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Nationality
  
Indian

Name
  
C. Gurnani

Children
  
Sanya Gurnani


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Born
  
December 19, 1958 (age 65) (
1958-12-19
)
Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, India

Alma mater
  
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Occupation
  
CEO and Managing Director of Tech Mahindra

Education
  
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Similar People
  
Vineet Nayyar, Anand Mahindra, Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, T N Manoharan

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C P Gurnani (CP) (born December 19, 1958) is the CEO and the Managing Director of Tech Mahindra.

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C P Gurnani, Chairman, NASSCOM | CEO & MD Tech Mahindra || NILF 2017


Biography

CP played a pivotal role in the transformational journey of Mahindra Satyam and spearheaded the company’s eventual merger with Tech Mahindra.

Gurnani has been appointed as Nasscom's chairman in April, 2016.

With extensive experience in international business development, start-ups and turnarounds, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, NPS in many ways led Tech Mahindra's journey, where he contributed significantly to the company's strategy and philosophy. His inimitable style of leadership, combined with his sharp focus on customer experience, helped Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra emerge as one of the leading providers in their respective competencies - IT Services and Telecom Solutions to the global telecom ecosystem.

In a career spanning 32 years, he has held several leading positions with HCL Hewlett Packard Limited, Perot Systems (India) Limited and HCL Corporation Ltd. He is a chemical engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.

In 2017, his outrageously high compensation as Chief Executive Officer of Tech Mahindra was criticized amidst Tech Mahindra's modest performance in the financial years 2015 and 2016.

Awards and honours

  • CP has been chosen as the Ernst and Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year [Manager]’, CNBC Asia’s ‘India Business Leader of the Year’ and Dataquest ‘IT person of the Year’ - for the year 2013.
  • CP has also won the 'CEO of the Year' Award for year 2014 declared by Business Standard
  • Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology awarded the degree of Doctor

    • of Science (Honoris Causa) to Sri C.P.Gurnani for his outstanding contribution to the field of Technology and Management in 2016�

    Early life and education

    CP was born in Neemuch, a small town in Madhya Pradesh and spent his early life in Chittorgarh, Kota, and Jaipur in Rajasthan. He has a degree in chemical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.

    Family

    Lives in New Delhi

    References

    C. P. Gurnani Wikipedia
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