Jury Members


Chair of the Jury Announced!

Mr. Chandrasekaran Natarajan
image Mr. Chandrasekaran Natarajan
CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services,
Chairman, NASSCOM

Natarajan Chandrasekaran (“Chandra”) is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of the company.

Responsible for formulating and executing the company's global strategy, Chandra has been at helm of several key strategic transitions at TCS since 2002 when he took over the role as head of global sales.

In his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, he was the architect of the new organization structure unveiled in 2008, which created multiple agile business units focusing on domains and markets as well as built strategic business units in order to pursue new initiatives with the ability to invest, develop and mature new ideas.

Under his leadership, TCS pioneered the creation of its unique Global Network Delivery Model (GNDM™) across five continents and ventured into new markets including Europe, China and Latin America. Chandra represents TCS on several global and local forums. He is a member of Executive Council, National Association of Software & Service Companies (Nasscom) and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is on the board of Tata Business Support Services, as well as many TCS subsidiaries.

Chandra joined TCS in 1987 after completing his Masters in Computer Applications from Regional Engineering College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu in 1986. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu.

Beyond the office, Chandra is a passionate long-distance runner and has completed marathons in Mumbai, New York, Prague, Stockholm and Vienna. Born in 1963, Chandra lives in Mumbai, with his wife Lalitha and son Pranav.

Jury Members

Mr. Anil Jaggia
Ms. Aruna Rao
Shri B. Sambamurthy
Prof. Pankaj Chandra
Mr. Vijay Sethi
image Prof. Pankaj Chandra
Director, IIM Bangalore

Pankaj Chandra is the Director of IIM, Bangalore. He holds a B.Tech. from Banaras Hindu University and a Ph.D. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at IIM, Ahmedabad, McGill University, Montreal, and has been visiting faculty at University of Geneva, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, International University of Japan, Cornell University and Renmin University, Beijing. Has worked briefly with the World Bank in Washington DC. He was the Chairperson of the Doctoral Programme at IIMA and the first Associate Dean (Academic) at ISB, Hyderabad. He helped found the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIMA and was the Chairperson of the Centre. He has served as member of the Govt. of India Committee on Clusters for development of the Informal Sector and Committee for Rejuvenation of Higher Education.

Professor Chandra’s research and teaching interests include Supply Chain Coordination, Manufacturing Management, Building Technological Capabilities in Indian Manufacturing Firms and Hi-tech Entrepreneurship.

He has published extensively in international referred journals and serves on the editorial board of several international journals. He has also been a consultant to large Indian and multinational firms and is on the Boards of several firms and institutions.
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