Residence Mumbai, India Website Rakesh Khanna Children Rahul, Om | Spouse(s) Anuradha Khanna Nationality Indian Name Rakesh Khanna | |
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Occupation Chief Operating Officer (COO), Syntel Alma mater Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute | ||
NASSCOM ILF 2016: Day 2: Value Creation through Organizational and IT-BPM Transformation
Rakesh Khanna (born 1962) is Syntel's Chief Executive Officer and President.
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- NASSCOM ILF 2016 Day 2 Value Creation through Organizational and IT BPM Transformation
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
He was appointed interim CEO of Syntel on November 3, 2016 after serving as the company's Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2016, where he was responsible for the operation of Syntel's Business Units, Horizontal Practices, Centers of Excellence and Human Resources. He previously served as a President of Syntel's Banking and Financial Services Business Unit from 2005 until 2012. He was also part of the Syntel executive advisory team that shaped Syntel's BPO business.
Prior to Syntel, Khanna was part of the leadership team at I-flex Solutions. He has also worked with Tata Burroughs Limited where he managed projects in the US, UK, Belgium, Malaysia and India for several banks and financial groups.
Early life and education
Khanna was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a central state of India, and grew up in suburban Mumbai. He completed his B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) degree from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, following which he did M.B.A (Marketing) from SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai. He is a member of the Academic Council and Board of Studies for IT, SVKM's NMIMS one of the top universities in India.
Career
Khanna has over 30 years of experience in the technology services industry and has held a variety of leadership roles in North America, Europe and Asia.
Before being appointed interim CEO in 2016, he was the COO of Syntel and has also was President of the company's Banking and Financial Services Business Unit, where he successfully led the vertical from 2005 until 2012, building the foundation for future growth by infusing business domain knowledge into IT expertise.
Prior to joining Syntel in 2005, he worked with Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (formerly I-flex Solutions Limited), where he was a member of the leadership team and spent 10 years in various roles. He was on the Supervisory Board of Login Systems SA, France, in which I-flex acquired a strategic stake in 2003. He also set up operations in Japan and Europe, leading and managing various elements of the operations in those countries. Other roles included leading sales in the Middle East and Europe, head of product marketing for its banking product, and Global Relationship Director for a roll out of their product at GE Consumer Finance in 43 countries.
Khanna worked with Citicorp CITIL managing sales and marketing of software products for 10 years. He has also worked with Tata Burroughs Limited for over a decade. He started as a mainframe programmer with the company and rose through the levels to become Group Manager. During his tenure, he managed projects for several banks and financial groups, including BACOB Savings Bank (Brussels), Nat West, Skipton, Yorkshire Building Societies (UK), GWB, and Tata Share Registry (TSRL).
Personal life
His father was an Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer. As a child, Khanna represented his school in badminton and learnt to play Spanish guitar. In college, he was elected Class Representative by his colleagues.
Khanna is married to Anuradha Khanna. They have two sons, Rahul and Om.
Awards
Rakesh Khanna has been consistently rated as one of the top global COOs by ExecRank, Inc.