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Our Leaders

Nasscom is steered by a multifold of councils that plays a strategic role in shaping the tech industry in India.

Sindhu Gangadharan

Sindhu Gangadharan

Chairperson, Nasscom, MD, SAP Labs India Pvt Ltd

Srikanth Velamakanni

Srikanth Velamakanni

Vice Chairperson, Nasscom, Co-Founder, Group CEO - Fractal Analytics Pvt Ltd

Rajesh Nambiar

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom

Krishnan Ramanujam

Krishnan Ramanujam

Immediate Past Chair, Nasscom, President – Service Lines, Tata Consultancy Services

BVR Mohan Reddy

BVR Mohan Reddy

Chairperson Council Convenor, Nasscom, Founder & Chairman, Cyient Ltd

Ajay Vij

Ajay Vij

Senior Country Managing Director, Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Amit Chadha

Amit Chadha

CEO and MD, L&T Technology Services Ltd

Ankit Mehta

Ankit Mehta

CEO & Co-Founder , Ideaforge Technology Ltd

Anuradha Acharya

Anuradha Acharya

Founder & CEO , MapMyGenome India Limited

Ashwin Mittal

Ashwin Mittal

Executive Chairman, Course5 Intelligence Limited

Daisy Devassy Chittilapilly

Daisy Devassy Chittilapilly

President India & SAARC, Cisco Systems (India) Pvt Ltd

Geetha Ramamoorthi

Geetha Ramamoorthi

Managing Director , Kellogg Brown & Root Engineering & Construction India Pvt Ltd

Jasjit Singh Kang

Jasjit Singh Kang

Managing Partner and Global Head BPS, Wipro

Kalavathi GV

Kalavathi GV

Executive Director & R&D Head , Siemens Healthcare Pvt Ltd

Kishor Patil

Kishor Patil

Co-Founder, CEO & MD, KPIT Technologies

Mamatha Madireddy

Mamatha Madireddy

MD, HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Pvt Ltd

Maulik Bhansali

Maulik Bhansali

CEO, Netweb Software Pvt Ltd

Nithya Balasubramanian

Nithya Balasubramanian

Chief Financial Officer, Inventurus Knowledge Solutions Limited

Prativa Mohapatra

Prativa Mohapatra

Vice President & Managing Director, Adobe India, Adobe Systems India Pvt Ltd

Preeti Lobana

Preeti Lobana

Vice President and Country Manager , Google India

Puneet Chandok

Puneet Chandok

President , Microsoft India and South Asia

Rahul Singh

Rahul Singh

COO, Corporate Functions, HCL Technologies Ltd

Rajesh Varrier

Rajesh Varrier

Chairman & Managing Director – India, Cognizant India

Rohit Kapoor

Rohit Kapoor

Chairman & CEO, EXL Services

Ruchika Panesar

Ruchika Panesar

Country Head , NatWest Digital Services India Private Limited

Satish H C

Satish H C

Chief Delivery Officer, Infosys Limited

Sirisha Voruganti

Sirisha Voruganti

CEO & MD , Lloyds Offshore Global Services Pvt Ltd

Sriram Subramanya

Sriram Subramanya

Founder, MD & CEO, Integra Software

Sudhir Singh

Sudhir Singh

CEO, Coforge Ltd

Vivek Raghavan

Vivek Raghavan

Co-founder , Sarvam AI

Yashish Dahiya

Yashish Dahiya

Co-Founder & CEO , PB Fintech Ltd

Rajesh Nambiar (2023-2024)

Rajesh Nambiar (2023-2024)

Nasscom, ex-Cognizant

Krishnan Ramanujam (2022-2023)

Krishnan Ramanujam (2022-2023)

Tata Consultancy Services

Rekha M Menon (2021- 2022)

Rekha M Menon (2021- 2022)

Ex-Accenture, India

UB Pravin Rao (2020- 2021)

UB Pravin Rao (2020- 2021)

Infosys Technologies Ltd

Keshav Murugesh (2019-2020)

Keshav Murugesh (2019-2020)

WNS Global Services

Rishad Premji (2018- 2019)

Rishad Premji (2018- 2019)

Wipro Ltd.

Raman Roy (2017- 2018)

Raman Roy (2017- 2018)

Quatrro Global Services Pvt. Ltd.

C P Gurnani (2016-2017)

C P Gurnani (2016-2017)

Tech Mahindra

Dr. B V R Mohan Reddy (2015- 2016)

Dr. B V R Mohan Reddy (2015- 2016)

Cyient Limited

R. Chandrasekaran (2014-15)

R. Chandrasekaran (2014-15)

Cognizant India

Krishnakumar Natarajan (2013-14)

Krishnakumar Natarajan (2013-14)

MindTree Ltd.

Natarajan Chandrasekaran (2012-2013)

Natarajan Chandrasekaran (2012-2013)

Tata Sons

Rajendra Singh Pawar (2011-2012)

Rajendra Singh Pawar (2011-2012)

NIIT Group

Harsh Manglik (2010-2011)

Harsh Manglik (2010-2011)

Accenture (India)

Pramod Bhasin (2009-2010)

Pramod Bhasin (2009-2010)

Genpact India Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan (2008-2009)

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan (2008-2009)

Zensar Technologies

Lakshmi Narayanan (2007- 2008)

Lakshmi Narayanan (2007- 2008)

Cognizant Technology Solutions India

S. Ramadorai (2005-2006)

S. Ramadorai (2005-2006)

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

Jerry Rao (2004-2005)

Jerry Rao (2004-2005)

MphasiS Ltd.

Som Mittal (2003-2004)

Som Mittal (2003-2004)

HP Globalsoft Ltd.

Late Phiroz Vandrevala (2001-2002)

Late Phiroz Vandrevala (2001-2002)

TCS

Atul K. Nishar (2000)

Atul K. Nishar (2000)

Hexaware Technologies Ltd.

Raj Jain (1999)

Raj Jain (1999)

RS Software (India) Ltd.

K V Ramani (1998)

K V Ramani (1998)

Future Software Ltd.

Saurabh Srivastava (1997)

Saurabh Srivastava (1997)

Steria (India) Ltd.

Ashank Desai (1996)

Ashank Desai (1996)

Mastek Ltd.

Late FC Kohli (1995)

Late FC Kohli (1995)

Tata Consultancy Services

Dr. N. R. Narayana Murthy (1993-1994)

Dr. N. R. Narayana Murthy (1993-1994)

Infosys Ltd.

Harish Mehta (1991-1993)

Harish Mehta (1991-1993)

Onward Technologies Ltd.

 Rajesh Nambiar

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom

Sangeeta Gupta

Sangeeta Gupta

Sr VP & Chief Strategy Officer, Nasscom

Sanjeev Malhotra

Sanjeev Malhotra

CEO, Centre of Excellence

Vinayak Godse

Vinayak Godse

CEO, Data Security Council of India

Jyoti Sharma

Jyoti Sharma

CEO, Nasscom Foundation

Dr. Abhilasha Gaur

Dr. Abhilasha Gaur

CEO, IT & ITES SSC, nasscom

Srikanth Srinivasan

Srikanth Srinivasan

Vice President and Head, Membership and Outreach

Kritika Murugesan

Kritika Murugesan

Senior Director, DeepTech and Startups

Ashish Aggarwal

Ashish Aggarwal

Vice President, Public Policy

Garima Sharma

Garima Sharma

Head HR, Nasscom

Gopal Sharma

Gopal Sharma

Head, Finance, Controls and Operations

Sandeep Bahl

Sandeep Bahl

Vice President, Events

Shivendra Singh

Shivendra Singh

Vice President, Global Trade Development

Achyuta Ghosh

Achyuta Ghosh

Head, Research

Siva Polimetla

Siva Polimetla

Head, ER&D Initiative

Kavita Doshi

Kavita Doshi

Head, Corporate Communications

Dewang Mehta (1991-2001)

Dewang Mehta (1991-2001)

In early 1991, when the fledging IT sector was still finding its feet, and seeking mentors and visionaries to set it on the path of the future, a young CA in New Delhi, a techie, a “graphics man,” saw what few could even comprehend at that point in time.

Dewang Mehta, a pioneering spirit, saw a world where the Indian ICT industry would play a key role. He envisioned a scenario where India would find a place on the global map on the strength of its technology talent and skilled IT manpower. Along with other thought leaders, Dewang Mehta laid the foundation for what became India’s most powerful growth engine—the country’s IT-BPO sector. Spurred the growth of India’s software and services exports, driving the industry to become a significant contributor to the country’s GDP.

Kiran Karnik (2001-2007)

Kiran Karnik (2001-2007)

Kiran Karnik is the former President of nasscom, and a well known leader and spokesperson of the IT-BPO industry. Taking charge of nasscom in 2001, following the untimely demise of its Founder and President, Dewang Mehta, Kiran Karnik helped stabilise the organisation and enabled it to continue on its path of growth, expansion and institution building.

During his tenure as President, nasscom, spearheaded initiatives that helped in the following ways: Reiterated nasscom's commitment to Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs), providing them with a platform for interaction, learning, mentorship and recognition. Kiran helped in the creation of Emerge, a plank specially focused on launching initiatives targeted at the smaller players within the IT-BPO industry, and enabled them to find a voice.

Som Mittal (2008-2013)

Som Mittal (2008-2013)

Som Mittal held the position of President, Nasscom from 2008-13 and steered the industry through one of its most challenging phases. Som played a key role in shaping the industry and nasscom through multiple initiatives that included:

Som led the public advocacy efforts globally and was able to overcome protectionism issues in US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia among others. Consistently reiterating commitment to free trade, Som took a strong stance against perils of protectionist policies, demonstrating how Indian companies are contributing to local economies and at the same time ensuring policies in India follow the same principle.

As a member of Indo US and Indo EU ICT strategic dialogues, Som worked on many key initiatives including conclusion of several social security agreements.

R Chandrashekhar (2013-2018)

R Chandrashekhar (2013-2018)

During his tenure at nasscom, the industry entered the age of Fourth Industrial Revolution which in its wake brought in disruptive change – need for re-skilling of talent, enterprise-wide digital transformation, cybersecurity, rising protectionist wave particularly in traditional markets, the second coming of startups, increased focus on the domestic market and IT for social good, among others.

In a VUCA-defined environment, he catalysed great change and addressed the diverse needs of industry stakeholders in an exemplary manner. As a result, the member count increased manifold and today the number stands at 2600. Among the many firsts were CoEs in IoT & Data Science which had been set up to foster next gen technologies.

He has also held many distinguished positions in the Government including, Chairman of the Telecom Commission, Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications in the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology in India, and Secretary of the Department of Information Technology for several terms. He was conferred the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in 2007-08.

Debjani Ghosh

Debjani Ghosh

Debjani Ghosh, the first woman President of Nasscom, has been a transformative leader during a period of global disruptions, from the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain challenges to the rise of AI and Generative AI. She championed human-centered AI, driving responsible innovation through industry-government collaboration and fostering inclusive growth. A vocal advocate for India’s global leadership, Debjani's “Inevitable India” strategy positions the country as a hub for digital talent and innovation. She introduced the term “Techade” in 2020, envisioning a decade of technology reshaping businesses and everyday life. Recognized among India’s “First Ladies” by the President in 2018 and celebrated in the 100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations: Celebrating Women list, she continues to shape India's tech future as a Distinguished Fellow at NITI Aayog, tasked with building a Frontier Tech Think Tank to position India as a frontier tech leader.