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Kumar Mahadeva

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Occupation
  
Founder of Cognizant

Organizations founded
  
Cognizant

Name
  
Kumar Mahadeva

Religion
  
Hindu


Similar People
  
Francisco D'Souza, Lakshmi Narayanan, Srini Raju

Education
  
University of Cambridge

Kumar Mahadeva (Tamil: குமார் மகாதேவா) is the Sri Lankan American founder, and original chairman and chief executive officer of, Cognizant Technology Solutions. He retired from Cognizant Technology Solutions in 2003. He has held senior positions at the BBC, McKinsey, AT&T, and Dun & Bradstreet. He is a member of the Sri Lankan Tamil Ponnambalam-Coomaraswamy family; the son of Deshamanya Baku Mahadeva, an eminent Sri Lankan civil servant who served as chairman of various banks, companies, commissions and boards.

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