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Rajendra Singh Pawar
Rajendra Singh Pawar (Padma Bhushan awardee) is an Indian entrepreneur, chairman and co-founder of NIIT Limited, established in 1981. He also founded NIIT University, a not-for-profit university in Neemrana, Rajasthan, in 2009.
Pawar was born in Jammu on 19 March 1951. He studied at The Scindia School, Gwalior. He graduated with a B.Tech. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1972. Pawar has received the ‘Madhav Award’ from The Scindia School in 1999 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award at IIT in 1995. In 2005, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the Rajiv Gandhi Technical University.
Pawar began his professional career with Larsen & Toubro Limited as a graduate engineer trainee in June 1972.
He then moved on to DCM, where he served for 4 years, followed by 5 years in Hindustan Computers Limited, before establishing NIIT in 1981.
Pawar also founded NIIT Technologies, an IT firm, in 1992. Assessed at SEI-CMMi Level 5, NIIT Technologies offers software services to organizations in the travel, transportation, manufacturing/distribution, financial services, healthcare, and government sectors. He has also established the not-for-profit NIIT University in Neemrana, Rajasthan, in 2009.
Pawar has been a part of Prime Minister Vajpayee's National Taskforce (1998), and was a member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's National Council on Skill Development (2009-2014). He chaired the NASSCOM Cyber Security Task Force.
Pawar has been a former member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and PIAC (Presidential International Advisory Council) of the Government of South Africa, and has also served as an advisor to the Hunan province of China.
Pawar served as chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Service Companies) from 2011 to 2012. As president of MAIT (Manufacturers Association for Information Technology) from 1990 to 1992, he integrated MAIT activities into those of other leading industry associations in India. MAIT played a significant role in shaping the Government of India's IT policies during his tenure.
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Rajendra Singh Pawar
Rajendra Singh Pawar (Padma Bhushan awardee) is an Indian entrepreneur, chairman and co-founder of NIIT Limited, established in 1981. He also founded NIIT University, a not-for-profit university in Neemrana, Rajasthan, in 2009.
Pawar was born in Jammu on 19 March 1951. He studied at The Scindia School, Gwalior. He graduated with a B.Tech. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1972. Pawar has received the ‘Madhav Award’ from The Scindia School in 1999 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award at IIT in 1995. In 2005, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the Rajiv Gandhi Technical University.
Pawar began his professional career with Larsen & Toubro Limited as a graduate engineer trainee in June 1972.
He then moved on to DCM, where he served for 4 years, followed by 5 years in Hindustan Computers Limited, before establishing NIIT in 1981.
Pawar also founded NIIT Technologies, an IT firm, in 1992. Assessed at SEI-CMMi Level 5, NIIT Technologies offers software services to organizations in the travel, transportation, manufacturing/distribution, financial services, healthcare, and government sectors. He has also established the not-for-profit NIIT University in Neemrana, Rajasthan, in 2009.
Pawar has been a part of Prime Minister Vajpayee's National Taskforce (1998), and was a member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's National Council on Skill Development (2009-2014). He chaired the NASSCOM Cyber Security Task Force.
Pawar has been a former member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and PIAC (Presidential International Advisory Council) of the Government of South Africa, and has also served as an advisor to the Hunan province of China.
Pawar served as chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Service Companies) from 2011 to 2012. As president of MAIT (Manufacturers Association for Information Technology) from 1990 to 1992, he integrated MAIT activities into those of other leading industry associations in India. MAIT played a significant role in shaping the Government of India's IT policies during his tenure.