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S. Ramadorai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited, has been associated with the Company for the past thirty years. Joining as a trainee engineer, Ramadorai took over as CEO in 1996 and has been instrumental in building TCS to $ 4.3 Billion global software and esgineering Services Company with a talent base of over 85,000 associates, a geographical reach of 39 countries and an enviable client list which includes six of the Top Ten Fortune companies. 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 Global Development Centers (GDCs) 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. 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. Under his leadership TCS was awarded the CII-Exim Bank Quality Award for 2006.
Ramadorai firmly believes that learning is a continual process, which does not end with formal education. With this in mind, he has striven to make TCS a learning organization, conducive to developing ones full potential. TCS spends 6 % of its annual turnover on training and development and has invested in a world class Training Centre in Thiruvanthipuram. Additionally, each year, every TCSer has the opportunity to undergo 20 days training.
His contributions to the industry have been well recognized through the numerous awards he has received. In 2002, he was awarded with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'Asia Business Leader of the Year' Award. He has been honoured with the position of IT Advisor to Qingdao City�, People�s Republic of China. In November 2006 Ernst & Young awarded Ramadorai the Entrepreneur Manager of the Year award. He has been recognized by Computer Business Review in July 2006 as the sixth most influential IT leader in the world. In recognition of Ramadorai�s commitment and dedication to the IT industry he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by President of Government of India in January 06.
Mr. Ramadorai holds Chairmanships and Directorships of several other Tata Group companies. He is also on the Board of Directors of companies such as Hindustan Lever Ltd and Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.
Ramadorai continues to maintain strong links with the world of academia. He is a member of the Corporate Advisory Board, Marshall School of Business (USC) as well as the Said Business School at Oxford. Among his other distinctions, Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), The Computer Society of India (CSI) and of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
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 rated Senior Executive Development Program. | 