S. Ramadorai
Independent Director
S. Ramadorai is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Tata STRIVE, which is the Tata Group’s CSR skill development initiative. He is also the Chairman of Tata Technologies Limited and additionally serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of Piramal Pharma Limited and DSP Investment Managers. In March 2016, he retired as the Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE Limited) after having served on their board for a period of 6 years.
Mr. Ramadorai is the Chairman on the Council of Management at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). He is the President of the Society for Rehabilitation of Crippled Children (SRCC) and was also appointed as the Chairperson of the Kalakshetra Foundation’s Governing Board by the Union Ministry of Culture in 2020.
Mr. Ramadorai was in public service from February 2011 to October 2016. During his tenure as the Chairman of the National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) his approach was to standardize the skilling effort, ensure quality and commonality of outcomes by leveraging technology and create an inclusive environment to co-operate, collaborate & co-exist.
He took over as the CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in 1996, when the company’s revenues were at $155 million. He then steered the company into becoming a $6 billion global IT services company by 2009.
Mr. Ramadorai was awarded the Padma Bhushan (India’s third highest civilian honour) in January 2006. In April 2009, he was conferred the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In 2016, he was also awarded The Economic Times – Lifetime Achievement Award for his glorious contribution to Tata Consultancy Services.
Mr. Ramadorai has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Delhi University (India), a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (India) and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California – UCLA (USA). In 1993, Mr. Ramadorai attended the Sloan School of Management’s highly acclaimed Senior Executive Development Program.
Among his many interests, Mr. Ramadorai is also passionate about photography and Indian classical music.
