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Rajendra S Pawar,is Chairman and co-founder of the NIIT Group, that encompasses two businesses—NIIT Technologies Limited, the software and services arm and NIIT Limited, the leading Global Talent Development Corporation.
Set up in 1981, NIIT pioneered the computer education market in India, creating a completely new industry segment and taking it to consolidation and maturity. Mr. Pawar has played a leadership role in nurturing NIIT and building it into a leading Global Talent Development Corporation.
By pioneering NIIT’s innovative franchising model, he enabled the company to unleash a wave of entrepreneurship across the globe, providing young people with the opportunity to create viable businesses centred on IT learning.
Mr. Pawar led NIIT’s foray into the software and services market, creating NIIT Technologies, a global IT Solutions organization. Assessed at SEI-CMMi Level 5, NIIT Technologies serves clients across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Mr. Pawar is a member on the Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development; has served on the PM’s National Taskforce commissioned to develop India into an IT Superpower; is an advisor to the Hunan province of China; was a member of PIAC (Presidential International Advisory Council) of the Government of South Africa for IT.
Actively involved in India’s key Chambers of Commerce, Mr. Pawar has led several ICT industry initiatives, giving voice to the sector’s aspirations and goals. He has been a Founder Member of NASSCOM (the National Association of Software & Service Companies). He is currently a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
Global Business Intelligence firm, Ernst & Young conferred on Mr. Pawar its prestigious Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1999. He has also been named the IT man of the Year by IT industry journal, Dataquest. Pawar has been awarded ‘The Global India Splendor Award’ on the occasion of 60th year of India’s independence, for his work on developing human resource potential. He is a Fellow of the Computer Society of India and the Institution of Electronics & Telecom Engineers.
Known for promoting industry-academia alliances, Mr. Pawar has been working closely with the country’s well-known educational institutions. He is on the Board of Governors of India’s premier institutions- IIT Delhi, country’s first global business school, the Indian School of Business, ISB Hyderabad, IIM Bangalore and the Scindia School.
Mr. Pawar studied at the Scindia School, Gwalior and graduated from the country’s prestigious engineering institution, IIT, Delhi in 1972 where he pursued the B. Tech programme in electrical engineering and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT in 1995. He has also been awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree by the Rajiv Gandhi Technical University in 2005.
Having revolutionized the IT Training industry, Mr. Pawar is involved in establishing an innovative model in Higher Education. Currently a member of the Planning Commission’s Consultative Group on Higher Education, he is deeply engaged in shaping the not-for-profit NIIT University. This University has been set up with a vision of being the leading centre of innovation and learning in emerging areas of the Knowledge Society.
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Vijay K. Thadani, is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of NIIT Ltd, India, a leading Global Talent Development Corporation.
His vision and leadership has led NIIT in taking IT education out of the confines of a few exclusive universities and bringing it to the masses.
Mr. Thadani’s guidance led NIIT’s China operations to expand in over 170 locations, across 25 provinces. He was honoured as ‘Economic Consultant’ to Chongqing, world’s largest city located in the People’s Republic of China.
Mr. Thadani is actively engaged with many Industry Associations. He is the current Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII’s) National Committee on Education, Vice Chairman, CII Northern Region and Chairman of The National Accreditation Board for Education and Training, under the aegis of Quality Council of India. In the past, he has been the President of the Indian IT industry association (MAIT), and chaired Indian Government’s Committee on National Information Infrastructure Policy.
He serves on the Board of CompTIA, NIIT Technologies Limited and on the Advisory Board of the Maastricht University, Netherlands for India.
Mr. Thadani, along with Mr. Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT, is the Founder of not-for-profit, NIIT University established in 2009 with a vision of being the leading centre of innovation and learning in emerging areas of the Knowledge Society.
A ‘Distinguished Alumnus’ of the premier IIT Delhi, Mr. Thadani has lectured at prestigious institutions like University of Michigan Business School, J L Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Indian Institutes of Management.
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P Rajendran, is an alumnus of IIT, Delhi. Rajendran executes to perfection and, as Chief Operating Officer, oversees the day-to-day operations as well as the organisation-building function at NIIT. Rajendran is building NIIT into a world-class organisation by transforming it into an Information-based congenial worknest.
He is responsible for conceiving innovative HR practices and structures which have helped NIIT emerge as one of the most preferred employers in Indian Industry.
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Subroto Bhattacharya, is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience. He possesses rich experience in the field of Finance and Management Consultancy, having worked as a part of the core team in several reputed organizations. Subroto was invited to the NIIT board as an external Director in 1998.
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Surendra Singh, a retired IAS Officer, has held very senior positions in the Central and State Governments. Starting his Public Service in 1959, Mr Singh has been Special Secretary to Prime Minister of India, responsible for all the economic work in PM's Office, Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India, Secretary to the Council of Ministers and Secretary, Ministry of Industry.
He was an Executive Director on the board of the World Bank, representing India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Also, he was director on the Boards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). Mr Surendra Singh was invited to the NIIT board as an external Director in 2001.
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Sanjay Khosla, Executive Vice President and President of Kraft International Commercial Kraft Foods Inc, is responsible for leading the company’s $11 billion business outside of North America. Prior to this, Mr Khosla was with Fonterra Co-operative Group, a multinational dairy company based in News Zealand where he served as Managing Director of the company’s $3 billion consumer and foodservice business.
Before joining Fonterra Mr Khosla spent 27 years with Unilever in India, London and Europe. He was Chairman, Global Unilever Board for Beverages, based in Europe. Named ‘Marketing Superstar 1998’ by Advertising Age, New York, Mr Khosla is as easy building strategies for the emerging rural markets in the developing world as he is developing mature global markets. A graduate of IIT Delhi, he has attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard in 1998. Invited to join the NIIT Board in 2002,
Mr Khosla brings to the NIIT board his vast global experience and insights in mass consumer marketing and business strategy
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