Phani Mitra heads Analytics & Strategy at Dr. Reddy’s Ltd. In this role, he is responsible for building a data-first organization and leveraging the power of analytics for driving process improvements, business strategy development and deployment.

In his previous roles, with Hewlett Packard Global Analytics and Technology Consulting, he led analytics initiatives in the areas of strategy, process transformation and solution development with partners and customers across geographies – primarily in the areas of Manufacturing & Supply chain, CRM and Service management. Phani Mitra holds a Bachelor in Engg. From BITS Pilani and an MBA from IIM Bangalore.

He loves to read, is fascinated by the lives and thinking of scientists from Eratosthenes to Feynman. And often wonders about thoroughly useless but absolutely interesting things like “What is the role of cats in the development of scientific ideas in physics?”