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Lalit Surajmal Kanodia (born 30 March 1941) is an Indian entrepreneur and the chairman of the Datamatics Group of Companies, which he founded in 1975. He has also held positions in business organizations such as the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce[3] and the Indian Merchants Chamber[4] and served as president of the Management Consultants Association of India.[5]
Kanodia was born in Kolkata, India, to Shri Surajmal Kanodia, a bullion merchant, and Chandravati Kanodia, a homemaker. His family moved to Mumbai in 1942.
In 1965, J.R.D. Tata, then chairman of the Tata Group, tasked Kanodia with studying the feasibility of computerization within the Tata Group. Kanodia's work resulted in:
The automation of Tata Electric Companies’ Load Dispatch System by Westinghouse,
The computerization of the company’s electricity billing system,
The establishment of a software development center.
Kanodia returned to MIT for his doctorate[11] and later rejoined the Tata Group to lead its newly proposed software division. In 1967, he founded the Tata Computer Center, which was renamed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in 1968.
In 1975, Kanodia founded Datamatics, an IT company. By 1979, the company had established an offshore development center for Wang Laboratories. In 1991, Datamatics implemented a satellite link for software development between Mumbai and AT&T Bell Labs USA; this contributed to the early development of BPO services in India. Kanodia then started "Datamatics Technologies Limited," focusing on BPO and KPO services. Expansion into BPO services led Datamatics to acquire SAZTEC[14] and CorPay,[15][when?] two US-based companies, in 1997 and 2003, respectively, and other international companies since then. Kanodia is Group Chairman of Datamatics[16] which comprises:
Datamatics Global Services Ltd[17] (A listed Company with BSE/NSE)[18][19]
Kanodia has four children with his wife, Asha. His eldest son, Rahul Kanodia, is vice chairman and CEO of Datamatics Global Services,[16] and his youngest son, Sameer Kanodia, is an Executive Director. He also has two daughters, Aneesha and Amrita.[23]
Recognition
Indian Affairs Indian of the Year Award for IT, Consulting and BPO services[24][25]
Special Achievement Award at Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards[26]
Award from the Prime Minister of India for the most innovative software product[28][29]
Kanodia was president of the Management Consultants Association of India.[5][30][31] He is the president of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.[3] He is vice president of the Indian Merchants Chamber and chairman of its IT committee.[4][32]
He was a member of the executive committee of NASSCOM.[33][34] He has been chairman of the Electronic & Computer Software Export Promotion Council (Western Region).[28] He joined the Sloan School of Management's executive board at MIT in 2008.[35] He served as the Honorary Consul General of Chile in India from 2002 to 2014.[36][37][38]
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