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10 Indian-origin CEOs 'ruling' the technology industry

Aug 15, 2016, 15:33 IST#2016-08-15T15:33:20+05:30

10 Indian-origin CEOs 'ruling' the technology industry

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Text: TOI Tech

Indians have played a key role in the success of technology powerhouses globally.

From Google to Microsoft, Cognizant to NetApp -- Indians run some of the world’s biggest and best companies.

Recently photocopying major Xerox named Infosys veteran and former iGate CEO Ashok Vemuri as CEO of its back-office outsourcing company.

Vemuri's elevation is another milestone for Indian-origin CEOs, of whom at least half a dozen are in Fortune 500 companies.

Here's a look at 10 India-born CEOs of global technology giants.

Sundar Pichai, Google

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India-born Sundar Pichai was named as Google CEO on August 10, 2015.

The 44-year-old head of Google was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and pursued education at IIT Kharagpur (B Tech), Stanford (MS) and Wharton (MBA); at Wharton, he was named a Siebel Scholar and Palmer Scholar.

He is responsible for the launch of the dominant Chrome web browser, and was previously the product head for Android, Chrome, Maps, and other popular Google products.

Shantanu Narayen, Adobe

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Born in Hyderabad, Shantanu Narayen joined Adobe in 1998 as the senior vice president of worldwide product research and became the COO in 2005 and CEO in 2007.

He holds a Bachelor in Science from Osmania University, an MBA from University of California, Berkley, and an MS from Bowling Green State University.

Narayen held product development roles at Apple and Silicon Graphics before co-founding photo-sharing startup Pictra. A chance encounter between Adobe and Pictra led to Narayen joining Adobe, where rose swiftly through the product ranks.

He was named among the world's best CEOs by Barron's MAgazine in 2016.

Satya Nadella, Microsoft

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After a 22-year stint with Microsoft, Nadella was appointed as the chief executive officer of the company in February 2014.

He previously held the position of executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group.

The Hyderabad-born 47-year-old has a BE from Manipal Institute of Technology, MS from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Sanjay Mehrotra, Sandisk

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Sanjay Mehrotra co-founded flash memory storage company SanDisk in 1988 and has been its CEO since January 2011.

He pursued bachelors and masters degrees at University of California, Berkley, and also went to Stanford for executive programme. Mehrotra holds several patents to his name.

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Sanjay Jha, Global Foundries

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Sanjay Jha took over as CEO of Global Foundries, a semiconductor foundry that produces chips for giants like AMD, Broadcom, Qualcomm, and STMicroelectronics, in January 2014; before that he has served as the CEO of Motorola Mobility and COO of Qualcomm.

He joined Motorola as co-CEO in 2008, while serving simultaneously as CEO of Motorola's Mobile Devices Business.

Prior to Motorola, Sanjay held multiple senior engineering and executive positions during his 14 years with Qualcomm, ultimately serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Qualcomm Inc. from 2006 to 2008.

Jha was born in Bhagalpur, Bihar and holds a BS from University of Liverpool and PhD from University of Strathclyde.

Rajeev Suri, Nokia

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Rajeev Suri joined Nokia in 1995 and held various positions before being appointed as president and CEO in April 2014.

Suri's ascedancy to Nokia CEO's position came after Microsoft acquired Nokia’s mobile phone business. Previously, he was the head of the company’s global services.

Like Satya Nadella, Suri also holds a B-Tech from Manipal Institute of Technology, but holds no post graduate degrees.

George Kurian, NetApp

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George Kurian became the CEO and president of storage and data management company NetApp in June 2015, after serving as its executive vice president of product operations for nearly two years. Prior to joining NetApp, George was vice president and general manager of the Application Networking and Switching Technology Group at Cisco Systems.

His diverse background also includes the role of vice president at Akamai Technologies, management consulting at McKinsey & Company, and leading Software Engineering and Product Management teams at Oracle Corporation.

Born in Kottayam district, Kerala, he pursued engineering at IIT-Madras, but left six months later to join Princeton University; he also holds an MBA degree from Stanford.

Francisco D’Souza, Cognizant

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Among the youngest CEOs in the software services sector, D’Souza is Cognizant’s CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors.

D’Souza joined Cognizant as a co-founder in 1994 and went on to become its CEO in the year 2007. During his tenure as CEO, Cognizant’s employee base has grown from 55,000 to over 230,000.

The son of an Indian diplomat, D’Souza was born in Kenya. He holds a BBA from University of East Asia, Macau and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; D’Souza also serves on the board of General Electric as an independent director.

Dinesh Paliwal, Harman

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Dinesh Paliwal is the president and CEO of Harman International, a premium audio gear brand that owns the likes of JBL, Becker, dbx, among others.

Born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Paliwal holds a BE from IIT Roorkee, and MS and MBA from Miami University.

Prior to joining Harman, he spent 22 years with ABB Group, where he last held the dual role of President of ABB Group with responsibility for the company’s global P&L, and Chairman/CEO - ABB North America.

He serves on the board of Bristol-Myers Squibb, and previously served as the economic advisor to the governor of China’s Guangdong province for three years.

Ashok Vemuri, Xerox Business Services LLC

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Xerox, the 110-year-old document technology company that over the years has come to symbolize everything associated with photocopying, named former iGate CEO Ashok Vemuri as the new CEO of its back-office outsourcing company.

Earlier this year, Xerox said that it would split into two separate companies -- one would focus on document technology, which would include Xerox's traditional printer and copier businesses, while the second company would focus on back-office outsourcing, payment processing and other technology-related services.

A former Infosys veteran, Vemuri became CEO of Xerox's business process outsourcing company after the separation of the company's two entities.

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Olympic refugee team: Braving the odds to fulfil their dreams

15 Aug, 2016

Olympic refugee team: Braving the odds to fulfil their dreams

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Text: TNN

At the start of the Games, Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee said the presence of the IOC’s Olympic refugee team — comprising 10 athletes who have fled war or poverty to compete in Rio — was a riposte to a world “where selfishness is gaining ground, where certain people claim to be superior to others.”

A looks at how some of these athletes have performed at this Games:

Yolande Mabika(Judo)

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Competing in Rio was a dream come true for Mabika, a judoka from Congo. According to BBC, she lost contact with her family as a youngster and remembers running alone and being picked up by a helicopter and taken to the country’s capital. She was then taken to a centre for displaced children. She was beaten in the first round of the 70kg contest by Israel’s Linda Bolder.

Rami Anis(Swimming)

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Syrian swimmer Rami Anis fled the country in 2011 to avoid being enlisted into the army, relocating to Belgium from Istanbul in October last year. “I’m very proud to be here,” Rami said before the start of the Games. He would also be proud of his performance in the pool in Rio.

He set a personal best in the 100m freestyle, clocking 54.25sec to finish 56th out of 59 in the heats. His time of 56.23sec in the 100m butterfly saw him ranked 40th.

Popole Misenga(Judo)

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When Congolese refugee Popole Misenga stepped out to face the defending world champion in Wednesday’s under 90-kilogram judo competition he figured he’d be on the floor immediately.

Instead, with the entire stadium chanting “Po-po-le,” it took South Korea’s Gwak Dong-han four minutes to defeat Misenga, who is a refugee in Rio and won his first match of the day despite not having competed since 2003.

James Chiengjiek(Athletics)

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James Chiengjiek, a South Sudanese refugee competing under the Olympic flag, finished last in the fourth heat in 52.89 seconds, the slowest of time of the day in the 400 metres. Chiengijek had fled his home to avoid being recruited as a child solider years ago.

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Why Usain Bolt is 'insane' Bolt on tracks

15 Aug, 2016

Speed demon

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Text: Agencies

Usain Bolt stormed to victory in the 100m final at the Rio Olympics, becoming the first man to win the blue riband event three times in a row.

The 29-year-old Jamaican clocked 9.81 seconds, beating rival Justin Gatlin of the United States by eight hundredths of a second at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

Canada's Andre de Grasse took bronze in 9.91 seconds.

We take a look at what makes Usain Bolt Insane on race track.

Science behind the unbelievable

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A study carried by National University of Mexico helps explain the science involved behind Bolt's magical speed that created history by completing a 100 meters race in 9.6 seconds.

Dr. Jorge Hernandez, a professor of biophysics at the university said, "A way of doing it is that he finds a way to reduce the cross-section area he presents to the air. Maybe adopting a running position that reduces this area, but that wouldn't reduce his performance/ability to deploy the power he actually does."

What did the study reveal?

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Researchers have found out that Bolt could have finished the race in even lesser duration of time as out of the total energy that Bolt produces, maximum is goes into the fight against aerodynamic drag.

While rest of the energy is absorbed in achieving the motion.

Can Bolt's record be broken?

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“It is so hard to break records nowadays, even by hundredths of a second, as the runners must act very powerfully against a tremendous force which increases massively with each bit of additional speed they are able to develop," Hernandez said.

The undisputed king

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The result kept intact Bolt's hopes of being the first man to achieve an unprecedented triple-triple: three successive Olympic gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.

It was the seventh Olympic gold medal of Bolt's career as he confirmed his status as one of the greatest sprinters in history.

Proud moment

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"It was brilliant. I didn't go so fast but I'm so happy I won. I told you guys I was going to do it," he said after becoming the first man to win three 100m win sprints with a time of 9.81sec.

Bolt also said he had been shocked by the booing in the stadium aimed at his rival Gatlin, who came second.

"I was surprised by it. It was shocking, the first time I heard booing in a stadium. However I just focused on my job and got it done."

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5 corporate top-shots with $1 as their annual pay package

14 Aug, 2016

5 corporate top-shots with $1 as their annual pay package

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Sergey Brin: The 42 year old Google co-founder Sergey Brin may only get a salary of $1,but his net worth is more than $7 billion on paper. Shares of Google have skyrocketed since going public last year.

Larry Page

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The 43 year old Google co-founder and the CEO of Alphabet Inc,has taken home only $1 as his annual pay package since the company went public in 2004.Page was CEO of Google until October 2015, when Alphabet was formed.But his net worth on papers is $57 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg

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The Chairman and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg takes home $1 as his annual package. As per Forbes, his net worth is $53.9 billion.The 32 year old Facebook co-founder is one of the tech billionaires in the world.

Larry Ellison

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Larry Ellison founded Oracle in 1977 and is one of the tech billionaires of the world, according to Forbes.71 year old Ellison takes home a annual package of $1 but his net worth is 51.6 billion.

Elon Musk

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Elon Musk is the founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors; co-founder and chairman of SolarCity, co-chairman of OpenAI; co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com which merge with PayPal of Confinity.He takes home $1 as his annual package and his net worth is $12.5 billion.

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Rio Olympics 2016: Quicks facts about finalist Dipa Karmakar

14 Aug, 2016

Quicks facts about Dipa Karmakar

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Text: Anulekha Ray, Economictimes.com

Tripura girl Dipa Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to qualify for the individual vault finals in Rio Olympics, 2016.

Here are some quick facts about the 'Produnova' girl.

First female gymnast to enter the final

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Till now, 11 male gymnasts have participated in the Olympics but 23-year-old Dipa is the first woman to represent the country at the Games.

Vault of Death

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Dipa entered the final by successfully completing the Produnova vault which is considered the most dangerous move in the world of gymnasticstics.

The move is named after legendary athlete Yelena Produnova. In official tournaments, there are only five gymnasts who have successfully completed the vault.

Earlier achievements

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Dipa Karmakar had earlier created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to win a bronze medal in 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Later that year she won the bronze at Asian Championships in Hiroshima.

In 2015, she was one of the top medal winners at the National Games in Kerala.

Practicing since the age of six

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Daughter of a weightlifting coach, Dipa has been practicing the sport since the age of six.

She had to take some extra effort while training because of her flat feet.

So far, she has won 77 medals including 67 golds.

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Not to miss: Indian celebs who got detained at US airports

13 Aug, 2016

Not to miss: Indian celebs who got detained at US airports

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Text: Economictimes.com

Shah Rukh Khan spent his time catching Pokemons as he was detained (once again) at the Los Angeles airport on Thursday. Twitterati, meanwhile, broke into a frenzy about Indians being stopped at American immigration.

This is the third time in seven years that the actor has been stopped by US immigration officials at the country's airports, but he is not alone.

Here are a few other Indian VIPs who have faced trouble at US airports through years:

APJ Abdul Kalam

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Late APJ Abdul Kalam, the former Indian President was stopped at the New York JFK Airport in September 2011.

Aamir Khan

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Bollywood's Mr. Perfectionist, Aamir Khan, too was interrogated and searched at the Chicago airport in 2002.

George Fernandes

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George Fernandes was searched at the Washington Dulles airport on an official trip to the city and again in 2003 while en route Brazil.

He was the defence minister in AB Vajpayee's regime then.

John Abraham

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Actor John Abraham, too, was detained at the NY airport by the FBI in 2009 for having previously visited Afghanistan.

Meera Shankar

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Even the former Ambassador to the US, Meera Shankar, was not spared.

She was body-searched at the Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, in December 2010.

The incident had caused a huge uproar in the diplomatic circles.

Praful Patel

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Praful Patel, during his stint as the Civil Aviation Minister in the UPA regime, was questioned by the immigration authorities in Chicago in 2010.

A case of mistaken identity, the incident occurred as his name and date of birth happened to match with that of a person on America's watch-list.

Irrfan Khan

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Irrfan Khan, known to star in Hollywood movies like 'Life of Pi', 'Spiderman', 'Jurrasic Park', was also detained in the US airports twice.

First at the Los Angeles airport in 2008, and then again at New York airport in 2009.

Hardeep Singh Puri

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Hardeep Singh Puri, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, was also detained on a trip to the US during his tenure.

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Rio Olympics: The retired-hurt list

12 Aug, 2016