Pramod Bhasin

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Pramod Bhasin, President & CEO, Genpact

Pramod Bhasin stepped down as President and CEO of Genpact, one of the largest IT and software consultancy company, [1] becoming non-executive Vice Chairman in 2011. [2]

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Career

Pramod is a British Chartered Accountant from McLintock & Co, London, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce. [3]

He became an officer of GE. His career with GE and RCA spanned 25 years across the US, Europe and Asia. He was the head of GE Capital in India and in Asia, having earlier worked with GE Capital's Corporate and Finance Group in Stamford, Connecticut, US.

Pramod started GE Capital International Services (GECIS) in 1997 as the in-house BPO division of General Electric (GE) when he convinced the senior stakeholders at GE to outsource certain simple non-IT services to India at Gurgaon. [4] Under Pramod GE hired Raman Roy, pioneered business process outsourcing in India, and expanded its operations from India to countries including China, Hungary, Guatemala, [5] Poland, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa [6] and the United States.

In 2007, the International Quality and Productivity Center at the Shared Services and Outsourcing Global Conclave named Genpact the Global Shared Services Leader of the Year and awarded Pramod Bhasin their Lifetime Contribution Award. [7]

A consultant and advisor in the domain, Pramod Bhasin served as the Chairman of India's National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM) [8] for the year 2009-10, and became a member of the Board of Trustees of NASSCOM Foundation. He is also currently serving as President at TiE Delhi-NCR.[ citation needed ]

Pramod Bhasin appointed as chairman of ICRIER (Indian Council For Research On International Economic Relations).

Personal life

Pramod Bhasin completed his MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University (popularly known as FMS Delhi). He completed his Indian School Certificate (ISC, equivalent to the then English GCE O Levels) at Cathedral and John Connon School, Bombay (now Mumbai), in Class of 1967. As of 2016, he lives in New Delhi.

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References

  1. James Lamont In New Delhi (17 August 2010). "China proves tough for India's outsourcers". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. "NV Tyagarajan to succeed Pramod Bhasin as Genpact CEO", The Economic Times, 16 May 2011 http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-05-16/news/29548448_1_pramod-bhasin-genpact-coo-nv-tyagarajan Archived 1 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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  4. "DLF’s KP Singh lobbied with governments, won over farmers, and wooed companies and people away from Delhi" [ permanent dead link ]. Outlook Business. 2009-05-16.
  5. Genpact in Guatemala
  6. Genpact in South Africa
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  8. "Nasscom names Genpact's Pramod Bhasin as chairman". Reuters. 2009-04-02.