Ganesh Ayyar

Last updated

Ganesh Ayyar
Ganesh Ayyar.jpg
Born
Balu Ganesh Ayyar

1961
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Guru Nanak College, Chennai

Balu Ganesh Ayyar (born 1961) is an Indian executive. He is the former CEO of Mphasis.

Contents

Early life

Ayyar was born in Madhya Pradesh to Professor S.A. Balu and Brinda Balu. He finished his schooling in Madhya Pradesh and went on to complete his B.Com from Guru Nanak College, Chennai. He participated in debates and writing plays. He completed his chartered accountancy in 1985.

Career

On 29 January 2009, Ayyar was appointed as CEO and executive director at Mphasis. [1] Ayyar was involved with refreshing Mphasis's brand identity with the tagline ‘Unleash the Next’ in 2014. [2] The $1 billion-plus IT services company has been looking at non HP related projects in banking, capital markets and insurance verticals to offset the drop in business from its parent company Hewlett Packard (HP). [3] [4] During his tenure, the company has acquired AIGSS, Fortify, Wyde Corporation, Digital Risk. [5]

Some of the initiatives undertaken at Mphasis during Ayyar's tenure include the launch of Kick Start Cabs, a cab service for senior citizens and people with disabilities, [6] and partnership with Lokalex for a pilot program in rural education through IT. [7]

In 2013, he was among the top 5 paid CEOs in India from the IT sector. [8]

Ayyar is joining Cognizant as EVP for digital operations from 1 August 2019.

Awards

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CNBC Asia</span> Southeast Asian pay television channel

CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rajdeep Sardesai</span> Indian news anchor and author

Rajdeep Sardesai is an Indian news anchor, reporter, journalist and author. He is a consulting editor and anchor of India Today Television. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Global Broadcast News, that included CNN-IBN, IBN7 and IBN-Lokmat, before resigning in July 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A. M. Naik</span> Chairman Emeritus of Larsen and Toubro

Anil Manibhai Naik is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist and the chairman emeritus of Larsen & Toubro, an Indian engineering conglomerate, and a former chairman of the National Skill Development Corporation.

Network18 Group, is an Indian media conglomerate, based in Mumbai. It is owned by Reliance Industries. Rahul Joshi is the managing director, chief executive officer and group editor-in-chief of Network18 Group, and Adil Zainulbhai is the chairman of its board of directors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shantanu Narayen</span> Indian-American business executive and CEO of Adobe

Shantanu Narayen is an Indian-born American business executive who has been the chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adobe Inc. since December 2007. Before this, he was the company's president and chief operating officer since 2005.

IndusInd Bank Limited is an Indian financial services headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. IndusInd Bank was inaugurated in April 1994 by then Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh.

Mphasis Limited is an Indian multinational information technology service and consulting company based in Bangalore. The company provides infrastructure technology and applications outsourcing services, as well as architecture guidance, application development and integration, and application management services. It serves financial services, telecom, logistics, and technology industries. Mphasis was ranked #7 in Indian IT companies and overall #189 by Fortune India 500 in 2019. In April 2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise sold the majority of its stake in Mphasis to Blackstone Group LP for around US$1 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shaili Chopra</span> Indian journalist (born 1981)

Shaili Chopra is an Indian business journalist, author and entrepreneur. She is the founder of SheThePeople.TV, an Indian digital media website that focuses on women related news and entertainment in video format. As a business journalist, she is known for working at NDTV-profit and ETNOW and has won the 2012 Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Business Journalism among various other awards. She then switched to being an entrepreneur and wrote four books. Her ventures are India's women's channel SheThePeople.TV and GolfingIndian.com. Her books include Feminist Rani by Penguin, When I Was 25 by Random House, Big Connect- Social Media and Indian Politics by Random House, and Birdies in Business by Times Books.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lakshmi Narain College of Technology</span> College in Madhya Pradesh, India

The Lakshmi Narain College of Technology is a technology-oriented institute of higher education established by LNCT Group of Colleges.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Bulk Handling Corporation</span>

National Bulk Handling Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (NBHC) offers Integrated Services for Agri-commodities viz., Tech-enabled Procurement, Storage, Commodity Care, Collateral Management, and Supply-chain Solutions. Other Value-added Services include Quality Testing & Digitized Inspection to capture traceability, Pest Management, Audit, Surveillance & Control, and Agri-loan Distribution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Desh Bandhu Gupta</span> Indian billionaire, philanthropist, entrepreneur

Desh Bandhu Gupta was an Indian billionaire, philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Lupin Limited, a multinational pharmaceutical company. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated at US$3.6 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mallika Srinivasan</span> Indian businesswoman (born 1959)

Mallika Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist and is the chairman and managing director of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, a tractor major incorporated in 1960 at Chennai, India. She served as Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) constituted by the Government of India from 1 April 2021 and served there till 18 November 2024. She is additionally on the Global Board of U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), and the Boards of AGCO Corporation - United States. She is a core member of the BRICS Women's Business Alliance and a member of India-US CEO Forum. She is also the member on the Governing Body of Stella Maris College - Chennai.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parikipandla Narahari</span> Indian civil servant

Parikipandla Narahari also known as P. Narahari is an Indian civil servant employed by the Indian Administrative Services and author. According to Tehelka, Narahari, in his capacity as District collector of Gwalior, is one of India's few civil servants to use social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to interact with citizenry to solve their problems. The issues citizens of Gwalior raise on Narahari's wall were automatically directed to concerned departments. The Better India recognized Narahari as 10 most inspiring IAS officers of the year 2017. Narahari is one among of those rare professional officers to be credited as Publicity Advisor to three successive governments of different parties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nitin Rakesh</span> Indian businessman

Nitin Rakesh, an Indian-American businessman, author, and philanthropist, is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Mphasis. Prior to that, Rakesh was Syntel's CEO and president, as well as CEO and Managing Director of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd., and as Chief Executive of State Street Syntel Services, a joint venture between Syntel and State Street Bank.

Tanvir Gill is a news anchor at CNBC. She was previously an anchor at ET Now, the business channel of The Economic Times, India's financial daily, from The Times Group. She had a brief stint with Gaon Connection as well.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vijay Shekhar Sharma</span> Indian businessman (born 1978)

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian technology entrepreneur, multimillionaire and business magnate. He is the founder and chief executive officer of One97 Communications founded in 1997 and its consumer brand Paytm which he started in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CNBC TV18</span> Indian pay television business and financial news channel

CNBC TV18 is an Indian pay television business and financial news channel operated as a joint venture between NBCUniversal and Network18 Group.

Impact Guru is a donation based crowdfunding platform for NGOs, social enterprises, startups and individuals. It has mobilized 150 crore (US$18 million) for various NGOs and social enterprises in more than 15 countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IDFC First Bank</span> Indian private sector bank

IDFC First Bank is an Indian private sector bank formed by the merger of the banking arm of Infrastructure Development Finance Company and Capital First, which was an Indian non-bank financial institution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neha Kirpal</span> Indian social and cultural entrepreneur

Neha Kirpal is an Indian social entrepreneur based in India. She is known for her work at the intersection of arts and mental health. She founded the India Art Fair in 2008, which she later sold to MCH Group. She is the co-founder of Amaha, a mental health organization.

References

  1. "Mphasis Gets New CEO In Balu Ganesh Ayyar". Electronics For You . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. "Rebranding Mphasis". Businessworld. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Growth apart from HP". Times Internet.
  4. "Indian mid-tier software firm Mphasis turns billion-$ firm". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. "Mphasis Acquisition". Mint.
  6. "Mphasis launches unique cab service system "KickStart" in Bangalore". IBC News. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. "Mphasis F1 Foundation partners with Lokalex to contribute to the National Digital Literacy Mission". Technuter. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  8. "Top paid IT CEO's". Rediff.com .
  9. "NDTV Business Awards". NDTV.
  10. "CNBC Asia Awards". CNBC.
  11. "CNBC TV18 Award".
  12. "Excellence Awards".
  13. "2016 CEO Connection Mid-Market Award Winners - CEO Connection Mid-Market Awards". Mid-Market Awards. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.