- Lakshmi Narayanan
Lakshmi Narayanan is the vice chairman and ex-
CEO ofCognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) . He was the CEO and president ofCognizant until 2006. [1] Lakshmi has played a leading role in the globalinformation technology industry for more than 25 years, managing divisions and business units inEurope ,India and theUnited State s. Since joining Cognizant Technologies in1994 , he has been instrumental in formulating the company’s strategy and building and managing the organization’s development centers in India, where he is based. A member of Cognizant’s Board of Directors, Lakshmi spends time traveling extensively in the U.S. and Europe to meet clients.He has recently been elected the
Chairman onNASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies). http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=28660Lakshmi began his career at
Tata Consultancy Services , growing through the ranks from developer, to technologist, to program manager, to business leader. He was a regional head of Tata in India when he joined Cognizant as CTO. He holds a BS and MS in science and electronics from Bangalore University and an MBA from theIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore . He is now the vice chairman of Cognizant Technology Solutions.References
[1] - http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/04/stories/2006080404132000.htm
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