Prabhat Kumar Bhagvandas (PKB), Vice President and General Manager, India Operations, brings 27 years of technical and general management experience in both large organizations as well as emerging growth companies. Prior to joining Dilithium. Mr. Bhagvandas was Managing Director and Vice President – India Operations for LVL7 Systems (acquired by Broadcom), a leader in network processing software. He created a team from the ground up, reaching 280 engineers at the time of his departure, with attrition rates of less than 5% in a highly competitive market.
Prior to LVL7, Mr. Bhagvandas, lead the software engineering team at PortalPlayer’s India design center and grew the team to 60+ engineers working in the domain of Portable multimedia players.
Prior to PortalPlayer, Mr. Bhagvandas was Director of Real Time Systems at CMC Limited, where he started the Real Time Systems Group, growing it to 270 engineers, and managed the transition of the business model from a cost-center to a profit-center. Under his leadership, CMC Limited grew mid to large size Offshore Development Centers for Toshiba, Lucas Varity (now TRW automotive), Wind River Systems, and Local Defense Labs.
Prior to CMC Limited, Mr. Bhagvandas led a 40+ person technical team at Vizag Steel, India’s first shore based integrated steel plant. As an Assistant Manager, he was a key team member for pre-installation, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of process control, automation, electrical switchgear and distribution equipment in the captive thermal power plant and other electrical and process utilities.
Mr. Bhagvandas earned a Bachelors of Electronics and Communication Engineering, from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration degree, is a certified value engineer and a certified ISO-9000 internal quality auditor.
