Arvind Sivaramakrishnan is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, and is based out of Chennai, India. He is responsible for IT strategy and implementation across the Apollo Hospitals group.
Arvind has extensive experience in management consulting, architecting, and building solutions for enterprise wide applications. He also leads the digital transformation initiatives at the Apollo Hospitals Groups and led the Apollo team to be recognized with the HiMSS- Elsevier award (2013, 2016, 2018) for outstanding use of IT in patient care delivery in Asia Pacific. Under his leadership, Apollo Hospitals was also awarded the Microsoft Health Innovation award in 2016 for the use of effective big data analytics using Microsoft solution in infection control surveillance in health systems. Prior to his current assignment, Arvind was with the Healthcare Practice of Computer Sciences Corporation, in Michigan USA.
Arvind holds the credentials of CHCIO certified by the College of Health Information Executives, USA as a Healthcare CIO. He currently serves as the Secretary of CHiME’s India chapter and is a member of the board of CHiME in India. He has been inducted into the CIO Hall of fame by the prestigious CIO.in magazine. In 2019, he was cited by CIO&Leader for Exemplary Leadership, Professional excellence and Community contribution.
