Subramaniam Ramadorai

S Ramadorai

Born|  (1945-10-06) 6 October 1945 (age 77)[1]

Nagpur, British India

Alma mater| Hansraj College, University of Delhi
Indian Institute of Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation| Chairman, Bharathidasan Institute of Management Chairman, National Skill Development Agency NSDA
Chairman, National Skill Development Corporation
Chairman, AirAsia India
Chairman, Tata Technologies
Chairman Tata Advanced Systems

Independent director :-
Hindustan Unilever
Piramal Enterprises
Asian Paints
Spouse| Mahalakshmi Ramadorai
Children| 1
Awards| Padma Bhushan
CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Subramanian Ramadorai, CBE (born 6 October 1945) was the adviser to the Prime Minister of India in the national council on skill development, Government of India. He held the rank equivalent to an Indian Cabinet Minister. He is also the chairperson of the governing board of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Bharathidasan Institute of Management, chairman of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati and Tata Elxsi. Earlier, he was CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services from 1996 to 2009 & Vice - Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services till 6 October 2014[2] transforming TCS from a company with $400 million revenues and 6000 employees to one of the world's largest software and services company with more than 200,000 employees working in 42 countries and revenues over US$20.0 billion.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Career
* 3 Awards and recognitions
* 4 Books authored
* 5 References
* 5.1 Sources
* 6 External links

## Early life and education[edit]

Ramadorai was born in Nagpur, India on 6 October 1945 and his family is from Tamil Nadu. His father was a civil servant who served as the accountant general in Tamil Nadu state government while his mother was a housewife. Ramadorai was the fourth of five sons in the family and his ancestors hailed from Tiruvarur.

Ramadorai received his primary and secondary education at D.T.E.A Sr. Sec School, New Delhi. He holds a bachelor's degree in Physics from Hansraj college , Delhi University, a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1993, Ramadorai attended the senior executive development program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.[3]

## Career[edit]

Beginning his career with TCS as a junior engineer in 1969,[4] he rose through the ranks and eventually was charged with setting up TCS' operations in the United States in 1979 in New York,[5] which has since grown to over 40 offices throughout the country. Since taking on the role of CEO, Ramadorai focused his efforts on building relationships with large corporations and academic institutions, planning and directing technology development and acquisitions and overseeing the company's research and development activities. Ramadorai also spearheaded TCS' quality initiatives, taking sixteen of its Development Centers to SEI's CMM Level 5, the highest and most prestigious performance assessment issued by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). TCS also attained the distinction of being the World's first company to have all Centres assessed as operating at Level 5 of PCMM (People-CMM).[6] He resigned as Vice-Chairman of TCS on 6 October 2014. His term as Chairman, Tata Elxsi has expired following which he no longer serves on the Board of Directors of the company. He no longer serves on the Board of Directors of TATA Communication and any of the subsidiary companies of TCS such as CMC Ltd., Computational Research Laboratories.

Ramadorai was the Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), TATA Technologies Limited and TATA Elxsi.[7] He is also on the board of directors of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.[8] He is also the independent director at Hindustan Unilever Limited.[9] On 17 June 2013, AirAsia India announced that he has been appointed as the chairman of the airline.

## Awards and recognitions[edit]

Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), President of the Indo-American Society, Member of the Corporate Advisory Board, Marshall School of Business (USC), and is also on the Advisory and Governing Boards of a number of reputed Indian academic institutions. In 2006, on India's Republic Day, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour.[10] In 2004, he won Business India's "Business Man of the Year" award. During 2003, Ramadorai received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indore Management Association, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a Fellowship of the Institute of Management Consultants of India. He has also been honoured with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'Asia Business Leader of the Year' Award in 2002,[11] as well as the 'Management Man of the Year' award by the Bombay Management Association. He was named in June 2002, by Consulting Magazine (USA) as being among the Top 25 Most Influential Consultants in the world, the only Indian CEO on the list.[12] He has been honoured with the position of 'IT Advisor to Qingdao City', People's Republic of China. On 28 April 2009, Ramadorai was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[13] On 31 January 2011, TCS vice-chairman, Ramadorai was appointed by the Indian Government as the advisor to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for the National Skill Development Council.

## Books authored[edit]

On 16 September 2011, his book The TCS Story... and Beyond was published, covering his time at Tata Consultancy Services.[14]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "TCS board of directors appoint S Ramadorai as vice chairman; confirm N Chandrasekaran as new CEO and MD". Tata Consultancy Services. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
2. ^ "S. Ramadorai". Forbes. Archived from the original on 31 July 2009.
3. ^ [1] Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "TCS story, told by Ram and 'briefly' retold by Ratan". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 20 September 2011.
5. ^ "I will make TCS more visible: S Ramadorai". The Times of India. 30 August 2009.
6. ^ TCS achieves enterprise wide CMMI and P-CMM Level 5 – India News – Express Computer India Archived 5 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Expresscomputeronline.com (20 September 2004). Retrieved on 23 September 2013.
7. ^ "It's official: TCS boss S Ramadorai is the AirAsia India chairman". Firstpost. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
8. ^ "TCS Annual Report 2008-09". June 2009: 90. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
9. ^ [2] Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
11. ^ Winners of Asia Business Leader Awards 2002 Named in HK. English.peopledaily.com.cn (11 October 2002). Retrieved on 23 September 2013.
12. ^ "Tech Troubadour". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013.
13. ^ "News By Company". The Times of India. 28 April 2009.
14. ^ 'No one ever wrote a book about TCS'. Business Standard (17 September 2011). Retrieved on 23 September 2013.

### Sources[edit]

* Ramadorai, S. (2011). The TCS Story and Beyond. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0670084906.

## External links[edit]

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