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Saibal Chakraborty leads Boston Consulting Group’s Tech & Digital Advantage (TDA) practice in India and drives the firm’s digital transformation agenda for public and private sector clients. He is a core member of the firm's Public Sector practice and leads the Centre for Digital Government (CDG) in India. He has over 25 years of international and multi-sectoral experience, having worked in North America, Europe, and Asia before focusing on India over the last decade. Saibal also leads BCG’s business interests in Bangladesh.

Saibal’s expertise centers on large-scale technology transformation and digital capability building. Some specific areas of focus include modernizing legacy systems to cloud native architecture, digital applications and open platforms design and build, building enterprise-wide data platforms to enable advanced analytics/AI/GenAI, technology sourcing including complex public sector procurements, next-generation digital organization design, shared services transformations, and post-merger integrations. He has led engagements with clients in the financial services, public sector, utilities, transport, health care, and other industries. More recently, he has been shaping the AI agenda of the Indian government.

Prior to joining BCG, Saibal spent ten years at Booz & Company (formerly Booz Allen Hamilton) serving the technology agenda of large financial services, energy, and public sector clients, mostly in Europe. Prior to Booz & Company, Saibal worked as a software engineer and a technology architect at IBM, Lockheed Martin, and e-commerce startups—mostly in the US.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Indian Institute of Management
  • Master’s degree, Materials Engineering, Drexel University
  • BTech, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology

Publications and Videos

Unified Data Highways | Hero

Unified Data Highways – The Next Frontier of Digital Public Infrastructure

UDHs leverage DPI approach to improve data sharing and promote inclusive innovation in emerging economies. The report outlines the potential of UDHs and guides nations to establish it responsibly.
The Trillion-Dollar Prize | Rectangle

Bangladesh’s Economy Is Growing, and So Are Its Emerging Champions

Bangladesh is emerging as a dynamic, fast-growing market that presents an attractive investment opportunity for global VCs and multinationals.
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The New Blueprint for Corporate Performance

The rules for boosting performance and competitive advantage are changing. CEOs urgently need a pragmatic playbook for building the capabilities to win in the future.
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頭角を現すデジタル既存企業

高いデジタル組織能力を身につけた伝統的産業の既存企業が、デジタルハイパースケーラー企業やデジタルネイティブ企業に急速に追いつきつつあります。規模、顧客基盤、データなどの既存企業ならではの強みとデジタル組織能力を組み合わせて、イノベーションを通じた成長を実現しています。
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The Trillion-Dollar Prize: Local Champions Leading the Way

This report explores Bangladesh’s impressive growth pathway, exploring some of the nation’s largest, most innovative companies, to understand their strategies for leveraging and energizing exponential growth.
The Rates of Success, Goals, and Future Priorities of Digital Transformations, by Sector - Rectangle

What the Data Tells Us About Digital Transformation, by Industry

In our December 2021 report, Performance and Innovation Are the Rewards of Digital Transformation, we explored three questions that we hear a lot from clients. How are companies in my sector doing? Is there any proof that transformations deliver real results? And where are leaders focusing their transformation programs?
Performance and Innovation Are the Rewards of Digital Transformation

Performance and Innovation Are the Rewards of Digital Transformation

A successful transformation leads to increased profitability and strategic advances, as our latest survey shows. But not enough companies are getting it right.
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Flipping the Odds of Digital Transformation Success

With so much at stake, why do so many companies fail?
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Flipping the Odds of Digital Transformation Success

With so much at stake, why do so many companies fail? Read more.
The Evolving State of Digital Transformation

The Evolving State of Digital Transformation

A recent survey reveals that businesses are accelerating their investment in digital technologies, despite the economic downturn, targeting digitally enabled goals to support their recovery.
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Building India’s Digital Highways: The Potential of Open Digital Ecosystems (ODEs)

This report discusses both the ‘tech’ and ‘non-tech’ dimensions of the ODE approach, establishes the key building blocks of ODEs, estimates the potential benefits and identifies critical risks, and charts a roadmap for the successful adoption and implementation of ‘responsible’ ODEs.
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What’s Holding Back Digital Shared Services?

Transformative technologies for back-office processes don’t automatically deliver the promised payoff. To succeed, companies need a thoughtful, end-to-end plan.