BENGALURU: Cognizant India CMD Rajesh Nambiar has resigned from his place after a four-year stint with the Nasdaq-listed firm. He’ll succeed Debjani Ghosh because the president-designate of the $250 billion Indian IT business physique Nasscom.
In the meantime, Rajesh Varrier will substitute Nambiar as Cognizant India CMD efficient Oct 1. He’s additionally the worldwide head of operations, efficient Sept 2.Varrier might be an EVP at Cognizant, reporting to CEO Ravi Kumar S and based mostly in Bengaluru. Earlier than becoming a member of Cognizant, Varrier served as EVP, head of worldwide providers, Infosys Americas.
Nambiar, who at present holds the place of Nasscom chairperson, was initially a part of the search committee tasked with discovering a brand new president. Nonetheless, the committee, which was steered by WNS CEO Keshav Murugesh and members together with Sindhu Gangadharan, SVP and MD of SAP Labs India, former Nasscom president Som Mittal, Mindtree co-founder Krishnakumar Natarajan, and Onward Applied sciences founder Harish Mehta, has requested Nambiar to contemplate his nomination for the president’s function. Sources instructed TOI that Nambiar recused himself from the search committee as he emerged because the frontrunner for the function of main the Indian IT business physique. Earlier than becoming a member of Cognizant in 2020, Nambiar held the place of chairman and president at community options accomplice Ciena India. Previous to that, he labored at IBM, the place he oversaw an utility providers follow price $8 billion.
Murugesh, head of the Nasscom Search Committee, stated, “Nasscom at the moment stands getting ready to a monumental digital transformation. Our major focus has been to establish an India evangelist who cannot solely maintain but in addition speed up this transformation.”
In the meantime, Rajesh Varrier will substitute Nambiar as Cognizant India CMD efficient Oct 1. He’s additionally the worldwide head of operations, efficient Sept 2.Varrier might be an EVP at Cognizant, reporting to CEO Ravi Kumar S and based mostly in Bengaluru. Earlier than becoming a member of Cognizant, Varrier served as EVP, head of worldwide providers, Infosys Americas.
Nambiar, who at present holds the place of Nasscom chairperson, was initially a part of the search committee tasked with discovering a brand new president. Nonetheless, the committee, which was steered by WNS CEO Keshav Murugesh and members together with Sindhu Gangadharan, SVP and MD of SAP Labs India, former Nasscom president Som Mittal, Mindtree co-founder Krishnakumar Natarajan, and Onward Applied sciences founder Harish Mehta, has requested Nambiar to contemplate his nomination for the president’s function. Sources instructed TOI that Nambiar recused himself from the search committee as he emerged because the frontrunner for the function of main the Indian IT business physique. Earlier than becoming a member of Cognizant in 2020, Nambiar held the place of chairman and president at community options accomplice Ciena India. Previous to that, he labored at IBM, the place he oversaw an utility providers follow price $8 billion.
Murugesh, head of the Nasscom Search Committee, stated, “Nasscom at the moment stands getting ready to a monumental digital transformation. Our major focus has been to establish an India evangelist who cannot solely maintain but in addition speed up this transformation.”
