Sauvik Banerjjee Explained

Sauvik Banerjjee
Birth Place:Kolkata, West Bengal
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:University of Calcutta
University of Sunderland
University of Durham
Occupation:Entrepreneur
Global CEO, Rezolve
Spouse:Kasturi Banerjjee
Mother:Sreoshi Banerjjee
Father:Ranabir Banerjjee

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: August 8, 2022 . Sauvik Banerjjee, former Tata Digital CTO, joins UK's Rezolve . BusinessStandard .
  2. Web site: Thathoo . Chetan . 2022-07-28 . Tata Neu CTO Sauvik Banerjjee Quits, External Hire Likely To Fill The Position: Report . Inc42 Media . en.
  3. Web site: 2023-06-04 . Tata Neu CTO Sauvik Banerjjee quits four months after launch - The Economic Times . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604010055/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tata-neu-cto-sauvik-banerjjee-quits-four-months-after-launch/articleshow/93191309.cms?from=mdr . June 4, 2023 . economictimes.
  4. Web site: 2022-07-28 . Tata Neu's CTO Sauvik Banerjjee quits, to take on global role . Moneycontrol . en.
  5. Web site: June 6, 2018 . Meet Sauvik Banerjjee, the man who is fueling Tata CLiQ's innovation engine, CIO News, ET CIO . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328211623/https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/meet-sauvik-banerjjee-the-man-who-is-fueling-tata-cliqs-innovation-engine/64472463 . March 28, 2023 . economictimes.
  6. News: 2022-09-01 . Ex-cricketer first Bengali CEO of Nasdaq-listed co . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  7. News: 2023-08-03 . Alibaba unveils open-sourced AI model similar to Meta's Llama 2 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
  8. News: Tata Neu's CTO Sauvik Banerjjee Resigns . businessworld .
  9. Web site: 2022-08-08 . Corporate Crossings Tata Neu's former CTO Sauvik Banerjjee joins UK firm Rezolve as CEO . Moneycontrol . en.
  10. News: July 29, 2022 . Tata Neu CTO Sauvik Banerjjee Resigns, External Hire Likely To Fill The Position . startupstorymedia .
  11. News: June 6, 2022 . Join a firm that doesn't treat you as employee id: Banerjjee of Tata Neu . BusinessStandard .