Lakshmi Narayanan is a highly respected technology veteran with over three decades of industry experience across the world. As a founding member of Cognizant, he was instrumental in pioneering the firm's high-touch customer relationship and delivery excellence model for which it has become well-known. Prior to this, he started his career at TCS, joining as a developer and rising through the ranks to be the Regional Head in India. As chairman of NASSCOM, he focused on innovation, talent development and data protection.Lakshmi Narayanan's first client project in TCS was working on a payroll system for Taj Hotels on an ICL 1901 computer.Professional Career: Vice Chairman and Ex-CEO of Cognizant, Ex-Chairman of NASSCOMEducation: BE from Bangalore University, MBA from Indian Institute of ScienceAwards/Recognition: DataQuest IT Person of the Year, Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year
