Ramakrishnan Chandrasekaran — Executive Vice Chairman of Cognizant India at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Mr. Ramakrishnan Chandrasekaran has been an Executive Vice Chairman of Cognizant India at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation since December 4, 2013. Mr. Chandrasekaran served as the Group Chief Executive of Technology and Operations at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation from February 6, 2012 to December 4, 2013 and served as its President of Global Delivery from August 2, 2006 to February 6, 2012 and served as its Managing Director of Global Delivery from January 20, 2004 to February 6, 2012. Mr. Chandrasekaran has more than 20 years of experience working in the IT services industry. He served as an Executive Vice President of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. from January 20, 2004 to July 2006 and also served as its Senior Vice President from November 1999 to January 2004. He joined Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., in December 1994 and served as an Assistant Vice President and served as its Vice President since January 1997. Mr. Chandrasekaran served at Tata Consultancy Services. Mr. Chandrasekaran served as an Executive of Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd. He has been an Executive Vice Chairman of Cognizant India since December 4, 2013. He has been the Chairman of The Executive Council at National Association of Software and Service Companies since April, 2014 and served as its Vice Chairman of The Executive Council from April 8, 2013 to April 2014. He has been Vice Chairman of NASSCOM since 2012. He has been an Independent Director of PNB Housing Finance Limited since October 7, 2015. He is a 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy. Mr. Chandrasekaran obtained his Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology (formerly the Regional Engineering College) in Trichy and his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.