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Vice President & Global Head – Public Sector, Professional Services, and Consulting, Tech Mahindra
Ravi Ramachandra Raju is a senior business and technology leader with over 29+ years of experience across Public Sector, Professional Services, and Consulting, specializing in business and IT strategy, P&L management, and consulting led transformation. Over his career, he has led multi country programs across 20+ geographies, managed large, multi year portfolios running into several hundred million USD, and driven double digit growth across strategic accounts and service lines. His consulting leadership spans strategy advisory, operating model design, large deal solutioning, and value led transformation, working directly with C suite and board-level stakeholders to align technology investments with measurable business outcomes.
Ravi has successfully delivered complex global transitions and digital transformation programs across IT services, end user computing, application deployment, and infrastructure modernization, consistently achieving 15–30% cost optimization, 20–40% productivity improvements, and accelerated time to value through AI/ML, automation, and cloud led solutions. He has played a pivotal role in building and scaling Professional Services and Consulting practices, integrating advisory, technology, and managed services into unified operating models. Recognized for execution rigour and strategic clarity, Ravi is a trusted partner for public sector and enterprise clients navigating large scale change, digital modernization, and consulting driven transformation agendas.
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For years, e-invoicing was treated as a back-office compliance effort. Each invoice operated through a reactive, linear approach: an invoice is created after a transaction and reviewed weeks later by government entities. 2026 marks a major pivot on this conventional path. It is now treated as real-time data, simultaneously processed by government agencies immediately after the transactions.
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Over the past decade, automation in the CFO’s office has largely been designed to optimize execution, not decision-making. It streamlined tasks, reduced manual effort, and improved turnaround times, but it left the core financial operating model unchanged and reactive. Robotic process automation (RPA) delivered efficiency yet failed when processes shifted or data structures changed. Generative AI (GenAI) has accelerated drafting and summarization but remains a passive layer that produces outputs that still depend on human intervention to validate, decide, and act. This shift is being driven by evolving client expectations, real-time compliance, faster decision cycles, and defensible outcomes across increasingly complex regulatory environments.
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With the digital revolution gaining momentum across industries, the legal sector is beginning to warm up to the idea of harnessing technology to make meaningful strides in transforming traditional processes and improving access to justice. Currently estimated at USD 26.7 Billion, the legal technology market is expected to register a CAGR of over 10% from 2025 to 2030. Aside from technological breakthroughs, this growth can be attributed to emerging risk and compliance concerns, including frequent changes in regulations, the challenges of adhering to stricter data protection laws, the financial and reputational impact of legal risks, and increasing operational complexity, to name a few. This has resulted in highly specialized technology solutions that are tailored to address the unique needs of the legal profession, enabling more efficient workflows, greater collaboration, and more proactive risk mitigation than ever before.
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Digitalization has touched every aspect of business operations with next-gen tools and cloud-based solutions, and human capital management (HCM) is no exception. While automation and optimization have reduced manual tasks and paperwork, a Gartner survey of 85 HR leaders in February reveals a different reality: only 35% are confident that their current HR technology effectively supports their business objectives. Additionally, less than one-quarter (24%) of HR employees believe their organization is fully utilizing its HR technology.
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