Maharashtra, India - September 7, 2010, Maharashtra, India - Tech Mahindra announced that Sanjay Kalra will leave the company on September 15. Vineet Nayyar, vice chairman and managing director, will take over the responsibilities as CEO.
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Prior to joining Tech Mahindra, Mr. Kalra was the Chief Executive Officer of DSL Software (a joint venture between HCL and Deutsche Bank), which is focused on IT and BPO solutions to Capital Markets.
Mr. Kalra has also served as President of HCL Technologies Europe and was responsible for the creation and incubation of Cisco's first outsourced R&D center outside North America with around 1000 engineers.
An IIT Delhi Alumnus with global roles in Schlumberger and Tata Unisys, Mr. Kalra has extensively leveraged offshore delivery to create new products and business lines, nurtured start-ups and led high growth businesses.
Mr. Kalra was responsible for cross-border transactions involving the purchase of Deutsche Software from Deutsche Bank, Apollo Contact Center from BT in Northern Ireland and Axes Technologies in India.
Mr. Kalra is a member of the Board of Directors of Mahindra Satyam and CanvasM Technologies Limited.
In a career spanning over 40 years, Mr. Nayyar has worked with the Government, international multilateral agencies and the corporate sector, both public and private.
Mr. Nayyar started his career with the Indian Administrative Service. While in the Government, he held series of senior positions, including that of a District Magistrate, Secretary - Agriculture & Rural Development for the Government of Haryana and Director, Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India.
Mr. Nayyar also worked with the World Bank for over 10 years in a series of senior assignments, including successively being the Chief for the Energy, Infrastructure and the Finance Divisions for East Asia and Pacific.
In the Corporate sector, Mr. Nayyar was the founding Chairman & Managing Director of the state owned Gas Authority of India. And in the Private Sector, he served as the Managing Director of HCL Corporation and as the Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies. He was also the founder & CEO of HCL Perot Systems. ■