Rajendra Singh Pawar
Indian entrepreneur (19 March 1951)
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 2009.2
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Born Mar 6, 1951.1
Companies
- NIIT TechnologiesFounder11
- NIITFounder12
Early life and education
- Date not recordedIndian Institute of Technology Delhi3
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.
Academic boards
Pawar is on the board of governors of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and The Scindia School. He has also held positions on the boards of IIT Delhi, IIM Bangalore, IIM Udaipur, and Delhi University's University Court.
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Career
Occupation: writer.7
- Date not recordedFounded NIIT4
- Date not recordedFounded NIIT University5
- Date not recordedFounded NIIT Technologies6
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.
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Nation development
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.
Global advisor
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.
Industry associations
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.
He is currently vice chairman of the NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research) governing body. He is a fellow of the Computer Society of India and the Institution of Electronics & Telecom Engineers and is chairman of the board of directors of the Data Security Council of India.
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Personal life
Pawar's wife, Neeti Pawar, is an active promoter of Indian art and handicrafts. They have three children - son Udai, an IIT physicist turned filmmaker, and two daughters, Urvashi, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and Unnati, an art historian.
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Awards
- Date not recordedPadma Bhushan10
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