BW Auto World 40 Under 40 Winner: Sankalp Sinha - Embracing Digital Transformation
Born and raised in Ranchi, a city known for its academic excellence and the legendary cricketer M.S. Dhoni, Sankalp Sinha's upbringing instilled in him a thirst for knowledge from an early age. His father was a professor and mother was a scholar, hence education was of prime importance during his childhood. He used to complete reading the new books during the summer vacation itself. Even today he spends an hour minimum, reading and learning about new age technology and innovation.
Sinha had aspirations to pursue MBBS and accordingly chose his subjects, both Maths and Science in 12th class. However, due to sudden change of circumstances he opted for engineering. It was there that he fell in love with machines and decided to pursue a career in manufacturing industry. Moving to IT industry from manufacturing industry was challenging for him. Globe-trotting, he landed an opportunity with Ford Motors at Detroit, the motor capital of the world. However, he chose to work in India and joined IBM. But as destiny decides, he has been aligned to Automotive, Aerospace, Defence and Manufacturing industry domain only so the linearity is continued.
At the initial stage of his career when India was heavily dependent on importing technologies, he was privileged to lead large-scale technology transfer and 'India-led-development' programmes. He has also led an end-to-end digital transformation of New Product Development process at IBM which provided him an in-depth idea of the entire value chain and its working in the product-based industry.
