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Devroop Dhar
Co-Founder & Managing Director
India
EXPERTISE
  • Digital Strategy & Roadmap
  • Public transformation
  • Identity Management
  • E-Service delivery
  • Bid process management and Transaction Advisory
  • Program Management
  • Urban Development and WASH
EDUCATION
IIM Kozhikode
MBA (PGDM), Kerala, India
Jadavpur University
BE (Production Engineering), Kolkata, India
ABOUT Devroop Dhar

Devroop Dhar is a Co-Founder and Board Member at Primus Partners. He is part of the leadership team and heads the firm’s Mumbai office. He leads the Technology Realization practice for the firm, and also drives the focus on the Urban and WASH sectors for Primus. He heads the firm’s IT and People processes.

Devroop has about 18 years of experience working with prominent clients both in the public and private sector in areas like, Biometrics & Identity Management, Justice & Security, Government Transformation, Digital & New Age Technologies, Film Archival, Skill Development, Urban and Sanitation. He has worked on marque projects and initiatives including Aadhaar (Unique ID), Smart Cities, e-District (Technology led district transformation program for e-Services), Swachh Bharat (Clean India program), Modernization and Digitization of film archive. He has led multi-disciplinary and large teams in delivering client projects. His clients included global conglomerates, stock exchanges, large pharma companies, State and Central (Federal) Governments, Urban Local Bodies, donors and multilaterals.

Before co-founding Primus Partners, Devroop was a Partner with KPMG and has earlier worked with organizations like TCS, PwC and Accenture.

HONORS & CERTIFICATIONS
  • Former Member, State Council (Maharashtra), Federation of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Certified
  • e-Governance Mentor, Govt. of Maharashtra
  • CPPP (powered by World Bank) certified (Part of Hall of Fame in 2017)
PUBLISHED WORK
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24, January 2021
Enhancing revenue in urban India
India needs financially self-sufficient cities, which use data and technology to maximize revenue potential. This will help the development of smart...
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25, April 2020
Organizing The Unorganized, An Opportunity In Crisis
The World Bank Group recently said, coronavirus (COVID-19) is a crisis like no other the world has faced estimating that the pandemic could push about...
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13, April 2020
Opportunities from Covid-19: Re-imagining the benefits management system in Digital India
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10, June 2021
Impact of 5G on healthcare: Medicine reimagined
5G technology can play a huge role in fighting the future waves of the pandemic by providing patients remote access to healthcare professionals,...
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06, November 2022
Family led and choice based benefit management system – the future of welfare distribution
Devroop Dhar, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Primus Partners authors an article on Aadhar-driven choice-based benefits delivery, the Parivar...
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24, January 2023
Platform economy require an enabling and supporting policy and not excessive intervention or regulation
Devroop Dhar, Co-founder and MD, Primus Partners and Suraj Soman, Vice President, Primus Partners share their thoughts on the burgeoning gig and...
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21, February 2023
Can US tech giants recover after job cuts and falling revenues?
Devroop Dhar, Co-Founder and Managing Director, shares his insights on the fluctuations in the tech industry and the impact this has had on giants...