Lakshmi Narayanan

Lakshmi Narayanan serves as a Vice Chairman & Board Member at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Lakshmi Narayanan is a Founding Member of Cognizant Technology Solutions. He also serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Narayanan is a technology industry professional, with over 30 years of experience in Europe, India and the United States. His leadership experience includes corporate governance, customer relationship management and organization strategy. As a founding member of Cognizant, he has been responsible for providing leadership for the company's high-touch customer relationship and delivery excellence model. In his role as the Vice Chairman of Cognizant, Narayanan guides strategic programs around customer advocacy, education, training and leadership development. Narayanan is the past chairman of NASSCOM and was a member of the Board of U.S. India Business Council. He has received awards and recognition from the industry, media and academia. He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Science and has pursuits in inclusive growth, education and non-profits through Cognizant Foundation and other institutions.