inaugural speaker
Rajendra S Pawar
Rajendra S Pawar is the Chairman and Founder of NIIT - the leading Global Talent Development Corporation and IT conglomerate.
He is a Fellow of the Computer Society of India and the Institution of Electronics & Telecom Engineers. A distinguished alumnus of Scindia School and IIT Delhi, he was declared Dataquest “IT Man of the Year” in 1998 and Ernst & Young “Master Entrepreneur of the Year” in 1999.
On the Board of Governors of India’s premier institutions - IIT Delhi, ISB Hyderabad, IIM Bangalore and The Scindia School.
He is a member on the Prime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development; has served on the PM’s National Taskforce commissioned to develop India into an IT Superpower; is an advisor to the Hunan province of China; was a member of PIAC (Presidential International Advisory Council) of the Government of South Africa for IT
He is a Founder Member of India’s apex software body NASSCOM, a past President of MAIT, the IT Industry Association, and a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
Having revolutionized the IT Training industry, Pawar is involved in establishing an innovative model in Higher Education. Currently a member of the Planning Commission’s Consultative Group on Higher Education, he is deeply involved in shaping the non-for-profit NIIT University.
Mr Pawar is an avid reader, writer and a music buff.