Mumbai, India - September 4, 2009, Mumbai, India - Tata Consultancy Services appointed S. Ramadorai as a director and designated him as non-executive Vice Chairman, effectively October 6. Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, COO and executive director, has been appointed as CEO and managing director of the company.
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Mr. Ramadorai has been associated with the Company for the past 37 years. Joining as a trainee engineer, Ramadorai took over as CEO in 1996 and has been instrumental in building TCS to a $5.7 Billion global software and services company. As an individual deeply committed to the House of Tatas, Mr. Ramadorai holds Chairmanships and Directorships of other Group companies. Mr. Ramadorai is also on the Board of Directors of premier companies: Tata industries, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Nicholas Piramal Industries Limited and the MIT Executive Board (EMSAB) to name a few.
In 2008, Mr. Ramadorai was recognized as the "International CEO of the Year" at the 14th Annual LT Bravo Business Awards and the "Asia Talent Management of the Year" at CNBC’s 7th Asia Business Leader Award. His academic credentials include a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University, India, a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of California - UCLA, USA. In 1993, Ramadorai attended the Sloan School of Management's highly rated Senior Executive Development Program.
Mr. N. Chandrasekaran is the Chief Operating Officer and the Executive Director. He is also a key member of the TCS corporate strategy group. Mr. N. Chandrasekaran has been a champion of software and business quality in the industry. He has been the chief architect of TCS' Integrated Quality Management System, the quality model that was instrumental in TCS' becoming the first CMMI and PCMM level-5 organization in the world. Mr. N. Chandrasekaran also established the company's 'E-business' practice, and was responsible for setting up one of India's largest Offshore software development centers in Mumbai.
Mr. N. Chandrasekaran is a member of Executive Council, National Association of Software & Service Companies (Nasscom). He is also a Director of E2E SerWizol Solutions Limited (A subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited) and NABARD Consultancy Services (P) Ltd. Mr. N. Chandrasekaran is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and an active member of Computer Society of India and the British Computer Society. He is also a regular contributor to conferences and seminars on Information Technology around the world. In April 2006, he was named by Consulting Magazine in the USA as one of the top 25 most influential consultants in the world. ■