The CEO stands for Chief Executive Officer. The role of the CEO in all the aspects of the companies is very crucial and productive. The primary responsibility of the CEO of any organization is to take the major corporate decisions, handling and regulating all the operations of the company, managing the resources of the organization, collaboration between the different bodies of the firm, and many more. The production and growth of the company are dependent on the CEO. In large scale businesses, the role of the CEO may be different.
Roles and responsibilities of the CEO:
- Communicating with the client, customers, or stakeholders.
- Meeting the requirements of the stakeholders.
- Describing the work to its employees.
- Creating the mission and goal and assign the employees to work to achieve the goal.
- Making the employees aware of all the technological advancements.
While performing these roles and responsibilities, the CEO may face various hurdles and challenges. But, the best and the skilled CEO will always overcome all the challenges befalling in his or her path. Let’s see the top 10 CEOs of software companies in India.
1. Salil Parekh:
Salil Parekh is the Chief Executive Officier of the Infosys Limited software company. Additionally, he also serves as the managing director of the Infosys. Previously, Salil Parekh worked in the software company, “Capgemini,” as the member of the group management board. He has completed his graduation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT, Bombay) in the stream of Aeronautical Engineering. He completed his master’s degree in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering.
2. C Vijayakumar:
C Vijaykumar serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the HCL Technologies. HCL Technologies is one of the top global technology companies. C Vijaykumar is the CEO, as well as the president of the HCL Technologies. Previously, he served as the COO for and the president for the same software company. He is the most renowned CEO of his leadership quality. C Vijayakumar completed his degree in engineering in the stream of Electrical and Electronics engineering.
3. Rajesh Gopinathan:
Rajesh Gopinathan is the Cheif Executive Officer of one of the leading software companies in India, named Tata Consultancy Services. In the year 2017, Rajesh Gopinathan was elected as the CEO of the TCS. Earlier, he served as the chief financial officer for four years from the year 2013 to 2017. Additionally, in the year 2018, Rajesh Gopinathan was awarded by the ‘Best CEO’ in International Investor. In the year 2014, he earned the “Young Alumni Achiever Award.”
4. Thierry Delaporte:
Thierry Delaporte is the Chief Executive Officer of Wipro Limited. He is the first foreign man to serve as the CEO of Wipro Limited. Along with the CEO of Wipro, he also served as the Chief Operation Officer of Capgemini and joined it in the year 1995. Thierry Delaporte is the CEO, as well as the managing director of Wipro. He is a bachelor’s in economics and finance and a master’s in Law.
5. Chandra Prakash Gurnani:
Chandra Prakash Gurnani or C.P. Gurnani is the Chief Executive Officer of Tech Mahindra. Also, he serves as the managing director of the same company. In the year 2016, P.C. Gurnani became the chairman of Nasscom for one year. He has completed his bachelor’s degree in Chemical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.
6. Nitin Rakesh:
Nitin Rakesh is the Chief Executive Officer of the top software firm, Mphasis Ltd. Previously, he served as the CEO and president of the Syntel company. Nitin Rakesh serves as the director and the CEO of the Mphasis. Additionally, he was also the CEO and president of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi, and a master’s degree in management.
7. Aiman Ezzat:
Aiman Ezzat is the Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini. Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the same company. It has been 20 years since Aiman Ezzat is working in the Capgemini. In the year 2005, he served as the Deputy Director of Strategy for two years. Before the joining of Capgemini, he served as the Managing Director of International Operations.
8. Ramesh Natarajan:
Ramesh Natarajan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Redington India Ltd. Before he becomes the CEO, he served as the joint Chief Operating Officer of the same organization. He worked in the Redington India Ltd. for around 23 years.
9. Debashis Chaterjee:
Debashis Chaterjee is the Chief Executive officer of Mindtree Limited. Also, he serves as the Managing Director of Mindtree Limited. Previously, he served as the president of Global Delivery and Digital Systems and Technology at Cognizant. Before working here, he also worked at IBM, TCS, and Mahindra and Mahindra.
10. R Srikrishna:
R Srikrishna is the Chief Executive Officer of Hexaware Technologies Ltd. He joined this organization in the year 2014. He is also known as Keech. Keech also serves as the Executive director of Hexaware Technologies. Earlier, he was instrumental in Infrastructure Service.
