PROGRAMME DELIVERY · TRANSFORMATION · PRACTICAL AI

Complex programmes. Smarter delivery. Practical AI.

I help organisations deliver complex technology programmes, lead transformation initiatives and implement practical AI solutions that solve real business problems. Combining 25+ years of programme management experience with hands-on AI and automation, I bridge the gap between business objectives, technology and execution.

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Available for consulting, contract and senior programme delivery opportunities · Based in India, working globally.

Govind Lotlikar
Programme clarity Illustrative

From scattered activity to visible progress.

Clear ownership Roles & decisions
Risk visibility Dependencies & blockers
Outcome focus Measures that matter
Next actions Prioritised delivery

A good plan makes the next decision clearer — not the status report longer.

Programme & project leadership Delivery governance & recovery Enterprise technology Process improvement AI & workflow automation
Services

Four ways I can help.

Scope, fees and deliverables are agreed after an initial call.

Programme & Project Delivery

I help organisations plan, mobilise and deliver complex technology programmes. From defining delivery structures and coordinating multiple workstreams to managing dependencies, stakeholders, risks and executive governance, I bring clarity and discipline to programme execution.

  • A major initiative needs clearer ownership and coordination
  • Multiple workstreams need a common plan and decision rhythm
  • Leaders need a reliable, honest view of progress, risks, and decisions
  • A complex technology programme needs experienced coordination
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AI Project Delivery & Implementation

I help businesses identify, design and implement practical AI solutions, including AI-assisted workflows, document intelligence, knowledge assistants, RAG applications and workflow automation. My focus is on translating business requirements into working solutions, with attention to reliability, integration, cost and measurable value.

  • AI pilots exist but none have reached scale or proven value
  • There is no framework for evaluating or prioritising AI use cases
  • Repetitive knowledge work is consuming disproportionate time
  • Integration and automation would reduce manual handoffs
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Project Recovery & Governance

When projects lose momentum, deadlines slip or stakeholders lose confidence, I help establish a clear recovery path. I assess delivery risks, identify dependencies and decision bottlenecks, strengthen accountability and introduce governance that helps teams regain control and deliver against realistic commitments.

  • Milestones continue to slip without a clear recovery path
  • Status reports do not reveal the real delivery position
  • Dependencies and decisions are blocking progress
  • PMO or governance processes need to be established or improved
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Process Improvement & Transformation

I work with organisations to improve how business processes operate across people, systems and teams. By identifying inefficiencies, unnecessary manual effort and process bottlenecks, I help redesign workflows and introduce technology-enabled improvements.

  • Work is duplicated or ownership of key steps is unclear
  • Technology has changed but processes have not kept up
  • An operating model needs to be redesigned for a new structure
  • An efficiency review is needed before a system implementation
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Approach

Structure first. Technology second. Outcomes always.

Good delivery depends on making the problem clear, making work visible, and learning quickly from evidence.

Understand the challenge

Understand the business objective, current environment, stakeholders, constraints and expected outcomes. Establish what success should look like and how it will be measured.

Design the delivery path

Define the solution approach, delivery stages, responsibilities, governance and dependencies. For AI initiatives, also assess data readiness, integration requirements, technical feasibility, cost and implementation risks.

Deliver and improve

Drive execution, manage risks and blockers, measure outcomes and continuously improve based on feedback and results.

AI Lab

See how AI can improve the way businesses work.

Explore practical applications of AI to organise information, support decisions, reduce repetitive work and simplify complex business processes.

  • Structured problem statement and framing
  • Questions to investigate before acting
  • Risks and dependencies to surface
  • Recommended next actions
  • Draft 30-day plan
  • Copy or download the result

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Experience

Experience built on delivery. Evolving with technology.

With 25+ years of experience, my work spans programme and project management, enterprise technology delivery, business transformation and operational improvement. At Tata Communications, I worked across complex technology programmes involving multiple geographies, customers, teams, vendors and stakeholders. More recently, my work has extended into business transformation, AI adoption and workflow automation.

  1. Sep 2025 – PresentIndependent Consultant, AI & Automation
  2. Jan 2022 – Aug 2025Director Operations, JPH Pvt. Ltd.
  3. Jul 2004 – Aug 2021Senior Program Manager / Program Manager / Project Manager, Tata Communications Group
  4. Early careerSify Ltd (Team Leader), Mediawiz Services (Business Development Executive), Savita Publicity Services (Operations & Technical Support)
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Recovering a delayed UK MVNO programme

Challenge
The programme was severely delayed, by about a month, which is significant in telecom. Layoffs in a partner team meant the handover did not happen as expected, scope had not been communicated clearly, and the previous programme manager had resigned.
My role
Programme manager who took over the programme.
What I did
Re-baselined the project schedule, had the teams confirm the same tasks and dates, sent the right communications to the cross-functional teams, and kept management updated through regular reporting.
Outcome
The MVNO interconnects with a major UK carrier were established on the re-baselined dates, just before Christmas.

Multi-country capacity upgrades

Context
Capacity upgrades across 12 countries in EMEA and Africa, in locations where Tata Communications had no presence of its own.
My role
Tata Communications’ project manager, accountable for procurement and implementation timelines.
What I did
Owned the delivery plan and equipment procurement, and aligned local telecom partners’ schedules and milestones across all 12 countries. The partners’ teams carried out the migration.

Transmission capacity upgrade

Context
Transmission capacity upgrade programme with an approved budget of $8.5M.
My role
Tata Communications’ project manager, owning implementation from design handover to delivery.
What I did
Oversaw equipment procurement, fibre procurement, fibre rollout and implementation; ran all changes under formal change management with backup paths kept active, and handled an additional scope request through change control.
Outcome
Delivered on time and within the approved budget.

Collaboration and contact centre programmes

Context
SaaS collaboration and contact centre services that Tata Communications offered to its enterprise customers, spanning Cisco Webex, Skype for Business, UCaaS and Amazon Connect. Delivered as a series of upgrades, each release adding features to the product.
My role
Programme manager.
What I did
Ran the programme across successive releases, working with the project managers of the individual functional teams, each representing their own function, and owned the overall plan, dependencies and governance across them.

Implementations and prototypes

Client implementations (in use)

  • A social media automation: the client sends a request from Telegram, and the post and image are generated and published directly to her social media accounts. By my own estimate, time per post fell from roughly 30 minutes to about 2 to 3 minutes.
  • A report-generation engine for a client who runs a Vedic astrology practice. It uses automation and AI to produce the reports she gives her own customers with minimal manual intervention. Live and in use.

Client prototype

  • Legal Aid, a SaaS product built for a client, with documents OCR-processed and loaded into a RAG knowledge base on Pinecone, and a voice AI agent that retrieves answers from it and speaks them aloud. It did not go to market.

Personal technical environment

  • A self-hosted setup on a single VPS with an n8n automation environment, a locally hosted LLM (Ollama) and Claude Code for building sites.

How I run programmes

I run regular programme forums with documented meeting notes and tracked action items, so decisions get made, owners are clear and follow-through is visible across multi-team programmes. I also wrote macros that generated programme reports from MS Project and MS Excel, which made delivery reporting faster and more consistent.

Outcomes before activity

A project can be busy without making meaningful progress. I focus on defining the result, the measures that matter, and the decisions needed to achieve it.

Governance that helps delivery

Governance should make issues visible and decisions faster. It should not become reporting overhead for its own sake.

Technology with a business purpose

AI and automation should solve a defined problem, fit the operating context, and be assessed for reliability, cost, privacy, and maintainability.

Honest status and evidence

I distinguish confirmed results from estimates, prototypes, and work still in progress. Credibility depends on being clear about what has actually been delivered.

Contact

Let's discuss the challenge you're trying to solve.

Whether you need experienced programme leadership, help recovering a troubled project or support implementing a practical AI solution, I'd be happy to understand your requirements. Let's start with a conversation and explore how I can contribute.

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