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SPEAKERS

Natarajan Chandrasekaran

CEO & Managing Director
Tata Consultancy Services

Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Natarajan Chandrasekaran ('Chandra') is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT solution and consulting firm, a position he has held since 2009.

Under his leadership TCS has generated consolidated revenues of US $16.5 billion in 2015-16. With over 353,000 consultants, TCS has become the largest private sector employers in India with the highest retention rate in a globally competitive industry. TCS remains the most valuable company in India ended 2015-16 with a market capitalization of over USD 70 billion. TCS was rated as the world's most powerful brand in IT Services in 2015 and was recognized as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute across 24 countries.

Chandra personifies TCS' commitment to a culture of customer centricity, its reputation for long-term customer partnerships and its focus on innovation. A technopreneur known for his ability to make big bets on new technology, Chandra has been driving TCS' strong positioning in the emerging Digital Economy with a suite of innovative Digital products and platforms for enterprises, some of which have since scaled into sizeable new businesses.

India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India has appointed him as director on its board in 2016. He has served as the Chairperson of the IT Industry Governors' at the WEF, Davos in 2015-16. Chandra has been playing an active role in the Indo-US and India-UK CEO Forums. He is also part of India's business taskforces for Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan and Malaysia. He served as the chairman of NASSCOM, the apex trade body for IT services firms in India in 2012-13 and continues to be a member of its governing Executive Council.

Chandra has received several awards and recognition in the business community. Recently he was awarded Qimpro Platinum Standard Award 2015 (Business) and Business Today's Best CEO 2015 (IT & ITEs).

Chandra joined the company in 1987 after completing Masters in Computer Applications from Regional Engineering College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

Beyond the office, Chandra is an avid photographer, and a passionate long-distance runner who has completed several marathons around the world including Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago Berlin, Mumbai, New York, Prague, Stockholm, Salzburg and Tokyo.

Born in 1963, Chandra lives in Mumbai, with his wife Lalitha and son Pranav.

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