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Swapnil Jugade joins Welspun Corp as CIO
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Swapnil Jugade has been appointed as Chief Information Officer - IT and Digital at Welspun Corp Limited, an Indian multinational manufacturer of large-diameter pipes.
In his new role, Jugade will drive the company’s digitisation initiative. He will lead the effective implementation of IT and Digital roadmap with plant automation projects for various units, as per his LinkedIn profile.
Jugade comes from Revent Engineering Group, a precision machinery company, where he was driving information technology and infrastructure.
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Jugade has over 25 years of professional experience and expertise in solving complex business problems using data and analysis and carrying out various business process transformation drives such as ERP and IT automation.
Throughout his career, he has held various IT leadership roles in organizations such as Godrej & Boyce, Schneider Electric, Cummins in India and the USA, C&S Electric, and Yokohama Off-Highway Tires.
"It has been a very exciting journey all in all. From an ERP manager to becoming an enterprise IT leader, a manufacturing IT head and then to becoming a CIO in various MNCs and global organisations- every role came with exposure to new technology platforms or new applications, making this journey more interesting, Jugade earlier said in a statement.
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Jugade has pursued a Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical and Electronics from the Government College of Engineering Karad and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research.
Last week, Welspun Corp Limited’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Sintex-BAPL Limited, announced an investment proposal of up to ₹2,355 crore for establishing manufacturing facilities across several states including Telangana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the company, the investment will be spread over the next two financial years, from FY25 to FY26, and a combination of debt and equity will be used to fund the projects.
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