Rajendra S Pawar

Rajendra S Pawar,
Chairman & Co-Founder,
NIIT Group

NIIT Limited, the leading Global Talent Development Corporation and NIIT Technologies Limited, the software and services arm. Mr. Pawar is the current Chairman of India's IT industry body- NASSCOM. 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. 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, Middle East and Australia. He has personally conceptualized and driven several initiatives that have enabled NIIT Technologies to rank among the frontrunners of the IT-BPO industry  - an organization with significant stakes in IT services, Managed Services and BPO.

He is currently a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.Acknowledging his contribution to the IT industry in India, Mr. Pawar has been awarded the country's prestigious civilian honour, Padma Bhushan by the President of India.