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Chander Prakash Gurnani or C. P. Gurnani (born December 19, 1958) is the former CEO & Managing Director of Tech Mahindra.
Early life and education
Gurnani was born in Neemuch, a small town in Madhya Pradesh. He spent his early life in Chittorgarh, Kota, and Jaipur in Rajasthan. He has a degree in chemical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.
Career
Gurnani was appointed Nasscom's chairman in April 2016 for a one-year term.
He has held several positions with HCL, Hewlett Packard Limited, Perot Systems (India) Limited and HCL Corporation Ltd.
In December 2023, Gurnani stepped down as CEO and managing director of Tech Mahindra, where he started in 2004 and was on the board of directors for three years.
Awards and honours
Gurnani was chosen as the Ernst and Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year [Manager]’, CNBC Asia's ‘India Business Leader of the Year’ and Dataquest ‘IT person of the Year’ - for the year 2013.
Gurnani has also won the 'CEO of the Year' Award for year 2014 declared by Business Standard
He was awarded Dataquest IT Person of the Year in 2014.
Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) to Shri C. P. Gurnani for his outstanding contribution to the field of Technology and Management in 2016.
In 2018, Gurnani was ranked 488 of the "Best CEOs In The World" by the CEOWORLD magazine.
References
External links
Tech Mahindra Board Members
CP Gurnani
"BS Annual Awards 2014: Power-packed jury picks the best seven of corporate India | Business Standard News". Business Standard. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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- C. P. Gurnani
- Tech Mahindra
- Mahindra Satyam
- C. P. (name)
- National Institutes of Technology (India)
- Rourkela
- Neemuch
- Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
- Obefazimod
- List of Sindhi tribes
