Mr. S Ramadorai

December 14, 2008, 9AM - 10AM

About the Speaker

S. Ramadorai , Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited, has been associated with the company for the past thirty six years. Joining as a trainee engineer, Ramadorai took over as CEO in 1996 and has been instrumental in building TCS to a $ 5.7 billion global software and services company with a talent base of over 1,11,000 associates, a geographical reach of 50 countries and an enviable client list which includes six of the Top Ten Fortune companies by 2007. Ramadorai has now set his sights on ensuring that TCS is among the global Top Ten software companies. In October 2006, TCS was recognized by Economic Times as the 'Company of the Year', a fitting tribute to its increasing global presence.

Ramadorai's vision is evident through the active role he played in establishing Offshore Development Centers (ODCs) in India to provide high-end quality solutions to major corporations. With a view to remain abreast with changing technologies at all times, Ramadorai set up Technology Excellence Centers in India that have acquired knowledge, expertise and equipment in specialized technology areas.

His key initiatives include his relentless pursuit of excellence in quality. Under his leadership TCS was awarded the CII-Exim Bank Quality Award for 2006. In August 2004, TCS became the world's first organization to achieve an Integrated Enterprise- wide Maturity Level 5 on both Capability Maturity model and People Capability Maturity model; these are frameworks conceptualized by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, to benchmark and appraise the software process and people management process of an organization.

He is also increasingly being recognized as a leader of global standing. Mr. Ramadorai was presented with the UK Trade and Investment Special Recognition Award by Prime Minister Blair, in September 2005 for TCS' exemplary contribution to India - UK economic ties.

His academic credentials include a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University (India), a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India) and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of California - UCLA (USA). In 1993, Ramadorai attended the Sloan School of Management's highly acclaimed Senior Executive Development Program.