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C K Vishwakarma is a visiting faculty member at Mahindra University and CEO of AllThingsConnected, with 20+ years of international experience focused on Singapore/ASEAN. A leading digital transformation, AI and Industry 4.0 strategist, he has designed digitalization blueprints and led multi-million, multi-tech programs across aviation, energy, manufacturing and media, established DPMOs, built Southeast Asia’s largest AIoT ecosystem, and evaluated 200+ startups and scale-ups in the innovation and venture-building space.
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C K Vishwakarma
Visiting Faculty, Centre for Executive Education
C K Vishwakarma is a visiting faculty member at Mahindra University and a senior digital transformation strategy and innovation leader with over 20 years of international experience, particularly in Singapore and the broader ASEAN region. He has developed digitalization strategies and blueprints for global organizations and led complex, multi-technology, multi-vendor, multi-million-dollar programs across high-tech industries including aviation, automotive, pharma, energy, airports, manufacturing, and broadcast and media. As CEO of AllThingsConnected and Founder of IoTSG, Southeast Asia’s largest AIoT ecosystem, he is widely recognized as a leading voice in digital transformation, AI, emerging technologies and Industry 4.0.
Vishwakarma has designed and delivered digital transformation, AI and Industry 4.0 strategies for global organizations, creating practical frameworks and roadmaps that accelerate secure, scalable digitalization. He has led large, complex programs that integrate IT, IoT and OT across multi-vendor ecosystems, including establishing Digital Project Management Offices (DPMOs) and best-practice governance structures. As a community builder, he has grown IoTSG into one of Southeast Asia’s largest AIoT ecosystems, hosting and supporting over 100 leadership sessions and connecting thousands of professionals, startups and enterprises. He also mentors and evaluates startups and scale-ups, having assessed more than 200 ventures within the innovation and venture-building ecosystem.
- Visiting Faculty, Mahindra University (Digital Organization – Strategy Framework, Executive Education).
- CEO, AllThingsConnected, Singapore.
- Founder, IoTSG – one of Southeast Asia’s largest IoT/AIoT ecosystems with thousands of professionals and 100+ thought-leadership sessions.
- ASEAN Leader, AIoT User Group, helping enterprises leverage AI+IoT for industrial and smart-city applications.
- Business Strategy and Digital Transformation leader and consultant for global enterprises across aviation, oil and gas, ports, industrial manufacturing and media.
- Adjunct/associate faculty at leading Singapore institutions (e.g., SP Jain School of Global Management, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore Institute of Technology), teaching AI, IoT and digital transformation.
His interests are practice- and impact-focused around digital transformation strategy, AI and data strategy, AIoT and Industry 4.0 readiness, and secure, sustainable digitalization of critical infrastructure. He is particularly engaged with topics such as IT–IoT–OT convergence, cybersecurity for industrial systems, smart cities, and ecosystem-led innovation models, and frequently supervises capstone projects in applied IoT and AI for domains like healthcare, manufacturing and smart cities.
