Lakshmi Narayanan

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Lakshmi Narayanan is the vice chairman and ex-CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) . He was the CEO and president of Cognizant until 2006. ^[1]

Lakshmi has played a leading role in the global information technology industry for more than 25 years, managing divisions and business units in Europe, India and the United States. Since joining Cognizant Technologies in 1994, 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 on NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies). http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=28660

Lakshmi 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 the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is now the vice chairman of Cognizant Technology Solutions.

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[1] - http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/04/stories/2006080404132000.htm