Rajendra Pawar is considered the pioneer of the Computer Education industry in India and co-founded NIIT. He also created and led the growth of NIIT Technologies, a leading software services organization working with global clients. He served as a member of the Prime Minister's National Council on Skill Development (2009-2014), an advisor to the Hunan Province of China and was a member of the Presidential International Advisory Council of the Government of South Africa.Among Rajendra Pawar's early roles in HCL was to set up the Western India operations of HCL, and then the product management of India's first disc-based 16-bit minicomputer.Professional Career: Chairman & Co-founder of NIIT Group, Founder NIIT University, Past Chairman of NASSCOMEducation: BTech from IIT Delhi in 1972Awards/Recognition: Padma Bhushan (2011); Distinguished Alumnus from IIT Delhi (1995); 'IT man of the Year' by IT industry journal, Dataquest (1998) ; Ernst & Young's 'Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award' (1999); Fellow of CSI; Honorary Doctoral Degree by Rajiv Gandhi Technical University (2005)
