Parthasarathy V S
Independent Director
Dr. V S Parthasarathy has over 40 years of rich experience wherein he has successfully led businesses, functions, organization transformations and over 125 M&A transactions.
He is on the board of several listed and unlisted companies. He is an Independent Director on Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), Pennar Industries and Cloudnine Hospitals to mention a few.
He started his career with Modi Xerox and rose to the position of Associate Director, serving across multiple positions and locations. In Mahindra Group, where he served more than two decades, his last role was as the President of Mobility Services Sector. Prior to that, he was the Group CFO & Group CIO for seven years. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Mahindra Group Executive Board and has been on the board of several listed companies.
He carries out a number of philanthropic activities for women’s empowerment through education, employment and entrepreneurship initiatives of SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association) and is an Independent Director on two of its companies. He also spearheads the initiative of Computer literacy for school children through Computer Shiksha with a view to reaching all underserved Children by 2047.
He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for his CFO and CIO roles, as also the Business World – Yes Bank Hall of Fame Award; Best CFO of India Award by IMA Corporate Excellence Awards; Digital Icon of India Award by HPE; and CIO 100 – Hall of Fame by CIO after winning the awards for four consecutive years.
He is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI, India and ICAEW, UK and an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s AMP (2011). He recently completed his PhD from Mumbai university.
