Sujit Baksi
Director


Sujit has over 30 years of experience in the areas of people management, operations management and corporate strategy. He brings this experience into play at Mahindra Satyam BPO by providing guidance in the organization’s strategic decision-making process, business acquisition initiatives and organizational development.

At Tech Mahindra, Sujit leads the HR, Resource Management Group, Infrastructure functions including Technical Infrastructure Management, Training (Technical & Behavioral), Managed Services and the Administrative functions. Sujit also spearheads the BPO operations and has played a significant role in setting up and establishing the business in this space. Prior to Tech Mahindra, Sujit was with Lehman Brothers where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. His track record includes being President-Global Operations, vCustomer Services and CEO-HCL Technologies (BPO Solutions & Services). He was also EVP-HR, HCL Technologies and has worked with TCS, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Bank of India and Union Carbide.

Sujit is a graduate from Presidency College, Kolkata having completed his post graduate specialization in Personnel Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

T. N. Manoharan
Director


Mr. T.N. Manoharan, FCA, Chennai, is the Former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the Apex Body of the profession of Chartered Accountants in India. He hails from a freedom fighter’s family with agriculture background. He is a post graduate in commerce from Sri Venkateswara University and a law graduate from Madras University.

A member of the ICAI with 23 years of standing, Mr. Manoharan was elected to the Council of ICAI for the first time in 2001. He has served in all standing committees and various non-standing committees of the ICAI. During his association with the ICAI, he pioneered the bringing out of Peer Review Manual. He took initiative to bring out the Guidance Notes on Certification for Transfer Pricing and for Minimum Alternate Tax. He was instrumental in bringing out the revised edition of `Issues on Tax Audit?

Mr. Manoharan was the convenor of Working group constituted at the instance of Government of India for formulating recommendations for amendment in the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. Mr. Manoharan represented the ICAI at the meetings of the International Innovative Network (INN), UK; Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), USA and International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva. Mr. Manoharan is currently associated with the ICAI Accounting Research Foundation.

Mr. Manoharan was a visiting faculty at renowned professional Institutions and Business Schools. Besides being Chairman at technical sessions, Paper Writer and Key Note speaker at various conferences/seminars/workshops organised by professional bodies in India and abroad, he is also a prolific writer.

He has authored many books on Direct Taxation. He has contributed articles in leading newspapers and journals.

C. Achuthan
Director


C Achuthan is a former presiding officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal. An eminent legal expert, Achuthan was also a member of market regulator SEBI. During his tenure at Securities Appellate Tribunal, he was credited for fine-tuning the Indian capital market.

T. N. Manoharan

T.N. Manoharan was appointed to the Board on January 15, 2009 as an independent director. Manoharan is a member of the ICAI with 25 years of experience as a chartered accountant in India. Manoharan is also a visiting faculty member at the Reserve Bank of India Staff College. Previously, Manoharan served as Chairman of the ICAI Accounting Research Foundation, President of the ICAI, member of the Accounting Standards Board of the ICAI and member of the Accounting Standards Committee of SEBI. Manoharan is currently a member of the board of directors of Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited, Alpha Capital Management Private Limited, the Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre and MCA Management Consultants Private Limited. Manoharan holds a bachelors degree in commerce from Pachaiyappa’s College, Madras University, a masters degree in commerce from Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh, and is a law graduate from Madras Law College, Madras University

C. P. Gurnani


Gurnani (CP to his colleagues) is the CEO of Mahindra Satyam. Prior to moving to Mahindra Satyam, CP headed Tech Mahindra’s Global Operations, Sales and Marketing functions, and led the development of Tech Mahindra’s Competency & Solution units. CP’s inimitable style of leadership combined with his sharp focus on customer experience has helped Tech Mahindra to emerge as one of the leading providers of IT Services and Telecom Solutions to the global telecom ecosystem.

CP has extensive experience in building international business, start-ups, turnarounds, joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions. In a career spanning over 28 years, he has held several leading positions with HCL Hewlett Packard Limited, Perot Systems (India) Limited and HCL Corporation Ltd. Prior to joining Tech Mahindra, CP was the Chief Operating Officer and a co-founder of Perot Systems (India) Limited, initially set up as HCL Perot Systems. At HCL Perot Systems, CP orchestrated the HCL Corporation and Perot Systems joint venture from its inception to making it one of India’s top IT services companies.

CP received a chemical engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He serves on the boards of CanvasM, Tech Mahindra (Thailand) Limited, Tech Mahindra (Beijing) IT Services Limited, Mahindra Logisoft and Tennenbaum Institute in Georgia Institute of Technology among others.

CP takes keen interest in community work and was nominated by Ernst & Young for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2007.

Sanjay Kalra

Kalra, 46, is the CEO of Tech Mahindra Limited. In his earlier role at Tech Mahindra he spearheaded the BT relationship, Research & Development services for telecom equipment manufacturers and transformation/business process reengineering services. He is also responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions for Tech Mahindra.

Prior to joining Tech Mahindra, Kalra was the Chief Executive Officer of DSL Software (a joint venture between HCL Technologies Ltd. and Deutsche Bank), which is focused on providing IT and BPO solutions to capital markets. Kalra has also served at HCL as President of HCL Technologies Europe and was responsible for the creation and incubation of Cisco’s first outsourced Research & Development center in India. With global roles in Schlumberger Limited and Tata Unisys, Kalra has extensively leveraged global delivery to create new products and business lines, nurtured start-ups and led high growth businesses. Kalra was responsible for cross-border transactions involving the purchase of Deutsche Software from Deutsche Bank, Apollo Contact Center from BT in Northern Ireland and Axes Technologies in India.

Kalra received a degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and is a recipient of the “Outstanding Contribution Award for National Development” from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Alumni Association. In addition to his responsibilities at Tech Mahindra, Kalra’s principal directorships include his serving as a director on the board of directors of CanvasM Technologies Limited.

Ulhas N. Yargop
Ulhas N Yargop, 55, is the President, IT Sector and Member, Group Management Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Yargop joined Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd in 1992 and has worked as General Manager — Corporate Planning, General Manager — Product Planning, General Manager, Mahindra-Ford Project, and as Treasurer of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. He was appointed as President, IT Sector in 1999. The IT Sector includes Tech Mahindra (focused on the telecom vertical) and Bristlecone (focused on supply chain consulting). Yargop is also responsible for Mahindra SIRF, the corporate venture capital activity of the Mahindra Group. He has previously worked with GKN Automotive Inc., USA as Director of Finance and later with GKN Invel Transmissions Ltd., New Delhi as General Manager — Commercial. He also worked with The Standard Batteries Ltd., Mumbai as Vice President — Industrial.

Yargop received a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a master’s in business administration degree from the Harvard Business School.

In addition to his responsibilities at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Yargop’s principal directorships include his serving as a director on the boards of directors of

Tech Mahindra Limited, Venturbay Consultants Private Limited, Mahindra Logisoft Business Solutions Limited, CanvasM Technologies Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra Contech Limited, Mahindra Engineering Services Limited, Bristlecone India Limited, Mahindra-BT Investment Company (Mauritius) limited, Mahindra Telecommunications Investment Private Limited, Officemartindia.com Limited, AT&T Global Network Services India Private Limited, Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc, Tech Mahindra GmbH, Bristlecone Limited Cayman Islands, Bristlecone Inc.

Yargop serves as a member of the board of governors of Mahindra United World College of India and the managing committee of Harvard Business School’s India Research Center. He is also a trustee of Sunrise Initiatives, K. C. Mahindra Education Trust and Mahindra Foundation.