18 Facts About Subramaniam Ramadorai

Subramaniam Ramadorai held the rank equivalent to an Indian Cabinet Minister.

Subramaniam Ramadorai is 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.

Subramaniam Ramadorai was born in Nagpur, India on 6 October 1945 and his family is from Tamil Nadu.

Subramaniam Ramadorai's father was a civil servant who served as the accountant general in Tamil Nadu state government while his mother was a housewife.

Subramaniam Ramadorai was the fourth of five sons in the family and his ancestors hailed from Tiruvarur.

Subramaniam Ramadorai 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, Subramaniam Ramadorai attended the senior executive development program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Since taking on the role of CEO, Subramaniam 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.

Subramaniam Ramadorai 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.

Subramaniam Ramadorai resigned as Vice-Chairman of TCS on 6 October 2014.

Subramaniam Ramadorai was the chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange, TATA Technologies Limited and TATA Elxsi.

Subramaniam Ramadorai is on the board of directors of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.

Subramaniam Ramadorai is the independent director at Hindustan Unilever Limited.

Subramaniam Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry, President of the Indo-American Society, Member of the Corporate Advisory Board, Marshall School of Business, and is on the Advisory and Governing Boards of a number of reputed Indian academic institutions.

Subramaniam Ramadorai has been honoured with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'Asia Business Leader of the Year' Award in 2002, as well as the 'Management Man of the Year' award by the Bombay Management Association.

Subramaniam Ramadorai was named in June 2002, by Consulting Magazine as being among the Top 25 Most Influential Consultants in the world, the only Indian CEO on the list.

On 28 April 2009, Subramaniam Ramadorai was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

On 31 January 2011, TCS vice-chairman, Subramaniam Ramadorai was appointed by the Indian Government as the advisor to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for the National Skill Development Council.