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Dr. Imran Batada is a highly experienced professional with over 20 years of experience in project management, policy formulation, ERP implementation, and research. Currently serving as the CTO & Director Center of Information & Technology at IoBM, he previously held the position of CIO & Director Center of Information & Communication Technology at IBA Karachi. Dr. Batada has provided consultancy services to private and public sector organizations, including the government of Sindh, and is also a well-known educator who has taught at various prestigious universities in Pakistan.
Dr. Batada is the author of “Digital Pakistan,” a roadmap for the government, industry, and academia for digital transformation. He is a respected industry leader on the topics of digital transformation, innovation, and leadership and is frequently invited to speak at conferences and events.
Apart from his professional accomplishments, Dr. Batada is deeply committed to giving back to society. He launched the Sindh Research Incubation Centre (SRIC) to support aspiring entrepreneurs and has also collaborated with the Federal Government, Sindh Government, and donor agencies to launch short courses for youth. Under his leadership, over 5000 students have been trained in these courses. His initiatives have played a significant role in creating more freelancers in Pakistan, which has had a direct impact on the country’s GDP.
In recognition of his expertise and leadership in the field of technology, Dr. Batada has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the CIO 200 Awards as LEGEND by the Global CIO Forum in 2020, 2021 & 2022, and the Living Legend Excellence Award by Ideal Excellence Award in 2018. His innovative thinking, strategic vision, and commitment to excellence make him a highly respected and sought-after leader in the industry.
Opinion Articles on The News International
https://www.thenews.com.pk/writer/dr-imran-batada
Opinion Articles on The Express Tribune
https://tribune.com.pk/author/7157/imran-batada
Initiated the “Sindh Research Incubation Center” with the Information, Science and Technology Department of Sindh in May 2018. This project offered a co-working space at IBA together with utilities, seed capital, access to investors and trainings in the domain of ICT. The objective is to ensure the growth for early stage IT enabled product ideas by providing domain specific mentorship and investment opportunities.
This Project is a component of the overall capacity building of Sindh Secretariat employees to develop Computer Literacy in Government employees. Under this project, 1141 Sindh Secretariat employees from different departments are being trained. This would not only ensure more efficiency in the Sindh Government departments but also increase productivity in an effective manner.
Here is the link to know more about this project: https://cict.iba.edu.pk/capacitybuilding
Heading and managing the project to train 350 participants in high technology courses. course outline has been designed of different high-tech courses of this program in such a way that the students will end up studying most up-to-dated course content and will be having hands-on experience on different tools. The course content is designed in such a way that it will not only be used in IBA but should also be taught in entire Pakistan.
Heading and executing a government sponsored Youth Skills Development Program in collaboration with Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Human Resource Research & Development Board for the past 5 years. The objective of this program is not only to develop the much-needed potential of our young people to avail the money-making opportunities but also create uncountable number of jobs by turning the beneficiaries’ future entrepreneurs. This is one of such programs that focuses on developing human resource in Sindh by empowering youth (aged between 18-35 years) with employable skill sets. After the completion of the batches the participants enhanced their digital skills and many participants started to earn from home by freelancing. Furthermore, many of the students were from underprivileged families, hence it was extremely helpful when the students financially assisted their families.
Designed and organized several diploma programs including Diploma in Big Data Analytics, Diploma in ERP, Diploma in Information Security, Diploma in IT Entrepreneurship, and Diploma in Digital Marketing for industry professionals.
Here is the link to know more about these diploma programs: http://cict.iba.edu.pk/diploma
Provided consultancy for the Project of Alumni Database Management System, SMS Solution, Online Donation & Business Intelligence for BUITEMS Quetta. This project was funded by Japan International Corporation Agency
Here is the link to know more about this project: http://iba.edu.pk/contract_signed_between_jica_iba.php
Leading the teams of IBA Karachi & SMIU and providing complete ERP & cloud computing solution for ERP.
Leading the teams of IBA Sukkur & IBA Karachi and providing complete cloud computing solution for ERP Financials, HCM & Disaster Recovery Site.
Leading the project of Oracle BI implementation at IBA Karachi. The implementation was completely done in-house by IBA’s team. It is a very much effective trend analysis and decision making tool. this project got completed on Jan 2015.
Leading the Functional & Technical team for HRMS. HRMS has Recruitment, Attendance, Leave Management, Performance Appraisal, Publication and Unit Modules. This project got completed on July 2014.
Leading the team of Consultants, Project Manager & Operational Users for the establishment of Tier III Compliance Data Center in IBA that caters all the requirements of IBA. This is one of the unique initiatives taken by any university in Pakistan. This project got completed in September 2013.
Development of a mini Facebook and interactive interfaces for online database update, funds generation and engagement activities.
Here is the link for more details: https://alumni.iba.edu.pk/
Managed and executed this project as Project Head and lead the team of Functional & Technical Consultants while the project got completed in June 2010.
The World, CIO 200 Awards Dr. Imran Batada is hereby recognized as a transformative technology leader by the Global CIO Forum Committee for his merits and achievements in driving organization excellence and is proudly bestowed with the title of LEGEND.
See credentials:
Award 2022 https://www.credential.net/e0e1128a-7459-46e4-90d6-005880f2a958
Award 2021 https://www.credential.net/d485c9f4-e7d5-4e84-9c8f-cd07e1e6546b#gs.dlm0t9
Award 2020 https://www.credential.net/137b1684-7824-46fd-a68e-26dda9120168
Awarded the Living Legend Excellence Award for the valuable contribution in the field of IT at the Ideal Excellence Awards in IT - 2018 on March 14, 2018 at MovenPick Hotel Karachi.
Talked about "Life After ERP" and highlighted the following points:
1. Conduct an ERP Post Implementation Review
2. Document your business process implementation
3. Create an ongoing training plan
4. Close alignment with your implementation partner
5. Develop a process for continuous improvements
6. Implementation of Business Intelligence System
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Speaker at InfoSec 2021 Conference 2021
InfoSec Conference is the only annual high profile event of Pakistan in Information Security. Senior Executives from the financial sector, telecom industry, armed forces, Intelligence agencies, key government ministries, foreign missions, utilities sector, academia, and technology companies, etc. attend this premier event and it has always been a great learning opportunity for them.
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I talked about Digitalization and how it can create ten million jobs. In this regard, I presented 7-point agenda which are as follows:
1. e-Residence Policy
2. Productive utilization of the freelancing community
3. Tech unicorns
4. e-Commerce Market via Amazon
5. Fintech
6. Expansion of Capacity Building Youth Development Programs
7. Linkages between Industry & Academia
https://icapcfoconference.com/speakers/imranbatada.php
Speaker at ERP Conference 2021 discussing the role of ERP for private and public sector insitituions.
Sustainable Digital Ecosystem: Shaping the Future of CA Profession in the Global Economy - Webinar Series 2020-2021
https://web.facebook.com/ICAP.CA/videos/436003847449327/
Guest of Honor & Keynote Speaker at ITCN Asia 2016 discussing different dimensions of IT and its impact in the modern world.
Attended 159th PMI – KPC Seminar on 'Design Thinking' as a
Chief Guest.
Keynote Speaker & Moderator for Role of ICT in HEIs conference & Speech for Digital Security for Media Conference @ ITCN Asia 2017.
Panelist for Preventing Online Frauds in a Digital Economy @
12th International Information Security Conference 2020.
Keynote Speech @ 11th International Information Security Conference 2019 http://totalcommunications.com.pk/InfoSec
2019Teaser.pdf
Panelist for Cloud Computing Conference @ CIO Summit &
Expo 2017.
Keynote Speech for Role of Academia for Disruptive
Technology & Moderator for Crypto currency & the Challenges of its
Implementation in Pakistan @ Pakistan CIO Summit 2018.
Chief Guest at the Convocation Ceremony of the Skills Valley Institute of Hospitality Management.
Chief Guest at the Open Day of Chiniot Islamia Public School in 2018
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