Rajan Anandan

Rajan Anandan is a Sri be the Managing Director of Microsoft's Sales Marketing and Services business in India. He took up this role in August 2008.[1] Before this role, he used to be the Managing Director of Dell India.[2] He led Dell India from 2006 to 2008. Prior to Dell and Microsoft, Rajan worked for McKinsey & Company in USA, where he was a partner.[3] Rajan is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent, and is the son of former Guinness World Records holder V.S. Kumar Anandan, and Manel Anandan (née Samaraweera).[4] Rajan is also one of the investors and advisers at Socialblood and Capillary Technologies.[5][6] He is also on the Advisory Board of Sapience Analytics[7] and 24/7 Techies.[8][9] Rajan has an MSc. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University and a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

References

  1. ↑ "Microsoft India appoints Rajan Anandan as the new managing director". LiveMint. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Rajan Anandan quits Dell India". CIOL. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Rajan Anandan Named Managing Director at Microsoft India". McKinsey.com. 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Lankan-born Rajan Anandan is India’s top MNC CEO".
  5. ↑ "Startup links blood givers, takers".
  6. ↑ "Angel-backed Cloud Start-Up Taps Retail SMEs For Growth". VC Circle.
  7. ↑ "Sapience Advisory Board". VC.
  8. ↑ "Remote Tech Support Firm, 24/7 Techies, Raises $600k Seed Round". techcrunch.com November 5th, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Rajan Anandan, Shailesh Rao, Pramod Bhasin, 500 Startups invest $600K in 24/7 Techies". techcircle.vccircle.com November 6, 2012.