan is the Chief Privacy Officer of IBM India/South Asia and the Chief Information Security Officer of IBM Global Process Services. In these roles, her responsibilities include formulation of policies and strategies in the domains of Privacy and Information Security, designing controls, implementation of data protection initiatives, and reducing organizational risks. Ms. Mahajan conceptualized the Voice Masking solution in 2008 and is the co-inventor of the tool, which is used for masking sensitive personal information from call recordings. IBM holds a patent for this tool. She received the Dun & Bradstreet Best CTO Award in 2010 and the Microsoft Security Strategist Award in 2008 for demonstrating excellence in Information Security and Privacy. Under her leadership, IBM Daksh became the first Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company to obtain the PCI-DSS certification In 2010, Information Week conferred the EDGE Award for the second time for Excellence in innovative approach in IT to IBM Daksh. In 2009, IBM Daksh received the Platinum EDGE award. Over a career spanning two decades, Ms. Mahajan has held leadership roles in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), American Express, General Electric (GE), and Fidelity Investments before joining IBM. She was the Head of Systems at Fidelity Business Services, Pvt. Ltd. where she was responsible for end-to-end delivery of software and infrastructure services. She was the Quality Leader at GE Software Services in India, where she led the CMMI Quality certification program. As the Director-Global Financial Technologies in American Express, Ms. Mahajan spearheaded the transition of application support and maintenance from the U.S. and U.K. to India in 1998. At TCS, she set up the Airlines Group and was responsible for account management and delivery of complex software projects. Ms. Mahajan holds a B.Sc. degree from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, India; holds MS and MBA degrees from Ohio University, U.S.A; and was elected to the Beta, Gamma, Sigma Honors society. She started her career at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, in 1985. Ms. Mahajan is a Certified Quality Analyst, Certified Information Security Manager, and Certified in Risk and Information Security Controls. In 2009, Ms. Mahajan was elected to the Advisory Committee of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), which is a NASSCOM-sponsored, self-regulatory organization in India. She serves as the Delhi Anchor for DSCI. She i