Most powerfull indian CEOs
Most powerful Indian tech CEOs
Most powerful tech CEOs Welcome to the age of reluctant economic reforms, new-found cannon of corporate governance and the insolence of technology. This has created a new hierarchy in the India Inc who have their businesses crossed national boundaries and expanded India's global footprint. One of the prominent portions of this power brigade are the technocrats who have become an important part of the India's Power Group. Recently, The Economic Times Corporate Dossier commissioned India Inc's Most Powerful CEOs survey conducted by IMRB International. The survey ranks CEOs in terms of power they wield in corporate India, and the country's economy at large. Here we bring to you the tech CEOs who form an important part of the list.
NR Narayana Murthy
The most powerful tech CEO on the list is NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies (ranks at third position on the India's 100 Most Powerful CEO's list). Murthy founded Infosys in 1981 along with six other software professionals and served as the CEO for 21 years before handing over the reins of the company to co-founder Nandan M Nilekani in March 2002. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. He served as the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor from 2002 to 2006. Murthy is the recipient of numerous awards and honours. The Economist ranked him 8th on its list of 15 most admired global leaders in 2005. He was ranked 28th among the world's most respected business leaders by The Financial Times in 2005. Murthy holds a BE (Electrical) from the University of Mysore (1967) and MTech (Electrical) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1969). He has been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees by leading universities across the world.
Sunil Bharti Mittal
With a net worth of $12.5 billion, founder, chairman and group CEO of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Bharti Mittal is the next most powerful technocrat on the list (ranks at fourth position on the India's 100 Most Powerful CEO's list). Sunil started his career at a young age of 18 after graduating from Punjab University and founded Bharti, with a modest capital, in the year 1976. Bharti AirTel is today one of the country's leading private integrated telecom company. The company's other businesses include communication & media devices (Beetel), life insurance venture with AXA of France (Bharti AXA), and a joint venture with the world's largest retail company Walmart. Over the years, Bharti has grown successfully in partnership with various leading companies of the world like Singapore Telecom, Vodafone, Warburg Pincus and British Telecom. Sunil is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, MA, USA. He has been a recipient of the one of the country's highest civilian award Padma Bhushan. Sunil is the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Seychelles in New Delhi, India.
Azim Premji
Next most powerful techie on the Most Powerful CEOs list is Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Group (ranks seventh on the overall list).A graduate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, US, Premji took on the mantle at Wipro at the age of 21, after the sudden demise of his father in 1966. Under his leadership, the fledgling $2 million-hydrogenated cooking fat company has today grown into a $1.76 billion IT Services giant with customers across the globe. He has been among the Financial Times list of top 25 billionaires who have done most to bring about significant and lasting social, political or cultural changes. Time listed him amongst the 100 most influential people in the world in April 2004. In 2003, Fortune named him among the 25 most powerful business leaders outside the US. The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education have both conferred honorary doctorates on him. He is also a member of the Prime Minister’s Committee for Trade and Industry. In January 2005, the Government conferred upon him Padma Bhushan, the one of the highest civilian award.
Nandan M Nilekani
Another Infoscian on the list is Nandan M Nilekani. The Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited is the fourth most powerful techie and ninth most Powerful CEO on the list. Nilekani took over as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies in 2002 from Narayan Murthy. One of the founding members of Infosys, he has been a director on the company's board since its inception in 1981. In January 2006, Nilekani became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders on the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board. He is listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, 2006. He, along with Infosys founder (and currently non-executive chairman) NR Narayana Murthy, received Fortune magazine's ‘Asia’s Businessmen of the Year 2003’ award. He was named among the `World's most respected business leaders' in 2002 and 2003, by a global survey from Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 2006, Nilekani was conferred the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian award in India. Nilekani received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India in 1978.
S Ramadorai
The Chief executive officer and managing director of India's no. 1 IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), S Ramadorai, holds is the fifth most powerful tech CEO on the list. A Tata Group veteran, Ramadorai has been with TCS for over 30 years. Joining the company as a trainee engineer, he took over as CEO in 1996 and has been instrumental in building TCS a $3.02-billion global software and services company. Under his leadership, TCS became the world's first organisation to achieve enterprise-wide Maturity Level 5 on both Capability Maturity model and People Capability Maturity model frameworks in 2004. Ramadorai is a member on the corporate advisory board of several academic institutions. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Indian National Academy of Engineering. In 2006, S Ramadorai was conferred with Padma Bhushan. Ramadorai holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Delhi University. He's also done his bachelor's in electronics and telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He did his masters in computer science from the University of California (UCLA), USA.
Shiv Nadar
When Shiv Nadar set up Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) more than 30 years ago in a one-room tenement. It shocked most friends and associates, because Nadar, then 30, had quit a high-paying executive job with Delhi Cloth Mills to dabble in IT, a concept that had few takers in the country then. Shiv Nadar led a young team which passionately believed in and bet on the growth of the IT industry. And it's courtesy this vision that we have the country's sixth most powerful tech CEO. Head of the $4.4 billion global enterprise HCL, Nadar is known for his daring forays based on his conviction of the future. At a time when hardware was the name of the game, Nadar foresaw the huge potential in IT education and NIIT was born. In 1998, Nadar started US operations, which was the beginning of the group's international fora. Today, HCL has presence in over 18 countries. HCL today employs more than 51,000 professionals, has a global presence in 18 countries spanning locations in the US, Europe and Japan. In 1987 ELCINA the body representing the electronic industry in India nominated Nadar as the Man of the Year. In December 1995, Nadar was nominated the Dataquest IT Man of the Year. The scorching pace did not go unnoticed nationally or internationally. Nadar is a member of the Executive Board of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
A K Sinha
An Indian Telecom Service officer of 1967 batch, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, AK Sinha is the seventh most powerful tech CEO and 38th Most Powerful Indian CEO. Sinha has expertise in handling planning of urban networks on both wired lines and CDMA WLL systems of the BSNL network throughout the country. Having vast experience in installation and commissioning of various switching systems in the network of BSNL, MTNL and DOT, Sinha has also worked as Chief General Manager of Andaman and Nicobar Telecom Circle and Jharkhand Telecom Circle.
B Ramalinga Raju
Our eighth most powerful tech CEO expanded out of family construction business in 1987 to start an IT venture which is today the country's fourth largest software and services company. B Ramalinga Raju is founder and chairman of Satyam Computers. Raju has conceptualised the Full Life Cycle Leadership (FLCL) model, a unique entrepreneurship framework that develops leaders at all levels across the company. Ex-chairman of Nasscom, he has won numerous awards, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2007), CNBC's Asian Business Leader -- Corporate Citizen of the Year (2002), Dataquest IT Man of the Year (2000), and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Services (1999). Raju is an MBA from Ohio University and an alumnus of the Harvard Business School.
Ravi Venkatesan
Ninth most powerful tech CEO in India heads the Indian division of the world's largest software company Microsoft. Ravi Venkatesan is Chairman of Microsoft Corp (India) Pvt Ltd. Ravi provides strategic direction to Microsoft's four distinct business units in the country. This includes Sales and Marketing, Business Unit IT Development Center, India Development Center at Hyderabad and Global Support Centre at Bangalore. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ravi has worked for over seventeen years with Cummins Inc, a US-based designer, manufacturer and distributor of engines and related technologies. He also served as Vice President and Managing Director for Cummins India, Chairman of Cummins India Limited and Managing Director of Tata Cummins Limited, a joint venture between Cummins Inc and Tata Motors. An MBA from Harvard University, he was awarded Purdue University's Outstanding Industrial Engineer award for the year 2000 and the Distinguished Alumnus award for 2003 by the Indian Institute of Technology.
Shankar Annaswamy
Shanker Annaswamy, who heads the Indian operations of IBM, is the tenth most powerful CEO. Annaswamy is the first Indian national to head the operations of one of the world's largest IT companies. A non-IT industry person, Annaswamy has been a part of the medical electronics industry for more than 27 years. During this he has worked with Philips and Wipro-GE. A strong believer in cross-functional responsibilities, while at GE-Wipro, he received appreciation from none other than the big boss at GE -- chairman Jeffrey Immelt.
Most powerful tech CEOs Welcome to the age of reluctant economic reforms, new-found cannon of corporate governance and the insolence of technology. This has created a new hierarchy in the India Inc who have their businesses crossed national boundaries and expanded India's global footprint. One of the prominent portions of this power brigade are the technocrats who have become an important part of the India's Power Group. Recently, The Economic Times Corporate Dossier commissioned India Inc's Most Powerful CEOs survey conducted by IMRB International. The survey ranks CEOs in terms of power they wield in corporate India, and the country's economy at large. Here we bring to you the tech CEOs who form an important part of the list.
NR Narayana Murthy
The most powerful tech CEO on the list is NR Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies (ranks at third position on the India's 100 Most Powerful CEO's list). Murthy founded Infosys in 1981 along with six other software professionals and served as the CEO for 21 years before handing over the reins of the company to co-founder Nandan M Nilekani in March 2002. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. He served as the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor from 2002 to 2006. Murthy is the recipient of numerous awards and honours. The Economist ranked him 8th on its list of 15 most admired global leaders in 2005. He was ranked 28th among the world's most respected business leaders by The Financial Times in 2005. Murthy holds a BE (Electrical) from the University of Mysore (1967) and MTech (Electrical) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1969). He has been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees by leading universities across the world.
Sunil Bharti Mittal
With a net worth of $12.5 billion, founder, chairman and group CEO of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Bharti Mittal is the next most powerful technocrat on the list (ranks at fourth position on the India's 100 Most Powerful CEO's list). Sunil started his career at a young age of 18 after graduating from Punjab University and founded Bharti, with a modest capital, in the year 1976. Bharti AirTel is today one of the country's leading private integrated telecom company. The company's other businesses include communication & media devices (Beetel), life insurance venture with AXA of France (Bharti AXA), and a joint venture with the world's largest retail company Walmart. Over the years, Bharti has grown successfully in partnership with various leading companies of the world like Singapore Telecom, Vodafone, Warburg Pincus and British Telecom. Sunil is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, MA, USA. He has been a recipient of the one of the country's highest civilian award Padma Bhushan. Sunil is the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Seychelles in New Delhi, India.
Azim Premji
Next most powerful techie on the Most Powerful CEOs list is Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Group (ranks seventh on the overall list).A graduate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, US, Premji took on the mantle at Wipro at the age of 21, after the sudden demise of his father in 1966. Under his leadership, the fledgling $2 million-hydrogenated cooking fat company has today grown into a $1.76 billion IT Services giant with customers across the globe. He has been among the Financial Times list of top 25 billionaires who have done most to bring about significant and lasting social, political or cultural changes. Time listed him amongst the 100 most influential people in the world in April 2004. In 2003, Fortune named him among the 25 most powerful business leaders outside the US. The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and the Manipal Academy of Higher Education have both conferred honorary doctorates on him. He is also a member of the Prime Minister’s Committee for Trade and Industry. In January 2005, the Government conferred upon him Padma Bhushan, the one of the highest civilian award.
Nandan M Nilekani
Another Infoscian on the list is Nandan M Nilekani. The Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies Limited is the fourth most powerful techie and ninth most Powerful CEO on the list. Nilekani took over as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies in 2002 from Narayan Murthy. One of the founding members of Infosys, he has been a director on the company's board since its inception in 1981. In January 2006, Nilekani became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders on the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board. He is listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine, 2006. He, along with Infosys founder (and currently non-executive chairman) NR Narayana Murthy, received Fortune magazine's ‘Asia’s Businessmen of the Year 2003’ award. He was named among the `World's most respected business leaders' in 2002 and 2003, by a global survey from Financial Times and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 2006, Nilekani was conferred the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian award in India. Nilekani received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India in 1978.
S Ramadorai
The Chief executive officer and managing director of India's no. 1 IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), S Ramadorai, holds is the fifth most powerful tech CEO on the list. A Tata Group veteran, Ramadorai has been with TCS for over 30 years. Joining the company as a trainee engineer, he took over as CEO in 1996 and has been instrumental in building TCS a $3.02-billion global software and services company. Under his leadership, TCS became the world's first organisation to achieve enterprise-wide Maturity Level 5 on both Capability Maturity model and People Capability Maturity model frameworks in 2004. Ramadorai is a member on the corporate advisory board of several academic institutions. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Indian National Academy of Engineering. In 2006, S Ramadorai was conferred with Padma Bhushan. Ramadorai holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Delhi University. He's also done his bachelor's in electronics and telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He did his masters in computer science from the University of California (UCLA), USA.
Shiv Nadar
When Shiv Nadar set up Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) more than 30 years ago in a one-room tenement. It shocked most friends and associates, because Nadar, then 30, had quit a high-paying executive job with Delhi Cloth Mills to dabble in IT, a concept that had few takers in the country then. Shiv Nadar led a young team which passionately believed in and bet on the growth of the IT industry. And it's courtesy this vision that we have the country's sixth most powerful tech CEO. Head of the $4.4 billion global enterprise HCL, Nadar is known for his daring forays based on his conviction of the future. At a time when hardware was the name of the game, Nadar foresaw the huge potential in IT education and NIIT was born. In 1998, Nadar started US operations, which was the beginning of the group's international fora. Today, HCL has presence in over 18 countries. HCL today employs more than 51,000 professionals, has a global presence in 18 countries spanning locations in the US, Europe and Japan. In 1987 ELCINA the body representing the electronic industry in India nominated Nadar as the Man of the Year. In December 1995, Nadar was nominated the Dataquest IT Man of the Year. The scorching pace did not go unnoticed nationally or internationally. Nadar is a member of the Executive Board of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
A K Sinha
An Indian Telecom Service officer of 1967 batch, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, AK Sinha is the seventh most powerful tech CEO and 38th Most Powerful Indian CEO. Sinha has expertise in handling planning of urban networks on both wired lines and CDMA WLL systems of the BSNL network throughout the country. Having vast experience in installation and commissioning of various switching systems in the network of BSNL, MTNL and DOT, Sinha has also worked as Chief General Manager of Andaman and Nicobar Telecom Circle and Jharkhand Telecom Circle.
B Ramalinga Raju
Our eighth most powerful tech CEO expanded out of family construction business in 1987 to start an IT venture which is today the country's fourth largest software and services company. B Ramalinga Raju is founder and chairman of Satyam Computers. Raju has conceptualised the Full Life Cycle Leadership (FLCL) model, a unique entrepreneurship framework that develops leaders at all levels across the company. Ex-chairman of Nasscom, he has won numerous awards, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2007), CNBC's Asian Business Leader -- Corporate Citizen of the Year (2002), Dataquest IT Man of the Year (2000), and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Services (1999). Raju is an MBA from Ohio University and an alumnus of the Harvard Business School.
Ravi Venkatesan
Ninth most powerful tech CEO in India heads the Indian division of the world's largest software company Microsoft. Ravi Venkatesan is Chairman of Microsoft Corp (India) Pvt Ltd. Ravi provides strategic direction to Microsoft's four distinct business units in the country. This includes Sales and Marketing, Business Unit IT Development Center, India Development Center at Hyderabad and Global Support Centre at Bangalore. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ravi has worked for over seventeen years with Cummins Inc, a US-based designer, manufacturer and distributor of engines and related technologies. He also served as Vice President and Managing Director for Cummins India, Chairman of Cummins India Limited and Managing Director of Tata Cummins Limited, a joint venture between Cummins Inc and Tata Motors. An MBA from Harvard University, he was awarded Purdue University's Outstanding Industrial Engineer award for the year 2000 and the Distinguished Alumnus award for 2003 by the Indian Institute of Technology.
Shankar Annaswamy
Shanker Annaswamy, who heads the Indian operations of IBM, is the tenth most powerful CEO. Annaswamy is the first Indian national to head the operations of one of the world's largest IT companies. A non-IT industry person, Annaswamy has been a part of the medical electronics industry for more than 27 years. During this he has worked with Philips and Wipro-GE. A strong believer in cross-functional responsibilities, while at GE-Wipro, he received appreciation from none other than the big boss at GE -- chairman Jeffrey Immelt.
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