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Pankaj Bhanot

CEO, eWorld Enterprise Solutions

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Pankaj Bhanot is the Chief Executive Officer of eWorld Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (eWorldES), a local information and technology firm delivering innovative technology solutions to public sector clients. Prior to joining eWorldES in September 2022, Pankaj was in private consulting from September 2020 to August 2022. Pankaj served as the Director of the State of Hawai‘i: Department of Human Services (DHS) from September 2016 to August 2020. Pankaj also served as the Deputy Director of DHS from January 2015 to August 2016; and December 2010 to January 2012. His career began in the DHS’ Benefit, Employment and Support Services Division and served as the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program Specialist (1999-2002), Employment and Childcare Program Administrator (2002-2006), and Division Administrator (2007-2014).

Throughout his DHS career, Pankaj spearheaded multiple efforts to streamline and improve the service delivery of benefits, employment and training programs, subsidized wage initiative, contract management, ‘Ohana Nui project (multigenerational approach to serving Hawai‘i’s families early and concurrently), and technology integration effort, among other business transformation efforts, to integrate public welfare and child welfare programs into the DHS enterprise platform built using the 90/10 funding made available under the Affordable Care Act.

Among his achievements, Pankaj is a recipient of the Certification of Congressional Recognition, August 2020; Certificate of Recognition, State of Hawai‘i Legislature, August 2020; 2019 American Public Human Services’ (APHSA) Outstanding State Member Award for his body of human services work in Hawai‘i; 2013 Governor’s State Manager of the Year Award; 2013 DHS Manager of the Year Award; 2006 Governor’s Award for the Distinguished State Service; and 2006 DHS Employee of the Year Award.

Pankaj lives in Honolulu with his wife and son and holds a B.A. (Honors) in Political Science and LL.B. from the University of Delhi; an LL.M. from the Cornell University Law School; and completed post-graduate research in Public International Law at the School of Law, University of Nottingham (United Kingdom).

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