Rajesh Dhuddu
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 Rajesh Dhuddu
 TITLE : SVP & GLOBAL BUSINESS HEAD , EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
 COMPANY : TECH MAHINDRA
 INDUSTRY : IT & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
 Dhuddu is a thought leader in the areas of blockchain , Web 3.0 , the metaverse and other emerging technologies .
 Mahindra , and was involved in a recent blockchain project with a multinational automobile manufacturer .
 One goal of the project was to help the auto-maker achieve efficiency around its minimum viable product ( MVP ), which is the version of a product that has just enough features to be usable by early customers , who can then provide feedback for future versions of that product .
 Dhuddu says : “ For the MVR run , we on-boarded five global suppliers , a logistics provider , a customs clearance authority , and a trading company to consolidate orders and send the shipment to manufacturing plants in South Africa .
 “ The onboarding process was templated to enable stakeholders to be onboarded quickly and effectively . This also meant that they had a business case to take to the extended ecosystem .”