Harsh Vardhan is a visionary digital transformation leader and pioneering AI evangelist with over two decades of global experience revolutionizing enterprise innovation at scale. As Global Head of Digital Innovation at Apollo Tyres Ltd— a premier multinational tire manufacturer renowned for its global brands, Apollo and Vredestein —he spearheads AI-first strategies that propel Industry 4.0/5.0 excellence, blending cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI, Machine Learning, AR/VR, IIoT, and Digital twins to supercharge 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 efficiency, OHS/𝐇𝐒𝐄 Safety, 𝐑&𝐃/PD Optimization, 𝐒𝐂𝐌 Agility, 𝐄𝐒𝐆 Sustainability, Dynamic 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 Strategizing, Customer 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐂𝐋𝐕 Modernization initiatives.
He is executive member of 𝑪𝑰𝑰 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒆, Strategic Intelligence member @ 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎, featured in 𝑬𝑻 100 𝑪𝑰𝑶𝒔 2024, 𝐞-𝐆𝐎𝐕 Top 40 𝑪𝑰𝑶𝒔, 𝑨𝑰 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 Member, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 4.0 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 (T-Hub, Govt. Of Telangana), 𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑪𝑰 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 4.0 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔, 𝐀+ 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏-𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 AI 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 and 𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 Leader.
He is globally recognized for his industry-leading expertise in 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, receiving Top honours including, 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 (NetApp, 2025), 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 (T-Hub Govt. Of Telangana, 2023), 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 (Everest Group, 2022), 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 (2022), 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 (2021), 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 (Forrester Wave, 2019), 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 (Microsoft, 2017), 𝐀𝐈 & 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 (2015).
